sorry but your posts are wrong... well at least rationally they make no sense.
Quote:Originally Posted by Harjas Kaur Khalsa
What is the nature and purpose of hair?
to protect your skull from high g blows, cushioning your brain (in its natural state it is suppose to be long and frizzy to accomplish the afro look, the ultimate cushion). The secondary purpose is to provide insulation to the head.
If you are looking at hair as merely a part of the physical body as explained by Western trained scientists and materialists, and the physical universe as being the sum total of all there is, then yes, your analysis is correct. But if you are looking to understand why Sikh religion ties a joora of hair in this area, you have to analyze the historical yogic teaching about the significance of hair and it's relationship to the human body as a vehicle of transcendance.
Whether or not you accept this historical interpretation does not negate the utilization of these practices of keeping uncut hair and tieing hair knot over the location of the dasm duar. So obviously I am not giving some medical textbook definition, but making allusions to yogic teaching, as these are found in Gurbani, in rehitnamay, and in certain characteristics of Khalsa bana, including joora. If you wish to keep the western medical definitions and discounting of pranic purpose of hair, that is your perogative. But I ask you, based on YOUR definitions of hair... "Why do Sikhs wear uncut hair tied in a top knot? What is the origin of this practice?" And many will find a modern Western cultural definition based on materialism to be unconvincing, as certainly such a definition did not even exist during the time of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
The top knot was also used by Vedic families, such as Vasishthas mentioned in the Rig Veda (VI.33.1). The knot also represents the opened Crown Chakra, which is sometimes represented in Buddha images as a rising flame. This idea is connected to the Vedic Atharvan Brahmins, with Dadhyak and his father both having opened Crown Chakras, where the Prana or life-breath comes out. Rig Veda (VI.16.13) records this as Fire from the Lotus in the Head.
Rudra or Shiva in Rig Veda is often depicted with braided hair, as Shiva and Yogis are in later times, and as we also find in the Indus. Moreover, the Three-faced ‘Pashupati’ seal has much relationship with Vedic deities such as Agni, Indra and Soma who are often compared to bulls (vrisha), and Agni who often has horns (shringa) and is also three-faced (RV.I.146.1) like the deity in the Pashupati seal, and also in the other images. Most interesting in this hymn, is the following verse (I.146.2) calls Agni a “great steer”.
The Horns and Crown also represent the sacred Nada-Bindu symbol of the Hindus, the Sun and Moon, which represents the sacred sound. Depicted on the head shows Enlightenment, and also corresponds to the Horned Solar-disk worn by Egyptian deities. These later become the crescent-moon which adorn the head or crown of later Hindu deities – again, especially Shiva and the Goddess. The animals surrounding Pashupati are the senses, for the Marut warriors who are lead by Agni, are often personifications of pashus (beasts) which in turn are senses (indriyas) and life-breaths (pranas) in Yogic thought. These again, are often depicted in later times.
CONTINUITY OF ART STYLES IN INDI
ਚਉਦਸਿ ਚਉਥੇ ਥਾਵਹਿ ਲਹਿ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
choudhas chouthhae thhaavehi lehi paavai ||
The Fourteenth Day: One who enters into the fourth state,
ਰਾਜਸ ਤਾਮਸ ਸਤ ਕਾਲ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥
raajas thaamas sath kaal samaavai ||
overcomes time, and the three qualities of raajas, taamas and satva.
ਸਸੀਅਰ ਕੈ ਘਰਿ ਸੂਰੁ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥
saseear kai ghar soor samaavai ||
Then the sun enters into the house of the moon,
ਜੋਗ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਕੀ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
jog jugath kee keemath paavai ||
and one knows the value of the technology of Yoga.
