THE LOST FREEDOM      
We, Sikhs, were guided by Guru Nanak to remain free of any bonds created by worldly Maya or religions that reduce us to a primitive state of ignorance; the Guru literally awakened us from a long slumber in which we were engrossed in worshiping the sun, the rivers, the birds and the animals; the Guru asked us to turn toward only the one, the Creator, to worship nothing but Him, and to revere those ones who became one with Him;  the Guru also inspired us to continue passing this freedom to new our generations; however, somewhere, we got scared by those who remained nostalgic to ritualism and mythological rhetoric fears and their generations never gave up their mission unlike us.  
     Today, we have turned our backs to our Guru; now we learn little from the Guru but more from self claimed Sadhu and saints.  If some sadhus say that Mool Maantra is up to “aad sach jugaad sach” we become ready to accept that without challenging them that our Guru uses it in Sri Guru Granth Sahib only up to “ Gur parsaad.”  If someone tells us to have “continuous reading of Sri Guru Granth Sahib” at Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, we go there and book it believing that we are doing a good job as Sikhs; shouldn’t we think that such practices were started by Brahmins who corrupted Vedic thought of One All Pervading Creator.  Believe me, we are led to the same destiny by these people of Brahmin- mentality. Eventually we will be left with nothing but rituals and rites. We should only do path to sit together and listen together to evolve with the help of those who are involved in Gurbani.  
     Giving in to Badal mentality or to those who are deep into a quagmire of superstitions, we have done a great deal of damage to our Sikhi. We, as Sikhs know very well, how our Guru’s Golak has been misused for decades, but for greed or a tiny bait, we have been empowering the corrupt individuals in the name of  “Panth”. Religiously we have buried ourselves with the loads of that garbage to which once our Guru declared poison. We have been failing to oust the corrupt representatives of Guru Golak for a long time. The Guru Golak must be used only for the Guru cause. If we don’t stop this ongoing loot, idols will be installed very soon in the Gurdawaras. Time has come to ignore “fascinating trade in continuous reading of Sr Guru Granth Sahib: (Akhand path) which gets lost in the air without touching the ears of the Sikhs. We will be better off if we do “Sehaj Path (slow reading) or make a part of our home “a Gurdawara” where we can connect to Prabh through Gurbani and remain free of the power of these self claimed saints, sadhus and “Akhand path – opportunists”.  
     How we were defeated? Other people who were not happy with the Guru’s revolution, not only they opposed the Guru’s revolution but their generations also kept influencing us negatively. It is sad that we are just Sikhs for the name’s sake today; otherwise, we live like those ignorant who were buried under the fog of ignorance when the Guru came to awaken them. I am going to introduce Gurbani that bears the title of “Naam and Guroo” so that by learning from it  together we return to our Guru.  Read full article at :  http://www.gursoch.com/gurmat-vichar/the-lost-freedom
Sincerely yours
 Anant Singh