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<blockquote data-quote="chazSingh" data-source="post: 161703" data-attributes="member: 17409"><p>Satnaam Ambarsaria Ji,</p><p> </p><p>I think the purpose of Simran and mediation is for the following:</p><p> </p><p>a(n)tharagath th<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span>rathh mal n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>o ||</p><p><em>cleanse yourself with the Name, at the sacred shrine deep within.</em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">p<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>oo</strong></span></span>ran bh<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span></span> man t(h)o<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span></span>r bas<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span></span> ras b<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span></span>san s<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span></span>o j dheha(n) dh<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span></span>s dhh<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span></span>yo ||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>My mind has become perfect; it dwells in the Lord's Place; it had been wandering in all directions, in its desire for tastes and pleasures.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p> </p><p>a(n)thar mal n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>ramal neh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> k<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span>n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> b<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>har bh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span>kh o<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>dh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> ||</p><p><em>You have not cleansed the filth from within yourself, although outwardly, you wear the dress of a renunciate.</em></p><p></p><p>n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>m dh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>n e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>san<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>n n manam<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>kh th<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>th than dhh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>oo</strong></span>rr dhh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>m<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> ||1||</p><p><em>The self-willed manmukh does not remember the Name of the Lord, does not give in charity, and does not cleanse his consciousness; his body rolls in the dust. ||1||</em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Surely the The purpose is to cleanse yourself of Ego, Pride, Anger, Desire, Attachments. If we are influenced by any of the above to any extent at all...then we are no use to each other and to ourselves.</p><p> </p><p>That is the purpose...The emptiness is not having the disruptive millions of thoughts that try to put us to no good wizzing around in our heads and whats left is the Divine Thought...the one thought that is the only thought worth listening to as it comes from God. With that comes the awarenes you refer to, because you are now 100% aware that all is god and you treat all as god and god will assist you with helping others that are afflicted with Ego, Anger, Pride, Lust, Desire etc.</p><p> </p><p>How do we do this?</p><p> </p><p>man m<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span>l<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>v s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>dhh h<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> har n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>m dhh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> ||17||</p><p><em>In this way, his filthy mind is cleansed and purified, and he meditates on the Name of the Lord. ||17||</em></p><p> </p><p>sabadh dhh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span>p<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> th<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> hashh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> h<span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span>v<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> f<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>r m<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span>l<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> m<span style="color: #080088"><strong>oo</strong></span>l n h<span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> h<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> ||10||</p><p><em>But if it is washed with the Word of the Shabad, then it is truly cleansed, and it shall never be soiled again.</em></p><p></p><p>n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>m l<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span>th at(h)asat(h) majan<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> ||1||</p><p><em>Repeating the Naam, one is cleansed at the sixty-eight sacred shrines. ||1||</em></p><p></p><p>n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>nak ch<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>l<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>ch<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> j<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> bhar j<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> k<span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span>e ||</p><p><em>O Nanak, the mouth is truly cleansed by ritual cleansing, <strong>if you really know how to do it.</strong></em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">th<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span></span>ran tharan samrathh kal<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span></span>j<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span></span>g s<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span></span>nath sam<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span></span>dhh sabadh j<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span></span>s k<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span></span>r<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span></span> ||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em><strong>The All-powerful Guru is the Boat to carry us across in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga. Hearing the Word of His Shabad, we are transported into Samaadhi</strong></em></span></span></p><p></p><p>pa(n)ch<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> k<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> g<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>r e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span>k dhh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>n ||</p><p><em>The chosen ones meditate <strong>single-mindedly</strong> on the Guru.</em></p><p></p><p>sach m<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>l<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> sa(n)th<span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span>kh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> har jap e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span>k<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> bh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>e ||1||</p><p><em>Those contented souls who meditate on the Lord with <strong>single-minded</strong> love, meet the True Lord. ||1||</em></p><p></p><p>n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>o dhh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>o ma(n)g<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>ai</strong></span> n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>m<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> sehaj sam<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>e ||1||</p><p><em>Meditate on the Name, worship the Name, and through the Name, you shall be absorbed in intuitive peace and poise. ||1||</em></p><p></p><p>j<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>n sabadh g<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>r<span style="color: #080088"><strong>oo</strong></span> s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>n ma(n)n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> th<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>n man dhh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> har s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span>e ||</p><p><em>Those who hear and believe in the Word of the Guru's Shabad, meditate on the Lord in their minds.