THE SWEET SLEEP OF ATTACHMENT
by
Sant Ajaib Singh Ji
June 9, 1977
Brookline, Massachusetts
Man has forgotten God. He has become blind
with the intoxication of Maya.
Nanak says: Without the meditation of God,
the snare of Yama falls on him.
After undergoing the cycle of eighty-four lakhs births and deaths you
have been given this precious human body. We get children, happiness
and sorrow in all bodies, and in all bodies we are able to enjoy worldly
pleasures. If there is any advantage of getting this human body over all
the other bodies, it is the meditation on Shabd Naam, and the opportuni-
ty of taking our soul to that place from where it was separated. If there
is any veil between us and God, it is the veil of the mind. When we do get
that human body, we forget God and we do not remember Him. We are
sleeping in the sweet sleep of attachment.
So Guru Teg Bahadur says, "Oh man, you did not remember the Creator."
After coming in this world you forgot the Creator and the Power That
created you. In this way you forgot everything, because you were lost
in the intoxication of Maya.
Once some people came to Ibrahim Adham, the King of Balkh Bukhara. They
wanted to know about God and how to escape from the calamities of Nature.
He told them, "I will tell you six things. If you do them, there will
be no danger. First of all, if you disobey God, don't eat the food given
by Him." They replied, "What else is there to eat?" Ibrahim said, "Yes;
but it is not good to eat someone's food and not obey him.
"The second thing is, if you want to commit any sins, don't do it on
God's land. Leave God's kingdom if you want to commit any sin." They
replied, "How is it possible to leave God's land? All land is God's!" He
said, "Yes; but if we are living on someone's land, we should not do any
deed which he doesn't like."
The third thing he said was: "Don't commit any sin when He is seeing
you." They replied, "How can we do that? He is always seeing us. He
knows our heart." So Ibrahim said, "Yes; but it is not good, that in His
presence we do bad deeds."
The fourth thing which he said was: "When the angel of death comes
to take you, tell him to wait so that you can repent." But they said, "The
angel of death doesn't wait for anyone!" He said, "Then, if it is not
possible for him to wait, you should be ready when he comes."
The fifth thing he said was: "When the messengers of death ask you,
`Who is your Master?' you should tell them to go away and refuse to let
them see your accounts." They replied, "It is not possible to do that."
The sixth thing that he said was: "When the Lord of Judgment, after
looking at your deeds, sends you to hell, refuse to obey him." They
replied, "This is not possible." So he said, "When it is not possible to
make your own food, to live on your own land, and to do anything
without His seeing; if you cannot keep the angel of death waiting while
you repent, if you cannot keep the messenger of death away from your
grave, and if you cannot refuse the Lord of Judgment, then you should
be ready to repent of your sins and to enjoy the reaction of the sins you
have already committed."
Everybody becomes our companion in happiness; in pain there
is no companion.
Nanak says: 0 mind, remember God, Who will be your help
at the end.
Now Guru Sahib says, "When we are in good health and have much
wealth, everybody will be our friend and will help us. But when we
become ill and lose our worldly position and wealth, no one is ready to
come and sit near us. Not even our relatives will come and help us in that
condition." And Guru Sahib says, "When this condition comes and no one
from this world helps us, in that time of crisis that Satguru Power is
still working overhead and protecting us."
Therefore Guru Nanak Sahib says, "Break the friendship with the
false ones and form a relationship with the True One." Because the
former will leave you in this world and the latter will help you even in
the beyond. He tells us to break the friendships with such persons who are
going to leave us in this mortal world and to form relationships with
those who are going to help us in this world and in the beyond.
In many births you have wandered, still the fear of Yama has
not gone.
Nanak says: 0 mind, remember God, and you will live with the
One Who is without fear.
Now Guru Sahib says, "We have not come into this world for the first
time. When we were birds, we came into the same world. When we were
donkeys or horses, then also we came into the same world. Now when we
come as men, still the world is the same. We are always coming and go-
ing from this world." In whatever body we come we have this illusion:
we always spend all our time taking care of and maintaining the shape of
the body which we are given. In all our births we have the same fear and
that is the fear of death. Whether we come as a king or a beggar, whether
we are wealthy or penniless, still we have this fear of death.
But Guru Sahib says, "If you earn that Shabd Naam you will be free
of the pain of birth and death." You will get that position where you will
be free of the cycle of births and deaths, and you will not have pain from
birth and death.
I have made many efforts, but still the egoism of mind
has not gone.
