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Sukhmani Sahib: 4th Ashtapadee: 6th Pauri
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<blockquote data-quote="Amarpal" data-source="post: 85158" data-attributes="member: 10"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dear Khalsa Ji,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Here, through this post, I share what I understand from the 6th Pauri of 4th Ashtapadee of Sukhmani Sahib.</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>First the Summary</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Guru Sahib in this Pauri has appealed to the common sense of the humans to pass on truth to them. He has used the knowledge which we all possess based on our experience in life to impart his teachings. Guru Sahib in this Pauri tells us that capabilities are required to evolve to live a life appropriate for humans and not to sink into the desire driven, attachments directed worldly life. He has stated that these capabilities can be acquired through guidance. Finally, he himself seeks such help from ‘The Absolute’ to remain afloat at the required level of evolution.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1.</span> </span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">suin AMDw kYsy mwrgu pwvY ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">sun an<u>Dh</u>aa kaisay maarag paavai.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">By listening how can a blind man can find path.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2.</span> </span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">kru gih lyhu EiV inbhwvY ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">kar geh layho o<u>rh</u> nibhaavai.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">By holding the blind person’s hand another can guide her/him to the destination.</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My Understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> The meaning is clear. The mental faculty - hearing - that has received the inputs (words) explaining the physical path to be followed does not possess the capability to search, decide and then correctly command the locomotive functions of the body to guide the person on the correct path. For the person to follow the path as explained to him in words, vision is needed. The person under reference lacks vision. Without vision, on her/his own the person cannot tread on the intended path. Yet, this person can seek assistance from some entity that has the needed ability to reach the intended destination. This way Guru Sahib conveys that with help, one can evolve to a level need for living proper human life.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">3 </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">khw buJwriq bUJY forw ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">kahaa bu<u>jh</u>aara<u>t</u> boo<u>jh</u>ai doraa.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">How can a riddle be understood by the deaf?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">4. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">inis khIAY qau smJY Borw ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">nis</span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> kahee-ai <u>t</u>a-o sam<u>jh</u>ai <u>bh</u>oraa.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Say dusk, and he thinks you said dawn'<span style="color: navy">.</span></span></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My Understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Guru Sahib now takes another sense – hearing – through which we human receive the inputs to be processed by the brain. The riddle that one explains to the audience cannot be heard correctly by the person whose hearing is impaired. Such a person cannot perceive the elements of the riddle the way they are said. There cannot be one to one correspondence between what is said and what is understood by the person having impaired hearing abilities. The problem resulting from lack of capabilities is emphasized by Guru Sahib.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">5. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">khw ibsnpd gwvY guMg ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">kahaa bisanpa<u>d</u> gaavai gung.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">How can the mute sing the Songs of the Lord?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">6. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">jqn krY qau BI sur BMg ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ja<u>t</u>an karai <u>t</u>a-o <u>bh</u>ee sur <u>bh</u>ang.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">He may try, but his voice will fail him.</span></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My Understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Guru Sahib now explains that the person who has problem in speaking cannot give proper verbal expression to her/his inner urge to sing the praises of ‘The Sat’.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">7. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">kh ipMgul prbq pr Bvn ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">kah pingul parba<u>t</u> par <u>bh</u>avan.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">How can the crippled person roam around in mountains?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">8. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">nhI hoq aUhw ausu gvn ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">nahee ho<u>t</u> oohaa us gavan.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">He simply cannot go there.</span></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My Understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Guru Sahib tells that the person who has lost the effectiveness of limbs cannot roam around in the mountains; in fact such a person cannot reach the mountain at all.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">9. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">krqwr kruxw mY dInu bynqI krY ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">kar<u>t</u>aar karu<u>n</u>aa mai <u>d</u>een bayn<u>t</u>ee karai.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">O’ The doer, in compassion, the humble prays</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">10.</span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'"> nwnk qumrI ikrpw qrY ]6] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">naanak <u>t</u>umree kirpaa <u>t</u>arai. ||6||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Nanak: by Your Grace, please save me. ||6||</span></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My Understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Guru Sahib prays that with the grace of “The Sat’ he may not sink into the worldly life and remain afloat spiritually to reach the destination meant for life in human form.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Elaboration</span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">:</span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-size: 12px">First </span></span>I explain what I mean by spirituality and how it differs from religiosity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Spirituality does not mean other-worldliness alone. It is the mental disposition which seeks truth in life. The person’s worldly life of spiritual person reflects her/his achievements in this domain. Such a person lives spiritually, experiencing this world fully and effectively. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Progressively, as the person conceptualizes and grasps the deeper truth, her/his mental disposition intensifies and the person keeps evolving in the domain of spirituality. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Just by being religious alone (following the religious practices and its dogma) one does not become spiritual. This is because religiosity and spirituality are not synonymous – they do not have the same meaning. Religiosity makes the individual follow the truth discovered by someone else. While spirituality makes the person seek truth on her/his own. The pinnacle of religiosity is beginning of spirituality. Religiosity conditions the person’s being for the onward journey to spirituality. Religion is a path way to spirituality, while spirituality is path way to divinity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In this Pauri, Guru Sahib has spoken to the common person; using the examples of defective Gyanendriyas and Karmendriyas, he has explained to his audience that inadequate abilities prevent the individual to do what is expected from a normal human. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">What all Guru Sahib has said in the above eight tuks applies to the world of spirituality – the Gyanendriyas and Karmendriyas referred to in fact where just tools Guru Sahib has used to convey this fact.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The person, who has no sense of what spirituality is, can only tread on the path of spirituality through some guidance from an evolved entity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Why we reach this helpless state? I explain below.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Our struggle to acquire the means for sustaining our lives starts right from our birth. When we are born, we even do not know that we exist, but the compulsion to sustain live is strong and built into our physical being. The child cries to express discomfort and the care takers provide what probably can help overcome the child’s distress. Here we see that though the child is totally ignorant yet nature has programmed it to seek what is needed to sustain life. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> As we grow, the struggle to sustain life takes a different form. We are taught and trained to acquire skills to earn and to sustain our lives. All this time we are trained to equip ourselves with ways and means to earn livelihood. Our up-bringing, in this way, makes us worldly and material centric. Lessons on spirituality are not the natural part of this process. There are no compelling reasons for the person to become spiritual. For spirituality to take roots in the person’s being, special efforts are needed. To break into the domain of spirituality guidance is needed from some evolved entity. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> I come back to my understanding of what Guru Sahib has said. As we all religiously and spiritually blind at birth, we need some one’s assistance to help us evolve to reach the intended destination. Mother is the first Guru, then the father and other family members, then the peer group and environment. When the child acquires capabilities to read, then onwards, for we Sikhs, it is Siri Guru Granth Sahib. Saadh-Sangat is where we can discuss our understanding and learn from others. All these are helping hands for the religiously blind person to walk to reach the stage where spiritually starts. Religion prepares the person mentally for onward spiritual journey – seeking ones own truth. At physical level, spiritual journey is very lonely journey; only the knowledge acquired from Siri Guru Granth Sahib and sages is your companion. One has to realize one’s own self, in all its purity. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> These are the helping hands in our journey from birth through religion and spirituality to the ultimate destiny divinity. All achieve living our worldly life as a householder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With this I close the post.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With love and respect for all.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Amarpal Singh</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amarpal, post: 85158, member: 10"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Dear Khalsa Ji,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Here, through this post, I share what I understand from the 6th Pauri of 4th Ashtapadee of Sukhmani Sahib.[/SIZE][/FONT] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]First the Summary[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Guru Sahib in this Pauri has appealed to the common sense of the humans to pass on truth to them. He has used the knowledge which we all possess based on our experience in life to impart his teachings. Guru Sahib in this Pauri tells us that capabilities are required to evolve to live a life appropriate for humans and not to sink into the desire driven, attachments directed worldly life. He has stated that these capabilities can be acquired through guidance. Finally, he himself seeks such help from ‘The Absolute’ to remain afloat at the required level of evolution.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]1.[/SIZE] [/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]suin AMDw kYsy mwrgu pwvY ] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]sun an[U]Dh[/U]aa kaisay maarag paavai. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]By listening how can a blind man can find path.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]2.[/SIZE] [/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]kru gih lyhu EiV inbhwvY ] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]kar geh layho o[U]rh[/U] nibhaavai. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]By holding the blind person’s hand another can guide her/him to the destination.[/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My Understanding[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] The meaning is clear. The mental faculty - hearing - that has received the inputs (words) explaining the physical path to be followed does not possess the capability to search, decide and then correctly command the locomotive functions of the body to guide the person on the correct path. For the person to follow the path as explained to him in words, vision is needed. The person under reference lacks vision. Without vision, on her/his own the person cannot tread on the intended path. Yet, this person can seek assistance from some entity that has the needed ability to reach the intended destination. This way Guru Sahib conveys that with help, one can evolve to a level need for living proper human life.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]3 [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]khw buJwriq bUJY forw ] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]kahaa bu[U]jh[/U]aara[U]t[/U] boo[U]jh[/U]ai doraa. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]How can a riddle be understood by the deaf?[COLOR=navy][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]4. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]inis khIAY qau smJY Borw ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]nis[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma] kahee-ai [U]t[/U]a-o sam[U]jh[/U]ai [U]bh[/U]oraa. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Tahoma]Say dusk, and he thinks you said dawn'[COLOR=navy].[/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My Understanding[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] Guru Sahib now takes another sense – hearing – through which we human receive the inputs to be processed by the brain. The riddle that one explains to the audience cannot be heard correctly by the person whose hearing is impaired. Such a person cannot perceive the elements of the riddle the way they are said. There cannot be one to one correspondence between what is said and what is understood by the person having impaired hearing abilities. The problem resulting from lack of capabilities is emphasized by Guru Sahib.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]5. