Gurbani and Sikhism

Gurbani 13: World as Sukh-Sehaj Mela

2008-08-21T11:42:00.000+01:00

1. Nas Vanjoh, Kilvikho, Karta Ghar Aaya;
2. Dootehn Dehin Bhaya, Gobind Pragtaya
3. Pragteh Gopal, Gobind Lalin, Sadh-Sang Vikhnaya
4. Achraj Deetha, Ameo Vootha, Gur-Prasadi Janya
5. Mann Saant Payee, Vajhi Vadhayee, Nah Unt Jayee Paya
6. Binvant Nanak SUKH SAHAJ MELA, Prabhaap Banaya

An Envisionment of a World of SUKH SAHAJ MELA (A World Fair Gathering in Sublimes)

The tough battle of life, sometimes takes positive turns.

It’s Time, when awe, panic and a routal in defeat strike the forces of sin- causing, distress-creating evils and makes them all flee, vanish.

This amazing change (Acharage Deetha) occurs, when the much Beloved Lord (Gobind Lalin) is pleased and manifests His presence in a profuse burst of graciousness in response to the prayer–call of His ardent devotee, who has lifted itself out of the muck and mire of life, through communication with Scriptures and Saints and has thus got spiritually seasoned up on the route of effort, revelation and grace (Sadh Sang Vikhaya)

The mind-body-soul of such persons is lit. This Divine Light bestows calm, felicity, sublime wisdom - an inner empowerment that architects outer designs of outer human strictures.

In this higher state, the Hakikat or reality of Truth and Righteousness is well understood and imbibed. The five inner tricksters, with ego as their chieftain, are well bridled, duality disappears, so does bane for benevolence (Bikh for Bakhshandgi) to decipher, pick and practise AMRIT which is piety of mind, heart for all thought intent and action.

Thereon the life flow sets, moves smoothly, empowered on the course of nobility, pursuing, achieving, spreading, fulfilling missions and causes of Godly goodness…tunes to “Sabh Sansar Ubharya…Bigsay Sabh Parvarya” - may all grow and thrive in peace, progress, content and health.

Nanak submits, to hem the Psalm humbly, that the possibility of SUKH SAHAJ MELA (the blooming of humanity in bliss) has been enshrined in Lord’s Cosmic Constitution and can be habitated, when realized and enlightened human persons gather up en-mass and transact the Business of Life in Divine Ideology of love, amity, transparency, mutual goodwill; earning, sharing, fairing, excellence, for Subliming of Human Order.

Part of the Dream Weave Walk 1999-2007

Gurbani 12: Concept of An Ever–Bloom

2007-09-27T15:41:00.000+01:00

SHABDHE SADA BASANT HAI
Since two important happy festivals of Basant and Holi fall in the same month and the festival of Baisakhi is in the process of shaping and maturing, it is pertinent to describe the significance of Phagan in the words of Guru Arjun – to understand the sacred line-link and the wider design of Cosmos.

PHAGAN ANAND UPARJANA
HAR SAJAN PRAGATEH AYEH
SANT SAHAI RAM KE
KAR KRIPA DIYA MILAYEH

SEJ SUHAVI SARAB SUKH
HUNH DUKHAHN NAHI JAYEH
ICHH PUNNI WADBHAGNI
VARR PAYA HAR RAI

MIL SAHIAN MANGAL GAVHI
GEET GOVIND ALAYE
HAR JEHA AVAR NAHI DISYEE
KOI DOOJA LAVEH NAH LAYEH

HALAT PALAT SAVARIAN
NEHCHIL DITIAN JAYEH
SANSAR SAGAR TE RAKHYAN
BAHOR NAHAN JANMEH DHAYEH

JEHVA EK ANEK GUNN
TAREH NAHN CHARNI PAYEH
PHAGUN NITT SLAHIEH
JIS NOO TIL NAHN TAMAEH

An attempt at rendition of the above hymn is as under :-

The month of Phagan is auspicious and joyous, because, the Lord has aroused and revealed to us His manifestational presence, in invigorative clime of promise and growth, of reapings and brimming-granaries, of stirrings for honest endeavor in the hearts and souls of human beings.This bonanza has been possible through motivation of Saints, our unfailing trust in Him and God’s own grace.

His staying presence in our mind-body and heart has made them gorgeous and fortunate, a source of boons, comforts and contented-fulfilment. The dismaying distressing factors have disappeared

Now it has become an occasion of festivity and celebrations, to sing Divine admirational songs of delight in the pleasant company of friends, who all in their great pride, conclude that there is non like Him anywhere.

He has blessed our minds to a state of imperturbable repose, sorted out our present and likely future problems. There is no fear of coming and going. The life has gained nirvana in His own scheme of eternalism.

The inadequacy, however, is, that the humans have got only one tongue to speak, whereas, Creator’s invaluable traits are far two many and precious to admire them with. It is not enough to merely bow before Him in reverence and gratitude. He has rid us of the bane-avarice, and the Homage-Abadat, therefore, must be diurnal, throughout the month and months on.

THE ROLE AND RELEVANCE OF BASANT:THE BUDDING OF DIVINE IN NATURE AND HUMAN PERSON
The above quotes do not imply that there is an attempt to highlight and upbeat a particular religion. The aim is to sum up the mood, message, significance and meaning and to workout in general, the role and relevance of Basant. The word Shabad used is not abstract or exclusive. Shabad means VICHAR – a divine thought process, presented to deal with the problems of life, its conflicts, confrontations, riot, tumble and turmoil.

