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I once saw a very wise Gyani doing katha and one thing he said in particular has always stuck with me. We would never treat our grandfather the way we treat Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. If we were to sit our grandfather in a corner and tell him, "Please sit in the corner and be quiet. We won't listen to what you are telling us but we will dress you in nice clothes, pay our respects and continually repeat your name. That is enough respect but we won't listen to you at all." Grandfather ji would understandably be extremely angry and upset at such treatment but this is exactly how we treat Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. There should be more effort and time spent on understanding and implementation imho. Otherwise all the simran in the world is useless. When I see the same people who do simran for hours on end being rude to other people or fighting in Gurdwaras it greatly saddens me as the message of Gurbani has been lost to simran.