 ਲਗਾ ਕਿਤੁ ਕੁਫਕੜੇ ਸਭ ਮੁਕਦੀ ਚਲੀ ਰੈਣਿ ||੧|| ਰਹਾਉ | There comes a point in life when you’re sitting alone thinking "what is my purpose in life" – this was the exact story with me in 2010. I was sitting at Sachkhand Sri Hazoour Sahib whilst thinking this and the Raagi Jatha sang the shabad above - at the time I had no knowledge of Sikhi and had just started to keep my Kesh with no intention of taking any further steps. I started to keep my Kesh because my mum's side of the family are all Singhs.
Anyway, when I got back to UK I started reading Japji Sahib but still carried on with my typical Panjabi lifestyle. Then, one day I was going to work and someone on the bus asked me why I don’t wear a turban, as I used to wear a patka at the time, and what the reason was of me keeping my kesh? I didn’t know what to answer him with, I felt embarrassed and stupid at the same time. Why did I keep my kesh? I came home and tried to find an answer to his questions. Whilst doing this I came across the Saka of Sirhind when Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh were bricked alive. I read the ithiaas (history) for the first time, I never knew our elder brothers had been tortured and killed in such inhumane manners.
That the was triggering point of when I started getting into Sikhi and started going to the Gurudwara more and getting sangat of Naam rangeh Gursikhs. With Maharaj’s apaar kirpa Guroo Sahib blessed me with Amrit last year in December 2012.
The more I think about all the incidents that happened at Sri Hazoour Sahib and when I came back to the UK, I realise that they were ways in which Maharaj was drawing me towards them and pushing me towards keeping some sort of rehat by doing Japji Sahib every day. All I did was keep the Kesh on my head in 2010, not my beard and now Guroo Sahib has bless this gareeb with Amrit. It goes to show that if we take that one step towards Guroo Sahib Maharaj will take a million towards us and bring us to his charan.
ਚਰਨ ਸਰਨਿ ਗੁਰ ਏਕ ਪੈਡਾ ਜਾਇ ਚਲ || ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੋਟਿ ਪੈਡਾ ਆਗੇ ਹੋਇ ਲੇਤ ਹੈ || Vaheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Vaheguroo Jee Kee Fateh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Thank you to Veer Jasraj Singh jee for accepting the request to write his personal story and sharing it with the Sangat. Dhan Hai Guru, Dhan Hai Teree Sikhee! |
