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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
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)
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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)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
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
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
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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Sehskritee Mahala 1
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Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 153995" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong>Earthbound Entities</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Earthbound entities</span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: Navy">By: James Van Praagh </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: Navy">( From his book : "REACHING HEAVEN" - A spiritual journey through life and death )</span></strong><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Once the spirit has shed its physical vehicle, it resides in its etheric</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">counterpart. In this state the spirit has an immediate feeling of peace and</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">freedom. likewise, there is a strong sense of lightness and buoyancy because the</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">weight and gravity of the physical body no longer exist. The spirit remains in</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">this gray, misty etheric double for a very brief time, perhaps just moments,</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">before the etheric sheath is shed and the spirit moves into its astral form. In a</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">way you could say that the etheric sheath is a bridge from the physical to the</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">astral. In most cases this transition is swift.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">However, when a spirit is very close to its family and is not ready to accept the</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">fact that it is dead, the earthly ties become a type of entrapment. In such a</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">situation a spirit will stay very close to its corpse. Often, it will make futile</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">attempts to communicate with family members. it is quite common for this type of</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">spirit to attend its own funeral. Many times this act helps a spirit to realize it</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">is no longer a part of a physical existence. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">By then it is finally ready to move onward to its spiritual home. occasionally, however, a spirit gets "stuck" and</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">becomes what is referred to as "earthbound." Often it is a person's belief system</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">in life that keeps him "earthbound" after death. let me explain what i mean by a</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">person's belief system.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Once upon a time there was a man named bill, who lived on the planet earth. He was</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">an agnostic; he had no religious or spiritual beliefs. Bill was certain of only</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">what he experienced. his attitude was, "when you die, you die. There is nothing</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">more." During his life bill was solely concerned with two things: himself and his</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">possessions. His main purpose in life was to accumulate as much money and as many</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">possessions as possible, even if it was through exploitation of or detriment to</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">others.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">One day bill dies and awakens on the other side. He quickly realizes that he is</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">not really "dead," just in another, lighter form. however, he still possesses his</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">earthly, materialistic mind-set. With great impatience he tries to hold on to his</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">possessions, only to find that he cannot. he does not understand that the etheric,</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">gray, dull mist in which he is engulfed is a mere shadow of his former physical</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">world. Unaware and unprepared, bill continues to roam the earth as a ghost,</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">visiting his house and contacting his family in an attempt to communicate with</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">them. this "in-between" state may last a few hours, months, or even years,</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">depending on bill's desire to leave the physical behind and move into the astral</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">or higher realms. fortunately, none of us have to go through the same etheric</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">entanglement as bill if we maintain some sort of higher spiritual awareness.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">A few years ago, my knowledge of earthbound entities came to me first hand</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">through a friend. mike was a college professor who taught world history. He was so</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">rational that he could not be convinced that the spirit world existed. mike knew</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">the type of work i did and even sat in some of my seances, but he didn't believe</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">in any of it. Even when i conveyed messages from several of his deceased</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">relatives, he didn't give them much credence. looking back, i realize now that he</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">sat in those seances merely to appease me. during the course of our friendship,</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">mike was diagnosed with a terminal disease and became quite despondent. I</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">reassured him time after time that life doesn't end, but nothing i said helped him</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">to rest easy. in time he became bitter and reclusive.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Mike died not long after his terminal diagnosis. two days after his transition, he</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">paid me a visit from the spirit side. I remember it vividly. It was early morning,</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">and i was suddenly awakened by the appearance of a six-foot etheric body</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">shimmering at the foot of my bed. I couldn't get over how real mike looked, even</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">down to his blond hair. he stared at me, then telepathically asked, "am i dead?" i</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">sent back my thought, "yes, mike, you are." he replied, "thanks." On that note he</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">disappeared. Immediately following his departure, i perceived the presence of an</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">african woman dressed in incredible tribal robes. i knew instinctively that she</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">was one of mike's spiritual guides. i heard her say to me, "thank you. he had to</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">hear it from someone he knew." then she, too, vanished into the ether.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The sad thing is that the world is filled with earthbound entities. Some, like</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">mike, realize right away that they are "stuck" and quickly move into the spirit</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">world. some aren't so fortunate. these earthbound entities roam the physical plane </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">and "haunt" the living by influencing weak-minded humans. They are "caught" in</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">between the world of the flesh and the world of spirit. it is unfortunate that our</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">restrictive and rigid belief systems don't die when we leave the physical body.