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28-Nov-2008, 22:27 PM
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29-Nov-2008, 00:43 AM
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| | | | | Re: Count your blessings ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ ਕੇ ਪਦੇ ਪੈਤੀਸ ॥ गउड़ी गुआरेरी के पदे पैतीस ॥ Ga▫oṛī gu▫ārerī ke paḏe paiṯīs. Thirty-Five Steps Of Gauree Gwaarayree. || ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ ਅਸਟਪਦੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਕੀ रागु गउड़ी गुआरेरी असटपदी कबीर जी की Rāg ga▫oṛī gu▫ārerī asatpaḏī Kabīr jī kī Raag Gauree Gwaarayree, Ashtapadees Of Kabeer Jee: ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ ੴ सतिगुर प्रसादि ॥ Ik▫oaʼnkār saṯgur parsāḏ. One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: ਸੁਖੁ ਮਾਂਗਤ ਦੁਖੁ ਆਗੈ ਆਵੈ ॥ सुखु मांगत दुखु आगै आवै ॥ Sukẖ māʼngaṯ ḏukẖ āgai āvai. People beg for pleasure, but pain comes instead. ਸੋ ਸੁਖੁ ਹਮਹੁ ਨ ਮਾਂਗਿਆ ਭਾਵੈ ॥੧॥ Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=23510 सो सुखु हमहु न मांगिआ भावै ॥१॥ So sukẖ hamhu na māʼngi▫ā bẖāvai. ||1|| I would rather not beg for that pleasure. ||1|| ਬਿਖਿਆ ਅਜਹੁ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸੁਖ ਆਸਾ ॥ बिखिआ अजहु सुरति सुख आसा ॥ Bikẖi▫ā ajahu suraṯ sukẖ āsā. People are involved in corruption, but still, they hope for pleasure. ਕੈਸੇ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ ਰਾਜਾ ਰਾਮ ਨਿਵਾਸਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ कैसे होई है राजा राम निवासा ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥ Kaise ho▫ī hai rājā rām nivāsā. ||1|| rahā▫o. How will they find their home in the Sovereign Lord King? ||1||Pause|| ਇਸੁ ਸੁਖ ਤੇ ਸਿਵ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਡਰਾਨਾ ॥ इसु सुख ते सिव ब्रहम डराना ॥ Is sukẖ ṯe siv barahm darānā. Even Shiva and Brahma are afraid of this pleasure, ਸੋ ਸੁਖੁ ਹਮਹੁ ਸਾਚੁ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਨਾ ॥੨॥ सो सुखु हमहु साचु करि जाना ॥२॥ So sukẖ hamhu sācẖ kar jānā. ||2|| but I have judged that pleasure to be true. ||2|| ਸਨਕਾਦਿਕ ਨਾਰਦ ਮੁਨਿ ਸੇਖਾ ॥ सनकादिक नारद मुनि सेखा ॥ Sankāḏik nāraḏ mun sekẖā. Even sages like Sanak and Naarad, and the thousand-headed serpent, ਤਿਨ ਭੀ ਤਨ ਮਹਿ ਮਨੁ ਨਹੀ ਪੇਖਾ ॥੩॥ तिन भी तन महि मनु नही पेखा ॥३॥ Ŧin bẖī ṯan mėh man nahī pekẖā. ||3|| did not see the mind within the body. ||3|| ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਕਉ ਕੋਈ ਖੋਜਹੁ ਭਾਈ ॥ इसु मन कउ कोई खोजहु भाई ॥ Is man ka▫o ko▫ī kẖojahu bẖā▫ī. Anyone can search for this mind, O Siblings of Destiny. ਤਨ ਛੂਟੇ ਮਨੁ ਕਹਾ ਸਮਾਈ ॥੪॥ तन छूटे मनु कहा समाई ॥४॥ Ŧan cẖẖūte man kahā samā▫ī. ||4|| When it escapes from the body, where does the mind go? ||4|| ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਜੈਦੇਉ ਨਾਮਾਂ ॥ गुर परसादी जैदेउ नामां ॥ Gur parsādī jaiḏe▫o nāmāʼn. By Guru's Grace, Jai Dayv and Naam Dayv ਭਗਤਿ ਕੈ ਪ੍ਰੇਮਿ ਇਨ ਹੀ ਹੈ ਜਾਨਾਂ ॥੫॥ भगति कै प्रेमि इन ही है जानां ॥५॥ Bẖagaṯ kai parem in hī hai jānāʼn. ||5|| came to know this, through loving devotional worship of the Lord. ||5|| ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਕਉ ਨਹੀ ਆਵਨ ਜਾਨਾ ॥ Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=23510 इसु मन कउ नही आवन जाना ॥ Is man ka▫o nahī āvan jānā. This mind does not come or go. ਜਿਸ ਕਾ ਭਰਮੁ ਗਇਆ ਤਿਨਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥੬॥ जिस का भरमु गइआ तिनि साचु पछाना ॥६॥ Jis kā bẖaram ga▫i▫ā ṯin sācẖ pacẖẖānā. ||6|| One whose doubt is dispelled, knows the Truth. ||6|| ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਕਉ ਰੂਪੁ ਨ ਰੇਖਿਆ ਕਾਈ ॥ इसु मन कउ रूपु न रेखिआ काई ॥ Is man ka▫o rūp na rekẖ▫i▫ā kā▫ī. This mind has no form or outline. ਹੁਕਮੇ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਬੂਝਿ ਸਮਾਈ ॥੭॥ हुकमे होइआ हुकमु बूझि समाई ॥७॥ Hukme ho▫i▫ā hukam būjẖ samā▫ī. ||7|| By God's Command it was created; understanding God's Command, it will be absorbed into Him again. ||7|| ਇਸ ਮਨ ਕਾ ਕੋਈ ਜਾਨੈ ਭੇਉ ॥ इस मन का कोई जानै भेउ ॥ Is man kā ko▫ī jānai bẖe▫o. Does anyone know the secret of this mind? ਇਹ ਮਨਿ ਲੀਣ ਭਏ ਸੁਖਦੇਉ ॥੮॥ इह मनि लीण भए सुखदेउ ॥८॥ Ih man līṇ bẖa▫e sukẖ▫ḏe▫o. ||8|| This mind shall merge into the Lord, the Giver of peace and pleasure. ||8|| ਜੀਉ ਏਕੁ ਅਰੁ ਸਗਲ ਸਰੀਰਾ ॥ जीउ एकु अरु सगल सरीरा ॥ Jī▫o ek ar sagal sarīrā. There is One Soul, and it pervades all bodies. ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਕਉ ਰਵਿ ਰਹੇ ਕਬੀਰਾ ॥੯॥੧॥੩੬॥ इसु मन कउ रवि रहे कबीरा ॥९॥१॥३६॥ Is man ka▫o rav rahe kabīrā. ||9||1||36|| Kabeer dwells upon this Mind. ||9||1||36|| | 
01-Dec-2008, 15:19 PM
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01-Dec-2008, 16:36 PM