Nanak says: 0 Lord, save me from this evil.
Hazur Maharaj Kirpal Singh Ji used to say, "God has everything except
humility. Because to whom should He be humble? He is the Almighty
and owner of all things." So Guru Sahib says, "I tried every way and
made much effort to create humility within me, and to remove egoism
from within me, but I am helpless because without Your help I cannot do
it. Oh Master, Oh God, shower grace on me and make me free from this
evil."
Childhood, youth and old age are three stages of life.
Nanak says: Without the meditation of God, know them as
useless.
Now Guru Sahib says, "There are three stages which everyone has to
undergo: first is the stage when we are new-born, that of the child; the
next is youth, when we are young and in full health; and last is old age.
But," he says, "no stage is counted if you are not doing devotion: not
that of the child, nor of the youth, nor of old age. If you are not doing
devotion, all the time spent in these stages is useless."
You did not do what you should have done
and you fell in the snare of greed.
Nanak says: Now the time is past; why do you weep,
0 Blind One?
The purpose for which God gave you this life - devotion to Him, to
unite with Him - you have not done that and instead you collected
Maya. You started eating persons lower than yourself and in that way
you collected worldly wealth and worldly position. But what is the result
of acquiring all these things? Even in your lifetime that money is spent
in doctors' fees and other useless things. And later, your sons and other
people waste it. In this way, you collect Maya and Maya eats you up.
And when old age comes and sickness comes and the body is not working,
at that time you weep and repent that you did not utilize your time.
And then you cry for the devotion of God, but you cannot do it; such is
the condition of man while living in this world today.
Master used to say, "Time and tide wait for no man." When the time
of our life has left us, if we repent then, it is of no avail; we cannot
get the time again which we have spent in useless things.
Mind is absorbed in Maya, 0 Friend, now it will not come
out -.
Nanak says: Just as the idol is, it is attached.
Now Guru Sahib says, "Our mind is attached to this world and it loves
this world so much that it is not ready to leave that attachment." Our
mind is fixed and attached to this world just as a painting or idol is
attached to its place.
Man desires something, and something else happens.
Nanak says: He thought deception in his mind and on his neck
fell the snare of death.
Now Guru Sahib says, "Man wants to live in this world and collect all
the objects and instruments which gain him worldly pleasures. But God
is thinking something else. God's Will is different from that of man and
God is preparing our grave." All the desires of man can never be satis-
fied. If he fulfills his duties, then many desires will remain unfulfilled.
So he says, "In that way a man cannot fulfill all his desires. He is laying
his own plans, but he is not aware of the plan of God which is taking him
back to death."
Kabir says, "The mother is saying, `My son is growing older,' and she
is very happy; but she is not aware of the fact that day by day his life is
getting younger; year after year his life is getting shorter. And while she
is happy the Lord of Judgment is laughing at her, saying, `Why are you
happy? He is not yours, he is my food. I am going to devour him one
day.'"
For happiness many efforts were made; for pain, none.
Nanak says: Hear, 0 Mind: whatever God has wished, that
happens.
Now Guru Sahib gives us a warning. He is trying to explain to us that in
the world we are collecting all worldly things for our convenience, for
our ease: we are busy putting electricity here, fixing the furniture and
bringing all sorts of things into our houses. We are making our worldly
life very convenient and good; but is there anyone who is aware of or
who cares about the pain which he is going to have in the grave, where he
will find no cushion or anything to lie on? No, nobody is aware of or
cares about the pain which he is going to have in the grave.
Farid Sahib says, "The grave is calling to man, `0 man, why are you
afraid of me? In the end you have to come and lie down in me; so why
are you afraid, why are you running away from me?'"
So Guru Sahib says, "Always keep that pain before you, always
remember that pain." Have you ever thought of that pain? Don't go on
making things convenient for yourself and don't go on collecting only
the happiness-giving things. Have you ever thought of that pain? Your
praying will do nothing. Whatever God wishes, that will happen.
Kabir Sahib says, "All my desires and all my best efforts are to no
avail; because whatever God wills, only that will happen."
Master Sawan Singh used to say, "Happiness and suffering, riches
and poverty, good health and disease; these six things are written in
everyone's fate. And whatever anyone has in his fate, he has to suffer or
enjoy that."
The world is wandering as a beggar, God is the giver to
everyone.
Nanak says: 0 Mind, remember Him, and your works will be
completed.