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]khw ibsnpd gwvY guMg ] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]kahaa bisanpa[U]d[/U] gaavai gung. [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]How can the mute sing the Songs of the Lord?[/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]6. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]jqn krY qau BI sur BMg ] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]ja[U]t[/U]an karai [U]t[/U]a-o [U]bh[/U]ee sur [U]bh[/U]ang. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Tahoma]He may try, but his voice will fail him.[/FONT][COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My Understanding[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] Guru Sahib now explains that the person who has problem in speaking cannot give proper verbal expression to her/his inner urge to sing the praises of ‘The Sat’.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]7. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]kh ipMgul prbq pr Bvn ] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]kah pingul parba[U]t[/U] par [U]bh[/U]avan. [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]How can the crippled person roam around in mountains?[/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]8. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]nhI hoq aUhw ausu gvn ] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]nahee ho[U]t[/U] oohaa us gavan. [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]He simply cannot go there.[/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My Understanding[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] Guru Sahib tells that the person who has lost the effectiveness of limbs cannot roam around in the mountains; in fact such a person cannot reach the mountain at all.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]9. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]krqwr kruxw mY dInu bynqI krY ] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]kar[U]t[/U]aar karu[U]n[/U]aa mai [U]d[/U]een bayn[U]t[/U]ee karai. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]O’ The doer, in compassion, the humble prays[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]10.[/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick] nwnk qumrI ikrpw qrY ]6] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]naanak [U]t[/U]umree kirpaa [U]t[/U]arai. ||6|| [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Tahoma]Nanak: by Your Grace, please save me. ||6||[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My Understanding[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] Guru Sahib prays that with the grace of “The Sat’ he may not sink into the worldly life and remain afloat spiritually to reach the destination meant for life in human form.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B][U][FONT=Tahoma]Elaboration[/FONT][/U][/B][B][FONT=Tahoma]:[/FONT][/B][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=maroon][SIZE=3]First [/SIZE][/COLOR]I explain what I mean by spirituality and how it differs from religiosity.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] Spirituality does not mean other-worldliness alone. It is the mental disposition which seeks truth in life. The person’s worldly life of spiritual person reflects her/his achievements in this domain. Such a person lives spiritually, experiencing this world fully and effectively. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Progressively, as the person conceptualizes and grasps the deeper truth, her/his mental disposition intensifies and the person keeps evolving in the domain of spirituality. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] Just by being religious alone (following the religious practices and its dogma) one does not become spiritual. This is because religiosity and spirituality are not synonymous – they do not have the same meaning. Religiosity makes the individual follow the truth discovered by someone else. While spirituality makes the person seek truth on her/his own. The pinnacle of religiosity is beginning of spirituality. Religiosity conditions the person’s being for the onward journey to spirituality. Religion is a path way to spirituality, while spirituality is path way to divinity.[COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]In this Pauri, Guru Sahib has spoken to the common person; using the examples of defective Gyanendriyas and Karmendriyas, he has explained to his audience that inadequate abilities prevent the individual to do what is expected from a normal human. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]What all Guru Sahib has said in the above eight tuks applies to the world of spirituality – the Gyanendriyas and Karmendriyas referred to in fact where just tools Guru Sahib has used to convey this fact.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]The person, who has no sense of what spirituality is, can only tread on the path of spirituality through some guidance from an evolved entity.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] Why we reach this helpless state? I explain below.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Our struggle to acquire the means for sustaining our lives starts right from our birth. When we are born, we even do not know that we exist, but the compulsion to sustain live is strong and built into our physical being. The child cries to express discomfort and the care takers provide what probably can help overcome the child’s distress. Here we see that though the child is totally ignorant yet nature has programmed it to seek what is needed to sustain life. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] As we grow, the struggle to sustain life takes a different form. We are taught and trained to acquire skills to earn and to sustain our lives. All this time we are trained to equip ourselves with ways and means to earn livelihood. Our up-bringing, in this way, makes us worldly and material centric. Lessons on spirituality are not the natural part of this process. There are no compelling reasons for the person to become spiritual. For spirituality to take roots in the person’s being, special efforts are needed. To break into the domain of spirituality guidance is needed from some evolved entity. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] I come back to my understanding of what Guru Sahib has said. As we all religiously and spiritually blind at birth, we need some one’s assistance to help us evolve to reach the intended destination. Mother is the first Guru, then the father and other family members, then the peer group and environment. When the child acquires capabilities to read, then onwards, for we Sikhs, it is Siri Guru Granth Sahib. Saadh-Sangat is where we can discuss our understanding and learn from others. All these are helping hands for the religiously blind person to walk to reach the stage where spiritually starts. Religion prepares the person mentally for onward spiritual journey – seeking ones own truth. At physical level, spiritual journey is very lonely journey; only the knowledge acquired from Siri Guru Granth Sahib and sages is your companion. One has to realize one’s own self, in all its purity. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] These are the helping hands in our journey from birth through religion and spirituality to the ultimate destiny divinity. All achieve living our worldly life as a householder.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]With this I close the post.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]With love and respect for all.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Amarpal Singh[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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Guru Granth Sahib
Sukhmani Banee
Sukhmani Sahib: 4th Ashtapadee: 6th Pauri
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