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Understanding Gurbani
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<blockquote data-quote="Harjas Kaur Khalsa" data-source="post: 79555" data-attributes="member: 2125"><p>We are enslaved to the three qualities of Maya, material manifestation so long as we are embodied and perceive the world of forms and illusions as the ultimate reality. Pakrti refers to properties of matter as well as mind. We are in bondage because we perceive reality through the instrumentation of the senses which Gurbani says are diseased.</p><p></p><p>ਸਹਜਿ (sehaj) means intuitive, or that which is grapsed by intuition, without mental or physical effort, by Guru's grace.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">sach karanee dhae paaeeai dhar ghar mehal piaar ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">By true actions, this human body is obtained, and the door within ourselves which leads to the Mansion of the Beloved, is found. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਨੁ ਸਮਝਾਈਐ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥੨॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">guramukh man samajhaaeeai aatham raam beechaar ||2||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">The Gurmukhs train their minds to contemplate the Lord, the Supreme Soul. ||2|| </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਤ੍ਰਿਬਿਧਿ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਈਅਹਿ ਆਸ ਅੰਦੇਸਾ ਹੋਇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">thribidhh karam kamaaeeahi aas andhaesaa hoe ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">By actions committed under the influence of the three qualities, hope and anxiety are produced. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਕਿਉ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਕੁਟੀ ਛੁਟਸੀ ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">kio gur bin thrikuttee shhuttasee sehaj miliai sukh hoe ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">Without the Guru, how can anyone be released from these three qualities? Through intuitive wisdom, we meet with Him and find peace.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">~SGGS Ji p. 18</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sehaj is the quality of the process, as is bairaag. But sehaj is not the fourth state. The fourth state derives out of sehaj, and out of bairaag. It is experienced through piaar and samaadhi.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">ਚਉਥੇ ਪਦ ਮਹਿ ਸਹਜੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਲੈ ਪਾਇ ॥੬॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">chouthhae padh mehi sehaj hai guramukh palai paae ||6||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">In the fourth state, there is intuitive balance; the Gurmukhs gather it in. ||6||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">~SGGS Ji p. 68</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">sehaj milai miliaa paravaan ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">That union with the Lord is acceptable, which is united in intuitive poise.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਮਰਣੁ ਨ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣੁ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">naa this maran n aavan jaan ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Thereafter, one does not die, and does not come and go in reincarnation.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">~SGGS Ji p. 686</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਹਜੁ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">bhaaee rae gur bin sehaj n hoe ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">O Siblings of Destiny, without the Guru, intuitive balance is not obtained.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">ਸਬਦੈ ਹੀ ਤੇ ਸਹਜੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਚੁ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">sabadhai hee thae sehaj oopajai har paaeiaa sach soe ||1|| rehaao ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">Through the Word of the Shabad, intuitive peace and poise wells up, and that True Lord is obtained. ||1||Pause|| </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">ਸਹਜੇ ਗਾਵਿਆ ਥਾਇ ਪਵੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਹਜੈ ਕਥਨੀ ਬਾਦਿ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">sehajae gaaviaa thhaae pavai bin sehajai kathhanee baadh ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">That which is sung intuitively is acceptable; without this intuition, all chanting is useless.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">ਸਹਜੇ ਹੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਊਪਜੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਪਿਆਰਿ ਬੈਰਾਗਿ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">sehajae hee bhagath oopajai sehaj piaar bairaag ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">In the state of intuitive balance, devotion wells up. In intuitive balance, love is balanced and detached. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">ਸਹਜੈ ਹੀ ਤੇ ਸੁਖ ਸਾਤਿ ਹੋਇ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਹਜੈ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਬਾਦਿ ॥