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<blockquote data-quote="Astroboy" data-source="post: 99573" data-attributes="member: 4990"><p><strong><u><span style="color: #000099">"SPEAK THE UNSPOKEN SPEECH" </span></u></strong></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Blue">One who speaks the Unspoken Speech, and remains balanced (even-minded</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"> in all situations in life) O Nanak, attains God, the Supreme Soul (sggs 945).</span></p><p> <><><><> <p style="text-align: left">"<em>Akath</em>" is ordinarily translated as "unspoken", and "<em>Kath</em>aa" is ordinarily translated as "speech". The choice of the words "unspoken" and "speech" is unfortunate, but there are difficulties in translating; for in the English language there are no exact equivalent to certain words. </p><p> <p style="text-align: left">Baabaa Nanak says "speak the Unspoken Speech". That is, express the inexpressible or utter the unutterable — "<em>Akath Kath</em>aa ", "<em>Akath Kahaanee</em> ", and so on. The word "speech" or "speak" looks like doing (physical action). He says, "speak the Unspoken Speech" or "speak without a tongue". How can one speak the unspeakable, and how can one speak without a tongue? </p><p> <p style="text-align: left">This material existence is by its very nature paradoxical. It (including human life) consists of contradictions. For example, if there is life, there is death. If there is love, there is hate. If there is happiness, there is misery (<em>Dukha</em>), so on and so forth. Human language is also limited, hence paradoxical. Therefore, many religious and spiritual assertions appears to be paradoxical. They may be in any scripture of the world religions, we will find them paradoxical. This is why people continually go on debating, arguing, and fighting about God. They go on hating and killing others in the name of their God and religion! </p><p> <p style="text-align: left">It's our <em>Haume</em> (false ego-sense) that sees contradictions. In other words, contradictions exist only in the limitations of our psycho-physical personality. There are no contradictions and paradoxes in the Soul-Nature or the "<em>Joti-Svaroopa</em>". Since our <em>Haume</em> is of the opposite of the Soul-Nature or the "<em>Joti-Svaroopa</em>", it sees contradictions and paradoxes in everything in the existence. In fact, come to think of it, this life or the existence is beautiful because there are contradictions and paradoxes! </p><p> <p style="text-align: left">Baabaa Nanak seems to be asking us to do that which cannot be done (through physical action). In other words, he seems to be urging us to do that which can only be experienced within, which can only be realized within, or that which happens only within, naturally and spontaneously (<em>Sahaj</em>). And that experience can only be enjoyed by the experiencer. That is, neither he can speak about it nor express it, nor communicate it to others. It cannot be made to an order or given as a gift to others. The taste of this happening is called "<em>Goonge Kee Mathiyaaee</em>" (mute's candy) in the SGGS. One established in this Supreme Consciousness watches the Ocean of Pure Awareness and his little bodily wave as one and the same thing. Radiating luminous rays of Grace, Wisdom, Peace and Joy, the world appears as <em>Bismaad</em> (pronounced <em>Bismaad</em>) to him and he experiences "<em>Bisam, Bisam</em>" (wonder-struck and amazed). </p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਬਿਸਮ ਬਿਸਮ ਬਿਸਮ ਹੀ ਭਈ ਹੈ ਲਾਲ ਗੁਲਾਲ ਰੰਗਾਰੈ ॥ ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੰਤਨ ਰਸੁ ਆਈ ਹੈ ਜਿਉ ਚਾਖਿ ਗੂੰਗਾ ਮੁਸਕਾਰੈ ॥: Bisam bisam bisam hee bhayee hai laal gulaal rangaare. Kahu Nanak santan ras aayee hai jiyu chaakhi goongaa muskaare: <span style="color: Blue">I am wonder-struck, wonder-struck, wonder-struck and amazed, dyed in the deep crimson color of my Beloved. Says Nanak, the saintly souls savor this sublime essence, like the mute, who tastes the sweet candy, but only smiles (sggs 1302).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੀ ਊਤਮ ਬਾਣੀ ॥ ਸਹਜ ਕਥਾ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੀ ਅਤਿ ਮੀਠੀ ਕਥੀ ਅਕਥ ਕਹਾਣੀ ॥: Har gun gaai param pad paaiaa prabh kee ootam baanee. Sahaj kathaa prabh kee ati meethee kathee akath kahaanee: <span style="color: Purple">Singing the Glorious Praises <span style="color: Black">(ਸਿਫ਼ਤਿ-ਸਾਲਾਹ)</span> of the Lord (in the body-temple, saints) have obtained the Supreme Status. God's Praise <span style="color: Black">(ਆਤਮਕ ਅਡੋਲਤਾ ਪੈਦਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੀ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਦੀ ਸਿਫ਼ਤਿ-ਸਾਲਾਹ)</span> is so very sweet, it is to speak the Unspoken Speech. It produces Sahaj <span style="color: Black">(ਆਤਮਕ ਅਡੋਲਤਾ) </span>(sggs 781).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੀ ਅਗਮ ਅਗਾਧਿ ਕਥਾ॥ਸੁਨੀਐ ਅਵਰ ਅਵਰ ਬਿਧਿ ਬੁਝੀਐ ਬਕਨ ਕਥਨ ਰਹਤਾ ॥: Parabh kee agam agaadh kathaa. Suneeai avar avar bidh bujheeai bakan kathan rahtaa: <span style="color: Purple">God's sermon is profound and unfathomable. It is heard to be one thing, but it is understood to be something else; because it is beyond mundane description and explanation (sggs 498).