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== Thank you for replying back to my email, I truly appreciate it. I am very grateful because you have taught me so much and that is something that I will never truly forget. I was also wondering that if god tells us that we should live a truthful life then how am i living a truthful life. God states that we should be honest and truthful, but I feel that I am not truthful and honest because I am not telling other people (family) the thoughts I get about harming others because I am afraid that they may dislike me,or that they might have negative thoughts towards me? The only person who knows about such thoughts are you and a psychiatrist that I see on a weekly basis. Am I living a honest and truthful life? I feel that I am not living a truthful and honest life because I am not telling other people how I feel inside and i'm not acting on those thoughts so that means that I am acting as a fake and not acting truthfully? In other words, I must be a fake person since I am not acting on my thoughts and I am not telling my family that I have these negative thoughts, so therefore I must be dishonest and fake?I hope you can reply back and thank you for everything that you have done for me words cannot express how grateful I feel that you have taken time out of your day to respond to my questions.

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Question: If we have negative thoughts about harming another person is it okay to do so? Do we have a free will or is it hukam from God that we should harm another person?

Reply: We have free will and accordingly we make numerous choices every few minutes; this is happening all the time and these decisions will result in our "karmas" and our karmas will governs what happens to us in the future. You cannot always control the thought that come to your mind - so if you have bad thoughts, don't blame yourself; it your mind playing tricks. But never follow any bad thoughts that you get in your mind. Your actions are under your control so exercise control and always act in a positive way. When you start acting positively, the "shataan" in the mind will be subdued and you will get less and less negative thoughts.

Live a positive life; do sewa and simran; remember God and less negative thoughts will come to the mind. I hope this short reply helps. Kind regards, Hari Singh^talk 21:22, 11 March 2013 (CDT)

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Thank you for replying to my question quickly. I feel guilty doing simran because i feel as if gods bringing these thoughts to my mind about harming other people.Is god creating these thoughts?Am i in control of my own mind(free will)?Or is god in control of my mind and he creates such thoughts or any thoughts(both positive and negative thoughts)?The reason why i ask this is because people say that god does everything.i also feel guilty to do simran because i feel that maybe god is punishing me for doing bad deeds ,in my past life,and as a consequence, he is punishing me by making me have these thoughts.I am struggling with these thoughts and its hard for me to get these thoughts out of my head.

Thank you for replying back to my email, I truly appreciate it. I am very grateful because you have taught me so much and that is something that I will never truly forget. I was also wondering that if god tells us that we should live a truthful life then how am i living a truthful life. God states that we should be honest and truthful, but I feel that I am not truthful and honest because I am not telling other people (family) the thoughts I get about harming others because I am afraid that they may dislike me,or that they might have negative thoughts towards me? The only person who knows about such thoughts are you and a psychiatrist that I see on a weekly basis. Am I living a honest and truthful life? I feel that I am not living a truthful and honest life because I am not telling other people how I feel inside and i'm not acting on those thoughts so that means that I am acting as a fake and not acting truthfully? In other words, I must be a fake person since I am not acting on my thoughts and I am not telling my family that I have these negative thoughts, so therefore I must be dishonest and fake?I hope you can reply back and thank you for everything that you have done for me words cannot express how grateful I feel that you have taken time out of your day to respond to my questions.

The mind is a tool; a melting pot; many thoughts will well up in the mind. From these thoughts one needs to make a choice. It is up to your will to exercise control and guide the mind in the right direction - only do those things that are right and lead you to a better and more sacred position. Here is where the guidance of the Guru is useful. Make your mind follow the path laid down by the Guru.

All sorts of thoughts come to everyone but the wise person will only select to follow the righteous path. The weak person or the devious person or the evil person will make the incorrect choice.

Yes, everything happens by the will of God. Earthquakes, tornado, tsunamis, etc all are the works of God. However, people commit murders, rapes and other crimes - God doesn't do these. Man has the ability to make a choice but many due to their own weaknesses cannot make the right choices.

However, even these crimes committed by mankind have been predicted by the saints; when one forgets the Lord, then he becomes weak. The Guru Granth Sahib tells us clearly that weak humans will not follow the path of Dharam (righteousness). [www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=1362&english=t&id=58204 O Lord! When the mortal forgets the Lord of the Universe, the Sovereign Lord King, he grows weaker day by day. (14)]

So remember the supreme Lord and stay strong and allows try and make the right choices! Kind regards, Hari Singh^talk 00:16, 15 March 2013 (CDT)