you are very kind, I am fortunate that I am allowed a platform for my writing, for that I thank this forum.
I am not sure where I fall into, which also begs the question, does everyone actually want to go to Rome? I find it hard to kid myself that the life that I lead, and have always led, will one day be replaced by some sort of serenity and utopia, and I can adopt some sort of wise owl look and burp in that way that wise old men do. It is the truth not that I seek, as the truth is there in front of us, it is the truth I try and live by, which means serenity and utopia can be yours for the day. I want to do what I do, but to walk more in the light than the dark.
He was right, once you temporary pleasure for what it is, it tends to put things into perspective.
yes, I like this, after all, the big question has to be 'How do find Akal Purakh within', I think once that becomes the question, then other questions, reincarnation, meat eating, etc etc become irrelevant.
thats a funny one, although I do not consider myself content and happy, more a case of Carpe Diem, however I do seem to to be happier and more content than those I interact with, I do love waking up in the morning in the early hours and heading for the shop, stuffing myself with sugar, and (today) playing the stanglers (always the sun, great song!) and then bouncing off the walls, running round in circles on all the machines that are in for repair, not knowing what is going to come in through the door, I guess for me, Rome is being in the best mental, emotional state to deal with the day, to get the most out of the day,to assist, to help,
Sikhism is the path to Rome, maybe depending on your disposition it is all things to all men, I am not sure. I am deeply pragmatic and I find Sikhism deeply pragmatic, but then to some who are deeply spiritual, I am sure they find Sikhism deeply spiritual, one could even theorise that the SGGSji is like one of those pictures that look different, depending on angle, what I see in it, maybe others do not, although I feel there is a massive shift taking place in understanding, and for some reason, I think what is driving that shift is a desire to get back to basics, to the basics of Sikhism, before the interpretation became mired in established religious dogma. For that reason I do feel we need to bin every Abrahamic, Vedic translation, and start from scratch, or even better do it ourselves to ensure an intimate and private relationship and understanding. Could this understanding be individual, if so, it would make a mockery of the SRM and open the doors to all sorts of Dera type activity, but then if the SRM itself is based on the same understanding we are trying to get away from, where does that leave us?
