Priceless, Divine Diamonds VII - Sant Isher Singh Ji Rara Sahib Wale

Priceless, Divine Diamonds - VII
Sriman Sant Isher Singh Ji Rara Sahib Wale

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31. Waheguru Simran

One should not torture the body if its not possible to do Abhiyaas or sit in Samadhi because of illness or physical weakness. Instead, it is better to remain in bed and maintain state of internal bliss by being witness to the state of absolute nothingness.

ਚਾਹ ਗਈ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਮਿਟੀ, ਮਨੂਆ ਬੇ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਹ।

ਜਿਸਕੋ ਕਛੂ ਨਹੀਂ ਚਾਹੀਏ, ਸੋਈ ਸਾਹਿਨਸ਼ਾਹ।

Desires vanish, worries end, mind becomes carefree.

That person, who does not long for anything, is king of kings.

32. The joys of Liberation

One must possess the following qualities to truly enjoy the state of Liberation:

1. Upraam (ਉਪਰਾਮ): To completely forget all past events.

2. Vairaag (ਵੈਰਾਗ): To consider the tangible (ਅਸਥੂਲ), the subtle (ਸੂਖਸ਼ਮ), the individual and the cosmic (ਸਮਸ਼ਟੀ, ਵਿਅਸ਼ਟੀ), causes (ਕਾਰਨ), the universe (ਪਰਪੰਚ), etc. as mere fragments of imagination; to have desire for absolutely nothing.

3. Bodh (ਬੋਧ): The Soul is unique and beyond the physical body (ਅਸਥੂਲ ਸਰੀਰ), subtle body (ਸੂਖਸ਼ਮ ਸਰੀਰ), five elements (ਪਾਂਚ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ), organs of action (ਕਰਮ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੇ), organs of knowledge (ਗਿਆਨ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੇ), the mind and intellect (ਅੰਤਹਕਰਨ); to establish it into the ocean of absolute nothingness.

4. Ekaant (ਇਕਾਂਤ): To completely empty the mind from inside and outside is true solitude.

One should experience the state of nothingness by practising the above methods, a state that is the absolute Truth. Forms do not liberate anyone.

Four types of people exist in this illusion-roop world:

1. Paamar (ਪਾਮਰ): Those who do not possess qualities like Satsang, and holy virtues, and their knowledge-roop eyes are totally blinded. Considering this world as real and true source of happiness, they indulge in all sorts of bad actions. Such people are called Paamars. Such people fall in the deepest pits of hell when their life ends.

2. Vishayee (ਵਿਸ਼ਈ): Those who carry out philanthropic actions and expect rewards like material, fame or heaven in return.

3. Jigyaasu (ਜਗਿਆਸੂ): Those who desire for Moksha and nothing else, and are resourceful in achieving that.

4. Gyanvaan (ਗਿਆਨਵਾਨ): Those who are liberated; their worldly illusion has ended. They only know and see the One in everything and remain established in that Oneness.

ਮਾਰੂ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀਉ ॥

Maru Sri Kabir.

ਦੀਨੁ ਬਿਸਾਰਿਓ ਰੇ ਦਿਵਾਨੇ ਦੀਨੁ ਬਿਸਾਰਿਓ ਰੇ ॥

ਪੇਟੁ ਭਰਿਓ ਪਸੂਆ ਜਿਉ ਸੋਇਓ ਮਨੁਖੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਹੈ ਹਾਰਿਓ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

Thou has forgotten thy religion, O madman! O thou has forgotten thy religion.

Thou fill thy belly, sleep like a beast and lose thy human life. Pause.

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਕਬਹੂ ਨਹੀ ਕੀਨੀ ਰਚਿਓ ਧੰਧੈ ਝੂਠ ॥

ਸੁਆਨ ਸੂਕਰ ਬਾਇਸ ਜਿਵੈ ਭਟਕਤੁ ਚਾਲਿਓ ਊਠਿ ॥੧॥

Thou mingle not with the society of saints ever and are engrossed in false pursuits.

thou wander like a dog, a swine and a crow. Thou shall soon arise and depart.

ਆਪਸ ਕਉ ਦੀਰਘੁ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਨੈ ਅਉਰਨ ਕਉ ਲਗ ਮਾਤ ॥

ਮਨਸਾ ਬਾਚਾ ਕਰਮਨਾ ਮੈ ਦੇਖੇ ਦੋਜਕ ਜਾਤ ॥੨॥

Thou deem thyself ad great and others but small.

They who are evil in thought, word and deed; Them I have seen going to hell.

ਕਾਮੀ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੀ ਚਾਤੁਰੀ ਬਾਜੀਗਰ ਬੇਕਾਮ ॥

ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਰਤੇ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਰਾਨੋ ਕਬਹੂ ਨ ਸਿਮਰਿਓ ਰਾਮੁ ॥੩॥

The lustful, the wrathful, the clever, the deceitful and the idlers.

They waste their life in slandering others and remember not their Lord ever.

ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਚੇਤੈ ਨਹੀ ਮੂਰਖੁ ਮੁਗਧੁ ਗਵਾਰੁ ॥

ਰਾਮੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਾਨਿਓ ਨਹੀ ਕੈਸੇ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰਿ ॥੪॥੧॥

Says Kabir, the fools, the block-heads and the brutes meditate not on their Lord.

They realise not the Lord's Name. How shall they be ferried across?