</span></li> </ul><p>As indicated in the SGGS, this "speak the Unspoken Speech" is the Realization of the Indescribable: remaining dead while yet alive (i.e., <em>Jeevanmukta</em>), <em>Nirvana</em> (pronounced as <em>Nirvaana</em> or <em>Nirwaana</em>).</p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> ਅਕਥ ਕਹਾਣੀ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੀ ਕੋ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝਏ ॥: Akath kahaanee padu nirabaanee ko viralaa gurmukhi boojhe: <span style="color: DarkRed">The Unspoken Speech, the state of Nirvana—how rare is the Gurmukh who understands this (sggs 844).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਜੀਵਤ ਮੁਕਤ ਸਦਾ ਨਿਰਬਾਨ ॥: Jeevat mukat sadaa nirabaan: <span style="color: DarkRed">Those who are <em>Jeevanmukta</em>, liberated while yet alive — are forever in the state of Nirvana (sggs 1167).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਅਖੀ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਵੇਖਣਾ ਵਿਣੁ ਕੰਨਾ ਸੁਨਣਾ ॥ਪੈਰਾ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਚਲਣਾ ਵਿਣੁ ਹਥਾ ਕਰਣਾ ॥ਜੀਭੈ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਬੋਲਣਾ ਇਉ ਜੀਵਤ ਮਰਣਾ ॥ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਪਛਾਣਿ ਕੈ ਤਉ ਖਸਮੈ ਮਿਲਣਾ ॥: Akhee baajhahu ..:<span style="color: Blue"> See without eyes; hear without ears; walk without feet; work without hands; speak without a tongue - like this, remain dead while yet alive. O Nanak, recognize God's Hukam (Will), and thus meet Him (sggs 139).</span></li> </ul><p>Thus, <em>Nirvana</em> or to "speak the Unspoken Speech" is beyond and unbound by earthly words, expressions, and descriptions: non-dual Oneness (<em>Ik</em>) is on the other side of speech. It's essentially the state of inner purity, boundlessness, formlessness, no-<em>Haume</em> (i.e., cessation of all illusions and mirages created by ego), full Awakening within, <em>Naam</em>-consciousness, <em>Shabad-Surti</em>, living liberated (<em>Jeevanmukta</em>), God-realization, Union with the Universal Mind, Heightened Awareness, Pure Consciousness, Transcendental Bliss, identification with Truth; complete extinction of passions, Self-realization, Enlightenment, full contentment, full detachment, even-mindedness, childlike innocence, and so on. It is also synonymous to awakening, within, of <em>Gurmukh</em>, <em>Kundilini</em>, S<em>atguru</em>, <em>Sant</em>, <em>Saadh</em>, <em>Sajjan</em>, <em>Sahib, Mahaan Purakh</em>, <em>Chauthaa Pad</em>, <em>Naam-Amrit</em>, <em>Anahad Baanee</em>, <em>Anhata Shabad</em>, <em>Panch Shabad</em>, <em>Anahad Dhuni</em>, <em>Anahad Naad</em>, <em>Gur Charan</em>, <em>Gur Moorati</em>, <em>Amrit Dhaaraa</em>, <em>Sahaj Avasthaa</em>, <em>Anand</em>, <em>Brahm Giaan</em>, <em>Gobind Gajjiyaa</em>, <em>Baygumpuraa</em>, <em>Gaganpuraa</em>, <em>Sookh Mahal</em>, <em>Bismaad</em>, <em>Agam Roop</em>, <em>Ratan Kothree</em>, <em>Baikunth Nagar</em>, <em>Param Pad</em>, <em>Pooran Pad </em>(the state of Perfection)<em> Param Purakh Kee Ghaatee</em>, <em>Sunn Samaadhi</em>, <em>Sahaj Samaadhi, Nirvikalapa Samaadhi</em>, <em>Joti Saroop</em>, <em>Dasam Duaar</em> (Tenth Gate), <em>Jeevan Padvee</em>, Divine <em>Darshan</em>, <em>Kanchan Kaya</em> or <em>Kaaiaa</em>, and so on.</p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਨਿਹਕੇਵਲ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੀ ॥: Nanak naami rate nihakeval nirabaanee: <span style="color: Purple">O Nanak, those attuned to the Divine Name are detached, in the perfect balance of Nirvana (sggs162).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਨਿਰਬਾਣ ਪਦੁ ਇਕੁ ਹਰਿ ਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ॥: Nirabaan padu ik har ko naam: <span style="color: Purple">The state of Nirvana comes through the Name of the One Divine (sggs 1163).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਜੀਵਨ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੁ ਇਕੋ ਸਿਮਰੀਐ ॥: Jeevan pada nirabaan iko simareeai: <span style="color: RoyalBlue">To obtain the state of life of Nirvana, meditate upon the One Divine (sggs 322).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਤੂੰ ਹਰਿ ਭਜੁ ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਨੁ ॥: Toon har bhaju mann mere padu nirabaan: <span style="color: RoyalBlue">Meditate upon the Divine, O my mind, and you will obtain the state of Nirvana (sggs 525).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਜਾ ਕੈ ਸਿਮਰਨਿ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਨਾਸੈ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਨਾ ॥: Jaa kai simaran duramat naasai paavahi padu nirabaanaa: <span style="color: Sienna">Remembering Him in meditation, evil-mindedness is dispelled, and the state of Nirvana is obtained (sggs 901).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਮਹਾ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੇ ॥ : <span style="color: Sienna">Satgur sevaa mahaa nirabaane: Serving the Satguru, obtain the Supreme state of Nirvana (sggs 385).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਇਆ ਪਰਮ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਲਾਹਾ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੁ ਜੀਉ ॥: Har har man bhaaiaa param sukh paaiaa har laahaa padu nirabaan jeeo: <span style="color: RoyalBlue">One whose mind loves the Divine Name, obtains Supreme Peace. He reaps the profit of the Name, the state of Nirvana (sggs 444).