(6) Why overindulge in wordly affairs?

saath na chaalai bin bhajan bikhi-aa saglee chhaar.
har har naam kamaavanaa naanak ih Dhan saar.
(Shalok asht19)

My satguru maharaj has very mercifully, guided us particularly in ashtpadi 5 and 19 on these aspects.

In fact this creation is created and is being monitored by GOD himself. We human-beings forget HIM and mentally remain involved in worldly affairs only. Instead of strengthening our relationship with our Divine Father, we remain in false pride of worldly achievements, false feeling of relishing the pleasures of worldly assets, false urges for materialistic achievements. False, because these are going to diminish one day and these all are in packages containing troubles, vicious cycles of multiplying mental tensions and with final result in negative. And God’s love, you know, it is permanent and absolutely dependent. The real treasure is blessings of God, which you can get by faithful recitation of hari naam. It reminds me of paudi 7 of Japjee sahib which is as under

Jė jug chārė ārjā hor dasūnī ho­ė
Navā khanda vich jānī­ai nāl chalai sab ko­ė.
Changa nā­o rakhā­ė kai jas kīrat jag lė­ė
Jė tis nadar na āvī ta vāt na puchhai kė
Kītā andar kīt kar dosī dos dharė.
Nānak nirgun gun karė gunvanti­ā gun dė.

Long life (Even 4 yugas or maybe 10 times more), fame (Even if you are known in 9 continents), name and reputation (through the entire world), if you possess or happen to earn but if you lack blessings of GOD, you are no more than lowliest worm.

Instead of concentrating on earning materialistic achievements, one should concentrate on seeking HIS blessings.

Long life of faithless persons is useless. One who is internally in remembrance of God’s name gets every blessing and not the persons who appear to have obtained worldly achievements outwardly but there is difference between what they say, what they feel and what they do. These persons donot possess love in heart but boast of same outwardly, they preach others but donot follow same themselves, they feel that they had done their duty by having presentable look by dress and by other means outwardly without having sincerity in their lives. God is omniscient. Can they deceive HIM? No. In the darbar of waheguru there is no value what image you earned in world but what is important and absolutely necessary is your sincerity in heart towards GOD.

He understands language of love (Bhakhia bhao apaar) and image of your worldly richness, pride, fame, achievements does not influence HIM. And we get deeper love towards him if we remain in his remembrance for maximum period and in worldly affairs for minimum period. It does not mean we have to leave all actions, forget all our duties towards self, family and society. We have to see the world as manifestation of GOD only, do our duties sincerely, and remain in remembrance of GOD while performing our duties and never to focus our attention on unending urge of worldly desires. Guru sahib has guided us to “Nam Japo, Kirt Karo Vand ke Chhako”

Har har sėvak sėvā lāgai sabh dėkhai barahm pasārė
Ėk purakh ik nadrī āvai sabh ėkā nadar nihārė. 2 (SGGS982)

The devotee sees God manifested in entire world and is committed to do service to HIM through his creation. And GOD ALMIGHTY blesses him.

One should always remain in remembrance of God while performing his daily routines, have a feeling of interacting with God through worldly people, diminish his own haume and should treat all the supports available as gifts and blessings from God, reschedule his life routines so as to get maximum time for recitation, simran (meditation), sewa (service to society), as these steps will get him real and real direction towards God’s blessings.
And one should not remain in mad race of earning money, wealth, assets, power and materialistic achievements, as these will trap you vicious cycles of Maya. There is difference between earning and accumulation. Try to balance the targets and schedules of lives.

And over and above, pray to waheguru jee to strengthen your efforts.
Nanak naam chardhi kala tere bhane sarbat da bhala.

Next blog will be “How this show of creation is managed by HIM?”