~SGGS Ji p. 840
ਸਿੰਙੀ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਅਨਾਹਦਿ ਵਾਜੈ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਤੁਮਾਰੀ ॥੪॥
sinn(g)ee surath anaahadh vaajai ghatt ghatt joth thumaaree ||4||
The horn of consciousness vibrates the unstruck sound current; Your Light illuminates each and every heart, Lord. ||4||
ਪਰਪੰਚ ਬੇਣੁ ਤਹੀ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਖਿਆ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਅਗਨਿ ਪਰਜਾਰੀ ॥੫॥
parapanch baen thehee man raakhiaa breham agan parajaaree ||5||
He plays the flute of the universe in his mind, and lights the fire of God. ||5||
ਪੰਚ ਤਤੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਦੀਪਕੁ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਜੋਤਿ ਅਪਾਰੀ ॥੬॥
panch thath mil ahinis dheepak niramal joth apaaree ||6||
Bringing together the five elements, day and night, the Lord's lamp shines with the Immaculate Light of the Infinite. ||6||
ਰਵਿ ਸਸਿ ਲਉਕੇ ਇਹੁ ਤਨੁ ਕਿੰਗੁਰੀ ਵਾਜੈ ਸਬਦੁ ਨਿਰਾਰੀ ॥੭॥
rav sas loukae eihu than kinguree vaajai sabadh niraaree ||7||
The right and left nostrils, the sun and the moon channels, are the strings of the body-harp; they vibrate the wondrous melody of the Shabad. ||7||
~SGGS Ji p. 907
"On this area, about 12 finger widths from the eyebrows... where the hair is knotted in shikha is "where the most important subtle nerve nadi, the sushumna, which originates in the first chakra, bifurcates at the end of the medulla oblongata and its posterior aspect terminates at this spot. " The knot works on the energy here, by pulling at the hair and keep the "fine capillaries connected with the root excited, which in turn improves the circulation of the energy. This practice was once upon a time considered essential for practitioners of pranayama."
Jai Sivananda: Looking beyond the image: On hair knots and pranayama perfection
ਮੇਰ ਡੰਡ ਸਿਰ ਊਪਰਿ ਬਸੈ ॥੨॥
maer ddandd sir oopar basai ||2||
Through the central channel of the Shushmanaa, it rises up above my head. ||2||
ਪਸਚਮ ਦੁਆਰੇ ਕੀ ਸਿਲ ਓੜ ॥
pasacham dhuaarae kee sil ourr ||
There is a stone at that western gate,
ਤਿਹ ਸਿਲ ਊਪਰਿ ਖਿੜਕੀ ਅਉਰ ॥
thih sil oopar khirrakee aour ||
and above that stone, is another window.
ਖਿੜਕੀ ਊਪਰਿ ਦਸਵਾ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥
khirrakee oopar dhasavaa dhuaar ||
Above that window is the Tenth Gate.
~SGGS Ji p. 1159
Quote:Originally Posted by Harjas Kaur Khalsa
First hair has the quality of being able to conduct an electro-magnetic current.
Wrong
Hair cannot conduct very efficiently. Has less conductivity than your skin or your bones, nervous tissue and the REST OF YOUR BODY… in fact it has the lowest conductivity of your entire body…the most resistance (resistivity of hair= 3 x 1012 ohm-cm at room temperature). The fact that STATIC CHARGE can build up on hair is proof that hair is not a good conductor of electro-magnetic current.
As I said hair has the quality of being able to conduct electric current, this can be proved as scientific fact. As I did not say hair was the best known conductor of electricity, the basis of whether it is great, moderate or poor conductor is not the question. So you are only concluding I am wrong because you desperately want to invalidate the basis of yoga theory. What is most powerful about hair is not so much it's potency of conduction, but it's ability to vibrate frequencies of sound current as fine hairs within the ear, as this relates to Shabda, Naam, and the transmission of praana through the chakras of the body to unlock the dasm duar. It is the tradition among yogis to coil the hair over the area of dasm duar to form a protective mudra, (seal).
How Do We Create Electromagnetic Waves?
It is a fact taken from observation of nature that any object that carries charge and moves with a nonzero acceleration radiates EM waves. Of course, the properties of the radiated EM waves strongly depend on HOW the source moved, what it's acceleration was.
As a simple example, let's consider your comb, after you combed your hair. The comb is made of plastic, and it becomes charged after you brush your hair (your hair, of course, becomes charged with the equal, but opposite, charge). If one starts to wave the comb up and down, the charge on the comb moves with a nonzero acceleration, and therefore shines EM waves.
How Do We Create Electromagnetic Waves?
The mere act of combing the hair puts an electric charge in it. This is the point of a kanga, joora system. That is all I was saying.
Quote:Originally Posted by Harjas Kaur Khalsa
It attracts lightning, like a lightning rod.
