We can't always try to find a reason to justify God's will. It's something we don't need to know why. Our gurus accepted very calmly and showed us that we must carry on. Guru Gobind Singh lost his father, then his 4 sons 2 at a time in a flash. He didn't sulk in anger to God asking why,why,why??. But, gave us encouragement to expect that the sun won't always be shining on our side, but God still sides with us and paves the way. he taught us to simply ACCEPT God's will or hukam.
In the same way, a 2 week old baby can just die. Even though the child has given or done anything bad or wrong to anyone in this world- it seems too unfair. We can never ever find the real reason for God's will, but we may be able to understand that the work of the creator does make some sort of sense, but we are not to know or be judging his actions.
[quote ] Also I believe in past lifes and all.
But why should we suffer from something if we completely forgot our action. say for example you were a different character back then? (btw are we different characters?!?!) and you commited murder, But in this life your a kind hearted person. Why should you suffer? this just seems really unjust to me
Believing in past lives and reincarnation is a concept itself. To what degree makes all the difference. During the times of the gurus, the hindus beliefs with cast, karma and reincarnation were extreme and still are to an extent. They were such that if one were a low cast now and they did some little good, they may come back or be rewarded with a slightly higher caste in the next life. These beliefs dictated the way people dealt with each other eg. a higher caste wouldn't allow low cast into the temple as they believed the low cast birth was given as a punishment from god due to bad karma in previous life and so on....
Guru Nanak made it clear that God does not work like this- ALL of us are equal beings,...etc... ALSO, that we shouldn't be wasting our lives trying to attain a better life for our next birth, but INSTEAD, we should be focusing on achieving in this very given life and attaining salvation or mukhti with the Lord.
So, we shouldn't even be considering or wondering what our past lives were, as Guru Nanak emphasised they were irrelevent- as ONLY this present life matters now and thats ALL there is.
We have a chance now to get united with the Lord, if we try.
ONLY this, should be our goal, NOT to do good deeds so we come back as kings or higher beings, but we are ALL EQUAL AND ALL HAVE A CHANCE NOW.
I mentioned extent of belief in reincarnation and karma.
What I mean by this is that many sikhs do hold a belief in these BUT NOT to the extent above by hindus.
We must bear in mind that we should be trying to gain mukhti and unite with the Lord in this very life, not leaving it for next time.
Many sikhs believe, that until we don't achieve salvation then we will keep getting reincarnated into different life forms (84 lak) until we become in this human form again, where we have another dear chance to become ONE with the ONE. Otherwise, it's back to the ongoing cycle again.
So, in effect, there is nothing wrong or extreme with this belief that many of us hold. But, if we start doing actions or living in a way wishing we will be born again with more money or status- then WE ARE DOING THE WRONG THING. That is NOT the reason for our births or Why we are here.
I hope that gives you some explanation and thought.
Sat Kartar
Lucky Singh
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