A Nirankari

To be a Nirankari is to belong to a family of men and women who are dedicated and active in the work of human welfare, both spiritually and materially.

God-consciousness is the purpose of all acts - Sangat (Congregation), Simran (God-consciousness) and Seva (selfless service) - the Trininity. Sangat and Simran help in communicating with the Lord and Seva is a productive activity which provides the basis of our relationship to one another.

Do you ever find it difficult to talk about the potential effectiveness of goodwill and World Brotherhood to the so-called 'realists' and 'down to earth' people who can see little hope accomplishing much of spiritual idealism? Maybe this is because of bad spiritual upbringing, or, in fact, being taught an entirely wrong concept of religion i.e. religious fundamentalists who insist on a set of meaningless rituals, and have a very narrow view of life.

The idea of prayer is familiar to everyone. There is hardly a human being who has not at sometime in is life framed an intense desire in spoken words addressed to some Deity. The stresses and strains of war brought many people, who had never prayed before, into situations for which there was no possible human remedy. They prayed, and they spoke about it because their prayers proved effective. They "got results", sometimes much to their surprise, and always to their enrichment.

We, the Nirankari devotees, do not wait for tragedies to occur before we seek God's help. No, we rather constantly have the thought of God's blessing, protection and guidance. He is our friend, rather than someone to go to in a crisis.

To belong to the Nirankari Mission means choosing to be the devotees of God - spreading His Love, Light and Wisdom to all and bringing peace and harmony everywhere.