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">Instead, these convictions prove themselves true on the other side.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Earthbound conditions can also occur if a person passes out of the body violently.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Here again, a spirit is lost because it is unprepared and doesn't realize what has</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">occurred. In many situations like this, a spirit will often continue to do what it</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">did on earth until it realizes that the body is dead, and it has passed to the</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">other side. spirits have often expressed anger at such untimely deaths; some even</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">want revenge. fortunately, there are spiritual beings whose job is to help these</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">lost spirits cross over to the higher expression of life.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The transition from the physical world to the spirit world is natural and</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">painless. however, our culture has built this event into one of immense fear,</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">and people are not properly prepared for it. This causes spirits to become earthbound</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">because they don't know where they are when they get there. that is why it is so</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">important that we gain an understanding of the phenomenon of death - so that</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">everyone's transition will be easy gentle, and complete. We need only grasp that</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">death is a doorway to life everlasting, and that there is more to come.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">( Chapter 4: pages from 42 to 45 )</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 153995, member: 884"] [b]Earthbound Entities[/b] [B][SIZE=5]Earthbound entities[/SIZE] [COLOR=Navy]By: James Van Praagh ( From his book : "REACHING HEAVEN" - A spiritual journey through life and death )[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=Navy] Once the spirit has shed its physical vehicle, it resides in its etheric counterpart. In this state the spirit has an immediate feeling of peace and freedom. likewise, there is a strong sense of lightness and buoyancy because the weight and gravity of the physical body no longer exist. The spirit remains in this gray, misty etheric double for a very brief time, perhaps just moments, before the etheric sheath is shed and the spirit moves into its astral form. In a way you could say that the etheric sheath is a bridge from the physical to the astral. In most cases this transition is swift. However, when a spirit is very close to its family and is not ready to accept the fact that it is dead, the earthly ties become a type of entrapment. In such a situation a spirit will stay very close to its corpse. Often, it will make futile attempts to communicate with family members. it is quite common for this type of spirit to attend its own funeral. Many times this act helps a spirit to realize it is no longer a part of a physical existence. By then it is finally ready to move onward to its spiritual home. occasionally, however, a spirit gets "stuck" and becomes what is referred to as "earthbound." Often it is a person's belief system in life that keeps him "earthbound" after death. let me explain what i mean by a person's belief system. Once upon a time there was a man named bill, who lived on the planet earth. He was an agnostic; he had no religious or spiritual beliefs. Bill was certain of only what he experienced. his attitude was, "when you die, you die. There is nothing more." During his life bill was solely concerned with two things: himself and his possessions. His main purpose in life was to accumulate as much money and as many possessions as possible, even if it was through exploitation of or detriment to others. One day bill dies and awakens on the other side. He quickly realizes that he is not really "dead," just in another, lighter form. however, he still possesses his earthly, materialistic mind-set. With great impatience he tries to hold on to his possessions, only to find that he cannot. he does not understand that the etheric, gray, dull mist in which he is engulfed is a mere shadow of his former physical world. Unaware and unprepared, bill continues to roam the earth as a ghost, visiting his house and contacting his family in an attempt to communicate with them. this "in-between" state may last a few hours, months, or even years, depending on bill's desire to leave the physical behind and move into the astral or higher realms. fortunately, none of us have to go through the same etheric entanglement as bill if we maintain some sort of higher spiritual awareness. A few years ago, my knowledge of earthbound entities came to me first hand through a friend. mike was a college professor who taught world history. He was so rational that he could not be convinced that the spirit world existed. mike knew the type of work i did and even sat in some of my seances, but he didn't believe in any of it. Even when i conveyed messages from several of his deceased relatives, he didn't give them much credence. looking back, i realize now that he sat in those seances merely to appease me. during the course of our friendship, mike was diagnosed with a terminal disease and became quite despondent. I reassured him time after time that life doesn't end, but nothing i said helped him to rest easy. in time he became bitter and reclusive. Mike died not long after his terminal diagnosis. two days after his transition, he paid me a visit from the spirit side. I remember it vividly. It was early morning, and i was suddenly awakened by the appearance of a six-foot etheric body shimmering at the foot of my bed. I couldn't get over how real mike looked, even down to his blond hair. he stared at me, then telepathically asked, "am i dead?" i sent back my thought, "yes, mike, you are." he replied, "thanks." On that note he disappeared. Immediately following his departure, i perceived the presence of an african woman dressed in incredible tribal robes. i knew instinctively that she was one of mike's spiritual guides. i heard her say to me, "thank you. he had to hear it from someone he knew." then she, too, vanished into the ether. The sad thing is that the world is filled with earthbound entities. Some, like mike, realize right away that they are "stuck" and quickly move into the spirit world. some aren't so fortunate. these earthbound entities roam the physical plane and "haunt" the living by influencing weak-minded humans. They are "caught" in between the world of the flesh and the world of spirit. it is unfortunate that our restrictive and rigid belief systems don't die when we leave the physical body. Instead, these convictions prove themselves true on the other side. Earthbound conditions can also occur if a person passes out of the body violently. Here again, a spirit is lost because it is unprepared and doesn't realize what has occurred. In many situations like this, a spirit will often continue to do what it did on earth until it realizes that the body is dead, and it has passed to the other side. spirits have often expressed anger at such untimely deaths; some even want revenge. fortunately, there are spiritual beings whose job is to help these lost spirits cross over to the higher expression of life. The transition from the physical world to the spirit world is natural and painless. however, our culture has built this event into one of immense fear, and people are not properly prepared for it. This causes spirits to become earthbound because they don't know where they are when they get there. that is why it is so important that we gain an understanding of the phenomenon of death - so that everyone's transition will be easy gentle, and complete. We need only grasp that death is a doorway to life everlasting, and that there is more to come. ( Chapter 4: pages from 42 to 45 )[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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