YOUR WORD! (BACHAN KARNA)
Back in the days, the Guruโs Sikhs had a very strong character and were respected very highly for it. If a sikh was witness to any injustice, their word was taken as Gospel and believed without any doubt or question. One of Guru sahib Ji's 52 commands was, a sikh will never lie or turn a blind eye as a witness.
Today our word and character as humans has become very weak. we give our word and never see it through. Then we say chal koyna (oh never mind, it's ok). Back in the days, our word was our character. Whatever we said, we made sure it was actioned. We lived and died by our word. No one would want to get on the wrong side of a sikh and upset them, Incase they spoke some harsh words and were forced to follow them through. Their zubaan (toungue/word) was everything.
"Those who have one thing in their heart and something else in their mouth, are judged to be false." Bhagat Farid Ji
The shabad above is beautiful. Guru sahib ji also talks about kissing the feet and face of those, who have recognised the truth through the love of Vaheguroo's meditation.
Today we make false promises, we fail to acknowledge other Sikhs with a fateh (sikh greeting) or acknowledge via text, email, social media etc. We are very poor at being punctual because of our punjabi mentality. The list goes on. Guru sahib says, 'The one who respects time, I call them a true human.'
Our Mann (mind), Bach (word) and Karam (actions) all need to be pure. This will make us True Khalsa (pure ones), that Guru ji created.
It's easy to be false and fake. Genuine truthful human beings will always be respected and stand out amongst others.
Our word (bachan) remains pure only through meditation on Vaheguroo's name. Be true to yourself, true to your Guru and true to others. Keep your word!
"They are so brave; they are men of their word."
Guru Arjun Dev Ji 1563-1606
Vaheguroo!
