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Die Before Death

Spiritual Discourse by
Satguru Baba Kehar Singh ji

Radha Soami
Dera Baba Bagga Singh
Railway Road, Tarn Taran 143401
Dist. Tarn Taran, Punjab, India

Published by:
Balwinder Singh, Secretary

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Publisher's Note
Baba Kehar Singh jis satsangs are a treasure of
spiritual gems. Out of this infinite treasure one
was brought forth in the original Punjabi edition of
this book; which was later translated into Hindi
and English. With the blessings of Baba Kehar
Singh Ji, this edition of the book is translated
from the original Punjabi edition by Mrs. Nirmal
Sian and Mr. Kenneth Stambler, with assistance
from Mr. Vipin Sian. Dera is grateful to them.
I hope the seekers of spirituality all across
the world will read this book and, in so doing, will
understand the genesis of Sant Mat.

Balwinder Singh
Secretary
Radha Soami
Dera Baba Bagga Singh
Tarn Taran, Punjab, India

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To Die before Death


Sri Raag Mehl first
Adi Granth P. 20-21

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marnai kee chintaa nahee jeevan kee nahee aas.

I have no anxiety about dying, and no desire for living.


This Shabad is written by Guru Nanak Dev
Ji. He is trying to make us understand the word
death, which is a great cause of fear to the
whole world. He says, O' Gentlemen, the whole
world is trembling with the fear of death, and no
one is ready to take such a step to help us
experience it. Death is a fundamental truth. It has
to come to us. Then why are we frightened? We
are such cowards that upon hearing the word
death we start trembling. Let us see what Guru
Nanak Dev Ji explains about death. He repeats
the beginning verse:

I have no anxiety about dying, and no desire for living.


I have reached such a stage, that I neither
have the fear of death, nor the desire to live.
Whatever has to happen, will happen. Why be
afraid? Baba Partap Singh served the Dera for 26
years. We never thought that He would leave us.
Neither did we believe that Maharaj Charan Singh
would leave us quietly. Thousands of men and
women remained weeping at their death. You saw
Baba Partap Singh during his life. At the time of
his death a military unit was staying in our Dera.
In the morning, the Colonel came to see Babaji.
Taking a step back he took off his hat and saluted
him. Looking at his face he said, has Babaji left?
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You are telling a lie. Babaji did not show any


symptom of death. He held his arm to feel the
pulse. Being disappointed he put it down. Whom
we considered God, slipped out of our hands and
left. We were sad and kept weeping. Kabir Sahib
said:
Adi Granth, Page 1365

kabeer jis marnay tay jag darai mayray man aanand.


marnay hee tay paa-ee-ai pooran parmaanand.

Kabir, the world is afraid of death.


That death fills my mind with bliss.
It is only through the (living) death,
that Perfect, Supreme Bliss is obtained.
O' Kabir! Why are you eager to die?
Everyone wants to live. Even a person of 100
years wants to live for four more years. If we
cant walk, suffering with cough and breathing
with difficulty, even then we want to live more.
Someone asked Kabir Sahib, why are you feeling
happy to die? He said, the place I have to go after
death is delightful. It is full of variety and is a
most beautiful place. I do not want to stay in this
filthy world even for a moment more.
A few days ago some of my relatives came
to Dera from Canada. They were husband & wife,
along with their kids. The husband and wife were
Indians, but their children were Canadians. After
seven days they said, Babaji, we are going back
to Canada. I said, you had a program to stay here
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for forty days? They said, Babaji, look at these


kids. A spot on their fair complexion is more
visible than the children with dark complexion.
Mosquito bites do not matter if you have dark
skin. I said, I will arrange a mosquito net for you.
They said, it is not only the question of a
mosquito net. There is so much dust and dirt
everywhere. Persons coming from Canada leave
within ten days. Why wouldnt Kabir be happy to
leave this world? He has come from a region
which has no pain or pleasure, only peace and
happiness. The pot made today, has to break
tomorrow.
Adi Granth, Page 1429

jo upji-o so binas hai paro aaj kai kaal.


naanak har gun gaa-ay lay chhaad sagal janjaal.

Whatever has been created must be destroyed.


Everyone shall perish: today or tomorrow.
O Nanak, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord,
and give up all other entanglements.
You may put a pot in a corner and let it sit
there for a hundred or two hundred years as a
symbol of your seniors, and not touch it.
However, one day that empty pot will break. We
also have to die, but we are afraid of death. The
mahatmas who have visited the other world are
not afraid of death. People ask, when can that
stage be attained? Accept the teaching of Guru
Nanak Dev Ji, the Gita and the Ramayan. Every
religious book talks about the same thing: Guru,
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knowledge and contemplation. Guru Granth Sahib


says, if you want to meet God, 'Mutu-a kibal ant
mutu-aa', which means, Die before death .
Adi Granth, Page 730

naanak jeevti-aa mar rahee-ai aisaa jog kamaa-ee-ai.

O Nanak, remain dead while yet alive;


practice such a Yoga.
If you want to learn such a yoga, what to
do? Adopt a guru and get blessed with Nam; then
meditate with concentration. To meet God you go
to the temple, bow your heads, and pray at the
tombs of Muslim Saints. These saints themselves

are no more, what can they do for you?

daadoo dunee-aa baavaree, marhee-aa poojan oot.


jo aap jahaano chal gayay unaa kee daynay poot.

Dadu says, the world is mad;


It worships the monuments
in hopes of being blessed with a son.
How can those who have left this world,
bless others with sons?
They cant give anything. We remain eager
to meet God, but how can we attain that stage in
order to meet Him? Think for a moment! Is God
present in this world, or not? Has anybody seen
him? No, neither is He here, nor can you see or
meet Him here. He has no shape, nor will He
appear before you. It is said in Guru Granth
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Sahib, not by me, He neither belongs to any


religion, nor does He have mother, father or
relative. For example, we utter the word
electricity. It does not have any shape, but we
have to agree that it is a power which makes the
fans work and the sound reach the audience. We
have to agree that it is a power!
How did the world come into existence?
How did it expand? How does everything work in
the world? People request, Babaji, we have come
here to know how we can meet God and die
comfortably. We dont want to die the death of a
dog, nor do we want a painful death. We want
only one thing: to die while sleeping.
They request a comfortable death. Try to
understand its origin. A human being is made of
five elements: fire, earth, water, air and ether.
These elements do not constitute the real 'body',
but just a shape. The thing that makes it stand,
move, and walk, is the soul. So the soul has been
placed in it. What is soul?
I mentioned five elements. The source of
fire is the sun. The source of water is the sea. The
source of earth is the Earth, and the source of air
is the atmosphere. A balloon is flying in the air.
When it bursts, we do not know where the air has
gone. In this body, the main element is the soul.
Have you ever thought about its source? Till we
know that, we cannot know about the world. Do
not burn or bury a dead body but just put it in a
lonely place, and after some time all the elements
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will go back to their source, and only the skeleton


will remain. This soul also has a source also. We
think about Param-Atma (God) every day. We go
to the temples in search of Him. It is nothing but
the Supreme Soul, the Supreme Power. The

source of atma (soul) is Param-Atma.