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>This quote from Guru Ji i really Love..its Guru Ji talking to his own mind <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> man <span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>las k<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> kareh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span> g<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>ram<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>kh n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>m dhh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>e ||1|| reh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>o ||</p><p><em>O mind, why are you so lazy? Become Gurmukh, and meditate on the Naam. ||1||Pause||</em></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>How many of us can truely say we have defeated all of the above and removed the filth from within....because if we have, then we would be shouting out with Joy just like Guru Nanak Dev Ji below <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>b<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>nava(n)th n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>nak m<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span>r<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>shh p<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>(n)n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> m<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>l<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> j<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>s kh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span>ja(n)th<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> ||1||</p><p><em>Prays Nanak, my desires are fulfilled; I have met the One I was seeking. ||1||</em></p><p></p><p>kah<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span> n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>nak prabh m<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>l<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> man<span style="color: #080088"><strong>o</strong></span>har man s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span>thal b<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>gas<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>r<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> ||2||3||29||</p><p><em>Says Nanak, I have met my Enticing Lord God; my mind is cooled and soothed - it blossoms forth in joy. </em></p><p> </p><p>geh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span> bh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>j<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> l<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span>nh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> pr<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span>m bh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span>n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> m<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>lan pr<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span>tham sach mag<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> ||</p><p><em>He has taken me by the arm, and I am saturated with His Love; I have met my Beloved on the Path of Truth.</em></p><p></p><p>prabh p<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span>khath e<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>shh<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> p<span style="color: #080088"><strong>u</strong></span>(n)n<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span><span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span> m<span style="color: #080088"><strong>i</strong></span>l s<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>jan j<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ee</strong></span> k<span style="color: #080088"><strong>ae</strong></span> r<span style="color: #080088"><strong>aa</strong></span>m ||</p><p><em>Gazing upon God, my desires are fulfilled; I have met the Lord, the Friend of my soul.</em></p><p></p><p>I think whatever works for each individual is worth continuing with. If we keep doing our heartfelt ardaas to god everyday i'm sure his grace will "take us by the arm" just like Guru Ji so lovingly described above.</p><p> </p><p>God Bless all of us <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chazSingh, post: 161703, member: 17409"] Satnaam Ambarsaria Ji, I think the purpose of Simran and mediation is for the following: a(n)tharagath th[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR]rathh mal n[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]o || [I]cleanse yourself with the Name, at the sacred shrine deep within.[/I] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]p[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]oo[/B][/COLOR][/FONT]ran bh[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR][/FONT] man t(h)o[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR][/FONT]r bas[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR][/FONT] ras b[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR][/FONT]san s[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR][/FONT]o j dheha(n) dh[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR][/FONT]s dhh[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR][/FONT]yo || [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][I]My mind has become perfect; it dwells in the Lord's Place; it had been wandering in all directions, in its desire for tastes and pleasures.[/I] [/SIZE][/FONT] a(n)thar mal n[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]ramal neh[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] k[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR]n[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] b[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]har bh[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR]kh o[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]dh[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]s[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] || [I]You have not cleansed the filth from within yourself, although outwardly, you wear the dress of a renunciate.[/I] n[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]m dh[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]n e[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]san[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]n n manam[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]kh th[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]th than dhh[COLOR=#080088][B]oo[/B][/COLOR]rr dhh[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]m[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] ||1|| [I]The self-willed manmukh does not remember the Name of the Lord, does not give in charity, and does not cleanse his consciousness; his body rolls in the dust. ||1||[/I] Surely the The purpose is to cleanse yourself of Ego, Pride, Anger, Desire, Attachments. If we are influenced by any of the above to any extent at all...then we are no use to each other and to ourselves. That is the purpose...The emptiness is not having the disruptive millions of thoughts that try to put us to no good wizzing around in our heads and whats left is the Divine Thought...the one thought that is the only thought worth listening to as it comes from God. With that comes the awarenes you refer to, because you are now 100% aware that all is god and you treat all as god and god will assist you with helping others that are afflicted with Ego, Anger, Pride, Lust, Desire etc. How do we do this? man m[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR]l[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] e[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]v s[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]dhh h[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] har n[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]m dhh[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]e[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] ||17|| [I]In this way, his filthy mind is cleansed and purified, and he meditates on the Name of the Lord. ||17||[/I] sabadh dhh[COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR]p[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] th[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] hashh[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] h[COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR]v[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] f[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]r m[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR]l[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] m[COLOR=#080088][B]oo[/B][/COLOR]l n h[COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] h[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] ||10|| [I]But if it is washed with the Word of the Shabad, then it is truly cleansed, and it shall never be soiled again.