Spiritual Quest for 2007

[Harbhajan]

This Shabad is by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Raag Gauree on Pannaa 192

gourree mehalaa 5 ||

gur kaa sabadh raakh man maahi ||

naam simar chi(n)thaa sabh jaahi ||1||

bin bhagava(n)th naahee an koe ||

maarai raakhai eaeko soe ||1|| rehaao ||

gur kae charan ridhai our dhhaar ||

agan saagar jap outharehi paar ||2||

gur moorath sio laae dhhiaan ||

eehaa oohaa paavehi maan ||3||

sagal thiaag gur saranee aaeiaa ||

mittae a(n)dhaesae naanak sukh paaeiaa ||4||61||130||

Gauree, Fifth Mehla:

Keep the Word of the Guru's Shabad in your mind.

Meditating in remembrance on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, all anxiety is removed. ||1||

Without the Lord God, there is no one else at all.

He alone preserves and destroys. ||1||Pause||

Enshrine the Guru's Feet in your heart.

Meditate on Him and cross over the ocean of fire. ||2||

Focus your meditation on the Guru's Sublime Form.

Here and hereafter, you shall be honored. ||3||

Renouncing everything, I have come to the Guru's Sanctuary.

My anxieties are over - O Nanak, I have found peace. ||4||61||130||

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[namjap]

After reading this tuk there is a yeaning in my heart to go within and cut out all outer (false) influence which show their presence day by day. What remains is heart wanting fulfillment and imagination to take you for a ride. I wonder what benefit does imagination have in directing me to the inner experience. Is it a shart ladder which is discarded soon enough when the inner (real) movie starts ? Kindly shed some light on this subject, not for intellectual gain, but sending me to the right 'school'.