SunnySingh

On 6/15/2022 at 2:45 PM, HARMEET SINGH CHUGGA said:

In rehras we read , "soo daar tera kaha so ghar kaha jiin bhai sarabh samala".

So how he does caring of all (sarabh samala)  ?

If i am not wrong  he does the "sarabh samala" thing with his hukam ( law of nature) 

Am i right?

Let,s see your quote as per Bani:

ਸੋ ਦਰੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਕੇਹਾ ਸੋ ਘਰੁ ਕੇਹਾ ਜਿਤੁ ਬਹਿ ਸਰਬ ਸਮਾਲੇ ॥

So Dhar Thaeraa Kaehaa So Ghar Kaehaa Jith Behi Sarab Samaalae ||

सो दरु तेरा केहा सो घरु केहा जितु बहि सरब समाले ॥

Where is That Door of Yours, and where is That Home, from where You take care of all?

From my point of view, if we carefully pay attention to the verse presented by you, it is asking Him, about His place of residence, His Home and the path or door to enter for the sole purpose of being leaded to Him.

Well, we all know He, Akal Purukh, Nirankar,  is in Sach Khand at all times. The door leading to Him, the door(not physical but spiritual) is the one located between our 2 eyes in the forehead.

By Simran, we enter through it.

Then from there on, we board on the plane/ jahaaz of Nam alone, to reach our Nijh Ghar.

And finally by reaching there the true Home of our Father, we ( all those wadbhagee jeevas who abide by the words of Guru Jee of doing the right bhakti of Nam Simran) get all His care and love there.

6 hours ago, HARMEET SINGH CHUGGA said:

Q1)now , kindly also tell about  A to Z of ardas , why we do etc..

Q2)my question is " if hukam ( law of nature )  is maintaing all the activities of the world "  then what will ardas do?

A1) First of all, Ardas, is a prayer to God.

And the main  purpose of Ardas is for seeking Divine grace, not just for oneself but for all. It is also for thanking God for the heritage that makes the Sikh proud and yet humble.

Ardas as such, is thus not for asking things from the Almighty Lord, for asking for any other things from the Lord but not the Lord Himself alone, could be  a very big mistake from man´s side.

As seen in the following verse of Fifth Patshahee

ਵਿਣੁ ਤੁਧੁ ਹੋਰੁ ਜਿ ਮੰਗਣਾ ਸਿਰਿ ਦੁਖਾ ਕੈ ਦੁਖ ॥

Vin Thudhh Hor J Manganaa Sir Dhukhaa Kai Dhukh ||

To ask for any other than You, Lord, is the most miserable of miseries.

Why does Guru Jee advises to ask the Lord only from the Lord?

The answer is, all things in our lives are got by our karam or the law of karma, and the law of karma is also an aspect of His Hukum or call it Will, which can not be modified or altered. 

People ignorantly and foolishly believe, that by pledging, crying, complaining, or shouting at Him, we can make Him change His Hukum for our benefit.

Many a times we take Him as a corrupt politician, by thinking if I please Him by doing this or that so many times, or giving Him some presents, or eatbles, flowers, walking so many miles/kilometers in a particular direction, or whatsoever one may think..... then, He may change His mind and let my will be done, not HIS.....

Is that not being a big fat fool?

All karmas are consequences of our very own past karmas. 

For example, if one has sown chllies, but when time comes to reap the fruit, one says  no, I do not want chillies but mangoes.

Can that be possible?

No amount of prayers, can change the fruits of the seeds already planted; and if such is the case at our physical level, how come we can expect to think, that by doing so and so, I will avoid so and so karmas.... and I will make the Creator change His laws as per my wishes.... in truth human ignorance and insanity has no limits.

On the other side, those who really know Him and know themselves, such as Gurmukhs, Guru Sahiban, Bhagat Jan, Sant Jan ....whenever they come at our level, teach us to learn to live in His will, His Hukum or Bhaana ...

Satguru Fifth Pathshahee said: Tera Bhaana meetha laagay.

Let us be frank, did He not know what was going to happen(suffering/tortures) to Him even before even coming at our level as a human being?

The answer is, yes He did know.

Then, even if by knowing all that was going to happen with Him, had He not the powers to change the course of those events?

The answer is, yes He did have all the powers of Waheguru.

