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  1. It's been a month now, and I'd like to share some things I noticed because of the advice of the sangat in the hopes that it may help someone who felt like I did at the time of writing the original post Simran is being aware of waheguru ji that they are here right now and staying in this awareness of truly feeling their presence and remembering their qualities is to do their simran. Through doing the effort of jap, awareness of waheguru ji arises and you begin to feel waheguru ji is here right now. Or what also works is reading,doing vichar,listening and Singing waheguru ji's praises/qualities.It starts to bring some papi filled guy like me who's totally forgetten waheguru ji into their rememberance and the mind becomes aware of waheguru ji. Listening to the praises of Waheguru while feeling their presence, how could it be that by consciously remembering their praises/qualities that love for waheguru ji won't arise. Remembering Waheguru ji's praises are so great that it will melt this stone heart and love will begin to seap through.Actually the reason it's so hard to feel this love is because there's so much poison within from the sins committed that the mind totally forgets waheguru ji. Without any awareness of waheguru ji's presence how can one expect to feel love. How can you love something you can't even remember. Well, the first step is to begin to remember, through jap and singing praises. Slowly and steadily, singing their praises with their grace, love will sprout and will burn away the weight of many sins from the mind, making it more pure, making it easier to find this love and easier to connect to waheguru ji. In Bani, it is emphasized so much to sing the gun of vaheguru ji and gurbani itself is full of praises of waheguru ji and is the praise of waheguru ji aswell. Every name used for waheguru ji is their quality/praise it's amazing.How do you even begin to remember the infinite one with infinite qualities and infinite praises,the one without any form and yet infinite forms? It's through their praise/gun. There is no beginning or end to their qualities and to their praise but I never understood most of the meanings of these qualities and virtues in gurbani until I started reading english translations alongside bani. Even if I did,the feeling of presence that waheguru ji is infront me and everywhere wouldnt be there. I noticed a huge difference especially with Jaap sahib, it is so amazing when you take some time to understand and do vichar of the meaning and it becomes simran. For so long,I'd be just reading nitnem banis without much understanding. Now, I sometimes I feel lightweight when reading bani/gurmantar jap in this way. I also feel something down near the center my chest, like something is going up and down.Any idea of what this might be,should I try doing anything with it or just leave it be and observe next time?Listening to ragis who do kirtan with love like bhai harjinder singh srinagar wale,bhai lakhwinder singh etc helps so much and I notice these things happen more when listening to kirtan and doing vichar of the shabad together. I also don't feel miserable and frustrated like how I used to feel near the time of writing this post. Things are better since then thanks to the grace of the sangat.I honestly would've never discovered any of this in the past month without the guidance from sangat here. I am so grateful for this virtual sangat.
  2. Complete 160 Malas daily of Ram (Nam); 40 Malas if Ram is recited four times on each bead Can I jap gurmantar here instead of ram. So 240 malas of gurmantar daily?
  3. In gurbani in japji sahib it says that to clean your mind of sins use the love of naam. My questions about this true love are 1. Where does this love well up from? Is vaheguru ji generating this love through jap of their naam, or is their name this love itself and is their form this love? Within this past week while doing simran and focusing on the gurmantar this love springs up. Sometimes a little bit sometimes a little more but not enough where that love floods the mind and the mind absorbs itself in that love and cleans itself, which leads to the next question. 2.How do I increase this love for waheguru ji? Sometimes when doing simran I feel like I am just mechanically chanting this mantar and am not really remembering vaheguru ji from the inside with love. I cant evoke this love from inside myself sometimes for all the sessions throughout the day and I get sad sometimes and cry and just ask waheguru ji to increase this love because theres nothing I can do get this love, its only their grace.If theres no love inside, how can I say I am a sikh of the guru. I feel so dead inside. If theres no love then nothing changes, the mind isnt getting cleaner and then it can never get closer to vaheguru. Only recently this last week after 2 months of doing 2-4 hours of simran a day am i starting to feel this love. How do I keep this love from disappearing and how do I keep growing this love as fast as I can. I finally feel some hope.I am trying to interact with more love towards everyone in my family in this lockdown and at the same time trying to ask inside if this pleasing to you waheguru ji at every interaction. Please sangat ji help this broken paapi on this path.