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਬਦਤਿ ਜੈਦੇਉ ਜੈਦੇਵ ਕਉ ਰੰਮਿਆ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੁ ਲਿਵ ਲੀਣੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥: Badati Jaideu Jaidev ko rammiaa Braham nirabaan liv leen paaiaa: <span style="color: RoyalBlue">Says Jai Dev, I meditate and contemplate the Luminous, Triumphant Lord. I am lovingly absorbed in the Brahm Nirvana (sggs 1106).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਜਾਇ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਏ ॥: Durmat jaai param padu paae: <span style="color: Green">Evil-mindedness is eradicated, and the supreme state is attained (sggs 737).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਸਦਾ ਅਲਗੁ ਰਹੈ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੁ ॥: Sadaa alag rahai nirabaan: <span style="color: Green">One in the state of Nirvana remains forever detached (sggs 1261).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਲੇ ਰਹਉ ਨਿਰਾਲਾ ॥: Akath kathaa le raho niraalaa: <span style="color: Indigo">Speaking the Unspoken Speech, I remain unattached (sggs 943).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਨਿ ਭਇਆ ਪਰਗਾਸਾ ਪਾਇਆ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੀ ॥: Kahu Nanak mani bhaiaa pirigaasaa paaiaa pada nirabaanee: <span style="color: Indigo">Says Nanak, the Divine Light has dawned within my mind; I have obtained the state of Nirvana (sggs 206).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਹਉਮੈ ਜਾਇ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਈਐ ॥: Houmai jaai param padu paaeeai: When egotism departs, then the supreme state is obtained (sggs 226).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਹਰਿ ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਕਾ ਜਿਨਿ ਰਸੁ ਚਾਖਿਆ ਤਿਸੁ ਜਨ ਸਭ ਭੂਖ ਲਹੰਤੀ ॥: Har akath kathaa kaa jin ras chaakhiaa tis jan sabh bhookh lahantee: <span style="color: Blue">One who tastes the sublime essence of the Unspoken Speech of the Lord - all his hunger is satisfied (sggs 977).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਬਾਲ ਬੁਧਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਟੇਕ ॥: Baal budhi pooran sukhadaataa Naanak hari hari tek: <span style="color: Blue">Waheguru is the Giver of Perfect Peace to the people with Baal-Budhi (innocent-minded); O Nanak, God's Name is my support (sggs 714).</span></li> </ul><p>This leads to the following question: "How can this state of <em>Nirvana</em> or the state of <em>Jeevanmukti</em> (living dead) be experienced, within"? In other words, how can this state of "speak the Unspoken Speech" be experienced or awakened (<em>Pargat</em>) within, naturally (<em>Sahaj</em>)? <span style="color: Red">Does the SGGS give us Guidance in this regard? Yes, in fact that's what the SGGS is all about.</span></p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਕਰਹ ਕਹਾਣੀ ਅਕਥ ਕੇਰੀ ਕਿਤੁ ਦੁਆਰੈ ਪਾਈਐ ॥: Aavahu sant piyaariho akath kee karah kahaanee. Karah kahaanee akath keree kit duaarai paayeeyai: <span style="color: Red">How can we speak the Unspoken Speech of the Lord? Through which door will we find Him? (sggs 918).</span></li> </ul><p>First, this is the state of the mind, "here" and "now", not at some "other time" or "other place". Neither it is after death phenomena; for it's not a post-mortem state! To put it otherwise, it is not futuristic and otherworldly experience. <em>Nirvana</em> is to live the life, NOW, as the result of full Spiritual Awakening and Awareness. So it is a state of the mind in which one is released from the illusion of the false ego-sense (<em>Haume)</em> and its faults: desire, fear, <em>Kaam</em>, <em>Krodh</em>, <em>Lobh</em>, and so on. </p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਬੂਝਹੁ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਬੂਝਣਾ ਏਹ ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥: Boojhahu giaanee boojhanaa eh akath kathaa mann maahi: O <em>Giaanee</em> (or <em>Giyani</em>), <span style="color: SeaGreen">understand this: the Unspoken Speech is in the mind (sggs 1093).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਮਨ ਤਨ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਆਹੀ ॥: Mann tann antar prabh aahee:<span style="color: Green"> Deep within the nucleus of the mind and body, is God (sggs 824).</span></li> </ul><p>As indicated in the SGGS, for this sublime state to happen naturally within, "here" and "now", we need to become <em>Gurmukhs</em> (Pure Spiritual Beings). Indeed, to be in the Presence of such a Being situated in the elevated state of spiritual realization (Pure Awareness) is to experience the best that the life has to offer. The very presence of such an Enlightened Being — his calmness; his serenity; his overflowing Bliss (<em>Anand</em>), compassion, and his enlightened vibes — others towards a new, Divine Life.</p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਧੁਨਿ ਮਹਿ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਧਿਆਨ ਮਹਿ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਕਥ ਕਹਾਨੀ ॥: Dhun mahi dhiaan dhiaan mahi jaaniaa gurmukh akath kehaanee: <span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">Meditation is in the <em>Dhuni</em><em>Naam</em>, <em>Shabad-Surti</em>, Unstruck Transcendental Vibratory Sound-current, etc.), and His knowing (Realization, experience, etc.) is in such meditation. Become the Gurmukh, and speak this Unspoken Speech (sggs 879).