I have collected endless knowledge on Sikhism. I have translated written and gone through numerous archives. Yet I can only describe the process explained in the granth. I cannot relate to it.
I have not realized virtue. I need to humble myself.
The accumulation of knowledge meaningless in front of actual wisdom.
Sikhi is for the individual who is tortured by his own thoughts.
Manmukh mindset.
Now onto:
Haumai or “ego”
In my opinion:
Haumai in Sikh terms is the idea that one’s own will, due to pride is able to handle all things in the mind (addiction, lust anger, pain, anxiety)
While one’s own pride can handle external things (building something, defending oneself from physical attacks, studying)
It is the internal things that it cannot handle without help from some other source.
Something greater than one’s own mind that exists within.
Trying to handle internal strife on one’s own help from the divine, god, Satgur, guru within, is an example of pride/ ego /Haumai.
We cannot handle mental stress by ourselves.
Next:
All humans who are suffering in mind have an ideal state that they would like to get to.
But we cannot get there.
We try to think our way out of darkness.
But this doesn’t work.
Some try to soothe their mind through meditation.
But one cannot really turn off their thoughts.
Or live a proper life according to Hukam while mediating.
As a solution:
You can slowly work on replacing your thoughts which make ur your psyche/ mind.
Your thoughts and thinking are the causality of mental pain.
Daily ask of your conciseness, god, sat gur, or mind to inscribe godly virtues, godly thoughts, that take away pain.
Replace your thoughts, ask for change in your thinking.
*the writers of the granth ask of their consciousness/ mind/ god/ guru.
This is Gurmukh mindset.
By doing this daily you can build yourself out of painful thoughts.
From my opinion Gurbani is telling us that we need to get control of our internal life in or psyche and conciseness.
We need a daily vichaar with our thoughts.
We can’t control the external world through prayer but we can use it to soothe the internal world (mind).
Note:
I might be projecting my own bias onto gurbani so ignore me if this doesn’t help you to some capacity. I think this is a fundamental part to Sikhi.
I think Sikhs have exaggerated/ grossly misinterpreted these basic concepts into something that is no longer Sikhi.
I have not realized virtue. I need to humble myself.
The accumulation of knowledge meaningless in front of actual wisdom.
Sikhi is for the individual who is tortured by his own thoughts.
Manmukh mindset.
Now onto:
Haumai or “ego”
In my opinion:
Haumai in Sikh terms is the idea that one’s own will, due to pride is able to handle all things in the mind (addiction, lust anger, pain, anxiety)
While one’s own pride can handle external things (building something, defending oneself from physical attacks, studying)
It is the internal things that it cannot handle without help from some other source.
Something greater than one’s own mind that exists within.
Trying to handle internal strife on one’s own help from the divine, god, Satgur, guru within, is an example of pride/ ego /Haumai.
We cannot handle mental stress by ourselves.
Next:
All humans who are suffering in mind have an ideal state that they would like to get to.
But we cannot get there.
We try to think our way out of darkness.
But this doesn’t work.
Some try to soothe their mind through meditation.
But one cannot really turn off their thoughts.
Or live a proper life according to Hukam while mediating.
As a solution:
You can slowly work on replacing your thoughts which make ur your psyche/ mind.
Your thoughts and thinking are the causality of mental pain.
Daily ask of your conciseness, god, sat gur, or mind to inscribe godly virtues, godly thoughts, that take away pain.
Replace your thoughts, ask for change in your thinking.
*the writers of the granth ask of their consciousness/ mind/ god/ guru.
This is Gurmukh mindset.
By doing this daily you can build yourself out of painful thoughts.
From my opinion Gurbani is telling us that we need to get control of our internal life in or psyche and conciseness.
We need a daily vichaar with our thoughts.
We can’t control the external world through prayer but we can use it to soothe the internal world (mind).
Note:
I might be projecting my own bias onto gurbani so ignore me if this doesn’t help you to some capacity. I think this is a fundamental part to Sikhi.
I think Sikhs have exaggerated/ grossly misinterpreted these basic concepts into something that is no longer Sikhi.
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