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I've been listening to Bhai Simranjeet's Tohana recordings and following points stood out to me. Thought I would share.

You can find the original recordings here :

From recording 6-April-2021:

1st yudh is with thoughts in the mind and this battle is fought with the Gurmantar.

2nd yudh is with falling asleep at dev lok stage whilst we are trying to listen to anhad shabads and merge in Sach. The dhoots try and put us in sleep and dreams to stop us progressing.

When you hear crickets (bhinday), birds chirping, sehaj dhun this is the first stage of dev lok avasta.

Those who enter sehaj whilst listening to shabad and experience amrit ras have risen above dev lok.

Those who have transcended sleep have entered next stage.

Those who travel in sunn mandal instead of dreams of bhavjal are mukht.

Those who know before entering this physical world what instructions/hukam were given by Waheguru before they came each day are mukht.

Those who know how mind and body are made and how they are united are mukht.

From recording 7th April 2021:

4 Avastas of Naam/Shabad (What stage are you?)

Simran + Viraag = Kirpa of Waheguru

DO NOT GIVE UP OR BE PESSIMISTIC THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT. THOSE THAT HAVE A PESSIMISTIC OUTLOOK WILL NEVER MAKE IT! (Heard this from a number of Gurmukhs recently)

DO NOT HAVE BELIEF THAT SWITCHING GURMUKHS ALL THE TIME WILL YIELD FASTER KIRPA AND PROGRESS. HAVE FAITH (BHAROSA) IN YOURSELF OTHERWISE YOU ARE JUST LOOSING YOUR OWN SELF CONFIDENCE. YOU NEED TO MAKE THE EFFORT YOURSELF UNDER ONE TEACHER!

Keep doing quiet gentle Simran in the background whilst listening to anhad shabads. Eventually you will merge in the shabads and receive Amrit from them.

I’ve had the first dose. Can’t say I felt great after having it. Had fever for 2 days and my arm was swollen for over a week.

I would take my chances with  vaccine over getting COVID again.

2 hours ago, sevak said:

 

"Its all about technique. If you use the right technique you can get the treasure of naam."

Once Baba Harnam Singh Jee (Rampur Khera) was walking through the village and came across a farm worker who had recently taken Amrit. Baba jee asked how much Bani he recited. The singh replied that he was uneducated and unable to read so he did 11 malas of mool mantar daily. Baba jee enquired further and said “but out of the 11 malas that you do how many mool mantars do you actually listen too?” the singh replied that he did not understand so baba jee asked him to sit with him while he explained. They said that until you have heard the Bani with your ears you will not achieve much. suniyee saat santokh gyaan.  Baba jee said that he continues to recite mool mantar as he has been – without listening to it or contemplating on it then you could continue for 100 years and nothing will come out of it. Now instead, listening with your ears and make sure your mann has heard. Recite slowly and check that you have heard and understood each syllable." ----> https://kathanotes.wordpress.com/2013/07/03/sukhmani-sahib-part-22/

 

Wondering what jug or how you are japing? Are you concentrating fully on the jaap. Are you contemplating each syllable as you jaap through it or do you repeat at super fast speed? 

I feel if I have to do as per Baba Harnam Singh Ji's instruction, 6 malas would take me forever as I would just remain stuck over Ek-Ongkaar for many seconds. 

Here is Sant Ishar Singh ji Rara Sahib wale doing jaap : 

 

 

Note the speed. 

This post just hit the nail on the head. When beginners start the jaaps all the emphasis is put on the number of repetitions and we believe that if your repeat x number then it will bare fruits. We have discussed this concept of dhun Mei dhyan in a number of threads especially the meditation experiences thread. 
 

Yes you will definitely gain benefit of learning to devote x amount of time to jaaps but was it done with full dhyan and concentration? Probably not because your trying to race to the finish line and just be done with it. We have all made this mistake when we didn’t know any better. The dhun mai dhyan is so simple yet so hard to achieve for many. If a jaap is done with so much dhyan you may notice yourself going into sehaj / sleep.

18 hours ago, paapiman said:

wjkk wjkf

Gurbani Shabads have the power to help a human being, to achieve the highest possible spiritual state.

 

ਏਕੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਮੇਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਾਨਿ ਬਸਤੁ ਹੈ ਬਾਹੁੜਿ ਜਨਮਿ ਨ ਆਵਾ ॥੧॥

 

Bhul chuk maaf

That line brother can be interpreted as the ik shabad it is referring to is the sound of naam, and when you reach the avasta of hearing it all the time you will not enter reincarnation again. There are other pangtis that also state this.

9 hours ago, Ragmaala said:

So basically focus on the navel area, and do anulom-vilom pranayama, and it can take few months to settle the kundalini.  So afterall its not bad to have experience in some pranayama exercises for physical well-being and balance. 

Not quite anulom-vilom. He quotes the pangti

sūr sar sōs lai sōm sar pōkh lai jugat kar marat s sanabandh kījai .

Heat up the sun energy of the right nostril, and cool down the moon energy of the left nostril; practicing this breathcontrol, bring them into perfect balance.

He is only inhaling via right nostril (sun) and exhaling via left (moon). You do not alternate.

Worth listening Gurmukho.  Explains how to jap gurmantar and how to switch to anhad when mind goes to sunn. Anhad shabads explained etc. What sehaj dhun sounds like...

Bhai Balbir Singh warns against trying to awaken Kundalini or if your experiencing spinning sensation internally or hearing it. 

https://www.facebook.com/100003234266996/posts/3836247373159700/

2 hours ago, Ragmaala said:

Thanks for the links sat. 

2 hours ago, Samarbir Singh said:

Thanks for the link we don't live Simran sessions at my local gurdwara.

