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  1. 1 hour ago, Ragmaala said:

    Hanji veer ji <img src="> I can understand what you are saying.

    @Lucky just a side question. I understand that we can have many relationships with Waheguru ji like father, mother, sibling and a friend.

    And there is the relation of Husband and Wife. I understand its a very special one and probably the final destination. Having read the jivans of Baba Nand Singh ji and Baba Ishar Singh ji Kaleran, they were very very protective about their time between 12:30 am to 3 ish am. Mahapurush said that it was their time to be intimate with Nirankar, and there were special pehredars both physically and Shaheed Singhs , to make sure they were not disturbed. Even if a devotee did mental ardaas to Mahapurush during that Amritvela, it was frowned upon. So I understand it was a very intimate time. Mahapurush also often referred themselves as having had the viah done with Guru Nanak Sahib. I feel its so beautiful.

     I've come across yoga texts where they verify that balancing of ida pingla is easier at periods before sunrise and sunset. At those times, the left and right seem to naturally switch over in short space of time. Left could be dominant for few minutes, then right could be dominant, and then left again..etc.  During this period it is much easier to get into a steady state of equilibrium and be in sehaj.  Of course, the way you live in daily life and jeevan jatch plays a big part in this because you can't come back from casino at 12 am and then try and get into sehaj a few hours later.

  2. 21 minutes ago, Trimandeep Singh said:

    Is that so? They wear only white baana? Why not neela baana? 

    in sukham avastha the colors are energy fields like auric projections.  They don't have baana as such like we do here. The few gurmukhs that I've come across who saw shaheeds saw them in white. It kinda made sense to me.  

  3. 12 hours ago, GurjantGnostic said:

    Has anyone had the experience of "people" coming and standing behind you when you do Simran?

    If so, how did it strike you? Who did you feel it was?

    No, I haven't had that but many people see other entities or jeevs at  times. Usually always to distract or trick you. All Kaal's play!

    How about sitting with your back against a wall?

  4. On 6/8/2021 at 8:27 AM, Trimandeep Singh said:

    Does anyone know the reason why there is a difference between So Dar pauris in Sri Japji Sahib and Sri Rehraas Sahib?

    Like, 

    ਗਾਵਹਿ ਤੁਹਨੋ ਪਉਣੁ ਪਾਣੀ ਬੈਸੰਤਰੁ ਗਾਵੈ ਰਾਜਾ ਧਰਮੁ ਦੁਆਰੇ ॥
    The praanic wind, water and fire sing; the Righteous Judge of Dharma sings at Your Door.

    ਗਾਵਨਿ ਤੁਧਨੋ ਪਵਣੁ ਪਾਣੀ ਬੈਸੰਤਰੁ ਗਾਵੈ ਰਾਜਾ ਧਰਮੁ ਦੁਆਰੇ ॥
    Wind, water and fire sing of You. The Righteous Judge of Dharma sings at Your Door.

    And we all know there are minor differences in almost all panktis of So Dar pauri in both banis.

    Dhanvaad 

    Trimandeep Singh 

    There's a couple of explanations for this.  My knowledge of gurmukhi grammar is quite basic but I can try and explain in terms of english grammar.

    1) In english grammar we have  " Present simple tense" and "Present continuous tense". However, the"so-dar" doesn't fall under this explanation strictly but is probably the nearest that I could explain relative to english. 

    Present simple tense is like saying "the angels SING at the door" and Present continuous would be "the angels ARE singing or DO sing at your door" . The latter is more like a confirmation as to say yes, they are singing at the door. In rehraas, the So-dar is relative to Guru Nanak actually being there himself as he did during those 3 days in the river Bein.

     In Japji, it could be instruction from GOD to say "Gāvahi cẖiṯ gupaṯ likẖ jāṇėh likẖ likẖ ḏẖaram vīcẖāre"  Chitr Gupt and Dharamraj  who record your accounts SING there, whereas in Rehraas it is the confirmation that the angels are singing to 'YOU'  See below the extra ਤੁਧਨੋ  is in Rehraas, meaning 'you' . Therefore, it's not an instruction from God as the sentences are from a second person stood at the actual door.

     ਗਾਵਨਿ ਤੁਧਨੋ ਚਿਤੁ ਗੁਪਤੁ ਲਿਖਿ ਜਾਣਨਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਧਰਮੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ॥
    Gāvan ṯuḏẖno cẖiṯ gupaṯ likẖ jāṇan likẖ likẖ ḏẖaram bīcẖāre.
    Chitr and Gupt, the angels of the conscious and the subconscious who keep the record of actions, and the Righteous Judge of Dharma who reads this record, sing of You.

    2) There's also been some slightly different explanations like Japji is the early morning instruction from GOD that we should read before beginning gristi day and then in evening, the Rehraas is a thank you and direct addressing to GOD from us in order to thank him for completing the day. so we say say ਗਾਵਨਿ ਤੁਧਨੋ

    3) I'm sure that many gurmukhs on the spiritual ladder have their own understandings as per avastha. Gurbani applies with different messages from same panktees to individuals as per their avasthas (spiritual status).

     

    also totally agree with @GurjantGnostic explanation below. 

    Gurbani can't be ambiguous and each pangtee has to be assigned to specific ang. We have Guru Arjan dev jees 'seal' of mundavni as well as the manner it was compiled in order to keep it's authenticity intact. 

    14 hours ago, GurjantGnostic said:

    I heard in Katha that essentially identical parts of Gurbani always have minor differences to distinguish them, so that if you read it, you can find the exact occurence in Gurbani and not be confused which, and when reciting Gurbani it doesn't trick you into losing your place and skipping to another Ang out of habit. 