</span> (of</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> ਸਬਦਿ ਰਪੈ ਘਰੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੀ ਪਦੁ ਨੀਤਿ ॥: Sabadi rapai gharu paaeeai nirabaanee padu neet: Attuned to Shabad, <span style="color: Purple">we enter our Home within, and obtain the Eternal State of Nirvana (sggs 58).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਅਕਥੁ ਕਥਉ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥: Akath katho gurmat veechaar:<span style="color: Purple"> I speak the Unspoken Speech of the Lord, contemplating the Guru's Teachings (sggs 353).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਇਹੁ ਤਨੁ ਧਰਤੀ ਬੀਜੁ ਕਰਮਾ ਕਰੋ ਸਲਿਲ ਆਪਾਉ ਸਾਰਿੰਗਪਾਣੀ ॥ ਮਨੁ ਕਿਰਸਾਣੁ ਹਰਿ ਰਿਦੈ ਜੰਮਾਇ ਲੈ ਇਉ ਪਾਵਸਿ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੀ ॥: Ih tann dhartee beej karmaa karo salil aapaau saaringpaanee. Mann kirsaan Hari ridai janmaai lai iyu paavasi pad nirvaanee: <span style="color: Blue">Make this body the field, and plant the seed of good actions. Water it with Divine Name, who holds all the world in His Hands. Let your mind be the farmer; the God will sprout in your Heart, and you will attain the state of Nirvana (sggs 23).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਸੰਗਿ ਕਰਿ ਬਿਉਹਾਰਾ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਨੀ ॥: Raam naam sang kar biouhaaraa paavahi padu nirabaanee: <span style="color: RoyalBlue">Let your dealings be with the Naam, and thus attain the state of Nirvana (sggs 614).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਵੀਚਾਰੀਐ ਜੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥: Aakath kathaa veechaareeai je satgur maahi samaai: <span style="color: Teal">They contemplate the Unspoken Speech, merging in absorption in the True Guru (sggs 62).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਗੁਰੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਏ ਅਕਥੁ ਕਹਾਏ ਸਚ ਮਹਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਸਮਾਣਾ ॥: Gur bharam chukaaye akath kahaaeae sach mahi saach samaanaa: <span style="color: Teal">The Guru dispels doubt, and makes us speak the Unspoken Speech; the true ones are absorbed into Truth (sggs 688).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਅਦਿਸਟੁ ਅਗੋਚਰੁ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਾਧੂ ਅਕਥੁ ਕਥਾਇਆ ਥਾ ॥: Adisat agochar paarabraham mil saadhoo akath kathaaiaa thaa: <span style="color: DarkSlateGray">The Supreme Lord is imperceptible and unfathomable; meeting the Holy (<em>Saadhoo</em>), I speak the Unspoken Speech (sggs 1002).</span></li> </ul><p>But, who is the <em>Gurmukh</em>? How does one become the <em>Gurmukh</em>? <span style="color: Indigo">This subject has extensively been covered in the SGGS. Here is a glimse into it:</span></p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਨੁ ਜੀਤਾ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ॥ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਰਖਿਆ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਿ ॥ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਗੁ ਜੀਤਾ ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਮਾਰਿ ਬਿਦਾਰਿ ॥ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਦਰਗਹ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਹਾਰਿ ॥ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ਸ ਜਾਣੈ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਛਾਣੈ ॥੭੧॥: Gurmukh manu jeetaa houmai maar ...:<span style="color: DarkSlateBlue"> The Gurmukh conquers his mind by killing his Haume (false ego-sense). The Gurmukh enshrines Truth in his heart. By killing the fear of death, the Gurmukh conquers the world (materiality, etc.). The Gurmukh does not come to the Court of the Lord by losing (the game of the life: he goes as the victor). God Himself unites the Gurmukh in His Union; only the Gurmukh understands this. O Nanak, the Gurmukh realizes (God through His) Shabad ||71|| (sggs 946).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਹੁ ਜਨ ਭਾਈ ॥ ਅਕਥੁ ਕਥਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਮਨਹਿ ਸਮਾਈ ॥ ਉਠਿ ਚਲਤਾ ਠਾਕਿ ਰਖਹੁ ਘਰਿ ਅਪੁਨੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਕਾਟੇ ਕਾਟਣਹਾਰਾ ਹੇ ॥੧੬॥: Har kee bhagati karahu jan bhaaee || Akath kathahu man maneai samaaee || Uth chalataa thaak rakhahu ghar apunai dukh kaate kaatanhaaraa hae ||16||: <span style="color: Plum">Worship the Lord in devotion, O humble Siblings of Destiny. Speak the Unspoken Speech, and the mind will merge back into the Mind. Restrain the restless mind within its own Home, and the Lord, the Destroyer (of pain), will destroy your pain (sggs 1031).</span></li> </ul><p>In nutshell, this is the definition of a <em>Gurmukh</em>, a truly religious and spiritual being: he sees without eyes; he hears without ears; he walks without feet; he works without hands; he speaks without a tongue; and he speaks the Unspoken Speech! To be a <em>Gurmukh</em> is like standing in a fire without getting burnt! But as time and again indicated in the SGGS, the majority of us remain in the <em>Manmukh</em> state (<em>Haume</em>, duality, ignorance, materiality, falsehood, etc.):</p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਮਨਮੁਖ ਬੁਧਿ ਕਾਚੀ ਮਨੂਆ ਡੋਲੈ ਅਕਥੁ ਨ ਕਥੈ ਕਹਾਨੀ ॥