Where we come from ? Answer provided by Guru Maharaj in this shabad

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This shabad below is answer by Guru maharaj to his sikh- when they asked- where we come from? and where the world comes from? and how to go beyond mind?

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ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ 
गउड़ी महला १ ॥ 
Ga▫oṛī mėhlā 1. 
Gauree, First Mehl: 

ਜਾਤੋ ਜਾਇ ਕਹਾ ਤੇ ਆਵੈ ॥ 
जातो जाइ कहा ते आवै ॥ 
Jāṯo jā▫e kahā ṯe āvai. 
How can we know where we came from? 

ਕਹ ਉਪਜੈ ਕਹ ਜਾਇ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥ 
कह उपजै कह जाइ समावै ॥ 
Kah upjai kah jā▫e samāvai. 
Where did we originate, and where will we go and merge? 

ਕਿਉ ਬਾਧਿਓ ਕਿਉ ਮੁਕਤੀ ਪਾਵੈ ॥ 
किउ बाधिओ किउ मुकती पावै ॥ 
Ki▫o bāḏẖi▫o ki▫o mukṯī pāvai. 
How are we bound, and how do we obtain liberation? 

ਕਿਉ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੧॥ 
किउ अबिनासी सहजि समावै ॥१॥ 
Ki▫o abẖināsī sahj samāvai. ||1|| 
How do we merge with intuitive ease into the Eternal, Imperishable Lord? ||1|| 

ਨਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ॥ 
नामु रिदै अम्रितु मुखि नामु ॥ 
Nām riḏai amriṯ mukẖ nām. 
With the Naam in the heart and the Ambrosial Naam on our lips, 

ਨਰਹਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਰਹਰ ਨਿਹਕਾਮੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ 
नरहर नामु नरहर निहकामु ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥ 
Narhar nām narhar nihkām. ||1|| rahā▫o. 
through the Name of the Lord, we rise above desire, like the Lord. ||1||Pause|| 

ਸਹਜੇ ਆਵੈ ਸਹਜੇ ਜਾਇ ॥
सहजे आवै सहजे जाइ ॥
Sėhje āvai sėhje jā▫e.
From Paratma we come and from paratma we go back into after bhramgyan-realization of self

ਮਨ ਤੇ ਉਪਜੈ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥
मन ते उपजै मन माहि समाइ ॥
Man ṯe upjai man māhi samā▫e.
World comes from the mind and in the mind it originates, and into the mind  world is absorbed.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮੁਕਤੋ ਬੰਧੁ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥
गुरमुखि मुकतो बंधु न पाइ ॥
Gurmukẖ mukṯo banḏẖ na pā▫e.
As Gurmukh, we are liberated, and are not bound.

ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ਛੁਟੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇ ॥੨॥
सबदु बीचारि छुटै हरि नाइ ॥२॥
Sabaḏ bīcẖār cẖẖutai har nā▫e. ||2||
Contemplating the Word of the Shabad, we are emancipated through the Name of the Lord. ||2||

ਤਰਵਰ ਪੰਖੀ ਬਹੁ ਨਿਸਿ ਬਾਸੁ ॥ 
तरवर पंखी बहु निसि बासु ॥ 
Ŧarvar pankẖī baho nis bās. 
At night, lots of birds settle on the tree. 

ਸੁਖ ਦੁਖੀਆ ਮਨਿ ਮੋਹ ਵਿਣਾਸੁ ॥ 
सुख दुखीआ मनि मोह विणासु ॥ 
Sukẖ ḏukẖī▫ā man moh viṇās. 
Some are happy, and some are sad. Caught in the desires of the mind, they perish. 

ਸਾਝ ਬਿਹਾਗ ਤਕਹਿ ਆਗਾਸੁ ॥ 
साझ बिहाग तकहि आगासु ॥ 
Sājẖ bihāg ṯakėh āgās. 
And when the life-night comes to its end, then they look to the sky. 

ਦਹ ਦਿਸਿ ਧਾਵਹਿ ਕਰਮਿ ਲਿਖਿਆਸੁ ॥੩॥ 
दह दिसि धावहि करमि लिखिआसु ॥३॥ 
Ḏah ḏis ḏẖāvėh karam likẖi▫ās. ||3|| 
They fly away in all ten directions, according to their pre-ordained destiny. ||3|| 

Highly recommended short commentary of this shabad by Sant Gyani Gurbachan Singh Bhindranwale

 

[sarabatam]

Bump, another light bulb moment, regarding where thoughts come from? There is individual antish karan surely but there is also collective antish karan for lack of better word- vayu mandal (field of awareness) thats why sadh sangat, naam simran, gurbani and positive thinking is encouraged all the time- to increase vibrations to deal with our own shortcoming/ also deal with thoughts and also vayu mandal - field of awareness- people we interact with whether its in the household, or outside world. At the end, never mind the thoughts- give it back to universe - keep going on the path of sikhi- naam simran, never be discouraged.