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Summary of Question:Do We Really Get What We Deserve?
Category:Health
Date Posted:Monday, 2/21/2005 7:19 PM MST

Sat Sri Akal,


I am not really a youth of today, as I am already a 30 year old woman but one who has grown up in the US. I just felt that I had to write in here and see what someone has to suggest. What the Guru Granth Sahib says about evil vs good? Do people really get what they deserve? The paath "Jo Mange Thakur Apne Se" use to give me so much solace. The feeling of we will get what we deserve. Evil doers will regret their choices and those that believe in the Guru and love and peace, will be with Guru.

But after the last few years of my life: losing my mother, watching her die because her siblings wished her harm, watching my brother lose himself through his own lies and deceit, waiting for marriage while hitting my "old maid 30s", I am tired. I wonder when Guru will look my way. They say that Guru's house cannot always have darkness, there is light too. But why does God give the evil doers the happy things? When they go to Gurudwara and pray, does He not see their black hearts? I pray only for peace, to live my life, I feel I get the short end of the stick. Why? What prayer can I recite louder, to give my soul peace? To feel that I must continue to pray for good, and believe that all those that lie, have harmed my family, continue to wish harm upon us will fail and lose in the end. I am beginning to lose hope.

(REPLY) Sat Nam. Sat Nam. I think that reciting Sukhmani Sahib would help you to find the inner peace that you want. Meanwhile, please remember that we are born into this human form to experience all sorts of events and relationshps in order to LEARN. Life is a school. Sometimes the lessons are very hard and painful. The effects of good and bad actions may not manifest in the short span of this lifetime, but ultimately, everyone does pay their karma. This is only one lifetime among many. Unless we unite with God and Guru in this one, we will be reborn again. That is why Guru advises us to chant God's Name constantly, to remember that no one and nothing goes along with us when we die. Everything comes from God, and everything shall return to God, including us. When "bad" things happen to us and around us, if we can view these as tests, as opportunities to continue to have faith, to grow stronger instead of falling apart, then we are gaining in the qualities that take us closer to the Truth of our own divine nature. "Ketia Dukh, bookh sadh mar..." It would be comfortable if life were always pleasant and we experienced no suffering, but realistically speaking, that's not the purpose of life. In the Ardas, we "wish good to all" -- not just to the people we like, or who have been kind! You have experienced sorrow and loss, and the challenge is to accept God's will at these times. Yes, we should make every effort to make life better for ourselves and others, but when all is said and done, we can do nothing! God is the Doer of all. The nature of your soul is joy, so to be happy, no matter what the outer circumstance, we need to be in contact the soul. and that is why meditating on God's Name, reciting the banis is so important. Japji Sahib is the shabd that specifically helps us connect with the soul. May God and Guru bless you with peace and happiness, SP



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