Guru Nanak, The Gursikh And The Goldmine

Once Guru Nanak and Bhai Mardana were on their travels when they came across a humble servant of the lord who had nothing but a little mud hut to live in. Guru Sahib and Bhai Mardana decided to grace the humble Gursikh with their presence, agreeing to reside at the hut for the night. This Gursikh was most pleased, he had little to eat in the house, but prepared what he did have for Guru Ji - Bhai Mardana felt a little sad, knowing this humble servant had very little - and eating out of it.

Guru Sahib knew this and told Bhai Mardana not to worry, we must live in the will of Waheguru. The Gursikhs humbleness and love was his everything.

Once they had finished their langar, Guru Sahib looked deep in thought, before asking Bhai Mardana to break the little mud plates they had been eating on. Bhai Mardana looked confused but as he led a sat-bachni lifestyle he agreed to what Guru Sahib was saying. The Gursikh agreed, saying, "I'm your humble servant, you should do whatever you wish." So Bhai Mardana proceeded to break the few belongings the Gursikh had.

The following day, Guru Sahib arose and advised the Gursikh that they would need to continue with their travels. The Gursikh could not bear the thought of his Guru leaving his home and asked Guru Ji if he could walk some distance with them, and at least spend a little more time in their presence. Guru Ji agreed, and the humble Gursikh followed them on their journey for a very short while.

Before they left their home, Guru ji, again after some deep thought asked Bhai Mardana to destroy the little mud hut of the Gursikh. At this point, Bhai Mardana was puzzled and asked Guru Ji why he should destroy what little this humble servant had. The Gursikh turned to Bhai Mardana with pleading eyes and said "Please, do as my Guru say's - whatever hukam they give you, just adhere to it. Nothing here is mine, it is all Guru Ji's" - Bhai Mardana grudgingly proceeded to destroy the mud hut.

Guru Ji, Bhai Mardana and the Gursikh then continued their journey. As night began to fall Guru Ji advised Gursikh that he should now be getting back to what little was left of his hut. Guru Ji gave him hukam to do so and blessed the Gursikh for his seva over the course of the night.

As the Gursikh returned to the place where his home used to be, he saw what he considered the blessing of Sri Guru Nanak Sahib Ji. As he circled what used to be his home, he noticed a little two foot wall still remained - thinking that Bhai Mardana did not complete the task thoroughly he began breaking down the last of the wall.

As the Gursikh broke the wall, he noticed the ground beneath becoming weaker and separating, beneath the wall lay a gold mine! This humble servant and amazing Gursikh had been living on a goldmine without knowing about it. Guru Ji's blessings came in disguise and far from destroying everything this humble being had, they had in fact given far more than he ever imagined having.

The gold mine may have looked like this, more recent, old gold mine.

This is the beauty of our Guru Ji's blessings - we are all living on gold mines without actually knowing it. If we lived the life whereby we adhered to every one of our Guru Ji's hukams, then we too would be rewarded with good fortune whether materially or spiritually.

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