Here's a little Zen story. A young
man comes to see the master at
his house, and says 'O great wise
one, take me on as your disciple
so that I too may obtain the
perfect state'. The Master said 'Hello Sonny-boy - forget all that
nonsense - while you're here
pour some more tea in my cup -
cheers mate' (In this version of
the story the Master is a
Londoner!) The disheartend young man went
to the table and was about to
pour the tea from the kettle into
the Master's cup when he said,
'O master your cup is already
full', 'the Master said carry on pouring , the lad did as he was
told and watched the tea
overflow and wet the table and
the floor, the man said
frantically,'O Master the tea is
spilling everywhere shall I stop?' The Master said to the man, 'Why
do you keep questioning what I
tell you to do? The cup was
already full and any extra tea
could not remain in it. You too
are full of your own wisdom and what I teach you will not stay
inside. If you want to learn the
true ways then first empty
yourself and come here ready to
be filled.' Same with the Guru jee, he's told
us to do something. We may
question it think it's pointless like
the man spilling the tea, but the
real point of it is that everytime
we do it we show Guru ji we are his slave and obey his orders and
not our man-mat. Guru ji says
'Rehat pyaree muj ko Sikh
nahee' Following the Guru's
Code is more important to the
Guru than the Sikh. So if the Guru's tell us to do it,
then as NIKE would say 'JUST
DO IT!' and prove to Guru ji you
are ready to be filled with divine
knowledge.