When the cloud shrouds over the sky, it may seem dark, but it’s not night. And that’s what a defiant patch of sunshine proves, however small. It restores hope in the radiance of life, which might not have yet dawned.
I could describe the reality of the Sikh struggle for freedom in the same fervour.
There was a time when this struggle was intense, but a curtain of fictitious sovereignty and false nationalism was drawn to obscure its justification and dire need. Even though the World could sense the political nefariousness of the Indian Hindutva mindset, the global polity was happy to savour the benefits under the guise of trade deals. It suited the model of the ‘democratic’ World order designed out of WW2.
As usual, the common people, the voting citizens, didn’t matter and thus were fed the concoction of lies, believing to be living in a better world. All this, while people, created equal by God, were redefined and divided into castes by the imposter feigning to be God’s messenger, and thereby some were attributed to be superior, without proven merit, and some were tagged as inferior, despite all the human and humane virtues. Such is the world in India still.
Out of the conflict between the oppressor and the oppressed, Sikhism emerged, fighting to reclaim the God-given right to life and self-respect. Those who followed the path to dignity became Sikhs and fought back, and those who feared to fight compromised their self-respect and remained prey to the insatiable appetite of the upper caste of Hindus, especially the Brahmins.
But nothing remains the same ever, and thank the Almighty for the great boon of mortality. The World order seems to be due for another cycle of change- no one knows yet, which side the camel would sit. But a glimpse of a better world for the Sikhs is my belief, and I am working towards growing my belief into trust in Nirankar’s justice, with freedom for the Sikhs becoming reality soon.
I saw the sunny patch in the attached podcast, showing that the World is stirring from selfish slumber, waking up, and seeing around, recognising how we, the common people, have been kept divided and aloof from one another, so the few could control us all and claim the whole world for themselves.
It won’t be very Sikh of me if I only wish the best for my own community, as Sikhs pray for the ‘Sarbat Da Bhala’– meaning, ‘ Blessings and goodwill for all’.
Please watch the podcast attached, which I found by chance on YouTube, and which motivated this post. Courtesy of Mr King from Canada.
Universal Spirituality In A Sikh Spirit 