Regional English
Samagam
Leicester
25 July 2010
To express and
share the philosophy of the Sant Nirankari Mission in English,
the Leicester branch hosted a Regional English Samagam on the 25th
July 2010.
Saints from
around the country and distinguished guests, started arriving
around 9.00 am and were greeted by local saints. They were then
led to the breakfast area by the Sevadal members. The
congregation started at 11.00 am as scheduled with Sister Niveta
Alagh Ji, the stage secretary for the day, welcoming all saints
and guests. On stage was Rev. Peter Thacker Ji from Birmingham.
Brother Supreet
Suri Ji started with a song that reminded us that although the
state of the world today is not how it was given to us by God,
all is still not lost and that it is not too late. All that we
need is love to turn this world in to paradise once again.
Brother
Shubhdeep Arora Ji further emphasised on the significance of
love by mentioning a couplet by Roshan Ji “ho pyaar to barso
bhi nikal jaate hain pal mein, ho nafrat to pal bhar bhi guzaara
nahi jaata” meaning “If there is love, years pass by in
seconds and if there is hate, passing a second seems impossible”.
He also quoted His Holiness who once said “ek umar bhi kam
hai mohabbat karne ke liye, log waqt kaise nikalte hai nafrat ke
liye” which means “A
lifetime is not enough to love, I wonder how people make time to
hate”.
Brother Anish
Khinda Ji raised a question which drew everyone’s attention. He
said that there is not doubt the our Lord Master Satguru Baba
Hardev Singh Ji is a perfect coach, but are we interested
players, are we interested devotees? He went on further to say
that we turn to God for help when we are down, but do we
remember to thank God in better times?
Sister Vibhati
Bhatia Ji then sang a melodious song and managed to get the
whole congregation immersed in devotion:
“Fortunately
for me, you came and opened up my eyes. You saved me from myself
and brought me close to you.”
Following her,
Sister Mayuri Ji explained through a poem that this world can be
a better place if we simply learn to smile. She then drew
inspiration from His Holiness whose smile is a cure to all
problems and brings a glow on everyone’s face.
Brother Puneet
Ahuja Ji then identified ego as the root cause of discontent,
fear, jealousy, anger, pettiness, selfishness and overall
unhappiness in this world. He further explained that a ray of
light when passed through a prism produces many different
colours; which appear to be something different but are actually
merely a refraction of the original source of light. Similarly
Maya, the illusion is merely a refraction of Nirankar,
the truth.
This was then
followed by inspirational songs by Sister Ruby Ji (“Let it be”),
Sister Shobhita Ji (“Blessings”) and one of the guests, Brother
Sam Ji (“The Children”) and thought provoking poems by young
Brother Arpit Ji (“Living with the truth”), Sister Vaishali Ji
(“Forgiveness”), Brother Armaan Ji (“Heaven on Earth”), Brother
Sehaj Ji and Brother Gurdeep Ji.
Brother Sanj Ji
shared his experiences of the opportunity that he got recently
to tour with His Holiness to remote areas of North India. He
explained how His Holiness sacrifices his own comforts to
comfort others.
Brother Kel
Kalyan Ji then mentioned that great scientists of the past have
failed to explain the purpose of life. He explained that today,
with the blessings of the Satguru, we know that the purpose of
this life is to know God and attain salvation. This salvation
can only be attained through humility. Towards the end he
mentioned that we are spiritual beings having a human experience
and that we are souls which are sub-divisions of the over soul,
the super soul, God. If we let our souls take charge, we will be
able to live as the image of God.
Brother Surjit
Dhami Ji in his speech emphasised on the significance of God
Knowledge. While quoting Sant Kabir Ji, he mentioned that
there are several things that can make us sad, several things
that can make us happy, but there is only one thing that can
make us blissful and that is this God Knowledge. People are
ready to find God through intellect and reason but not through
humility which is the essence of devotion. He finally said that
God Knowledge is like a breeze – it moves subtle people like
subtle flowers.
Rev. Baldev
Khinda Ji first described the attributes of true master and then
went on to say that this God Knowledge and in turn revelation
cannot be earned, snatched or inherited, it is given in grace by
Satguru. It is bestowed upon us in benediction by
expressing a genuine desire to know God. He mentioned that great
theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking once said
that maybe this space is God but he could not say with
conviction. Only Satguru has the conviction to show us
God.
The Bhabha
sisters then followed with an uplifting song. Brother Navdeep
Anand Ji whilst thanking everyone for attending on behalf of the
Leicester congregation also touched upon the significance of
love. He quoted His Holiness who once said in a congregation in
Oxford that it is not dictators or people who cause pain and
suffering that are remembered the most, it is the people who
love, who bring about peace. He said that the message of this
Mission can only be spread with love just as a child can only be
taught to do the right things through love.
Before the
final song by the Leicester Bal Sangat, Rev. Malkit
Khinda Ji remembered Rev. Gian Singh Ji who devoted his life to
this Mission. He mentioned that the great saint’s life was full
of faith and inspiration.
In the final
discourse, Rev. Peter Thacker Ji touched upon most of the above
speeches, songs and poems. He dwelled upon the thought that God
shows us signposts at every point in our life. Deep down inside
our soul knows but our mind chooses to ignore these signposts.
He further said that we constantly need to evaluate ourselves
and see if we are progressing in this life of spirituality and
what value are we bringing to this world.
Words alone are
nothing unless there is action. What’s written in scriptures is
not just to be read but lived upon.
He mentioned
that someone once said to Baba Avtar Singh Ji that
everything that you are saying is already written in the
scriptures in different languages and Baba Avtar Singh Ji
replied that they have written it, and he is endorsing it.
Towards the end
of his discourse he said that God Knowledge is a starting point
in life. Our destination is revelation which can only be
attained by living a life as advised by the Satguru and
not just speaking about it.
Nitesh
Alagh
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