To teach, to overcome them and to get on to right and honourable path is the role of religion or the science of conscience. The “Shabad Sadha Basant Hai” also means that the bloom is inclusive of all seasons for all people, of all nations. It is inclusive of the requirement of conquest of dynamics of Five in-set enemies, Dualism, Viprit and Trigunas (Rajo Tamo Sato concepts), as they become hurdles to seasoning and strengthening of the individual human brick for upgrading of life and its structures. A balanced good governance of these players is mootal for up-laddering.

This seasoning of the human brick is the seasoning of Human-Infrastrucutre. The conquest of above dynamics is the conquest of mind. The mind becomes mighty-super powered. No human paradigms, policies structures, systems and objective-pyramids can endure and thrive without building the foundational human infrastructure, which comes through the routes of school-university quality education, through the school of Nature, through the science of qualms in conscience; which in simple terms is complete Cosmic-Circuit-connectivity, for generation and transmission of noble energy, light, sense of all-weal, unison and endeavor along the Global highways of righteous direction, Marg and Manzil. All paradigms must meet the physical, mental and spiritual needs of humanity and achieve balance between eco-growth, social-development and spiritual re-surgence, making it a united cultural, perennial, concourse. We must hold continuous civilizational discourse to workout a Neo - Humanist Order of sublime kinship.

The subject of the paper is not dealing with specifics, which is the job of professional experts. It only strives to project broad-main outlines on rational Human Agenda for success of Human Affairs, from breaking of families to breaking and sullying of societies, throughout the world.

Nature is an open school university. Its curricula is central to all teaching faculties including the makings of a human person It has great potential power to educate, enthuse, liberate, heal, guide, inspire and uplift soul and sense. We have only to be its ardent lovers, keen students, devout disciples, explorers, adventurers, admirers, path-finders, to be able to capitalize on its freely, abundantly available wealth-values to enrich our exaltedness; to be able to enjoy a fuller sense of success and contentment. God pervades in all His manifestational forms. The Divining of the Empirical is the consummation of life. The human avarice is chastened. Both spiritual and material needs are well met, in adequate affluence, in state of SUKH-SEHAJ-ANAND (contented fulfillment, in calm repose, in grateful rejoice).

Rama Nand’s quote, Kabir’s divine exclaimation

“ MAULI DHARTI, MAOLYA AKAAS
GHATT GATT MAOLYA ATAM PRAGAS”
And Guru Arjun’s psalm on Phagan, become relevant as they offer key to solve world’s problems.

The message is not for a particular community, a local area, a nation, or a region. The message is for all people of the world, to upraise human – worth through nobility of character, loftiness of ideals, through earnest-sincerity in purpose and pursuit, magnanimity of disposition, elevation of moral-sense and responsibility, for dignification and consummate ascendancy of human order.

The significance and meaning in the message is for the entire world–leadership, more particularly, for the Top-brass-Custodians, the potential movers, shapers and makers of present and future destiny of mankind; the enlightened gems, in high seats of geo-political power, surveying the scene of human progress and predicament.

They must blast-out their old sticking prejudices, hard-postures, mis-understandings and transcend all parochial hurdles and barriers that cause divisiveness, drag, abuse and debasement and threaten to endanger the good interests of mankind.

They must adjust, update, reorient, universalize their perspectives, ideologies, doctrines, strategies, policies and programmes to fit-into the requirement of the most sought-after and long-awaited New Global Socio-Economic order.

Then, let there be an enlightened Core-head Conclave of Bush, Putin, Annan, Blair, Chirac, Shreoder, Manmohan, Abdullah, Sharon, Abbas, Karzai, and some other rulers of important states like Japan, Canada, Australia, South-Africa, Brazil…to lead an arrow-vanguard of OP ‘‘JHOOJAN” for justice, that launches an unstoppable, power-packed, invincible, ever forward-going, progressive worldwide KRANTI; setting a storm of stirrings, of awakening, of longings that commits civilization to an incessant engagement, for cleansing, greening and wisening of the Earth Planet to full matured blooms.

Such leaders will be acknowledged in the World’s Roll of Honour and ever remembered in history as (MUKH UJLEH SANT SAPAHI) the most brilliant saint warriors who relentlessly and collectively crusaded and battled for the great human cause, giving their everything, for up-pillaring the destiny of mankind.

In short, we have three options to choose from:

(i)We may launch a Human elevational Kranti, an alternative pattern of world war III for subliming of world-society.

(ii)Or if we fail in this, we risk world war three, packed with nuclear arsenals, weapons of mass destruction, clandestinely procured, developed and held, in pursuit of illegal nuclear proliferation. Some frenzied individual, a group, a cult or any irresponsible nation may set off the fuse and kick-up a free for all exchange of nuclear Armageddon for civilizations disaster.

(iii)If we fail to avail the first choice and also fail to handle the second scenario, we may helplessly look to heavens for a new Apostle to descend on Earth to control, sort out and establish a Global Anand Garh,-- world’s place of joy, peace, harmony, contentment, goodwill and good-living for all. Now, some may are may not have faith, hope or patience in this, as it is not some-thing readily available. The ball, therefore, is in the court of International Human Conclave—enlightened human persons of Learned Lore, to finally decide and proceed as they will.

The role, relevance and meaning of Basant-spring is in the first choice of Kranti. May the High Global Echelons resound with loud Jagat Jaikaro of Sat Sri Akal- which means victory of righteousness, elevation of human beings and establishment of an order of Sainthood, all to the glory of God!

(“HAON APHON BHOL NAH JANDA MAEHN KHAHYA SABH HUKMAO JEO”).
contributed by: Surindar Singh

Part of the Dream Weave Walk 1999-2007

Gurbani 11:Consecration of Home

2007-09-15T09:39:00.000+01:00

"HAR PAYERRA GHAR AYEH RAM"

CONSECRATION OF HOME

DEHDIS KHOJAT HAM PHIREH, MEREH LAL JEO,
HAR PAERRA, GHAR AYEH RAM,
HAR MANDIR HARJEO SAJYA, MEREH LAL JEO,
HAR TIS MEH REHA SAMAI RAM,
SARBEH SAMANA AAP SWAMI,
GURMUKH PARGAT HOYA,
MITYA ANDHERA, DOOKH NATTHA,
AMEO HAR RAS CHOYA
JEH DEKHAN TAHAN SWAMI,
PARBRAHM SABH THHAEH,
JAN KAHE NANAK, SATGUR MILAYA,
HAR PAERRA GHAR AYEH!

Focus Line : The Shrine of Shrines

1. We went in search of God in all directions,

2. But, ultimately, found Him, right inside our own Shrine-Home,

3. Of hearts and minds;

4. And, then, with this enlarged vision, we could perceive the glow of His Immanence in everyone, in everything, over everywhere.

5. In this new fount spurt of bliss, the divine quint-essential message was clearly understood;

6. The life-path got lit,

7. The Main Marg smoothened and metalled itself out in prominence.

8. The darkness, beguilement, dissatisfaction and other causes of distress were dispelled;

9. The mind-body was enthused, enlightened and empowered;

10. The broad satisfaction-resultant roused a deluge of delight;

11. That super-fine-tuned our outlook, attitude, psycho-body sense-action- behaviour.

12. The "HAR PAERRA GHAR AYEH RAM" was an invigorating experience in glory, baptism, liberation and transcendence;

13. A verily sumptuous, mystic and pragmatical enrichment experience, to go the way of life as it should.

14. An etched-out " Deliverance to Humanity", from sin, abuse, harm, intolerance and deviance, rainbowed itself up to signify clearence of horizons of Universalism.

15. The Flag of " Nischaya Jeet" flew in the Cosmos.

Contributed by:~ Surindar Singh

Part of the Dream Weave Walk 1999-2007

Gurbani 10:The Season of Spring

2007-09-15T09:37:00.000+01:00

"TERI MURAT EKAH BAHUT ROOP
KIS POOJ CHHARAVON DEON DHOOP"

"YOU ARE ONE -- SO MANY YOUR FORMS,
WHO TO OFFER MY WORSHIP,
BEFORE WHOM TO RAISE MY ADMIRATIONAL INCENSE"

The season of spring has dawned, the human mind illumined, JYOT in the inner shrine kindled, body-sense and soul enlightened; a mystique and explicit powerful enlivenment braces the atmosphere.

It's Turn Time. All elements, party entities of all shade-directions; left, right, centre, backward, forward, vertical or underground are in their sagacious, transcendent mien and are poised, to consensualise and confluence, in their co-operative, spirited-collectiveness, to build/enhance the bloom of progress in reforms, in its global connectivity perspective. God, Nature and Creation, already in their cosmic connect, bless, heighten and enrich the ecstatic enthrall of Basant and its perennial impact continuity.

It is time to wake up to avert defeat of conscience that permits ignoble pursuit of exploitation, depravery, degradation and possibly, of necluar doom, to shame life with. Time to swing with spring and gired up to mobilize the world-conscience that leads to honourable endeavour for just and fair, welfared, bloom. An age of conscience and enlightenment.

In this prevailing fresh light and elation, the inner and the outer human eyes have opened up and aligned, in synergic trans-visionment, to re-discover and reach the realm of Truth in the universal purpose of human existence.

The Earth and Space hold assuring promise for the burst of vegetation sproutals, growth, reaping and fruition. The swing invigorates and opens-forth mind-soul to admit "Atam Pragas". Atam Pragas is inner bloom. The integration of inner and outer bloom widens and sharpens the human awareness-ken, empowers conscience, builds Budh Vivek, which consolidates co-existential harmony, amity, peace; ennobles and enables era of righteousness, hope and achievement.

The season and the climate are opportune, conducive, inspirational, in serving-mode for Jan-Sata to avail and join the forward swing in momentum. In its larger context, it's probably, Nature`s eternally renewable insurance-package offering.

A sign, signal post beckons for grant of clearance to people of global republic, to advance enthusiastically, determinedly, collectively, the wheels of the train of millennial goals, towards a wholesome saintly world order, with thunderous raising of multi-macro, developmental slogans of "Nischey Kar Apni Jeet Karon".

The hill peak tops are heavily snow-capped, to stream the Absharik flow of life. The biting chill, frost, and the blinding fog have disappeared and the late-laden- clouds are on withdrawal. The message-borne winsome winds winnow the chaff, dust, and pollution. The horizons get clean and chaste.

All species are alive to Life-Force beat inside them. Through their innocent, quite, suave, mien, they seem to offer their silent gratitudinial obeisance in acknowledgement and affirmation of His presence; barring an element of errata in human mechanism; because, the thinking "Sikdar" is criss-crass, in meanderings, illusion's, ego; in Mamom and material enticement, bogged in quagmire; helplessly crying for recovery and redemption.

So far as the question of worship is concerned, the worship has to be of the conscience, of righteousness, of the vast sprawl majesty, mystery and benevolence of nature. The worship has to be of people, for God is in people and peoples's Regime has to be Godly. The worship is for Bahisht-e-Jahan. And the incense has to be of goodness that will be continually raised in the open Khand Brahamand for fragrance in terms of geniality, outlook and action of God's human beings.

KAT JAYIEH RE, GHAR LAGO RANGG
MERA CHIT NAHN CHALEH MANN BHAYO PUNGG

Rama Nand expresses his feelings of Basant in his most stirring Psalm starting with above quoted words from Granth Sahib.
Bhagat Rama Nand is charmed by the advent of Basant.