੨॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">sehajai hee thae sukh saath hoe bin sehajai jeevan baadh ||2||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">In the state of intuitive balance, peace and tranquility are produced. Without intuitive balance, life is useless. ||2|| </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">ਸਹਜਿ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਧਿ ਲਗਾਇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">sehaj saalaahee sadhaa sadhaa sehaj samaadhh lagaae ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">In the state of intuitive balance, praise the Lord forever and ever. With intuitive ease, embrace Samaadhi.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">~SGGS Ji p. 68</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So what is ਚਉਥੇ ਪਦ, the fourth state?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The fourth state is the union of the lover and the Beloved. ਮਿਲਾਇ, to merge with the Transcendant One, that is to achieve the fourth state of consciousness which surpasses the other three which are caught in bondage to forms and appearances, to the duality, to the Maya, to the illusion of sansaara, to the traps of the mind and perception. So we are analyzing the concept of jeevan mukta, how to be liberated from the world of appearances, sansaara, and by intuition and spiritual balance with grace of Satguru achieve the state of consciousness where you will never die, because you become the One.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਸਤਗੁਰੁ ਸਚੁ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਨਿਰਮਲਾ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਾ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">sathagur sach prabh niramalaa sabadh milaavaa hoe ||1|| rehaao ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">The True Guru leads us to meet the Immaculate True God through the Word of His Shabad. ||1||Pause|| </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੋ ਮਿਲਿ ਰਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਨਉ ਆਪੇ ਲਏ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">sabadh milai so mil rehai jis no aapae leae milaae ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">One whom the Lord merges into Himself is merged in the Shabad, and remains so merged.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਕੋ ਨਾ ਮਿਲੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">dhoojai bhaae ko naa milai fir fir aavai jaae ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">No one merges with Him through the love of duality; over and over again, they come and go in reincarnation.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">~SGGS Jip. 27</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is related to Naam in the sense of becoming, ਅਜਪਾ ਜਾਪ, the ajapa jap, so it is to enter timelessness through intuitive ease, without effort, sehaj.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As Aad0002 points to the pauri where Gurbani says:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">ਜੀਵਤ ਦੀਸੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਰਪਰ ਮਰਣਾ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">jeevath dheesai this sarapar maranaa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">One who is seen to be alive, shall surely die.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">ਮੁਆ ਹੋਵੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਰਹਣਾ ॥੧॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">muaa hovai this nihachal rehanaa ||1||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">But he who is dead shall remain ever-lasting. ||1||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">ਜੀਵਤ ਮੁਏ ਮੁਏ ਸੇ ਜੀਵੇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">jeevath mueae mueae sae jeevae ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">Those who die while yet alive, shall through this death, live on.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਵਖਧੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਰਸੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਵੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">har har naam avakhadhh mukh paaeiaa gur sabadhee ras anmrith peevae ||1|| rehaao ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">They place the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, as medicine in their mouths, and through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they drink in the Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">~SGGS Ji p. 374</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Gurbani is clearly talking about the yogic process which anciently has been used to obtain the Divine consciuousness through creating soma-amrit.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਘਰ ਮਹਿ ਘਰੁ ਦੇਖਾਇ ਦੇਇ ਸੋ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਸੁਜਾਣੁ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ghar mehi ghar dhaekhaae dhaee so sathigur purakh sujaan ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">The True Guru is the All-knowing Primal Being; He shows us our true home within the home of the self. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਪੰਚ ਸਬਦ ਧੁਨਿਕਾਰ ਧੁਨਿ ਤਹ ਬਾਜੈ ਸਬਦੁ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">panch sabadh dhhunikaar dhhun theh baajai sabadh neesaan ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">The Panch Shabad, the Five Primal Sounds, resonate and resound within; the insignia of the Shabad is revealed there, vibrating gloriously. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਦੀਪ ਲੋਅ ਪਾਤਾਲ ਤਹ ਖੰਡ ਮੰਡਲ ਹੈਰਾਨੁ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">dheep loa paathaal theh khandd manddal hairaan ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">Worlds and realms, nether regions, solar systems and galaxies are wondrously revealed. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਤਾਰ ਘੋਰ ਬਾਜਿੰਤ੍ਰ ਤਹ ਸਾਚਿ ਤਖਤਿ ਸੁਲਤਾਨੁ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">thaar ghor baajinthr theh saach thakhath sulathaan ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">The strings and the harps vibrate and resound; the true throne of the Lord is there. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਸੁਖਮਨ ਕੈ ਘਰਿ ਰਾਗੁ ਸੁਨਿ ਸੁੰਨਿ ਮੰਡਲਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">sukhaman kai ghar raag sun sunn manddal liv laae ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">Listen to the music of the home of the heart - Sukhmani, peace of mind. Lovingly tune in to His state of celestial ecstasy.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਬੀਚਾਰੀਐ ਮਨਸਾ ਮਨਹਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">akathh kathhaa beechaareeai manasaa manehi samaae ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">Contemplate the Unspoken Speech, and the desires of the mind are dissolved. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਉਲਟਿ ਕਮਲੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਭਰਿਆ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਕਤਹੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">oulatt kamal anmrith bhariaa eihu man kathahu n jaae ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">The heart-lotus is turned upside-down, and is filled with Ambrosial Nectar. This mind does not go out; it does not get distracted.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"><strong>ਅਜਪਾ ਜਾਪ</strong>ੁ ਨ ਵੀਸਰੈ ਆਦਿ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"><strong>ajapaa jaap</strong> n veesarai aadh jugaadh samaae ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">It does not forget <strong>the Chant which is chanted without chanting</strong>; it is immersed in the Primal Lord God of the ages.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">~SGGS Ji p. 1291</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Gurbani is talking of the fourth state as turiya, which means "fourth" and is a state of consciousness where even mantra flows into silence. This leads to nirbikalpa samadhi, the samadhi which surpasses mental constructs, delusions and forms of the mind itself. Gurbani is in many places talking about how even the Hindu devas cannot liberate you, yet the ten incarnations of Vishnu are described as avataars, Lights for certain yugs. So why the apparent distinction? How is a form of liberation not true liberation? Is it to be assumed that all past religion was false religion and only Sikhism, modernly, has given the world true religion like some modern-day Islam? Or, perhaps people are so disconnected from the terminology of the past they can no longer appreciate subtle distinctions. The simple key is, there are different levels of liberation. And Gurbani recognizes this. Gurbani says clearly only the Naam gives the complete liberation in the kalyug. The complete liberation is also described as nirbikalpa samadhi.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਜਿਸੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਸੋ ਜੀਵਨ ਮੁਕਤਾ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">jis naam ridhai so jeevan mukathaa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">One who keeps the Naam in his heart is Jivan-mukta, liberated while yet alive.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਜਿਸੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਭ ਹੀ ਜੁਗਤਾ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">jis naam ridhai this sabh hee jugathaa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">One who keeps the Naam in his heart knows all ways and means. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਜਿਸੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਤਿਨਿ ਨਉ ਨਿਧਿ ਪਾਈ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">jis naam ridhai thin no nidhh paaee ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">One who keeps the Naam in his heart obtains the nine treasures. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਈ ॥੩॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">naam binaa bhram aavai jaaee ||3||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Without the Naam, the mortal wanders, coming and going in reincarnation. ||3||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">~SGGS Ji p. 1156</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>~bhul chak maaf</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harjas Kaur Khalsa, post: 79555, member: 2125"] We are enslaved to the three qualities of Maya, material manifestation so long as we are embodied and perceive the world of forms and illusions as the ultimate reality. Pakrti refers to properties of matter as well as mind. We are in bondage because we perceive reality through the instrumentation of the senses which Gurbani says are diseased. ਸਹਜਿ (sehaj) means intuitive, or that which is grapsed by intuition, without mental or physical effort, by Guru's grace. [INDENT][COLOR="Blue"]sach karanee dhae paaeeai dhar ghar mehal piaar || By true actions, this human body is obtained, and the door within ourselves which leads to the Mansion of the Beloved, is found. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਨੁ ਸਮਝਾਈਐ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥੨॥ guramukh man samajhaaeeai aatham raam beechaar ||2|| The Gurmukhs train their minds to contemplate the Lord, the Supreme Soul. ||2|| ਤ੍ਰਿਬਿਧਿ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਈਅਹਿ ਆਸ ਅੰਦੇਸਾ ਹੋਇ ॥ thribidhh karam kamaaeeahi aas andhaesaa hoe || By actions committed under the influence of the three qualities, hope and anxiety are produced. ਕਿਉ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਕੁਟੀ ਛੁਟਸੀ ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ kio gur bin thrikuttee shhuttasee sehaj miliai sukh hoe || Without the Guru, how can anyone be released from these three qualities? Through intuitive wisdom, we meet with Him and find peace. ~SGGS Ji p. 18 [/COLOR][/INDENT] Sehaj is the quality of the process, as is bairaag. But sehaj is not the fourth state. The fourth state derives out of sehaj, and out of bairaag. It is experienced through piaar and samaadhi. [INDENT][COLOR="Purple"]ਚਉਥੇ ਪਦ ਮਹਿ ਸਹਜੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਲੈ ਪਾਇ ॥੬॥ chouthhae padh mehi sehaj hai guramukh palai paae ||6|| In the fourth state, there is intuitive balance; the Gurmukhs gather it in. ||6|| ~SGGS Ji p. 68[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR="DarkRed"]ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ sehaj milai miliaa paravaan || That union with the Lord is acceptable, which is united in intuitive poise. ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਮਰਣੁ ਨ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣੁ ॥ naa this maran n aavan jaan || Thereafter, one does not die, and does not come and go in reincarnation. ~SGGS Ji p. 686[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR="Navy"]ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਹਜੁ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥ bhaaee rae gur bin sehaj n hoe || O Siblings of Destiny, without the Guru, intuitive balance is not obtained. ਸਬਦੈ ਹੀ ਤੇ ਸਹਜੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਚੁ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ sabadhai hee thae sehaj oopajai har paaeiaa sach soe ||1|| rehaao || Through the Word of the Shabad, intuitive peace and poise wells up, and that True Lord is obtained. ||1||Pause|| ਸਹਜੇ ਗਾਵਿਆ ਥਾਇ ਪਵੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਹਜੈ ਕਥਨੀ ਬਾਦਿ ॥ sehajae gaaviaa thhaae pavai bin sehajai kathhanee baadh || That which is sung intuitively is acceptable; without this intuition, all chanting is useless. ਸਹਜੇ ਹੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਊਪਜੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਪਿਆਰਿ ਬੈਰਾਗਿ ॥ sehajae hee bhagath oopajai sehaj piaar bairaag || In the state of intuitive balance, devotion wells up. In intuitive balance, love is balanced and detached. ਸਹਜੈ ਹੀ ਤੇ ਸੁਖ ਸਾਤਿ ਹੋਇ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਹਜੈ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਬਾਦਿ ॥੨॥ sehajai hee thae sukh saath hoe bin sehajai jeevan baadh ||2|| In the state of intuitive balance, peace and tranquility are produced. Without intuitive balance, life is useless. ||2|| ਸਹਜਿ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਧਿ ਲਗਾਇ ॥ sehaj saalaahee sadhaa sadhaa sehaj samaadhh lagaae || In the state of intuitive balance, praise the Lord forever and ever. With intuitive ease, embrace Samaadhi. ~SGGS Ji p. 68[/COLOR][/INDENT] So what is ਚਉਥੇ ਪਦ, the fourth state? The fourth state is the union of the lover and the Beloved. ਮਿਲਾਇ, to merge with the Transcendant One, that is to achieve the fourth state of consciousness which surpasses the other three which are caught in bondage to forms and appearances, to the duality, to the Maya, to the illusion of sansaara, to the traps of the mind and perception. So we are analyzing the concept of jeevan mukta, how to be liberated from the world of appearances, sansaara, and by intuition and spiritual balance with grace of Satguru achieve the state of consciousness where you will never die, because you become the One. [INDENT][COLOR="DarkGreen"]ਸਤਗੁਰੁ ਸਚੁ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਨਿਰਮਲਾ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਾ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ sathagur sach prabh niramalaa sabadh milaavaa hoe ||1|| rehaao || The True Guru leads us to meet the Immaculate True God through the Word of His Shabad. ||1||Pause|| ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੋ ਮਿਲਿ ਰਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਨਉ ਆਪੇ ਲਏ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥ sabadh milai so mil rehai jis no aapae leae milaae || One whom the Lord merges into Himself is merged in the Shabad, and remains so merged. ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਕੋ ਨਾ ਮਿਲੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥ dhoojai bhaae ko naa milai fir fir aavai jaae || No one merges with Him through the love of duality; over and over again, they come and go in reincarnation. ~SGGS Jip. 27[/COLOR][/INDENT] This is related to Naam in the sense of becoming, ਅਜਪਾ ਜਾਪ, the ajapa jap, so it is to enter timelessness through intuitive ease, without effort, sehaj. As Aad0002 points to the pauri where Gurbani says: [INDENT][COLOR="Purple"]ਜੀਵਤ ਦੀਸੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਰਪਰ ਮਰਣਾ ॥ jeevath dheesai this sarapar maranaa || One who is seen to be alive, shall surely die. ਮੁਆ ਹੋਵੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਰਹਣਾ ॥੧॥ muaa hovai this nihachal rehanaa ||1|| But he who is dead shall remain ever-lasting. ||1|| ਜੀਵਤ ਮੁਏ ਮੁਏ ਸੇ ਜੀਵੇ ॥ jeevath mueae mueae sae jeevae || Those who die while yet alive, shall through this death, live on. ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਵਖਧੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਰਸੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਵੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ har har naam avakhadhh mukh paaeiaa gur sabadhee ras anmrith peevae ||1|| rehaao || They place the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, as medicine in their mouths, and through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they drink in the Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause|| ~SGGS Ji p. 374[/COLOR][/INDENT] Gurbani is clearly talking about the yogic process which anciently has been used to obtain the Divine consciuousness through creating soma-amrit. [INDENT][COLOR="Blue"]ਘਰ ਮਹਿ ਘਰੁ ਦੇਖਾਇ ਦੇਇ ਸੋ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਸੁਜਾਣੁ ॥ ghar mehi ghar dhaekhaae dhaee so sathigur purakh sujaan || The True Guru is the All-knowing Primal Being; He shows us our true home within the home of the self. ਪੰਚ ਸਬਦ ਧੁਨਿਕਾਰ ਧੁਨਿ ਤਹ ਬਾਜੈ ਸਬਦੁ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥ panch sabadh dhhunikaar dhhun theh baajai sabadh neesaan || The Panch Shabad, the Five Primal Sounds, resonate and resound within; the insignia of the Shabad is revealed there, vibrating gloriously. ਦੀਪ ਲੋਅ ਪਾਤਾਲ ਤਹ ਖੰਡ ਮੰਡਲ ਹੈਰਾਨੁ ॥ dheep loa paathaal theh khandd manddal hairaan || Worlds and realms, nether regions, solar systems and galaxies are wondrously revealed. ਤਾਰ ਘੋਰ ਬਾਜਿੰਤ੍ਰ ਤਹ ਸਾਚਿ ਤਖਤਿ ਸੁਲਤਾਨੁ ॥ thaar ghor baajinthr theh saach thakhath sulathaan || The strings and the harps vibrate and resound; the true throne of the Lord is there. ਸੁਖਮਨ ਕੈ ਘਰਿ ਰਾਗੁ ਸੁਨਿ ਸੁੰਨਿ ਮੰਡਲਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥ sukhaman kai ghar raag sun sunn manddal liv laae || Listen to the music of the home of the heart - Sukhmani, peace of mind. Lovingly tune in to His state of celestial ecstasy. ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਬੀਚਾਰੀਐ ਮਨਸਾ ਮਨਹਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥ akathh kathhaa beechaareeai manasaa manehi samaae || Contemplate the Unspoken Speech, and the desires of the mind are dissolved. ਉਲਟਿ ਕਮਲੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਭਰਿਆ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਕਤਹੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥ oulatt kamal anmrith bhariaa eihu man kathahu n jaae || The heart-lotus is turned upside-down, and is filled with Ambrosial Nectar. This mind does not go out; it does not get distracted. [B]ਅਜਪਾ ਜਾਪ[/B]ੁ ਨ ਵੀਸਰੈ ਆਦਿ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥ [B]ajapaa jaap[/B] n veesarai aadh jugaadh samaae || It does not forget [B]the Chant which is chanted without chanting[/B]; it is immersed in the Primal Lord God of the ages. ~SGGS Ji p. 1291[/COLOR][/INDENT] Gurbani is talking of the fourth state as turiya, which means "fourth" and is a state of consciousness where even mantra flows into silence. This leads to nirbikalpa samadhi, the samadhi which surpasses mental constructs, delusions and forms of the mind itself. Gurbani is in many places talking about how even the Hindu devas cannot liberate you, yet the ten incarnations of Vishnu are described as avataars, Lights for certain yugs. So why the apparent distinction? How is a form of liberation not true liberation? Is it to be assumed that all past religion was false religion and only Sikhism, modernly, has given the world true religion like some modern-day Islam? Or, perhaps people are so disconnected from the terminology of the past they can no longer appreciate subtle distinctions. The simple key is, there are different levels of liberation. And Gurbani recognizes this. Gurbani says clearly only the Naam gives the complete liberation in the kalyug. The complete liberation is also described as nirbikalpa samadhi. [INDENT][COLOR="DarkRed"]ਜਿਸੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਸੋ ਜੀਵਨ ਮੁਕਤਾ ॥ jis naam ridhai so jeevan mukathaa || One who keeps the Naam in his heart is Jivan-mukta, liberated while yet alive. ਜਿਸੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਭ ਹੀ ਜੁਗਤਾ ॥ jis naam ridhai this sabh hee jugathaa || One who keeps the Naam in his heart knows all ways and means. ਜਿਸੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਤਿਨਿ ਨਉ ਨਿਧਿ ਪਾਈ ॥ jis naam ridhai thin no nidhh paaee || One who keeps the Naam in his heart obtains the nine treasures. ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਈ ॥੩॥ naam binaa bhram aavai jaaee ||3|| Without the Naam, the mortal wanders, coming and going in reincarnation. ||3|| ~SGGS Ji p. 1156[/COLOR][/INDENT] ~bhul chak maaf [/QUOTE]
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