  4. I had a funny experience the other day and was wondering if this was connected to naam simran. I did a few hours of simran some at amritvela and some in the afternoon. Then later at dinner i was eating roti with family and i felt this uncontrollable urge to laugh. All of a sudden this feeling of happiness and need to laugh just hit hard and it was quiet so no one was saying or doing anything any funny. I tried holding it in but a smile broke on my face and everyone was curious and surprised and were like whats happening and whats so funny. I couldnt hold it in and started laughing so hard and everyone was a little confused and they started laughing a little seeing me laugh hard like a crazy man while they were still trying to figure out why i was laughing. I had no explanation and i couldnt speak without my own laughing interrupting. Maybe for a good minute i just kept laughing and pausing to breathe in so i could laugh more. After a minute it sarted to come under control and i was able to respond a little clearly. I just told them it was nothing a few times because I have absolutely no idea. The feeling just hit and I never had a experience like that before. There were a few times where something would pop into my head and just make me smile but not laugh and outburst as I did. Has the sangat had any similar experience, or maybe some explanation. I am really curious.
  5. From Sri Guru Nanak Chamatkar- https://www.vidhia.com/Bhai Veer Singh Ji/Sri Guru Nanak Chamatkar (Part 1)_English-Bhai Vir Singh.pdf I found this beautiful and wished to share. Brahmin: You have said, 'Remembering the Name'. We were already remembering the Name. Even the Panda was remembering the Name. Then, we were guilty, but again, you have asked us to remember the Name. Guru: You were not remembering the Name. You were in a misgiving. Reciting the name for fifteen minutes or half an hour, how is it remembrance? Brahmin: Is reciting the Lord's name not Name? Guru: You recite the Lord's name. But you should have love for the Lord, whose name you recite. Brahmin: How? Guru: Before Name, first you have faith that 'He is there'. You think that 'He is there'. In this seen and unseen world, He lives, but cannot be seen. He is formless but He is 'all pervading'. He is the almighty Lord. He is the Supreme soul. We are also a soul. The Lord is not like earth. He is a living strength, a living Supreme soul. His actions, His thoughts, His ways, only He knows, because they are not like us. The waves of flight cannot be like earth. Page 311 www.sikhbookclub.com 302 SRI GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR (VOL -I) He is the Supreme soul. We have a small soul in our body. If our small soul meets the Supreme soul, then, our small soul will become enlightened and we will remain in blossom. Otherwise, like an extinguished lamp, we will be in low spirits and the seen worldly desires will keep us in suffering. So, we should not remain in the forgetfulness of the Supreme soul. That is our prime religion. You understand the Supreme soul as the Lord and His name as Name. So, you should have love of the Lord while reciting His name. You aim that the Name we are reciting is of the omnipresent Lord. Now you think, when you name anyone, then, is your attention not drawn to the person? So, attention is the essence in the world. Wherever, you give attention, the work is done. Where the attention is gone, that work does not get through. The ploughman gives attention to plough and ox. He ploughs. A student gives attention to his education, then, he gets educated. But our attention does not rise above the seen world. We have to recite the Lord's name with love, so that our attention goes towards Him. So, the entire endeavour in drawing the attention of the mind from the seen world to the Lord is Name. When the attention is drawn towards the Lord's recitation, then, the incessant attention is called Name. This incessant attention gives a sensation of the Lord's name in the mind and gives ecstasy. The Lord's grace gives rapture. This is Name. In this way, dyed in the love of the Lord, one sees the Lord everywhere, in nature, in flowers and plants, allover. This is Name. Turning the attention from the seen world up to reaching the Lord and getting dyed in His love, we call it Name. Name is not repetition only. Name is repetition, recitation, remembrance, and sensation. Name is life. Name is grace. Name is body soul meeting the Supreme soul. Name is love, devotion, sensation, ecstasy and rapture. When we say Name, we see a heavenly light in recitation of 'Lord' by the tongue. We feel the