Commentary on "Phir bhi nahin badali meri taqdeer"

On the suggestion of a great learned reader, here is my commentary on my own Ghazal that was posted yesterday: 

Suni  Ruhaaniyat kee baarhaa  taqreer  aaj tak
Kyon phir bhi nahin badlee meri taqdeer aaj tak ?

kyon ab tak hai dil me farq apnay aur begaanay ka ?
Rahi chubhtee ye dil me baat ban ke teer aaj tak

'Haqeeqat' ko main sunanay aur sunaanay tak hi reh gyaa
Haqeeqat me na ban paaya hai man faqeer aaj tak 

Chalnaa to hamen hee hai - Guru to raah dikhaata hai
Padhee Vedon - granthon me yahi tehreer aaj tak 

Jhooth bol nahin saktaa Main teri mehfil me aaqaa
Mitaa paaya nahin main hasad ki lakeer aaj tak

Kisi ka dosh nahin -  apni hi kamzori hai 'Rajan'
Main khwaahishon ki kaat paaya na zanzeer aaj tak

Many times, we start wondering that even though we have been going to Satsangs, Temples and Gurudwaras for years and years and yet our life has not changed.

The answer is simple -  because our thinking has not yet changed.
The ideology of ‘oneness’ – “Ek Pita ekas kay hum baarak” (We are all children of the same Father – God) has not yet become a part of us. We still think in terms of ‘we or us and them’; such as  Sikhs and Non-Sikhs or Hindus and Non-Hindus or Nirankari and Non-Nirankaris etc. The feelings of separation and differentiation of ‘we and them’ is still there in our hearts and minds. 

Why hasn’t it changed? 
Again, the answer is simple: - we have not gone beyond the level of listening to and talking about the spirituality. We go to attend Satsangs as a routine or a ritual. We attend lectures or seminars on spirituality for the sake of knowledge or simply for entertainment. We listen and talk about the high ideals of spiritual teachings, but only at the superficial levels of the intellect. Unless these higher moral teachings are absorbed in the deeper levels of consciousness, our normal thought process will not change. 

It’s a natural human tendency to look for shortcuts. If we don’t feel like cooking, we go to a restaurant where we can pay and get the readymade food. There was a time when people used to sew their own clothes. Then came the tailors – we could pay them to sew for us and now we can simply buy readymade clothes. Like numerous other such examples, we try to apply the same concept in the field of spirituality as well. We go to the religious and spiritual places or to the Guru and expect that they will do for us whatever is needed and we will achieve the Nirvana or Moksha and everlasting happiness by offering them donations and some services. But unfortunately, it does not work that way in this field. 
Guru, a wise saint or the guide can only show us the right path. All Holy Scriptures also confirm that 'we need to walk the path ourselves' and find our destination. Even in the physical world, we can buy ready-made food but no one can eat for us. We have to eat ourselves to survive. 

We may falsely claim that we have risen above the vices such as jealousy and ego, but can we hide it from the All-knowing, All-pervading Almighty? First requirement to solve a problem is to recognize that there is a problem. If we honestly realize within our hearts, and admit that we still have some feelings of jealousy towards others - then only we can try to get rid of it. 

Instead of blaming others for our problems and misfortunes, we need to realize that its our own desire to gain power which binds us with the shackles of unending chain of Karma that creates our destiny. 

                                          'Rajan Sachdeva'