One of the most recent “New Religions” witnessed all over the world is SIKHISM, with only a 500 years old history of 10 living Gurus and the 11th Shabad Guru, Guru Granth Sahib which includes the divine poetic expressions of 35 different contributors including 6 Sikh Gurus lead by GURU NANAK.
And today on the occasion of GURU NANAK Sahib’s birth anniversary, I was just made to think about this question when one of my learned friends said that, “How beautiful and meaningful are the divine words of the Master even in the present times, after more than 500 years of their actual origin……, how truthful they are even in this fast moving world of technology today…..and how amazingly futuristic the vision of GURU NANAK must have been to recite these verses centuries back!”
Now many of the friends reading this must have heard these words (or this emotional expression) too often. But the way my friend said this with a great religious spirit and a big proud on his face, it forced me to think that do we actually realize “What it really means to say that teachings of Divine Masters like GURU NANAK are relevant even today?”
Unfortunately the answer is…No….We don’t!
Because this statement in reality is not just about the futuristic vision of any Master alone, but it in disguise reveals the stubborn, ignorant and unreceptive nature of this human race which has not changed even slightly or has in fact gone worse in the last 500 years.
Now keeping the verses related to the praises of Almighty apart, If the life teaching words of a revolutionary spiritual teacher like GURU NANAK, KABIR or FARID are relevant even today after more than 5 centuries then this is not at all a positive statement to be honest. Since it truthfully means that ‘WE Humans’ have not learned anything from all those MASTERS who came to awaken us in this long period since 15th century.
If all the lessons related to 'How to live a truthful life' given by these honorable GURUs are still applicable on our society even today then it simply means that we have done nothing as per their teachings in all these years and our social structure is still walking on the same rotten path strongly condemned by these Masters only in the past.
In straight words, If a Shabad (spiritual poetic verse) of GURU NANAK talking about the hidden evils of a person and society, proves to be perfectly true even in the present times then it obviously states that We have not worked on those inner evils at all and still remain the same sick people as we were in the 15th century when GURU NANAK was alive.
Hence for me, it really gives a feeling of GUILT to admit that the words of a great rebellious master like GURU NANAK, said in the 15th century are relevant even today in the 21st.
For me it admittedly means that we have not followed those spiritual teachings at all………,
It strictly reveals that we have failed in all our previous chances given and now on the verge of wasting another precious one due to our own ages old ignorant and unlearning nature………! And probably all these Masters perfectly knew this truth that The Human Race is not going to change for his own good ever and their teaching would remain applicable in the future too.
So today on the birth anniversary of beloved GURU NANAK, who did not just belong to a single community, I would like to begin to work on the same and wish that all friends reading this honest write-up would give it a thought too.
And it is not just about SIKHS or any particular religion alone, but its about every single individual from any religion who firmly believes in the teachings of his own loving Masters and also in the ONE SUPREME POWER above all.
Because if we cannot work upon all the spiritual lessons given to us by all those Blessed Ones then there is no use reading, respecting or worshipping them as a mere ritual alone.
Remembering the rebellion Master Guru Nanak with
HIS BLESSINGS
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