Ja Tu Mere Val Hai (when you are on my side)
This Shabad is by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Raag Maaroo on Pannaa 1096
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Put One Foot in Front of The Other
Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other. – M.C. Richards
We usually talk about the benefits of prayer and meditation and keeping good company. We may have the noblest of intentions, but just thinking about doing something is not enough. We must simply, actively take steps towards our goal — do what we are supposed to do, and do it at once. Just do it. There will always be challenges, so we pray for courage to remain faithful when pains and fears seem overwhelming.
Balance
Thoughts
A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts. – Henry David Thoreau, from Walden
Live in Faith
Doubt and spiritual confusion mark our age. Many of us have cast aside old ideas without acquiring new ones. Many of us creep through life because we do not believe there is a power greater than ourselves. We may feel we are being brave and independent, when all we are really doing is choosing a lifestyle full of anxiety.
I pray that I may not get caught in doubt but live in faith.
Masks
We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin. - Andre Berthiaume
WaheGuru and I
God is near me (or rather in me), and yet I may be far from God because I may be far from my own true self. – C.E. Rolt
Our relationship with WaheGuru and our relationship with ourselves are interwoven. Sometimes we feel disconnected from ourselves or emotionally flat. It’s when we are not communicating with our inner, deeper selves. It’s very important to be honest with ourselves, open and true.
An Unhurried Mind
“Every moment is a doorway to meaning, purpose, and joy.
The key is an unhurried mind.”
Eknath Easwaran
The Eight Point Program of Eknath Easwaran
Meditation
Repeating the Mantram
Slowing Down
One-Pointed Attention
Putting Others First
Training the Senses
Spiritual Fellowship
Reading the Mystics
Account with WaheGuru
The world wonders when it sees a person draw large sums from the bank for some emergency. But what the world has not seen are the countless small sums paid into the bank, earned by faithful work over a long time. And so it is with the bank of the spirit. A person of faith makes a demand on God’s stores of power and the demand is met. We may not see that he has been putting in, in thanks and praise, in prayer and communion, in small good deeds done faithfully, steadily over the years.
I pray that I may keep making deposits in WaheGuru’s bank. I pray that in my hour of need, I may call upon these.
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