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2013-05-02 04:23:13 -0500
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Wonder sometimes as to what it means and how simple it is for someone to convert - or really something like 'to covert' means anything -- and that too for marriage
Personally I feel that I need to convert myself before anything else ...from a very very bad being to a little less bad
Trying to walk the path shown by Guru saheb was the way forward, amrit was supposed to help me be fixed to the commitment ....but poor me ...what did I make of it.... "1.You are Amritdhari, and should marry Amritdhari" and "it makes sense in many ways too" , "dating is not allowed..but yeah if she converts ,..its another matter" , "Yes if she is converting to Sikhism and will take Amrit , then there is no problem... "
Really wonder what would the reactions be had the question been the other way round - say someone was ready to convert from his sikh beliefs to that of the partner to get married -
would it still be - there is no problem .... if you convert, there is no problem
Got to read a wonderful thought somedays back. Somebody was asked as to what is the common thing in all religions and the reply was : never ask somebody to do something you wont yourself prefer to be asked to do.
Questions like these really help. They provide an opportunity to introspect . Introspect because times may change for me also anytime because I am not the one in control....he is.
Now I am getting a hint of what it meant when Kabir saheb say : chaalae thae har milan ko beechai attakiou cheeth |96| (http://www.igurbani.com/?shabadid=5064&id=58235)