Now Guru Teg Bahadur says, "In all this world, whether one is emperor
or beggar, there is only one giver and that is God." God is giving
everything to all people whether they are kings or beggars. In this world
we cannot complete all our work; many works remain incomplete. The
work which we have to complete is to solve the mystery of death, which
is the main purpose of coming into this world.
Once Emperor Akbar went in the forest to hunt and on the way he felt
thirsty. So he went to the well of a farmer and the farmer gave him some
water to drink. The farmer did not realize that he was the Emperor, and
Akbar thought, "He does not know who I am, but still I should give him
something because he has quenched my thirst." So he gave him a piece
of paper saying: "I am the King and whenever you want anything you
can come to me and I will give it to you."
So he said, "I am paying your tax, and I don't want anything now;
why should I come?"
But the King said, "Whenever you feel like coming and asking for
anything, you are welcome and you can have it."
After a while a drought came in the country and that farmer had
nothing to eat. So he went to Akbar thinking, "He is the King and I
will be able to get something from him." When he arrived Akbar was
praying and after his prayer was over he raised his hand. When he was
through, the farmer asked him, "What were you doing by raising your
hand?" Akbar replied, "I was praying to God: `O God, give peace and
happiness to my kingdom and shower rain in my country so that my
people can grow their food and this drought can be ended.'"
Hearing that the farmer started to leave. The King asked him, "Why
are you going back without asking for anything?" He said, "I came here
understanding you as a giver and thinking that I would be able to get
something from you. But after coming here I have seen that you are a
greater beggar than I am: you are also begging from God. So it is better
for me to ask from God. I should not beg from you because you are also
a beggar like me."
Why are you proud of the false things?
Consider this world as a dream.
Nanak says: I am explaining to you: of these things,
nothing is yours.
Now Guru Sahib says, "This world is like a dream and the things which
you are collecting are not going to go with you. Not even your body is
going with you. This body is just like a rented house which you have to
leave someday."
A Mahatma says, "Of what are you proud? Are you proud of good
health? Have you never had fever? Have you not seen how your face
becomes when you get fever? Are you proud of your youth? Have you never
seen any old men?"
Kabir Sahib says, "The wood is telling the blacksmith, `O blacksmith,
why are you burning me? Why are you making coal out of me? The day
will come when I will burn your body and I will make your body also into
ashes.'"
Similarly, Kabir says the potter was making pots out of clay when the
clay said, "Why are you playing with me and making vessels out of me?
The day will come when I will also make you into dust; you will be buried
in me and you will become my own. You should remember that day."
So Guru Sahib says, "In this world we should not have any type of
egoism nor should we be proud of anything, because nothing from this
world will go with us. All this pride is false."
You are proud of the body, which is destroyed in a moment,
O friend.
One who sings the praise of God, says Nanak, He wins the
world.
Now Guru Sahib says, "Sitting in this human body you are having pride
and egoism and you are not understanding other men as men. But you
don't even know whether the breath which you are taking in will come
out or not-whether you will die at this moment or what. You do not
even know that and still you are having pride of this body."
We are thinking this way because of our mind. Mind is our enemy and
is residing within us. If with Simran we take our mind and leave it in
the Brahm, its origin, our soul becomes free from the clutches of the mind.
And that is why this is called victory over the world. One who has
succeeded in controlling the mind, he has succeeded in controlling the
creator of the world.
In whose heart is the Simran of God, know him as the liberated
one.
Nanak says: Consider it as true: there is no difference between
Him and God.
Now Guru Sahib says, "Those who are doing Simran whether they are
sleeping or awake, whether they are standing or sitting, those who are
always remembering the Master, they have made their way to liberation
and there is no difference between them and God because they are
already liberated."
In whose mind there is no devotion of God -
Nanak says: His body is like that of the pig or the dog.
Now Guru Sahib says, "One who is not bringing his mind toward the
devotion of God; one who is not remembering Him; one who has forgotten
Him and has no interest in the devotion of God - what is his condition?
He is just like the pig and the dog." Pigs and dogs have bodies and
wander here and there without any meaning; in the same way, he has
taken up the human body but he is useless.
Kabir Sahib says, "God was going to make an animal but by mistake
he made a man, and instead of the tail and horns he gave him a beard
and hair; in that way he made man."
As a dog remains at the door of his master and never leaves,
Nanak says: In this way do the devotion of God and with one
mind and thought.
