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Amrit Vela Meditation/Simran
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<blockquote data-quote="Luckysingh" data-source="post: 169423" data-attributes="member: 16886"><p>Amrit Vela simran and meditation as mentioned above in the rehat using the ''waheguru'' gurmantra if you prefer to call it that, is infact the real ''cleansing''</p><p> </p><p>We may wash as much as we want or bathe in holy waters around the world, but none of that will cleanse the mind. Bani mentions visiting all the places of pilgrimage to have your baths, will not ever cleanse your mind.</p><p> </p><p>The thought only occured to me the other day, of how do some people who may be physically ill or dependent on sponge baths from nurses or carers, go about doing their daily amrit vela rise and water bath!!</p><p> </p><p>It's funny, as I've never paid to much attention to it like most people, as we just wake up and shower and then it beome routine, just part of getting ready in the morning like brushing your teeth!</p><p> </p><p>What I mean is 'funny'' is that I then, started looking at more references in gurbani and came back to this post, realising that all the ''cleansing'' is about cleansing the mind from all the pollutants on a daily basis!!</p><p> </p><p>It may just sound quite simple and obvious to most of you, but this ''cleansing'' is to be done on a daily basis..ie.. every day or early morning and not the day after or next week!!</p><p>-This means, no matter what we do during the day, be it selfless seva ALL day, we will still get exposed to some sort of pollutants in our minds. </p><p> </p><p>I have gone ahead and tried to avoid or not pay attention to certain distractions that are in effect all about feeding your Ego and maya illusion.</p><p>No matter how hard you try, there will always be something that finds it's way into your mind and maybe some sort of action results, sometimes. The secrect is to suppress it, so that there is no action, but it has still got in and corrupted your mind nevertheless!!</p><p> </p><p>FOR Eg.-This could be something very simple like forgetting to say thank you to someone and then realising you didn't say it, but it's too late to say it now as the moment has passed.</p><p>- The wrong here is the action of not acting, because our Ego thinks it's OK, it's too late and the 'no action' is justified.</p><p>-BUT- the other person WILL think 'what's his problem, can't he say thanks'</p><p>Infact, any kind of action by yourself be it innocent, deliberate or by mistake- that results in the Other person have any degree of a negative response, is infact a wrong doing due to our ego.</p><p>To love one another and love creation does not mean that the loved one acts negatively in any way.</p><p> </p><p>I think you can get, what I'm trying to say here. We have the problem where we, ourselves determine what is negative and what isn't, all according to what the Ego thinks. We become our own judges of maya.</p><p>Everyday, even if we may have suppressed the action, we still do have the negative pollutant or thought in our mind that needs to be cleansed out.</p><p> </p><p>The above thoughts includng section IV of the rehat, have given me more reason to justify the need or requirement for simran.</p><p> </p><p>The other point that I have felt lately is that, this S<em>imran is infact a Seva itself!!</em></p><p>You see we always put simran and seva together or as an 'either, or' to compare them.</p><p> </p><p>But, I no longer feel we should be comparing as I actually see Seva in different ways-</p><p>Remembering that seva is the service of offering to creator and creation.</p><p> </p><p><strong>1</strong>)- there is seva using the <em>body or hands</em>. ie..helping, the typical helping hand that most of us physically do in the gurdwara or elsewhere.</p><p>This is what most people associate with seva or offering the service of Physical actions.</p><p> </p><p>- this is done using our body and hands.</p><p> </p><p><strong>2</strong>) then there is the seva of the '<em>Mind</em>' or mann, this is like when we will not use our physical body, but apply our thinking mind and thoughts of kindness.</p><p>Such as, being sat on the couch and decide to write a check to Unicef or similar Or, when we apply our thoughts to do an action in a pure gurmat manner. Acts of worship and prayer-(not for self gain) can be classed as ''mind-seva''</p><p>A little like using your Mind to help creation.</p><p> </p><p><strong>3</strong>) Then there is using your <em>Tongue</em> or voice- seva. This is what I mean by the simran, to use your tongue to utter the name of the lord instead of uttering something else. To use your tongue and direct it towards the creator and creation, is itself applying yourself to serve in that way.</p><p> </p><p>Using the tongue is also applicable in cases where one in authority may give orders for action to a good cause, or if my kind words can simply help or benefit another, then I should serve in such way using my tongue!!</p><p> </p><p>To round off, I feel that <strong>Seva</strong> can be either from the <strong>Mind, Body or Tongue.