JAGAT TAMMASHAA (life is a drama)

 Our JEEVAN (life) is a TAMAASHAA (drama) where every one is an actor, playing the part given by WAHEGURU, the great director.  A child is coming into this world (birth) and some one is going away from this world (death). Sometimes it is day and then night follows. There are rich and poor people. Some are tired from sorrow while others are enjoying and the time is passing on in its usual way.  

In a drama, the son of a minister was assigned the part of a beggar.  He acted like a beggar even though he knew very well that he was not a beggar.  He was doing the duty assigned to him by the director of the drama. Similarly, in this world, the director, WAHEGURU, has assigned various types of duties to different people. The world is a huge drama conducted and directed by WAHEGURU. In a drama an actor is required to act according to the will of the director and not according to his own liking or wish. WAHEGURU may make us rich, poor, a scholar, a common street man, handsome or handicapped, to live alone or with our children. We do not know the greater plans of WAHEGURU and are not clear about the part assigned to us.  It means that wherever we are placed, we should do our duty happily, honestly, sincerely and devotedly, neither be jealous of others nor suffer from any type of HAUMAI (ego).  

  Our problem is that even while watching a stage drama we feel it to be real. While watching it sometimes we weep and sometimes we are happy. It is said that once Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar, a highly educated and a wise man was watching a drama.  He was the chief guest and was sitting in the front row. The climax scene was that of a dark night in which the villain was running after the heroine and trying to molest her.  She started crying for help. Seeing this Ishwar Chandra could not control himself.  He stood up from his chair, took off his shoe, jumped on to the stage and started beating the villain.  The actor showing great patience held the shoe in his hand and touched it on his head.  He said "This shoe is a very big award and is of great respect for me.  I shall keep it with me forever". 

Let there be distance between our work and our being. Let our work be a play, a LEELA and do not be the doer but be an actor. Let the art of acting become our life's ambition because that is the way of God and that should be our way also. So when we understand this Divine order of WAHEGURU, we can lead a happy and contended life. 

The government fixes rules and regulations for driving any vehicle.  People are required not only to learn driving, but also to know the rules and regulations for their safety. If a driver goes through a red light and meets an accident, it is neither due to the failure of the rules nor the lack of his driving skill, but his simple ignorance in not obeying the rules. Similarly, something happens in our daily life. We land ourselves into trouble because we do not care to listen to the rules made for us by WAHEGURU.  Sometimes we know the rules but we still disrespect or disobey them, which lands us into trouble.  In this case we ourselves are responsible and should not blame WAHEGURU or any other person.  

WAHEGURU has given different people different levels of intellect, environment, physical, mental, moral and social capabilities.  But we cannot ignore the knowledge of good or bad while leading this life.  An ignorant person can be saved from doing a wrong act but how can we save the person who knowingly commits a sin? 

JEEWAN (life) is also like a game. In a game obeying rules is very important. If rules are broken the game becomes a fighting place. A dishonest player is not acceptable 

Secondly, to play a game two teams are required and while playing both should sincerely play the game. If there is no conflict between the two teams we cannot enjoy the game.  Similarly, the game of life is running on this conflict.  When the views of two different persons are exchanged a new discovery is found.  This is the law of nature that without any conflict no energy can be created.  When two stones or two bamboos are rubbed with each other, fire is produced.  So if there is conflict, there will be a new discovery and energy will be produced.  

 On a board we need a black background, as only then white words can be seen clearly and vice versa. Similarly in a group of good people we cannot see their good qualities properly unless there is mixture of bad people amongst them. While performing Ram Lila during Dussharaa we need Ram as a good man and Ravana as a bad man. If Ravana is omitted or removed from the scene, the Ram Lilla cannot proceed and will be meaningless. Similarly, in the KHEL (play) of JEEWAN we need vices and virtues. 

There are only two lucky teams who get a chance to play in the final.  They should be very careful so as not to loose the chance to win this final match. Similarly, we get this JEEWAN after leading many previous lives. We must take full advantage of this life so that by doing Bhagati we can be merged with WAHEGURU by taking full advantage of this chance.
 

The Write-up has been mailed by Sardar Hari Singh harisingh@talwandi.com