When evil is in the heart

APRADHI DOONA NIVAI JO HANTA MIRGAHE. The criminal bends DOUBLE like the hunter out to kill a deer. His humility is deceptive. While preaching virtues, Sweatness and Humility Guru Nanak does not ignore the reality on ground also. He first gives the example of the Simmal tree. Though the tree is majestic, tall, big size … Read more

Good karma and ancestors

Good karma do help in the emancipation of even the departed ancestors ; PITRI. ————————————JIS SIMRAT SABH KILVIKH NAASAY, PITRI HOAY UDHAARO. SO HAR HAR TUM SAD HI JAAPO, JISKA UNT NA PAARO. POOTA MAATA KI ASSEES. A mother’s blessing to the son. May you remember always HIM who has no ends or limits , … Read more

God’s own people

JANAM MARAN, DO-HOON MEIN NAHIN, JAN PAR-UPKARYEEN AA-AY. JEEO DAAN DE BHAGTI LA-AYN HARI SION LAIN MILLA-AY. God’s own people (Jan) are beyond, both, birth and death (for them it is like moving from one room to the other) ; they come here for the good of others (par-uppkaar). They bless others with the spiritual … Read more

What is physical body?

NAU DARVAZAY, DASWAN DUAR. BUJH RE GYANI EHU BEECHAR. —- Guru Nanak (SGGS, Page 142). The body has nine openings into the physical world. There is the TENTH GATE opening to the spiritual realm. It is a fact known to the enlightened souls. Through this gate awareness gets connected to the spiritual world, the REAL … Read more

The drop and the ocean

The OCEAN comprises of all the DROPS. The DROP is connected to the OCEAN. Each drop is connected to another drop though it may not be so aware. Where is the OCEAN ? It is where each drop is. No specific place !!! Can be put the ocean at one particular spot ? Obviously not … Read more

Contentment

Fire-place is the first place which a fire burns. LUST, GREED, ANGER, HATE are all fires and you know which place these will burn first. Have we ever seen a fire being put out by putting more firewood on it. The more is put on it the more it will ask for. None will be … Read more

Be simple

God, life , spirituality, virtue, wisdom, are all SIMPLE affairs. Simple understanding can transform us and the life around us. Intellectual exercises by the ones eager to show themselves at a higher level of understanding and their selfish interests to retain prominence and dominance are all red-herrings and lead away from the practical aspect of … Read more

Corruption

Look at the wonderful impact made on the corrupt and the corruption in just about two and a half years of administration by a very high profile govt under an extremely dynamic and most honest PM !!! During the historic exercise of removing corruption and black marketing where almost the complete country is involved and … Read more

Exploitation

GAOO BACCH KO SANCHAI KHEER. GALAA BANDH DUHi LAY AHEER. ( Kabir — Guru Granth Sahib) The cow stores milk for the calf. The herdsman (milkman) ties its neck and milks it !! Don’t we all live on exploitation !! Also, what is the use of collecting and sitting upon wealth, which may be of … Read more

Justifications

Need or otherwise, we do often pray to God for or take for guaranteed His love, sympathy, mercy, compassion and help of some sorts. Do we also have these in us for others ? If not, then what face or justification we have to ask from God which we are unwilling to ourselves give or … Read more

A stage of awakening

The world seems to have reached a stage of awakening, mental development, interdependence and understanding that domination and browbeating of one nation or group by the other is likely to become a thing of the past. Major powers keep making efforts to maintain a sort of equilibrium while guarding their strategic interests. The proliferation of … Read more

Under His will

ALL THE TIME WE ARE UNDER HIS WILL. WE ARE THE INSTRUMENTS HE IS PLAYING. ONLY THE DEEP UNDERSTANDING AND REALIZATION IS MISSING !!! THE LEAVES OF THE TREE DO NOT HAVE THE INDEPENDENCE TO GROW AND EXIST AT THEIR OWN FREE WILL. OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE PHYSICAL WORLD IS AN ILLUSION ONLY. HE, … Read more

