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Summary of Question:	Shabad Hazaare
Category:	Gurbani
Date Posted:	Friday, 6/07/2002 9:15 AM MDT

WJKK WJKF

Recentley I have become extremely interested with the Sikh faith, and the more i read into it - the more i want to know - and the more i learn the more i am amazed! at the moment im in this situation where i have tried to recognise God in all, (even in those who do me wrong, like if someone says something nasty - i believe that God in them is telling me to show this dear person love as they are crying for it ) and i must admit it has been quite effective, as i try to divert my negative energy into something more positive and better. By doing so i have learned to undersatnd how this world is God's play. Due to this i feel a lot closer than i did before, to God. However, i want to become more closer, i want to love God more - I want to be thinking about God all the time ( like the way a girlfriedn thinks about her boyfriend all day). I want to love God that much, that i recognise God even more in people. I have read that reciting paath Shabad Hazaare is good for this??? i dont know much about it - so please please could you tell me the importance of it and what one can achieve from reciting it - and also where on the net i can get an english translation of it.

In addition to this i would like to ask - how i can uphold these feelings i have, becasue i have noticed a trend. when i spend time by myself thinking about God (like going for a walk in the woods and thinking and reciting Waheguru) i can recognise God in all. But later on in the same day - when i go to work in the evenings for a few hours - it seems to go ! like all that peacefullness and love inside seems to go, and in order for me to get back to that state i ahve to spend time by myself and build it up. These past few months i dont feel like socialising with my friends, watching Tv, i almost want to get away from it so i can concentrate on God who gices me the ultimate joy. However Sikhi says that an individual must live in and with society and not rember God by his/herself. So what can i do ??? I find that at the moment i can do one or the other, or run back and forth from one state to another. i really need help on this one. A few times i have managed to remeber God whilst with my freinds and they noticed that i wasnt laughing too much or getting too involved they clamied that i was sitting there with a gentle smile and thats it - but i liked that state cos it was in that state that i was remerbering God. but i dont know what to do because i cant do both things at once !!! I really really really badly want to love God like He is my Husband (although i am not married), and i fear that by living in this society i wont get the chance - and i dont want to be crying for the rest of my life becasue i want God. Please help ???

thank u for ur time
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Greetings and blessings to you in the name of God the light of every soul and in the Name of Guru the life of every Sikh.

You have said a lot. First of all, the Shabd Hazaare, is worth a thousand shabds. Reciting this one shabd is as powerful as reciting 1000. It has the power of uniting you with your beloved so that you will never be separated. God is your True Beloved, so you are starting as a good place. Seeing God within yourself and within all God's creation in the next step. You can find the Shabd in the book "Sacred Nitnem"(in English & Gurmukhi at: www.nahal.com) or on Sikhnet in the book,"Psyche of The Golden Shield".

Recite the Shabd 11 times each day with full concentration. Make it a part of your life. Start reading the book "The Sikh Religion" by Max Macauliff (in 6 volumes). You will see the practical side of Sikhee and how we live in the world in our cozy families as householders and NOT renouncers. We simply control our nine holes and keep the company of other seekers of the Guru.

God bless you on your path to truthful living.

SKKK