Is this VIVEK with you

The word ‘Vivek’ is of Sanskrit origin and means ‘Wisdom’. A rational person is someone who thinks clearly and is not emotionally or mentally unbalanced. Wisdom for many is acquired by learning from their experiences. Both research and clinical observation suggest that people, who work to process adversity, derive meaning from it. People managing their hardships are the people for whom hardships leads to wisdom.

Wisdom is also about knowing when and how to use your knowledge. Wisdom and intelligence are both great qualities but intelligence doesn't guarantee wisdom, and vice versa. In fact they may seem like similar traits but are quite different, though it is possible to have both. Many consider education most important, true it is important however you also need to understand that having an education is not the equivalent of having wisdom. Education gives you information and facts but wisdom gives you principles, solutions, and answers. Albert Einstein said, “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

You come across people though intelligent, knowledgeable, and successful, we wouldn’t call “wise”. People lack wisdom in significant ways and do have multiple reasons for it. Our culture is caught in a cycle of finger-pointing and vilifying people who disagree with our ideology. We have lost patience for engaging in meaningful dialogue and disagreement, careful reflection or the willingness to learn and change. It’s ‘us’ or ‘them’, this leaves us incapable of learning from people we disagree with. For some when they easily incline to take up fast and cheap instead of what is good. We prioritize safety over strength and that’s why many parents go wrong. We protect our children from criticism, from feeling left out, from failure, from anything that feels like a struggle. We also protect them from developing the kind of strength that can help them face the challenges inherent to living life well. There are some who fail to build friendships with people who see the world differently and assume they may know something you don’t.

Man has education but God has wisdom. The blessed ones pray; Lord, help me to come to You when I find myself lacking answers about situations that need to be changed in my life. When I have done all I know to do and don’t know what else to do, remind me that every answer I need resides with You. Your wisdom holds the answers I am looking for; therefore, I am making the decision to come to You now, so You can start speaking to me!

SGGS 251 anik bhaykh ar nyi-aan Dhi-aan manhath mili-a-o na ko-ay. By all sorts of religious robes, knowledge, meditation and stubborn-mindedness, no one has ever met God. Says Nanak, those upon whom God showers His mercy, are devotees of spiritual wisdom

The Sikhs in their (Ardass); a prayer to the Divine each time and multiple times a day plead for multiple Daans and one among it is Vivek Daan’. This is to obtain the wealth of spiritual wisdom as it brings the understanding of the three worlds if acquired.

Pursuing spiritual wisdom will take care of the wisdom required in managing your business, profession, and family in short your life. All you need to do “Saas saas simarhu Gobind, mann anthar kee Utrai Chind”. With each and every breath remember the divine. Let all worries disappear from your mind.

Hear this wisdom from this perfect Guru, see the ultimate divine who is so close to you.