-</strong> and that simran itself is a seva, as you are serving and giving rise to the connection within to the lord and helping cleanse, battle or overide your ego to some degree.</p><p> </p><p>Waheguru</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Luckysingh, post: 169423, member: 16886"] Amrit Vela simran and meditation as mentioned above in the rehat using the ''waheguru'' gurmantra if you prefer to call it that, is infact the real ''cleansing'' We may wash as much as we want or bathe in holy waters around the world, but none of that will cleanse the mind. Bani mentions visiting all the places of pilgrimage to have your baths, will not ever cleanse your mind. The thought only occured to me the other day, of how do some people who may be physically ill or dependent on sponge baths from nurses or carers, go about doing their daily amrit vela rise and water bath!! It's funny, as I've never paid to much attention to it like most people, as we just wake up and shower and then it beome routine, just part of getting ready in the morning like brushing your teeth! What I mean is 'funny'' is that I then, started looking at more references in gurbani and came back to this post, realising that all the ''cleansing'' is about cleansing the mind from all the pollutants on a daily basis!! It may just sound quite simple and obvious to most of you, but this ''cleansing'' is to be done on a daily basis..ie.. every day or early morning and not the day after or next week!! -This means, no matter what we do during the day, be it selfless seva ALL day, we will still get exposed to some sort of pollutants in our minds. I have gone ahead and tried to avoid or not pay attention to certain distractions that are in effect all about feeding your Ego and maya illusion. No matter how hard you try, there will always be something that finds it's way into your mind and maybe some sort of action results, sometimes. The secrect is to suppress it, so that there is no action, but it has still got in and corrupted your mind nevertheless!! FOR Eg.-This could be something very simple like forgetting to say thank you to someone and then realising you didn't say it, but it's too late to say it now as the moment has passed. - The wrong here is the action of not acting, because our Ego thinks it's OK, it's too late and the 'no action' is justified. -BUT- the other person WILL think 'what's his problem, can't he say thanks' Infact, any kind of action by yourself be it innocent, deliberate or by mistake- that results in the Other person have any degree of a negative response, is infact a wrong doing due to our ego. To love one another and love creation does not mean that the loved one acts negatively in any way. I think you can get, what I'm trying to say here. We have the problem where we, ourselves determine what is negative and what isn't, all according to what the Ego thinks. We become our own judges of maya. Everyday, even if we may have suppressed the action, we still do have the negative pollutant or thought in our mind that needs to be cleansed out. The above thoughts includng section IV of the rehat, have given me more reason to justify the need or requirement for simran. The other point that I have felt lately is that, this S[I]imran is infact a Seva itself!![/I] You see we always put simran and seva together or as an 'either, or' to compare them. But, I no longer feel we should be comparing as I actually see Seva in different ways- Remembering that seva is the service of offering to creator and creation. [B]1[/B])- there is seva using the [I]body or hands[/I]. ie..helping, the typical helping hand that most of us physically do in the gurdwara or elsewhere. This is what most people associate with seva or offering the service of Physical actions. - this is done using our body and hands. [B]2[/B]) then there is the seva of the '[I]Mind[/I]' or mann, this is like when we will not use our physical body, but apply our thinking mind and thoughts of kindness. Such as, being sat on the couch and decide to write a check to Unicef or similar Or, when we apply our thoughts to do an action in a pure gurmat manner. Acts of worship and prayer-(not for self gain) can be classed as ''mind-seva'' A little like using your Mind to help creation. [B]3[/B]) Then there is using your [I]Tongue[/I] or voice- seva. This is what I mean by the simran, to use your tongue to utter the name of the lord instead of uttering something else. To use your tongue and direct it towards the creator and creation, is itself applying yourself to serve in that way. Using the tongue is also applicable in cases where one in authority may give orders for action to a good cause, or if my kind words can simply help or benefit another, then I should serve in such way using my tongue!! To round off, I feel that [B]Seva[/B] can be either from the [B]Mind, Body or Tongue.-[/B] and that simran itself is a seva, as you are serving and giving rise to the connection within to the lord and helping cleanse, battle or overide your ego to some degree. Waheguru [/QUOTE]
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