Enter into the Company of the Holy and Contemplate the Guru's Words (Part 3 of 7)
Sadh Sangat Gur Shabad Viloway
Enter into the company of the holy and contemplate the Guru’s words
Part 3 of 7
We go to the sadh sangat, but we don't find sadh sangat! We have to go to the Guru's house and find the company of the holy. If we go to the Guru's house and ask for falsehood we won't get Truth. If we didn't ask for Truth we won't get it. If we come to the sadh sangat and listen to each other’s conversations then we didn't listen to the Guru's words. If we came and looked at each other's fashions, then we saw nothing but falsehood.
On the other hand, Bhai Gurdas ji said that if two Gurmukhs come to the sadh sangat and talk into each others ears then guess what they would be talking about? Bhai Gurdas ji said that they will be saying 'Waheguru'. They talk about nothing but Waheguru. If we come to the sangat and talk about anything but Waheguru, then we talked falsehood, falsehood filled our ears.
We ask for faslehood, we didn't get Truth, we didn't find the sadh sangat even by coming to the Guru's house. Bhai Gurdas ji tells us what the Gursikhs do. He says the path of the Guru's Sikh is true because their Guru is true, perfect.
‘Poora Satguru jani-aa, Pooray poora thaat banaaiya.’
The perfect SatGuru is recognised (from this act, that ) the perfect one makes the perfect place.
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.
The house of the unshaken soul is the house of spiritual perfection (sehaj ghar). But this sehaj is not achieved through empty rituals.
‘Karmee sehaj na upjay’
-Sehaj is not attained merely through actions.
But without sehaj, doubts cannot be removed. While doubts remain life remains dirty, and worry exists, anxiety exists, Guru ji says
‘Sahsa jio maleen ha’
Due to doubts life is foul
So how can we obtain sehaj? Satguru ji has said,
‘Shabaday hee sehaj oopajay’
Sehaj is obtained through the Guru’s word.
Now we understand, 'O Satguru ji your shabad can give us sehaj.' That is why the Guru's Sikh can go and stand anywhere and their attention, or
Stood in the house of the Guru's Word, is the attention of the Gursikh. The attention of the Guru's Sikh is focused at the Guru's house. The Gursikh doesn't just come to the Guru's house, prostrate and leave. Everyone comes with their body, but beloved of the Guru, if you have brought your body to the Guru's house, then take your attention (
Take your attention to the house of the Guru’s word. Guru ji says,
‘Shabaday hee sehaj oopajay, har vasiaa sach soi.’
Sehaj is attained through the Shabad then God resides, that One is true.
The Guru's Sikh takes his attention to the house of the Guru's word. When we came from home, which direction did we face? Towards the Guru's Court, or darbar, which way
was our back? It was towards our house. When we leave our face will towards our house. This means wherever we go, our face is in that direction. When we came from Nirankar, or the Formless Lord, our face was towards the World. Now we want to go towards Nirankar so we will have to put our face towards Nirankar and our back towards the World.
Now, you ask why do we need to turn our back to the world? Why can’t we talk about God, go to the Gurdwara and still face the World? No, you can never reach Nirankar like that. You will have to put your face towards Nirankar.
Which face am I talking about. A man is walking, if he refuses to bring his back foot infront of the other then he can't walk to his destination. If we want to reach Nirankar, reach Sehaj Ghar, then we will have to pull our attention out of worldly thoughts and into the Guru's Shabad.
If we think we can talk about God and still desire to have people praising us then we will never move forward. The Gursikh while living in the World has taken their attention into the shabad and entered sehaj ghar. There is only one way of entering sehaj ghar, not two.
That way is to praise the one who's house we want to enter. By praising the Supreme Being we enter his house. Guru ji says,
‘sift salaahan sehaj anand’
By praising, one experiences the bliss in the state of sehaj.
‘Sift salaahan tera hukam rajaaee.’
By praising we accept God's will.
Now to enter someone's house we must sing the words from that House, not false words. Sing the praises of that house, that house is full of praises. Guru ji says,
‘Siftee bharay tera bhandar’
Your house is full of praises.
Don't say you want to go to Nirankar's house then start making up your own words and singing your own verses. You wont reach. To reach the True One's house you need the True One’s words.
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.
The Sikh goes and stands in the sehaj ghar. How is this obtained?
Sadh Sangat gur shabd vilovay|
Enter into the company of the holy and contemplate the Guru’s words.
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