    I'm not sure if that's relevant Hanji. 

     

  5. On 1/21/2021 at 3:51 AM, Mooorakh said:

     

    Nice discussion ! And a very important one indeed cos most of us face this during our journey towards bhakti.

    I even created a separate thread  on sleep during meditation a year back I guess. Now what I have realised is ( I stand to be corrected- that there is

    a very thin line between sunn and sleep. Since childhood we have been made acquainted with sleep but never knew or heard what sunn is... 

    Sunn is a state of being. They also call it awareness but we often mix it with sleep. When we say i have no idea where i was for those many hours- thst is we were probably thoughtless. That's good news <img src="> cos that's sunn. All those hours get counted in our bhakti. 

    The only way that i have realised till now to differentiate is follow your progress. If your heart inside is happy even when things are bad or worse outside. You are on the right track. I myself feel dancing inside on the tones of scolding from my elders 🤪 when you start doubting your own sanity sometimes. Its funny but true,!

    Just ask yourself when you wake up from that state where you were and if the answer is you really don't know then that's good but if there were thoughts -  that was harchandauri maya so keep walking... And praying for him to help you as we are all his children.. and tend to fall .... 

     

    @Lucky veeeji pls comment. Where are you <img src=">

    Been keeping busy and not had much time to come on here.

    @Mooorakh ji, Yes I like the way your approach is. It's an extremely fine line between sleep and sunn whilst in bed at night. You only really know 'after' you come out of the state of whether you were there or not.  However, there are also many dream states -or what we may think are supna- that are actually planes/avsasthas of where we are completely jagat.  

  6. On 12/22/2020 at 1:26 PM, Sikhilove said:

    It depends how the sounds made you feel. If they made you uneasy and the paralysis feeling was negative, as if you felt something was trying to get you or harm you, they were probably from hell/ negative spirits.

    If they were soothing and made you feel at ease and more relaxed, they could have been Anhad Naad. I’ve heard both, I got paralyzed a lot back in the day by negative spirits/ demons etc. 

    When you do simran and hear actual Anhad Naad, and your body becomes still and doesn’t move alot, it should be a calming, nice feeling.

     

    On 12/24/2020 at 10:05 AM, Sikhilove said:

    There are different types of paralysis. I know a lot of people who have been paralyzed by spirits/ sleep paralysis. Everyone’s on their own stage and has their own experiences, it comes down to trusting yourself and the gyan within that we all have.

     

    You are completely off the mark here and trying to mix 3 things together.  It's these type of misleading comments that get people confused into mixing astral travel, sleep paralysis and simran/sunn.   Have a look through search features on forum and you'll find explanations for differences in sleep paralysis, astral plane and sunn.   

     

  7. 1 hour ago, Ragmaala said:

    thanks for the info veer ji, i will definitely try himalayan salt lamp, and avoid having phone nearby during abhyas. These are little things that can add up and you dont know unless someone with experience tells you. 

    I cant wait to smell the real chandan one day haha <img src="> hopefully maharaj does kirpa. 

    Your welcome.  I'm not trying to sell the himalayan lamp idea, but it may be worth a try.  I swear by it and notice the effect but my wife and kids don't seem to notice.  Maybe it's just my mind playing tricks because you can balance the pavan by using mind and dhyian as well.  Go for a medium sized one if planning to sit a couple of metres away, for larger rooms you need the heavy large ones. 

  8. @Sikhilove

    I wanted to know if you understood my earlier post?  I don't mind trying to delve into further depths of gurbani so that we can discuss and show why I agreed with @harsharan000  ji's earlier posts explaining why doing good deeds alone contributes to fulfilling karams and not naam kamaye of sacha jeevan -truthful living. I believe it's imperative to understand and differentiate between what karams and naam kamayee are.so that one can start climbing the pauris as per gurbani.

     

     

  9. This is a difficult kinda issue.  As ragnarok says it's an offering to guru sahib at his charan, which is what it's  "supposed" to be. We matha tek and put our foreheads at the these very charan.  However, I also understand that the golak is seen as a vault of cash that leads to many administrative issues within guru ghar.  The behavior of  manooks in maya makes them forget where they are and what they should really be doing with the funds.

    Because of these such issues, i can imagine that some of us may see the golak in a negative light.  

    is there a solution?

    Yes, I think there could be, though we need to educate ourselves on what seva is really supposed to be.  Majority of Guru ghars in the west have paid sevadaar, granthies and other staff. They are on payroll and guru's darbar is like a business model where management aim to pay necessary costs and wages whilst at same time profiting the remainders.  Now, the main point that i want to make is that those on payroll often forget they are doing kamayee of Karams and not seva as they may make themselves believe.

     In simple words, if one goes around doing ustat of waheguru and helping in the practical running of guru ghar, then they are doing pure seva. (no cash in return) But if someone is doing these things whilst getting some cash in return, then they are making and fulfilling new karams.  It doesn't get the same kamayee as pure selfless seva.  I'm sure most members on here will understand this.    Bearing this in mind, I have only heard of ONE gurudwara in South Shields UK (North east England)  that operates in this manner.   This Gurudwara  does NOT have a golak from what I last heard and has no sevadaars or employees on payroll.  

    Gurdwara Khalsa mero roop hai  kaas - South Shields UK

    https://gkmrhk.co.uk/

    https://www.sikh24.com/2015/01/24/uk-gurdwara-runs-entirely-on-seva/

     

    Now, that I've made my point about seva and karams, I'd say that it would be ideal to place the golak to the side as per below post by @harsharan000 The golak is needed because many of us would feel incomplete without doing a charaavha.  

     

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