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<blockquote data-quote="kaur-1" data-source="post: 72296" data-attributes="member: 3025"><p><strong><a href="http://www.sevatothemax.com/blog/2006/09/01/the-mental-stages-pertaining-to-the-contemplation-of-naam-part-2/" target="_blank">The Mental Stages pertaining to the Contemplation of Naam!! - Part 2 of 2</a></strong></p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Birhaa - Pain of Separation</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></p><p>When a seeker experiences intense viraag (yearning for Waheguru), then in his sub-conscious mind, the pain of separation from the Primal Being Waheguru, creates in him an even greater desire and love to meet Him. In this stage many a time tears too begin to flow from the eyes.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Ho rehi n sakaa bin dhaekhae preethamaa mai neer vehae vehi chalai jeeo ||3||</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong>I cannot survive without seeing my Beloved. My eyes are welling up with tears. ||3||</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong></strong></p><p> These tears cleanse him of his dirt accumulated over numerous births. This stage is called birho(n), the pang of separation. It is generally accepted that separation is very painful because in it there is very great love-filled pang to meet up with ones beloved.</p><p> "O birho(n)!, the pang of separation, you are the emperor. It is because of you that I can meet my Beloved." A body in which birho (or love and pang for Waheguru) does not arise, regard that body as a funeral pyre because its heart is burnt out with sins and evil deeds. Inside it there is not even a suggestion of pull or love for union with the Primal Being Waheguru.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Birehaa birehaa aakheeai birehaa thoo sulathaan ||</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong>Many talk of the pain and suffering of separation; O pain, you are the ruler of all.</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"> <strong>Fareedhaa jith than birahu n oopajai so than jaan masaan ||36||</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong>Fareed, that body, within which love of the Lord does not well up - look upon that body as a cremation ground. ||36||</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong></strong></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"> <strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Vivayk - Discernment</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p>When birho, the pang of separation arises with intensity in the seeker's consciousness and he experiences an extreme pull in his heart to link up with the Primal Being Waheguru, then vivayk (discernment) springs forth. In this state his consciousness moves ahead with a pull of great intensity to merge with Shabad-Guru because of the simran or contemplation of Naam and Bani. He attains the knowledge of righteous and unrighteous deeds.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Achar charai bibaek budhh paaeae purakhai purakh milaae ||4||</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong>He eats the uneatable, and is blessed with a discriminating intellect; he meets the Supreme Person, the Primal Lord God. ||4||</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong></strong></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Budh - Wisdom</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p>When man, while treading the path of Gurmat, begins to climb the stairs of Atam Darshee, the witnessing of the soul, he rises above ridheeaan-sidheeaan (miraculous powers). In this way he arrives at the state of wisdom where, with the Primal Being Waheguru's vibration of love, he is freed from the doubt fallacy of materialism and with renewed vigour he keeps walking towards the homeland of the Formless One.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"> <strong>jo har budhh ridhh sidhh chaahath guroo guroo gur kar man maerae ||5||9||</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong>If you long for wisdom, wealth, spiritual perfection and properity, O my mind, dwell upon the Guru, the Guru, the Guru. ||5||9||</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"> <strong>Dhuramath maett budhh paragaasee jan naanak guramukh thaaree ||4||1||2||</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong>The Lord has eliminated my evil-mindedness, and enlightened my intellect; O servant Nanak, the Gurmukhs are saved. ||4||1||2||</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong></strong></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Sahij Awastaa - State of Equipoise</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></p><p>When a seeker overcomes his ego by doing Naam Simran, the contemplation or meditation of the Naam, he reaches a state of equipoise or spontaneity of the homeland of the Formless Waheguru</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kaur-1, post: 72296, member: 3025"] [B][URL="http://www.sevatothemax.com/blog/2006/09/01/the-mental-stages-pertaining-to-the-contemplation-of-naam-part-2/"]The Mental Stages pertaining to the Contemplation of Naam!! - Part 2 of 2[/URL][/B] [CENTER][SIZE=3][B]Birhaa - Pain of Separation [/B][/SIZE][/CENTER] When a seeker experiences intense viraag (yearning for Waheguru), then in his sub-conscious mind, the pain of separation from the Primal Being Waheguru, creates in him an even greater desire and love to meet Him. In this stage many a time tears too begin to flow from the eyes. [CENTER][B]Ho rehi n sakaa bin dhaekhae preethamaa mai neer vehae vehi chalai jeeo ||3|| I cannot survive without seeing my Beloved. My eyes are welling up with tears. ||3|| [/B][/CENTER] These tears cleanse him of his dirt accumulated over numerous births. This stage is called birho(n), the pang of separation. It is generally accepted that separation is very painful because in it there is very great love-filled pang to meet up with ones beloved. "O birho(n)!, the pang of separation, you are the emperor. It is because of you that I can meet my Beloved." A body in which birho (or love and pang for Waheguru) does not arise, regard that body as a funeral pyre because its heart is burnt out with sins and evil deeds. Inside it there is not even a suggestion of pull or love for union with the Primal Being Waheguru. [CENTER][B]Birehaa birehaa aakheeai birehaa thoo sulathaan || Many talk of the pain and suffering of separation; O pain, you are the ruler of all.[/B][/CENTER] [CENTER] [B]Fareedhaa jith than birahu n oopajai so than jaan masaan ||36|| Fareed, that body, within which love of the Lord does not well up - look upon that body as a cremation ground. ||36|| [/B][/CENTER] [CENTER] [B][SIZE=3]Vivayk - Discernment [/SIZE][/B][/CENTER] When birho, the pang of separation arises with intensity in the seeker's consciousness and he experiences an extreme pull in his heart to link up with the Primal Being Waheguru, then vivayk (discernment) springs forth. In this state his consciousness moves ahead with a pull of great intensity to merge with Shabad-Guru because of the simran or contemplation of Naam and Bani. He attains the knowledge of righteous and unrighteous deeds. [CENTER][B]Achar charai bibaek budhh paaeae purakhai purakh milaae ||4|| He eats the uneatable, and is blessed with a discriminating intellect; he meets the Supreme Person, the Primal Lord God. ||4|| [/B][/CENTER] [CENTER][B][SIZE=3]Budh - Wisdom [/SIZE][/B][/CENTER] When man, while treading the path of Gurmat, begins to climb the stairs of Atam Darshee, the witnessing of the soul, he rises above ridheeaan-sidheeaan (miraculous powers). In this way he arrives at the state of wisdom where, with the Primal Being Waheguru's vibration of love, he is freed from the doubt fallacy of materialism and with renewed vigour he keeps walking towards the homeland of the Formless One. [CENTER] [B]jo har budhh ridhh sidhh chaahath guroo guroo gur kar man maerae ||5||9|| If you long for wisdom, wealth, spiritual perfection and properity, O my mind, dwell upon the Guru, the Guru, the Guru. ||5||9||[/B][/CENTER] [CENTER] [B]Dhuramath maett budhh paragaasee jan naanak guramukh thaaree ||4||1||2|| The Lord has eliminated my evil-mindedness, and enlightened my intellect; O servant Nanak, the Gurmukhs are saved. ||4||1||2|| [/B][/CENTER] [CENTER][SIZE=3][B]Sahij Awastaa - State of Equipoise [/B][/SIZE][/CENTER] When a seeker overcomes his ego by doing Naam Simran, the contemplation or meditation of the Naam, he reaches a state of equipoise or spontaneity of the homeland of the Formless Waheguru [/QUOTE]
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