RaakhanHaar Samaar, Janaa!

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iesu pwnI qy ijin qU GirAw ] mwtI kw ly dyhurw kirAw ]
aukiq joiq lY suriq prIiKAw ] mwq grB mih ijin qU rwiKAw ]1]
rwKnhwru smHwir jnw ] sgly Coif bIcwr mnw ]1] rhwau ]
ijin dIey quDu bwp mhqwrI ] ijin dIey BRwq puq hwrI ]
ijin dIey quDu binqw Aru mIqw ] iqsu Twkur kau riK lyhu cIqw ]2]
ijin dIAw quDu pvnu Amolw ] ijin dIAw quDu nIru inrmolw ]
ijin dIAw quDu pwvku blnw ] iqsu Twkur kI rhu mn srnw ]3]
CqIh AMimRq ijin Bojn dIey ] AMqir Qwn Thrwvn kau kIey ]
bsuDw dIE brqin blnw ] iqsu Twkur ky iciq rKu crnw ]4]
pyKn kau nyqR sunn kau krnw ] hsq kmwvn bwsn rsnw ]
crn cln kau isru kIno myrw ] mn iqsu Twkur ky pUjhu pYrw ]5]
ApivqR pivqRü ijin qU kirAw ] sgl join mih qU isir DirAw ]
Ab qU sIJu BwvY nhI sIJY ] kwrju svrY mn pRBu iDAweIjY ]6]
eIhw aUhw eykY EhI ] jq kq dyKIAY qq qq qohI ]
iqsu syvq min Awlsu krY ] ijsu ivsirAY iek inmK n srY ]7]
hm AprwDI inrgunIAwry ] nw ikCu syvw nw krmwry ]
guru boihQu vfBwgI imilAw ] nwnk dws sMig pwQr qirAw ]8]2]

Hunjee, Peyaaray Jee, Simar, Remember, be aware, of The One who keeps you. Keeps you, as in, takes care of you, protects you, provides for you…

He created you out of His own creativity. Like a sculptor picks up the chisel and hammer, and takes a mound of clay and a pale of water and carves out an image. But this Grand Sculptor went one step further, where no one can go, and put a light and an awareness into the sculpture. The body that Sculptor carved out is a temple. It is a place of worship. That is how the word, dayhoraa, is used in GurBaanee, where Bhagat Jann go to sing of the Lord. And with the carving finished and the spirit instilled and a conscience and consciousness created, the Creator placed you in the womb of your mother.

So, leave off all other thoughts, ideas about life and its purpose. Work day and night and all times in between to be in Simarnee of Vaheguru Jee, your RaakhanHaar. Jap Vaheguru, Tapp Vaheguru, Simar Vaheguru, Araadh Vaheguru, Sing Vaheguru, Read Vaheguru, Write Vaheguru, just Vaheguru Jee…

Because, Vaheguru jee has given you your parents, father and mother, and made you a family being with relatives, children… gave you your wife or your husband and your friends… So, above all of them, place Vaheguru Jee in your awareness. All these relations are gifts. Thank Vaheguru jee for these gifts…

The priceless air that sustains your life through your each breath, Vaheguru Jee has given it to you. The purest and precious water, that too is given to you by Vaheguru jee. To keep you warm and to give you clean and healthy food, you are given the gift of fire. All of these priceless things, most valuble things, without which life as we know it would not be possible, all these are given by Vaheguru jee. So, stay under the good Will of Vaheguru jee. Let Him be your protector, your savior, your Lord.

All the good things you eat and drink and consume are all due to Kirpa of Vaheguru Jee. The house, the shelter for your body and your family is given to you by Vaheguru jee. AND the house, the body, that keeps your being intact, that body is also given to you by Vaheguru jee. All the things you have, your furnishings, your clothes, your transport, all things, these are given to you. Keep the Word of that Lord in your conscious mind. Do not forget the Will of Vaheguru jee. Be consciously aware that Vaheguru Jee exists in Reality, all around us, within us. Don’t just think about it in conceptual terms. It is not just an idea. Vaheguru Jee exists for real. So, be aware of Vaheguru jee's Being for real, never letting your brain waver or disregard that very Real Presence!

See, really See, Vaheguru jee with the eyes that you are given. Don’t waste that sight. See the beauty of the Lord, not just of the world, all around you. Hear His Word in all sounds that surround you, because that is what your ears are given to you for. Your hands are given to you by Vaheguru Jee as well. So, do His bidding. Not someone else’s. Not your own (sure, we all have to do the bidding of our wives – ha!)… But really! Seriously! Think about using your hands. Guru Saheb gave us a Karaa to remind us who these hands belong to. Do our hands do Vaheguru jee’s work or are they being used for another purpose! And the feet that carry the weight of the entire body: look closely at GurBaanee perspective: the entire world looks to the head: GurBaanee looks to the feet and brings the head down to be placed at the feet of GurMukhs! Seek not a place high up. Seek a place beneath the feet of GurSikhs! Your feet are to be the feet of a GurSikh, and they will become so if they take you to the doorstep of Guru Saheb. Where do your feet take you? They are given to you walk the way of Guru Saheb – Charan! Chalo Maarag Gobind! Tell your feet to walk in the direction of Guru Saheb Jee. And the head, the brains, the mind, the thoughts. They are to be presented at the feet of SatGuru Jee, of Vaheguru Jee. Otherwise this head should be cut off and burned as firewood – Jo sir saayee na nivai… You have made this head and the brain within to form a self that is false, and you tie a proud turban on it and call yourself someone special… remember you were fashioned out of nothing but dirt and water. And once the Jot and the Surat leave, that is all you will be - dirt and water and air. Therefore, present this head and the brain along with it to the Hazoor of SatGuru jee so that you may become worth something!