(Ang 1105, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj)

33. Thoughts on Saadhan Chatshatey

1. Vivek (ਵਿਵੇਕ): Soul is Sat-Chit-Anand (existence, thought, bliss) in totality. The body and the universe is misery-roop myth. My true form is the Self, not the body. This is called Vivek.

2. Vairaag (ਵੈਰਾਗ): Renunciation of pleasures and delights by considering them false and misery-roop; to have interest in immersing the senses in the ocean of perpetual bliss of the Soul is true Vairaag.

3. KhatSammati (ਖਟਸੰਮਤੀ): There are six ways:

(i) Samm (ਸਮ): Externally control the mind.
(ii) Damm (ਦਮ): Stop the organs of knowledge from indulging in objects of pleasure (control on the senses).
(iii) Upraam (ਉਪਰਾਮ): Consider pride, woman (opposite sex), land, etc. as misery-roop and have no expectations (ਉਦਾਸ) from them.
(iv) TatKhasha (ਤਤਿਖਸ਼ਾ): Develop tolerance for heat, cold, hunger and thirst.
(v) Shardha (ਸ਼ਰਧਾ): Have undying faith on Guru Sahib and Gurbani.
(vi) SamaDhaan (ਸਮਾਧਾਨ): When All mental activity turns inwards (Antarmukhi).

4. MamukhShakta (ਮਮੁਖਸ਼ਤਾ): The intense longing for end to all sufferings is called MamukhShakta (ਮਮੁਖਸ਼ਤਾ).

Four methods of obtaining Knowledge:

1. Sarvan (ਸਰਵਨ): When the intense longing for liberation develops within, the Guru imparts the words of wisdom of Oneness and merges him in the Brahm.

2. Mannan (ਮਨਨ): With absolute conviction, he sits in peaceful environment and contemplates on these true words.

3. Nidheyasan (ਨਿਧਿਆਸਨ): He perseveres in regular Abhiyaas and transforms his consciousness into another form of these words.

4. Saakheyat (ਸਾਖਿਆਤ): In this Avastha, the Self saroop, which is Sat-Chit-Anand, the formless and absolute nothingness, becomes visible, like an object in hand. This ultimately brakes the shackles of all sufferings and total liberation is achieved.

ਕਬੀਰ ਤੂੰ ਤੂੰ ਕਰਤਾ ਤੂ ਹੂਆ ਮੁਝ ਮਹਿ ਰਹਾ ਨ ਹੂੰ ॥

ਜਬ ਆਪਾ ਪਰ ਕਾ ਮਿਟਿ ਗਇਆ ਜਤ ਦੇਖਉ ਤਤ ਤੂ ॥੨੦੪॥

Kabir, repeating "Thy Name" I have become like 'Thee'. In me now "I" has remained not.

When difference between others and myself has been removed, then wheresoever I see, there I see but Thee, O Lord.

(Ang 1375, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj)

34. The web of Kaal

Kaal has laid out attachment-roop trap, with the bait of words, senses, forms and pleasures spread inside it. Hunter lays out a trap on the ground and spread bait, ignorant animals come to eat and get trapped and ultimately killed. Similarly, human beings get trapped in the web of Kaal and repeatedly go through cycle of birth and death, and burn in fires of hell because of their desires.

Freedom from the web of Kaal is achieved when true wisdom is born within.

ਮਛੁਲੀ ਜਾਲੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਸਰੁ ਖਾਰਾ ਅਸਗਾਹੁ ॥

ਅਤਿ ਸਿਆਣੀ ਸੋਹਣੀ ਕਿਉ ਕੀਤੋ ਵੇਸਾਹੁ ॥

The fish did not pay attention to the net in the brackish and unfathomable sea.

Why did the very clever and beautiful fish have so much confidence?

ਕੀਤੇ ਕਾਰਣਿ ਪਾਕੜੀ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਟਲੈ ਸਿਰਾਹੁ ॥੧॥

ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਇਉ ਸਿਰਿ ਜਾਣਹੁ ਕਾਲੁ ॥

Because of her doing (folly) she was caught. Death cannot be averted from over her head.

O Brother! do then deem death hovering over thy head like this.

ਜਿਉ ਮਛੀ ਤਿਉ ਮਾਣਸਾ ਪਵੈ ਅਚਿੰਤਾ ਜਾਲੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

As is the fish, so is the man. Death's noose falls over him, unaware. pause.

(Ang 55, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj)

35. Non-Duality

The Non-dual entity is imperishable, undisturbed by thought, it is the state of absolute nothingness that is beyond the realm of sense. This Smaadh roop nothingness in its Maya is known as world, and the same world-roop is called Brahm, ParmSelf in the Gyan Avastha. Just like dreams belongs to the dreamer alone, similarly He is everything, and everything is He. I am in the absolute nothingness, in the universe, in the ignorance and in the Gyan Avastha.

There is nothing else except Me.

ਕਥਨੀ ਕਹਹਿ ਕਹਹਿ ਸੇ ਮੂਏ ॥
ਸੋ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਦੂਰਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਤੂੰ ਹੈ ॥
Those who speak and babble on and on, are truly dead.
God is not far away - O God, You are right here.

ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਮਾਇਆ ਛਾਇਆ ॥
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ॥੪॥੧੭॥
I have seen that the whole world is engrossed in Maya.
O Nanak, through the Guru's Teachings, I meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||17||

(Ang 354, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj)