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It is great that you are bringing forward old interesting posts, especially for people like me, who hasn't been a forum member for many years.
Thanks a lot
 
Bhul chuk maaf

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Kaival Mukhti is another name for jevan mukht and bedah mukht.

Veer ji here is Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji on the subject
 
https://m.soundcloud.com/gurmat-parchar/mukti

Book is called Jivan Kirane.

Gyani Kulwant Singh jee briefly explains when will one receive Anand (and its relation with Budhi).
 
 
Bhul chuk maaf

Beautiful explanation.
ਕਬੀਰ ਜਾ ਦਿਨ ਹਉ ਮੂਆ ਪਾਛੈ ਭਇਆ ਅਨੰਦੁ ॥ 
Kabīr jā ḏin ha▫o mū▫ā pācẖẖai bẖa▫i▫ā anand. 
Kabeer, on the day when i die(my mind dies), afterwards there shall be bliss. 
then the slok continues with...
ਮੋਹਿ ਮਿਲਿਓ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਆਪਨਾ ਸੰਗੀ ਭਜਹਿ ਗੋੁਬਿੰਦੁ ॥੬॥ 
Mohi mili▫o parabẖ āpnā sangī bẖajėh gobinḏ. ||6|| 
I shall meet with my Lord God. Those with me shall meditate and vibrate on the Lord of the Universe. ||6|| 
 
The highest form of anand. Comes with the highest form of awareness. 

Good find, will take a look in depth shortly.

wow just found the perfect answer for silver cord as per Gurbani:

Page 228, Line 18
ਡੋਲੁ ਬਧਾ ਕਸਿ ਜੇਵਰੀ ਆਕਾਸਿ ਪਤਾਲਾ ॥੬
Dol baḏẖā kas jevrī ākās paṯālā. ||6||
Like the bucket tied to the rope in the well, you are pulled up to the Akaashic Ethers, and then lowered down to the nether regions of the underworld. ||6||
Guru Nanak Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok

There are many references to rope....this might be the silver cord you are witnessing.
Search for rope and you will find many references.
enjoy

Agreed 100%

Lot of people, couples after some level of awakening reports decrease in sexual activity naturally as they are more connected with inner subject/seer/consciousness/atma/chaitna than outside object, but at the same time they also mention they live their life in harmony and in undivided way-everything is expression of life and consciousness (than personal ego I-claiming ownership) which means they are not divided within themselves with dilemma or doubts.

Yeah I'm not denying that bro. I even said the same thing in the asexuality thread. But to say it's a outright sin even in marriage, and that it's banned unless for procreation is kattarvaadi at it's finest, and not to mention has no basis.
This isn't Christian Victorian England. No need to be frigid and ashamed of sex.

This is verily a universal Truth.
But how do we get that bibek?  That Brahmgyan?
For as the Bani says: ekas bin sabh dandh hae.
This means apart from Him, no gyan is True gyan, thus ever possibly had.
So in order to get that real gyan, we have to go to the source of that true gyan and bliss, which is none other than He, Wahiguru Himself.
And, then how can we reach Him? Is it by pilgrimages, recitations, fastings, jap, tap, poojas, paath, or any other outer actions/karam/deeds?
Gurbani for that purpose gives us the solution beyond the reach of any  mind, it says:  jin Har japeeya, se Har hoeeya.
Forget any gyan sikh brothers/sisters, rather Guru Jee says, if we follow His instructions of that highest bhakti, we become Him.
What else is then left to be achieved? Nothing. Our braham has been broken into pieces, for we have become Brahmgyani, by merging our surtees in Him.
That is the beant wadeeayee of Gurbani.
Sat Sree Akal.

This is key Guru Maharaj updesh, as long as mortal thinks he/she is doer that causes further fragmentation/identification with separate I-personal ego I and separate desires and actions of personal I that further ensues karma be it good and bad that determines next birth, current life situations/birth.
 
This from Sant Jagjit Singh Harkhowale katha:
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Raag means-individualistic love/attachment/desires with ego, Dvaish- partiality/dualistic mind   From Avidya(ignorance that this jiv is separate) everything is born.   Here is the cycle-   From Avidya (ignorance this jiv is seperate) - ego is born.   From ahankar (ego) doership is born then- raag and dvaish is born   From Raag and Dvaish- karams are born   And from Karam, this individual jev(person) goes through cycle rebirth/reincarnation of seperations from Vahiguroo.     Here is Same cycle shown reversed in order to go back to our real self-     If one does not wish to have sorrow in future, have a genuine desire not be born seperated again from Vahiguroo.   If you have desire not be born seperated again from Vahiguroo, don't do karams with your individualistic mind affected with ego.   In order not to do karams with your individualistic mind- don't do raag dvaish.   In order not to do raag dvaish- rise above from egoistic mind.   In order not to have egoistic mind- learn internal bibek with buddhi(intellect). Buddhi(intellect-pure cognitve perception) other end is atma   In order to have true internal bibek, use bhramgyan(knowledge of real self) to destroy avidya.     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ang-278
ਜਬ ਇਹ ਜਾਨੈ ਮੈ ਕਿਛੁ ਕਰਤਾ ॥
जब इह जानै मै किछु करता ॥
Jab ih jānai mai kicẖẖ karṯā.
As long as this mortal thinks that he is the one who does things,
ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਗਰਭ ਜੋਨਿ ਮਹਿ ਫਿਰਤਾ ॥
तब लगु गरभ जोनि महि फिरता ॥
Ŧab lag garabẖ jon mėh firṯā.
he shall wander in reincarnation through the womb.