How impure were you! When you slithered out of your mother’s womb, you were covered in blood and urine and foul gas and even feces! All who stood in the room wanted to puke their guts on the spot. The weak of the heart faint at the sight! That is how terrible you were. And while you grew up, the world of Maya surrounded you, and as you became an adult, the filth of lust covered you up, then it only got worse from there. But with One Word, Jann, you became Pious and Pure. Among all the creatures, you are the best, because you have the most potential. You are the only one of all the creature who knows about tomorrow and the possibilities of tomorrow and you can plan and you can take corrective action and you know about salvation and destiny. You are capable of realizing Divinity! THAT is your potential. Therefore, you are the best among all creatures. Now is the time. Whether you understand or not. Whether you realize this or not. Whether you convince yourself or not. Ready or not. This is it, my friend. You want to make something of yourself? You want to get somewhere? You want to solve this riddle? You want to accomplish something? You want to get something? This is it. The only way is to bring VaheguruJee into your Dhyaan, into your awareness, so that Vaheguru Jee’s Divine Presence is felt, and seen and heard and each pore of your body is in constant connection with that GuRRRR sensation!!!

This is what you need to understand, whether you do or not, this is it, that here and there, in this life and beyond, in this body and beyond, in this existence and beyond, here there everywhere up and down all around GuRRR GuRRR… Only One VahGuRRRR. One VahGuRRRRRRRRRR….

Wherever you look. Just spin your head around. Whether you close your eyes, or open wide, contacts or glasses, up down all around, cloudy or sunny… Only One VahGuRRRRRRRRR… Kay Haazar Hazoor Hai(n)!!!

And what a lazy *** you are! All this… all the things material, and loving, and comforting, and you do not have the time or the energy or the desire… Think about this. IF Vaheguru jee was to forget YOU!!! What do you think will happen to YOU? What will become of YOU? Do you think you’d survive even one teeeenseee veeeenseeee moment? Poof!!! Gone… IF Vaheguru jee were to forget you! Think reeeeeeaaalllyy haaard!!! But you know, He doesn’t. That is how Vaheguru Jee is. He will never forsake you. When you forget to walk, He walks for you. When you can’t fight, He fights for you. You don’t even have to think of breathing, He does it for you. You don’t even have to think of keeping your heartbeat going, He does it all for you. Not a moment can be possible without Vaheguru Jee. Not a single moment. There is a part of your, a subconscious process, a little flickering light, and it is inside of you. Deep, soft, gentle... Some people call it Aatamaa. There it is. It seeks to be fed too. It seeks to drink too. It wants to live too. It wants to be realized too. And it needs Vaheguru jee. NEEDS!!! Every moment, it needs. And without even you knowing, it calls out and it cries out and does Ardaas to meet ParmAatamaa. And within your ignorant self, Vaheguru jee sustains that little flicker of a light. Within this body where a thousand storms of lust, anger, greed, infatuation and ego come and go, where all elements good or bad ravage the senses, within this dangerous environment, VaheGuru jee sustains a fragile flickering spirit that could not survive even a single fleeting moment without Vaheguru jee… it does Simran, it does Bhagatee, it waits…

I am a filthy, ugly, guilty as hell of a person. My hands haven’t served anyone. I haven’t seen any good in the world. My ears perk up for Ninda. I have done nothing worth speaking at any point in my life. Without any virtue, any good quality, anything good to speak of… went to an interview once, the dude asked me, list your strengths… alll quiet.. I was at a loss. What CAN I do? What HAVE I done? What DO I DO? The clear real true and right answer in moments like these, now that I am typing this, is “nothing.” Big fat blank bloody nothing…

Guru Saheb Jee, Dearest SatGuru Jee, is our savior. How lucky are we really to have GurBaanee reveal to us the Truth. We have Guru Saheb Jee, the big boat, who can hold us by the hand and carry us across our own filthy, guilt-laden, impure existence… we are mere stones, clumps of clay, completely incomplete and perfectly imperfect… that is us. With SatGuru Jee, when we become Daas of SatGuru jee, when we serve SatGuru Jee, we, the clumps of clay, can swim. Ever seen a clump of clay swim? Impossible. SatGuru Jee can make it happen…

So… RaakhanHaar Samaar!!!