ENLIGHTENMENT
A blessed Gursikh mother I know told me that when she was deeply, deeply in a state of Vairag (sadness at being separated from God), that she had one thought on her mind, day and night, and that was to have Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s darshan. One night guests came and they slept in the bedrooms and the Gursikh took the couch downstairs. Lying down, under the covers in the dark room, her meditation, her desperation reached a peak. Blinding, power light and love burst open inside her mind – it was Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s radiance. Afterwards she noticed that she had sweated profusely because of Guru Ji’s overwhelming power.
Source: Spiritual Strength of Women-Six Part Series
BHAIRAO, FIFTH MEHL: The True Guru has listened to my prayer. All my affairs have been resolved. Deep within my mind and body, I meditate on God. The Perfect Guru has dispelled all my fears. I I1I I The All-powerful Divine Guru is the Greatest of all. Serving Him, I obtain all comforts. I I Pause I I Everything is done by Him. No one can erase His Eternal Decree. The Supreme Lord God, the Transcendent Lord, is incomparably beautiful. The Guru is the Image of Fulfillment, the Embodiment of the Lord. I I 2 I I The Name of the Lord abides deep within him. Wherever he looks, he sees the Wisdom of God. His mind is totally enlightened and illuminated. Within that person, the Supreme Lord abides. I I 3 I I I humbly bow to that Guru forever. I am forever a sacrifice to that Guru. I wash the feet of the Guru, and drink in this water. Chanting and meditating forever on Guru Nanak, I live. I I4 I I 4 I I 3 I I 5 I I 6 I I(Guru Granth Sahib ji, panna 1152)
sireeraag mehalaa I I 4 I I
naam milai man thripatheeai bin naamai dhhrig jeevaas I I
koee guramukh sajan jae milai mai dhasae prabh gunathaas I I
ho this vittahu cho kha(n)neeai mai naam karae paragaas I I 1 I I
maerae preethamaa ho jeevaa naam dhhiaae I I
bin naavai jeevan naa thheeai maerae sathigur naam dhrirraae I I 1 I I rehaao I I
naam amolak rathan hai poorae sathigur paas I I
sathigur saevai lagiaa kadt rathan dhaevai paragaas I I
dhha(n)n vaddabhaagee vadd bhaageeaa jo aae milae gur paas I I 2 I I
jinaa sathigur purakh n bhaettiou sae bhaageheen vas kaal I I
oue fir fir jon bhavaaeeahi vich visattaa kar vikaraal I I
ounaa paas dhuaas n bhitteeai jin a(n)thar krodhh cha(n)ddaal I I 3 I I
sathigur purakh a(n)mrith sar vaddabhaagee naavehi aae I I
oun janam janam kee mail outharai niramal naam dhrirraae I I
jan naanak outham padh paaeiaa sathigur kee liv laae I I 4 I I 2 I I 6 I I 6 I I
Receiving the Naam, the mind is satisfied; without the Naam, life is cursed.
If I meet the Gurmukh, my Spiritual Friend, he will show me God, the Treasure of Excellence.
I am every bit a sacrifice to one who reveals to me the Naam. I I 1 I I
O my Beloved, I live by meditating on Your Name.
Without Your Name, my life does not even exist. My True Guru has implanted the Naam within me. I I 1 I I Pause I I
The Naam is a Priceless Jewel; it is with the Perfect True Guru.
When one is enjoined to serve the True Guru, He brings out this Jewel and bestows this enlightenment.
Blessed, and most fortunate of the very fortunate, are those who come to meet the Guru. I I 2 I I
Those who have not met the Primal Being, the True Guru, are most unfortunate, and are subject to death.
They wander in reincarnation over and over again, as the most disgusting maggots in manure.
Do not meet with, or even approach those people, whose hearts are filled with horrible anger. I I 3 I I
The True Guru, the Primal Being, is the Pool of Ambrosial Nectar. The very fortunate ones come to bathe in it.
The filth of many incarnations is washed away, and the Immaculate Naam is implanted within.
Servant Nanak has obtained the most exalted state, lovingly attuned to the True Guru. I I 4 I I 2 I I 6 I I 6 I I
This Shabad is by Guru Raam Daas Ji in Siree Raag on Pannaa 40
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