An intense delight has overwhelmed his heart and soul.

His mind has shed futile meanderings and come to a state of balanced, calm- repose.

He observes that with every day-dawn, there is an urge in human persons to proceed to shrines for worship.

For this, they adopt various God symbols, perform rites and rituals, make supplications to God for grant of their needs and wishes

Saint Rama Nand, here conveys his own experience of revelation, in affirmation of the crux of Truth and Divinity.

He says that the God, we so longingly seek, is right inside us all. He is the all pervading powerful ruling force, an eternal phenomenon of the universe.

And, then, Rama Nand delivers home his point, assertively that all great apostles, scholars, devout faithists have churned and deeply researched holy scriptures of all religions. They confluence to conclude, that God throbs His presence in all human beings. He is not confined to the walls of Churches , Mandirs, Mosques and Gurdawaras or even unseen heaven.

When, the inside is lit with His recognition, the vision for outside gets kindled, transformed and enabled to survey, wonder, admire and gratefully acknowledge His DARSHONO, in his uncountable manifestational expanse, everywhere, in all things.

All darkness, illusions, superstitions, fears, liars are dispelled in this open vision of the mind. Rama Nand become one with Raja Ram. That is the rapture and glow in the exuberance of Basant.

Contributed by:~ Surindar Singh

Part of the Dream Weave Walk 1999-2007

Gurbani 9: Eternalism

2007-09-15T09:36:00.000+01:00

"KAIHIN KAHAVAN KO KAI KETEH
AISO JANN BIRLO HAIN SEVAK
JO TATT JOG KO BETEH
DUKH NAHEEN SABH SUKH HI HAI RE
EKAH EKEHI NETEH
BURA NAHIN SABH BHALO HI HAI RE
HAR NAHIN SABH JETEH
SOG NAHIN SADHA HARKH HI HAI RE
CHHODH NAHIN KICHH LETEH
KAHO NANAK JANN HAR HAR HAR HAI
KATT AVEH KATT RAMTEH"

There are many who may claim or may be acknowledged (talked about) - and quoted as persons of worldly renown and achievement.

But, the really accepted, adored, beloved ones/achievers are those, who have understood, practised and diffused the quintessentials of Divine life philosophy/science. The foundational note of which is the realized conviction, that all human persons are no other than BRAHMA - the same light, beat and rhythm of life pervades all. The life kshetra becomes confluence of God`s attributes of love, compassion, graciousness.

In the light of this understanding, the game of life is, then, not perceived and experienced as merely structured on hardships, evil, defeat, grief, material losses and pain. This superficial, surfacing occurs and detracts due to our own inability to bridle up PANCH CHOR (the five inset-enemies of lust, wrath, avarice, attachment, ego) and our incapacity to harmonise TRIGUNAS (TAMO, RAJJO, SATTO) that blur our vision.

With the dispersal of this illusive view, the MARG gets lit, and the march - on becomes inspiring, and triumphant, arousing deeper urges of love and goodwill and service towards all mankind. The devout merges in God's Oneness. There is, then, no coming and going. Only eternalism holds sway.

Contributed by:~ Surindar Singh

Part of the Dream Weave Walk 1999-2007

Gurbani 8: The potential in the Light of Thought

2007-09-15T09:34:00.000+01:00

"GUREH DIKHAIO LOENA
EETEH OOTEH, GHATT GHATT
TOOHI TOOHI MOHENA
KARN KARNA, DHARN DHARNA
EKEH EKEH SOHENA
SANTAN PARSAN BALHARI DARSAN
NANAK SUKH SUKH SOHENA"

God in his benignity has endowed us with
The light of deep understanding,
That he is here, there, everywhere, in all beings;
The cause and effect, the Creator, Controller and grandeur
Of the entire cosmic command;
That he gets us close to the company of the blessed ones
And, then, what happens or raineth forth, says Nanak,
Is the never - ending state of perfect, peace, harmony, happiness.

Contributed by:~ Surindar Singh

Part of the Dream Weave Walk 1999-2007

Gurbani 7: Sunoh Lokah

2007-09-15T09:32:00.000+01:00

"SUNOH LOKAH"
(People of the world hearken and heed )

" SASU TE PIRR KINI VAAKH,
DEVAR JITHANI MOOYEE DUKH SANTAP,
GHAR KE JITHEREH KI CHUKI KAN,
PIRR RAKHYA KINI, SUGHAR SUJAN

SUNOH LOKAH, MEH PREM RASS PAYA,
DURJAN MAREH, VAIRI SINGAREH,
SATGUR MOKOH HARNAAM DIVAYA.

PRITHMAY TYAGI HAOMEH PREET,
DUTYA TYAGI LOGAH REET,
TREH GUNN TYAG, DURJAN MEET SAMANEH,
TURIA GUNN MIL SADH PEHCHANEH,
SEHAJ GUFAH MEH AASAN BADHYA,
JYOT SARUP ANAHAD VAJYA,
MAHAN ANAND GUR SHABAD VICHAR,
PIRR SEON RAATI, DHANN SUHAGAN NAAR,

JAN NANAK BOLE, BRAHM BICHAR,
JO SUNEH KAMAVEH, SO UTREH PAAR,
JANAM NA MAREH NA AVEH NA JAYE,
HAR SETI OHO REHA SAMAYEH. "

Focus Line : Chhal and Thall - Illusion and Reality

1. God created humans.

2. He put them in PARPANCH- a confusive world order,

3. With mayaic Panch, to set them in the test-game of ego, lust, wrath, avarice and attachement; under the shimmer and lure of Mammon, materials and market.

4. There was maze, quixotry, quizzlement - on doubts, jealousies, superstitions, paradoxes love, hatred, fears, fouls, hopes and fairs in the human order.