Yet He did nothing.  Why?

Because He wanted to show us fools, that in spite of Himself being the Creator of everything, He respects His established laws. He does not break the rules(Hukum), created by Him. He is not corrupted, nor greedy, neither can anybody ever bribe Him in any way.

So, we may ask, should we not ask Him for help in times of pain and distress? The answer is yes, we may ask, but knowing everything happens by His unbreakable and unchangeable Hukum, all we can ask for is, to give us inner strength, to attach us with His Name, in order to face and overcome those moments, for we humans are truly fragile and spiritually very weak.

But in spite of our ignorance and weakness, if we turn our faces towards Him, we shall get His Light in those our turbulent and dark moments, though I am quite conscious, that this is all easily said rather than done, but no matter, we have to make ourselves strong,  by strongly holding only  His Name at all times.

But all this does not happen just suddenly. Just as we learn to swim when needed, not that suddenly we are thrown into a river, and then try to swim.

Similarly, we have to attach ourselves to His Name so much, by so much constant repetition, that we are so deeply absorbed in Him, that come whatever it may in our way, that we will not notice it or feel it.

It is like being above the clouds, so when there are rainfalls, we shall not get wet not drown by floods.... 

Everything is training, nothing is by chance, so is our devotion towards Him also .... practice....practice and more practice .... the practice of the repetition without cease  of His holy Name (Waheguru/Satnam).

A2)  If Ardas done in the right manner as seen above, it will help us to stay happy at times in His will, there will be no complaints, but just acceptance, for now we know that all that happens is for a cause, not by chance, nor it is wrong...

First the destiny was made, then accordingly , we came into the bodies.

Well brother, regarding  your questions in the post above, these are my 2 humble cents as answers to them.

THE BODY IS LIKE A DREAM,
WHEN THE BODY ITSELF IS UNREAL,
THEN ALL THINGS OF THIS WORLD
ARE UNREAL
NAM ALONE IS TRUE
HOLD FAST TO IT.

Respect the "No"

Once, a Bird searched for a Home to lay her Eggs and Shelter in the Rainy Season.

In her Search, She saw Two Trees,
 and She went to ask for Protection.
 
When She asked the First Tree,
 It refused to give her Shelter.

With Disappointment,
 She went to the Second Tree.
And the Second Tree agreed.
 
She made her Home and laid her Eggs, and then the Rainy Season arrived.

The Rain was so heavy that the first Tree fell and was carried away by the Flood.
 
The Bird saw this and,
 in a taunting way, said:
 ”See, this is your Karma,
 you didn’t offer me Shelter, and
now God has given you the Punishment.”
 
The Tree smiled for the last time and said :
”I knew I’m not going to survive this Rainy Season.
 That’s why I refused you.
I didn’t want to risk your and your Children’s lives.“
 
The Bird had tears as She now knew Why She and the Kids were alive !
 
Moral :

1. We should  not always consider someone’s "NO"as their Arrogance

2. You don’t know the whole picture.

3. Respect others' Decision
 whether it is in your favor or not.

4. We get so involved in our Problems that we forget to view the other person’s point.

5. Without even trying to understand the Motive,we make our Judgments.

6. We should Never Judge others by their “No” because we
 don’t know their Story.

7. You don’t know what good is hidden for you behind it.

Always Respect the "NO."
Pause, and think about it deeply before you pass any Judgments about it in your Mind.

Can mantras be chanted silently? 

By Devala Rees

 

 

“Drink water from the spring where horses drink. The horse will never drink bad water.

Lay your bed where the cat sleeps. Eat the fruit that has been touched by a worm.

Boldly pick the mushroom on which the insects sit. Plant the tree where the mole digs.

Build your house where the snake sits to warm itself.

Dig your fountain where the birds hide from the heat. Go to sleep and wake up at the same time with the birds – you will reap all of the days' golden grains.

Eat more green – you will have strong legs and a resistant heart, like the beings of the forest.

Swim often and you will feel on earth like the fish in the water.

Look at the sky as often as possible and your thoughts will become light and clear.

Be quiet a lot, speak little – and silence will come in your heart, and your spirit will be calm and full of peace.”

Saint Seraphim of Sarov

Nature is talking to you, are you listening?

