Faith
My Guru & I: Friends & Lovers
by SANMEET KAUR
This is the fourth in a series of articles we have asked a wide variety of personages to pen in commemoration of the Tercentenary (1708-2008) of the investiture of Guru Granth Sahib as our eternal Guide and Teacher.
Ours is an unending love story.
It transcends worldly measures of time and distance, and exists beyond births and deaths.
My words cannot encompass the presence of my Guru.
Yet His Word is my lifeline.
I have encountered Him in all conventional forms; my forehead has touched His Threshold many a time - proof that my head ... nay, my heart, mind and soul … all belong only to Him.
I struggle with this reality every day.
Yet He graces my life through many forms - father, mother, brother, sister, friend, stranger, husband, daughter...
He takes on many roles in my life - shield, staff, pillow, mirror...
I am
His bride,
His beggar,
His daughter,
His mother,
His work-in-progress,
His Sikh.
He constantly remains
My Friend and Lover!
[August 14, 2008]
Conversation about this article
1: Pritam Singh Grewal (Canada), August 14, 2008, 8:04 PM.
Sanmeet Kaur's words of devotion to the Guru stirred my sense of gratitude that I owe to Guru Nanak: My revered Guru Nanak, I thank you for saving me from superstitions, rituals, idolatry, bigotry and intolerance. I salute you for showing me a simple but fulfilling way of life which helps me to remain in touch with Waheguru while performing my social duties, doing honest work and sharing my gains with others.