[/I] n[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]m l[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR]th at(h)asat(h) majan[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]e[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] ||1|| [I]Repeating the Naam, one is cleansed at the sixty-eight sacred shrines. ||1||[/I] n[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]nak ch[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]l[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] s[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]ch[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] j[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] bhar j[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]n[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] k[COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR]e || [I]O Nanak, the mouth is truly cleansed by ritual cleansing, [B]if you really know how to do it.[/B][/I] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]th[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR][/FONT]ran tharan samrathh kal[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR][/FONT]j[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR][/FONT]g s[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR][/FONT]nath sam[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR][/FONT]dhh sabadh j[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR][/FONT]s k[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR][/FONT]r[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR][/FONT] || [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][I][B]The All-powerful Guru is the Boat to carry us across in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga. Hearing the Word of His Shabad, we are transported into Samaadhi[/B][/I][/SIZE][/FONT] pa(n)ch[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] k[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] g[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]r e[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR]k dhh[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]n || [I]The chosen ones meditate [B]single-mindedly[/B] on the Guru.[/I] sach m[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]l[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] sa(n)th[COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR]kh[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] har jap e[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR]k[COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] bh[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]e ||1|| [I]Those contented souls who meditate on the Lord with [B]single-minded[/B] love, meet the True Lord. ||1||[/I] n[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]o dhh[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] n[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]o ma(n)g[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]ai[/B][/COLOR] n[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]m[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] sehaj sam[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]e ||1|| [I]Meditate on the Name, worship the Name, and through the Name, you shall be absorbed in intuitive peace and poise. ||1||[/I] j[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]n sabadh g[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]r[COLOR=#080088][B]oo[/B][/COLOR] s[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]n ma(n)n[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] th[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]n man dhh[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]e[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] har s[COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR]e || [I]Those who hear and believe in the Word of the Guru's Shabad, meditate on the Lord in their minds.[/I] This quote from Guru Ji i really Love..its Guru Ji talking to his own mind :) e[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] man [COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]las k[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] kareh[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR] g[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]ram[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]kh n[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]m dhh[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]e ||1|| reh[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]o || [I]O mind, why are you so lazy? Become Gurmukh, and meditate on the Naam. ||1||Pause||[/I] How many of us can truely say we have defeated all of the above and removed the filth from within....because if we have, then we would be shouting out with Joy just like Guru Nanak Dev Ji below :) b[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]nava(n)th n[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]nak m[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR]r[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] e[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]shh p[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR](n)n[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] m[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]l[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] j[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]s kh[COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR]ja(n)th[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] ||1|| [I]Prays Nanak, my desires are fulfilled; I have met the One I was seeking. ||1||[/I] kah[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR] n[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]nak prabh m[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]l[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] man[COLOR=#080088][B]o[/B][/COLOR]har man s[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR]thal b[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]gas[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]r[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] ||2||3||29|| [I]Says Nanak, I have met my Enticing Lord God; my mind is cooled and soothed - it blossoms forth in joy. [/I] geh[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR] bh[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR]j[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] l[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR]nh[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] pr[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR]m bh[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR]n[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] m[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]lan pr[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR]tham sach mag[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] || [I]He has taken me by the arm, and I am saturated with His Love; I have met my Beloved on the Path of Truth.[/I] prabh p[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR]khath e[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]shh[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] p[COLOR=#080088][B]u[/B][/COLOR](n)n[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR] m[COLOR=#080088][B]i[/B][/COLOR]l s[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]jan j[COLOR=#080088][B]ee[/B][/COLOR] k[COLOR=#080088][B]ae[/B][/COLOR] r[COLOR=#080088][B]aa[/B][/COLOR]m || [I]Gazing upon God, my desires are fulfilled; I have met the Lord, the Friend of my soul.[/I] I think whatever works for each individual is worth continuing with. If we keep doing our heartfelt ardaas to god everyday i'm sure his grace will "take us by the arm" just like Guru Ji so lovingly described above. God Bless all of us :) [/QUOTE]
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