: Manmukh budhi kaachee manooaa dolai akath na kathai kahaanee: <span style="color: Plum">The intellect of the Manmukh is false; his mind wavers and wobbles, and he cannot speak the Unspoken Speech (sggs 1233).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮੈਲੇ ਮਲੁ ਭਰੇ ਹਉਮੈ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਵਿਕਾਰੁ ॥: Manmukh maile mal bhare haumai trisanaa vikaar: <span style="color: SlateGray">The Manmukhs are polluted. They are filled with the pollution of egotism, cravings and evil passions (sggs 29).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> ਮਨਮੁਖ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਲਾਗੇ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਅਗਿਆਨ ਗੁਬਾਰੇ ॥: Manmukh bhram doojai bhaai laage antar agiaan gubaare: <span style="color: SlateGray">Due to the darkness of spiritual ignorance is within, Manmukhs are stuck in doubt and duality (sggs 1199).</span></li> </ul><p>— T. Singh</p><p><a href="http://www.gurbani.org" target="_blank">Sikhism - Reflections On Gurbani</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Astroboy, post: 99573, member: 4990"] [B][U][COLOR=#000099]"SPEAK THE UNSPOKEN SPEECH" [/COLOR][/U][/B] [COLOR=Blue]One who speaks the Unspoken Speech, and remains balanced (even-minded in all situations in life) O Nanak, attains God, the Supreme Soul (sggs 945).[/COLOR] <><><><> [LEFT]"[I]Akath[/I]" is ordinarily translated as "unspoken", and "[I]Kath[/I]aa" is ordinarily translated as "speech". The choice of the words "unspoken" and "speech" is unfortunate, but there are difficulties in translating; for in the English language there are no exact equivalent to certain words. [/LEFT] [LEFT]Baabaa Nanak says "speak the Unspoken Speech". That is, express the inexpressible or utter the unutterable — "[I]Akath Kath[/I]aa ", "[I]Akath Kahaanee[/I] ", and so on. The word "speech" or "speak" looks like doing (physical action). He says, "speak the Unspoken Speech" or "speak without a tongue". How can one speak the unspeakable, and how can one speak without a tongue? [/LEFT] [LEFT]This material existence is by its very nature paradoxical. It (including human life) consists of contradictions. For example, if there is life, there is death. If there is love, there is hate. If there is happiness, there is misery ([I]Dukha[/I]), so on and so forth. Human language is also limited, hence paradoxical. Therefore, many religious and spiritual assertions appears to be paradoxical. They may be in any scripture of the world religions, we will find them paradoxical. This is why people continually go on debating, arguing, and fighting about God. They go on hating and killing others in the name of their God and religion! [/LEFT] [LEFT]It's our [I]Haume[/I] (false ego-sense) that sees contradictions. In other words, contradictions exist only in the limitations of our psycho-physical personality. There are no contradictions and paradoxes in the Soul-Nature or the "[I]Joti-Svaroopa[/I]". Since our [I]Haume[/I] is of the opposite of the Soul-Nature or the "[I]Joti-Svaroopa[/I]", it sees contradictions and paradoxes in everything in the existence. In fact, come to think of it, this life or the existence is beautiful because there are contradictions and paradoxes! [/LEFT] [LEFT]Baabaa Nanak seems to be asking us to do that which cannot be done (through physical action). In other words, he seems to be urging us to do that which can only be experienced within, which can only be realized within, or that which happens only within, naturally and spontaneously ([I]Sahaj[/I]). And that experience can only be enjoyed by the experiencer. That is, neither he can speak about it nor express it, nor communicate it to others. It cannot be made to an order or given as a gift to others. The taste of this happening is called "[I]Goonge Kee Mathiyaaee[/I]" (mute's candy) in the SGGS. One established in this Supreme Consciousness watches the Ocean of Pure Awareness and his little bodily wave as one and the same thing. Radiating luminous rays of Grace, Wisdom, Peace and Joy, the world appears as [I]Bismaad[/I] (pronounced [I]Bismaad[/I]) to him and he experiences "[I]Bisam, Bisam[/I]" (wonder-struck and amazed). [/LEFT] [LIST] [*]ਬਿਸਮ ਬਿਸਮ ਬਿਸਮ ਹੀ ਭਈ ਹੈ ਲਾਲ ਗੁਲਾਲ ਰੰਗਾਰੈ ॥ ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੰਤਨ ਰਸੁ ਆਈ ਹੈ ਜਿਉ ਚਾਖਿ ਗੂੰਗਾ ਮੁਸਕਾਰੈ ॥: Bisam bisam bisam hee bhayee hai laal gulaal rangaare. Kahu Nanak santan ras aayee hai jiyu chaakhi goongaa muskaare: [COLOR=Blue]I am wonder-struck, wonder-struck, wonder-struck and amazed, dyed in the deep crimson color of my Beloved. Says Nanak, the saintly souls savor this sublime essence, like the mute, who tastes the sweet candy, but only smiles (sggs 1302).[/COLOR] [*]ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੀ ਊਤਮ ਬਾਣੀ ॥ ਸਹਜ ਕਥਾ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੀ ਅਤਿ ਮੀਠੀ ਕਥੀ ਅਕਥ ਕਹਾਣੀ ॥: Har gun gaai param pad paaiaa prabh kee ootam baanee. Sahaj kathaa prabh kee ati meethee kathee akath kahaanee: [COLOR=Purple]Singing the Glorious Praises [COLOR=Black](ਸਿਫ਼ਤਿ-ਸਾਲਾਹ)[/COLOR] of the Lord (in the body-temple, saints) have obtained the Supreme Status. God's Praise [COLOR=Black](ਆਤਮਕ ਅਡੋਲਤਾ ਪੈਦਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੀ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਦੀ ਸਿਫ਼ਤਿ-ਸਾਲਾਹ)[/COLOR] is so very sweet, it is to speak the Unspoken Speech. It produces Sahaj [COLOR=Black](ਆਤਮਕ ਅਡੋਲਤਾ) [/COLOR](sggs 781).