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Sat have you ever had any experiences of teh six chakras?

Dasam duar?

Waheguru himself?

Chakras not yet. Why are you seeing colours?

I believe I am hearing the anhad shabad which gurbani says is the voice of waheguru. It's very weak but becoming more and more present. I can't make out the instruments yet, it is a very strange sound. Hope it will become more clearer as I learn to listen to it and absorb myself into it.

Please note that my posts are my own personal experiences and I do not profess to be any kind of subject expert on the matter. Just a simple Guru Ka Sikh trying to walk on the path to meet my maker.... I leave the route he wants me to travel entirely in his hands.

Very strange experience whilst doing simran yesterday. Felt something was spinning round and round inside. Actually made me feel quite dizzy and light headed.

Came across the following pangtis a week ago on Ang 404. I wonder...

God has created Maya of the three qualities; tell me, how can it be crossed over?

tarai gun maa-i-aa barahm kee keenHee kahhu kavan biDh taree-ai ray.

The whirlpool is awesome and unfathomable; only through the Word of the Guru`s Shabad is one carried across. ||2||

ghooman ghayr agaah gaakhree gur sabdee paar utree-ai ray. ||2||

Oh my, Just came to the following pungti and wondering if that is what i sometimes hear. Waheguru

Ang 356

You shall hear the vibrations of the tinkling bells, when your mind is held steady.

ghunghroo vaajai jay man laagai.

Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.......

Its been a few days now since my last post. At night when it's quiet I can hear two different types of sound towards my right ear. One sounds like some kind of air instrument in which you would blow. I can't describe it because I have nothing to compare it to. The other is some kind of tingling sound, like some kind of bells but higher in pitch. It's not very loud, so on a volume scale of 1-10 I would put them at about 2. It doesn't take much to drown them out.

I can't say I'm finding them intoxicating yet, but then again to be honest neither was the Waheguru jaap when I initially started. Now the more I do the more it's growing on me. Hopefully the more I listen to these internal sounds the more they will grow on me too.

I am observing my mind is becoming more still and focused when I do simran and less thoughts are entering my mind. The tone and tempo of my simran has become consistent and I think found the right setting which feels good to me.

May Waheguru bless us all with his Naam Simran.

That night I never slept a wink. I had a constant sound in my ear. My state of mind has become quite biragee and whilst listening to kirtan/simran yesterday the tears were just flowing. When I now say Waheguru it definitely feels as if the voice is coming from the chest. The anand from the simran feels a lot more sweet. Don't feel like working or doing anything. Just feel like reading gurbani and listening to Waheguru Mantar.

I am not sure if I should write this but think I might have just experienced something.

I was lying down on the sofa just thinking about waheguru when I had this urge to do simran. I started the jaap and my voice sounded so clear. I became totally engrossed in the sound and then all of a sudden my voice and breath suddenly merged into perfect union all by themself without me trying to force it. Then it felt like a ball of energy started shooting up and down inside of me between my chest and navel. It was really powerful. All of a sudden I became aware of what was happening to me so I stopped out of fear. I'm still a little shaken up by the experience.

My simran battery was becoming a bit flat for the past week or so and it needed bit of kick start. Resumed reading of SGGS alongside simran thoughout the day and low and behold gear has engaged again. Waheguru

Think I had to be told.. as Guru Nanak Dev Ji says

Ang 243

How can giving donations to charities and countless cleansing baths wash off the filth within the heart?

punn daan anayk naavan ki-o antar mal Dhovai.

Without the Naam, no one attains salvation. Stubborn self-discipline and living in the wilderness are of no use at all.

naam binaa gat ko-ay na paavai hath nigrahi baybaanai.

O Nanak, the home of Truth is attained through the Shabad. How can the Mansion of His Presence be known through duality? ||3||

naanak sach ghar sabad sinjaapai dubiDhaa mahal ke jaanai. ||3||

True is Your Name, O Dear Lord; True is contemplation of Your Shabad.

tayraa naam sachaa jee-o sabad sachaa veechaaro.