Let us think how this Special Soul came into


existence. In the whole world no one can answer
the question, what came first, the chicken or the
egg? When we began discussing this, I asked the
people sitting around me: what came first, the
chicken or the egg? The people replied, Babaji,
the hen came first. Then again another question
arose, How was the hen born? They replied, from
the egg. I asked, how was the egg born? They
replied, from the hen. So this circle of question
and answers went on like the Persian wheel.
When the Persian wheel revolves, we cannot see
where the belt first began to turn. It has become
a part of the chain. One may know the answer or
not, but the question just creates confusion. I was
in Nagpur, and the same question was asked,
what came first, the chicken or the egg? Seven
or eight press reporters were also present there,
so I said to them that the hen was born first.
They asked, Babaji, how was the hen born? I
said, you ask this question, so I will tell you how
the hen was born. To begin a talk and then run
away from educated persons is something very
difficult. If you start a talk to convince them, you
have to prove it, and quote examples. They will
agree only if they are convinced. They said,
Babaji, how did it take place? I said, I will tell
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you something new. As I have already said, there


is no entity named Paramatma in this world. The
word paramatma is made up of two words, param
and atma (Param+atma = Paramatma =
Supreme Soul). Why should we waste two hours
discussing whether paramatma is a word or not?
Suppose Paramatma is there and paramatma is
not. I am going to tell you something new which
you can neither think about, nor will it strike your
mind to discuss. Paramatma was created by Nam.
The Creator of the world was also created by
someone. Yes, His creator is Nam, about which
Guru Nanak Dev Ji has said:
Pran Sangli

sabaday dhartee shabadi aagaas. sabadai sabad bha-i-aa


pargaas.
sagali sristi sabad kay paachhay. naanak sabad ghatay ghat
aachhay.

Shabad has created the earth and the sky.


Everything is enlightened by the Shabad.
The whole world is supported by Shabad,
Shabad exists in every living being.
Shabad is the creator of the whole world.
What is that Shabad? There was a great Saint
named John. He had written in his book, In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.

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All things were made through Him (the


Word); and without Him was not anything made
that was made.
In the beginning (of this cosmos) there was
Word, Kalma, Hare-Hare, Allah. Today people
have given one-hundred and eighty thousand
names to God. You may call Him by any name,
but Guru Nanak Dev Ji has named Him Sar
Shabad and Satnam. That Sar Shabad Word
came into action. The question arises, how did the
Sar Shabad come into action? An atmosphere or
environmental situation came into being. For
example, you are travelling in a boat on a river,
or in a ship on the sea; there is an anouncement
that a whirlpool has developed. Wind created the
whirlpool, and even large boats and ships are
pulled down in it. So we have to accept this
reality of the atmosphere, or an environmental
situation.
Most people say that genera was born out
of "Mada", a feminine force and the infinitesimal,
primal atom. Primal force is also born as an
outcome of environmental conditions, and
subsequently created the whole world (genera).
A special power came into existence. That Mada,
or special power, Satnam or Word, created the
Purush whom we call Paramatma. How did
Paramatma come into existence? It is difficult to
explain this mystery; rather, it is beyond our
intellectual comprehension.

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I myself have pondered upon the subject.


Sometimes a person does not get time to bathe
for a month. We experienced this at the time of
partition, when we came from Pakistan to India.
Every person had lice on his head and body. Have
we ever thought of how they were born? We
picked them out and killed them, never thinking
beyond that, as to who created them? All the
species are produced by mating. At that time,
people could not bathe. Due to the summer heat,
every one was sweating, and small particles of
dust got on the head and skin. In that dust, God
created one male and one female. In time these
two started to grow, became young, mated, and
smaller lice were born. How were the lice first
born and how did a male and female come into
existence? All this was created by the
atmosphere. In the rainy season we see ladybugs
in a lonely place. The mosquitoes also breed. First
the body was created, and to give it movement,
the soul was put in it. Like this, environmental
conditions developed, and Sar Shabad (Word)
created the Purush or Supreme Soul.
Now Purush thought that he is sitting there,
alone, comfortably He should create the order
of the world; so Purush created Sixteen Sons or
Powers. Niranjan was the fifth son. Now that
Power of Sar Shabad or Word started coming
downwards, and the biggest order of the world
was to be set up. Prior to that, there was no
mortal world, ether-land, nether-land, Brahma,
Vishnu, Shiv, stars, moon, or anything. Only
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Purush was there, and He was blossoming within


himself.
According
to
Guru Nanak Dev Jis
philosophy, first of all, Sar Shabad (Word) came
into existence. Sar Shabad created Agam and
Alakh Desh, and then lower to that, Sachkhand.
Reaching here, Sar Shabad haulted; then came
out as a stream of Satnam. What is that Satnam?
Adi Granth, Page 1

ik-oNkaar sat naam kartaa purakh nirbha-o nirvair akaal


moorat ajoonee saibha-n gur parsaad jap

One Universal Creator God.


His Name is Truth Personified.
No Fear, No Hatred;
Image Of The Undying.
Beyond Birth, Self-Existent.
By Guru's Grace, chant the holy Nam.
Starting from here, Satnam further created
two regions. We call them Bhanwargupha and
Daswan Dwar. Daswan Dwar is also called Triveni,
Amritsar or Paragraj. Sar Shabad again halted at
Daswan Dwar. From there it comes out as Sound
Current or the Audible Life Stream, and created
two more regions named Trikuti and Sahansdal
Kanwal. Descending to the back of the eyes, five
regions and six stations were created. Now
Paramatma did not feel any need to make the
lower body; he created the microcosm from
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behind the eyes to the top of the head. Tulsi


Sahib says:
hai ghat may-n soojhat nahee laahnat aisee jind.
tulsee is sansaar ko bha-i-aa motee-aa bind.

He is in the body but cannot be seen.


A curse is such a life.
Tulsi says this world is suffering from cataract.
We have taken only this much shape (the
head) from God. If only the head is moving
around, it does not make sense. In that shape we
would have been like insects, or other such living
beings. As a reward for his worship of 64 yugas,
and 70 yugas; Kal got the souls. He ruled these
two regions named Trikuti and Sahansdal Kanwal.
These two come in the range of Vedas. Niranjan
thought, I have to make the world, and put
glitter in it! So, he created the lower body, and
fixed the same stations in it below the eyes.
Adi Granth, Page 695

jo barahmanday so-ee pinday jo khojai so paavai.


peepaa paranvai param tat hai satgur ho-ay lakhaavai.

