by carlos » Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:23 pm
The bani says: Sabna Jeea Ka Iko Daata. This means there is only one Supreme Being for all creatures. He is known also as Ikoankar, and His name is Satnam.
Satnam is a combination of 2 words, one is Sat and the other is Nam. Sat according to the teachings, it is that truth which is unperishable, which is eternal, which is changeless ....not only that, but it is also the highest level of consciousness, and is all powerfull, and is also the fountain of pure bliss, or let us say, real and everlasting happiness. Then, Nam is His real form or essence. This Nam is not a word as many believe, but it is a power, a state of energy, with all the virtues mentioned above.
This Nam was all alone by itself in the begining. And it is the only reality; which was there, when there was no creation, and shall remain when parlay and mahaparlay takes place. All creation seen or unseen is the work of this Power. Right from the microscopic level to the heights of skies, planets, stars, moons, suns, galaxies ...and whatever one can imagine ....there is no limit. Means, even beyond the limits of mind and senses. That is why the Bani says: Sochay soch na hovaee, jeh sochay lakh vaar, means, even if try to ponder over Him hundreds of thousands of times, it will be of no use. He is so great .....
And when He created this creation, for the purpose which we may not comprehend .... He infused life and His ray of light into it, in some forms, which were that much prepared by nature to hold that light into them, for a limited time .
The whole of the creation was made out from 5 elements: air, water, fire, earth and ether, which are all lifless and inert by themselves ... but only when one spark, or one ray of light ....from the millions and millions rays of that one Sun (Satnam), enters into a body, we say, there is life into it .... be it may a microscopic organism, a plant, an insect, a bird, a beast, devis & devtas( beings with astral and causal coverings) ... or even the human being, which is considered the highest , among all the creation, because it has all the 5 elements in him, plus an active mind, and of course, the ray of light the soul, or call it Atma.
The main difference, between His creation, which can be classified into 2 categories, though as we have seen, all the creation is made out of 5 elements, is the one which has life, because it has that divine light into it, and the second category , is the one, which is inert, lifeless, consciousless ....means, without His ray in it, which makes lifeless items, into those full of life, when infused with it's life conscious force into it ...this is the main or gross difference in the entire creation, from A to Z.
Now, when this ray of light or Atma(contents), leaves any body(container), we say it is dead, or it´s end has come ...it ceases to exist .... and then each element goes and dissolves into its´s origin, like water in water; air into the ir; the fire in fire and so on ...all the elements go and merge into their origin.
If the soul or that ray of light, is still unclean, polluted with mind and burden of karmas, it has to go an evolutionary process, until it is totally inmaculate, and fit to go and merge into it's origin: Wahiguru Akal Purukh, or Satnam.
There are no other states, either one is with Wahiguru, and is free, or, one is without Wahiguru and imprisoned in the creation, going roundabout in the cycle of eighty four : "chaurasee ka chakar".
Just as iron is attracted to the magnet, in the same way, the soul's attraction is always towards Akal Purukh, but the pull depends on the rust that the piece of iron may have on it, the lesser the rust, the stronger the force, of the pull from the magnet, untill that piece is totally free from rust .... then it moves like a bullet, due to the pulling force of the magnet, and attaches itself to the magnet. So the pull of the magnet is always with the same force, but the response of the piece of iron depends on it's purity.
From all this elaboration, some things are cleared.
1st, with the soul/ray of light of Satnam, into some body, there is always life.
2nd), when that soul leaves that body, that body, dies, decays, and discomposes, thus all the 5 lifeless creative elements, go and merge into their origin.
3rd) then the soul, has two options, either goes to the cycle of eighty four, according to the karmas performed, and continue it's cleaning process, or either it goes with the speed of a bullet shot from a gun, back to it's origin, the infinte Sun(Satnam).
There are no intermediate states, neither any soul wants that, to be away even for a second, from Wahiguru.
Once the soul leaves a particular body, that body becomes inert and lifeless, like the rest of the things. This light or soul, can not enter and permeate objects like stones, paper, ink, iron, plastic, glass, etc. Anything in this creation, made out of the five creative elements(earth, water, fire, air and ether), is perishable. Even our bodies are thus perishable, but it is the soul in it, the life force consciousness in it, which makes the difference. If a soul can not enter in stone , paper, or water ... how and why should we think, that Wahiguru Himself as a Satguru, is going to establish Himself in them.
Do we ever realize, how we are being manipulated from the so called gyanis, and others ..... by keeping us away, from the truth described in the Granth Sahib? The truth has been hidden, with rituals, symbols, other customs, etc, and given the name of religion falsely, and so, our attention is drawn outside from the inner reality, which is Nam or Shabad, which is Wahiguru. The thing is, we have been brought up and grown up, with these manipulations, so we have taken them for real.
Thus we find it strange if someone tells us the truth, as per the Bani. We go the extent, by calling them frauds and thieves, when they just draw our attention to the unique reality in the Granth Sahib, which is Wahiguru and His Nam, that is it all, we do not need anything apart from this, as Wahiguru and His Nam are real and eternal, everything else is perishable, thus not worthy of our love and devotion.
