The ones who reject all other paths and follow the Guru’s way, the rarest gift on earth, they are blessed like Sheeha Uppal and receive the gift of Sikhi.
He had full faith in the Guru and rejected all other ideologies and rituals. Sheeha Uppal became the Sikh of the Guru from that day onwards and served the Guru’s feet with love and devotion. Guru ji gave them the wisdom of Sikhi and Sheeha engraved the way of Sikhi into his heart. The Satguru protected Sheeha in every way. No bad omen was seen and no curse fell upon Sheeha. Langar was served and all of the relatives ate peacefully. The son was given the wisdom of shaving his ego and initiated into the fold of Sikhi by given the Charan Pahul. When he came home, he took all the items he had prepared for the ceremony and brought his whole family and relatives to the Guru’s home. He folded his hands and pictured the feet of the Guru in his mind. You will not go to Hell or be in pain.” He heard Guru ji’s words with devotion in his heart. Instead, they will protect you and won’t spoil any of your plans. You think your ancestors will give you pain for not fulfilling the ritualistic killing, but this is not true.
Do the Simran of Satnam by which your pain will go away. Discard your superstitions and other meaningless rituals. I am your servant now, please advise me.” Guru ji heard his pleas and then advised him: “come to our home and perform the Mundan ceremony of shaving the ego there. Please tell me how I my ancestors will be happy and the goats are not killed either. I would like to come under your guidance and protection, and sing your glories everyday. There is no one I can find who is greater than you. Guru ji, what should I do so that I don’t have to kill these goats for the ritual and fulfill the ceremony? I don’t wish to sin, even unknowingly. He responded to Guru ji: “Guru ji, I will do as you say. Nothing will be hidden.” Sheeha heard Guru ji’s words and got scared. When Dharam Rai (the keeper of Dharam and Karma) audits your karma, you will be in pain. They will enjoy the food but you will have to suffer for it. For whose pleasure you are preforming this tradition, they will not be able to assist you in Hell. The jumms (the messengers of Death) will punish you and your son or your relatives won’t come to rescue you. You may think you are fulfilling a tradition right now and may feel happy, but doing this will place you in Hell and give you immense pain. Guru ji said to Sheeha: “you want to kill so many animals and take the sin upon your head. (Although meat was served in the Langar, as noted in previous chapters, the ritualistic killing of animals towards fulfilling ancestors or Gods was seen as a sin). Guru ji wanted to bring him on to the path of Sikhi and grant him the knowledge to understand false Pagan rituals set by ancestors. Sheeha already had faith in the Guru but he wasn’t fully devoted yet. This ritual was done by our elders: serving meat and rice to the whole family and celebrating.” Guru ji heard Sheeha’s words and smiled. We serve meat on this particular occasion. This tradition was carried out by our elders and I am following their way. My whole family has gathered to mark the occasion. This ceremony would entail the “shaving of the ego,” and symbolized by shaving of the head and in some cases, begging for a period of time). Being initiated by a Guru was considered a second birth. Khatris and Brahmins are known as Dwij Jaatis – Dwi = second, j = birth, Jaatis = castes. Most commonly, it was the family purohit that would become the child’s Guru. (The Mundan ceremony was a ceremony marked as a rite of passage in which the child becomes the student of a Guru.
Guru ji noticed the goats and said: “Sheeha, why do you have all these goats with you? Why do you have so many?” Sheeha responded to Guru ji, folding his hands: “oh Bhagwant Satguru ji, my son is having his Mundan ceremony and I am celebrating it with great joy. Sheeha Uppal saw Guru ji and bowed to his feet with faith and devotion. He was coming back to Khadoor and walking casually back, when he met a person by the name of Sheeha Uppal. One day, Guru Angad Dev ji went to Goindwal to meet Guru Amardas ji and had many great conversations with him.