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The One who pervades the Universe


also dwells in the body.
Whoever seeks Him, finds Him there.
Pipa salutes the Lord, the Supreme Essence.
He reveals Himself through the True Guru.
Niranjan put the same features in these two
stages (Sahansdal Kanwal and Trikuti), that are
above the eyes. All this comes in the range of
Vedas, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiv. It has no
relation with God realization. Below the eyes
there are six chakras. To cross these chakras, we
would have to go down and then come up again,
to ascend the upper five stages. We dont need
to do that. Describing everything existing behind
the eyes, Kabir Sahib described the lower body
also. How do we go upward at the time of death?
Let us see how Kabir Sahib has explained it... At
that time our hands and feet become cold. It
seems as if death is about to come. The
circulation of blood stops from the nails. The soul,
breath and vital air start moving upwards. Breath
and vital air are different things. These reach the
rectal centre. Here lives the god Ganesh. The
element of earth and a lotus with four petals
exists there. The sound of Kilyng Kilyng is
heard. This is the lord of riddhis and siddhis
(reaching here one attains the spiritual power to
accomplish anything he desires, in a physical
shape; while being in a conscious state). Going
up from there, one reaches the swadisht chakra,
which is called the genital centre. The element of
water is there; Brahma and Savitri are the lords.
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Creation of the world is done by them. Here


exists the lotus with six petals and the sound of
Om Om is heard.
People doing yogabhyas,
(practicing yoga) can see it. Next comes the
navel centre. Here is the seat of Vishnu and
Lakshmi. The element of fire is there. The sound
of Hiryng Hiryng is heard. The lotus here has
eight petals. Stamping each grain and providing it
to the insect sitting even in the stone, is the duty
of Vishnu. Going still further on the left, below
the chest, comes the heart centre. The element
of air exists there. Gods Shiv and Parvati are
sitting there to destroy the world. The sound of
Sohang Sohang is heard. This lotus has twelve
petals. Vishnu is the eldest of the three. Next
comes their mother Shakti, the goddess of
ignorance, sitting in the throat. The sound here is
Shi ryng Shiryng. This lotus has sixteen petals.
At this place Brahma, Vishnu and Shiv get
disconnected; even while the person is still alive.
The Saints ask, Who is that noble person?
Who is that loving one in this world who can unite
us with God? We need that noble person to unite
our soul with Param-atma, the Supreme Soul and
make us His embodiment. Who is that person? He
is our Guru. Adopting a Guru, receiving Nam
from him, and meditating; we are to die while
living, as Kabir did. The third Guru says:
Adi Granth, Page 555

ki-aa jaanaa kiv marhagay kaisaa marnaa ho-ay.


jay kar saahib manhu na veesrai taa sahilaa marnaa ho-ay.
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marnai tay jagat darai jeevi-aa lorhai sabh ko-ay


gur parsaadee jeevat marai hukmai boojhai so-ay.
naanak aisee marnee jo marai taa sad jeevan ho-ay.

What do I know? How will I die?


What sort of death will it be?
The world is terrified of death; everyone longs to live.
If I do not forget the Lord-Master from my mind,
then my death will be easy.
By Guru's Grace, one who dies while yet alive,
understands the Lord's Will.
O Nanak, one who dies such a death, lives forever.
As Guru Nanak Dev and other mahatmas
die before death, that is called Mutua kiblant
mutua, which means, Die before death. While
living, when we retrace our soul, and bring it
behind the eyes, our soul reaches the first stage,
which is Sahansdal Kanwal. We are disconnected
from the lower body. This is called the living
death. In the company of Guru, we go up and
see that region where we are to go after death.
Whosoever has seen that region, does not want to
come back. If he has five more years to live, but refuses to
come back down after Guru shows him this region, it would be
necessary to take another birth. Completing that period
he can go there.
Sometimes we are fed up with an elder in
the family. That person also says, I cant even
breathe. Stifle me. Kill me. Someone stifles
him and he dies. That old person takes his next
birth in the same family. He lives for only five
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hours and dies. It was the remaining period of


his previous human life*. He had to finish that
period before he could enter into some other life.
Taking yourself behind the eyes through Nam and
Simran is the real death. This is the method to
reach behind the eyes.

*Baba ji was speaking about an old person w ho was


fed up with his sickness and wanted to die. As per the
desire of that senior person, someone killed (suffocated)
him. It so happened that this person's destiny was to live
for only f ive more hours; so, to complete that period of his
present life, he took birth in that very family, and lived for
only five hours and then died.
Adi Granth, Page 932

gurmukh aavai jaa-ay nisang. Parhar mail jalaa-ay kalank.

The Gurmukh comes and goes without fear.


His filth is taken away, and his stains are burnt off.
When a Gurumukh (highly advanced soul)
reaches behind the eyes, he is disconnected with
this world (macrocosm), and lives in that world
(microcosm). Coming back into the body, he gets
connected to this world. He walks and eats in this
world.
Let us read what Guru Nanak Dev
describes about death:
too sarab jee-aa partipaalahee laykhai saas giraas.

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You are the Cherisher of all beings.


You keep the account of our breaths,
and morsels of food.
O' My True Lord, I did not know all this, and
your power. I was quarrelling with my guru.
Sometimes I was annoyed, and sometimes happy
with him. Having a glance of Shabad Guru, my
position has been enhanced, because he took me
to Anami Desh. When Baba Jaimal Singh, Baba
Bagga Singh, Baba Deva Singh, and Baba Partap
Singh, took their souls to Anami Desh; the main
gate was closed. It is something surprising that
Paramatma (Guru) is calling Paramatma, to say
that he has brought the souls according to the
list. Christ also said, I have come to collect my
marked sheep; the sheep which were marked for
me - so and so, son of so and so, etc. etc.
On my visiting different places, people
would say Babaji is mad, as he is roaming in such
a hot weather. Cant he sit comfortably at Dera?
If the police come to know that a big smuggler is
travelling somewhere, they start following him;
and do not stop until he is arrested. They are not
bothered about their food or drink, hot or good
weather! They just have one aim, to arrest the
smuggler. Like that, Saints are going from house
to house. They shower a lot of love and say, O
Gentleman, you do not know that I am after you,
as I have your name and address on my list.
A person from Gohalvarh (a village in India)
went to see his relatives in England. He came to
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me when I was about to start Namdan. I asked,


"From where have you come?" He said, "From
Gohalvarh." I said that it is at a distance of 3 to 4
kilometers from Tarn Taran. He explained that he
belonged to that village only. I said "All persons
from Gohalvarh went to Maharaj Charan Singh in
Beas. How were you spared?" He said,Babaji,
first I was not prepared. When I made up my
mind, Maharaj ji left this world.
Now after
attending five to seven satsangs of yours, I am
prepared. I said, You had a mind for Beas, so
get initiated from there. I sent him away. On
the third or fourth day he again came to me, at a
different location. He said, Babaji, please listen
to me. You said one should not be without Nam
for a minute, even. Saints are caught in their
own words. I had said that one should get
Namdan without delay as who knows when some
accident is there on the road and who will help
you then? He said, Babaji, in case I die in an
accident, you will be responsible! He was right.
He was an educated man, so he could say all that.
I allowed him to sit for Namdan. I was trying not
to initiate him, as I wanted him to get Namdan
from Beas; but he got it from me in England. It
was destined, as his name was in my list.
Mahatmas say that unless you stay in
Gurus order and discipline, it is difficult to realize
God. The door is opened and the souls are
standing with Baba Bagga Singh. He enters the
door and stands on the right side of his souls; and
the same Baba Bagga Singh is sitting on the
throne of Purush. His face is lustrous. Having his
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darshan the mind is full of happiness. People here