This is key Guru Maharaj updesh, as long as mortal thinks he/she is doer that causes further fragmentation/identification with separate I-personal ego I and separate desires and actions of personal I that further ensues karma be it good and bad that determines next birth, current life situations/birth.
 
This from Sant Jagjit Singh Harkhowale katha:
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Raag means-individualistic love/attachment/desires with ego, Dvaish- partiality/dualistic mind   From Avidya(ignorance that this jiv is separate) everything is born.   Here is the cycle-   From Avidya (ignorance this jiv is seperate) - ego is born.   From ahankar (ego) doership is born then- raag and dvaish is born   From Raag and Dvaish- karams are born   And from Karam, this individual jev(person) goes through cycle rebirth/reincarnation of seperations from Vahiguroo.     Here is Same cycle shown reversed in order to go back to our real self-     If one does not wish to have sorrow in future, have a genuine desire not be born seperated again from Vahiguroo.   If you have desire not be born seperated again from Vahiguroo, don't do karams with your individualistic mind affected with ego.   In order not to do karams with your individualistic mind- don't do raag dvaish.   In order not to do raag dvaish- rise above from egoistic mind.   In order not to have egoistic mind- learn internal bibek with buddhi(intellect). Buddhi(intellect-pure cognitve perception) other end is atma   In order to have true internal bibek, use bhramgyan(knowledge of real self) to destroy avidya.     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I also think it has to do with making Gurbani an ever-living philosophy. As soon as you write everything down, they die and become static and people evolve around the text instead of it's supposed meaning according to the time you're in. Sikhi is supposed to be a living and vital religion which to a certain degree adapts to time

This pure enlightened jot(knowledge/being/awareness) already exist in all of us, according to gurbani. Our mind have to quite/silence to experience it or abide it in and function through until it effort becomes effortless, until realization of that dawns.
ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥ गउड़ी महला ५ ॥ Ga▫oṛī mėhlā 5. Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
ਅਗਮ ਰੂਪ ਕਾ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਥਾਨਾ ॥ अगम रूप का मन महि थाना ॥ Agam rūp kā man mėh thānā. The Lord of Unfathomable Form has His Place in the mind.     Ang-603 ਮਨ ਰੇ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਛੋਡਿ ਚਉਥੈ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥ मन रे त्रै गुण छोडि चउथै चितु लाइ ॥ Man re ṯarai guṇ cẖẖod cẖa▫uthai cẖiṯ lā▫e. O mind, renounce the three qualities, and focus your consciousness on the fourth state.   ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਤੇਰੈ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਭਾਈ ਸਦਾ ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ हरि जीउ तेरै मनि वसै भाई सदा हरि के गुण गाइ ॥ रहाउ ॥ Har jī▫o ṯerai man vasai bẖā▫ī saḏā har ke guṇ gā▫e. Rahā▫o. The Dear Lord abides in the mind, O Siblings of Destiny; ever sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||Pause||

Having God in mind, means, to be focused on Him at all times as much as possible.
One may ask how can that be possible?  Well, we can easily have Him, through His chintan, His simran. By putting into action this jugtee, we stop the mind from wandering out constantly.
The thing is, we have to get filled more with Him, than the worldly maya. And this is only possible, by aiding, by putting within us the most precious wealth/dhan, and that is the one of His Nam simran. There is no other way to lessen maya or koor within us, except the one of His Nam, Wahiguru.
For only His power, can overpower, subdue and defeat man, maya and kal. 
Our reality as spiritual beings/souls, is the nature of us being particles of  the Infinite Ocean of Shabad, and thus, to merge in Him, is our sole goal in human life.
Just as in Anand Sahib, we have heard and read many a times, Nam jiskay man vaseeya, vajeh Shabd ganere.  Which means, in the minds of those where Nam is established firmly, through His Simran, we start being/getting aware of our True nature as His souls, and as the more we dedicate ourselves in the devotion of Nam Simran as pointed out thoroughly SGGS,  we start getting purified from all our impurities, karmas, vasnas, man, moh, vikars, only then we gain that much purity by His Grace at all times, that only and only then we are fit to merge and become one with Him.
That is His Beant wadeeayee, of letting us being engaged in the devotion of His Lotus Feet.
So finally, how did all this happen?
Well it all started, by having him in our mind, through His Simran.
Har simran meh Prabh Aap Nirankara.
Sat Sree Akal.
 

