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ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
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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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Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
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Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
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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
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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: 190546" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Fear or Freedom</span> </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>By Dr. John Demartini </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">There are seven areas of life we are here to master; spiritual, mental, vocational, financial, familial, social and physical. They can either be powerfully supportive of your genius, or impeding it. There are also seven common fears and guilt that fragment our full potential in each of these areas and the only difference between somebody who does what they love and someone who doesn't is the former has the ability to identify their fears and has a strategy to go break through them. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The first fear is the spiritual fear of breaking some perceived authority's ethics. Morals are the rules we impose on ourselves, and ethics are the imposed rules between others and ourselves. Many people let those fears stop them from doing what they love and expressing their genius because they fear that others may not approve of them. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The second fear is the mental fear of not knowing enough. This fear can keep you from doing what you really love, "I just don't know enough. I'm not smart enough. I don't have the education for it." That's another illusion because you have the capacity to do whatever you dream of doing, at the level you're on now, and grow to the next. No matter how much you know you will have the unknown. You attract opportunities according to your level of knowing. As you know more you grow more. By loving yourself even when you don't know you liberate yourself to learn. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The third fear is the vocational fear of failure. You must be able to love failure as much as success since you fail and succeed equally and constantly. Have you ever set yourself goals and didn't fulfill them? Everyone does. You're a success and failure constantly throughout your life, and you need both. Babe Ruth had the most home runs and the most strikeouts and that is the magnificence. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The fourth fear is the financial fear of poverty. Here you fear that if you would go out and do what you truly would love to do you won't make enough money at it. If you love something and are committed to doing whatever it takes to succeed, value money highly, follow the financial laws of success and save you can certainly build wealth doing what you would love.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The fifth fear is the fear of losing your loved ones. Many people feel that if they do what they love they will lose someone they love. I think what stabilized my marriage is that we don't so much need each other as we just love each other. There's a big difference. We both have an independent life, and if either of us were to leave, the other would still function. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The sixth fear is the fear of social rejection. This is a big fear. Some people are not doing what they love because they're afraid people will reject them. The truth is, acceptance and rejection are conserved throughout your life, and the more extraordinary you become the more you will receive of both. Learn to appreciate both equally and you are free. People come and go, they're transient, but you're with you for the whole trip and it's your life. Never sacrifice the eternal for the transient. Embrace both sides of life equally.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The seventh and last fear is the fear of ill health, death, or disease. Some people don't live their dream because they're afraid they'll die if they do, or they won't have the energy. But the greatest cause of illness, disease, and death is not living your dreams. That'll kill you quicker than anything else. Inspiration and gratitude heal and empower, and if you're not doing what you love you'll feel ungrateful and desperate, </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">You can break through or break down in all seven areas of life. If you break down you're listening to your fearful self, if you break through you've listened to your immortal self. But don't think that you're ever going to be without fears in your life, fear means you're growing and challenging yourself beyond your comfort zones. I have fears almost every day, but I know that fear is an incomplete view of what is occurring, so I identify the fear, bring it to completion and balance, and then walk through it and I suggest you do the same.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>source: </strong> <a href="https://drdemartini.com/writings_and_insights/fear_or_freedom#content_top" target="_blank">https://drdemartini.com/writings_and_insights/fear_or_freedom#content_top</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 190546, member: 884"] [COLOR="Navy"][B][SIZE="5"]Fear or Freedom[/SIZE] By Dr. John Demartini [/B] There are seven areas of life we are here to master; spiritual, mental, vocational, financial, familial, social and physical. They can either be powerfully supportive of your genius, or impeding it. There are also seven common fears and guilt that fragment our full potential in each of these areas and the only difference between somebody who does what they love and someone who doesn't is the former has the ability to identify their fears and has a strategy to go break through them. The first fear is the spiritual fear of breaking some perceived authority's ethics. Morals are the rules we impose on ourselves, and ethics are the imposed rules between others and ourselves. Many people let those fears stop them from doing what they love and expressing their genius because they fear that others may not approve of them. The second fear is the mental fear of not knowing enough. This fear can keep you from doing what you really love, "I just don't know enough. I'm not smart enough. I don't have the education for it." That's another illusion because you have the capacity to do whatever you dream of doing, at the level you're on now, and grow to the next. No matter how much you know you will have the unknown. You attract opportunities according to your level of knowing. As you know more you grow more. By loving yourself even when you don't know you liberate yourself to learn. The third fear is the vocational fear of failure. You must be able to love failure as much as success since you fail and succeed equally and constantly. Have you ever set yourself goals and didn't fulfill them? Everyone does. You're a success and failure constantly throughout your life, and you need both. Babe Ruth had the most home runs and the most strikeouts and that is the magnificence. The fourth fear is the financial fear of poverty. Here you fear that if you would go out and do what you truly would love to do you won't make enough money at it. If you love something and are committed to doing whatever it takes to succeed, value money highly, follow the financial laws of success and save you can certainly build wealth doing what you would love. The fifth fear is the fear of losing your loved ones. Many people feel that if they do what they love they will lose someone they love. I think what stabilized my marriage is that we don't so much need each other as we just love each other. There's a big difference. We both have an independent life, and if either of us were to leave, the other would still function. The sixth fear is the fear of social rejection. This is a big fear. Some people are not doing what they love because they're afraid people will reject them. The truth is, acceptance and rejection are conserved throughout your life, and the more extraordinary you become the more you will receive of both. Learn to appreciate both equally and you are free. People come and go, they're transient, but you're with you for the whole trip and it's your life. Never sacrifice the eternal for the transient. Embrace both sides of life equally. The seventh and last fear is the fear of ill health, death, or disease. Some people don't live their dream because they're afraid they'll die if they do, or they won't have the energy. But the greatest cause of illness, disease, and death is not living your dreams. That'll kill you quicker than anything else. Inspiration and gratitude heal and empower, and if you're not doing what you love you'll feel ungrateful and desperate, You can break through or break down in all seven areas of life. If you break down you're listening to your fearful self, if you break through you've listened to your immortal self. But don't think that you're ever going to be without fears in your life, fear means you're growing and challenging yourself beyond your comfort zones. I have fears almost every day, but I know that fear is an incomplete view of what is occurring, so I identify the fear, bring it to completion and balance, and then walk through it and I suggest you do the same. [B]source: [/B] [url]https://drdemartini.com/writings_and_insights/fear_or_freedom#content_top[/url][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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