That’s quite an Imagination you have
Indeed. I have seen video where people are in the proximity of a lightning storm, and their hair actually stands on end and reaches toward the lightning. The body is more than just the flesh and blood and bones and hairs. I believe there are also subtle currents in the body. Again, I can't scientifically prove this belief, but it isn't my theory, these are older yogic theories about energy which isn't exactly electro-magnetic, but thats the closest we have on the physical plane to describe it subtle energies. There are some people more than others who actually are struck by lightning multiple times and something about them is acting as an attractant to these energies.
So if the hair can conduct static electricity and stand on end, if it has the property of being able to reach upwards towards lightning, this is the quality of the hair I'm talking about which has the ability to also conduct and attract, or be attracted by subtle spiritual energies. But you can teach in your schools that hair is a dead thing which serves nothing more than decorative function if you prefer. This is a forum. I'm sharing my views based on metaphysical interpretations of hidden and unseen energies within the human body to explain the purpose of a joora. I don't expect it will make a Harvard thesis. But why you should feel bothered enough to degrade my opinion rather than simply offering an instructive and positive counter-opinion without personal put-downs is beyond me.
Materials that bear imbalances of opposite charge will attract each other and cling together. Materials that bear imbalances of like charge will repel each other. When an object bearing an enormous accumulation of positive or negative charge comes close to another object bearing the opposite charge, a spark may jump across the space between them. This results in both the enormously powerful discharges of lightning and the small yet stimulating shocks we receive when touching something after shuffling across a carpet in our stocking feet.
Because wool cloth is a material that readily gives up electrons, it is used in many activities to produce an accumulation of negative charge on an otherwise neutral object. Human hair is another common material that readily gives up electrons.
Static Electricity
Quote:Originally Posted by Harjas Kaur Khalsa
It is only on the human being that has such a highly developed brain that the hairs grow very long on the head. No other animal has this peculiar feature.
dogs (especially some breeds of poodles), Cats, Lions, Buffalo's, bison, some camels, goats and Horses...all can have long hair on their heads relative to their body size
I'm talking about the ability to grow to extremes of length disproportionate to any apparent biological function or need, which distinguishes humans from other animals. But I can only discuss what I know. Why do you feel free to trash another person? If you have better knowledge, is there a reason you share it in a derogatory way? I happen to think you shared a delightful picture of a horse and I enjoyed it very much. But it was hard to enjoy the context in which you were trashing me as a person and pointing out how ignorant and incapable I am for having an opinion you don't value.
It's my opinion that generally these animal forms are not as sophisticated in development of brain and spiritual centers as human beings. However, the fact is all biological forms bear close genetic relationship which is why you will see bone structure of fingers and hand nearly approximated on fins or bat wings.
However, seeing the picture you posted and investigating the Andalusian long-mane horse, I must modify my understanding to acknowledge human beings are NOT the only creatures with long hair on the head, but are one of few creatures which grows extremely long hair on the head. But I add, this doesn't negate it's yogic function as part of the body-brain-kundalini energy center.
Andalusian long-haired horse
Quote:Originally Posted by Harjas Kaur Khalsa
The hair, brain and spine are one unique biological and metaphysical system at least for purposes of yoga.
What is metaphysics?
What is a metaphysical system and how do you relate it to biology? (metaphysics , by its shear definition is suppose to be beyond the natural sciences…if it isn’t then it cannot be classified as metaphysical)
Better yet how is Hair, Brian and spine part of a metaphysical system?
youve learnt the word, unfortunately never bothered to look up the meaning.
Is there a reason for you to be so rude? This is a discussion forum. Why does my opinion offend you so much as to cause this kind of harsh response? Do you see me speaking to you in this degrading way? Rudeness is the attitude which shuts down communication and no one can ever learn anything or share anything with anyone. Is that the purpose of this forum? To be rude and degrading to opinions of others?
I would like to mention to the moderators that I have been strictly censored multiple times in the past for less than what has collectively been expressed to me, including having posts deleted. My account is still flagged months later for allegedly "abusing other members" and I never said anything like this to anyone. What's that about?
What is metaphysics?
"Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy investigating principles of reality transcending those of any particular science."
"Philosophies traditionally start with a metaphysics: a theory of the essence of things, of the fundamental principles that organize the universe. Metaphysics is supposed to answer the question "What is the nature of reality?"
