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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 56149" data-attributes="member: 35">Hannah-B ji"One who longs for all comforts and rewards should practice Truth. Behold the Supreme Being near you, and meditate on the Naam. Become the dust of all men’s feet, and so merge with the Supreme Being. Do not cause any being to suffer, and you will go to your True Home with honor. Nanak speaks of the Purifier of sinners, the Creator, the Primal Being" (sggs 322).Our Veer ji kds1980 has given you above one of the best of the banis to start you on your way. I am new to this myself, and found some practical advice. Here are some ideas that repeat themselves in scriptures, religious readings, and the best discussions on this forum.    *   Worship only One God, the Ultimate Truth, which is beyond any name, form, time, and space.    * Since the same One God dwells in All, keep no feeling of evil, jealousy, enviousness and enmity for anyone.    * Close off the nine holes or doors (two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, mouth, sex organ and rectum) of the outer world; meaning all attention must be removed from them.    * Be kind and hurt no one with thought, speech and deeds.    * Practice truthfulness, humility, contentment, righteousness and compassion in all situations.    * Give up slandering, gossip, worldly contradictions, arguments, and excessive speech.    * Live simple and plain life as the nature.    * See All-pervading Presence in All, and treat them as brethren.    * Take pain and suffering as gifts from God because there are many secrets in them.    * Be happy in God's Hukam or Will. Simply put: Take life as it comes.    * Make living with honest and pious earrings, share with others, and help the needy.    * Forgive and forget. Forgiveness is one of the Transcendental qualities which belongs to godly person.    * Abstain from interfering with the Divine Play (Leelaa); know not to impose your own will on others and cause any being to suffer.    * Eat and sleep in moderation. Avoid consuming diet unconducive for Spiritual progress. In other words, do not meditate on foods and drinks; instead, meditate (Japa or Naam-Simran).    * One should mold his living in such a way so that he can awaken Divine Love within his own Heart, and then in the Heart of others.    * Do not waste useful time and energy in making external pilgrimage, and performing ablution, etc. Because the True pilgrimage and ablution is within.    * Look beyond people's shortcomings, and take on their good qualities. Try to understand others without first waiting to be understood.    * At bed time, invoke the God given power of introspection to review the battle of the day in mind to determine who won the battle — the Good or the evil. The "Good" being that which expresses truth and virtue and attracts the consciousness to God; and "evil" being ignorance and delusion, repels the consciousness from God.<a href="http://www.gurbani.org/webart62.htm" target="_blank">SAHAJ</a>Some of these ideas I really need to work on. So do you.  So does everyone. Take the road one pebble at a time. Start with the Mool Mantar, move on to Japuji. You will get a lot of advice. Much of it will seem contradictory. Some of it will seem arbitrary. Always come back to the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. You can't go wrong.</blockquote>

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