Now Guru Teg Bahadur tells us, "You see, God has made man the highest
in all creation and He has given him everything he needs; but still
he has forgotten God." If any little bit of sickness or disease comes,
then also man is abusing God. On the other hand, the Master is giving the
example of a dog who never leaves the door of his master even if he is
beaten or is not given any food. Such a dog, when he is rebuked by his
master, just goes away for a few minutes and when his master calls him
he comes back. We have not even reached the level of that dog. If we get
any disease or whatever is created because of our own karma, still the
first thing we do is leave our Master. If any bad things come over us we
say, "This is Master," and we leave Him. We are worse than that dog
who at least comes back to his master if his master calls him with love.
We are not even as good as that dog.
After doing pilgrimages, keeping fasts, and giving donations -
Nanak says: That is all useless, like the bathing of an elephant.
Now Guru Sahib says, "If anyone, after doing pilgrimages and japas
and tapas and yajnas and good deeds -giving donations and helping
people - if after all this he says, `I have been doing all these things'
- if he goes about advertising the virtuous deeds he has done, all the merit
of those things is lost and he gets nothing."
Master Sawan Singh Ji used to say, "It is just like making good food
with flour and then putting ashes on it." If we donate something with
our right hand, our left hand should not know about it. There is no need
to tell others, because God knows everything.
So Guru Sahib says, "After doing all these good things, if we are ex-
hibiting them to the world, our condition is just like that elephant who
after bathing puts sand on his body." He is not satisfied until he has
done that.
The head is shaking, the foot is stumbling,
the eyes have lost the light.
Nanak says: Even though this condition has come,
still you are not tasting God.
Now Guru Sahib describes old age. He says, "In old age the head starts
shaking, the eyes refuse to do any work and we cannot see, and our
whole body is weak; but still we do not remember God." The phlegm is
coming from the mouth, our whole body is suffering, but still we do not
remember God.
Carefully I have seen in this world, nobody belongs to
anybody.
Nanak says: Bear this in mind: only the devotion of God is
permanent.
Now Guru Sahib says, "Dear ones, I have gone over this matter very
carefully and I have seen that there is no real companion and there is no
one who can help us at the hour of crisis. All friends and relatives, all
brothers and sisters whom we love, are not going to help us in our crisis.
Only the beloveds of God can help us."
The creation of this world is false, know this, O friend.
Nanak says: It is no firmer than a wall of sand.
Guru Teg Bahadur says, "The world we are seeing is all going to be
destroyed; it is not everlasting." The friends and dear ones who we hope
will help us will not be able to help us. Because everyone has to leave this
world. We even carry our friends and relatives on our shoulders to the
graveyard. Think now: who can help us in that condition?
So Guru Sahib says, "This world is not everlasting. This world is like a
wall made of sand." Just as children in their play make houses of sand
which are not everlasting; in the same way this world is not everlasting.
Rama has gone, Ravana has gone, although they had big
families.
Nanak says: Nothing is permanent, the world is like a dream.
Now he gives the example of two great personalities, Rama and Ravana.
Rama, who was the son of King Dasrath, had sixteen supernatural
powers and was an avatar, but even so he didn't live in this world
forever. He also had to leave this world. Ravana was the King of Ceylon;
he was very advanced in science and had a great family. [He was called
"The Demon King" and was eventually destroyed by Rama.] In the
Treta Yuga or silver age, Kabir Sahib came [in His incarnation as
Maninder] and gave initiation to Vichitra Bhat. And Vichitra Bhat's
wife told Mandodri, who was the wife of Ravana," A great Saint has
come to my house and if you also want to cross the ocean of life you
should come and take initiation from Him." So Mandodri, wife of Ra-
vana, got initiation from Him and when she returned she started praising
Kabir Sahib to Ravana. She said, "One Mahatma has come who has a
white beard and a turban and is wearing white clothes, and He Himself is
God. If you come and bow down at His feet you will also become im-
mortal and be free from the angel of death."
Ravana was a great egotist and he didn't want to go to see Kabir
Sahib. Kabir Sahib waited for him for some time; then, because He was
the Ocean of Divine Grace, He went to the palace of Ravana and told the
door-keeper to go and tell Ravana that one Saint has come and he would
like to see him. That door-keeper knew that Ravana was a great egotist
and would not be happy to hear this. So he said, "Ravana is an egotist
and very proud of his power and if I go and tell him this he will kill me."
So Kabir Sahib replied, "Don't worry about that, he won't do anything
to you. You go and give my message to him." So he went to Ravana and
told him, "One Saint, a great person, has come to see you and He is
standing at our door."
