Dear Mistikalbo1 ji
Gyani ji has explained in really excellent fashion how mukti works in sikhism
As per understanding given to me By Akal Purakh Sikhism is really like a big university and there is potential of earning such degrees that were not possible before that .in many religions mukti is end point of your life and your syllabus finishes but i am amazed to read about Gursikhs like Baba Deep Singh , , Baba Fateh Singh ji i baba Jorawar Singh ji and many many more .. all these singhs are known for there actions done after this so called state of mukti and not achieve mukti , so what i mean to say that mukti relatively small thing if you r try to see what actually one can achieve in sikhi And for sure mukti in sikhi while living is possible and Gursikhs have proved this many many times and as very well described by Gyani ji that no body can fool you by promising mukti after death or heaven after death and make you loose your precious life in vain .
Now why I said that Seva in real sense starts after mukti
it is practically it is extremely difficult to do Seva in a way our Guru Ji has Taught us to do it is selfless service ( SEWA) but in life of a ordinary man he hardly do any thing in selfless state when ever we do any thing our self comes in between and it tells us that we are doing this and increase our sense of ego even when when we do sewa in Gurdwara we do it for our self so that we can achieve muki so still our mind is looking for something in return so state of selfless is really difficult and ofcourse when yo start your lessons in Guru ji University ( GURU GRANTH SAHIB ) there comes moment in you r life when doing sewa you become selfless and so you progress on you r way and ultimately you reach state of complete selfless when what ever you do is selfless and that is when even in doing Seva you are not expecting any thing in return. And this concept of selfless Seva is very very unique to sikhi. In sikhi your targets are beyond these things like mukti and salvation as this big university here you can get degree well beyond mukti
Here is quote from Gurbani written by Guru Arjan Dev ji
Ang 534
Page 534
dyvgMDwrI 5 ]
dh
aevugundhaaree 5
Dayv-Gandhaaree, Fifth Mehl:
AMimRqw ipRA bcn quhwry ]
anmr
ithaa pria buchun thuhaarae
O Beloved, Your Words are Ambrosial Nectar.
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-sikhi-sikhism/5232-amrit-is-it-for-everyone.html
Aiq suMdr mnmohn ipAwry sBhU miD inrwry ]1] rhwau ]
ath s
undhur munumohun piaarae subhehoo madh niraarae
O supremely beautiful Enticer, O Beloved, You are among all, and yet distinct from all. ||1||Pause||
rwju n cwhau mukiq n cwhau min pRIiq crn kmlwry ]
r
aaj n chaaho mukath n chaaho man preeth churun kumulaarae
I do not seek power, and I do not seek liberation. My mind is in love with Your Lotus Feet.
bRhm mhys isD muin ieMdRw moih Twkur hI drswry ]1]
brehum meh
aes sidh mun eindhraa mohi thaakur hee dhurusaarae
Brahma, Shiva, the Siddhas, the silent sages and Indra - I seek only the Blessed Vision of my Lord and Master's Darshan. ||1||
dInu duAwrY AwieE Twkur srin pirE sMq hwry ]
dh
khu nwnk pRB imly mnohr mnu sIql ibgswry ]2]3]29]
kuh
u naanuk prubh milae munohur mun seethul bigusaarae
Says Nanak, I have met my Enticing Lord God; my mind is cooled and soothed - it blossoms forth in joy. ||2||3||29||
Akal Sahai
Jatinder Singh