are not ready to agree with the fact that a door
opens there. Without experiencing this, we cannot
accept it. When the radio was invented we said,
"Leave it, it cannot be possible." Radio came.
Then it was said that motion pictures will also be
coming along. We did not believe, but the
television came, the pictures started coming.
I was in America and watching T.V. news.
The news reader said that after ten years, there
wont be any aeroplanes because of the fear of
falling down. What will happen then? There will
be a big platform. The person standing on it will
disappear, and reach Indira Gandhi Airport in
India with the help of waves. We say that it is
totally fallacious. If such a platform is there, we
will not enter it, thinking we may not board it
properly. If a portion of our body is stretched
outside the platform, what will happen? One day
we will come to know the reality. Therefore it is
said, we cannot accept the facts which we have
not seen. We do not agree that Baba Bagga Singh
is on that throne, and is standing with his souls
also. We agree only after experience.
Kabir Sahib took Queen Indermati to Anami
Desh. The door was closed. He said, O Lord, I
am here with Queen Indermati, the wife of the
king of Garh Girnal! The door opened. Kabir
Sahib entered with Indermati. Indermati saw the
same Kabir Sahib sitting on the Majestic Throne
there, and standing on her right side too. Coming
out Indermati asked, O my True Lord! If you
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were Paramatma, why did you not tell me in the


mortal world. I had been hiding so many things
from you. It was wrong on my part because you
know every mind. Kabir Sahib said, Indermati, if
I would have told you that you are standing in
front of Paramatma, you would not have accepted
it. You agreed with the things only in your
intellectual range."
If I say, "I am Paramatma", people will say,
Look how tactfully he has taken the position of
the Master. Now he claims to be the embodiment
of God. Just now the mind will start thinking in
the wrong way. O Gentlemen, leave me out, a
one month old child is also Paramatma. This body
is the palace of God. He lives in it. With the
growth of the child, Gods power in him also
grows. But we need to know ourselves. Know
thyself! How can we know ourselves?
Christ says, O Gentlemen, you cannot
meet God, till you come to me. You have not
recognized yourself. I will tell you the method to
recognize yourself, then you can meet Him. Shri
Krishan said, O Arjun, you cannot meet God
directly. Arjun said, What is my fault? It is
not a question of fault. Then what, said Arjun?
Shri Krishan said, You do not have Shiv Netra,
(the third eye) opened, so you cannot see God.
We have to learn the method.
We have to adopt a Guru, get Namdan, do
Simran, and contemplate. About this, many
people say to me, Mine is such a stage that I do
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simran and meditation while walking.


I say,
Then you have gone to the upper regions also?
They say, Yes, only this is needed. Nobody
knows what simran and meditation are. Now
listen, what is simran? Why does Nam contain
five words?
Behind the eyes there are five
stages, five lights, and five sounds.
While
coming, we came through five stages.
We are to sit, keep on repeating the five
words, and contemplate on the Guru. Until Guru
in the form of Shabad appears behind the eyes,
the work is not done. Guru Nanak Dev said:
Adi Granth, Page 943

sabad guroo surat Dhun chaylaa.

The Shabad is the Guru upon whom I lovingly focus


my consciousness.
I (the soul) am the chayla, the disciple.
Shabad is our Guru, and the surat (soul) is
the disciple. While doing simran we reach such a
stage, that we feel drowsy, the work is done. This
stage is like when we churn the curd, and it
becomes thick and ready to give out the butter.
At such a stage of simran, we are to contemplate
on guru and sit in meditation, listening to the
sound. Place two fingers at the forehead, two at
the eyes and the thumbs in the ears. We do this
so that the eyes may not open, the ears may not
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hear the outside sounds, and the tongue may not


utter any other word. That is the meaning of the
picture of 3 monkeys. One with his hands on his
eyes, so as not to see something evil; another
has his hands on his mouth, in order not to speak
something bad; and the third one has its hands
on the ears, in order not to hear anything evil.
The tounge has been made to speak good words,
to do simran; to praise the Guru and God. Christ
says, Cut away that tongue which does not sing
the praises of God. Eyes have been given to see
the path, to differentiate between Guru and
ordinary human beings; and to have darshan of
Guru. Put lead in the ears which do not hear the
Sound from our Holy Father, God.
We go through four stages- jagrit, supan,
sukopat and turiya pad. First is jagrit; that is
when we are wide awake, I am speaking and you
are listening. In the second stage, supan, I am in
my dreams, and you are in your dreams; this
stage comes when we are asleep. Sukopat is the
light above this, reaching here the soul realizes
Paramatma. Lastly, Turiya Pad is the source of
soul. As the drop goes into the ocean and takes
its form; the soul goes there and becomes one
with Paramatma. At the time of meditation no
simran is required. One has only to listen to the
Sound. Guru Nanak Dev also has referred to five
words:
Adi Granth, Page 1291

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ghar meh ghar daykhaa-ay day-ay so satgur purakh sujaan.


panch sabad Dhunikaar Dhun tah baajai sabad neesaan.

The True Guru is the All-knowing Primal Being.


He shows us our true home within the home of the self.
The Panch Shabad, the Five Primal Sounds,
resonate and resound within.
The insignia of the Shabad is revealed there,
vibrating gloriously.
He explains, I want that Guru who tells me
the five words, five lights, five sounds and five
stages. That is why he says:
Adi Granth, Page 974

panch sabad nirmaa-il baajay. dhulkay chavar sankh ghan


gaajay.

The Panch Shabad, the five primal sounds,


resound and vibrate there in their purity.
The chauris - the fly brushes wave,
and the conch shells blare like thunder.
How to contemplate? You have to look upward,
because the sound of Nad, the spiritual music, comes from
above. At that time two things are there. There is
complete darkness- no light, only pitch darkness.
Dont worry about that, and keep on meditating.
From a long distance you will hear the sound of
Nad. That sound will pull you, as if tied with a
rope, and take you to the big Sound from where it
has come. Which is that rope? The hunters put a
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metal plate on an earthen pot and beat it. The


deer follows that sound and reaches the hunter.
He is ignorant of the intention of the hunter, so he
gets his head cut and dies. How has the sound
compelled the deer to go to the hunter?
O People, this sound of Nad is known to
you! You will be mad after It. In Anami Desh,
the soul was alive because of that Sound. No
eating, no drinking, no other work! Just to have
His Darshan and listen to the Sound. What is that
region for which we are so eager to go? This is
our old region, where the soul listens to the
Sound, and is mad after that. Sit in a separate
corner in a room. Neither talk, nor listen to
anyone. That Sound coming from above will
penetrate behind your eyes. Now your work is
complete. At that time one more thing will
happen. Divine Radiance will shine. It shines out
of the Sound. That Divine Luster reaches behind
your eyes. The whole world says that until you
explore the shiv netra (third eye), you cannot
meet God. But what is that shiv netra, and where
to see that? Has anybody ever described how we
can get that? We keep on saying, "See the shiv
netra in you". Whatever books I have read, they
say that you should open the third eye. They do
not say anything
beyond
that.
I have
experienced, what that third eye is. There is an
eye; a point on our forehead. It does not have its
own light. The divine lustre comes from above. I
do not know why I always reach Dera at eight in
the evening. After passing Jandiala (a small town
near Tarn Taran), the road sign shows Tarn
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Taran, 16 km., Amritsar 16 km. Reaching there


once, I saw a big flash of light, equal to a bulb of
a thousand watts. Crossing that, it was all blank,
as if nothing is written there. Since then, while
passing from there, my attendents ask, Babaji,
has third eye come? Through this third eye we
have to see God. The physical ears cannot hear
Him, the physical eyes cannot see Him, the
physical legs cannot reach the spot where he
resides. We cannot work there with our hands.
Guru Nanak Dev says:
Adi Granth, Page 139

akhee baajhahu vaykh-naa vin kanna sunnaa.