What is a metaphysical system and how do you relate it to biology? (metaphysics , by its shear definition is suppose to be beyond the natural sciences…if it isn’t then it cannot be classified as metaphysical)
Just because a concept transcends the physical sciences doesn't mean there isn't a physical element involved. Take the soul, for example. Nearly every religious teaching which believes in a soul, also believe this soul resides in and interacts in a body. Is the fact that yogic philosophy teaches the human atma is comprised of subtle sheaths and incorporating the physical body to mean that the hatha yoga physical asanas are NOT a part of a metaphysical science? And is the fact that such yogic postures related to metaphysical theory mean they cannot have a proven physical effect or value? In other words, I don't believe metaphysics and physical science are mutually exclusive. rather they overlap in important ways. People cry, and laugh, and have intense emotional and even spiritual responses to things which are not even visible. Would anyone question whether these reactions are not at once both physical AND metaphysical as if relates to the soul reacting within the body?
But you're entitled to disagree. These are my views. If you don't appreciate them, why not make a post of your own exploring what you do value?
Better yet how is Hair, Brian and spine part of a metaphysical system?
youve learnt the word, unfortunately never bothered to look up the meaning.
Anyone looking at any yogic book will immediately find in its table of contents, both a metaphysical theory as relates to hidden processes such as chakras and nadis, as well as physical practices such as pranayama, mudras, and asanas, as well as discussions of how health, psychological and spiritual condition can be positively affected by such practices. Never have I seen a yogic book which failed to equate the metaphysics with physical systems of the body. Is there a particular reason that it should not? Perhaps Western metaphysics, like Aristotelian philosophy has this constraint. As far as I know, Eastern metaphysical teachings, most particularly yoga and ayurveda, do not. So explanations about physical processes overlap with discussions about metaphysical structures not demonstrated by Western science.
Hair, brain and spine are part of a metaphysical system because they relate on a gross outer level to the interior chakra system and the subtle energies pathways of nadis and prana, or chi. At least, this was what I was referring to. Again, I am dismayed why anyone would be so offended by such a traditional yogic belief, on a religious philosophy forum, where such concepts can be found in Gurbani. Without tackling the metaphysical energy system, how can simply discussing hair, brain and spine tell anyone anything about the spiritual purpose behind such physical structures?
Quote:Originally Posted by Harjas Kaur Khalsa
The human infant is born with the sutures of his skull remaining open in areas called fontanels. With age the sutures of the skull tighten. But you see this area of the anterior fontanel approximates the metaphysical location of the dasam duar, or tenth opening of the body.
Name the other 10 and I will show you more!
Also
The skull never remains OPEN!…in infants it is always covered if not with bone tissue…then with cartilage (later to go through bone ossification with the help of Osteoblasts)
I did not say the brain was exposed, but the bones of the skull have not closed. You say the skull is never open. That's your view. The tenth opening is a metaphysical concept and not a physical opening. As I mentioned before, yogic tradition equates the metaphysical philosophy together with the anatomical physical structures. If you do not wish to accept the ancient traditions which explain the anterior fontanel as the area of the Tenth opening, or door, then don't. But I can quote yoga sutras, Vedas and Bhagavad-Gita to prove that this opinion is not my own invention.
Name the other 10 and I will show you more!
The nine openings are 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth, 1 rectum, 1 urethra.
Here, let's evaluate the origin of such theories.
"This abode of the angels has eight circuits and nine gates. It is unconquerable, there is eternal life in it and it is resplendent with Divine light." ~Atharva Veda X, 2, 31
Atharva Veda 10.8.43-44: The 'nine-portalled lotus' is the 'city of nine gates' (Bhagavad Gita 5.13), that is, the body.
ਨਉ ਦਰਵਾਜੇ ਕਾਇਆ ਕੋਟੁ ਹੈ ਦਸਵੈ ਗੁਪਤੁ ਰਖੀਜੈ ॥
no dharavaajae kaaeiaa kott hai dhasavai gupath rakheejai ||
The fortress of the body has nine gates; the tenth gate is kept hidden.
ਬਜਰ ਕਪਾਟ ਨ ਖੁਲਨੀ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਖੁਲੀਜੈ ॥
bajar kapaatt n khulanee gur sabadh khuleejai ||
The rigid door is not open; only through the Word of the Guru's Shabad can it be opened.