sensation of the Lord in the mind, heart and body cells and get immersed in the love of the Lord in exuberance. Name is our attention towards the Lord and grace from the Lord. His showering of love, sensation, ecstasy and exuberance, this is Name. Page 312 www.sikhbookclub.com 303SRI GURU NANAKCHAMATKAR (VOL-I) So now, you can judge the difference between what Name you were saying and this Name. Brahmin: You are great. You have awakened my sleep. I thought, saying the Name with the tongue is like chatting, so that people listen and say, he is a saint. Then, I thought, the mouth should be shouting, the tongue should be moving, the teeth should be moving and the beads should be moving in the hands for a few minutes, is Name. Now, I understand that it is no use reciting by the tongue. Guru: Again, you are mistaken. Recitation by the tongue is fruitful. Recitation is the function of the tongue. The tongue recites the words. The Name is also words. o dear, you understand everything again. Name is awaken-ness of the soul. The mind is enticed by the worldly desires and is in lifelessness. Awakening the mind and then remaining in that awaken-ness is Name. The body whether it is sleeping or awake has no meaning. The mind rises from the lifeless intoxication of worldly desires to soul awaken-ness and lives in the sensation of the presence of the Lord in his body. But the beginning is from 'the recitation of Name by the tongue'. Brahmin: Then, you tell my mistake, so that I understand properly. Guru: Your mistakes are two, one before this and one after. Before Name, you have to imbibe faith in the Lord. First, the Lord, then, Name and then, Lord. In the beginning is the Lord. In the end is the Lord. In between is Name. First, you have to listen to the praises of the Lord that He is the creator. He gives nourishment. He loves everybody. He loves that you live with him. He is always living. By meeting Him, we will get eternal happiness. To reach Him is our life's aim. To live with Him in this life is, our treading on the religious path. But we are in suffering. The cause of this suffering is, that we are living in the forgetfulness of the Lord. Everybody wishes to be happy and for that he tries to find happiness in the worldly desires and therefore, remains in suffering. The worldly desires are opposite of 'Remembrance of the Lord'. They are 'forgetfulness of the Lord'. The worldly desires are creating a distance between our inner self and the Lord. The true happiness is in 'Remembrance of the Lord'. When one wishes for true happiness, then, one turns his mind from worldly desires and tries to reach the Lord. When, one wishes to meet the Lord, then, one tries to Page 313 www.sikhbookclub.com ·304 SRI GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR (VOL -I) understand the goodness and the praises of the Lord. One tries to understand the goodness of the Lord, because one cannot see the Lord, He, being formless. So, he thinks of the goodness of the Lord and forms an image of the gracious Lord in his mind and makes an aim to turn his attention to His name. So, your first mistake is, that you start saying His name without first understanding the goodness and graciousness of the Lord and without making an aim to tum your attention from the seen worldly desires towards the Lord. You have not imbibed the love of the Lord in your mind. With what devotion, you say the Name? First, you have faith and love of the Lord in your mind. Then, 'Recite the Name'. Think that He is the creator and He gives the nourishment. While reciting, make an endeavor that you are living in His presence and you have full faith in Him. Brahmin yogi: Alright. It is fine (swaying his head). Then, once we have turned our mind and thoughts towards the Lord, then, what is the need for recitation by the tongue? Guru: This is a point to note. If the remembrance of the Lord, Le. 'He is present' remains in the mind always or the attention towards Him, remains always, and you are in 'praise and love of the Lord' always, and you are getting a sensation of the Lord in your mind and body incessantly, then, it is fine, the Name will settle in the breath. But, 0 saint, this does not happen unless there is immense blessing. We do understand that 'He is present' and 'He is the creator and Saviour' and it is our aim to meet him, but we forget. Our mind does not get turned from worldly desires to the Lord at once. We may understand well but the mind does not deviate from worldly entanglements towards the Lord all the time. That is why we have to make an endeavor that the mind should not remain in forgetfulness. That endeavor, because we are a body, has to be a bodily effort. Now you understand that we have made one effort, that we understand well that 'He is there' and our aim is to turn our mind from the 'worldly desires' to 'remembrance of the Lord'. But the mind does not listen to us. So, we have to make an endeavor to turn this mind. Then we realize that the mind and body are influenced by each other. The mind gets the influence of the body, like, if you pluck potatoes with your hands the whole day, then, at night you will dream of potatoes. If the mind is sad and dejected then the body becomes lazy and weak. When we understand Page 314 www.sikhbookclub.com SRI GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR (VOL -I) 305 this, then we try to find the name of the formless God in words and put it on our tongue and we recite by the tongue: oLord, 0 Lord, 0 Lord, 0 Lord. WaheGuru, WaheGuru, WaheGuru, WaheGuru. When the tongue recites the Name, then it turns from the worldly things and its attention is drawn to the words 0 Lord, °Lord. WaheGuru, WaheGuru. Now, already we are in the understanding that 'He is there', He is present. He is 'all goodness'. He is the Saviour. He gives the nourishment. Already, we have made an aim to get engrossed in His remembrance. So, with this recitation, our mind immediately rises from the worldly desires and feels a sensation of the presence of the Lord in itself, Le. sublime consciousness. Recitation by the tongue is for this purpose only, that the bodily endeavor will make the mind rise and become sublime. Then, the mind rises further, immerses itself in the Lord's love and meets the Lord. Brahmin: 0, it's wonderful. Guru: Our entire attention is towards the bodily attractions. You see, almost eight hours, we sleep. This is for the body comfort. Another eight hours is gone, in job or work for earning. This keeps the attention in bodily occupation. Rest of the eight hours is spent in laughing, playing, entertainment, meeting friends. That also, keeps the attention in bodily occupation. So, all twenty-four hours are gone, in attention towards bodily occupations. You tell now, how and when should the mind turn its attention towards the Lord? Whether somebody is educated or not but his attention is all the time in bodily chores. So, the gist is, that the attention has to be turned from the bodily attractions by some bodily occupation, and that is 'recitation of Name' by the tongue. In this way, slowly, the mind is turned towards the 'all goodness' Lord and after sometime, automatically, the Name makes the mind sublime and the Name settles in the mind. Brahmin: Is yoga better than Name? Guru: There are many practices that take you towards the Lord. But for all of them, the requirement is to renounce the world. Everybody requires salvation. If everybody renounces the world, then, after some time, the world will finish. Page 315 www.sikhbookclub.com 306 SRI GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR (VOL-I) The world may finish is one thing. But the experiences that one gets from each other, they help a man in rising. By renouncing one becomes devoid of these experiences. Then, one becomes alone. If everybody goes to the forests, then, from where will anybody get food? So, it is not possible that everybody may go to the forest and do penances. In this way, everybody will die of hunger. So, the path should be such that one remains in the world, does the necessary worldly chores, and then tums the mind towards the Lord. Then, slowly, one gets more and more attracted to the Lord and finally gets immersed in His love. Then, he can do his work with his hands and the mind will be in the love of the Lord. This is the path of'recitation of the Lord's name with love'. We have called it Name. To be immersed in the Lord's love is not a meeting of two in-animate objects. It is life. It is awaken-ness of the soul. It is a meeting of the body soul with the Supreme soul. This is real life. The person who has perceived the Lord living in him is really living. Those who have not perceived the Lord in them are in lifelessness. Name is an incessant remembrance of the Lord in our mind and an incessant love of the Lord towards us. That is a living'sensation and exuberance.
  6. I want to start doing more simran in remembrance of the month of poh for the difficult times our panth faced. Hopefully I will feel more bairaag and prem. To this, can the sangat please give some places to start listening to katha of history leading up to battle of chamkaur sahib and after that.
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