The Meaning Of Life.indd - Raj Karega Khalsa Network

The Meaning Of Lifehas anyone gone and reported God to the police? What can thepolice do to God? God is Supreme.Now people say if God wants me to receive amrit I will. But,they never say, “If God wants me to drink alcohol I will.” Theyjust drink it regardless. Read Gurbani and you will realisewhat God wants you to do.There are two types of karam that effect your destiny:1) Sancham karam- previous lives actions.2) Udam karam- this life’s effortsTo understand this, think of a time when you have been givenfood on a plate right in front of you. That’s Sancham karam -you are reaping the rewards of your previous good actions, butwithout making an effort (Udam karam) your Sancham karamare useless. You can just stare at your food, you need to makean effort to eat it. In the same way our previous actions rewardus with opportunities in this life but unless we make an effortwe will waste them.A cow that doesn’t give milk can be compared to someonewho didn’t have any previous good actions. It makes the effortto eat and eat, but it just gets fat and no milk is produced.Similarly, countless people make efforts to get to the USA orto the UK, but they’re still stuck in India. On the other hand, ifyou have good previous actions then you have moist soil anyseed will sprout in it.If the cow is capable of giving milk then you still have to make166