pairaa baajhahu chalnaa vin hathaa karnaa.
jeebhai baajhahu bolnaa i-o jeevat marnaa.
naanak hukam pachhaan kai ta-o khasmai milnaa.

To see without eyes; to hear without ears.


To walk without feet.; to work without hands.
To speak without a tongue;
like this one remains dead while yet alive.
O Nanak, recognize the Hukam of the Lord's
Command,
and merge with your Lord and Master.

Same is the function behind the eyes.


When the celestial light appears, the luster and
radiance come. Your function is over. First we do
simran. When the simran reaches the culmination,
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we do meditation. While in meditation we hear


the Sound, the Unstruck Music, which attaches us
to the Shabad Guru. Your Guru is with you.
When death comes the breathing does not
stop, but the vital force leaves first. When this
force is gone, the breath also stops. People say
that the breath and the vital force are not the
same thing. I have not read in books what they
are. They just say that these are two different
things. I have observed it like this, A blacksmith
works on his furnace; he feeds the air with a
bellows, and the coal starts burning. Like this, the
vital force is a bellows which pumps the air.
When the vital force is not there, the breathing
will stop automatically. One more new thing.
When the child is in his mothers womb, he has
only the vital force, and no breathing. We hear
the lady saying, I am four months pregnant. My
baby moves, sometimes very fast. It is because
of vital force. At the time of birth, the vital force,
the bellows start working and the breathing
starts. In the mothers womb, the baby gets
oxygen through mothers blood. As soon as he is
born, breathing automatically starts through the
nose. It leaves prior to breathing Like this the
vital force and the breathing are two different
things.
When the vital force is gone, the
breathing stops; the coal will also stop burning.
The sound is not there, the person is dead. So if
you get initiation and observe these things inside
your body, then you will believe.
antar gurmukh too vaseh ji-o bhaavai ti-o nirjaas.
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You exist within the Gurmukh.


As it pleases You... You decide our allotment.
Now the person has come to know that he
should get Nam, do meditation, go inside, have
Darshan of Shabad Guru, and become a
Gurumukh. It is possible if we always stay with
Guru. Who is a Gurumukh? We do not even
know how a person can become a true disciple.
Guru Gobind Singh says:

Adi Granth, Page 1235


jaagat jot japai nis baasar, ayk binaa man naik n aanai.
pooran paraym parteet sajai,brat gor marhee man mool na
maanai.
teerath daan dayaa tap sanjam,ayk binaa nahi ayk
pachhaanay.
pooran jot jagai ghat mai,tab khaalis taahi n khaalis jaanai.

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He should see the burning light day and night.


He should believe in one God only.
He should have complete love in his heart.
He should not believe in observing fasts
or worshipping monuments or graves, even by mistake.
He should follow one God.
Should not have belief in pilgrimages, donations,
mercy, austerities or self-control.
He should have a complete light burning in his
body.
Then he can be known as a pure disciple.
Reaching the first stage, the Sahansdal
Kanwal, which is called Mukame Allah by
Mohammedans, we see the luster of jot, the light.
Reaching Trikuti, Brahm (gyan khand), which is
called Mukame Alahu by Mohammedans, one
becomes a yogi or yogishwar. Reaching the third
stage of Daswan Dwar (Sharm Khand), which is
called Mukame Lahut by Mohammedans; one
becomes a sadhu. It is said in Guru Granth
Sahib:
Adi Granth, Page 283

charan saaDh kay dho-ay dho-ay pee-o. arap saaDh ka-o


apnaa jee-o.
saaDh kee Dhoor karahu isnaan. saaDh oopar jaa-ee-ai
kurbaan.

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Wash the feet of the Holy, and drink this water.


Dedicate your soul to the Holy.
Take your cleansing bath in the dust of the feet of the
Holy.
To the Holy, make your life a sacrifice.
Reaching the fourth stage, Bhanwargupha
(Karam Khand),
Mukame
Alahu as
per
Mohammedans, one becomes more than a Swan.
Reaching Sach Khand, one becomes a Gurumukh.
Gurumukh is Gods name. This Gurumukh looks
after us, protects us, and stays in His Command.
Guru Sahib says, O' my True Lord, You are living
in me. It is your will to get work done according
to your wish. Nothing is in our hands. God
observes us. One who concentrates on Guru,
Guru appears in him. That person comes to know,
that he is in His command. He says, O God,
keep me as per your wishes. You protect each
one.
jee-aray raam japat man maan.

O my soul, chant the Name of the Lord;


the mind will be controlled.
Now Guru Nanak Dev Ji says, O my soul,
repeat the Ram Nam. What is Ram Nam? It is
the Name of a Power. Whichever Saint or
Mahatma comes to this world, they have one
common message and preach the same thing.
With great love they make us understand, O'
people of the world- the nations, relations,
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religions, whatever you see in this world, is


perishable. Then what will stay? What is eternal?
He Himself replies:
Adi Granth, Page 1429

naam rahi-o saaDhoo rahi-o rahi-o gur gobind.


kaho naanak ih jagat mai kin japi-o gur mant.

The Nam remains; the Holy Saints remain.


