“Prayer turns ordinary mortals into men of power.
It brings power… It
brings fire. ...It brings rain… It brings life. It brings God-…. Samuel Chadwick
As
a trio Samita, Jugnu and I have been feeling exhausted, sad, helpless, fearful,
and enraged all at once with the turn of events in the country. Like all of you
we are wounded and crippled ….
….. Every morning
we wake up to bad news …
Covid deaths, the breakdown of government machinery - a
complete annihilation of the system in the hands of a callous and an arrogant government
who has lost the plot.
But this quote from Emil Cioran resonates with me,
“Man starts
over again every day, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows.”
Three days back my friend narrated to me a powerful story
of how when her family member was undergoing a life-threatening surgery, the
little township they lived in conducted a series of chain prayers. Every
church in the little town ship prayed at the same time for the life of her
family member.
This prayer worked. The member survived the nerve-racking
ordeal and is in great health.
And then my friend Kiran Sandhu sent me an article on
Love is more vital than a vaccine….
“Love, whether it is of this world or the other, leads
us to the Lord who is the lord of all - Jalauddin Rumi”
This set me thinking …
Shall we, as a group try and focus on
LOVE AND THE POWER OF PRAYER…
As a child, my Nani ji always told me if I recited the “Japuji
sahib” in the morning and the “Chaupai sahib at night nothing will ever go
wrong and that my life will be bliss….
..Sorry Biji, this
has not been the case 😊 but in my darkest days her words have come
to me and I am able to pull through and move on.
So, thank you my dear Biji,Sardarni Raghbans Kaur ji.
Thank you for the words of wisdom, thank you for your “Alsi
deeyan pinnis”,thank you for your “Stuffed Karelas”, thank you for your “Makki
di roti and Saag”, thank you for your “Suji di halawa”, thank you for oiling my
hair 😊 and
most importantly thank you for showing me the way …
As a child, if I was ever frightened (like we all were)
of the dark, of the bhoots, of the cockroaches and lizards, I would hurriedly start
to mumble “
“ਤਾਤੀ ਵਾਊ ਨਾ ਲਗਈ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਸਰਨਾਈ
ਚਊਗਿਰਦ ਹਮਾਰੇ ਰਾਮ ਕਾਰ ਦੁਖ ਲਗੇ ਨਾ à¨ਾਈ”
Translated –
The hot wind
does not even touch the one who is under the protection of the Lord
Our lord
surrounds us from all sides so pain and unhappiness cannot touch us “
And magically my fear
would dissipate …
And yes, know that was some 56 moons ago and the fear currently
is not of a dark room and cockroaches…( I wish it was 😊 )
It is a lot more ominous; It is potentially the darkest
era for our country.
A monster seems to be looming over us; it is not a cockroach
but a…. VIRUS….one imported from China and one created by us, but we must fight
them both.
And when all else seems to fail, let us pray
and let us be kind ….
Let us all, as group of some 9.6 K people across the
globe get together and pray …
Like the Earth day which is tomorrow i.e. 22nd
April 2021 let us have a Prayer Day. Let us all pray together on ...
Saturday,24thApril 2021 at 5.00 pm
IST – (Some of the time zones may not be convenient but please do pray whenever
it is convenient)
Let us pray for the world to be healed.
Let us pray to alleviate the suffering and pain of the
people who have lost loved ones ...
Let us all join hands and make a powerful chain of
prayer across the world to evoke the blessings of our Waheguru, Ram, Allah,
Jesus, or any higher power that you believe in …
Let us seek our God and ask to be blessed with the POWER
OF LOVE AND HEALING
Let us try and heal our world…
I will remember my Waheguru with one of my favourite
Shabads from my childhood. Please share your prayer and a video clip if you can
Let us flood this group page with the POWER
OF PRAYER..
Chardi Kala
GTA
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