True is the Mansion of Your Presence, O Dear Lord, and True is trade in Your Name.

tayraa mahal sachaa jee-o naam sachaa vaapaaro.

Trade in Your Name is very sweet; the devotees earn this profit night and day.

naam kaa vaapaar meethaa bhagat laahaa andino.

Other than this, I can think of no other merchandise. So chant the Naam each and every moment.

tis baajh vakhar ko-ay na soojhai naam layvhu khin khino.

Speaking of heart, I'm noticing a weird kind of warmth in the chest recently. It's like when I breath in and out Wahe-Guru is being recitied there. Like my voice has moved into the chest. Just feel like closing my eyes and focusing my dyaan/simran there.

I was reading SGGS when I came to Ang 152. My jaw dropped and I nearly fell over. I am sure you have all read this but if you haven't I hope you find it as enlightening and inspiring as I did. A few pangti's may be missing because they are taken from my own notes. The baani has been written by Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Waheguru.....

The union of air, water and fire

pa-unai paanee agnee kaa mayl.

- the body is the play-thing of the fickle and unsteady intellect.

chanchal chapal buDh kaa khayl.

It has nine doors, and then there is the Tenth Gate.

na-o darvaajay dasvaa du-aar.

Reflect upon this and understand it, O wise one. ||1||

bujh ray gi-aanee ayhu beechaar. ||1||

The Lord is the One who speaks, teaches and listens.

kathtaa baktaa suntaa so-ee.

One who contemplates his own self is truly wise. ||1||Pause||

aap beechaaray so gi-aanee ho-ee. ||1|| rahaa-o

The body is dust; the wind speaks through it.

dayhee maatee bolai pa-un

Understand, O wise one, who has died.

bujh ray gi-aanee moo-aa hai ka-un.

Awareness, conflict and ego have died,

moo-ee surat baad ahaNkaar.

but the One who sees does not die. ||2||

oh na moo-aa jo daykhanhaar. ||2||

For the sake of it, you journey to sacred shrines and holy rivers;

jai kaaran tat tirath jaahee

but this priceless jewel is within your own heart.

ratan padaarath ghat hee maahee.

The Pandits, the religious scholars, read and read endlessly; they stir up arguments and controversies,

parh parh pandit baad vakhaanai.

but they do not know the secret deep within. ||3||

bheetar hodee vasat na jaanai. ||3||

I have not died - that evil nature within me has died.

ha-o na moo-aa mayree mu-ee balaa-ay

The One who is pervading everywhere does not die.

oh na moo-aa jo rahi-aa samaa-ay

Says Nanak, the Guru has revealed God to me,

kaho naanak gur barahm dikhaa-i-aa

and now I see that there is no such thing as birth or death. ||4||4||

martaa jaataa nadar na aa-i-aa. ||4||4||

I am forever a sacrifice to the one who listens and hears, who understands and believes in the Name.

sun sun boojhai maanai naa-o. taa kai sad balihaarai jaa-o.

When the Lord Himself leads us astray, there is no other place of rest for us to find.

aap bhulaa-ay tha-ur na thaa-o.

You impart understanding, and You unite us in Your Union. ||1||

tooN samjhaavahi mayl milaa-o. ||1

I obtain the Naam, which shall go along with me in the end.

naam milai chalai mai naal.

Without the Name, all are held in the grip of Death. ||1||Pause||

bin naavai baaDhee sabh kaal. ||1|| rahaa-o

My farming and my trading are by the Support of the Name.

khaytee vanaj naavai kee ot.

This is the true mark of wisdom: that one remains detached, like the water-lily, or the lotus upon the water.

jal puraa-in ras kamal pareekh.

Attuned to the Word of the Shabad, one becomes sweet, like the juice of the sugar cane. ||3||

sabad ratay meethay ras eekh. 

By the Hukam of the Lord`s Command, the castle of the body has ten gates.

hukam sanjogee garh das du-aar.

The five passions dwell there, together with the Divine Light of the Infinite.

panch vaseh mil jot apaar.