Guru, the Lord of the Universe, remains.
Says Nanak, how rare are those
who chant the Guru's Mantra in this world.
Nam is eternal, Guru is eternal, everything
else in this world is perishable. So my mind,
meditate on Ram. What is Ram? Yesterday I took
satsang from the Ramayan, which is written by
Guru Gobind Singh, in his own words. There are
three things here; first it is Ramayan, second it is
written by Guru Gobind Singh, thirdly it was
preached by a Radha Soami preacher.
Many
people thought, what was its need? The need
was to look into Guru Gobind Singhs writings,
which were not read; see what he said, and what
his thoughts were. We know only one thing
(about him), that he created Panj Piyare. He cut
the heads of five persons and again brought them
to life. In Ludhiana, Punjab, India I spoke on the
same topic. I was sitting in a house, and a person
there said, Babaji, you said that Guru Gobind
Singh cut the heads (off) of five persons. He cut
the heads of goats, not men. I said, What did
you say? Repeating his words, he said that Guru
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Sahib cut the heads of goats, not persons. I said,


Who told you? He said, My father. I said, You
are blaming your father. He must have been born
later than my great grandfather and grandfather;
who told me that he cut the heads of persons, not
goats!
I said, O Gentlemen, if you want to eat
meat, keep on eating it! Dont use an excuse that
he cut the heads of the and made maha prasad. It
is absolutely wrong. Two ladies wearing gatras
(belt with small sword put across the upper body)
said, Jo bole so nihal.
I said, Sat Sri Akal.
They were happy. But I was concerned with the
blame people put on Guru Gobind Singh, who
prepared Panj Piyare against the tyranny, and
blessed them with special power. Kabir Sahib
brought to life a dead body flowing in the river,
and named him Kamala.
The Mohammedans slaughtered a cow.
Kabir objected to it, and said, You drink her milk;
how justified is it to kill her? Kazi said, Bring
her to life. Kabir brought her back to life. Guru
Gobind Singh also had the power to kill a person,
and bring him back to life again. So to meet the
Lord,
you
need
Guru,
Knowledge,
and
Contemplation. So follow this path and never be
afraid of death! If one has to die, then why think
of today or tomorrow? Preparing Panj Piyare, he
gave the message that one should not be afraid of
death! He has spoken in his writings in detail,
about death.

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jal kahaa-n thal kahaa-n gagan kay gavan kahaa-n.


kaal kay banaa-ay sab kaal hi chabaa-ay- gay.

Not just speaking of the residents of water, earth,


and wanderers of the sky;
all those created by the God of Death,
will ultimately be devoured (destroyed) by him.
One day Guru Sahib was walking by the
riverside. A reindeer was drinking water. A fish
entered his mouth. Turning his head upward he
tried to swallow it. A hawk flying in the sky
pounced upon the fish. The reindeer put his head
down and the hawk got stuck in his horns and
died. A hunter was following the reindeer. Hiding
behind a bush he fired at him. The reindeer was
killed. A snake sitting in the bush bit the hunter.
The hunter hit the snake with the butt of his gun
and killed it. Watching the death of these five at
the same time, Guru Gobind Singh wrote that
verse. Many a time I have narrated this story:
that once a wedding party was going from Batala
(a city in Punjab, India) to Chola Sahib village.
The bridegroom had a double crease in his pants.
His friend said that it did not look good and the
bridegroom said, I will just now go in and fix it.
He went in, switched on the iron. After three
minutes he touched it to see whether it was hot.
He was electrocuted. He was the only son. His
father asked some one to bring him out, as it was
getting late. His friend went in and came out
crying, My friend is no more! Sisters were
waiting to welcome the rituals; people were
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dancing. They did not know about the mishap. As


soon as they came to know, the happiness turned
to misery. Everyone was weeping. The bride was
ready to garland the groom. She started undoing
her make-up and hair setting.
antar laagee jal bujhee paa-i-aa gurmukh gi-aan. ||1||
rahaa-o.

The raging fire within is extinguished;


the Gurmukh obtains spiritual wisdom.
I understand that these people do not know
the abc's of Guru Granth Sahib, and talk very
high. When a person sings the praises of God, and
attains such a stage that at all times, he likes to
praise Him; his ego is destroyed. If we try to
understand this verse, we are to follow what Guru
Sahib says. He says, Due to the fire of desire, I
kept running after worldly things, to get one after
the other. After attaining Nam from the Perfect
Master, when I did meditation, that fire came
under control.
antar kee gat jaanee-ai gur milee-ai sank utaar.

Know the state of your inner being.


Meet with the Guru, and get rid of your doubts.
O Gentlemen! If you want to be free of all
doubts, meet the Master who knows the inner
microcosm.
People know the things in this
outside world. This does not help, as the whole
knowledge exists inside. The big learned persons
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read Guru Granth Sahib.


They have high
thinking, but preach worldly knowledge; whereas
each verse of Guru Granth Sahib says, God is
inside. There is a big palace inside this body as
quoted below:
Adi Granth, Page 754

is kaa-i-aa andar na-ukhand parithmee haat patan


baajaaraa.
is kaa-i-aa andar naam na-o niDh paa-ee-ai gur kai sabad
veechaaraa.
kaa-i-aa andar barahmaa bisan mahaysaa sabh opat jit
sansaaraa.
sachai aapnaa khayl rachaa-i-aa aavaa ga-on paasaaraa.

Within this body are the nine continents of the earth;


its markets, cities and streets.
Within this body are the nine treasures of Nam;
cntemplating the Word, it is obtained.
Within the body, are Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva;
from whom the whole world emanated.
The True Lord has staged and contrived His own play;
the expanse of the Universe comes and goes.
This palace has nine gates; and the gate of
liberation too.
Adi Granth,Page 124

na-o dar thaakay Dhaavat rahaa-ay. dasvai nij ghar vaasaa


paa-ay
othai anhad sabad vajeh din raatee gurmatee sabad
sunaavni-aa
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Those who close off the nine gates,


and restrain the wandering mind;
come to dwell in the Home of the Tenth Gate.
There, the Unstruck Melody resounds day and night.
Through the Guru's Teachings, the Shabad is heard.
The one who knows the inside path can lead
us there. Once Baba Partap Singh was on tour in
Lukhnow and I was with him. A member of Dera
committee Mr. Parkash Singh was with us. He
said, Babaji, let us go to the labyrinth?. In
olden days, to punish a king, he was put in the
labyrinth. He could never come out. We went
there, and after a little walk, we could not find the
guide. Babaji said, Where has he gone? Call
him! Does he want to kill us? Babaji got angry
and said, The kings could not come out of this
place, how can we? It was a matter of false
notions, because every day we narrate the story
that one cannot come out of it without a guide.
Meanwhile the guide came and greeted Babaji.
Babaji said, We are not going up, take us down.
He said, Babaji, We are standing at a point from
where going up or down is the same distance.
Babaji said, How can that be? He took us up and
showed the whole layout. We were relieved. He
said, Now I will take you straightaway to the
ground level. The stairs directly went to the
ground and we heaved a sigh of relief. Leaving us
there, if the guide would have gone away, locking
the door, and I got lost there, my father, Baba
Partap Singh, would find me; because he knew
the ways inside the labyrinth. But if Baba Partap
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Singh got lost there, his father would not be able


to find him, as he himself did not know the ways
of the labyrinth, nor the whereabouts of his son
inside the labyrinth. So, O Gentlemen, as only
a guide can take us out of the worldly labyrinth;
without Guru and Knowledge, neither can we
cross the inner labyrinth, nor know Him.
mu-i-aa jit ghar jaa-ee-ai tit jeevdi-aa mar maar.