Also known as the “Sea Nomads” these people have been living semi-aquatic lives for thousands of years. Almost their entire lives revolve around the ocean.

These people are constantly diving and thus holding their breath. This has lead to several evolutionary novelties in these people which are adaptation for diving in the ocean.

An increased spleen size due to genetic mutations in PDE10A in these people acts as an oxygen reservoir so they can hold their breath longer.

Mutations in the gene BDKRB2 also increases peripheral vasoconstriction helping the body preferentially oxygenate important parts of the body like the brain while diving.

Mutations in the gene FAM178B (which might have evolved via adaptive introgression from Denisovan interbreeding) help maintain regular pH in the bloodstream to prevent carbon accumulation during diving, variants of PDE10A help regulation of smooth muscle contraction including ones near the spleen, and variants of CACNA1A are involved in the regulation of the release of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate and the response to hypoxic conditions.

Essentially this group of people has evolved to become extremely resistant to hypoxia because of selection pressures from regularly diving.

So yes, it is very possible for a lineage of human exposed to aquatic environments to develop adaptations for swimming.

Not just possible because as you can see here it is happening before our very eyes. Because humans still evolve, we never stopped.

Though not likely a single family of diving people led to it, because inbreeding tends to lead to extinction.

10 hours ago, HARMEET SINGH CHUGGA said:

My name is harmeet singh , 22 year old , is here anyone intrested in gurbani discussion .

I have many questions , one of them is " in sohella sahib we read that time of death is fixed " , i am unable to understand it . I have  many more question . Kindly email me harmeetsinghchugga@gmail.com so we can discuss about gurbani.

SSA Harmeet Bro,

Welcome.

I suggest you to ask your questions here on the forum openly, for there is no shame in asking,  nor there is anything to hide by asking questions about Gurbani or spirituality; in this way, you may get a wide range of answers from the sangat here who will gladly answer your queries.

By the email way, I think only some fewer may contact you.

So come on Bro, please feel comfortable ask freely.

“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”
― Albert Einstein

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On 6/3/2022 at 9:42 PM, Free123 said:

Brother I have read lots. I am Sikh. You mentioned Ramana Maharishi: I have listened him too.  The truth is mind attacks back. When you sit in Sunn (Silent Awareness), it start saying there is nothing here, Now what? 

 

SSA Free 123, please go through this wonderful post by brother Amardeep, though it is quite old (2009) yet it is full of knowledge, which somehow I feel, it can clear many of your questions, for it deals with the Creator, Trinity, Shakti,  mind, soul, higher entities, 84 lakhs of species, and a whole lot of related stuff... it is just fantastically amazing .... please just go through it slowly, if needed read it as many times as needed... it is just mind blowing, how Satpurkh has created this infinite creation from our point of view.

Maybe it could be a bit difficult to grasp it all, yet, it is delightful in it... somewhere in this thread, it states that without a Pooran Satguru/Shabad Guru within as a guide to the soul/jeev atma, it is impossible to reach Sach Khand, for there are creations upon creations, each more fascinating, and if there is not someone with us who has treaded that path, we are just lost in the cycle of 84.

Many many things in this thread by Amardeep maybe are out of our mental level now, but as we mature spiritually, we come to understand better all the contents, for in the end, it tells us, how to take hold on only one eternal Truth to get mukti in spite of being in this Mahabhavsagar: Satnam.

Enjoy.

2 hours ago, Free123 said:

Brother I have read lots. I am Sikh. You mentioned Ramana Maharishi: I have listened him too.  The truth is mind attacks back. When you sit in Sunn (Silent Awareness), it start saying there is nothing here, Now what? 

 

Firsrtly sorry bro, I have not mentioned  Ramana Maharishi in my post above, right?

And secondly, the mind is used to be in constant noise, and its job is to stop the soul to cross from the mayavee realms, to the one of Sach-Truth, Chit- Pure Consciousness and Anand-Bliss, the plane of ultimate Truth, namely Sach Khand.

So the mind will disturb you sometimes with doubts, other times with the weapons of mighty Panj Chor....it will play all sort of tricks to knock you down, and keep your attention so much distracted and busy, that not even in dreams could one think of going back to our Nijh Ghar, Sach Khand.

Bro, our problem is that we are dumb and fools, and we think we all by ourselves can defeat the mind and reach back home.