5. Taking pity at the inextricably excessive involvement and grim predicament of the deserved ones, God lifted the awe of Dharam Raj, as the arbiter and judge of their destiny.

6. He himself came to their rescue, guidance and succour, to show them the up-climb course to human elevation.

7. That's the concised general strain of the message in the psalm "Sunoh Lokah".

8. In its textual brace, however, it expands and exudes itself like this….

a) O' my human friends of the world, hearken and heed the strong divine communicative induction that I experienced and meticulously followed!

b) Firstly, the dust of ego - vanity and selfishness was shed off.

c) Secondly, the worldly or the blind course followed by the shepherds was given up.

d) Thirdly, when the trap hurdles of TRIGUNA - RAJOH, TAMOH, SATOH, were crossed over, the barricades of prejudice, slant or hostile differences between friends and foes stood dismantled. The entire audience and the players of the Olympiad were in an absorbing, cheering, and right attitudinal spirit of the game; All in joyous Idul-Embrace.

e) Thereafter, with His more grace pouring in, I was admitted to a higher-grade state of mind, of calm, poise and discernment, where I could locate and identify the SADH-JAN - the human gems of godliness.

f) Thence came, the burst of live, Divine Light, with force and sound, communicating the key-notes in muse-tuned, celestial, auto-orchestral, low-crescendo, that overwhelmed my heart, mind and soul in an immersional, eternal felicity.

g) Nanak, therefore, exhorts that anyone who studies, listens to and lives by the tenets and traits of the Lord can overcome all difficulties of life and achieve a salvational, destined winning post.

h) There are no doubts or fears of birth or death or of coming and going as the attainment-peak has been conquered.

Contributed by:~ Surindar Singh

Part of the Dream Weave Walk 1999-2007

Gurbani 6:Naam Aokhad

2007-09-15T09:28:00.000+01:00

"NAAM AOKHAD"
(PANACEA)

PRABH KRIPA THE HAR HAR DHIAVON,
PRABHU DAYA THE MANGAL GAVON,
OOTHAT, BAITHAT, SOVAT, JAAGAT,
HAR DHIYAEH SAGAL AVARDA JEO,
NAAM AOKHAD MOKOH SADHU DIYA,
KILBIKH KATEH NIRMAL THIYA,
ANAND BHAYA NIKSI SABH PEERAH,
SAGAL BINASEH DARDA JEO,
JISKA ANG KAREH MERA PIARA,
SO MUKTA SAGAR SANSARA,
SAT SAT KAREH JIN GURU PACHHATA,
SO KAHE KO DARDA JEO,
JAB THE SADHU SANGAT PAYE,
GUR BHAITET HAON GHAI BLAYE,
SAS SAS HAR GAVEH NANAK,
SATGUR DHAK LIYA MERA PARDAH JEO.

( As remedy for all human difficulties and ailments)
Focus Line : Tall-claims, questionings and inviolability.

1. The message conveys a godly devout's firm faith in the existence, superintendence and power of the Higher regime.

2. In Lord's attributes of mercy, grace of all boons and bounties, of granting a state of Sehaj, Santokh, Sadh-Sangat, Nishkaam Seva, Samuh Sarab Sukh; of Gyan Dhian Dhan and "Paar Parila".

3. Meaning: A state of unruffled mind; of satiation, interaction with the pious, (individually or in congregation, for strength in absorption of elevational vibes, sanctifying the atmosphere); a mind of charitable outlook, longings for people's selfless service and well being; a state of awakening to the presence of Sanctity and Super riches of the Higher Order, provisioned for human worthwhileness.

4. The "Paar Parila" is achieved in human person's conquest over the inner wicked.

5. In this way, a complete mergence of all realms takes place; of matter and material, of Nature in diversified variety and of the super material, or the Super Natural.

6. The intake is through the visible, invisible, interpretative, mystic, reverberative and perceivable; with sensory and extra-sensory fitments; in the beat, beauty and grandeur of the Whole Creational Manifestation.

7. The Human has become sublimely culminational, with God Himself thumping inside and outside the human person.

8. The scientist, the sceptist, the half baked, the raw or the non baked believers, all become a part of the Super scientific proving that God runs them and their lives; above their zoned realm of independent thought and action.

9. Where they seem to architect their own human structure of laws, codes, sciences, politico socio-economic systems.

10. Where they raise farms and factories, offices and institutions.

11. Their comforts, luxuries, profits and wealth.

12. Where they run their schools, colleges and worship places with Pandits, Mullahs and Priests.

13. Plan and build their states, ideologies, unions, equations and strategic blocs or exclusivist sub-worlds.

14. Where they bring in the rigmarole of castes, creeds, classes, ethnicity and communal sectarianism.

15. There onwards, they create markets, for their needs, business, profits and gains.

16. And, then, they begin to slip, trick, smuggle, cheat, scam, corrupt, ill-drug and debase all walks of life.

17. They love, hate, doubt, worship, pray, desecrate and flounder at the same time.

18. The inroading spectre of misunderstandings, unfortunately, distances them away from each other. They fall apart, hostile up, militarise, weaponise, endanger scenarios and get set to destroy others with wanton killings of the innocent and devastation of human assets.

19 .That's how, you know, the human ruffle-up, stands today, kicking off turmoil; polluting socio-economic order; aggravating strains of indiscipline, violence and blasts; and degrading the world's geo-political landscape.

20. The war machine rumbles, Khan sahib's nuclear proliferative bazaar hots up, more nations get nuclearly arsenalled; terrorism emboldens, spreads and dares; the irresponsible leaders and states hold out and rattle nuclear shoot-out threats.