To reach your True Home after you die;


you must conquer death, while you are still alive.
Guru Nanak Dev says, O Gentlemen! The
house where you are to go after death, go see
that beforehand. Guru Sahib asks us to die a
living death, to see our permanent abode while
living. If anybody says to us, Go and die!, we
would not leave him without beating. We get
disturbed with these words. But Guru Nanak Dev
says, Die before death. What type of Guru is
he? He should say, Son, may you live for 100
years! Even if he says, I gift you 50 more years;
this blessing is also painful, as one is not able to
sustain himself, and he is dependent on others
even for a sip water. This does not make sense.
It is a punishment.
There was reference of Akal Takhat Sahib
(Supreme Court of Sikh religion). I said that Akal
Takhat also favours dignitaries. In case of Giani
Zail Singh (former President of India) and Buta
Singh (former congress President of Punjab) who
did not move away from their air conditioned
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room; they had been given such a punishment


they could easily undergo. Whom we are ready to
serve, cleaning their dishes and shoes; they are
given the punishment to wipe the shoes of the
sangat. It was a blessing in disguise. In this way
they did public service to wipe off their karmas;
otherwise they would have never done such an
ignoble service openly. Guru Nanak Dev says,
Control your mind, and go to that place while
living, where you are to go after death.
anhad sabad suhaavanay paa-ee ai gur veechaar.

The beautiful, Unstruck Sound


is obtained by contemplating the Guru.
Now he says that the whole secret is inside
the body. The Spiritual Melody is coming from
the place beyond the border, from Anami Desh.
aa rahee dhur say sadaa taray bulaanay kay lee-ay.

A sound is coming from above, to take you.


I have talked about the inner music, the
Sound Current, coming from above. This Sound
is known to us. If we listen to this Sound, we can
go there. Otherwise we cannot. No one has gone
there
without
Satsang,
Guru,
Knowledge,
Contemplation, and Meditation; and no one can.
anhad banee paa-ee-ai tah ha-umai ho-ay binaas.

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Getting connected to the Unstruck Music,


egotism is eliminated.
Guru Nanak Dev explains how the Sound,
which is coming to us from beyond limits, helps
us.
Adi Granth, Page 628

Dhur kee banee aa-ee. tin saglee chint mitaa-ee.


Da-i-aal purakh miharvaanaa. har naanak saach
vakhaanaa.

The Bani emanates from the Primal Lord.


It eradicates all anxiety.
The Lord is merciful, kind and compassionate.
Nanak has described this truth.
By joining with that Bani (Shabad), all the
garbage of ego, I and mine, is finished. Kabir
Sahib has also insisted on leaving the ego. Guru
Granth Sahib has also said the same:
Adi Granth, Page 466

ha-umai deeragh rog hai daaroo bhee is maahi.


kirpaa karay jay aapnee taa gur kaa sabad kamaahi.

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Ego is a chronic disease,


but it contains its own cure as well.
If the Lord grants His Grace,
one meditates on the Shabad blessed by Guru.
Ego is such a disease; it cannot be cured
without Gurus Grace, Simran and practicing
Meditation. Kabir Sahib says that ego is a very
big tree, which can be finished only by pulling out
the roots. He says in Guru Granth Sahib:
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kabeer ayk marantay du-ay moo-ay do-ay marantah chaar.


chaar marantah chhah moo-ay chaar purakh du-ay naar.

Kabir, when one died, two were dead.


When two died, four were dead.
When four died, six were dead.
Four males and two females.
Ego is the root of a tree. Lust, anger, greed,
attachment, desire and slander are its branches.
Our bad thoughts are its leaves. If we 'overcome'
lust, and face a woman after ten years, it is again
there. We are calm for many years, but seeing
an enemy, anger again comes! We left the
attachment, when we see our son, it is again
there. Observing property coming in hand, we
are greedy. Other weaknesses start coming to the
mind automatically. Kabir Sahib says, "Kill the
ego, the root; and the whole tree will dry
up!" Attaining Nam and doing meditation, ego is
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killed; and all the other weaknesses become


ineffective. Mind is overpowering all weaknesses,
senses, and soul. Nam is a bigger power than
mind.
It can control the mind.
If mind is
controlled, malice is gone. Malice is gone, desire
is gone. With desire, affection is gone. With
affection, pleasure is gone. With the departure of
affection and pleasure, lust is gone. Like this
slander has also gone out.
Kabir Sahib has
described the killing (controlling) of the six with
the killing of the one (ego).
satgur sayvay aapnaa ha-o kurbaanai taas.

I am forever a sacrifice
to those who serve their True Master.
Guru Nanak Dev said, I am a sacrifice to
those who have served their Master within. To
serve the Master means to repeat the Holy Nam
received from the True Master, and praise him all
the time. This is called True Service to Guru.
kharh dargeh painaa-ee-ai mukh har naam nivaas. ||3||

They are dressed in robes of honor,


in the Court of the Lord.
The Name of the Lord is on their lips.
It is said that the Shabad is your Guru.
Radha Soamis accept the Shabad Guru, and they
honour the Living Master also. As long as the
Living Master does not appear in the form of
Shabad Guru, we are not respected in the Court
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of the Lord. According to Guru Nanak Dev and


the philosophy of Guru Granth Sahib, only by
attaining Nam from the Guru, and uniting with
Him, can we be successful.
jah daykhaa tah rav rahay siv saktee kaa mayl.

Wherever I look, I see the Lord pervading there;


in the union of Shiva and Shakti,
of consciousness and matter.
Guru Nanak Dev says that Shiv is maya. It
is all a game of Shiv and Shakti (Maya). This
world is an extension of illusion, nakedness, and
sex. One day Shri Krishan and Arjun were sitting
together. It was a relation of brother-in-laws.
Arjun said, Krishan, you have 360 female friends,
give one to me. Krishan said, Okay, have one. It
does not make any difference to me, but you are
to take that one with whom I am not present. It
was night, Arjun entered a room, and saw Krishan
sitting with his friend. Krishan said, Arjun come
in. What do you want? Being hesitant, he went
out. History says that Krishan was present with all
the 360 devotees. Like this, being one, He is
many.
How can he be seen in so many forms? You
put a thousand buckets of water on the road from
Tarn Taran to Amritsar on a sunny day. You will
see the sun in each bucket. From one he became
many. How can it become one. Drain the water
out of all the buckets, and the shapes seen in
them are gone.
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If we want to give something, or a blessing


to someone, but he is unwilling to take it, that
comes back to us. Lukman, an ayurvedic doctor,
went to a fair. His son was also with him, looking
for different things children demand to buy. The
boy touched something and the shopkeeper said,
O pig, why are you touching these things?
Lukman said, My son, it is a fair. Clothes, conch,
sweets, etc. are all sold here. Many shopkeepers
have stands. This man is selling bad names. If
you touch a utensil to ask the price, and the price
does not suit us, we do not buy. If we ask about
the sweets, but do not buy; the shopkeeper will
call us bad names. If we do not react, it will not
affect us, and go back to him. He will be upset."
So gentlemen, what are you to do? Get Nam,
meditate, and reach behind the eyes. Your work
will be done.
gun bandhee dayhuree jo aa-i-aa jag so khayl.
vijogee dukh vchhurhay manmukh laheh na mayl. ||4||

The three qualities hold the body in bondage.


