Three pictures of God A popular picture of God is that of an authoritarian ruler, a dictator who wants his subjects to worship and obey him or face punishment. If God were like this, I would reject him, and I would consider it inspiring and courageous to do so. Another picture of God is as […]
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I’ve realized that I’m constantly thinking of proving my deservedness of God’s mercy, constantly trying to see that what I’m doing is right, what I’m doing is great. Because I’m trying to be worthy. I wonder whether it’s becoming worthy of God’s mercy or worthy in general. I think I tend to prove my worth
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Gurbani returns to humility again and again. Across hundreds of verses, in different voices and different settings, the message holds steady: haumai — the ego, the sense of I-ness, the feeling of being separate and superior — is the root of human suffering, and humility is the way out of it. This is not a
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f you see yourself as mediocre, you haven’t seen yourself deep enough. You are looking at your achievements. You are looking at your behavior. But you are not looking at your essence. If you think who you are is merely what you have or how you behave, you haven’t truly seen yourself. If the scriptures
ਜਿਸ ਬੱਚੇ ਦੀ ਮਾਂ ਗੁਆਚੀ ਹੋਵੇ,ਉਸਨੂੰ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਪੁੱਛੋ ਕਿ ਕਿੰਨੇ ਪੈਸੇ ਕਮਾਉਣੇ ਹੈ। ਕਿਹਨੇ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਮਾੜਾ ਬੋਲਿਆ ਹੈ। ਕੀ ਕੱਪੜੇ ਪਾਏ ਆ। ਕਿੰਨੀ ਤਰੱਕੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਹੈ। ਜਿਸਦੀ ਮਾਂ ਖੋਈ ਹੈ, ਉਹਨੂੰ ਪੁੱਛੋ ਇਹ ਗੱਲਾਂ। ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਨਹੀਂ ਪਤਾ ਕਿ ਮਾਂ ਖੋਈ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ। ਲੱਭਦੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਪਈ। ਦੁੱਧ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ।ਉਹ ਇਸ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ-ਕੀ ਕਰਦੇ