Contd.
They indulge primarily in reintroducing the practices of trance and breath-control or reading
en masse, through the Adi Granth, in the style of Al Koran, or the continuous chanting of Ramayan, etc.
There are more mendicants in the
Sikh inhabited areas flourishing on the ignorance of the
Sikh populace by preaching, in a hushed manner, the secret of the so called
naam-dan. In order to maintain their hold on these hapless unfortunates, they strictly forbid them to discuss the methodology and the confidential
diksha of
naamwith anyone and to remain glued to the
Baba himself.
The
Babasprefer it this way, so that the subject remains perennially dependent on them and need not strive to improve his character and behaviour as such. The Gurus sing of total surrender, giving up the personal ego and fusion of Self with All-Pervading
Para-
Brahmas the ultimate objective. Far from the Babas’ stance strongly influenced by the traditional
Nath or Yogic practices rejected in
Sikhism, Guru Nanak’s mission was to prepare the initiate to the purest and highest level of conduct:
[SGGS : 4] You are All Virtue; I have none, Without virtues there cannot be any meditation.
When a person gives up resistance built on personal ego, a state of harmony takes place. This is experienced by each individual at least once in life-time, may be, willingly or unwillingly. This is, for instance, clearly visible in the people at the thresh-hold of Death. Now, every one knows for sure that Death has to occur, but people go round living their normal span of lives, unmindful of the approaching hour of the supreme renunciation, doing their normal acts as if the Final Act is going to happen to all others, but not to them:
That day is fast approaching, Mother, father, brother, son and wife, Ponder, who is whose?