Whosoever comes into the world is subject to their play.
Those who separate themselves from the Lord,
wander lost in misery.
The self-willed manmukhs do not attain union with
Him.
The body of persons not worshipping God, is
bound in three attributes. The persons following
their mind, stay in the range of attributes (rajo,
sato and tamo). They cannot meet God.
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man bairaagee ghar vasai sach bhai raataa ho-ay.


gi-aan mahaaras bhogvai baahurh bhookh na ho-ay.

If the mind becomes balanced and detached,


and comes to dwell in its own true home,
imbued with the fear of God;
then it enjoys the essence of supreme spiritual wisdom,
and it never feels hungry.
Guru Nanak Dev says, Detached from
illusion, and keeping away from wandering in the
world; the mind remains focused on the Guru.
This is possible if he is deeply in love with God.
Being attached to the Godly pleasures, he does
not wish for anything else.
Guru Nanak says next, O' mind, leaving
the attachment with maya and illusion, remain
attached to Guru. Doing this you will never face
Gurus separation. As a drop of water going back
to the sea gets merged with it, the soul going
back to God gets merged with Him.
He says next, O Gentlemen, how can you
get attached to the Truth? If the mind gets
detached.
It cannot be detached, until it is
attached to Guru and Knowledge, with inner bliss.
Being attached inside, our mind becomes friendly
to us. He is a big friend, because he brought us
here to the satsang; and he is a big enemy
because sitting in the satsang, we remember the
things related to our family, and we are in our
home. When we return, the satsang is over. So
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all this is the game of the mind. Only Mahatmas


can control the mind.
Once a mahatma was walking in a city. He
passed by a sweet shop. Jalebies (sweets) were
being fried. His mouth started watering. The
mind said, I want to eat that. The mahatma
said, Keep going, do not ask for something
unnecessary! Passing the shop he went further.
His mind was stuck in the sweets. He went to the
nearby jungle, collected some wood and came
back to the shopkeeper. He got one and a half
kilos of sweets, in exchange for wood, and went
outside to eat those. After eating a quarter of a
kilo the mind said, No more! The mahatma said
to his mind, No you have to eat. After eating
some more he vomitted. Mahatma told his mind
to eat that also! Then to eat the remaining
sweets too. He could only eat a little more, and
said to the mahatma, That is it; here after I will
not ask for sweets. In winter we burn wood.
When the fire is about to extinguish, we put more
wood on it, and it keeps on burning; but the fire
of hunger has a limit. When the stomach is full
and we eat more, it is thrown up. On compelling,
our mind requests us not to put more food in!
Guru Nanak Dev says, Controlling the mind, win
over the world! How we can win over the mind?
We should derive benefit from Guru Sahibs
words.

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Adi Granth, Page 1379

fareedaa sakar khand nivaat gurh maakhi-o maaNjhaa


duDh.
sabhay vastoo mithee-aaN rab na pujan tuDh.

O' Farid, Sugar cane, candy, molasses, honey and


buffalo's milk are all sweet;
but nothing compares to Your Sweetness.
Oh my True Lord, all these things are
sweet, but compared to Nam they are tasteless.
Mahatmas say that they who talk, have not ever
experienced that sweet Nam. Those who have
experienced, never talk about That.
I recollect an incident from Baba Partap
Singhs life. On Saturday after getting off from
my workshop, I reached Dera at 3 PM. After
asking the lady in the kitchen to cook food for me,
I went to Babaji. It was winter and he was sitting
on a bed in the sun. After about ten minutes I
was about to get up to go and eat food; the lentils
were always ready in the free kitchen, and the
lady had to cook chapatis only. So food was
ready in a short time.
Meanwhile Baba jis
secretary Parbhat came with a bag and a box of
sweets. In hopes of getting something from that
big bag and box of sweets, I kept sitting, thinking
that I may get something and my hunger will
soon be extinguished! Baba ji asked Narayan
(name of a helper) to put the bag in his room.
My hope turned into despair, as I could not get
anything from the bag. I left the hope of getting
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anything from the box also. Parbhat used to


bring pinnis in the box. Normally Baba Ji did not
give these sweets to anybody. He loved pinni.
Eating one a day, it lasted for twenty days. I
thought 50% chance is gone! But man lives on
hope. Baba ji opened the box and taking one
pinni he asked Parbhat, How much does one
pinni cost?
Replying to all the expected
questions he said, "The cost of one pinni is two
rupees. The box contains twenty pinnis and the
total cost is forty rupees. These days it may cost
one hundred rupees. Baba ji closed the box. I
thought 100% chance is gone. Man hopes upto
the last. Baba ji had a bite of pinni and said, 'wah
ba-i wah'. These words told that the pinni is very
sweet. Sitting by the side of Baba Partap Singhs
bed, I was already angry, but could express my
unhappiness in a courteous way only. It was a
relation of father and son; secondly that of guru
and disciple. The situation was difficult. I humbly
said, Baba Ji, the pinni is very tasteless. I was
a bit uncomfortable. Treating me like a child
Baba Ji said, Oh no! It is very sweet. Insisting
on my point, I again said, Baba ji, it is so insipid,
that I cannot even express. Feeling me
disturbed, he said to Parbhat, Look at his way of
demanding. He has not directly asked for it. I
thought my purpose is solved. I did not know
whether Baba ji was to give one to Narayan or
not, as he may be eating at some other time.
Baba ji knew better. In short, he gave one pinni
to three of us; Paramjit (my nephew), Parbhat
and me. I ate and relished it so much that I
wanted to have one more. If I would have asked
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Baba ji, he would have got angry, so keeping


quiet I thought of getting up and having my food.
After bowing in reverence I was about to walk off
when I saw a five rupee note peeping out of my
pocket. It was the balance I got back from the
bus conductor on my way to Tarn Taran.
I
thought of trying one more time, and offering the
note to Baba ji, I said, Please take it. He said,
What for? I said If I demand from you, you
may ask this question. I am giving this money to
you. If it suits you, keep it, otherwise return it to
me. Taking the note he said, Say something
good. I said, Yes, I will say something
thoughtful and lawful. I have given you five
rupees; two for the first pinni and two for the
second. You may or may not return the balance
of one rupee. It will not make any difference to
me. He threw the note at me. I thought let me
take the note first and think about the pinni later.
He thought, His son has asked for one more pinni,
let him have it. So he gave me the second one.
Had I stayed longer, knowing Baba Jis nature to
prolong the talk on such subjects, it would have
proved very embarassing for me. I cut short my
stay. Biting the pinni I said, Baba Ji, it is very
sweet. I left immediately for repast. What did
Baba Ji say as I was leaving, to my back? I do
not know. O' My True Lord! Let us eat such a
kind of pinni to know whether it is sweet or
insipid.
naanak ih man maar mil bhee fir dukh na ho-ay. ||5||

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O' Nanak, conquer and subdue this mind;


meet with the Lord,
and you shall never again suffer in pain.
Guru Nanak Dev makes us understand and
says, O man, control such a mind, who asks for
tasty food and good clothes. Whatever nature
has to provide you, it is there. Do not ask for
more! If you do not demand anything, there will
not be any reason to be sad.
Guru Nanak Dev has beautifully explained
what death is. How to Die Before Death. We
should think about it.
Radha Soami!

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