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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)
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="Seeker2013" data-source="post: 210969" data-attributes="member: 19755"><p>Hi Pathfinder ji,</p><p>Well, none of us are the axis of the world. As they say "world does not revolve around anyone". Funnily enough , the one who is the axis of the world is never seen, hardly felt and hardly even meditated upon in the wee hours .</p><p>Beautiful to have come, but are we coming here for the first time ?!! beautiful to stay ? staying for the first time ?!!</p><p>sadly - beautiful to leave , but again not leaving for the first time, perhaps ?</p><p>when you're anyways gonna come again , and again and again and again ... until you realize who you truly are . Then you realize you're everything . This is where the divine humane qualities which are the foundations of humanity arose from ! from such enlightened beings only , the saints who propounded equality , universal brotherhood and all the other good principles of this world. The basis is spirituality , my friend !</p><p>when you realize what is in you is exactly what is inside the "other" person, there is no other !</p><p>thats when you will share even the most delicate of pastries with a beggar , your belongings with the less fortunate, because they're same substance as you, a pure , "unaffected by good or bad" soul !</p><p>but we can't see and feel like the above mentioned ! despite me giving a 15 line lecture right now can hardly feel it . The reason for that is what our wise ancients called "maya" - deceiver. Maya will make you feel you're "other" than everyone else. This is where greed, selfishness , and all other bad principles will come from . This is where feeling of 'mine' comes from and this "mine, mine, mine ... " will make you unrestful, anxious, impatient, temporarily satisfied but no permanent bliss.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Would it be prude of me if I blamed this mostly on the prevalent atheistic tendencies of the modern world ? </p><p>If you're gonna have this worldview : "A loud explosion of space-time happened in nowhere, then the atomic particles formed, and hydrogen condensed to stars, and one such star had a ball of dirt around it , the waters cooled , then dna came into being, the cells, multicellular life, fish - like beings came walking on four legs, the dinosaurs, the triassic, jurassic ,the extinctions, the mammals , first the rat, then monkey , then human, and then some random chance and your mom dad married and out of the 100 million sperms, you were the one who made it " .</p><p>I am not anti-science, I love watching documentaries , I love astronomy , I agree with evolution, but does all of this knowledge help in making me <strong>blissful </strong>. </p><p>As you also perhaps must be knowing, it doesn't !</p><p></p><p>The fact is : "you're both insignificant and very significant at the same time.!"</p><p>In the death process of some star, the gold that was forum , its on you ring finger or around your neck or something , you're the result of 3.4 billion years of natural selection.</p><p></p><p>But even this doesn't do much for me !</p><p>What helps me at times is "<strong>I am not this body, I am a traveller , traveling since ages , sometimes as a plant, sometimes as mineral, sometimes as an animal , so many times perhaps as a human, sometimes straight , sometimes gay, sometimes white, sometimes black, sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes through garden, sometimes through thorns , still traveling , but I do know one thing , I keep my best to keep my faith in the saints and the sages and the gurus , what they tell me ,don't do much of "why ? who ? when ? how?" on it. Take it as you take a mathematical axiom. It just is ! and they tell me the end point of journey is start point . and that is the absolute, god, waheguru, allah, yahweh, whatever you call it.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Have faith he listens to you. And is forever helpful. </strong></p><p><strong>Try talking to SGGS sometimes. The great guru does reply if really want to, but even I at times can't agree to what I read. I guess its 'haumai' (ego).</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Sri Guru Granth Sahib is not merely a scripture, it is spirit manifested as words. </strong></p><p><strong>I have myself felt my prayers being answered in 'hukamnamas' . </strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Some people just can't take a 9-5 job . They're not just made for it, despite the fact that they could due to their high merit land in the top of companies. They would rather go skydiving, exploring nature, doing crazy stuff , they're extrovert kind of people, or perhaps they're introverts but wanna explore the world to explore what is inside them.</p><p>What is inside is what is outside. I know this doesn't make much sense but so does "theory of relativity" to most people !</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am a 26 yr old guy . Wasted a lot of time in my life, shamelessly I will admit, I still haven't got myself out of the quicksand yet !</p><p>Lied to my parents about having a job for 1 years , then by divine intervention (its a long story) landed myself in the dream job I was so desirous about. If this is not a miracle, then what is ? I do consider it a miracle.</p><p>He answered my prayer.</p><p>But landing a job was a minor issue compared to issue that stands staring in the eye to me now, like a giant, ready to swallow me in its depressing tummy - my sexuality .</p><p>I am gay , you're lucky to have a "significant other". You can have a baby too. You have a higher social standing and privileges than I do ! You're not alone , physically atleast.