[/COLOR] [*] ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੀ ਅਗਮ ਅਗਾਧਿ ਕਥਾ॥ਸੁਨੀਐ ਅਵਰ ਅਵਰ ਬਿਧਿ ਬੁਝੀਐ ਬਕਨ ਕਥਨ ਰਹਤਾ ॥: Parabh kee agam agaadh kathaa. Suneeai avar avar bidh bujheeai bakan kathan rahtaa: [COLOR=Purple]God's sermon is profound and unfathomable. It is heard to be one thing, but it is understood to be something else; because it is beyond mundane description and explanation (sggs 498).[/COLOR] [/LIST] As indicated in the SGGS, this "speak the Unspoken Speech" is the Realization of the Indescribable: remaining dead while yet alive (i.e., [I]Jeevanmukta[/I]), [I]Nirvana[/I] (pronounced as [I]Nirvaana[/I] or [I]Nirwaana[/I]). [LIST] [*] ਅਕਥ ਕਹਾਣੀ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੀ ਕੋ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝਏ ॥: Akath kahaanee padu nirabaanee ko viralaa gurmukhi boojhe: [COLOR=DarkRed]The Unspoken Speech, the state of Nirvana—how rare is the Gurmukh who understands this (sggs 844).[/COLOR] [*]ਜੀਵਤ ਮੁਕਤ ਸਦਾ ਨਿਰਬਾਨ ॥: Jeevat mukat sadaa nirabaan: [COLOR=DarkRed]Those who are [I]Jeevanmukta[/I], liberated while yet alive — are forever in the state of Nirvana (sggs 1167).[/COLOR] [*]ਅਖੀ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਵੇਖਣਾ ਵਿਣੁ ਕੰਨਾ ਸੁਨਣਾ ॥ਪੈਰਾ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਚਲਣਾ ਵਿਣੁ ਹਥਾ ਕਰਣਾ ॥ਜੀਭੈ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਬੋਲਣਾ ਇਉ ਜੀਵਤ ਮਰਣਾ ॥ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਪਛਾਣਿ ਕੈ ਤਉ ਖਸਮੈ ਮਿਲਣਾ ॥: Akhee baajhahu ..:[COLOR=Blue] See without eyes; hear without ears; walk without feet; work without hands; speak without a tongue - like this, remain dead while yet alive. O Nanak, recognize God's Hukam (Will), and thus meet Him (sggs 139).[/COLOR] [/LIST] Thus, [I]Nirvana[/I] or to "speak the Unspoken Speech" is beyond and unbound by earthly words, expressions, and descriptions: non-dual Oneness ([I]Ik[/I]) is on the other side of speech. It's essentially the state of inner purity, boundlessness, formlessness, no-[I]Haume[/I] (i.e., cessation of all illusions and mirages created by ego), full Awakening within, [I]Naam[/I]-consciousness, [I]Shabad-Surti[/I], living liberated ([I]Jeevanmukta[/I]), God-realization, Union with the Universal Mind, Heightened Awareness, Pure Consciousness, Transcendental Bliss, identification with Truth; complete extinction of passions, Self-realization, Enlightenment, full contentment, full detachment, even-mindedness, childlike innocence, and so on. It is also synonymous to awakening, within, of [I]Gurmukh[/I], [I]Kundilini[/I], S[I]atguru[/I], [I]Sant[/I], [I]Saadh[/I], [I]Sajjan[/I], [I]Sahib, Mahaan Purakh[/I], [I]Chauthaa Pad[/I], [I]Naam-Amrit[/I], [I]Anahad Baanee[/I], [I]Anhata Shabad[/I], [I]Panch Shabad[/I], [I]Anahad Dhuni[/I], [I]Anahad Naad[/I], [I]Gur Charan[/I], [I]Gur Moorati[/I], [I]Amrit Dhaaraa[/I], [I]Sahaj Avasthaa[/I], [I]Anand[/I], [I]Brahm Giaan[/I], [I]Gobind Gajjiyaa[/I], [I]Baygumpuraa[/I], [I]Gaganpuraa[/I], [I]Sookh Mahal[/I], [I]Bismaad[/I], [I]Agam Roop[/I], [I]Ratan Kothree[/I], [I]Baikunth Nagar[/I], [I]Param Pad[/I], [I]Pooran Pad [/I](the state of Perfection)[I] Param Purakh Kee Ghaatee[/I], [I]Sunn Samaadhi[/I], [I]Sahaj Samaadhi, Nirvikalapa Samaadhi[/I], [I]Joti Saroop[/I], [I]Dasam Duaar[/I] (Tenth Gate), [I]Jeevan Padvee[/I], Divine [I]Darshan[/I], [I]Kanchan Kaya[/I] or [I]Kaaiaa[/I], and so on. [LIST] [*]ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਨਿਹਕੇਵਲ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੀ ॥: Nanak naami rate nihakeval nirabaanee: [COLOR=Purple]O Nanak, those attuned to the Divine Name are detached, in the perfect balance of Nirvana (sggs162).[/COLOR] [*]ਨਿਰਬਾਣ ਪਦੁ ਇਕੁ ਹਰਿ ਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ॥: Nirabaan padu ik har ko naam: [COLOR=Purple]The state of Nirvana comes through the Name of the One Divine (sggs 1163).[/COLOR] [*]ਜੀਵਨ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੁ ਇਕੋ ਸਿਮਰੀਐ ॥: Jeevan pada nirabaan iko simareeai: [COLOR=RoyalBlue]To obtain the state of life of Nirvana, meditate upon the One Divine (sggs 322).[/COLOR] [*]ਤੂੰ ਹਰਿ ਭਜੁ ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਨੁ ॥: Toon har bhaju mann mere padu nirabaan: [COLOR=RoyalBlue]Meditate upon the Divine, O my mind, and you will obtain the state of Nirvana (sggs 525).[/COLOR] [*]ਜਾ ਕੈ ਸਿਮਰਨਿ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਨਾਸੈ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਨਾ ॥: Jaa kai simaran duramat naasai paavahi padu nirabaanaa: [COLOR=Sienna]Remembering Him in meditation, evil-mindedness is dispelled, and the state of Nirvana is obtained (sggs 901).[/COLOR] [*]ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਮਹਾ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੇ ॥ : [COLOR=Sienna]Satgur sevaa mahaa nirabaane: Serving the Satguru, obtain the Supreme state of Nirvana (sggs 385).[/COLOR] [*] ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਇਆ ਪਰਮ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਲਾਹਾ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੁ ਜੀਉ ॥: Har har man bhaaiaa param sukh paaiaa har laahaa padu nirabaan jeeo: [COLOR=RoyalBlue]One whose mind loves the Divine Name, obtains Supreme Peace. He reaps the profit of the Name, the state of Nirvana (sggs 444).