Yes, there’s much uncertainty in business and society right now. I believe the wisest thing you can do is block out a lot of the noise, use this time to strengthen your self and just do what you can do to bring more value to other people.
Worrying about the future isn’t going to help anyone, is it?
So here’s the piece, sent with all my encouragement:
Where there is darkness and doom,
And the people feel defeated.
Join The Hope Brigade.
When you are punished for your truthfulness and humiliated for your virtue.
Join The Hope Brigade.
In times of strife, when you think of quitting.
While fear enchants your counterfeit self.
Where despair does its violence.
Recall your ability to perform feats of wizardry.
And Join The Hope Brigade.
The crowd will beckon you to become just like them.
To disregard your nature and destroy your power.
To stifle your instinct so the assassins of ordinary can rule each of your hours.
Walk amongst the mass yet honor the fury of your truth
આમ તો દરેક દિવસ એ, ભગવાન!
તમે આપેલી તાજી ભેટ છે.
જાગ્રત માણસ માટે દરેક દિવસ નવી શરૂઆત બની શકે
પણ ભગવાન, આજે મારો જન્મદિવસ છે.
અને એટલે આજનો દીવસ
વિશેષ પ્રાર્થનાઓ, વિશેષ જાગૃતિ, વિશેષ સંકલ્પનો દિવસ છે.
આજના દિવસે, ભગવાન! હું
ધન, માન, કિર્તિ અને આરોગ્ય નથી માગતો
પણ આ બધું મને મળે
તો એનો ઉપયોગ હું સહુના કલ્યાણ અર્થે કરી શકું
એવો સર્વ પ્રત્યેનો મૈત્રીભાવ માગું છું.
આજના દિવસે, ભગવાન! હું એમ નથી માગતો કે
મારો રસ્તો સરળ બને, મારાં કાર્યો નિર્વિઘ્ને પાર પડે
પણ એમ બને, તો એ સફળતા મને કૃતજ્ઞ બનાવે
અને એમ ન બને, તો એ નિષ્ફળતા મને નમ્ર બનાવે
એ હું માગું છું.
દરેક દિવસે હું એક પગથિયું ઊંચો ચડું
દરેક પગલે હું થોડોક વધુ તમારી નિકટ આવું
રોજ રોજ, કોઈક સત્કર્મથી મારા હ્રદયમાં રહેલા તમને વ્યક્ત કરું
દુનિયાને મારા થકી થોડી વધુ સુંદર બનાવું
દરેક વર્ષે આજનો દિવસ આવે ત્યારે
આગલા વર્ષ કરતાં મારું જીવન વધુ કૃતાર્થ બન્યું છે એમ કહી શકું
– એ હું માગું છું.
આ દુનિયામાં તમે મને જન્મ આપ્યો છે
તે માટે હું તમારો આભાર માનું છું.
હું એવું હ્રદય માગું છું, જે આ દુનિયાને
તમારે માટે ચાહી શકે.
આ સૃષ્ટિ તમે આનંદ વડે આનંદ માટે સર્જી છે
એને હું મારા સ્વાર્થ અને બેકાળજીથી ક્ષતિ ન પહોંચાડું
મૂગાં પ્રાણિઓ અને મધુર વનસ્પતિ – સૃષ્ટિને ચાહું
હવા, પાણી અને ભૂમિને દૂષિત ન કરું
એક એક જન્મદિવસ આવે છે, એક એક વર્ષ જીવનમાં ઉમેરાય છે
એ મને યાદ આવે છે કે સમય કેટલી ઝડપથી વહી રહ્યો છે.
દરેક ક્ષણ મુલ્યવાન છે, અંત ક્યારે આવશે તેની ખબર નથી
આવતી કાલે કદાચ હું ન પણ હોઉં
તેથી આજનો દિવસ હું સંપૂર્ણ રીતે જીવવાનો પ્રયત્ન કરું
દરેક દિવસે મારો નવો જન્મ થાય છે તેમ માનું
અને પ્રત્યેક દિવસે વિદાય લેવા
મારા જીવનની ચાદર ઉજળી રાખીને તમને ધરી દેવા તત્પર રહું
આજે, મારા જન્મદિવસે, ભગવાન!
એ હું તમારી પાસે માગું છું.
(This prayer is written in prose. This Eulogises Hatakeswar a form of Lord Shiva found in many places in North and central India .The most famous one is near Cuttack and one in Vada nagar Gujarat and Khadia Gujarat.Skanda purana mentions that praying Hatakeswar is greatly beneficial. This form of God Shiva is the main God worshipped by Nagar community of Gujarat. )
Om namosthu sharva, Shambho, TRinethra, charu gathra, trilokyanadha, Umanadha, DAksha yajna vidhwamsaka , Kamanga nasana, Ghora papa pranasana, Maha Purusha, mahogramurthe , sarva sathvakshayangara, Shubangara
Om salutations to Sharva, Shambu , three eyed one , pretty bodied one , lord of three worlds, consort of Uma, The lord who destroyed the YYajma of Daksha, The lord who destroyed body of god of love, Lord who destroys very horrible sins , Great person, fierce god, Lord who enfeebles evil spirits , Lord who causes auspiciousness
Maheswara, trisooladhara , smarare , guhadhaman , digvasa, maha sankha shekara, Jadadhara, Kapala mala vibhooshitha sareera, vama chakshu kshubitha deva, prajadhyaksha,Bhagkshnou kshayangara , Bheemasena nadha, Pasu pathe
Great God , God who holds the trident, Lord who is the enemy of god of love , Lord who lives in caves , Lord who lives in directions, Lord who has great collection of conches, Lord who has a tufted hair , Lord who wears skull garland over his body , God whose left eye shows anger, king of the people, Lord who made moon grow , Lord of Bheemasena , Lord of all beings.