ਅਨਹਦ ਵਾਜੇ ਧੁਨਿ ਵਜਦੇ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਣੀਜੈ ॥
anehadh vaajae dhhun vajadhae gur sabadh suneejai ||
The unstruck sound current resounds and vibrates there. The Word of the Guru's Shabad is heard.
~SGGS Ji p. 954
ਭਾਠੀ ਗਗਨੁ ਸਿੰਙਿਆ ਅਰੁ ਚੁੰਙਿਆ ਕਨਕ ਕਲਸ ਇਕੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
bhaathee gagan sinn(g)iaa ar chunn(g)iaa kanak kalas eik paaeiaa ||
The Tenth Gate of my crown chakra is the distilling fire, and the channels of the Ida and Pingala are the funnels, to pour in and empty out the golden vat.
ਤਿਸੁ ਮਹਿ ਧਾਰ ਚੁਐ ਅਤਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਰਸ ਮਹਿ ਰਸਨ ਚੁਆਇਆ ॥੨॥
this mehi dhhaar chuai ath niramal ras mehi rasan chuaaeiaa ||2||
Into that vat, there trickles a gentle stream of the most sublime and pure essence of all distilled essences. ||2||
ਏਕ ਜੁ ਬਾਤ ਅਨੂਪ ਬਨੀ ਹੈ ਪਵਨ ਪਿਆਲਾ ਸਾਜਿਆ ॥
eaek j baath anoop banee hai pavan piaalaa saajiaa ||
Something wonderful has happened-the breath has become the cup.
ਤੀਨਿ ਭਵਨ ਮਹਿ ਏਕੋ ਜੋਗੀ ਕਹਹੁ ਕਵਨੁ ਹੈ ਰਾਜਾ ॥੩॥
theen bhavan mehi eaeko jogee kehahu kavan hai raajaa ||3||
In all the three worlds, such a Yogi is unique. What king can compare to him? ||3||
~SGGS Ji p. 92
"Having slit open the divider of the skull, he indeed, entered the body by that door. That door is called vidrti. It is the place of joy. For him there are three abodes and three dreams. This is the abode. This is the abode. This is the abode." ~Aitareya Upanishad, ch 3, sloka 12
What is the portal of entry for this enjoyer? Where are the gates by which the enjoyer can enter, animate, and spiritualize this body? (The nine gates of the body are the two eyes, the two ears, the two nostrils, one mouth, one generative, and one reproductive organ). There are two portals in the body for entry, namely the crown and the forefoot. In the crown, it is Vidrti [split or crevice], the opening (brahma-randhra) in the sagittal suture of the skull, also known as anterior fontanel―the area corresponding to the soft spot on the top of the baby’s head. It is sahasrara, the highest center of spiritual consciousness in Kundalini yoga and the seat of the thousand-petalled lotus.
By this portal, the self enters the body; the self from the time of entry into the body moves among three abodes of residence according to the level of consciousness: wakefulness, dream sleep, and deep sleep; Turiya is the fourth state experienced only by yogis. The right eye is the abode during the wakefulness, the inner mind during dream sleep, and the space in the heart during deep sleep. ~Veeraswamy Krishnaraj
Creation and Dissolution
ਸਤਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਤ੍ਰਿਕੁਟੀ ਛੂਟੈ ਚਉਥੈ ਪਦਿ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥੨॥
sathagur miliai thrikuttee shhoottai chouthhai padh mukath dhuaar ||2||
Meeting the Guru, the bondage of the three qualities is cut away, and in the fourth state, the Door of Liberation is attained. ||2||
~SGGS Ji p. 33
Quote:Originally Posted by Harjas Kaur Khalsa
This alone means nothing. The hairs have to be charged with vibrational current by japping Naam Gurmantra. And then the energy of this Gurmantra in the hairs, with the ground of wooden kanga and insulated with dastaar places a seal or protection over the mind.
really?
ਰੋਮ ਰੋਮ ਮਹਿ ਬਸਹਿ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥
rom rom mehi basehi muraar ||
and on each and every hair, the Lord abides.
