We all wish we had done things differently, and forget about what state we were in at the time that we actually made the decisions No one can see the future. Yes we all have our little regrets. If I had done accounts, I would be in a better job. If I had not married, I would have been happier. If I had started naam jap ten years ago, I would not be so confused today.
However we also cannot foresee... if I had done accounts, I might not have been a stay at home mum and would not have had time to spend with my kids and teach them Sikhi values first hand. If I had not married, I might have been depressed at this moment. not happier as we think. If I had been doing Naam jap,,. I would have known all the banis off head, coz I was younger. (If I had not been doing naam jap then maybe I would not have my posh job).
The possibilities in this life are endless. However if you were to get soji of all your past lives - then you would realise one thing. I have been given this jeevan by God so many times, and I have wasted it every single time getting stuck in maya and useless things. Your thirst for worldly things would die and you will start to seek the truth through naam jap.
You will see that you got this janam as a sikh specifically because you performed some seva or bhagti in the past and now you need to continue in that direction.
SGGS Ang 1159
ਗੁਰਸੇਵਾਤੇਭਗਤਿਕਮਾਈ॥
Through the Guru's service, the Lord's loving adoration is practised.
ਤਬਇਹਮਾਨਸਦੇਹੀਪਾਈ॥
Then alone is obtained the fruit of this human body.
ਇਸਦੇਹੀਕਉਸਿਮਰਹਿਦੇਵ॥
Even the gods long for this body.
ਸੋਦੇਹੀਭਜੁਹਰਿਕੀਸੇਵ॥੧॥
So through that body of thine, think thou of rendering service unto thy God.
ਭਜਹੁਗੋੁਬਿੰਦਭੂਲਿਮਤਜਾਹੁ॥
Meditate thou on the Lord of universe and forget him not.
ਮਾਨਸਜਨਮਕਾਏਹੀਲਾਹੁ॥੧॥ਰਹਾਉ॥
This alone is the advantage of human life. Pause.
Kabir Ji tells us about the urgency to start doing naam jap. We have to do it when alive and feeling well, who knows when we will fall ill and not be able to concentrate. When we die, we will not be able to remember God in the same way. Who knows - what life we will be in. We might be cast away into an animals body and with such a brain and body we will not be able to perform seva in the guradwara like the way we can as a human being who has two hands and feet.
ਜਬਲਗੁਜਰਾਰੋਗੁਨਹੀਆਇਆ॥
So long as the disease of old age has not come,
ਜਬਲਗੁਕਾਲਿਗ੍ਰਸੀਨਹੀਕਾਇਆ॥
so long as death has not seized thy body,
ਜਬਲਗੁਬਿਕਲਭਈਨਹੀਬਾਨੀ॥
and so long as thy speech has grown not powerless,
ਭਜਿਲੇਹਿਰੇਮਨਸਾਰਿਗਪਾਨੀ॥੨॥
O man, contemplate thou on the world-Lord.
ਅਬਨਭਜਸਿਭਜਸਿਕਬਭਾਈ॥
If thou remember not God, now, when shall thou remember Him, O brother?
ਆਵੈਅੰਤੁਨਭਜਿਆਜਾਈ॥
When the end comes, He can be remembered not.
ਜੋਕਿਛੁਕਰਹਿਸੋਈਅਬਸਾਰੁ॥
Are we going to regret later. Kabir Ji says yes we will. If we do not heed to the advice which is being given to us... being repeated in this shabad many times by kabir Ji - yes we will be full of regrets at the end of our life.... because we will have to go through the pain of choosing new parents, being born again...... crying for milk and of tummy aches and any other discomfort to get another body to our present age (After going through school, learning to read all over again, catching up with the new technology) and maybe again we will see this shabad and choose to heed to it or not. It is not once that we have been warned but over and over again. We still choose to forget and ignore. When are we going to decide to change????
ਫਿਰਿਪਛੁਤਾਹੁਨਪਾਵਹੁਪਾਰੁ॥੩॥
Otherwise thou shall not be ferried across, and shall repent afterwards.
ਸੋਸੇਵਕੁਜੋਲਾਇਆਸੇਵ॥
He alone is the servant, whom the Lord yokes to His service.
ਤਿਨਹੀਪਾਏਨਿਰੰਜਨਦੇਵ॥
He alone attains unto the immaculate Lord.
ਗੁਰਮਿਲਿਤਾਕੇਖੁਲ੍ਹ੍ਹੇਕਪਾਟ॥
Meeting with the Guru, the doors of his understanding are opened,
ਬਹੁਰਿਨਆਵੈਜੋਨੀਬਾਟ॥੪॥
and he, again treads not the way of existences.
ਇਹੀਤੇਰਾਅਉਸਰੁਇਹਤੇਰੀਬਾਰ॥
This is thine opportunity and this thy time.
ਘਟਭੀਤਰਿਤੂਦੇਖੁਬਿਚਾਰਿ॥
Look thou into thy mind and reflect on this.
ਕਹਤਕਬੀਰੁਜੀਤਿਕੈਹਾਰਿ॥
Says Kabir, it is up to thee, O man, to win or to lose.
ਬਹੁਬਿਧਿਕਹਿਓਪੁਕਾਰਿਪੁਕਾਰਿ॥੫॥੧॥੯॥
I have, in many ways, proclaimed aloud and aloud this truth unto thee.
Finally have we chosen to win this time or loose once again??
Whatever thou has to do, now is the time for that.
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