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Gurmat Vichaar
Gurmat Vichar - Discussions
Simran And Sikhi (Karminder Singh Dhillon)
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<blockquote data-quote="ActsOfGod" data-source="post: 193148" data-attributes="member: 18366"><p><strong>How to do Simran?</strong></p><p></p><p>VaheguruJiKaKhalsa|VaheguruJiKiFateh||</p><p></p><p>I have a question that I hope someone here can help me with. I want to do Simran, and have tried many times, but I always seem to end up back to square one. Either I'm not doing it right, or something else is missing.</p><p></p><p>I have asked this question to a lot of people and the answer I always get has to do with the mechanics (e.g. "Breathe from your belly", "Say Vahhh on the inhale, and Gurrrroooo on the exhale", "Do Simran at such-and-such time, or in such-and-such pose", etc.)</p><p></p><p>But my real question is not about the mechanics. I want to know, how to actually *do* Simran. I know it's more than just sitting and reciting a word mechanically like a parrot while your mind is off wandering anywhere and everywhere. And I know it's more than just "meditating" or "focusing" or "concentrating" on God. How do you "focus" on God anyway? What are you supposed to center your attention on? He has no attributes, no form, no color, no shape, no definable material qualities. And the mind relies on material qualities to make sense of the world. For example, if you say "temperature", then there is a concept I can wrap my thinking around. It's 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Got it. But if you say, "meditate on an undefinable characteristic", my mind is just going to wander, and then I will daydream and eventually be thinking about my chores and to-do list, and what is due at work, and the car needs maintenance, etc. etc.</p><p></p><p>So basically what I'm asking is, how exactly is a Sikh supposed to do Simran? What should be going on in the mind? And how do we do it, exactly? It's more than just the lips and mouth moving and saying "Vaheguru" repeatedly. This is the part I'm missing. What should go on in the mind? And how do we make it happen? I have an inkling that this is beyond willpower and focus/concentration. But I could be wrong.</p><p></p><p>I read in the 4th Pauri of Japji Sahib:</p><p></p><p>ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਵੇਲਾ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਉ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ </p><p>Amriṯ velā sacẖ nā▫o vadi▫ā▫ī vīcẖār. </p><p>In the Amrit Vaylaa, the ambrosial hours before dawn, chant the True Name, and contemplate His Glorious Greatness.</p><p></p><p>So, the message is, vichar karo. So I tried that. I got up at 5am and after showering and dressing, I sat and contemplated, according to my intelligence, what I considered the greatness of God. I thought about the planet Earth and all the lifeforms on Earth, and how they all lived, and then I considered our galaxy, the Milky Way, and then I expanded my thoughts to the entire Universe, and how vast it was, and all the stellar phenomena we know about, and I thought about the Supreme Being that architected all of this creation. Is this Simran? Is this what is meant by, "Vichar" in the tuk above? Or am I just not understanding it correctly?</p><p></p><p>Would love to get some advice on this from anyone who can help me.</p><p></p><p>Thank you in advance.</p><p></p><p>Guru Fateh!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ActsOfGod, post: 193148, member: 18366"] [b]How to do Simran?[/b] VaheguruJiKaKhalsa|VaheguruJiKiFateh|| I have a question that I hope someone here can help me with. I want to do Simran, and have tried many times, but I always seem to end up back to square one. Either I'm not doing it right, or something else is missing. I have asked this question to a lot of people and the answer I always get has to do with the mechanics (e.g. "Breathe from your belly", "Say Vahhh on the inhale, and Gurrrroooo on the exhale", "Do Simran at such-and-such time, or in such-and-such pose", etc.) But my real question is not about the mechanics. I want to know, how to actually *do* Simran. I know it's more than just sitting and reciting a word mechanically like a parrot while your mind is off wandering anywhere and everywhere. And I know it's more than just "meditating" or "focusing" or "concentrating" on God. How do you "focus" on God anyway? What are you supposed to center your attention on? He has no attributes, no form, no color, no shape, no definable material qualities. And the mind relies on material qualities to make sense of the world. For example, if you say "temperature", then there is a concept I can wrap my thinking around. It's 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Got it. But if you say, "meditate on an undefinable characteristic", my mind is just going to wander, and then I will daydream and eventually be thinking about my chores and to-do list, and what is due at work, and the car needs maintenance, etc. etc. So basically what I'm asking is, how exactly is a Sikh supposed to do Simran? What should be going on in the mind? And how do we do it, exactly? It's more than just the lips and mouth moving and saying "Vaheguru" repeatedly. This is the part I'm missing. What should go on in the mind? And how do we make it happen? I have an inkling that this is beyond willpower and focus/concentration. But I could be wrong. I read in the 4th Pauri of Japji Sahib: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਵੇਲਾ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਉ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ Amriṯ velā sacẖ nā▫o vadi▫ā▫ī vīcẖār. In the Amrit Vaylaa, the ambrosial hours before dawn, chant the True Name, and contemplate His Glorious Greatness. So, the message is, vichar karo. So I tried that. I got up at 5am and after showering and dressing, I sat and contemplated, according to my intelligence, what I considered the greatness of God. I thought about the planet Earth and all the lifeforms on Earth, and how they all lived, and then I considered our galaxy, the Milky Way, and then I expanded my thoughts to the entire Universe, and how vast it was, and all the stellar phenomena we know about, and I thought about the Supreme Being that architected all of this creation. Is this Simran? Is this what is meant by, "Vichar" in the tuk above? Or am I just not understanding it correctly? Would love to get some advice on this from anyone who can help me. Thank you in advance. Guru Fateh! [/QUOTE]
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