Building Your House

Building Your House
by Pankaj Tiwari, Delhi, India

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business and to live a leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the paycheque each week, but he wanted to retire. They could get by.

The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.

When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to inspect the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, "This is your house... my gift to you."

The carpenter was shocked!

What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.

So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it over, we would do it much differently.

But, you cannot go back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Someone once said, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your attitude, and the choices you make today, help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, Build wisely!

Peace Within

Ideology | Peace Within


The realisation of God takes us to a state which is described in spiritual jargon as SEHAJ. This is the state of human mind where man does not feel elated on finding something and pained on losing it. He does not envy the more fortunate and frown at the less fortunate fellow beings.

He is fully contented with what he has. In fact, he feels grateful to the Supreme Donor, God, for whatever has been bestowed on him--physical strength, intellectual ability and material wealth. Comfort lies in realizing what HE IS and not by what he has.

He values the lasting peace and joy within that flows from contentment more than any worldly possession. This is attitude that the Mission seeks to promote through spiritual enlightenment.

Peace is a natural outcome of GOD’s realization. The experience immediately changes our outlook - where we start anchoring ourselves at supreme Self and not at our body. This mental change makes us peaceful. Just like the centre of a fan that does not rotate when fan rotates.

If we are anchored right at centre of fan, we never move – if we anchor at periphery of fan, we move with fan. It is this anchoring at supreme self that makes us observer and not observed – and peace is a natural outcome – the unmoved Self.


Extract from www.nirankari.org

Aim of Human Life

Ideology | Aim of Human life


The primary objective of human life is God Realization which leads to Self Realization.

Human Life is an opportunity to awaken ourselves out of dream of Illusion and realize the real self which is part of continuum – the fact that my existence is false and that I do not exist is true.

The realisation of God takes into its fold the realisation of Self in such a manner that the latter ceases to be significant, merges its entity with the Supreme entity, i.e. God. The spark becomes part of the Flame, the drop’s journey comes to an end after it is immersed in the Ocean

Once God is realised by Soul, once it discovers the Truth and is face to face with it, righteousness, purity and nobleness take on, rather drive away all the false and evil forces dominating human life hitherto.

The darkness of ignorance having automatically gone on the advent of Divine Light, ill-will gives place to goodwill, hatred to love, discord to tolerance and so on. All apprehensions and delusions disappear. The life becomes as clean, pure and sublime as Divinity itself.

Extract from www.nirankari.org

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lOVE ALL HUMAN BEINGS AND CREATION OF GOD

Introduction to Mission

About The Mission

The Sant Nirankari Mission is an all embracing spiritual movement, cutting across all divisions of caste, color, and creed.The Mission seeks to reveal God, also known as Nirankar, to all human beings irrespective of their religious faith, sect, or community and thus liberate them from the shackles of ignorance, superstition, ritualism, and dogmatism in the name of devotion to God. It firmly believes that the realization of God is the real objective of human life and this can be achieved only through the benevolence of the living true master: the Satguru..The realization of God not only maintains balance between spirituality and materialism in day to day life, but also takes a person to the cherished achievement of brotherhood of mankind which leads to peaceful coexistence.The meditation here is to feel the existence of God all of the time and everywhere. The Mission also emphasizes the need and importance of the company of fellow enlightened beings (Satsang) and selfless service to humanity (Sewa).