Take laha gurmukho. The knowledge they are openly sharing in the practical sessions is very hard to come by. Don't waste the opportunity. You can sit in sangat from the comfort of your own home 24 hours a days given the current covid situation. There are some really blessed souls who have met Waheguru doing simran seva. You can hear the viraag in the voices when they come back from that union.   Even listening to the Q&A you can only just bow down in awe to some of the sangat's experiences. Really inspiring group of Gurmukhs and you know what they don't hold information back. 

How to Make Pyaar wali Drishti to look at Sach and remove bharam da parda.pdf

Made some simran notes if anyone finds them useful. 

Basic simran steps outline.pdf

How to go into Sunn.pdf

Gurmat Meditation Telegram group schedule.

If you want to learn about journey to sunn via gurmantar -> anhad shabads -> sunn then attend Bibi Parminder Kaur’s class.

Students of Gurmat Meditation have started a Telegram app simran group on which there is gurmantar jaap 24 hours a day plus simran classes and sangat Q&As. Highly recommended.

You can join using the following invite link.

https://t.me/joinchat/VDkomrEKxOjW3jJW

You can also listen on their YouTube channel.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCYnm0mdVKOqnCrxQf9gOl_A
 

Just wanted to share what with happened with our family last month with Covid 19 in that someone may learn a few things that may help them.

Over the December and early January month our local gurdwara had continuous akhand paths going on in memory of the shaheedi of char sahibzadey and parkash gurpurb of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. My mother  does regular akhand path roals went there to do the seva against the wishes of my father. This was bit of a divided decision as on one hand her sharda believed nothing would happen, yet my dad is in his early 70s could be at risk if he were to catch it. She never went anywhere else apart from the gurdwara.  Anyway she attended the gurdwara for a number of days partaking in the akhand paths seva for couple of hours at the time.

On New Years day, which fell on a Friday we invited my mother over for a couple of hours to spend time with us. She was feeling extremely lonely and missed seeing us. The next day my mother started getting covid symptoms including aching body and slight fever. On the Sunday, I got her tested and her result came back positive.

By Monday my wife and Dad also felt like they were not feeling well. Within a few days both of them also tested positive. My mother just suffered with a fever for a few days, loss of appetite, body weakness. Dad had the same but also had a extremely bad chesty cough. It was really bad that he couldn't even speak without coughing. With Wahegurus kirpa both recovered parents recovered in around 10 days.

The first week of covid my wife had quite minor symptoms. Just general lethargy and slight fever. Rest for a few hours a day was enough. However in the second week things started getting a lot worse. She started diarreah and vomiting and couldn't keep anything down, really bad fever and totally bed bound. 

I had one of those finger tip Oximeter devices at home which state that the average person should have blood oxygen saturation levels of between 95 to 100. I recommend everyone get one of those and check your baseline levels when your healthy and well. Anything less than 93 should be a warning sign that your oxygen levels are deteriorating and you should be medically assessed.

My wife was hovering around 95 so wasn't too concerned but never the less because she had been vomiting for a few days now we called the NHS covid helpline. They noticed whilst talking to her that she was becoming breathless the more the conversation continued. They called an ambulance and had her taken to hospital for assessment. They discharged her the same day and just gave her some medication to help with the vomiting. However they stated that during the next 4 days she would either get better or worse next few days were critical.

The very next day I noticed that my wife was taking very short shallow breaths as she slept. Normally people are supposed to take less than 20 breaths per minute. She was taking roughly 30-35 breaths. By the morning her blood oxygen levels were between 85-90. She was taken into hospital again and after various tests they said she had developed Covid pneumonia in her lungs and needed oxygen therapy and steroids (Dexamethosone is the standard drug they give here in the UK). Luckily we got her in early and after a few days of oxygen therapy she was able to breathe on her own and was discharged. It was any extremely stressful time for the entire family.

A few days before her discharge I started getting symptoms of feeling very weak and feeling cold in the hands and feet. I was now also covid positive and spent the next few days in bed with general weakness and the occasional fever. I also developed the severe cough and on a couple of occasions coughed up slight blood. Took me about 7-10 days to get over it before things began to calm down. Have I fully recovered today? Absolutely not! I'm still getting dull aches in the left side of my chest and in my shoulders. My blood oxygen levels are ok  but I think I'm probably suffering from inflammation of the left lung and maybe even heart and have long covid. It's a really worrying when you have it and you certainly think about if your time is up.

Keep safe everyone and follow the government guidelines. We didn't, thinking we were fine and we paid the price. I was fearful for my parents because they are elderly and extremely worried when my wife was taken to hospital, not knowing if I would ever see her again. She saw a number of people die in front of her and it was a very traumatic time for her in the hospital. I recall the day the ambulance took her away and how hysterical and worried she was. Don't let it get that to stage people and  stay safe now.

Gurdwaras are now subsequently closed in east London but we now found out that 19 people got it Covid in the gurdwara in that period and probably more. My mother didn't inform the Test and Trace people that she caught it at the gurdwara as she didn't want to get the gurdwara in to trouble. Whilst gurdwaras are important part of our spiritual lives but they are a gathering places where anyone there can have covid and we wouldn't know it.  I know gurdwaras are struggling financially because of the lack of sangat and having to remain closed in certain areas. But I truly believe during this pandemic it is for the best they remain closed or don't allow people to stay for long. Sorry to say this but our people are not sticking to the rules and some people will pay the price with their lives. For example someone told us they believe they got covid from a sick person who was serving parshad with his hands. Why are we so reckless! The committees should be held accountable. I was deeply annoyed when I found out my mother did not tell test and trace that she had been to the gurdwara. How will we truly know if gurdwaras are a breeding ground for covid if our people don't declare where they have been properly.  We all have a collective responsibility. Anyway stay safe and keep your families safe....