Temple of God

namjap · #1 (**permalink**) 23-10-2007, 08:51 AM

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? (1Corintihians 3:16)
Remember, to be carnally-minded is death, and to be spiritually-minded is life eternal. (2Nephi 9:39)

“And it came to pass that I beheld that the rod of
iron, which my father had seen, was the word of
God, which led to the fountain of living waters, or

to the tree of life” (1 Nephi 11:25).

When we look at the human form it seems just five or six feet of physical body, but inside is a very big world. The whole of Brahmand is residing within; go inside and see.

Maulana Rumi says, "Oh man, close the doors of your shop. Open the inner shop, then will the work be done."

What is a Gurumukh? He who has searched inside the human form. That is what is written in the Gurubani (words of the Gurus)

O Thou who makes manifest the elixir of Bani within,
I make an offering of myself to Thee,
For thou hast implanted in me the Amrit Bani (Word)
and I remain absorbed in the holy Naam. (Majh Mehla 3)
O God! wonderful are Thy ways and means,
The mind in the gyres can hardly understand them.
Thou hast attuned it with the delectable (Amrit) Bani,
And the immortal ambrosial Word (Shabd) is now fully manifest. (Majh Mehla 3)

So, remain in your own religions and become true Hindus, true Muslims, true Sikhs, true Christians. How? By realizing it inside you. A house without a lighted lamp has no charm. If there is no lamp burning in a church or mosque, the place seems deserted. So this body's true beauty can be apparent only when the Light is within it. "Beautiful is the man-body in which the Lord is manifest." That soul's physical form is very beautiful in which God has appeared. A married woman's face becomes radiant when she is sitting beside her husband. This is a worldly example. The beauty of the body lasts but a few days, for it is attractive only when we, the soul, are in it. But this attractiveness is not apparent if the Light has not been ignited within. A mansion can have no grandeur without a light shining out. Would it not appear deserted?
Oceans of happiness are already resounding within us, but at present we are tossing about, searching outwardly, in the holy books or in temples and places of pilgrimage, and in various outer activities. We make outer copies, ring bells, light lamps--but for what purpose? The purpose is that He should manifest Himself to us.

How to go within and partake from the Fountain of Living Waters ?

aad0002 · #2 (**permalink**) 23-10-2007, 09:20 AM

This is really beautiful!

namjap · #3 (**permalink**) 23-10-2007, 10:50 AM

Meditation explained in Punjabi
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Meditation explained in English
YouTube - The Process of Meditation

namjap · #4 (**permalink**) 24-10-2007, 10:22 PM

Living our outer life correctly. Visiting the gurdwara is to imbibe the love of God, to sit in His sweet remembrance, to unite with Him. Attend the spiritual programme with the very best of intentions. Bring the remembrance of the Lord with you, and take it with you when you leave. Do not listen to others' conversation, and do not talk to anyone unless it is about the Truth. You will thereby gain full benefit from sat sangat, otherwise the years will pass by without any real spiritual advancement.

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namjap · #5 (**permalink**) 25-10-2007, 11:30 AM

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Mark 8:36-37)

Guru Nanak's JapJi :
Ocean sized kingdoms owners with mountains of material wealth.
Even an ant outweighs them, if the Lord God doesn’t dwell within. ||23||

Guru Gobind Singh Ji :
Pooran jot jagey ghat main
Tab Khalas tahey nakhalas jaaney

namjap · #6 (**permalink**) 26-10-2007, 11:47 AM

`Those who have realized the Truth
Are kings among men, indeed.
These earthly kings are no kings
To love anything except God causes pain
Why exalt and glorify what is created
It is but eating and evanescent
One alone lives for ever and ever
The God-centred being who realizes this Truth
He is like God, ever-living and deathless.'

(Maru M.3)

This voice of the Soul keeps on prompting, goading, and urging each one
of us, conveying its heavenly message. We understand and pro t by it in
proportion to, and in accordance with, our individual stage of spiritual enlightenment.
Guided by this voice, I have read many religious books and
have met enlightened souls to seek further knowledge. I had a thirst for
testing the truth of spiritual doctrines.
In moments of spiritual conflict, Simran, or meditation, helps us to arrive
at the Truth and the seeming contradictions vanish. I shall describe how
I acted in such crises. I read religious books and consulted mahatmamas
tested what they said, and noted the result. I have continued to do so, even
though 1 have not yet attained perfection, and, at times, I am spiritually
in a pitiable state. I am not at all incontinent, or given to pleasures of the
esh, and yet I cannot deny that I am impressed by feminine charm and sex
appeal. This susceptibility has impeded my spiritual progress to a certain
extent. Nevertheless, meditation, or Simran, has metamorphosed me and
recreated me in spirit. In this new, regenerated life, there are no worries,
no vexations, no cares, no sense of want, no craving for anything. There is
joy, there is bliss, there is calm, peace and poise-a carefree life. The greatest material joys cannot compare with the inner bliss, howsoever brief its spell.