Lord who burnt god of love , Lord who lives in cross ways . Shiva, Great God , One who presides over north east , Shankara, Lord who is huge, Lord who makes us cross Samsara, Lord who has bull in his flag ,Lord who is the king of dances, Lord who applies ash , Lord who frees , Lord who is angry , God of anger , Lord who is stable , Lord who is depicted by One linga, Lord who likes Yamuna , Lord who has an auspicious neck,
Lord with blue neck, Lord who cannot be defeated, Lord who is fierce looking to his enemies,Lord of happiness, Lord of the left, Lord who is not terrible, Original supreme spirit , Lord who is terrible, Lord who has a peaceful form .Lord who is peaceful , The consort of Saraswathi, Lord who has thousand forms, From whom greatness originates, Lord, Destroyer of time , Lord who is angry
Lord who is angry , The destroyer, Lord who is loved by Indra, Lord who lives in all sacred waters, Lord who is in Hamsa state, Lord who is the God of passion,Lord of Kedara, Lord who is complete, King Muchukunda , Lord who lives in honey .Lord who holds a dagger in his hand, Lord who is fearsome, king of learning, king of moon, king of passion, The king of one who carries the earth.
Lord who lives in lotus like heart of a maid, Lord who sleeps on ocean, Lord who killed Gayasura, Lord of Gokarna , Lord who moves with Brahma, Lord with thousand neck and thpsand feet , The golden lord
अमृता प्रीतम जी का लिखा हुआ हो और गुलजार जी की आवाज़ हो तो इसको कहेंगे सोने पर सुहागा …। यह कविता उन्होंने अपने आखिरी दिनों में इमरोज़ जी के लिए लिखी थी । इस कविता का एक एक लफ्ज़ प्यार का प्रतीक है । अमृता बहुत बीमार थी उन दिनों …वह अपने आखिरी दिनों में अक्सर तंद्रा में रहती थी । कभी कभी एक शब्द ही बोलती लेकिन इमरोज़ के लिए हमेशा मौजूद रहती पहले की तरह ही हालांकि इमरोज़ पहले की तरह उनसे बात नही कर पाते थे पर अपनी कविता से उनसे बात करते रहते .। .एक बार खुशवंत सिंह जो अपने घर में अक्सर छोटी छोटी सभा गोष्टी करते रहते थे ..इन दोनों को कई बार बुलाया पर यह दोनों नही जाते थे तब उन्होंने पूछा अमृता को फ़ोन कर के पूछा था कि तुम बाहर क्यों नही निकलते हो ..क्या करते रहते हो सारा दिन तुम लोग ?
अमृता ने जवाब दिया गल्लां “”[बातें ]
उन्होंने हंस कर कहा इतनी बातें करते हो तुम दोनों की खतम नही होती है तब अमृता सिर्फ़ हंस कर रह गई ..पता नही दोनों कैसी क्या बातें करते थे कभी शब्दों के माध्यम से कभी खामोशी के जरिये पर दोनों को साथ रहना पसंद था एक दूसरे के आस पास रहना पसंद था ..
