HOPE-LESS
When people want to give their best wishes to a friend or relative, they will often use phrases such as, ‘may all your hopes and desires be fulfilled.’
Often, these hopes and desires will all be linked to worldly and material gains. This could include successful careers, success for your children, money, health, property, reputation, status etc. The list goes on.
There are many that would suggest you need to have these desires if you are to achieve any success in life.
However, what is the result of these hopes and desires not materialising? The negative affects on people’s mental and physical well-being can be devastating when, for example, someone’s children don’t quite achieve the levels of educational attainment that the parents had hoped for.
Guru Jee’s teachings in this respect are to live a life of acceptance, contentment and detachment. The concept of living in Hukam, the divine order of the universe, is central to Sikh philosophy. This is the only way we can keep our egos in check and live a Naam-focussed life.
Once we live a life that is fully accepting of the divine Hukam, then all our hopes and desires will vanish and instead, we live a life of bliss.
The saying “What will be will be” is in vogue as a modern day mantra for people, who live a stress free and “happy-go-lucky” life. Bhagat Kabeer Jee had already given us this formula for life many hundreds of years ago.
surag baas na baachheeaai ddareeaai na narak nivaas ||
Don't wish for a home in heaven, and don't be afraid to live in hell.
honaa hai so hoiee hai maneh na keejai aas ||1||
Whatever will be will be, so don't get your hopes up in your mind. ||1||
ramieeaa gun gaieeaai ||
Sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord,
jaa te paieeaai param nidhaan ||1|| rahaau ||
from whom the most excellent treasure is obtained. ||1||Pause||
Vaheguroo!
