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How Should We Worship And Adore Him?
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 74843" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>The Third Stage of Prayer</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>from Bandginama by Raghbir Singh</strong></span> </p><p></p><p>Raghbir Singh describes the fluctuations of spirit in this 3rd intermediate stage. We surely experience ecstatic joy. And we surely find the lower self is seriously challenged. However, every now and then, in our weaker moments our baser nature takes us by stealth and without warning. We know, we know. But we also know a way out that we can depend on. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><em>When the spiritual seeker transcends the second stage, he finds the lower self worsted in the combat. There is an indescribable feeling of ecstatic joy. The world looks beautiful and worth living in. Just as Nature looks fresh and green after a shower, so does the spiritual seeker, after his conquest of the sensual passions, find himself and the universe pure, radiant, and buoyant. He achieves concentration in devotional worship and recitations. He begins to feel at one with God.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><em><strong>The Furtive Inroads of Lower Self </strong></em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><em>The lower self is chastened and paralysed at this stage, but the strife is by no means entirely at an end. Now and then, all of a sudden, the old trends of the lower self repeat their attacks stealthily in our weak moments and occasionally overpower us. At times, we admit defeat, but as the lower self has lost its old vigour and virility, it is easily subdued. The recitation of the Word and our humble, hearty prayers come to our rescue and the lower self is again vanquished. The spiritual seeker is himself once again and buoyantly sets forth on the highroad to spiritual perfection. Kabir visualized this state thus: </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">If you renounce your hearth and home, </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">And dwell in forests, living on roots, </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Still the passions will not loosen their hold on you, </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">How evil is our lower self ! </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">How shall we be saved? </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">How shall we swim across the dreadful ocean? </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Preserve me, preserve me, 0 Thou All-pervading Lord, I seek Thy </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Refuge. </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">grihu taji ban khand jaiai chuni khaiai kanda </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">ajahu bikar na chhodai papi man manda </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">kio chhutao kaise taron bhavjal nidhi bhari </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">rakhu rakhu mere bithla jan saran tumari </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: Red">Kabir - Bilawal. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">This silly self would not see reason, </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">I am sick of admonishing it. </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">man murakh ajahu nah samjhat </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">sikh dai hario nit </span></p><p> <span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-size: 9px">Guru Tegh Bahadur - Dev Gandhari</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Red"></span></span><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Red"><strong> ਭਗਤ ਜਨਾ ਕੀ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਰਾਖੈ ਜੁਗਿ ਜੁਗਿ ਰਖਦਾ ਆਇਆ ਰਾਮ ॥</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><strong> bhagath janaa kee har jeeo raakhai jug jug rakhadhaa aaeiaa raam ||</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><strong> The Dear Lord protects His humble devotees; throughout the ages, He has protected them.</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Red"><strong> ਸੋ ਭਗਤੁ ਜੋ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਇਆ ਰਾਮ ॥</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><strong> so bhagath jo guramukh hovai houmai sabadh jalaaeiaa raam ||</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><strong> Those devotees who become Gurmukh burn away their ego, through the Word of the Shabad.</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Red"><strong> ਹਉਮੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਇਆ ਮੇਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਭਾਇਆ ਜਿਸ ਦੀ ਸਾਚੀ ਬਾਣੀ ॥</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><strong> houmai sabadh jalaaeiaa maerae har bhaaeiaa jis dhee saachee baanee ||</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><strong> Those who burn away their ego through the Shabad, become pleasing to my Lord; their speech becomes True.</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Red"><strong> ਸਚੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਖਿ ਵਖਾਣੀ ॥</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><strong> sachee bhagath karehi dhin raathee guramukh aakh vakhaanee ||</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><strong> They perform the Lord’s true devotional service, day and night, as the Guru has instructed them.</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Red"><strong> ਭਗਤਾ ਕੀ ਚਾਲ ਸਚੀ ਅਤਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਚਾ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਇਆ ॥</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><strong> bhagathaa kee chaal sachee ath niramal naam sachaa man bhaaeiaa ||</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><strong> The devotees’ lifestyle is true, and absolutely pure; the True Name is pleasing to their minds.