Few days ago, a sweet child was kidnapped in BC, Canada. The whole country was concerned for the well-being of this toddler. Today, thankfully, he has been found unharmed. The parents went through a terrible ordeal. Imagine how they would have lived the four days of hell, when their son was kidnapped. They were shedding tears, endlessly, due to the sorrow of separation of their child. Now that their son has come back home, they can't control their tears that have been generated from this wonderful Khushi. Vismaad!
We are very happy for the child and his family. Over the last days, the concern for this child stayed in the mind and the mind was horrified to learn that this child had possibly been kidnapped by a sexual predator. Chalo, Shukar hai, the child is safe.
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Duniya is Vismaad! Dukh, Sukh, Sanjog, Vijog, etc. are extreme sources of Vismaad.
Some are mourning their loved ones who have died and at the same time some are rejoicing newborns in their family. In some homes at a given time there is a moment of intense Khushi (happiness) and at the same time the neighbours may be enduring extreme Ghami (sadness). Some are laughing, some are crying, some are sleeping, some are awake, some are standing some are sitting, some are rejoicing and some are mourning. What a Vismaad this world is?
The Jeev is totally entangled in Maya's trap. One moment he is super happy and the next moment he loses some possession and cries inconsolably. We are not stable at all. Our happiness and our sadness are temporary. Neither our Khushi is stable and eternal nor our Ghami (sadness).
Aren't we sick of this constant change in our life - sometimes we are happy and sometimes sad? Why can't happiness just stay with us all the time? Is there a way to find eternal happiness? Fortunately, the answer is yes.
Gurbani says that worldly Khushi and Ghami are transient but Anand that is acquired from Naam and Gurbani is permanent but what is required is to reside Naam in Hirda. Gurbani says that after meeting the True Guru, both Halat (this world) and Palat (the next world) become full of happiness.
ਹਲਤੁ ਪਲਤੁ ਦੁਇ ਲੇਹੁ ਸਵਾਰਿ ॥ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਉਰਿ ਧਾਰਿ ॥(Embellish your this world and the next one by placing Naam inside your Hirda)
May Guru Sahib enshrine Gurmat Naam in our Hirda, so that we may find eternal Anand and stop rotating between worldly states of Sukh and Dukh. Now that we know that eternal happiness can be found from Gurbani and Naam, shouldn't we just go crazy over collecting Laaha of Naam and Gurbani? How many Paaths of Gurbani are enough? Limitless. How much Naam Abhyaas is enough? No quantity or amount of Naam Abhyaas is enough. We just have to go on and on and never stop chanting Naam.
Kulbir Singh
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਬਚਨਕਮਾਵਣੇਸਚਾਏਹੁਵੀਚਾਰੁ॥