The Art of Ascendancy-Chardi Kala as decsribed in the Sikhism and Interfaith-I

For a Sikh or any learner the Art of Ascendancy is to accept and obey His Will without creating doubt, but creating clarity by listening to the advice of the Gurbani, the teachings of common thread present among all religions metaphysically. When we do not understand the mysticism, the mystic touch in any religion and other philosophies of theism or the faiths, we have many doubts making us suspicious about the other, which we do not follow.


So, the concept of Interfaith is needed to understand the Philosophy and Sociology of Religions as a Comparative Religious Studies. Otherwise, the doubt as a virus enters into thoughts, actions and interactions with fellow humans just because we may have differences in the beliefs and the faiths, is not it.


These doubts are created by ignorance, the very force of ego, and can be cleared by those, who are the selfless ones, the saints and the holy ones obeying Gurbani by remembering Him while serving the Creation. Here the holy one means all those, who have learned the art of transcendentalism and have thus ascended to the level of higher level of living.


The survival is normal cause, but higher is living and the true living is still higher. The true living is one in which one does what one says and says what does. In other words, it is giving the metaphorical and mystical direction to our fantasies making these the imaginations and finally the creativity. This creativity is not manipulation of knowledge, rather; it is self-felt feelings giving the mystic experiences for which knowledge is just a boat.


Giving direction to one’s knowledge in the light of Wisdom of Gurbani brings the clarity of the thought, the mystic touch. Knowledge without direction is mere information, having no metaphorical joy but with direction; it is wisdom. This direction is the ascending one; not the descending. Thus, we can reflect on it for the clarity of it, the Art of Ascendancy-the Chardi Kala, which we will discuss later.


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