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| kbIrw mrqw mrqw jgu muAw mir iB n jwnY koie ] |
| kabeeraa marathaa marathaa jag muaa mar bh n jaanai koe || |
| Kabeer, the world is dying – dying to death, but no one knows how to truly die. |
| AYsI mrnI jo mrY bhuir n mrnw hoie ]1] |
| aisee maranee jo marai bahur n maranaa hoe ||1|| |
| Whoever dies, let him die such a death, that he does not have to die again. ||1|| |
To truly die…….today we are bound by what the world, society, even “religion” quantifies at death……….dass was diagnosed with a rare illness a few years ago and the first thing that came into dass’s mind was “what is death” the prospect realy scared me……….without the Guru death is your worst fear………….
The mind of of manmukhs mind like mine see the death of the body……the decay and decease of the body…….and we think that is the end…oh how wrong…….when a butterfly emerges from its coccon…….only he knows the liberation he has gained and looks back at its formor shell with delight………
Oh how backwrds the world is…..we cling to this shell which will perish……Guru Ji tells us soooo many times what is real and what is false but, as it says in Sukhmani Sahib, the fools falls in love with the shadow of a tree but when it disappears he feels regret in his heart…………..
Death hangs around my neck……i can almost feel the breath on the back of my neck……..waheguru is so amazing that her reminds us that nothing is permentant here……live as though u are a guest here…….everything is waheguru’s……he has simply entrusted this shell to us……….our job is to simply take care of it………not make it ours………
bhul chuck maafi
Well said!
You should change the name of your blog to thoughts of a Learned (or enlightened) soul
I somehow feel that whatever i am going to write is already known to you and u experienced it, but still i am writing perhaps not for you but for other readers.
What we get in our present life has a purpose, if we understand that then there is nothing like it. Ur illness has shown u ur purpose – to be a true Gursikh. Its easy to say but difficult to be a true Sikh. I think u are living (or trying to live) every second of your life being a Gursikh- someone who follows the teachings of the Guru.
We all are trapped in a cycle of birth and death. We donot know how may births we have taken before this one and how many more are to come.
The true liberation is when we come out of this cycle. Guru shows us the path. But when and how we will break this cycle depends upon our actions, karmas and HIS Grace. By starting following the true Guru we begin our journey towards breaking this cycle. The best part is that Our good karmas and naam goes with us when we change from one birth to other
May the Guru and God bless us all by ending this cycle and giving us shelter in HIS abode.
May 18, 2008 @ 12:27 pmThank You !