The Lord Himself is the merchandise, and He Himself is the trader.

aap tulai aapay vanjaar.

O Nanak, through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, we are adorned and rejuvenated. 

naanak naam savaaranhaar.

How can we know where we came from?

jaato jaa-ay kahaa tay aavai

Where did we originate, and where will we go and merge?

kah upjai kah jaa-ay samaavai

How are we bound, and how do we obtain liberation?

ki-o baaDhi-o ki-o muktee paavai

How do we merge with intuitive ease into the Eternal, Imperishable Lord? ||1||

ki-o abhinaasee sahj samaavai. ||1

With the Naam in the heart and the Ambrosial Naam on our lips,

naam ridai amrit mukh naam.

through the Name of the Lord, we rise above desire, like the Lord. ||1||Pause||

narhar naam narhar nihkaam. ||1|| rahaa-o.

With intuitive ease we come, and with intuitive ease we depart.

sehjay aavai sehjay jaa-ay.

From the mind we originate, and into the mind we are absorbed.

man tay upjai man maahi samaa-ay.

As Gurmukh, we are liberated, and are not bound.

gurmukh mukto bandh na paa-ay.

Contemplating the Word of the Shabad, we are emancipated through the Name of the Lord. 

sabad beechaar chhutai har naa-ay. ||2||

Ang 153

Meeting the Gur (a.k.a. Shabad Guru within), the hard and heavy doors are opened. 

gur mil kholay bajar kapaat. 

One meets the Holy Saint only through perfect destiny.

saadh milai poorab sanjog.

The Lord`s perfect people rejoice in the Truth.

sach rahsay pooray har log.

Surrendering their minds and bodies, they find the Lord with intuitive ease.

man tan day lai sahj subhaa-ay.

Nanak falls at their feet. 

naanak tin kai laaga-o paa-ay. 

Conquering self-conceit, one obtains the Name. 

aap maaray taa paa-ay naa-o. 

One who dies in the Word of the Shabad, shall never again have to die.

sabad marai,,fir maran na ho-ay.

Without such a death, how can one attain perfection?

bin moo-ay ki-o pooraa ho-ay.

So get aboard that boat when your turn comes.

bohith charha-o jaa aavai vaar.

Those who fail to embark upon that boat shall be beaten in the Court of the Lord.

thaakay bohith dargeh maar.

Blessed is that Gurdwara, the Guru`s Gate, where the Praises of the True Lord are sung.

sach saalaahee Dhan gurdu-aar.

O Nanak, the One Creator Lord is pervading hearth and home. 

naanak dar ghar aykankaar.

The inverted heart-lotus has been turned upright, through reflective meditation on God.

ulti-o kamal barahm beechaar.

From the Sky of the Tenth Gate, the Ambrosial Nectar trickles down.

amrit Dhaar gagan das du-aar.

The Lord Himself is pervading the three worlds. ||1||

taribhavan bayDhi-aa aap muraar. ||1||

O my mind, do not give in to doubt.

ray man mayray bharam na keejai.

When the mind surrenders to the Name, it drinks in the essence of Ambrosial Nectar. Pause

man maanee-ai amrit ras peejai. rahaa-o.

When the self dies, the individual mind comes to know the Supreme Mind.

aap moo-aa man, man tay jaani-aa.

As the inner vision is awakened, one comes to know one`s own home, deep within the self. 

najar bha-ee ghar ghar tay jaani-aa. 

The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is austerity, chastity and cleansing baths at sacred shrines of pilgrimage. (Listening to the Naam is cleansing baths)

jat sat tirath majan naam.

Meeting the True Guru, we are shown the way to die.

satgur milai so maran dikhaa-ay.

Remaining alive in this death brings joy deep within.

maran rahan ras antar bhaa-ay.

Overcoming egotistical pride, the Tenth Gate is found. 

garab nivaar gagan pur paa-ay.

So chant and meditate on the Lord, and remain in the Sanctuary of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

har jap jaap rahan har sarnaa.