~SGGS Ji p. 344
ਬੋਲੈ ਪਵਨਾ ਗਗਨੁ ਗਰਜੈ ॥
bolai pavanaa gagan garajai ||
The breath blows across the sky of the Tenth Gate and vibrates.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਮਿਲਣੁ ਸਹਜੈ ॥੫੦॥
naanak nihachal milan sehajai ||50||
O Nanak, the mortal then intuitively meets the eternal, unchanging Lord. ||50||
~SGGS Ji p. 943
ਰੋਮਿ ਰੋਮਿ ਰਵਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ॥
rom rom raviaa har naam ||
The Lord's Name permeates each and every hair of mine.
~SGGS Ji p. 1144
God has given us the gift of the human body. The hair is sacred due to the fact that Naam abides within each and every pore of hair on the body. The Kesh are like electrical wires, which preserve, carry and vibrate energy. When one does Naam Japnaa (meditation on the Lord) the hair acts as a spiritual tool, vibrating and absorbing Naam.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Harjas Kaur Khalsa
This is a yogic and spiritual practice. It is a technique to obtain purification of the mind and spiritual liberation. This is why it's important not to wait until one is too old to receive initiation and Gurmantra, and hairs are lost naturally and lose this effect. This is why you cannot have Guru's mantra as a sehajdhari. You may say the word. But it will not achieve the same effect. Without keeping hairs and japping Naam, you cannot achieve liberation in this life. If you are following the path of a Sikh, the goal is mukti. And this is the practice of attaining mukti. The precious human form is a rare gift. The life is a precious gift don't waste it.
What a loaded wash! With the rather typical arguments using fear and maintaining exclusivity for attaining mukti (all I see is ego with every judgmental word).
According to this primitive thought pattern any child practicing Sikhi and fighting leukemia (undergoing treatment with chemotherapy) cannot, whats the word? : “achieve vibration in this life” ?
Nor can balding men.
Nor can those inflicted with severe Alopecia Areata Totalis (go ahead look it up...these are people that are born with no hair whatsoever).
and exactly how long does this hair have to be before it can pick up these "vibrations" (considering many people have hair of varrying lengths...i guess those with longer hair have better reception? )
Anyways, the rest of your post is actually worth reading.
cheers
Why thank you for saying by inference that my post was worthless. Perhaps you would do well to consider how worthless it is to say hurtful and negative things to another person. You know, on the subject of subtle energies and physical structures, I'm going to tell you another unappreciated secret. When people say harmful and mean things, they put a vibration of despair and sickness in the atmosphere. When words are cruel enough, some people can wither and die from those words. Those words are an energy of disease like cancer. When people speak positive and uplifting words of encouragement to a sick person, sometimes that person will rally and recover. Think about the power of your attitudes and words to affect the whole world. Then think about every living being on the planet as being in some way a part of yourself. And think about what you want out of life, a world of despair and sickness when there is already so much suffering, or do you want to change that cycle and be something different? You have the power.
(all I see is ego with every judgmental word).
Who is judging whom? It's not like I made up these definitions. they've existed within yogic traditions for thousands of years. I simply happen to believe they have validity and clarify what Gurbani teaches. Do you have any better explanation for why Sikhism keeps uncut hair tied up in a joora in a particular place on the head?
With the rather typical arguments using fear and maintaining exclusivity for attaining mukti
Is it fear and exclusivity? Even those with hair can hardly find the gate of liberation. Very very few. The cyclic existance of suffering deaths and rebirths belongs to all of us. I'm not immune from having a child with leukemia. How do you know if I ever had a child with leukemia or if I have leukemia? Do you know anything about me at all? I'm not immune from suffering. I never said I had the boat of mukti or was a brahmgyani. I share what I learn because I think it has value. At least these spiritual concepts have value to me. The suffering sansaara belongs to all of us, with maybe some extremely rare exceptions. So where is the exclusivity? To have a human body is a rare and priceless gift. To have a healthy human body is a rare and priceless gift. Regardless of the debate about hair, is life any less "exclusive" when one family has a healthy child and another has to watch their child die?
Did I do something to cause that suffering and seeming injustice? No. Then why speak harshly to me, as if I were to blame?
I believe in spiritual teachings as being able to provide guidance and understanding for seeming injustices of the life. You don't have to. The body is a rare and precious gift that fades away. We have a window of opportunity to seek the Lord while the body is healthy. When the body is sickened and old, we cannot, and have to wait for another opportunity to have a healthy human body. This is not my hukam. Just because people are born here; Just because they are nice; Just because you love them, doesn't mean they have Guruji's grace to obtain mukti. And just because someone doesn't obtain mukti, doesn't mean he is not also Jyot of the Parabrahm and will find merging with the True Self at a later time. It's not like Christian teaching where everyone gets only one chance to convert and is damned forever if he doesn't. It's a karmic based belief system. I did not invent it. You don't have to believe in it. Why trash it? We are all evolving to a higher and better state of consciousness. What can be lost? The atma does not suffer and die. Only the form, and the identity caught in time.