21. The bio, chem, radioactive and nuclear missiles and bombs, in-crude handy devices and in their updated configurations, from silos and satellites, are readied up for a final strategic, uprootal thrash-down. Pre-emptions cannot be ruled out.

22. A tumble-down of the Human Person in the barren sands of common- sense, in it's elusive destiny chase?

23. The human apotheosis and apostasy are in confrontation; the latter pre-ponderates and retards the advance and victory of the human culminational. That's the cause of contemporary malaise.

24. That's the game in the independently zoned human theatre, on the mile-stone of 21st century, where, some still say that God is a hoax, and super natural powers are irrelevant; that people only need money, markets for their hunger and the rulers need coercive power to carry out their ideological mandate, by whatever means. The type of game that gags Human Rights and messes up, to mar human merriness.

25. The kind of scenario represents a serious vaccum in the construct of the world order. Its mere material dimension in human context inhibits the broad angle view and overlooks the imperativity in understanding of the primordial, right coursed, cosmo-super order.

26. Now, therefore, whither to go, for veritable answers and solutions? It becomes a great puzzle log jam, on the crossroads of human affairs. Whether they would like to carry on like this, as in the past, worsen it, or would like to change their gear and direction, in determined earnestness, and concord to acknowledge, accept and integrate with the realms and laws of the Higher Regime, is left to their sense of good judgement.

27. The trouble in the drag, however, is that we seek only empirical solutions to empirical questions and challenges, whereas, for full and practical solutions to human problems, the vast supportive resource of the Super Natural will have to be invoked, intermingled with and availed in the immense scope of the human apotheosis.

28. No cause to despair. The Voice for the blessed Human Order resounds like this:

"SABH KICHH VASGAT SAHIBAH,
APEH KARAN KAREN,
SATGUR KE BALHARNEH,
MANSA SABH PURAVE"

29. The rationale in the belief is that there is more power in prayer than is packed in the atom-atoms in body, matter and space. And to heed and grant the prayer, offered in faith, for our fair needs and fulfilment, there is the Great, Gracious Guardian.

30. Let us attempt by illustration the proof for belief . The high-grade scientists, explorers and researchers, thinkers, doers and achievers of all fields are human persons with the born genii, which goes above the level of intellectual brilliance. It belongs to the realm of "Budh-Vivek"- a Super Power Enlightenment, beyond the unexplorable, unreachable, mystic, for goodness to think and perform. They are 'Rang Ratras', with the spiritual depth, understanding, grasp and perception of the Total.

31. Their thinking and quest goes beyond the micro in matter to the macro of the universe. They are aware of the Force behind turn of seasons; of genes, gender, and pedigrees; of the functioning of the physio-psycho- -auto motor; of the sense in soul or in the combat theatre of invisible mind; of birth, life, growth and decay.

32. They do believe that there are designers, architects and makers behind all earthly things and, therefore, there is surely, the Master Architect, Builder or Maker of the invisible atoms, to the entire transplanetary system, with their eternal Laws of operation and discipline. That there is the Creator Scientist, of all sciences of the universe and it's scientific phenomenon; the origin and it's thereafter, it's existence, vitalism, vivacity and continuity. Their science of Conscience should not, however, be serviled, shackled and exploited for misapplications towards destructive ends.

33. Luckily, the human persons of Learned Lore are veritable believers in relativism of the Cosmic Order, in the imperativity of free inquiry, constant dialogue with the Inner ( Jyot Sarup - Light of Life-Force-Pragas--enlightenment ) and then, with the outer manifestational Nature ( of turfs and trees; snow peaks and oceans; of Sun, Moon and Stars; of winds, warmth, energy; of Earth and Space; of all living, growing and seemingly non-living things ).

34. A dialogue with the grandeur of the Whole ( Sobh Khand Brahmandahay).

35. A discourse of Love, Faith, Immanence of Providence and His Creation, in an ever going Aarti ( worship ) through

"Dhoop Deep Malanlo Pavan, Chavro Kare,
Sagal Banrai, Phulant Jyoti…"

"Harnameh Hee Sukh Manda Hai".

( The above extract of psalm emphasises the message as to how a transcendental worship in the Cosmo-Order ever goes on; with sky decked in crescent light of Sun, Moon and Stars; with sandal-scent borne winds wafting in veneration; an auto-orchestral holy music playing felicity fusion notes; vegetation bursting in lush greens, reapings and pleasing blooms; all hoisting and saluting the majesty, unity, harmony, sanctity and joy in the Grand Communion of the Immanence and Creation ).

36. Without this constant life-force transmission, the human person trips into a dysfunctional disconnect. Truth and Reality need no validation. The God of all things; His Immanence, Supremacy, Justice, Wholism is irrefutable, inviolable, scientifically and conscientifically inveterate.

37. That is the meaning and significance of "Naam Aokhad", or of

"Puran Jyot Jagah Ghatt Maheh,
Tab Khalis, Tahe Neh-Khalis Janeh"

( The kindlement of Inner Light, that dispels darkness and cleanses the dirt, must rise and spread to show the way, to noble thinking, living and doing, for the establishment of Noble Human Order, of piety and Saint-hood, of God and goodness; for peace, progress, prosperity of the material, interwined and reinforced in spiritual affluence, for performance of overall excellence ).