</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Red"><strong> ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤ ਸੋਹਹਿ ਦਰਿ ਸਾਚੈ ਜਿਨੀ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><strong> naanak bhagath sohehi dhar saachai jinee sacho sach kamaaeiaa ||1||</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><strong> O Nanak, the those devotees, who practice Truth, and only Truth, look beauteous in the Court of the True Lord. ||1||</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 74843, member: 35"] [COLOR=DarkGreen][B]The Third Stage of Prayer from Bandginama by Raghbir Singh[/B][/COLOR] Raghbir Singh describes the fluctuations of spirit in this 3rd intermediate stage. We surely experience ecstatic joy. And we surely find the lower self is seriously challenged. However, every now and then, in our weaker moments our baser nature takes us by stealth and without warning. We know, we know. But we also know a way out that we can depend on. [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][I]When the spiritual seeker transcends the second stage, he finds the lower self worsted in the combat. There is an indescribable feeling of ecstatic joy. The world looks beautiful and worth living in. Just as Nature looks fresh and green after a shower, so does the spiritual seeker, after his conquest of the sensual passions, find himself and the universe pure, radiant, and buoyant. He achieves concentration in devotional worship and recitations. He begins to feel at one with God. [B]The Furtive Inroads of Lower Self [/B] The lower self is chastened and paralysed at this stage, but the strife is by no means entirely at an end. Now and then, all of a sudden, the old trends of the lower self repeat their attacks stealthily in our weak moments and occasionally overpower us. At times, we admit defeat, but as the lower self has lost its old vigour and virility, it is easily subdued. The recitation of the Word and our humble, hearty prayers come to our rescue and the lower self is again vanquished. The spiritual seeker is himself once again and buoyantly sets forth on the highroad to spiritual perfection. Kabir visualized this state thus: [/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed] If you renounce your hearth and home, And dwell in forests, living on roots, Still the passions will not loosen their hold on you, How evil is our lower self ! How shall we be saved? How shall we swim across the dreadful ocean? Preserve me, preserve me, 0 Thou All-pervading Lord, I seek Thy Refuge. grihu taji ban khand jaiai chuni khaiai kanda ajahu bikar na chhodai papi man manda kio chhutao kaise taron bhavjal nidhi bhari rakhu rakhu mere bithla jan saran tumari [SIZE=1][COLOR=Red]Kabir - Bilawal. [/COLOR][/SIZE] This silly self would not see reason, I am sick of admonishing it. man murakh ajahu nah samjhat sikh dai hario nit [COLOR=Red][SIZE=1]Guru Tegh Bahadur - Dev Gandhari[/SIZE] [/COLOR][/COLOR][CENTER][COLOR=DarkRed][COLOR=Red][B] ਭਗਤ ਜਨਾ ਕੀ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਰਾਖੈ ਜੁਗਿ ਜੁਗਿ ਰਖਦਾ ਆਇਆ ਰਾਮ ॥[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][B] bhagath janaa kee har jeeo raakhai jug jug rakhadhaa aaeiaa raam ||[/B] [/COLOR][COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][B] The Dear Lord protects His humble devotees; throughout the ages, He has protected them.[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed][COLOR=Red][B] ਸੋ ਭਗਤੁ ਜੋ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਇਆ ਰਾਮ ॥[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][B] so bhagath jo guramukh hovai houmai sabadh jalaaeiaa raam ||[/B] [/COLOR][COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][B] Those devotees who become Gurmukh burn away their ego, through the Word of the Shabad.[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed][COLOR=Red][B] ਹਉਮੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਇਆ ਮੇਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਭਾਇਆ ਜਿਸ ਦੀ ਸਾਚੀ ਬਾਣੀ ॥[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][B] houmai sabadh jalaaeiaa maerae har bhaaeiaa jis dhee saachee baanee ||[/B] [/COLOR][COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][B] Those who burn away their ego through the Shabad, become pleasing to my Lord; their speech becomes True.[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed][COLOR=Red][B] ਸਚੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਖਿ ਵਖਾਣੀ ॥[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][B] sachee bhagath karehi dhin raathee guramukh aakh vakhaanee ||[/B] [/COLOR][COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][B] They perform the Lord’s true devotional service, day and night, as the Guru has instructed them.[/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed][COLOR=Red][B] ਭਗਤਾ ਕੀ ਚਾਲ ਸਚੀ ਅਤਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਚਾ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਇਆ ॥[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][B] bhagathaa kee chaal sachee ath niramal naam sachaa man bhaaeiaa ||[/B] [/COLOR][COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][B] The devotees’ lifestyle is true, and absolutely pure; the True Name is pleasing to their minds.[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed][COLOR=Red][B] ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤ ਸੋਹਹਿ ਦਰਿ ਸਾਚੈ ਜਿਨੀ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][B] naanak bhagath sohehi dhar saachai jinee sacho sach kamaaeiaa ||1||[/B] [/COLOR][COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][B] O Nanak, the those devotees, who practice Truth, and only Truth, look beauteous in the Court of the True Lord. ||1||[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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