Sakhi Of Ajamil (From a Devotee to a Spiritually Lost Soul)
"Mindset the most crucial part of our body".
It produces innumerable actions within us. In the company of holy saints we get to learn how we can control our mind and know the real nature of our mind. However, the mind becomes unstable very easily due to the bad influencing environment.
Man lives with a fluctuating mentality; due to lack of knowledge and intelligence to control his mind and actions he does not know how he should live on this earth.
Ajamil was a divine soul and a devotee of God, belonged to a rich Brahmin family and sincerely followed the path of Hinduism.
One day he went to the forest to collect some wood for the havan/fire rituals, as his father had asked him to do.
Going deep into the forest, he witnessed a mind-altering incident from which his entire devotion and lifestyle went astray.
He saw a king indulging in physical luxury along with prostitution on his chariot. He was stunned to see the bond between the two.
And it was at this point where his thoughts turned from the path of devotion and simran to the fulfillment of the deeds of his mind and body.
His mindset deteriorated to the point where he squandered all his savings on the fleeting pleasures of prostitution.
After living this way, all of their spiritual growth was completely shattered.
Even in Guru Granth Sahib ji it is mentioned -
Shalok-
|| Tan koh simar Ajamil udryo,
Ganika ho gatth pai..
Hari koh Nam Sadaah Sukh Dayi
Hari koh Nam Sadaah Sukh Dayi. ||
"Chanting spiritual names is necessary to keep oneself away from such distractions in life".
The only way to keep yourself away from the traps of the materialistic world is to keep the Holy Guru with you at all times.
Whether we go out to eat, go shopping, visit friends, think of Guru's presence at all times to keep us away from worldly distractions.
Later when the ajamil got a family life wihtthe girl he saw with king and left all his bhakti and life evotion behind to fulfill his mind and body leiasure.
One day a group of sadhus came to ajamil house and ajamil seeing them realize his past that he use to look the same aas of these saints.
Ajamil asked then I am now changed and indulged in the family and cant leave my wife from my mond