Enter into the Company of the Holy and Contemplate the Guru's Words (Part 2 of 7)

Truth is not just for speaking in the Gurdwara, truth is not just for speaking in the Mandir, truth is not just for speaking with the tongue. Truth is not just for speaking to others. Truth should be in your heart, in your words and in your actions.

Truth can be spoken by anyone, but when you are cut by the saw (like Bhai Mati Das) and you still speak truth then you know that you really have truth inside you.

Gurmukh sacha panth ha, sikh sehaj ghar jaa-i khlovay
The Gurmukh path is true, (whoever travels upon it, that) Sikh stands in the Sehaj Ghar. Gurmukh is the true path, because the Gurmukhs have truth in what they speak (kahnee) and truth in their actions, in they way they live their life (rehnee).

The path of the Gurmukh is true - why? Because the Gurmukh has the Guru's thoughts within them, not their own worldly thoughts. The one within whom the Guru's thoughts reside does not have room for their own thoughts. The one within whom the Guru's thought reside has a life like the Guru's life. Their words, actions will be like the Guru's. Before they sit, stand, eat or drink, at every moment of their life, they will think “are my actions and thoughts like the Guru's?” They lead their life like this.

A Gurmukh lives on the true path, due to living life according to the thinking of the Guru. A mother can give birth to a human but the Gurmukh is born out of the sadh sangat, or the holy congregation. A mother can give birth to a human, but this worldly person will have to go to sadh sangat to be born as Gurmukh.

What is this sadh sangat? It is the company of the Guru, the company of the Guru's Shabad, or Word.

Sadh Sangat gur shabd vilovay
Enter into the company of the holy and contemplate the Guru’s words.

posted by Otpreka Singh @ 1:02 PM Comments: 0