Individually we have to do the work. Are there other paths to mukti besides this particular yogic path I have described? Yes. But for the path with uncut hair, and japping the vibrational Shabad-Naam into the hairs, well, naturally, you need hairs to accomplish it. Does this mean a bald person shouldn't jap Naam? No. Anyone can jap Naam, and who knows what grace will give that person. Hair of itself, is not a boat of mukti. I'm simply showing the importance of hair, and the yogic practice which I believe (and I know others do not) is what is being discussed in Gurbani. Shave your head and become a Buddhist if you want to. You will probably find greater yogic insights than I have. But that won't change the historical yogic practice of tying joora. And hence my explanation, which probably wasn't even completely accurate to begin with, but it was the best I could do.
ਬਿਰਧਿ ਭਇਆ ਜੋਬਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਖਿਸਿਆ ਕਫੁ ਕੰਠੁ ਬਿਰੂਧੋ ਨੈਨਹੁ ਨੀਰੁ ਢਰੇ ॥
biradhh bhaeiaa joban than khisiaa kaf kanth biroodhho nainahu neer dtarae ||
He grows old, his body and youth waste away, and his throat is plugged with mucous; water flows from his eyes.
~SGGS Ji p. 1014
ਕਰਮੀ ਆਵੈ ਕਪੜਾ ਨਦਰੀ ਮੋਖੁ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥
karamee aavai kaparraa nadharee mokh dhuaar ||
By the karma of past actions, the robe of this physical body is obtained. By His Grace, the Gate of Liberation is found.
~SGGS Ji p. 2
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਨੁ ਕਹਤੁ ਬਾਤ ਬਿਨਸਿ ਜੈਹੈ ਤੇਰੋ ਗਾਤੁ ॥
naanak jan kehath baath binas jaihai thaero gaath ||
Servant Nanak speaks the Truth: your body shall perish and pass away.
ਛਿਨੁ ਛਿਨੁ ਕਰਿ ਗਇਓ ਕਾਲੁ ਤੈਸੇ ਜਾਤੁ ਆਜੁ ਹੈ ॥੨॥੧॥
shhin shhin kar gaeiou kaal thaisae jaath aaj hai ||2||1||
Moment by moment, yesterday passed. Today is passing as well. ||2||1||
ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੯ ॥
jaijaavanthee mehalaa 9 ||
Jaijaavantee, Ninth Mehl:
ਰਾਮੁ ਭਜੁ ਰਾਮੁ ਭਜੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਰਾਤੁ ਹੈ ॥
raam bhaj raam bhaj janam siraath hai ||
Meditate on the Lord - vibrate on the Lord; your life is slipping away.
ਕਹਉ ਕਹਾ ਬਾਰ ਬਾਰ ਸਮਝਤ ਨਹ ਕਿਉ ਗਵਾਰ ॥
keho kehaa baar baar samajhath neh kio gavaar ||
Why am I telling you this again and again? You fool - why don't you understand?
ਬਿਨਸਤ ਨਹ ਲਗੈ ਬਾਰ ਓਰੇ ਸਮ ਗਾਤੁ ਹੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
binasath neh lagai baar ourae sam gaath hai ||1|| rehaao ||
Your body is like a hail-stone; it melts away in no time at all. ||1||Pause||
ਸਗਲ ਭਰਮ ਡਾਰਿ ਦੇਹਿ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਲੇਹਿ ॥
sagal bharam ddaar dhaehi gobindh ko naam laehi ||
So give up all your doubts, and utter the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
ਅੰਤਿ ਬਾਰ ਸੰਗਿ ਤੇਰੈ ਇਹੈ ਏਕੁ ਜਾਤੁ ਹੈ ॥੧॥
anth baar sang thaerai eihai eaek jaath hai ||1||
At the very last moment, this alone shall go along with you. ||1||
~SGGS Ji p. 1352
~Bhul chak maaf karni ji
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