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Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
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Baavan Akhari (250-262)
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Thittee (296-300)
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Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
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Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 25130" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #000080">Protecting Our Spiritual Sapling</span></span></u></strong></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="color: #000080"><strong>by Robert Elias Najemy </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="color: #000080"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">In the same way we need to protect our newborn spiritual self from drying up because of a lack of spiritual sustenance. We can do this by keeping company with spiritually oriented persons through seminars and group gatherings for such purposes. We can also water our inner spiritual sapling through daily prayer, meditation and reading of spiritual texts.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Another danger is that passing goats might eat it. Thus we must erect a temporary fence around the sapling, preventing the goats from eating its tender leaves and shoots. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Eventually, however, when the tree has grown larger and its leaves have risen above the level which the goats can reach, we can remove the fence without fear of there being any harm to the tree.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Now the tree is not only no longer vulnerable, but it can offer protection to the goats from the hot sun or the rain or snow. The goats now benefit from the tree.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">In the same way we must, in the beginning of our spiritual growth process, protect ourselves from company and contacts with people who are not spiritually oriented, so that we can have the opportunity to develop our inner faith and discipline. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">(This does not include, of course, our immediate family, whom we have incarnated to serve and love. Nor does it include people who need our help. It does include superficial social and professional contacts).</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">By avoiding those who are negative towards spiritual values, and keeping company with those who embrace those values, we gradually strengthen our spiritual sapling into a full-grown tree, which no longer needs any such protection. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Now, we can have contact with all types of negative influences without loosing our center. Now, like the large tree, we can offer comfort, love and wisdom even to those who previously would have caused us to loose our spiritual center.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">We need to determine whether we are saplings or trees and act accordingly.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080"><em>(Adapted from the forthcoming "Contemporary Parables" by Robert Elias Najemy. His book "The Psychology of Happiness" (ISBN 0-9710116-0-5. </em></span></span><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>This book is available at <a href="http://www.amazon.com" target="_blank">www.amazon.com</a> and </em></span></span><a href="http://www.holisticharmony.com./" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080"><em>http://www.HolisticHarmony.com.</em></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080"><em> where you can view and download FREE articles and e-books)</em></span> </span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #003399"><a href="http://www.resources.theinspirationplace.com/articles/mind-body-spirit/Protecting-Our-Spiritual-Sapling.php" target="_blank"><strong>http://www.resources.theinspirationplace.com/articles/mind-body-spirit/Protecting-Our-Spiritual-Sapling.php</strong></a></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><u>SUPPLEMENT:</u></strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Avoiding Negative Vibrations</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><em><u>Taking On The Energy Of Others</u></em> </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">There are times when you may find that being around certain individuals or groups of people leaves you with feelings of discomfort. It may be that spending time with a particular friend feels draining or that dealing with a specific coworker exhausts you. Being around toxic or angry people is also draining. And you may even find that being surrounded by a crowd of people lowers your energy levels rather than perks you up. This is not that unusual. Each of us radiates energy and is capable of being influenced by the energy of other people. It is important to learn how to shield yourself, so you don't unknowingly take on someone else's energy. While some people know how to instinctively protect themselves from being adversely affected by energy, most of us need to discover and practice the technique that works best. </span></p><p> <span style="color: #000080"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">There are a number of ways to avoid being affected by people's energy. Shielding is one preventative technique you can use. Center yourself and envision being enveloped in a cocoon of loving and protective light. This protective layer should allow you to consciously regulate the energy around you. The intent to shield oneself is all you need for this technique to work. You can even create a trigger word to assist you in quickly creating a shield. Say this word each time you create a new shield, until the word and the shield become automatically associated in your mind. If you run into a person whose energy you find draining, you may want to cleanse your own energy field after your encounter. Sage, cold showers, singing, mineral water baths, spending time in nature, and a simple break to recharge are all ways to accomplish this. </span></p><p> <span style="color: #000080"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">While it is important to know how to shield yourself from energy, there are those energies that you may not want to shut out. The energy of laughter from a newborn baby, the feeling of joy radiating from someone in love, and the frequency of calm emanating from an enlightened teacher are just some of the energies coming