[/COLOR] [*]ਬਦਤਿ ਜੈਦੇਉ ਜੈਦੇਵ ਕਉ ਰੰਮਿਆ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੁ ਲਿਵ ਲੀਣੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥: Badati Jaideu Jaidev ko rammiaa Braham nirabaan liv leen paaiaa: [COLOR=RoyalBlue]Says Jai Dev, I meditate and contemplate the Luminous, Triumphant Lord. I am lovingly absorbed in the Brahm Nirvana (sggs 1106).[/COLOR] [*]ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਜਾਇ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਏ ॥: Durmat jaai param padu paae: [COLOR=Green]Evil-mindedness is eradicated, and the supreme state is attained (sggs 737).[/COLOR] [*]ਸਦਾ ਅਲਗੁ ਰਹੈ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੁ ॥: Sadaa alag rahai nirabaan: [COLOR=Green]One in the state of Nirvana remains forever detached (sggs 1261).[/COLOR] [*]ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਲੇ ਰਹਉ ਨਿਰਾਲਾ ॥: Akath kathaa le raho niraalaa: [COLOR=Indigo]Speaking the Unspoken Speech, I remain unattached (sggs 943).[/COLOR] [*]ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਨਿ ਭਇਆ ਪਰਗਾਸਾ ਪਾਇਆ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੀ ॥: Kahu Nanak mani bhaiaa pirigaasaa paaiaa pada nirabaanee: [COLOR=Indigo]Says Nanak, the Divine Light has dawned within my mind; I have obtained the state of Nirvana (sggs 206).[/COLOR] [*]ਹਉਮੈ ਜਾਇ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਈਐ ॥: Houmai jaai param padu paaeeai: When egotism departs, then the supreme state is obtained (sggs 226). [*]ਹਰਿ ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਕਾ ਜਿਨਿ ਰਸੁ ਚਾਖਿਆ ਤਿਸੁ ਜਨ ਸਭ ਭੂਖ ਲਹੰਤੀ ॥: Har akath kathaa kaa jin ras chaakhiaa tis jan sabh bhookh lahantee: [COLOR=Blue]One who tastes the sublime essence of the Unspoken Speech of the Lord - all his hunger is satisfied (sggs 977).[/COLOR] [*]ਬਾਲ ਬੁਧਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਟੇਕ ॥: Baal budhi pooran sukhadaataa Naanak hari hari tek: [COLOR=Blue]Waheguru is the Giver of Perfect Peace to the people with Baal-Budhi (innocent-minded); O Nanak, God's Name is my support (sggs 714).[/COLOR] [/LIST] This leads to the following question: "How can this state of [I]Nirvana[/I] or the state of [I]Jeevanmukti[/I] (living dead) be experienced, within"? In other words, how can this state of "speak the Unspoken Speech" be experienced or awakened ([I]Pargat[/I]) within, naturally ([I]Sahaj[/I])? [COLOR=Red]Does the SGGS give us Guidance in this regard? Yes, in fact that's what the SGGS is all about.[/COLOR] [LIST] [*]ਕਰਹ ਕਹਾਣੀ ਅਕਥ ਕੇਰੀ ਕਿਤੁ ਦੁਆਰੈ ਪਾਈਐ ॥: Aavahu sant piyaariho akath kee karah kahaanee. Karah kahaanee akath keree kit duaarai paayeeyai: [COLOR=Red]How can we speak the Unspoken Speech of the Lord? Through which door will we find Him? (sggs 918).[/COLOR] [/LIST] First, this is the state of the mind, "here" and "now", not at some "other time" or "other place". Neither it is after death phenomena; for it's not a post-mortem state! To put it otherwise, it is not futuristic and otherworldly experience. [I]Nirvana[/I] is to live the life, NOW, as the result of full Spiritual Awakening and Awareness. So it is a state of the mind in which one is released from the illusion of the false ego-sense ([I]Haume)[/I] and its faults: desire, fear, [I]Kaam[/I], [I]Krodh[/I], [I]Lobh[/I], and so on. [LIST] [*]ਬੂਝਹੁ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਬੂਝਣਾ ਏਹ ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥: Boojhahu giaanee boojhanaa eh akath kathaa mann maahi: O [I]Giaanee[/I] (or [I]Giyani[/I]), [COLOR=SeaGreen]understand this: the Unspoken Speech is in the mind (sggs 1093).[/COLOR] [*]ਮਨ ਤਨ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਆਹੀ ॥: Mann tann antar prabh aahee:[COLOR=Green] Deep within the nucleus of the mind and body, is God (sggs 824).[/COLOR] [/LIST] As indicated in the SGGS, for this sublime state to happen naturally within, "here" and "now", we need to become [I]Gurmukhs[/I] (Pure Spiritual Beings). Indeed, to be in the Presence of such a Being situated in the elevated state of spiritual realization (Pure Awareness) is to experience the best that the life has to offer. The very presence of such an Enlightened Being — his calmness; his serenity; his overflowing Bliss ([I]Anand[/I]), compassion, and his enlightened vibes — others towards a new, Divine Life. [LIST] [*]ਧੁਨਿ ਮਹਿ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਧਿਆਨ ਮਹਿ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਕਥ ਕਹਾਨੀ ॥: Dhun mahi dhiaan dhiaan mahi jaaniaa gurmukh akath kehaanee: [COLOR=DeepSkyBlue]Meditation is in the [I]Dhuni[/I][I]Naam[/I], [I]Shabad-Surti[/I], Unstruck Transcendental Vibratory Sound-current, etc.), and His knowing (Realization, experience, etc.) is in such meditation. Become the Gurmukh, and speak this Unspoken Speech (sggs 879).[/COLOR] (of [*] ਸਬਦਿ ਰਪੈ ਘਰੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੀ ਪਦੁ ਨੀਤਿ ॥: Sabadi rapai gharu paaeeai nirabaanee padu neet: Attuned to Shabad, [COLOR=Purple]we enter our Home within, and obtain the Eternal State of Nirvana (sggs 58).[/COLOR] [*]ਅਕਥੁ ਕਥਉ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥: Akath katho gurmat veechaar:[COLOR=Purple] I speak the Unspoken Speech of the Lord, contemplating the Guru's Teachings (sggs 353).[/COLOR] [*]ਇਹੁ ਤਨੁ ਧਰਤੀ ਬੀਜੁ ਕਰਮਾ ਕਰੋ ਸਲਿਲ ਆਪਾਉ ਸਾਰਿੰਗਪਾਣੀ ॥ ਮਨੁ ਕਿਰਸਾਣੁ ਹਰਿ ਰਿਦੈ ਜੰਮਾਇ ਲੈ ਇਉ ਪਾਵਸਿ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੀ ॥: Ih tann dhartee beej karmaa karo salil aapaau saaringpaanee. Mann kirsaan Hari ridai janmaai lai iyu paavasi pad nirvaanee: [COLOR=Blue]Make this body the field, and plant the seed of good actions. Water it with Divine Name, who holds all the world in His Hands. Let your mind be the farmer; the God will sprout in your Heart, and you will attain the state of Nirvana (sggs 23).[/COLOR] [*]ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਸੰਗਿ ਕਰਿ ਬਿਉਹਾਰਾ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਨੀ ॥: Raam naam sang kar biouhaaraa paavahi padu nirabaanee: [COLOR=RoyalBlue]Let your dealings be with the Naam, and thus attain the state of Nirvana (sggs 614).[/COLOR] [*]ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਵੀਚਾਰੀਐ ਜੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥: Aakath kathaa veechaareeai je satgur maahi samaai: [COLOR=Teal]They contemplate the Unspoken Speech, merging in absorption in the True Guru (sggs 62).[/COLOR] [*]ਗੁਰੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਏ ਅਕਥੁ ਕਹਾਏ ਸਚ ਮਹਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਸਮਾਣਾ ॥: Gur bharam chukaaye akath kahaaeae sach mahi saach samaanaa: [COLOR=Teal]The Guru dispels doubt, and makes us speak the Unspoken Speech; the true ones are absorbed into Truth (sggs 688).[/COLOR] [*]ਅਦਿਸਟੁ ਅਗੋਚਰੁ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਾਧੂ ਅਕਥੁ ਕਥਾਇਆ ਥਾ ॥: Adisat agochar paarabraham mil saadhoo akath kathaaiaa thaa: [COLOR=DarkSlateGray]The Supreme Lord is imperceptible and unfathomable; meeting the Holy ([I]Saadhoo[/I]), I speak the Unspoken Speech (sggs 1002).[/COLOR] [/LIST] But, who is the [I]Gurmukh[/I]? How does one become the [I]Gurmukh[/I]? [COLOR=Indigo]This subject has extensively been covered in the SGGS. Here is a glimse into it:[/COLOR] [LIST] [*]ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਨੁ ਜੀਤਾ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ॥ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਰਖਿਆ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਿ ॥ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਗੁ ਜੀਤਾ ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਮਾਰਿ ਬਿਦਾਰਿ ॥ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਦਰਗਹ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਹਾਰਿ ॥ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ਸ ਜਾਣੈ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਛਾਣੈ ॥੭੧॥: Gurmukh manu jeetaa houmai maar ...:[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue] The Gurmukh conquers his mind by killing his Haume (false ego-sense). The Gurmukh enshrines Truth in his heart. By killing the fear of death, the Gurmukh conquers the world (materiality, etc.). The Gurmukh does not come to the Court of the Lord by losing (the game of the life: he goes as the victor). God Himself unites the Gurmukh in His Union; only the Gurmukh understands this. O Nanak, the Gurmukh realizes (God through His) Shabad ||71|| (sggs 946).[/COLOR] [*]ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਹੁ ਜਨ ਭਾਈ ॥ ਅਕਥੁ ਕਥਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਮਨਹਿ ਸਮਾਈ ॥ ਉਠਿ ਚਲਤਾ ਠਾਕਿ ਰਖਹੁ ਘਰਿ ਅਪੁਨੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਕਾਟੇ ਕਾਟਣਹਾਰਾ ਹੇ ॥੧੬॥: Har kee bhagati karahu jan bhaaee || Akath kathahu man maneai samaaee || Uth chalataa thaak rakhahu ghar apunai dukh kaate kaatanhaaraa hae ||16||: [COLOR=Plum]Worship the Lord in devotion, O humble Siblings of Destiny. Speak the Unspoken Speech, and the mind will merge back into the Mind. Restrain the restless mind within its own Home, and the Lord, the Destroyer (of pain), will destroy your pain (sggs 1031).[/COLOR] [/LIST] In nutshell, this is the definition of a [I]Gurmukh[/I], a truly religious and spiritual being: he sees without eyes; he hears without ears; he walks without feet; he works without hands; he speaks without a tongue; and he speaks the Unspoken Speech! To be a [I]Gurmukh[/I] is like standing in a fire without getting burnt! But as time and again indicated in the SGGS, the majority of us remain in the [I]Manmukh[/I] state ([I]Haume[/I], duality, ignorance, materiality, falsehood, etc.): [LIST] [*]ਮਨਮੁਖ ਬੁਧਿ ਕਾਚੀ ਮਨੂਆ ਡੋਲੈ ਅਕਥੁ ਨ ਕਥੈ ਕਹਾਨੀ ॥: Manmukh budhi kaachee manooaa dolai akath na kathai kahaanee: [COLOR=Plum]The intellect of the Manmukh is false; his mind wavers and wobbles, and he cannot speak the Unspoken Speech (sggs 1233).[/COLOR] [*]ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮੈਲੇ ਮਲੁ ਭਰੇ ਹਉਮੈ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਵਿਕਾਰੁ ॥: Manmukh maile mal bhare haumai trisanaa vikaar: [COLOR=SlateGray]The Manmukhs are polluted. They are filled with the pollution of egotism, cravings and evil passions (sggs 29).[/COLOR] [*] ਮਨਮੁਖ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਲਾਗੇ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਅਗਿਆਨ ਗੁਬਾਰੇ ॥: Manmukh bhram doojai bhaai laage antar agiaan gubaare: [COLOR=SlateGray]Due to the darkness of spiritual ignorance is within, Manmukhs are stuck in doubt and duality (sggs 1199).[/COLOR] [/LIST] — T. Singh [URL="http://www.gurbani.org"]Sikhism - Reflections On Gurbani[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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