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One of my colleagues asked me why i cut my fingernails and not my hair? I wasn’t able to give a confident answer as i didn’t know the correct answer. What is the reason?
I just so happened to have found this on a trail of links and I'm sure I have a non dogmatic answer for you as I have pondered and researched this myself. 1) If I remember correctly, (and please correct me if i am wrong), although Guru Nanak wrote in Jaap ji that Waheguruji doesn't think anything abRead more
I just so happened to have found this on a trail of links and I’m sure I have a non dogmatic answer for you as I have pondered and researched this myself.
1) If I remember correctly, (and please correct me if i am wrong), although Guru Nanak wrote in Jaap ji that Waheguruji doesn’t think anything about such primal things as to if you have long, short or no hair, he kept his unshorn as a way of being as true to what Wahegurji created as possible, instead of shaving his head like some of the ascetics and false yogis did thinking that it would bring them enlightenment. I have read some outside SGGSJ anecdotes stating that he didn’t beleive in styling his hair (besides just being as true to Wahegurujis creation) as a means of standing out against the oppressive elite that wasted stored riches on trying to maintain a false visage of themselves, and enacting these heirarchal beauty standards that would segregate people.
2) We can look to nature as well, all creatures and even plants only let off what is needed to be discarded when that plant is healthy. Animals and insects preen and pick off sections of fur or keratin or exoskeleton that are bothersome or causing an issue. Nails however, most animals keep ground down naturally by walking on their paws or hooves, humans are pretty unique in that our hands don’t touch the ground, but I imagine if we did walk on all fours our nails would naturally stay ground down. In the case of animals whose nails don’t grind down, I dont know if you’ve ever seen it but dogs bite their nails, and primates of all kinds have been recorded to also keep nails maintained with tools and biting. Feline nails shed as a whole sheath, and grow in a particular way due to their retractable nature, but their nails also grind down a little from clawing at everything.
I hope this helps!
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