from others that you may want to have around you</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #003399"><a href="http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2005/647.html" target="_blank">http://www.dailyomcom/articles/2005/647.html</a></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 25130, member: 884"] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#ff0000][B][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#000080]Protecting Our Spiritual Sapling[/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/B] [COLOR=#000080][B]by Robert Elias Najemy [/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080] [/COLOR][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]In the same way we need to protect our newborn spiritual self from drying up because of a lack of spiritual sustenance. We can do this by keeping company with spiritually oriented persons through seminars and group gatherings for such purposes. We can also water our inner spiritual sapling through daily prayer, meditation and reading of spiritual texts.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Another danger is that passing goats might eat it. Thus we must erect a temporary fence around the sapling, preventing the goats from eating its tender leaves and shoots. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Eventually, however, when the tree has grown larger and its leaves have risen above the level which the goats can reach, we can remove the fence without fear of there being any harm to the tree.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Now the tree is not only no longer vulnerable, but it can offer protection to the goats from the hot sun or the rain or snow. The goats now benefit from the tree.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]In the same way we must, in the beginning of our spiritual growth process, protect ourselves from company and contacts with people who are not spiritually oriented, so that we can have the opportunity to develop our inner faith and discipline. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080](This does not include, of course, our immediate family, whom we have incarnated to serve and love. Nor does it include people who need our help. It does include superficial social and professional contacts).[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]By avoiding those who are negative towards spiritual values, and keeping company with those who embrace those values, we gradually strengthen our spiritual sapling into a full-grown tree, which no longer needs any such protection. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Now, we can have contact with all types of negative influences without loosing our center. Now, like the large tree, we can offer comfort, love and wisdom even to those who previously would have caused us to loose our spiritual center.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]We need to determine whether we are saplings or trees and act accordingly.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080][I](Adapted from the forthcoming "Contemporary Parables" by Robert Elias Najemy. His book "The Psychology of Happiness" (ISBN 0-9710116-0-5. [/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR=#000080] [SIZE=2][I]This book is available at [URL="http://www.amazon.com"]www.amazon.com[/URL] and [/I][/SIZE][/COLOR][URL="http://www.holisticharmony.com./"][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080][I]http://www.HolisticHarmony.com.[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080][I] where you can view and download FREE articles and e-books)[/I][/COLOR] [/SIZE] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#003399][URL="http://www.resources.theinspirationplace.com/articles/mind-body-spirit/Protecting-Our-Spiritual-Sapling.php"][B]http://www.resources.theinspirationplace.com/articles/mind-body-spirit/Protecting-Our-Spiritual-Sapling.php[/B][/URL][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#ff0000][B][U]SUPPLEMENT:[/U][/B][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000080][B][SIZE=5]Avoiding Negative Vibrations[/SIZE][/B][SIZE=5] [/SIZE][SIZE=2][I][U]Taking On The Energy Of Others[/U][/I] [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#000080]There are times when you may find that being around certain individuals or groups of people leaves you with feelings of discomfort. It may be that spending time with a particular friend feels draining or that dealing with a specific coworker exhausts you. Being around toxic or angry people is also draining. And you may even find that being surrounded by a crowd of people lowers your energy levels rather than perks you up. This is not that unusual. Each of us radiates energy and is capable of being influenced by the energy of other people. It is important to learn how to shield yourself, so you don't unknowingly take on someone else's energy. While some people know how to instinctively protect themselves from being adversely affected by energy, most of us need to discover and practice the technique that works best. There are a number of ways to avoid being affected by people's energy. Shielding is one preventative technique you can use. Center yourself and envision being enveloped in a cocoon of loving and protective light. This protective layer should allow you to consciously regulate the energy around you. The intent to shield oneself is all you need for this technique to work. You can even create a trigger word to assist you in quickly creating a shield. Say this word each time you create a new shield, until the word and the shield become automatically associated in your mind. If you run into a person whose energy you find draining, you may want to cleanse your own energy field after your encounter. Sage, cold showers, singing, mineral water baths, spending time in nature, and a simple break to recharge are all ways to accomplish this. While it is important to know how to shield yourself from energy, there are those energies that you may not want to shut out. The energy of laughter from a newborn baby, the feeling of joy radiating from someone in love, and the frequency of calm emanating from an enlightened teacher are just some of the energies coming from others that you may want to have around you[/COLOR] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#003399][URL="http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2005/647.html"]http://www.dailyomcom/articles/2005/647.html[/URL][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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