The religion that Nanak founded.
I want to be in love. I need to be in love. Without it, my insides feel hollow. Things seem more mundane and meaningless. My feet drag heavily through the day. Or maybe that is because I have started jogging??
Well, anyway the point is that I need to be in love to feel complete. Does it make me feel bad? Well, not really. I’m ok with being this way. And actually if I wasn’t, then I would have changed myself by now.
My biggest idol, the great Gandhi was also a married man with a pretty active sex life at my age. Guru Nanak was also married. Some of these religions attract me so much. Sikhism for example is a very attractive religion.
I made this observation when I was just a kid – a sikh never begs. You will never find a sikh beggar. They will do some work or the other, but they will not beg. I think this a very solid work ethics that they have.
I was also inspired by Nanak’s philosophy of being in the world and yet being a Godman. He used to work in his fields, he was married and had a family. That is so inspiring. And that is where the sikh work ethics comes from. And being a sikh is a life of a strong commitment. It is so easy to just cut off your hair. It takes effort to maintain long hair and wear a turban on it every single day. So only a person who has that level of commitment to the values of the religion will continue as a sikh. So maybe folks who turn to begging cut off their hair.
I also like the sikh custom of doing seva (service). You find so many Sikhs putting up a pandal to feed the thirsty. Money is not the done way of giving to your religion. The religion asks for your time.
Well, anyway the point is that I need to be in love to feel complete. Does it make me feel bad? Well, not really. I’m ok with being this way. And actually if I wasn’t, then I would have changed myself by now.
My biggest idol, the great Gandhi was also a married man with a pretty active sex life at my age. Guru Nanak was also married. Some of these religions attract me so much. Sikhism for example is a very attractive religion.
I made this observation when I was just a kid – a sikh never begs. You will never find a sikh beggar. They will do some work or the other, but they will not beg. I think this a very solid work ethics that they have.
I was also inspired by Nanak’s philosophy of being in the world and yet being a Godman. He used to work in his fields, he was married and had a family. That is so inspiring. And that is where the sikh work ethics comes from. And being a sikh is a life of a strong commitment. It is so easy to just cut off your hair. It takes effort to maintain long hair and wear a turban on it every single day. So only a person who has that level of commitment to the values of the religion will continue as a sikh. So maybe folks who turn to begging cut off their hair.
I also like the sikh custom of doing seva (service). You find so many Sikhs putting up a pandal to feed the thirsty. Money is not the done way of giving to your religion. The religion asks for your time.
posted by philosopher stoned | 2:07 AM
1 Comments:
Very well-written. I didn't know some of these things or just had not noticed them. I like the way you've pulled together ordinary observations into one comprehensive post, and one with a powerful ending. That really tops up a good post.
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