मैं तैनू फ़िर मिलांगी
कित्थे ? किस तरह पता नई
शायद तेरे ताखियल दी चिंगारी बण के
तेरे केनवास ते उतरांगी
जा खोरे तेरे केनवास दे उत्ते
इक रह्स्म्यी लकीर बण के
खामोश तैनू तक्दी रवांगी
जा खोरे सूरज दी लौ बण के
तेरे रंगा विच घुलांगी
जा रंगा दिया बाहवां विच बैठ के
तेरे केनवास नु वलांगी
पता नही किस तरह कित्थे
पर तेनु जरुर मिलांगी
जा खोरे इक चश्मा बनी होवांगी
ते जिवें झर्नियाँ दा पानी उड्दा
मैं पानी दियां बूंदा
तेरे पिंडे ते मलांगी
ते इक ठंडक जेहि बण के
तेरी छाती दे नाल लगांगी
मैं होर कुच्छ नही जानदी
पर इणा जानदी हां
कि वक्त जो वी करेगा
एक जनम मेरे नाल तुरेगा
एह जिस्म मुक्दा है
ता सब कुछ मूक जांदा हैं
पर चेतना दे धागे
कायनती कण हुन्दे ने
मैं ओना कणा नु चुगांगी
ते तेनु फ़िर मिलांगी
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मैं तुझे फ़िर मिलूंगी
कहाँ किस तरह पता नही
शायद तेरी तख्यिल की चिंगारी बन
तेरे केनवास पर उतरुंगी
या तेरे केनवास पर
एक रहस्यमयी लकीर बन
खामोश तुझे देखती रहूंगी
या फ़िर सूरज कि लौ बन कर
तेरे रंगो में घुलती रहूंगी
या रंगो कि बाहों में बैठ कर
तेरे केनवास से लिपट जाउंगी
पता नहीं कहाँ किस तरह
पर तुझे जरुर मिलूंगी
या फ़िर एक चश्मा बनी
जैसे झरने से पानी उड़ता है
मैं पानी की बूंदें
तेरे बदन पर मलूंगी
और एक ठंडक सी बन कर
तेरे सीने से लगूंगी
मैं और कुछ नही जानती
पर इतना जानती हूँ
कि वक्त जी भी करेगा
यह जनम मेरे साथ चलेगा
यह जिस्म खतम होता है
तो सब कुछ खत्म हो जाता है
The word ‘Ik’ in ‘Ik Onkar’ stands for ‘one’, while ‘on’ means ‘everything’ and ‘kar’ refers to the God who is the creator of everything. Put together, ‘Ik Onkar’ means there is only one creator who has created everything. The Sikh prayer, of which ‘Ik Onkar’ is a part of, is called the ‘Mool Mantra’.
God Created Everything
The Mool Mantra is the most important composition of the holy book of the Sikhs, ‘Guru Granth Sahib’. Ik Onkar is consistent with the Big Bang Theory in the fact that everything is One and God created everything. God gave ‘Akar’ (shape) to everything by making the sound ‘oann’ (On). Without God, there is nothing.
Gurbani
Upon enlightenment, Guru Nanak Dev first uttered the Mool Mantra. So, when one learns Gurbani (hymns in the Guru Granth Sahib), this is the first verse that the person is taught. All the concepts of Mool Mantra have been proven over many eras and are known to be flawless without any ambiguity.
Japji Sahib
In the opening paragraph of the “Japji Sahib” which is the Morning Prayer for the Sikhs. The rest of Japji Sahib is the elaboration of the Mool Mantra. It appears more than 100 times throughout the Guru Granth Sahib. Mool Mantra opens the gates for people who seek the truth within and them to the journey of introspection.
We Are All One
We are all a part of God, so we are all one. As god knows that everything is a part of oneself, we have nothing to fear and nothing to hate, just like we don’t fear or hate ourselves.
Divine Power
There is no power which matches God; there is no one like him. He is the only spiritual reality; he is the absolute truth. He is the divine power. He is the highest form of eternal bliss. He is unwavering throughout. He is the creator of everything, the entire universe. He is the entity through which everything originates.
Onkaar
God is the one who looks after everything that he created. This feeling of him being everything is captured in essence in the word ‘Onkaar’, and this is how God’s unique and immense, eternal existence can be described.
Karma
We live an enlightened life as a singular identity. Although we are alone, we should be happy to help other human beings. Doing so will give us positive karma.
Internal Peace
We should also not be fearful of anything unknown, including our own existence and lifespan. This can only be done by gaining awareness and knowledge and listening to the demands of our body. This, alone will give us real happiness and internal peace.
Sikh Faith
Mool Mantra is believed to be the killer of fate. When our fate is erased, we can live with our destiny. It encompasses the entire universally complex theology of the Sikh faith. It has all kinds of implications on human existence. It interprets the Supreme Power – God, in a truly humanitarian way so that everyone can understand and appreciate it.
Ik onkar
There is only one God
Satnam
His name is true
Karta purakh
He is the creator
Nirbhau
He has no fear
Nirvair
He has no hate
Akaal moorat
He is omnipresent
Ajooni saibhan
Unborn and self-illuminating
Gurparsad
By Guru’s grace, he is realized
Jap
Meditate on his name
Aad sach
He has been true since time began
Jugaad sach
He has been true since ages
Hai bhi sach
He is still true
Nanak hose bhi sach
Guru Nanak says he will forever be true
Soche soch na ho wai
By thinking you can’t frame him
Je sochi lakh waar
Even though he may think many a times
Chhupe chhup na ho wai
Even though one remains soaked in God
Je laai har lakhtaar
He doesn’t obtain the peace of mind
Bhukhiya bhukh na utri
A hungry person’s hunger doesn’t go
Je banna puriya paar
Even after they attain the world
Sahasyanpa lakh woh hai
Man may possess millions of wits
Ta ek na chale naal
But none work for him before God
Ke ve sach yaara hoi aye
How can we be true
Ke ve kude tutte paal
How can the screen of lies be broken
Hukum rajai chalna Nanak likheya naal
By obeying the orders of Guru Nanak
Waheguru ji ka khalsa, Waheguru ji ki fateh!
Wonderful Lord’s khalsa, victory to the wonderful Lord!
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