Can Karma be undone?

Your mom is right, you are a student in life, that’s what a Sikh is. What I love about your message is that you are both willing to learn, and you are learning! It’s okay if you don’t know how to read or write Punjabi. You can learn, and its never too late (no matter how old you are). It would be helpful to be able to understand the original Gurbani. Prayers teach us the steps on how to meet God, which is the purpose of our life. But also you should know that the Guru Granth Sahib Ji is for everyone! So you can read it in English too. You don’t have to be able to know how to read gurmukhi to be able to meet God. I went to visit my uncle this summer and he told me that some of the people in the sangat that he did simran with didn’t know how to read or write- they were illiterate. Yet they had worked hard at their spirituality, and they had met God. So don’t feel like it’s something that’s going to prevent you from reaching your purpose ☺

It’s always really nice when you have someone to work on learning more about Sikhi together. It makes it easier- in my experience I had a really hard time doing it on my own, but when I had people to clarify things, and teach me, it was a lot easier. That could be friends, relatives, or even your mom. But choose someone who knows more than you and you can learn from. Then you can also share what you learn. That’s why going into sangat is important (at the Gurdwara). It uplifts us and reminds us of the path. Keep going to the gurdwara. Sometimes it can be hard to follow along at the gurdwara if we don’t know as much as we would like. If you don’t know how to read gurbani and they are doing prayers, you can follow along in English for example (look up pdfs online, there are lots), or just listen. If you can’t find someone else who is willing to do this with you, it’s totally fine to do it on your own. There’s lots of resources online to help you.

Now coming to the point about paap. We all make mistakes. If you ask God for forgiveness, you are forgiven. When you are truly sorry and you are honest about what you have done, God knows that. It seems like the step you are stuck at is being able to forgive yourself. That’s a really important thing. There’s a difference between guilt and shame and a lot of people mix them up. Guilt is when you feel bad about what you did, but you learn from your mistakes and you move on. Shame is when you think you are a bad person for what you ... (more)