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Gurbani (347-348)
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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
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Gurbani (557-564)
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Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
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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)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
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Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
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Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
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Suchajee (762)
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Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
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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)
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Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
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Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Gurbani (1319-23)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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A Fighter Returns From The Desert To Speak With You If You Would Speak With Him
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<blockquote data-quote="helgasdogs" data-source="post: 138427" data-attributes="member: 4025"><p><strong>re: A Fighter Returns from the Desert to Speak with You If You Would Speak with Him </strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Dear spnadmin,</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><?"urn:<img src=" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I would be glad to.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">What is the essence of being a Fighter, one who fights against injustices without himself becoming immoral and, therefore, unjust? Is the essence love of battle? Bravery? Cold-hearted willingness to kill? Discretion? A strategic mind? A well-developed body? A love of Country? Faithfulness to his Religion? Discipline?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">There is no need for this confusion, which warriors throughout history have dealt with in various ways. In World War Two, the Germans were the best killers, but the Russians were the craziest, and the Americans had the most heart. So, if we are to be Fighters, where should we focus our attentions on in terms of building our minds into what the One ('God') wishes us to be?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The essence of being a Fighter is threefold:</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">(1) A Fighter recognises the fundamental unity of the perceptual world, that in it there is no 'this' or 'that,' but, only one continuous 'thing' that we perceive as a whole, a one, a unity. The German psychologists call this a <I>gestalt</I>. The Fighter must recognise the gestalten flow of his environment, of which no two parts are the same, and which is never the same twice when he looks once, then looks again. There is no such thing as identity in the perceptual realm, identities are only categories that we place onto the screen of our awareness in order to make logic possible.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">(2) A Fighter recognises the Will of the One as that to which we submit wholeheartedly, unreservedly, with no apologies, and with gladness. This Blessed, Maximal One, is all-Rational, all-Agapic (<em>Agape</em>, 'love of Reason'), all-Knowing, all-Powerful, and Eternal. Thus, in keeping with #1, the Fighter submits to the flow of the world knowing that everything is for the best, that all blessings, whether bane or boon, are for his benefit, and that Goodness, Beauty, and Truth will triumph in the end; the only question is how much pain the world must go through as a result of his own personal failures to act in accordance with the One's wishes.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">(3) A Fighter perfectly convinced of the first two points, will lack fear of anything but the One, and, therefore, will not have the normal human inhibitions to enjoying suffering. Freed from fear, he will not necessarily seek suffering, but, when it comes, its deepest bite will be relaxed, and, he will know it is for the best, and even interesting and enjoyable in its manner. He would prefer pleasure, but, exists without like or dislike in terms of his dedication to the One, knowing that in some cases pain becomes pleasurable and pleasure becomes painful.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Thus, Zensunni sufferism; which translates in emotional praxis into <I>Fremen joy</I>--the joy of being free, gloriously free, by virtue of the overmastering slavery of the One.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Yours,</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">'h'</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="helgasdogs, post: 138427, member: 4025"] [b]re: A Fighter Returns from the Desert to Speak with You If You Would Speak with Him [/b] [FONT=Arial]Dear spnadmin,[/FONT][FONT=Arial]<?"urn:<img src=" />[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]I would be glad to.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]What is the essence of being a Fighter, one who fights against injustices without himself becoming immoral and, therefore, unjust? Is the essence love of battle? Bravery? Cold-hearted willingness to kill? Discretion? A strategic mind? A well-developed body? A love of Country? Faithfulness to his Religion? Discipline?[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]There is no need for this confusion, which warriors throughout history have dealt with in various ways. In World War Two, the Germans were the best killers, but the Russians were the craziest, and the Americans had the most heart. So, if we are to be Fighters, where should we focus our attentions on in terms of building our minds into what the One ('God') wishes us to be?[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]The essence of being a Fighter is threefold:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial](1) A Fighter recognises the fundamental unity of the perceptual world, that in it there is no 'this' or 'that,' but, only one continuous 'thing' that we perceive as a whole, a one, a unity. The German psychologists call this a <I>gestalt</I>. The Fighter must recognise the gestalten flow of his environment, of which no two parts are the same, and which is never the same twice when he looks once, then looks again. There is no such thing as identity in the perceptual realm, identities are only categories that we place onto the screen of our awareness in order to make logic possible.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial](2) A Fighter recognises the Will of the One as that to which we submit wholeheartedly, unreservedly, with no apologies, and with gladness. This Blessed, Maximal One, is all-Rational, all-Agapic ([I]Agape[/I], 'love of Reason'), all-Knowing, all-Powerful, and Eternal. Thus, in keeping with #1, the Fighter submits to the flow of the world knowing that everything is for the best, that all blessings, whether bane or boon, are for his benefit, and that Goodness, Beauty, and Truth will triumph in the end; the only question is how much pain the world must go through as a result of his own personal failures to act in accordance with the One's wishes.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial](3) A Fighter perfectly convinced of the first two points, will lack fear of anything but the One, and, therefore, will not have the normal human inhibitions to enjoying suffering. Freed from fear, he will not necessarily seek suffering, but, when it comes, its deepest bite will be relaxed, and, he will know it is for the best, and even interesting and enjoyable in its manner. He would prefer pleasure, but, exists without like or dislike in terms of his dedication to the One, knowing that in some cases pain becomes pleasurable and pleasure becomes painful.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Thus, Zensunni sufferism; which translates in emotional praxis into <I>Fremen joy</I>--the joy of being free, gloriously free, by virtue of the overmastering slavery of the One.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Yours,[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]'h'[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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