A few years ago I was at Akali Phooli Singh Burj and had the blessing of spending some time with Baba Surjit Singh ji. Baba ji is a loyal and devoted servant of the Guru Khalsa Panth, where he has selflessly served the Guru's horse for over thirty years. He has been through many hardships but has remained tyar bar tyar (ever ready).
He said to das that nowadays people try to control the Panj Chor, lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego but he said this was a very deeap thing. He said people have forgotten firstly to control their jealousy and nindia. He said both these things were causing conflict in the Guru Khalsa Panth. He then quoted a Nihang Singh oral tradition(bola) about the Chugal and Mughul, and how in the Dal (spiritual army) this is unacceptable. He said now is the time to do meditation and selfless acts, Simran and Seva, and be tyar bar tyar, always ready!
Let us all make an effort to be happy for others, to control our tongue about other people, to avoid causing conflict, and look at our own intentions and actions before anybody else. This is the first step to controliing the five thieves.
Baba Surjit Singh Nihang in the centre. To the left Swarnjit Singh Nihang.
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