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| | | | | Re: Count your blessings Any new books written regarding the power of positive thinking, of harnessing that power to not only conquer one’s own mind but be master and in control of one’s environment thereby. ‘Brahm Giani ki mat uchi, man neema’’. This beautiful and poetic statement is a firm edict and premise for a garland of life sustaining truths to light mans journey in a world of spiritual darkness and mental confusion. Focussing the mind, stilling its tempestuous diversion of attention. If life is a symphony, man must be the conductor of all tunes played about him.Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=23510 Mans Consciousness is on three echelons or planes. The immediate attention to the physical actual world, the intelligent and subject reasoned perspective and the super universal consciousness. Any given situation or predicament occurring in our daily life can be studied immediately or with a higher conscience. The individual operating n the higher plane observes the cosmological, planetary, national, social and domestic world all governed by the same principles of rule. Man must therefore concertedly condition and train his thoughts upon not only the immediate and apparent, but the greater universal perspective. The ability to divine consciousness enables him to view all situations from a common vantage point, giving due consideration not only to conflicting opinions of all, but why certain individuals hold positive and negative views in the first instance. Slowly the mind learns to view the world and all sitauat6ioons subjectively, with a detached and cognitive understanding. Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=23510 Negativity exists, it is within mans power to not only recognise and control, but top cure such harmful intolerance in individuals about him, whether in the home, work or socially. To command authority over others is easy, to do so mindful and understanding of why family, friends, peers and politicians behave as they do, is productive to solutions than accusations. Great philosophers are able to take ancient wisdom of scriptures and align them with all subsequent books written on any scientific topic. The Adi Granth is an amalgam of Quran, Gita and the Veda’s. It is perfect in its wisdom. Any new books can be recognised as regurgitations of long standing eternal tenets of ancient scribes all paths or pearls of a one golden chain of absolute truth. Love is Truth, the Alpha and Omega, the beginning, the search and the Ultimate end. He who recognises this and is able to communicate all truths and faiths as one is the true Brahm Giani.... | 
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| | | | | Re: Count your blessings No matter how modernism in the name of progress succumbs and is driven by the demands of a faceless public and its demands and opinions, the underlying fundamental premise must always remain, integrity, morality, for the love and will to peace. Any such progressive changes and alteration sought to be implemented or associated with the scriptures should be negated and cited as modern translations than any bearing or semblance to Absolute truths. Any person quest for truth and wisdom, inspired by the ancient truth should be accredited as such. In a fast paced and moving modern society, displaced religious and cultural populations seek a new truth, become estranged from their parents and their scripture, with their confusion causing needs and wants to increase for the profiteers to amass great wealth from, and an incongruous equally faceless media to gain power by holding the worlds minds and hearts at its mercy and whim, all of course in the dubious cause of ‘unity’ and globalisation. Buyer beware is the moral there. The objective should rather be to not only cite verses from Adi Granth ad verbatim but with an application of personalised interpretation to the listeners and prevailing situation, This assists in keeping alive a Guru in danger of being cast as outmoded and old fashioned. | 
01-Dec-2008, 22:25 PM
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| | | | | Re: Count your blessings The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip.
You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read the e-mail straight through,
and you'll get the point.
1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America Contest.
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress. 6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners. How did you do? Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=23510
The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday.
They are not second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields.
But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten.
Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=23510 Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:
1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with. Easier?
The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are NOT
the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards.
They are the ones who care. | 
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