A sea of compassion

YOU ARE A SEA OF LOVE AND COMPASSION WHICH CAN CAUSE FLOODS ALL AROUND. ONLY THING IS THAT THE FLOOD GATES ARE NOT OPEN COMPLETELY. THERE IS ONLY ONE KEY THAT CAN UNLOCK THE GATES COMPLETELY. BEHOLD HIM IN THE SELF,ADORE HIM AND SEE HIM IN EVERY ONE ELSE ALSO. THEN YOU WONT BE ABLE … Read more

Sympathy and remorse

Nothing to exult or rejoice at the moment. Evident suffering, losses, frustration and inconveniences can be ignored or laughed away by the indifferent and clever by half only. Benefits and the promises are hazy, unclear, unsure and distant. NO WORD OF SYMPATHY OR REMORSE FROM THE POWERS THAT BE !!! IS IT NOT SURPRISING AND … Read more

The self and the formless

The SELF is an extension of the FORMLESS, into the physical world. The phenomenon can be described in ‘ N ‘ number of ways. One can choose for himself the perception. The moot point remains the realization of the truth. The truth that in reality we are the formless awareness of the FORMLESS. We can … Read more

Devotion

DEVOTION is fixing and establishing in mind the FORMLESS with love that is NATURAL like the love of the mother for the child. The love of the mother does not make sudden appearance at the birth of the child. It is a brew which has been in making for many years duly blended with the … Read more

Stilling the mind

Stilling the mind to receive some insights is a difficult exercise. The thought shared here, in original, was prompted as a response to a very meaningful post on the subject by friend Prakash Chavan. Put the mind in expectant, waiting and receptive mode as if waiting at the door for some important guest to make … Read more

Women and culture

TO HELL WITH A CULTURE WHICH SANCTIONS, ALLOWS OR CONDONES THE MOLESTATION OF WOMEN, AND THAT TOO OPENLY ; ON ANY PRETEXT WHAT-SO-EVER !!! SHAME ON THOSE WHO RELISH, SUPPORT OR LOOK THE OTHER WAY !! FEELING REALLY OUTRAGED !! DON’T YOU ??? …….. (culture here implies the individual perception of it.)

Equals

Feel equal to others and treat others as equals, honouring and maintaining the dignity of the ONE residing in all. Maintain your own dignity and do not attempt to lower the dignity of others. ‘ MANAS KI JAAT SABHAI, EKAI PEHCHANBO.’ …………. Guru Gobind Singh

Mind

Mind is the child born of wedlock of awareness with experiences and expectations. It is duty of the mother, awareness, to look after, rear and put the child to the most important work envisaged by the Nature.

Keep up!

Performance report, mark sheet, grading, are getting updated every moment and can be easily accessed with little introspection and viewed. Let us keep making efforts to improve the score and carry a respectable performance card to become eligible for a place to sit at HIS door. There is no favouritism, nepotism or consideration for any … Read more

The fruits of action

The belief in ‘ Fruits of Action’ is a double-edged weapon. It can help us maintain poise and equanimity under adverse circumstances. At the same time it may make us less reactive to the circumstances prevailing around us, which demand hard struggle.  

The flow of life

EVOLUTION IS FLOW OF LIFE ; IT IS OUR DESTINY, A NATURAL HAPPENING ; A DIVINE BIDDING. WE SHALL BE BETTER OFF IN ALL RESPECTS IF WE REALIZE AND FALL IN LINE. EACH STEP TOWARDS EVOLUTION TAKES US CLOSER TO HIM, BESTOWING LIGHT AND BLISS. LET US ALSO BE MINDFUL OF THE RESISTANCES IMPEDING THE … Read more

In one go

In one go God has put in the universe every thing that shall much more than suffice, for all times to come, to support and maintain life, wherever it appears in the universe. PROLIFERATION is the natural or divine attribute to life ; vital for its sustenance and evolution. From one word of HIM the … Read more

A picture of your Self

THOUGHTS GIVE US A PICTURE OF OUR INNER SELF. STUDY THE PICTURE AND KNOW YOUR CURRENT STATUS. THEN DELIBERATE UPON WHAT YOU REALLY WANT, WHAT IS AMISS, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES, WHAT ARE THE TASKS AT HAND, WHAT ARE THE CHANGES REQUIRED IN THE ATTITUDE AND THE SERIOUSNESS CALLED FOR. CHANGING THE SELF IS A … Read more