Ravana was very angry with him and said, "One beggar has come to
you and you want him to come and disturb me? You have come to tell
me that I should go and see him?" Going in anger he took out his sword
and tried to kill Kabir Sahib. Kabir stood there with a small blade of
grass, and Ravana struck with his sword seventy times; but he could not
even break that small piece of grass.
Then Kabir Sahib said, "I have done this only to break your egoism.
You should show the power of your sword when Rama comes to kill
you; at that time you will see how powerful you are."
Kabir was the first Saint to come in this world and he came in all the
four ages. In the Sat Yuga or Golden Age he was called Sat Sukrat; in the
Treta Yuga or Silver Age he was called Maninder; in the Dwapar Yuga
or Copper Age, Karunamai; and in the Kali Yuga or Iron Age His name
was Kabir. And He never went below the human body.
So Guru Teg Bahadur says, "Neither Rama nor Ravana stayed
forever in this world." They also had to leave this world even though
they were great personalities. Nanak says, "In this world nothing is
permanent; everything is transitory and temporary; it is just like a dream."
When the dream of the night comes it is for five or seven minutes or even
a few hours but the dream of this lifetime lasts for twenty or fifty years
according to our age. So nothing in this world is everlasting. Rama and
Ravana were great personalities, but when the time came they also had to
leave this world.
Worry about that event which is not in God's Will;
This is the way of the world, says Nanak, Nothing is
permanent.
Guru Sahib says, "You should be worried about that thing which is not
in the will of God." But the thing is that everything is in the will of God;
birth and death, coming and going in this world, they are all in the will of
God. And only when God wills, does anything happen.
Nothing in this world is permanent. Bhagat Namdev says, "People
are making great palaces with foundations deep in the earth so that they
can live long. But consider Makunda Rishi, the oldest man in history: he
spent his life in a small hut-not a great palace with a deep foundation."
So he says, "Why should we worry about the things of this world?" Our
giver is that God Who has all our worries; why should we worry about
these small things? Our sustainer is God, so why should we be proud of
the things we have here? Not even our body is going to go with us!
Then Namdev says, "Saying, `Mine, mine,' the Kauravas were
destroyed." Duryodhan was the oldest of the Kauravas and he thought
that he should become the King of India. But he was not ready even to
give two small villages to the Pandavas who were the rightful kings of In-
dia. So Namdev said, "The Kauravas were saying, `Mine, mine,' and
thought this world belonged to them. But their bodies were not even
eaten by eagles." When the battle of Mahabharata was fought many
people died and not even the birds wanted to eat the flesh of those men.
And their bodies did not go with them, but they stayed in this world.
Namdev says, "King Ravana made Sri Lanka into a country of gold.
But when Rama came there, he destroyed Sri Lanka in a moment."
What is produced, that will be destroyed, either today
or tomorrow.
Nanak says: Sing the praise of God and give up all
entanglements.
Now Guru Sahib says, "The country in which we are dwelling, that
country is the country of our birth and death. One who is born in this
country is going to die in it also. And rising above all these problems, we
should do our meditation and earn our Shabd Naam."
My strength is lessened and I am caught up.
There is no other way to become free.
Nanak says: 0 God, now I am in Your refuge,
help me as You helped that elephant.
Now Guru Sahib is begging God: "0 God, we are feeble, we are weak;
we have so many ties pulling us back into the world-how can we help
ourselves? How can we get out of the ocean of life? Since we are in this
condition, You must shower grace on us and help us in the same way you
helped the elephant."
Guru Teg Bahadur is referring to the elephant in the following story:
In India there were two pundits or learned men named Brahma and
Hota. In India it is generally the custom that people invite the pundits to
their homes and give them good food like rice pudding. After they eat all
the delicious food, they ask for money too. That money is for the wear
and tear of their teeth.
Both the pundits, after being served, were given money by the host;
but by mistake he gave more money to one pundit and less to the other.
Brahma was very clever, but Hota was very humble and not clever.
Brahma said, "You have got more than I have, so we should combine
our money and then we should divide it." But Hota said, "No, whatever
we have, we have gotten by our fate. Whatever you have, you should be
satisfied with that; what I have, I am contented with that."
But Brahma said, "No, that is not good." They started fighting with
each other, and in the end they cursed each other. Brahma said to Hota,
"You are so greedy you will become an octopus. You will have many
arms and legs and in that way you will be able to get more, because you
are very greedy." So Hota in reply also gave a curse to Brahma: "You
are very egotistical and you will come in the body of an elephant and
then I will see what will happen." So because of that curse, Hota became
an octopus, and Brahma became an elephant. (Elephants, you know,
have amity and friendship with each other, because of past karmas.) So
once that elephant came to drink water from the river where that octopus
was living. When he started drinking, the octopus came out and caught
hold of him. He was trying to pull the elephant into the water, but
because the elephant was very mighty he could not do it.
