namji{censored}aur ji thanks for your post.Namji{censored}aur ji so called five thieves are recognized by most as being behind ill or unwholesome pursuits and actions. From what I understand in SGGS it matters not what is the cause of your variation causing you to not live in consonance with all around you. The impact on you, me and anyone else is how God's/creator's creation reacts as a result. That includes our families, friends, other people, animals, plant, earth, etc. This indirectly may cause one to classify, prioritize, as to the biggest thief to worry about. If the circumstances change the presence of thieves, etc., and their impact changes too. So it is a kind of dynamic space which defines life to start with.
Hence there is no clear cut answer and it is to each their own. I believe the emphasis on eliminating the so called thieves is pious but really a setting for failure and ineffective participation in the world. Some people in over-zealousness would say, for example to eliminate Kaam. In SGGS there are clear teachings that in a worldly life such exclusive focusing by Yogis, renunciates, etc., is just plain pathetic and mis-leading. If you search there are considerable shabads posted along these lines and I believe I even started a thread on whether it is the control or elimination of five thieves that Sikhism teaches through SGGS.
In creation as a whole, our rules and understanding of these do not apply to all creation nor our imposition of what is truly good or truly bad. So moderation with the circumstances and specially in terms of interaction with the rest around us perhaps is a good guide to stay focused on and just be.
Regards.