Contributed by:~ Surindar Singh

Gurbani 5: Arrival of the Monsoon

2007-09-15T09:27:00.000+01:00

"SAAWAN AAYA JHIM-JHIMAH"

ARRIVES MONSOON
BLESSETH AND COMMUNES
NATURE IN MYRIAD WAYS

The message below has been extracted
from the common pool reservoir
as conveyed in the following psalms:

a) " SAVAN AYAH JHIM JHIMAH
HAR GURMUKH NAAM DHIAEH
DUKH, BHUKH, KARRAH SABH CHUKAISYEE
MIHN VUTHA CHHEBAR LAE "

b) " OONAV OONAV AYLAH,
VARSEH LAE JHAREE
NANAK BHANEH CHALEH KANT KEH,
SO MANEH SADAH RALI "

c) " BABIHA TOON SACH CHAO
SACHEH SEON LIVE LAE
BOLYA TERA THAEHN PAVEH
SABAD CHEEN, TIKH UTREH MANN LAE RAJAE "

d) " BABIHA EH JAGAT HAI
MATT KO BHARAM BHOLAE
AMRIT HAR KA NAAM HAI
JIT PEETEH TIKHA BUJAE "

e) " SAH RUTT SUHAVI,
JIT TUDH SAMALI
SO KUM SOHELA,
JO TERI GHALI
TOOH SANJHA SAHIB
BAAP HAMARA"

f) " NAONIDH TEREH AKHUT BHANDARAH
SABEH SANJHI WAL DISAEN
TOONH KISEH NAH DISEH BAHIRA JEO
SAB TERA KHEL DASAEHRA JEO "

g) " BARSE MEGH SAKHI
GHAR PAHEN AYEH "

1. It's turn-time, the old season goes;

2. After heat, humidity, close-stillness,

3. The thickened dark clouds that hung for long,

4. Have burst in Gracious rain and bracing winds;

5. Arousing romantic freshness, to feast on greens, sproutals, promise, potential and hope;

6. An opportunity for introspection, reality check, discernment, far-sighted vision, sagacity;

7. For innovation, principled, pragmatic and demonstrated performance;

8. For transformation;

9. To bridge-up human connectivity, inherent in the Design of Nature;

10. For security, peace, prosperity; for a Heaven on Earth Sanctum;

11. By lifting impending horrors of constant strife, tension, hatred, crime, corruption, violence in genocides, blasts, devastation and innocent human killings;

12. The futile misunderstandings, fire, fury and frenzy;

13. The causes of harrowing scenarios, that could call for catastrophic wars.

14. Therefore, the need for an endeavour to drain-away the grime and vile that desecrates the meaning, significance and veneration of the Divine,

15. In the God of all peoples;

16. Whose message showers felicitous inspiration to elevate human mind, and enhance dignity of life;

17. Herald, assert and hoist the rise of New Times, New Generations, with New Resurgence in sense-sublime;

18. In their committal to discard all the sullying in sham and shame,

19. For triumph of love, health, socio-spiritio-eco-affluence, justice and well-being of all.

20. To sing and swing our gratitudinal glory to God, and His Dispensational Order; with a "Guard of Honour" to the Whole, in martial tune of Nischay, Jeet, of right over wrong,

21. In a heightening mass choral pledge of accord; with global congregational Congress's initiative and drive, for boosting the operational "Endeavour-Enterprise" of "All-Togather-Weal" for attainment of the firm resolve.

Contributed by:~ Surindar Singh

Part of the Dream Weave Walk 1999-2007

Gurbani:4 From dis-illusionment to Truth

2007-09-15T09:15:00.000+01:00

"GHAR MEHN AMRIT BHARBHOOR HAI
MANMUKHAN SAD NAH PAYAA
JEON KASTOORI MIRG NAH JANEH
BHARMDA BHARM BHULAYA
AMRIT TAJJ BIKH SANGRAHE
KARTEH APP KHUAIYA
GURMUKH VIRLEH SOJHI PAYEE
TINHANH ANDAR BRAHM DHIKHAYA
TANN MANN SITAL HOYA
RASNA HAR SAAD AYA
SHABDEH HI NAON UPJEH
SHABDEH MEIL MILAYA
BIN SABDEH SABH JAG BAURANA
BIRTHA JANAM GWAYA
AMRIT EKO SABAD HAI
NANAK GURMUKH PAYA"

God has put nectar
Right as close in human person's mind and heart,
And, in abundance too; but, like the deer,
who, being unable to locate the fragrance,
And power of Kasturi, borne in itself,
Madly wanders in search of it, in all directions,
The human person too, gets disillusioned,
In the shimmer and bane of worldly temptations
And, it is so, because, only a few blessed seekers
Are enabled/enlightened to find His presence,
Inside themselves, through the media of Shabad vichar,
Which lights up and reveals Truth and Reality,
And makes face-to-face communion with God possible,
in an enhanced/elevated mental state of nectared consummation.

Contributed by:~ Surindar Singh

Part of the Dream Weave Walk 1999-2007

Gurbani 3: The power of the Rainbird

2007-09-10T16:01:00.000+01:00

"BABIHRA AMRIT VELEH BOLYA,
TAAN DARR SUNHI PUKAR,
MEGEH NUON FIRMAN HOYA,
HAON TINN KEH BALHARNE,
JINN SACH RAKHYA URDHAR,
NANAK NAMEH SABH HARIAVLI,
GUR KE SABAD VICHAR."