Now when the elephant was caught in this way, his brother elephants
brought him food. Since the octopus was an animal of the water he was
getting food from the water, so he had no problem; he was getting
stronger and stronger because he was getting food from the water which
was his home. But the elephant, because he was held by the octopus,
could not go and find his food; he could only eat whatever his friends
were bringing him. And in a few days his friends stopped bringing food
and he became weaker and weaker and the octopus became stronger and
stronger; and one day the octopus pulled the elephant into the water.
And when he was pulled in all his body was submerged except his trunk.
And then the elephant remembered God, and he said, "0 God, all my
companions have left me and they have stopped helping me. You are the
only person who can help me at this time." So God showered grace on
him and sent Sudarshan with a disc, who cut all the arms and legs of the
octopus and the elephant was free.
So Guru Sahib says, "When You helped that elephant in that condi-
tion, You should also help us and cut free all the bindings and attach-
ments in this world; in that way You will help us just as You helped the
elephant."
If we had strength, we could have found the ways to cut our
attachment.
Nanak says: Everything is in Your hands, only You can help
us.
Now Guru Sahib says, "If we have strength we can remove all our bind-
ings and attachments; but if we have no strength we cannot do anything.
O God, You are the giver of all strength and You are the cutter of the at-
tachments. If You shower grace on us, only then can we be free of all the
entanglements of this world. Without You we have no place where we
can go and take shelter."
All my friends have left me, nobody maintained friendship.
Nanak says: In this hard time there is only one God Who
helps.
Now Guru Sahib is drawing the picture of our end-time very beautifully.
He says, "When our end-time comes, the friends who are inspiring us to
do bad deeds - the sense organs which we are using to do these bad deeds
- they are also not even helping us at that time. Our ears stop hearing
anything and our eyes stop seeing anything. Moreover our tongue, which
is tasting all kinds of tastes in this world, that also stops working and
we cannot even speak. And in that way all the parts of our body refuse to
work and our body becomes useless."
Guru Nanak says that when we are in that condition, there is only one
person who can help us and that is the Satguru. So Guru Teg Bahadur
says, "At that time when no one from this world - no companions, no
friends, no brothers and sisters - can help us, at that time we have only
one refuge and that is our Master."
Naam is lasting, Sadhu is lasting, Master and God are lasting.
Nanak says: In this world some rare one repeated the mantra
of Master.
People are bringing forth children in the hope that they will glorify
their name. And some people are making buildings, some charitable
buildings, with their names on them - because they want to glorify their
name.
But Guru Sahib says, "You cannot glorify your name in that way, nor
will your name be remembered by many people because the buildings
will be destroyed either in this age or in another age; therefore your
name cannot be everlasting."
Whose name will be everlasting and whose name will be remembered
by the people? Only the name of the beloveds of God; only the name of
the Sadhu because he is doing the devotion of God, only he will be
remembered as the holy person, as the great person of this world. When
the world is not going to remain here, then what is the question, what is
the possibility, of keeping the name of the people in this world? There is
only one Truth and one Reality and that is the Name of God; and those
who remember the Name of God and do meditation on the Name of
God, they will be remembered after this world.
Guru Nanak says, "In our observation, in our experience, one Power
has come Which is always there. He was when there was nothing; He was
before all ages began; He existeth now, 0 Nanak, and shall exist
forevermore." It is not true that in the past there was some God Who was
ruling over the world and now there is some other God and in the future
some other God will come and rule over and take over this world. He says
there is only one Truth and one Reality and that is God, Who is the
owner of all this world in all times. Guru Nanak Sahib says, "He cannot
be made by the people of the world, He cannot be made by parties and
votes; He is enlightened by Himself because He is Light Himself; He
Himself is Light."
The Naam of God is within me, and nothing is equal to it.
Remembering that Naam, the danger vanishes, and Your
darshan is obtained.
Now, in the completion of this hymn, Guru Teg Bahadur says, "We
should meditate and we should earn Shabd Naam, so much so that we
unite with that Shabd Naam. We should absorb ourselves in that Shabd
Naam, because by meditating on Shabd Naam we can be free from the
fear of birth and death and in that way we can have the darshan of our
Beloved God."
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