Good stuff
If we think of Nirankar as a huge sargun God figure, lets say with head, body and feet.  For us to experience God, we have to rise up to meet him and be at his upper head level in order to encounter his max grandeur entirety.  We are so distanced and lower down that the first part we can grab to take this climb is his charan. His charan are the most extreme and farthermost part of SATch that can reach us lowly earthlings! These charan are the ultimate part of Nirankaar that we may experience first. They are "Naam" and the anhad shabad itself.
We want to grab hold of this naam as if a ship, and let it carry us through maya and the turbulent bhavsagar. Hence, "Nanak naam jahaaz hai"
 
Gurbani tells us that we can only start getting purified once we start drinking the amrit that washes the layers off filth on our Mind. For this we need to be holding the shabad(charan)........
ਹਰਿ ਚਰਣੀ ਤੂੰ ਲਾਗਿ ਰਹੁ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੋਝੀ ਹੋਈ ॥
Har Charanee Thoon Laag Rahu Gur Sabadh Sojhee Hoee ||
So grasp the Lord's lotus feet; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, you shall come to understand
 
ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਰਸਨਾ ਚਾਖੁ ਤੂੰ ਤਾਂ ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਹੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Har Ras Rasanaa Chaakh Thoon Thaan Man Niramal Hoee ||1|| Rehaao ||
With your tongue, taste the sublime elixir of the Lord, and your mind shall be rendered immaculately pure. ||1||Pause||
 

Gurfateh
I came across this interesting discussion and translation of one of the banis outside the Guru Granth Sahib. It has a heavy political focus on how to administer justice as a ruler and is regarded as advice for a particular opressive ruler from the Middle East by Guru Nanak'
 
http://www.academia.edu/20313114/Nasīhatanāmā_By_Dr_Kamalroop_Singh_Akali_Nihang_

Brilliant!
Here are a few pointers:
Remove your shoes
Cover your head, bandana will do (no hats, caps). If you're feeling brave try a turban lol!
Wash your hands
Make sure your feet are not pointing towards the focal point i.e The Guru (or any religious imagery etc)
Although many non-Sikhs do not greet the Guru by bowing down, you should really. For example when you meet royalty across the world, there is protocol in how you greet them. This applies to Guru Sahib as well. Here's a picture of roughly what the correct procedure is:

Give a small (anonymous) monetary donation, how much ever you feel comfortable with. Even 1 Pence will do.
Accept communion (Karah Prasaad), which is universal in Sikhi. Ask for a little if you are unsure.
Take in the atmosphere!
Try to have langar (free meal), again take as much as you need.
The tie is not necessary, in fact I would leave it off. I have been asked to remove it when having a prayer recited for me in the past. Although it's up to you, there's nothing barring you from wearing one per se.
 
Come back again!! The Guru's house will always be open to you!!
 
 

This is key Guru Maharaj updesh, as long as mortal thinks he/she is doer that causes further fragmentation/identification with separate I-personal ego I and separate desires and actions of personal I that further ensues karma be it good and bad that determines next birth, current life situations/birth.
 
This from Sant Jagjit Singh Harkhowale katha:
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Raag means-individualistic love/attachment/desires with ego, Dvaish- partiality/dualistic mind   From Avidya(ignorance that this jiv is separate) everything is born.   Here is the cycle-   From Avidya (ignorance this jiv is seperate) - ego is born.   From ahankar (ego) doership is born then- raag and dvaish is born   From Raag and Dvaish- karams are born   And from Karam, this individual jev(person) goes through cycle rebirth/reincarnation of seperations from Vahiguroo.     Here is Same cycle shown reversed in order to go back to our real self-     If one does not wish to have sorrow in future, have a genuine desire not be born seperated again from Vahiguroo.   If you have desire not be born seperated again from Vahiguroo, don't do karams with your individualistic mind affected with ego.   In order not to do karams with your individualistic mind- don't do raag dvaish.   In order not to do raag dvaish- rise above from egoistic mind.   In order not to have egoistic mind- learn internal bibek with buddhi(intellect). Buddhi(intellect-pure cognitve perception) other end is atma   In order to have true internal bibek, use bhramgyan(knowledge of real self) to destroy avidya.     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hukam according to the Faridkot Teeka is:
ਪੁਰਸੁ (ਰਜਾਈ) ਅਕਾਲ ਪੁਰਖ ਕੇ ਹੁਕਮ ਮੇ ਚਲੇ ਅਰਥਾਤ ਦੁਖੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਮੈਂ ਭਾਣਾ 
Sahib Singh says does'nt explain what hukam means per se.
 

Stated another way, Hukam is the present moment.
In simple words, Hukam is the here and now.
 
From Jap ji Sahib -
"How can one realize the truth that all is impermanent?
By staying with the current of the eternal present moment one can recognize things for what they truly are.
What is the eternal present moment?
The eternal present moment cannot be stated, you can only be with it. But know that it is in the present moment in which things take form, in which living beings come to life, in which greatness is obtained, in which one becomes high or low, in which pleasure and pain is received. Everything is happening inside this eternal moment, there is nothing outside of it."
http://www.sikhiart.com/guru-nanak-dev-ji-flow-with-the-hukam/