How To Believe In God When Life Doesnt Go To Plan

[Guest kaur]

what to do when your life and its plans all go down the drain..and everything seems to be falling apart

is god doing it for the better or is it punishment

how can you stop everything spiral out of control ............

[singhbj singh]

Read Gurbani & do veechaar

http://searchgurbani.com/scriptures/ggs_shabad/908/line/6

[MisterrSingh]

what to do when your life and its plans all go down the drain..and everything seems to be falling apart

is god doing it for the better or is it punishment

how can you stop everything spiral out of control ............

Don't expect anything in return. Absolutely nothing. March on and do what needs to be done.

[SadSingh]

what to do when your life and its plans all go down the drain..and everything seems to be falling apart

is god doing it for the better or is it punishment

how can you stop everything spiral out of control ............

You have to differentiate between physical wealth and spiritual wealth which is Naam.

Your physical wealth has to do with Karms, which can be changed according to Gurbani

For a detailed explaination with quotes from Gurbani and how to change your Karms see this katha its in english and punjabi

Lecture 114 Physical and Spirtual Wealth:

[simran345]

What can one do? Stay in Hukum and remember God, if God graces then they can change ones life, according to their karms which maybe reduced.

Phases in life may change, there maybe good times, there maybe bad times, there maybe times when one cannot cope. It's never the same throughout, but one that does not change is Gods name.

ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ੴ सति नामु करता पुरखु निरभउ निरवैरु अकाल मूरति अजूनी सैभं गुर प्रसादि ॥

Ik▫oaʼnkār saṯ nām karṯā purakẖ nirbẖa▫o nirvair akāl mūraṯ ajūnī saibẖaʼn gur parsāḏ.

There is but one God. True is His Name, creative His personality and immortal His form. He is without fear sans enmity, unborn and self-illumined. By the Guru's grace He is obtained.

॥ ਜਪੁ ॥

जपु ॥

Jap.

Embrace His meditation.

ਆਦਿ ਸਚੁ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਸਚੁ ॥

आदि सचु जुगादि सचु ॥

Āḏ sacẖ jugāḏ sacẖ.

True in the prime, True in the beginning of ages,

ਹੈ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹੋਸੀ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ ॥੧॥

है भी सचु नानक होसी भी सचु ॥१॥

Hai bẖī sacẖ Nānak hosī bẖī sacẖ. ||1||

True He is even now and True He verily, shall be, O Nanak!

Remember God as they are the ones that are never changing.

Submit to Wahegurus Will.

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

पउड़ी ॥

Pa▫oṛī.

Pauree:

ਜਿਉ ਜਿਉ ਤੇਰਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਤਿਵੈ ਤਿਉ ਹੋਵਣਾ ॥

जिउ जिउ तेरा हुकमु तिवै तिउ होवणा ॥

Ji▫o ji▫o ṯerā hukam ṯivai ṯi▫o hovṇā.

As is the Hukam of Your Command, so do things happen.

ਜਹ ਜਹ ਰਖਹਿ ਆਪਿ ਤਹ ਜਾਇ ਖੜੋਵਣਾ ॥

जह जह रखहि आपि तह जाइ खड़ोवणा ॥

Jah jah rakẖėh āp ṯah jā▫e kẖaṛovaṇā.

Wherever You keep me, there I go and stand.

ਨਾਮ ਤੇਰੈ ਕੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਧੋਵਣਾ ॥

नाम तेरै कै रंगि दुरमति धोवणा ॥

Nām ṯerai kai rang ḏurmaṯ ḏẖovṇā.

With the Love of Your Name, I wash away my evil-mindedness.

ਜਪਿ ਜਪਿ ਤੁਧੁ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਭਰਮੁ ਭਉ ਖੋਵਣਾ ॥

जपि जपि तुधु निरंकार भरमु भउ खोवणा ॥

Jap jap ṯuḏẖ nirankār bẖaram bẖa▫o kẖovṇā.

By continually meditating on You, O Formless Lord, my doubts and fears are dispelled.

ਜੋ ਤੇਰੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਤੇ ਸੇ ਜੋਨਿ ਨ ਜੋਵਣਾ ॥

जो तेरै रंगि रते से जोनि न जोवणा ॥

Jo ṯerai rang raṯe se jon na jovṇā.

Those who are attuned to Your Love, shall not be trapped in reincarnation.

ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਇਕੁ ਨੈਣ ਅਲੋਵਣਾ ॥

अंतरि बाहरि इकु नैण अलोवणा ॥

Anṯar bāhar ik naiṇ alovaṇā.

Inwardly and outwardly, they behold the One Lord with their eyes.

ਜਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹੀ ਪਛਾਤਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਤਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਰੋਵਣਾ ॥

जिन्ही पछाता हुकमु तिन्ह कदे न रोवणा ॥

Jinĥī pacẖẖāṯā hukam ṯinĥ kaḏe na rovṇā.

Those who recognize the Lord's Command never weep.

ਨਾਉ ਨਾਨਕ ਬਖਸੀਸ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ਪਰੋਵਣਾ ॥੧੮॥

नाउ नानक बखसीस मन माहि परोवणा ॥१८॥

Nā▫o Nānak bakẖsīs man māhi parovaṇā. ||18||

O Nanak, they are blessed with the gift of the Name, woven into the fabric of their minds. ||18||

SGGS Ang 523

[harsharan000]

what to do when your life and its plans all go down the drain..and everything seems to be falling apart

is god doing it for the better or is it punishment

how can you stop everything spiral out of control ............

Pen Jee,

I agree when life gives us blows we loose all our faith, we are all weak.

Having said that, I will also say, as per Bani: aapay beejay, aapay kaae.

All our destiny, however pleasant or not, it is just our own karmas pen jee. So let us stop blaming our beloved Wahiguru.

It is being totally unjust with Him.

And inspite of our moorakhta, our ignorance in seeing reality as it is, He, the most graceful, the most bountiful, the most soft heartened, He according to the Bani, has gblessed us with a powerful tool to overcome all our pains and miseries, and that is His Naam Simran.

We have done all types of karmas, and we are responsible of them, how can we have the cheek to blame Him?

Then too, He never says, you have no right to come near me and go away, rather He says, I know you are weak, but anyhow, howsoever you are still dear to me.

And so, we just have to elevate our surtee within with His Simran, and place it at His Charan Kamal, and then see how much He loves us.

It is said, a mother loves her child inmensely, but the love of Wahiguru for us jeevas, is just to say a bit, is even multiplied that motherly love a thousand times....

Just a request Pen jee, let us never ever be so harsh with our Sachay Patshah, Wahiguru Akal Purukh. It is the biggest mistake we can ever make.

Rather love Him with all our mind, heart and soul.

He, only and only, deserves to be loved.

Sat Sree Akal.

[buddasingh]

what to do when your life and its plans all go down the drain..and everything seems to be falling apart

is god doing it for the better or is it punishment

how can you stop everything spiral out of control ..........

What went down the drain was not ours to begin with. We have only what we have at present and nothing tomorrow, nothing yesterday. We must quickly remember that when we lose something. If we trust that God is doing it for the better, only then can we do our part to make the present moment better.

Lots of helpful advice above. Feel free to be more specific as to what it is that you're dealing with.

[Ragmaala]

When life does not go as planned, there is no other choice. You cannot stop believing in God. You just learnt to live with it.

Life is Dukha, it never goes like the way we want it.