The secret of life

The following two questions unfold the secret of life.

A. How shall man become true before God?
B. How shall the veil of falsehood or untruth be removed?

It is most difficult to know what is true and what is untrue. Truth is that which exists and untruth is that which is non-existent. It is difficult to know because truth and untruth appear to co-exist everywhere at all the times. It is as if sugar and sand are so well mixed and scattered everywhere that it becomes difficult to distinguish between the two. Thank God the eye can distinguish between a flower and a thorn. However there are times when we get confused and begin to see the rose bush as one and do not the difference between the rose and thorn.

An intense love for God helps us to remove the doubting power of the mind, which covers the human minds as its intellect.

Many questions arise in the mind:

1. What should i do or not?
2. What is correct and what is not?
3. What is darkness and what is light?
4. What is duty and what is non-duty?
5. What is dharm and what is atheism?
6. What is action and what is inaction?
7. What is life and what is death?

In Guru Granth Sahib Ji page 1399 it says;

Without the Guru, there is utter darkness;
without the guru, understanding doe not come.


In sikh dharam, having a guru is necessary, without a Guru, one cannot obtain knowledge ie, one cant be a disciple (sikh). A sikh is the one who receives knowledge and a Guru is the one who imparts this knowledge. When the two meet, there is a desire for the seed of Sikh dharma to flower; a desire to acquire for the external form of teacher (Guru) or to have the vision of the Guru.