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ਜਪੁ | Jup
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)
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)
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)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 21302" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: red">What is spirituality ?</span></span> </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Spirituality is the: </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Inward sense of a power or spirit greater than you who has the whole world, your environment, and you in His hands. This greater power and spirit is God. God is what you believe Him to be. God is the power greater than you upon whom you can rely. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Admission to self that God does have control of your life and that it is possible to turn to God with your problems. It is God's spirit that can provide for you the strength and courage to face your problems. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Amount of influence and control you can exert on your life's direction in perspective. It is the recognition that you do not have to burn yourself out struggling to solve all your problems on your own. It is the openness to ``let go'' of your sense of over-responsibility and ``let God'' have some influence over the problems. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Recognition that you have a ``relationship'' with God that needs to be continuously nurtured through giving God a share of your life in prayer, worship, and good deed.</strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Recognition that humans consist not only of physical matter but also have a spiritual dimension that needs daily care in order to survive. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Healing attitude you can bring to problems in your life. If God can accept you the way you are, with all your frailties and weaknesses, then you can accept yourself and others in the same way. Since God is able to forgive and forget all transgressions, failings, and misdeeds, you can learn to forgive and forget those of yourself and others. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Power to overcome a sense of guilt, over-responsibility, over-control, rescuing, and enabling concerning others' problems. By tuning into God's message to mankind, you know that the troubled persons in your life have ready assistance anytime they call for help. Our helper in the deepest of deep problems is God. Handing our troubled persons over to God's power, mercy, and direction once we have taken all reasonable steps to help them is an act of spirituality. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Frame of reference that keeps all problems, anxieties, fears, and needs in perspective. It recognizes that we are human beings; as such we are imperfect, prone to error, and not always strong enough to change. It recognizes that there is only one power strong enough to handle all problems, anxieties, fears, and needs; that is God. It also recognizes that God's will may be different from our will. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Mechanism through which people gain the strength, understanding, confidence, and reassurance to let go of grief, fear, over-responsibility, and guilt. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Spirituality is the well that must be tapped whenever you need to handle the loss events in your life. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Texture of our lives that enables us to risk being vulnerable to pain and hurt so that we can heal, change, and grow. In living a God-centered life we are able to recognize the need to open ourselves to new ideas, new concepts, new ways of acting, and new people so that we may discern God's plan and direction in our lives. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: red">How does one develop and strengthen spirituality? </span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>To strengthen spirituality you need to: </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>First be willing to accept God's spirit, influence, and power in your life. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Be willing to admit God into your life and establish a viable relationship with Him by offering prayer and worship to Him. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Begin to converse with God on a daily basis, letting God know how you are and what you are thinking through meditation and visualizations. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Share your problems, worries, concerns, and troubles with God. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Release your control over your own life and let God's will be made clear to you by signs of direction and discernment that only occur once you to let go of the reigns and let God lead you.</strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Develop a healthy sense of humility and realism that God's power, knowledge, and wisdom is omnipotent. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Let go of your need to always have a logical, clinical, scientific reason and research answer for the problems or troubles in your life. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Reach out to the weaker, poorer, and less stable people in your life and offer them reasonable support, interest, and caring. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Join forces with others who have a healthy spirituality in their own lives. They are able to encourage, reinforce, and support your efforts to grow in spirituality. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Free yourself to accept the direction, leadership, and authority of God in your life. By letting God take the lead in your life you put your self-esteem and self-concept in a healthy, realistic perspective that lets you see where you end and God begins.</strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>source: <a href="http://www.coping.org/growth/spirit.htm#What" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.coping.org/growth/spirit.htm#What</span></a></strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 21302, member: 884"] [COLOR=blue][B][SIZE=3][COLOR=red]What is spirituality ?[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue] [B]Spirituality is the: [/B] [B]Inward sense of a power or spirit greater than you who has the whole world, your environment, and you in His hands. This greater power and spirit is God. God is what you believe Him to be. God is the power greater than you upon whom you can rely. [/B] [B]Admission to self that God does have control of your life and that it is possible to turn to God with your problems. It is God's spirit that can provide for you the strength and courage to face your problems. [/B] [B]Amount of influence and control you can exert on your life's direction in perspective. It is the recognition that you do not have to burn yourself out struggling to solve all your problems on your own. It is the openness to ``let go'' of your sense of over-responsibility and ``let God'' have some influence over the problems. [/B] [B]Recognition that you have a ``relationship'' with God that needs to be continuously nurtured through giving God a share of your life in prayer, worship, and good deed.[/B] [B]Recognition that humans consist not only of physical matter but also have a spiritual dimension that needs daily care in order to survive. [/B] [B]Healing attitude you can bring to problems in your life. If God can accept you the way you are, with all your frailties and weaknesses, then you can accept yourself and others in the same way. Since God is able to forgive and forget all transgressions, failings, and misdeeds, you can learn to forgive and forget those of yourself and others. [/B] [B]Power to overcome a sense of guilt, over-responsibility, over-control, rescuing, and enabling concerning others' problems. By tuning into God's message to mankind, you know that the troubled persons in your life have ready assistance anytime they call for help. Our helper in the deepest of deep problems is God. Handing our troubled persons over to God's power, mercy, and direction once we have taken all reasonable steps to help them is an act of spirituality. [/B] [B]Frame of reference that keeps all problems, anxieties, fears, and needs in perspective. It recognizes that we are human beings; as such we are imperfect, prone to error, and not always strong enough to change. It recognizes that there is only one power strong enough to handle all problems, anxieties, fears, and needs; that is God. It also recognizes that God's will may be different from our will. [/B] [B]Mechanism through which people gain the strength, understanding, confidence, and reassurance to let go of grief, fear, over-responsibility, and guilt. [/B] [B]Spirituality is the well that must be tapped whenever you need to handle the loss events in your life. [/B] [B]Texture of our lives that enables us to risk being vulnerable to pain and hurt so that we can heal, change, and grow. In living a God-centered life we are able to recognize the need to open ourselves to new ideas, new concepts, new ways of acting, and new people so that we may discern God's plan and direction in our lives. [/B] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=red]How does one develop and strengthen spirituality? [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B]To strengthen spirituality you need to: [/B] [B]First be willing to accept God's spirit, influence, and power in your life. [/B] [B]Be willing to admit God into your life and establish a viable relationship with Him by offering prayer and worship to Him. [/B] [B]Begin to converse with God on a daily basis, letting God know how you are and what you are thinking through meditation and visualizations. [/B] [B]Share your problems, worries, concerns, and troubles with God. [/B] [B]Release your control over your own life and let God's will be made clear to you by signs of direction and discernment that only occur once you to let go of the reigns and let God lead you.[/B] [B]Develop a healthy sense of humility and realism that God's power, knowledge, and wisdom is omnipotent. [/B] [B]Let go of your need to always have a logical, clinical, scientific reason and research answer for the problems or troubles in your life. [/B] [B]Reach out to the weaker, poorer, and less stable people in your life and offer them reasonable support, interest, and caring. [/B] [B]Join forces with others who have a healthy spirituality in their own lives. They are able to encourage, reinforce, and support your efforts to grow in spirituality. [/B] [B]Free yourself to accept the direction, leadership, and authority of God in your life. By letting God take the lead in your life you put your self-esteem and self-concept in a healthy, realistic perspective that lets you see where you end and God begins.[/B] [B]source: [URL="http://www.coping.org/growth/spirit.htm#What"][COLOR=#800080]http://www.coping.org/growth/spirit.htm#What[/COLOR][/URL][/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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