</p><p></p><p>After my mom dad is gone, who is there for me? this question I dare not even ask my own soul . Its cold, as if my life itself seem like a horror movie . I dare not even imagine my single life after my parents have left me, with no siblings and cold cousins who stay a 100 miles away from me . What do I have to look forward to ? what "nuptial joys" , "conjugal bliss" for me ? I am an unapprehended criminal in my country , a nature's defect to some, a man-less man to some others, and an object of comedy for all . The only two emotions I can get is "sympathy" or "contempt". Not "love", "understanding", "empathy" . The fact that I might have to live a second-class citizen in my own country for the rest of my lonely life is traumatizing to me , it pulls me in the mucks of deep sadness, gloom, depression and darkness , a big question mark that my life is !</p><p>I hardly handle and carry forward myself, unable to confide in anyone, except a few near and dear ones and gay "friends" on social media who I have never met in real life.</p><p></p><p>What keeps me alive ?</p><p>my faith in god ! Its not a shining, bright light , its more like a candle flame , wavers with the winds of pain and mental agony, but I manage to keep it alight somehow.</p><p></p><p>If he , my lord, can give conjugal bliss to "bibi rajni" , and pay off her faith in him, then why won't he help me ? ofcourse he would . This faith is what keeps me, and countless others going.</p><p></p><p>And I tell you one thing :</p><p><strong>Someone else might disappoint your faith in them , but god never ever does . </strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We can easily lecture others, oh look , I am doing it right now . lol .</p><p>If only we applied our preaching to ourselves.</p><p></p><p>Its good if money makes no sense to you. You're one of the lucky ones who can atleast see the fakeness of this "reality" of the world.</p><p></p><p>Its not hard brother to live a life in this world, amidst this society and yet be detached from it.</p><p>Lotus grows in muck, but remains uncontaminated by it.</p><p></p><p>Look at all those gursikhs who keep 5 Ks and live life of a householder. Its not that tough !</p><p>You only have to differentiate between need and greed.</p><p></p><p>Consider yourself fortunate to be blessed with amritvela simran. This is the greatest of all yoga.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>men ARE weak ! wife is just "mummy version 2" . Someone to do your laundry, feed you, someone to love and lust after, someone who can hand you your tv remote when you're lazing off on the couch, ....</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Maybe this is perfect time for spiritual endeavour then ?</p><p></p><p>Don't think you're not strong for sikhi yet. You're already a sikh if you believe in SGGS and do your amritvela simran.</p><p></p><p>"Charan sharan gur ek painda jaaye chal, satgur kot painda aage hoe let hai"</p><p>(I move one step in direction of my guru, My guru came tens of millions of steps towards me to embrace me)</p><p></p><p>Compare this with traditional islamic saying :</p><p>God said "Move one step towards me, I move 10 steps towards you. Walk towards me, I will run towards you"</p><p></p><p><strong>Essence of all religion is same ! </strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I often had to take a walk to the lake when I found myself spiraling in depressive thoughts. It does little in the long run. Daily running has helped many people though .</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Don't doubt that guru is not there.</p><p>As one gyaani ji told me "Ten gurus were not jyot of SGGS, SGGS is the jyot illuminating the 10 gurus" . So simple, so concise , so deep !</p><p></p><p></p><p>May god bless you</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seeker2013, post: 210969, member: 19755"] Hi Pathfinder ji, Well, none of us are the axis of the world. As they say "world does not revolve around anyone". Funnily enough , the one who is the axis of the world is never seen, hardly felt and hardly even meditated upon in the wee hours . Beautiful to have come, but are we coming here for the first time ?!! beautiful to stay ? staying for the first time ?!! sadly - beautiful to leave , but again not leaving for the first time, perhaps ? when you're anyways gonna come again , and again and again and again ... until you realize who you truly are . Then you realize you're everything . This is where the divine humane qualities which are the foundations of humanity arose from ! from such enlightened beings only , the saints who propounded equality , universal brotherhood and all the other good principles of this world. The basis is spirituality , my friend ! when you realize what is in you is exactly what is inside the "other" person, there is no other ! thats when you will share even the most delicate of pastries with a beggar , your belongings with the less fortunate, because they're same substance as you, a pure , "unaffected by good or bad" soul ! but we can't see and feel like the above mentioned ! despite me giving a 15 line lecture right now can hardly feel it . The reason for that is what our wise ancients called "maya" - deceiver. Maya will make you feel you're "other" than everyone else. This is where greed, selfishness , and all other bad principles will come from . This is where feeling of 'mine' comes from and this "mine, mine, mine ... " will make you unrestful, anxious, impatient, temporarily satisfied but no permanent bliss. Would it be prude of me if I blamed this mostly on the prevalent atheistic tendencies of the modern world ? If you're gonna have this worldview : "A loud explosion of space-time happened in nowhere, then the atomic particles formed, and hydrogen condensed to stars, and one such star had a ball of dirt around it , the waters cooled , then dna came into being, the cells, multicellular life, fish - like beings came walking on four legs, the dinosaurs, the triassic, jurassic ,the extinctions, the mammals , first the rat, then monkey , then human, and then some random chance and your mom dad married and out of the 100 million sperms, you were the one who made it " . I am not anti-science, I love watching documentaries , I love astronomy , I agree with evolution, but