The Bani says:

Baah pakad Gur kadeeya.

Mat koee bharam bhoolay sansaar, bin Satgur koee na utrae paar.

Bin Satgur kinay na paayo.

Bin Satgur kinay na paaya.

At each step, Gurbani stresses to get hold on to Satguru if only one wants to defeat the mind and cross the Mahabhavsagar.

Each one tries different methods/techniques and paths all by himself/herself...thinking that by doing so, as seen and hear others doing, we too fully try those things, forgetting that, the power is in the words/teachings/hands of Guru Jee, not in the manmat of the people.

People read and listen the Gurbani as parrots, without paying attention to what it is telling us to do.

The real wonderful effects of the Bani is by putting it in action to what we read or listen, not otherwise.

So, it is by taking refuge at the holy Feet of Satguru, that we get the protection,  the guidance from its Jot, and in His company not even the boss (Kaal Purukh)of the mind dares come near the jeev atma/soul, to harras or trouble it.

If for as simple as going from the UK to USA, we need a pilot and a vessel to take us, so how the hell can we think of going to Sach Khand all by ourselves.

Are we so mad, so dumb or stupid?

When even the heavenly beings, trinities, incarnations, devis, devtays are misled and trapped by the mind for not having Satguru's grace and guidance....and on the contrary we are lucky enough by being born as "sikhs" of the Guru, yet we do not at all follow what it really tells us to do, in order to get freed forever and go back to our true home in Sach Khand.

BIN NAVEY NAHIN KOU THAAO.

JIN HAR JAPEEYA SE HAR HOEEYA.

PRABH KA SIMRAN SABTEY OOCHAA.

PRABH KA SIMRAN GARB NA BASEH.

So you see, Gurbani clearly points out only the simran or jaap of Waheguru, to get freed from maya, mind and its dirt, and to regain our original purity in order to merge back into our origin, none other than Satnam.

Simran of Waheguru, has nothing to do with zaat, paat, caste, creed, gender, color, or nationality.

Simran is a universal and a natural technique, through which, the mind is cleansed, the soul gets freed from its clutches, karmas, sanskaras, and tightly grasps the hand of the Satguru/Shabad Guru within, to be guided back home in its company at all times.

Sorry, if it seems I am a bit hard, but the fact is I only care for Satguru Jee and their teachings: Gurmat, not the people, for in the indications of Gurbani/Gurmat, is the ultimate benefit of the soul, for merging in its origin, Satnam.

Stay blessed.

ਨਾਵਹੁ ਭੁਲਾ ਜਗੁ ਫਿਰੈ ਬੇਤਾਲਿਆ ॥੨੪॥

Naavahu Bhulaa Jag Firai Baethaaliaa ||24||

Having forgotten the Name, the world is roaming around like a wild demon.

Sree Guru Nanak Dev Maharaj

ਸਚਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ਕਾਲੁ ਵਿਧਉਸਿਆ ॥

Sachaa Sabadh Beechaar Kaal Vidhhousiaa ||

By meditating on the True Word of the Shabad (Nam), death is overcome.

Sree Guru Angad Dev

Quantum physics explains that everything in the Universe is made of energy vibrating at a certain frequency, and that includes your thoughts.

Thoughts are also made of energy; they can be measured, and they each have a particular frequency.

Your thoughts attract back to them people, circumstances, and events that are on the same frequency.

Like attracts like, and through the law of attraction the things you think about the most are what come into your life.

In other words, you create your life through your thoughts.

Everything that comes into your life you have attracted into your life through the thoughts you’ve been thinking.
Like all the laws of nature, the law of attraction is immutable; no one is above it or excluded from it.

It is impersonal, and operates on all of us equally—on every subject, and on every single thought.

One half of our heart always knows that some wishes would never come true,

Still the second half waits for the magic and miracles to happen......

That’s life                   

Your wound is probably not your fault but your healing is your responsibility..........

Be soft n cool like water, so that you can adjust anywhere in life.

Be hard and attractive like diamond , so no one can play with your emotions

Likable people will always do better in life.

Their positive vibrations can be sensed by others and helps them with better progress in career and in life.

No matter how educated, talented, rich or cool you believe you are

How you treat people ultimately tells what you are.

Integrity is everything.