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Summary of Question:	Exam Failure
Category:	General Sikhism
Date Posted:	Monday, 7/11/2005 11:16 AM MDT

ssa

i was wondering...i recently did sooooo bad on a test i studied sooooooooo hard for...harder than anyone in my class....and guess who failed? ME! I recited a special padth for it as well but guess who failed....ME! i felt like it was coming but WHY? i am trying to figure out what i did wrong...and i do have some suspicions(sp?)...one..the night before i didn't stress out as much about studying cause i had done say two months before...i also received news from my mom that this pundit said i wouldn't do well in studies so i was practically crying all night and didn't get as much sleep as i used to...i had such a low self esteem....(maybe God got mad at me that i believed that stupid pundit and let his words come in the way of my Guru's) two...while i was doing padth i ate things with eggs in it...(mom said i didn't have to be that picky)...(you know cookies e tc) so could these be teh problem or is there something else? is this a lesson/ just a dark time/a test from GOD? i am lost plz help ASAP!!!!! PS can u suggest any thing that i can do to assure success in college (just begingin this fall) anything???

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There can be many reasons, but it seems like you probably hit it right when you said that you listened to what the Pandit said. I think I would tell my mother not to talking to Pandits. Doesn't the Guru tell us not to listen to Pandits? We listen to the Guru within us. You may have allowed what your mother told you to sabbatoge your confidence. The mind is very powerful. It is important that you keep your mind strong, positive and focused...not diverted by negative messages. Crying all night sure didn't help you. You could have known the knowledge perfectly, but you blocked it all out because of the negative talk of of the pandits. Don't listen to pandits. Don't give our power over to them...what a joke. They are a joke. Go to the Guru within you. He/She will never let you down. Blessings. GTKK