by carlos » Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:24 am
In this beautiful Shabad, Guru Ram Das, gives us the clue, reveals us the secrets, of meeting with Wahiguru Akal Purukh, just as all true Gurmukhs do.
In the very begining, He emphasizes with the most important factor in spirituality, for our union with Wahiguru.
He says: gur sant jano pi-aaraa mai mili-aa, mayree tarisnaa bujh ga-ee-aasay.
I have come in the sanctuary, of the Sadh Sangat of a Gurmukh , a beloved Sant, so now my thirst since aeons, of meeting with the primal Lord Wahiguru, is quenched.
We may ask, why has it to be so? Why the need of a Gurmukh?
Because as the Bani says, even there may be hundreds of moons in the sky, along with one thousand Suns, but even then, by the light and energy created in that fusion, spiritually speaking, without a contemporary Gurmukh, this universe is filled with utter darkness, and this naturally means ignorance.
Bani says: hum moorakh mugadh .... this means, we are ignorant and stupid. Why? Becuse we are manmukhs, we do all types of rituals and ceremonies, building a fence around the real Gurmat, giving it a name of religion or dharam, and start putting chains and layers upon ourselves and thus binding ourselves more tightly in the creation. Our guru Sahibans, through their Banis, only tell us three things: Wahiguru, His Saacha Nao or Nam, and His Gurmukhs or Sant Janas. But we have forgotten these teachings, and if someone reminds us of them, we call him a thief, and abuse him verbally and physically.
Let us open our eyes through Gurmat, and see who are the manipulators of the pure paviter Bani, and those who just plainly remind us, of the unpolluted truth in the Gurbani. We are so entangled in these chains, that we have willingly accepted them as the Bani, and we do not want to listen or look anything else.
What a pity!! Wahiguru has given us this precious human birth to merge back in Him ...but we say, no thanks, we are happy with these chains(caste, creed, land, country, society, name, fame, rituals....and an endless etc), and we love so much these "bandhans", these chains, to the extent that we become ready to kill and fight for them, and most of us believe, that we are going to take them with us, or even believe, that these chains are going to pull us upwards towards Wahiguru .... which is totally wrong, chains are meant, to keep us as prisoners, chains can never be the cause of freedom, of true liberation, except His Nao.
Simple and clear are the teachings of our Gurus, but we have blocked them in our square limited vision and filthy mind. So as we can see, we are all drowning in "maya", who can help us? We are all in the same drowning situaton. Then when a Gurmukh appears, He extends His powerfull arm, through the all powerfull Nam; but even then we say no, no, you are a fraud, and start arguing with Him. He is ready to pull out everbody, but only those wadbhagee jeevas, who have faith in Him, get pulled out and reach safe home ...the rest get drowned in the chaurasee ka chakar, due to the "haume"...what a pitifull scene.
Guru Nanak, regarding Wahiguru Akal Purukh has said in Japji Sahib: thapia na kae, keeta no hoe, this means, Wahiguru can not be created or established in any frame or palce. This means, we are all made of clay, any thing we do and make is made of the five perishable elements, so how can we say God is here or there, for example in paper and ink, or idols, or in waters, stones, iron, metals .... or east or west, or pilgrimages... let us stop and think, is there any logic and comon sense in the things we manmukhs do, according to our "manmat", and then we proudly say, we are sikhs.
Wahiguru is inside each and everybody,as it is there where He has hidden Himself, and He has given us directions through His Gurmukhs, as to, where to find and meet Him.
But, what do we do?
Well, according to our ignorance and limits, we want to capture and keep Him forever in idols and lifless,and inert things...which is against nature, as it is much much easier than doing Nam Bhakti and realizing Him inside ourselves according to the bhed or updesh of a Gurmukh. We humans are so manipulators...that even we do not spare Wahiguru.
Instead to try and live in His will, we want to control Him, like a Tv set, with a remote control. Now I want you here, now I hide you and close you...see you tomorrow or after a week.a month or an year. When He is available all the 24 hours of the day and 365 days of the year to all of us in equal measure. This is when we invite problems.... we say my God is superior to yours, I am going to finish you, you have disrespected my God and so on, and start fighting and killing in name of religion. But if each tried to find and meet Him inside, nothing of this sort of problems would happen....This is the situation and condition for the most of us.... We would then see and say: Sabna jeea ka iko Daataa
We do mix and mistake materalism and politics for spirituality. So naturally, we are manmukhs. Sikhs are many, but our aim should be, to become a Gursikh. The bani clearly says: Se Gursikh dhan dhan hae, jin Gur updesh suniya har kanee.
Means, only those are called Gursikhs, who have the good fortune of getting the Gur Updesh or Gur Prasad, from a contemporay Gurmukh. At other palce in the Bani, it is stated: Gur bachnee, Har Nam uchaaray. Means the Gur Prasad, that is given by a Satguru, by a Gurmukh, that is the Nam alone, to be meditated upon.
So if we do not go in the Sadh Sangat....how will we ever get that Parsad?
Sadh Sangat, othe jaaniye, jithe iko Nam vakhaniye. It is in the Sadh Sangat, where we come to know and learn about, the reality of Nam and Shabad.
Let us not get controlled and manipulated by no one, each and every one of us, has his own destiny and way to go through...nobody is ours and nobody can ever be. All worldly relations are false and temporary.
The bani says: Bin Navai , nahee kou thao. Means, without the support of Nam, there is no place where I can lean on. So only Wahiguru, His Saacha Nao and His manifested Gurmukhs are true, and that also, because Nam or Shabad is their base and true essence.
Regarding His Gurmukhs, Guru Ram Das says: gur sajan pi-aaraa mai mili-aa har maarag panth dasaahaa.
I have met my Beloved Friend, the Guru, who has shown me the Path to the Lord.
We can clearly see in these words of our beloved Guru, the importance of a Gurmukh. He says, only when I met a Gurmukh, I left all my manmukhta practiced until then; but after that, by getting the Gurparsad, I started the path of Nam Bhakti, not otherwise.
In the next line He says: ghar aavhu chiree vichhunni-aa mil sabad guroo parabh naahaa.
Come home - I have been separated from You for so long! Please, let me merge with You, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, O my Lord God.
Means , by the Gurparsad, of a Gurmukh, I have been able to merge in Wahiguru, from whom I had been separated, until then.
And this is the summary of the Gurbani, nothing more, nothing less.