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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Luckysingh" data-source="post: 166611" data-attributes="member: 16886">I have no problem with other worlds and life forms existing simultaneously.Guru Nanak had no problem as such and mentions in japji sahib to begin with about numerous planets and galaxies where countless births, deaths and karma take place.   ਧਰਤੀ ਹੋਰੁ ਪਰੈ ਹੋਰੁ ਹੋਰੁ ॥Ḏẖarṯī hor parai hor hor.So many worlds beyond this world-so very many! ਪਾਤਾਲਾ ਪਾਤਾਲ ਲਖ ਆਗਾਸਾ ਆਗਾਸ ॥Pāṯālā pāṯāl lakẖ āgāsā āgās.There are nether worlds beneath nether worlds, and hundreds of thousands of heavenly worlds above ਸਹਸ ਅਠਾਰਹ ਕਹਨਿ ਕਤੇਬਾ ਅਸੁਲੂ ਇਕੁ ਧਾਤੁ ॥Sahas aṯẖārah kahan kaṯebā asulū ik ḏẖāṯ.The scriptures say that there are 18,000 worlds, but in reality, there is only One Universe. ਕੇਤੀਆ ਕਰਮ ਭੂਮੀ ਮੇਰ ਕੇਤੇ ਕੇਤੇ ਧੂ ਉਪਦੇਸ ॥Keṯī▫ā karam bẖūmī mer keṯe keṯe ḏẖū upḏes.So many worlds and lands for working out karma. So very many lessons to be learned ਕੇਤੇ ਇੰਦ ਚੰਦ ਸੂਰ ਕੇਤੇ ਕੇਤੇ ਮੰਡਲ ਦੇਸ ॥Keṯe inḏ cẖanḏ sūr keṯe keṯe mandal ḏes.So many Indras, so many moons and suns, so many worlds and lands We are here and responsible for this given world. We should keep our focus to the ones around us that affect us in daily life and our karma.Let the other worlds be, let them look after their own surroundings and environments and everything that affects their karma.  We know that it is our lives in this world that affect us and our karma, be it given or attained, whereas the other worlds have their own and do not influence our karma. It's all part of the same creation and I don't think it matters what the other worlds and it's inhabitants look like or come across as, be they green with 6 legs and arms. We, on this planet spend our whole lifetimes trying to discover and learn about ourselves. I don't think that creator expect us to be discovering and learning about people from other worlds while we have so much to learn and discover here!!! I worry and think about other wolrds and aliens as much as I think that there is a heaven and hell. It doesn't really matter if there is or not, but what matters is where I am now and what I'm doing about it, let heaven be (if there is such) when it's time for it to be. At the moment, where I am is to be for now. I'm going to 'phone home' nowcheerleader  WaheguruLucky Singh     </blockquote>

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