(Excerpts from Bandagi Nama)

namjap · #7 (**permalink**) 27-10-2007, 02:49 AM

Why is it so important to remember God's Name (Nam Simran)? It seems like a pretty strange thing to do - I mean Nam Japna means saying the same Name over and over again, day and night , seven days a week for all of your life?
Perhaps this will make it clearer:
The human body is like a wedding car. The mind is the chauffeur and the soul is the bride sitting in the back seat. She sat in the car thinking that she would be driven to the marriage ceremony at the tenth door (dasam duar) where God Himself would be the Husband. Then He'd take her away to Sach Khand (Realm of Truth : God's abode) and they'd be living in wedded bliss happily ever after.
But soon after sitting down, she found the chauffeur was a very cunning driver. He opened all the doors so that his 5 friends called Anger, Greed, Lust, Attachment and Pride could have their wicked way with her. She just couldn't get out and instead of driving the car to Sach Khand, he pushed it around slowly and awkardly in any direction he wanted depending on where his 5 friends wanted to go. He just couldn't be bothered to get to the wedding at the dasam duar, not that he even knew where it was – I don't think he even had a map and none of his so-called friends knew where to go. The strange thing is
that everyone in this world is pushing their cars with the bride trapped with the 5 strange thieves and no-one thinks it's strange because it's what they are used to - I mean everyones been doing it like that for thousands of years and they're all lost. They're number plate reads : 'M A N M U K H'.
All of a sudden a car speeds by with a chauffeur sitting in the driving seat driving normally. His number plate is 'G U R M U K H'. ManMukh stops and talks to him, 'Excuse me, why do you drive your car while others push them?'.
He replies, 'Well, I used to be a MAN-MUKH pusher like you, but I met a very spiritually gifted holy man who told me that I was driving my car all wrong. I used to love my car and I didn't like it when he said that. My car was the best car in the world. It had fluffy dice and go faster stripes. It had wheels that would bounce the car up and down, I'd even fitted a £10,000 music centre into the boot. My car was beautiful and everyone used to tell me how beautiful it was.
‘The holy man then told me that if I wanted to know how to drive fast then I'd have to go to a special place called a Gurdwara-Nam-Petrol station where I'd meet the Supreme Being, called the Guru Granth Sahib jee and that if I became a disciple and promised to follow the Guru's instructions then I too could be whizzing around to my true destination.

(Source: http://www.sikhlionz.com/fromtheheart.pdf)

Anoop · #8 (**permalink**) 27-10-2007, 03:03 AM

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But i really need help...as a teenager i have had many problems...and one of them being lust. I am embarrased to talk about this.... but it has to be done. I really don't want to talk about it, but i must...

I had started puberty as every teenager goes through. But i regret to 'self-abuse', masturbation. I have had the priviledge to access dirty websites since becoming a teenager. I have become a slave of pornography... Since then, i would endulge in self abuse... self exploring myself...and afterwards...i have felt really dirty and very very depressed... i have become weak minded, very nervous and quickly embarrased... i am now 19 and still carry on this dirty behaviour. I just feel as if I have lost alot...and when i mean lost alot im talking about vital body energy...life force energy..which i think has led me to stop growing properly...i feel sick very often... and tired and its like a hellish experience which i cant describe... I feel as if the damage has already been done... i would use any means necessary to go to dirty websites and surf everyday...go on chatrooms which are bad.... im a really good person, and love my family...but since i was young, ive had these habbits and have felt like a sick puppet to pornography....i cant help it...and once i have finnished with this dirty session, i would feel so guilty and depressed...i would cry inside....i dont know whats wrong with me... i feel so fed up of life...

I try to ask myself what should i do? Start doing yoga...take cold baths to cure myself...what should i do? I feel so confused in life....i really feel its hard to stop thinking about the damage that is already caused...i just wish i could rewind my past...and stop this bad habbit...i feel a loss of speech and would cry inside suddenly..whenever i talk to anyone...Its hard to express myself...i have empty feelings inside of me....im really stressed!!

namjap · #9 (**permalink**) 27-10-2007, 03:15 AM

Life is a balancing act. The moment we feel and announce we are well balanced, something tosses us either side and then we regretfully mention, "I said it too soon."
Everyone learns through their own hard way how to keep in balance. But let me give you a discipline which will help you.
Say Waheguru 1000 times a day for a start.
Once this becomes easy, then increase it slowly to 1,200 times daily.

When I was a teenager, I did this to get out of bad habits.
Good Luck.

amarsanghera · #10 (**permalink**) 27-10-2007, 04:25 AM

Truth has only one constant.