The Babihra rented the space with full powered yearning prayer.
The prayer was instantly, heeded, heard, and granted.
The rain god was commanded to rain graciously.
I, therefore, flow out in admiration for such achiever beings of unfailing faith.
The rain in a matter of minutes, had cleansed up Nature to its fresh green attire.
That's why, Nanak exhorts, that so can it happen in the case of human beings.
Their insides can be cleansed and turned sublime, if they reposed abiding faith in Lord.
And sent out their prayers, in all earnestness,
That seek good of every thing in life,
Fruition, fulfilment, worth-whileness for all mankind
And glory of God, in the light of Divine quintessentials.
The rainbird`s heartful Fariyad goes beyond quenchment of self thirst,
To quenchment of parched Earth for greening, to extinguishment of raging fires
In human affairs, for blooming of Sakal Jahan with love, peace, wisdom and progress

Contributed by:~ Surindar Singh

Part of the Dream Weave Walk 1999-2007

Gurbani 2: Mana The Nectar

2007-09-09T04:28:00.000+01:00

"AMRIT SADHA VARSDA
BHOOJEH BHOOJAN HAR
GURMUKH JINHI BHOOJIYA
HAR AMRIT RAKHYA URDHAR
HAR AMRIT PEEVEH SADHA RANG RATEH
HAOMA TRISNA MAR
AMRIT HAR HAR NAM HAI
VERSEH KRIPA DHAR
NANAK GURMUKH NADRI AYYA
HAR ATAM RAM MURAR"

The nectar of Lord`s blessings always rain-pour,
But, only the connoisseurs or the knowledgeably awakened ones
Understand and enjoy its import-- its taste and meaning.
The spirituals, who get at this secret, always place their faith & reliance on Him.
They are rid of the bane of ego and ever remain in heavenly bliss,
And, this Amrit is not unreachable, because, it is available right in the perceived impact Of His existence
It all comes through ones own concerted efforts and His grace
The blessed ones recognize and realize the truth of His presence and governance in the thrill of their own hearts and souls

Contributed by:~ Surindar Singh

Part of the Dream Weave Walk 1999-2007

Gurbani 1: The Three Questions

2007-09-08T16:45:00.000+01:00

1. The travel sojourns of Guru Nanak to Baghdad, during the rule of Bullar Shah.

2. Bullar Shah knowing the presence of Darwesh in his country, called Nanak over to his daily worship platform, known as Thara, for a theol -ogical interactive clarity on some questions that had been haunting his mind.

3. Making his stern conditions of punishment very clear to the visitor in case he failed to answer his questions convincingly, Bullar Shah asked Nanak if these were acceptable to him and he was ready for the terms spelt out.

4. Nanak humbly told him to proceed with his questions.

5. The three questions shot by Bullar Shah, one by one, were as under :

a) Who was there before Allah?

b) Where does He live?

c) What does He do? ( meaning His role in existence or human life )

6. For the first question, Nanak asked him to bring a plate full of Moti's ( precious stones from his Tosha-Khana ). Getting surprised though, the honourable Shah ordered his subordinates to immediately meet this requirement of Darwesh. When the plate was brought, Nanak asked Bullar Shah to start counting Moti's. The ruler started… 1,2,3 Nanak asked him to stop, pointing out that his counting was wrong. Bullar was sure of his counting, but agreed to restart, 1,2,3…. Nanak checked him again for his repetition in the fault, hinting for a third attempt or even more if the King so wished. After having made three attempts, Bullar Shah shot back, What was wrong in his counting? Nanak gracefully asked him " What is before One? ". Shah was puzzled, but, retorted that before One was zero or nothing.

7. Bullar Shah understood the depth in the sharp witted answer that he got, and Nanak respectfully asked Nanak to answer his second question.

8. For the second question, Nanak asked him to bring a jug full of milk. Bullar thought that the traveller must be tired and hungry and wanting to drink some milk, which he himself should have offered on his arrival. He ordered for the milk to be immediately brought. When the jug of milk was placed before Nanak, He looked enquiringly into it. Getting worried, Bullar assured him of it's purity. Nanak again scanned it and said that he was not questioning it's purity but, there was something more in it, and he too could have a look at it. Looking at it, in compliance, Bullar asserted " I see only milk, there is nothing else in it ". Nanak asked him if there was no ghee/butter in it. Bullar said, "yes but, I can't see". Nanak said, "That's your second question answered; that you may not see Allah, but, the essentiality of his existence cannot be denied". Nanak politely added that he would have to earnestly endeavour to find Him.

9. Bullar, feeling little embarrassed, requested Nanak lovingly to answer his third and final question, " Does Allah do anything ( or just exists and sits alone ) ? ". Nanak said, "Bullar you are asking me questions as a student, but, as a student you are sitting on a higher podium. Do you think this protocol is in order" ? Bullar was intelligent enough and immediately came down from his higher seat and asked Nanak to sit on it. Nanak said, " You have got it now. That's what Allah does; enthroning or dethroning kings and emperors and wielding all super powers in the vast expanse of universe".

10. The above interesting discourse throws light on the doubts regarding validity of truth and belief, Atheism, Deism and Theism, reason and faith.

11. Bullar had instantly bowed before Nanak on receiving his valuable answers and requested him to continue to live in Baghdad. The foundation of a gurudwara was laid by Bullar Shah and he had desired his grave to be laid by the side of this gurudwara. This shrine, representing universal truth and human fraternity still carries on, visited and worshipped by many Baghdadis. It is wished that it develops and expands as an International Heritage Institution, with a mission hospital and public school; IT training centers, a UN supported university for studies in universal streams of world religions, an International Hub for trade, commerce, pilgrimage and for promoting cordial international relationships; boosting Iraqi economy, uplifting their living standards by this global mainstream bridging of civilization. Kabir echoes Nanak's answers in his following quote:

ALLOH PAKIN PAK HAI
SHAKK KAREH JE DOOSAR HOEY
KABIR KARAM KARIM KA
OHO KAREH JANEH SOEY

Meaning that nothing existed before Allah. That Allah is the origin of the universe, it's laws functions and life. He knows all and knows what to do. He is the Creator and Controller of all Existence. No one else, but, He as the embodiment of truth, piety and benevolence, can give and bless people to Illahi paths of prosperity and righteousness.

Contributed by:~ Surindar Singh

Part of the Dream Weave Walk 1999-2007