does all of this knowledge help in making me [B]blissful [/B]. As you also perhaps must be knowing, it doesn't ! The fact is : "you're both insignificant and very significant at the same time.!" In the death process of some star, the gold that was forum , its on you ring finger or around your neck or something , you're the result of 3.4 billion years of natural selection. But even this doesn't do much for me ! What helps me at times is "[B]I am not this body, I am a traveller , traveling since ages , sometimes as a plant, sometimes as mineral, sometimes as an animal , so many times perhaps as a human, sometimes straight , sometimes gay, sometimes white, sometimes black, sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes through garden, sometimes through thorns , still traveling , but I do know one thing , I keep my best to keep my faith in the saints and the sages and the gurus , what they tell me ,don't do much of "why ? who ? when ? how?" on it. Take it as you take a mathematical axiom. It just is ! and they tell me the end point of journey is start point . and that is the absolute, god, waheguru, allah, yahweh, whatever you call it. Have faith he listens to you. And is forever helpful. Try talking to SGGS sometimes. The great guru does reply if really want to, but even I at times can't agree to what I read. I guess its 'haumai' (ego).[/B] [B]Sri Guru Granth Sahib is not merely a scripture, it is spirit manifested as words. I have myself felt my prayers being answered in 'hukamnamas' . [/B] Some people just can't take a 9-5 job . They're not just made for it, despite the fact that they could due to their high merit land in the top of companies. They would rather go skydiving, exploring nature, doing crazy stuff , they're extrovert kind of people, or perhaps they're introverts but wanna explore the world to explore what is inside them. What is inside is what is outside. I know this doesn't make much sense but so does "theory of relativity" to most people ! I am a 26 yr old guy . Wasted a lot of time in my life, shamelessly I will admit, I still haven't got myself out of the quicksand yet ! Lied to my parents about having a job for 1 years , then by divine intervention (its a long story) landed myself in the dream job I was so desirous about. If this is not a miracle, then what is ? I do consider it a miracle. He answered my prayer. But landing a job was a minor issue compared to issue that stands staring in the eye to me now, like a giant, ready to swallow me in its depressing tummy - my sexuality . I am gay , you're lucky to have a "significant other". You can have a baby too. You have a higher social standing and privileges than I do ! You're not alone , physically atleast. After my mom dad is gone, who is there for me? this question I dare not even ask my own soul . Its cold, as if my life itself seem like a horror movie . I dare not even imagine my single life after my parents have left me, with no siblings and cold cousins who stay a 100 miles away from me . What do I have to look forward to ? what "nuptial joys" , "conjugal bliss" for me ? I am an unapprehended criminal in my country , a nature's defect to some, a man-less man to some others, and an object of comedy for all . The only two emotions I can get is "sympathy" or "contempt". Not "love", "understanding", "empathy" . The fact that I might have to live a second-class citizen in my own country for the rest of my lonely life is traumatizing to me , it pulls me in the mucks of deep sadness, gloom, depression and darkness , a big question mark that my life is ! I hardly handle and carry forward myself, unable to confide in anyone, except a few near and dear ones and gay "friends" on social media who I have never met in real life. What keeps me alive ? my faith in god ! Its not a shining, bright light , its more like a candle flame , wavers with the winds of pain and mental agony, but I manage to keep it alight somehow. If he , my lord, can give conjugal bliss to "bibi rajni" , and pay off her faith in him, then why won't he help me ? ofcourse he would . This faith is what keeps me, and countless others going. And I tell you one thing : [B]Someone else might disappoint your faith in them , but god never ever does . [/B] We can easily lecture others, oh look , I am doing it right now . lol . If only we applied our preaching to ourselves. Its good if money makes no sense to you. You're one of the lucky ones who can atleast see the fakeness of this "reality" of the world. Its not hard brother to live a life in this world, amidst this society and yet be detached from it. Lotus grows in muck, but remains uncontaminated by it. Look at all those gursikhs who keep 5 Ks and live life of a householder. Its not that tough ! You only have to differentiate between need and greed. Consider yourself fortunate to be blessed with amritvela simran. This is the greatest of all yoga. men ARE weak ! wife is just "mummy version 2" . Someone to do your laundry, feed you, someone to love and lust after, someone who can hand you your tv remote when you're lazing off on the couch, .... Maybe this is perfect time for spiritual endeavour then ? Don't think you're not strong for sikhi yet. You're already a sikh if you believe in SGGS and do your amritvela simran. "Charan sharan gur ek painda jaaye chal, satgur kot painda aage hoe let hai" (I move one step in direction of my guru, My guru came tens of millions of steps towards me to embrace me) Compare this with traditional islamic saying : God said "Move one step towards me, I move 10 steps towards you. Walk towards me, I will run towards you" [B]Essence of all religion is same ! [/B] I often had to take a walk to the lake when I found myself spiraling in depressive thoughts. It does little in the long run. Daily running has helped many people though . Don't doubt that guru is not there. As one gyaani ji told me "Ten gurus were not jyot of SGGS, SGGS is the jyot illuminating the 10 gurus" . So simple, so concise , so deep ! May god bless you [/QUOTE]
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