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“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.””

— Charles Dickens (via purplebuddhaquotes)

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“Empty souls are hard to satisfy and they will make you believe that you’re the reason.”

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I just noticed something.

In the Zafarnama, Guru Gobind Singh’s anger is focused on one thing: Aurangzeb has broken a promise that he made on the Qur’an. He broke a promise to Allah. This is the man who killed all four of his sons, who hunted his followers down to a few hundred in number, who destroyed his Gurdwaras, who took everything that Guru Gobind Singh had except for his love of Waheguru. But in the Zafarnama, the thing that Guru Gobind Singh is angry about is not the things that he has suffered, or the injustices and pains that Aurangzeb has inflicted upon him. What he is angry about is that Aurangzeb committed a crime against Allah: he swore in Allah’s name and broke that promise. Despite all his pain, the Guru is hurt most of all by the affront to the Divine.

And despite it all, Guru Gobind Singh offers forgiveness. He says that he has it in him to forgive all of the pain that he has caused, if Aurangzeb will only come to meet with him and pray alongside him. Every Sikh head on his account will be forgiven if only Aurangzeb will extend the hand of peace and come to pray with the Guru, side by side, as equals in the eyes of Allah. Aurangzeb never did.

I can’t even fathom that. I can’t put myself in that position, where a man has taken everything from me, where the blood of my family and loved ones has been spilt on his account, where the life I knew has been utterly destroyed by one man’s violence, and to say to that man, “Sit with me and pray alongside me.” To still see Waheguru’s light in that man, to offer compassion and forgiveness to that man. I just…I don’t think that’s in me. I don’t think I have that capacity in my spirit to do something like that. I cannot fathom the depth of the Guru’s love and compassion even for his bitterest enemy, even for a man like the Shah, a man who took countless innocent lives.

He even has six stanzas where he praises Aurangzeb for his qualities as a leader. He praises his skill with the blade and his sharp intellect, and his exemplary leadership of his kingdom. One thing stands out in particular to me: The Guru calls him ਸ਼ਹਨਸ਼ਹੇ… Šahanšahe. The king of kings. That’s the same epithet that the Guru uses for Waheguru in Jaap Sahib:

ਇੰਦ੍ਰ ਇੰਦ੍ਰਾਣਿ ਸਾਹੁ ਸਾਹਾਣਿ You are the Indra of all Indras, the King of all Kings.

This man, who took everything from the Guru…the Guru calls him by the same title he has once called Waheguru. Because even despite everything Aurangzeb has done, the Guru sees the Divine presence inside him, as he sees it in all things.

I can’t even begin to fathom that. That ability to see Waheguru in everyone, even the worst person imaginable, who has inflicted irreparable and immeasurable pain against you. I don’t think that ability is inside me. I don’t think I have words to explain how stunned and in awe I am of my Guru. My Guru’s compassion is limitless. My Guru’s compassion is without qualification and without condition. My Guru’s love is transcendent. Dhan Waheguru ji, dhan Guru Gobind Singh ji.

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‏لا تؤلموا أحدًا فكل نفس مليئة بما يكفيها. Don’t hurt anyone, as every soul is filled with enough of it.

(via sev-m-iyorum)

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No matter how hurt I get, God please don’t let my heart become cold and mean. Help me to love others as you have loved me.

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If they don’t know you personally, don’t take it personal.

Khleo Thomas  (via purplebuddhaquotes)

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Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim.

Ovid

Translation: “Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.”

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I think that the only choice that we have in life is whether we align ourselves with God or not. I think everything else is all taken care of for us. You know? If you choose to align with your source, with your spirit, then your life will go in a certain direction. If you choose to align yourself with your ego, and your false self, and the belief that who you are is what you accomplish and what other people think of you and what you accumulate, if you just go that route - the outer route, if you will, the outer path - your life will go in a different direction.

Wayne Dyer

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what He taught me

he taught me what it means to be pure that the mere concept of impurity is a fallacy in itself, as purity is not filth washed away, it is not exclusionary nor transferrable it is not achievable with clean hands nor clean kitchens purity is attained only through merging oneself, with Him sootak kio kar rakheeai, sootak pavai rasoe naanak sootak eaev na outharai giaan outhaarae dhhoe ||  he taught me what it means to be humble that pride manifests itself in the most despicable of ways, that it invades the egos of holy men and beggars alike through clever tricks that convince them that they are True; a facade that merely cloaks the falsehood that lies within   he taught me that ego is destroyed only in the company of the True and the True are most difficult to find that only few, the rare and the blessed, can ever become so distinct, immersed within the world yet detached from the Self  paakhand bhagat na hovee dubidhaa bol khuaar || so jan ralaaeiaa naa ralai jis antar bibek beechaar || he taught me to seek Himself in all that if I have eyes, they were bestowed upon me to behold Him and behold I shall, in the faces of those around me that if I have ears, they are to be used to hear His praises and hear I will, in the songs they sing to reach Him that if I have feet, they allow me to walk His path and walk I do, in each and every action I take he taught me to look upon this world as His image and His image as this world for there is nothing more exquisite nor more worthy to behold. har bin avar na dekhahu koee nadharee har nihaaliaa || eihu vis sansaar tum dekhadhae eihu har ka roop hai har roop nadharee aaeiaa ||

he taught me that there is no wrong way to Love. that His Light pervades each heart and every being; that when this Light is realized,  not lineage nor creed nor claim to holiness  could even begin to mitigate the worship that becomes. that the path of Love transcends the triviality of division, that every Soul who blossoms forth in Love does so through Him, for Him, in service of Him. sabh mehi jot jot hai soe || tis dae chanan sab mehi chanan hoe || gur saakhee jot pargat hoe || jo tis bhaavai so aarti hoe || 

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His face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord.

Exodus 34:29 (via worshipgifs)