Meeting the True Guru, duality is dispelled.

satgur milai ta dubiDhaa bhaagai.

The heart-lotus blossoms forth, and the mind is attached to the Lord God.

kamal bigaas man har parabh laagai.

One who remains dead while yet alive obtains the greatest happiness hereafter. 

jeevat marai mahaa ras aagai. 

Meeting the True Guru, one becomes truthful, chaste and pure.

satgur mili-ai sach sanjam soochaa.

Climbing up the steps of the Guru`s Path, one becomes the highest of the high.

gur kee pa-orhee oocho oochaa.

When the Lord grants His Mercy, the fear of death is conquered. 

karam milai jam kaa bha-o moochaa. 

Uniting in Guru`s Union, we are absorbed in His Loving Embrace.

gur mili-ai mil ank samaa-i-aa.

Granting His Grace, He reveals the Mansion of His Presence, within the home of the self.

kar kirpaa ghar mahal dikhaa-i-aa.

About 6 months focus on naam simran now and before that about 1 year on mool mantar. Before that it was just reading books and listening to kirtan katha but I was still lacking inspiration do the practical myself. Only over the past 2 years have I moved up a gear and more so in the last 6 months.

If my post inspires even just one person then I really consider it worth while. Go for it Singh!!!

I'm reading Guru Granth Sahib Ji (english translation) along side naam simran and its really giving me the push I need. The amount of focus that is placed on naam/shabad unity with Almighty is just really shocking me to the max. To the point i'm getting quite annoyed by the fact that if Guru Granth Sahib Ji placed so much focus on naam simran being the only means by which we will reach Waheguru why weren't we told about it in Gurdwaras more. Maybe it was me who just wasn't taking it in. Why aren't we told this is what you need to do and this is how you go about doing it....

There are days when I run out of steam and the desire isn't there but when I read a few more angs it gives me the kick I need to get me going again. Actually i'm hooked reading Guru Ji. Can't even focus at work, just want to keep reading. My respect for my Gurus is increasing daily. Guru Amar Das ji' belows me away every time, actually they all do. Going to get shitter at work if they find out what I'm doing. I find myself totally becoming withdrawn from what is going on in the outside world. Don't care about news, tv, movies, family etc either i'm holding my phone or ipad. I'm really seeing a difference in me. Its growing to such an extent that my own mother is getting concerned and telling me to slow down and keep my feet on the ground and says I got my whole life ahead of me yet.

The only advice I'm able to give anyone is keep the simran going throughout the day whilst your doing your day to day stuff. From the moment I get up I try and start. Getting ready, journey to work, lunch times, take a few minutes off during work and just do simran eyes open or closed, journey home. I bet the other travelers are saying what is that guy mumbling to himself. If your able to dedicate fix time to it then so much the better. This is the part I'm really finding difficult to do. My legs and backside ache and I can't sit for long and the discomfort over powers the concentration your trying to reach. I find myself looking at the clock to see if times up or my thoughts just keep coming and I get frustrated but there are times when you know you had a good session even if it was just for a few moments.

I'm happy to share so here goes:

Last night before I went to sleep I was reading SGGS and the house was very quiet. Mrs is away so no snoring in my ears. lol. When it's quiet this whistling sound manifests itself. I can hear the sound coming from the right side. This time not only was there a whistling sound but a second beat like a drum. How I wish I was a musician so i could replicate what I was hearing. It was weaker than the whistle but I could definately make it out. Really freaked me out at first. Have never heard that sound before.

I spoke to a naam abhiyaasi mahapursh about it who said I was on the right track but I shouldn't focus on the sound yet. He said I need to remain focused on my naam simran and learn to still my thoughts. Also for the past few weeks the saliva in my mouth has been feeling extremely sweet. So much so that its actually becoming really difficult to tolerate. When I do simran it flows more and more. I'm still skeptical about what I'm experiencing because I feel I'm not actually putting in that much effort. Although some days are better than others.

Waheguru Mere Bharaya Hath Rakhe and bless me with his Naam...