How can we even think, that a level of consciousness like Wahiguru, forget insects, plants, birds, or animals, will go and permeate and abide in inmate objects? Those objects and things, which are nor meant nor prepared to contain that divinity in them. We have to be really mentally handicaped, in beleiving so.
But, let us be fair to those who believe so, thay are not be blamed, it is totally His will, as the Bani says, to some He brings them near, to some He sends them apart, man does nothing. So if He wants the creation to continue, naturally imperfections have to continue also, it is not that easy at all to understand and follow Gurmat, the real teachings of the Gurus, which we have totally distorted and manipulated, to the extent, that Wahiguru is the only object of worship, but we have intoduced hundreds of other things, and chained ourselves in this creation; real Gurmukhs will only, and only talk of love and devotion to Akal Purukh....but we have gone astray, and made our interpretations, rituals, ceremonies, dogmas, symbols, slogans, politics, terrorism, fanatism...so naturally we shall be drowned in this creation, or where else do we expect to go?
One more thing, though His ray of light is the same in all beings, but in a some few of them, it shines more, that is because they are pure from each pore, and these beings are known as Gurmukhs, Sants, Satgurus, Brahmgyanis. Their light is without any comparison, and is pure, we can feel it's divine effects, in their presence, they are the swaroop of Akal Purukh, full of love, full of Daya Meher, full of Bakshish....they are one in comunion with His will, His Mauj.
Having their Darshan, is like a man dying of thirst, feels relieved, if given a glass of water ...in their company, once again, we gain knowledge of our real self, then we try to go back to our origin, in the vehicle, of Nam, given as Gurparsad by them.
As we have seen , these Gurmukhs, come for a limted period of time, for a particular task of collecting those wadbhagee jeevas, marked by Akal Purukh, to be brought back to Him. Then this process goes on, souls go on arriving to their reapend state of purity, by that time Wahiguru has once again sent someone as a Gurmukh, to go and collect those souls, this has to go on endlessly, until there are souls left in the creation, He can not be unfair to those, who like us, are still here, in this Mayavee Bhavsagar .
And as said before, once the covering of different bodies are removed from the soul, if it is totally pure, it runs back to Wahiguru, and becomes one with it, like a drop of water in the Ocean, then there is no distinction. Distinction is there, as long there is body and mind, but once freed from these, one becomes one with the Ocean, this is the greatness of Wahiguru.
Or has anybody traced the drop, once it has merged in the Ocean?
If not so, how can, and where do we suppose Gurmukhs keep themselves, once they leave our physicall plane? Are they in some other place than Wahiguru, and not one with Him? Where is Guru Nanak? Where is Guru Angad Dev? Where is Guru Amar Das, and the remaing 7 Guru Sahibans? Where is Kabir Sahib? Where is Sant Nam Dev? Are they waiting for us at some particular place? And what for? The answer is, they have all merged back in Wahiguru, and become one with Him. They emerged from Him, for a limited time, for a particular purpose of giving the Gurprasad of Nam, to those jeevas of their time, marked by Wahiguru...and merged back in Wahiguru. Their Jot or light, was from and of Wahiguru, and so they merged back in that Supreme light, Wahiguru. Their real swaroop was of Shabad,of Nam. The gross bodies are not real Satgurus ... the physical bodies are just vehicles to express themselves to us, to tell us the mahima, the wadiayee, the katha of Wahiguru, so that the flame of love for Wahiguru is kindled in us, and one day becomes that much big fire, that we are consumed in His Love and Devotion, through Nam Bhakti.
They can not tie or keep themselves, in lifeless things, like paper, stone, or metal....or any of the perishable things made out of the 5 elements. The Jot in them, goes and blends in the Jot of Wahiguru, in Sach Khand. If we think, that when we shall reach Wahiguru, we shall see all these Gurmukhs sitting in His Darbar....then, sorry to say ......we are deeply ignorants. Only Wahiguru exists. Everything has emerged from Wahiguru, and in Wahiguru they have to return, and be one with Him. If we think, we shall retain our identities, then, we are still manmukhs, not fit to be one with Him.
Individual personality is due to the wicked mind...once the mind is conquered ....the pure soul, merges in Wahiguru. Who wants to be away and be a separate identity from Satnam? Kal was such a jeev....and we all know ... he was thrown away from Sach Khand. Do we also want to thrown away from Satpurukh?
No.
Then, why do we not understand, that Wahiguru is the only cause for all beings....why do we not understand, that these Gurmukhs, once they leave this earth plane, they merge themselves in Akal Purukh? Why do we cling on so many things, depend on them, to show that we belong to such or such dharma? This is all created by the mind of the evil manmukhs among us.
Our Guru Sahibans have only given importance to Wahiguru, and love and devtion for Him, through His Gurmukhs...that is it all about ...is it that difficult?
Only Nam bhakti will take us to His Dargah. And if we do not do this, we have done nothing.
It is all our agyanta, if we think so.
Wah, wah Saache Badshah ... bless us with the company of yours Saints, your Gurmukhs, so that we can apply their dhoor on our forehead and be worthy of your love and devtion.