Priceless, Divine Diamonds VIII- Sant Isher Singh Ji Rara Sahib Wale

Priceless, Divine Diamonds - VIII
Sriman Sant Isher Singh Ji Rara Sahib Wale

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36. Veil of 'I' is the biggest obstacle

ਖੁਦੀ ਮਿਟੀ ਤਬ ਸੁਖ ਭਏ ਮਨ ਤਨ ਭਏ ਅਰੋਗ ॥
ਨਾਨਕ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟੀ ਆਇਆ ਉਸਤਤਿ ਕਰਨੈ ਜੋਗੁ ॥੧॥
When self-conceit is erased then does peace ensue and the mind and body are healed.
Nanak then it is that He who is worthy of praise is beheld.

(Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj)

ਖ਼ੁਦੀ ਕਾ ਜਬ ਉਠਾ ਪਰਦਾ, ਅਜਬ ਯਹ ਮਾਜਰਾ ਦੇਖਾ।
ਕਿ ਬੰਦਾ ਜਿਸਕੋ ਕਹਿਤਾ ਥਾ, ਉਸੀ ਕੋ ਹੀ ਖ਼ੁਦਾ ਦੇਖਾ।
The veil of 'I' is lifted, saw a strange spectacle,
those who I called humans, saw God in them.


ਅਗਰ ਤੁਝ ਸੇ ਕੋਈ ਪੂਛੇ, ਕਿ ਭਾਈ ਤੁਮਨੇ ਕਿਆ ਦੇਖਾ ?
ਤੋ ਇਤਨਾ ਉਸ ਸੇ ਕਹਿ ਦੇੰਗੇ, ''ਖ਼ੁਦਾ ਦੇਖਾ, ਖ਼ੁਦਾ ਦੇਖਾ।''
If someone asks you, 'Brother, what have you seen?'
This we will say to him, 'I saw God, I saw God!'

ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਹੈ ਏਕ ਪੁਤਲੀ, ਔਰ ਮੈਂ ਨਚਾ ਰਹਾ ਹੂੰ।
ਖ਼ੁਦ ਕਰ ਰਾਹ ਹੂੰ ਕਰਤਵ, ਔਰ ਖ਼ੁਦ ਕੋ ਦਿਖਾ ਰਹਾ ਹੂੰ।
The world is a puppet, and I make it dance,
I am the performer, and I am the audience.

Desireless Man is a True King.

ਚਾਹ ਗਈ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਮਿਟੀ, ਮਨੂਆ ਬੇ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਹ।
ਜਿਸਕੋ ਕਛੂ ਨਹੀਂ ਚਾਹੀਏ, ਸੋਈ ਸਾਹਿਨਸ਼ਾਹ।
Desires vanish, worries end, mind becomes carefree.
That person, who does not long for anything, is king of kings.

Darja-Khaas (ਦਰਜਾ ਖਾਸ): People at the top level who are absolutely free of desires, they are the truly blissful.

Darja-Doem (ਦਰਜਾ ਦੋਇਮ): People at the second level who are hungry for only fame and respect.

Darja-Soem (ਦਰਜਾ ਸੋਇਮ): People at the third level who want both fame and money.

Darja-Chaharam (ਦਰਜਾ ਚਹਾਰਮ): People at the fourth level who are hungry for wealth only.

ਵਿਸ਼ੈ ਅਨੰਦ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਹੈ ਔਰ ਭਜਨ ਅਨੰਦ ਹਰਿਦਾਸ।
ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾਨੰਦ ਜੀਵਨ ਮੁਕਤ ਭਈ ਵਾਸ਼ਨਾ ਨਾਸ।
Pleasure of vices is the world, and meditation is bliss, O Hardaas!
The liberation is achieved when all desires end.

37. Smaadhi

1. Shabad-Roop Savikalap Smaadhi (ਸ਼ਬਦ ਰੂਪ ਸਵਿਕਲਪ ਸਮਾਧੀ): Shabad-Roop Savikalap Smaadhi is when mind is controlled by setting it to Gurbani or Gurmantar.

2. Ashabad-Roop Savilakap Smaadhi (ਅਸ਼ਬਦ ਰੂਪ ਸਾਵਿਕਲਪ ਸਮਾਧੀ): Ashabad-Roop Savilakap Smaadhi is when mind is controlled by contemplation of the Brahm only.

3. Advait Bhavana Savikalp Smaadhi (ਅਦ੍ਵੈਤ ਭਾਵਨਾ ਰੂਪ ਸਾਵਿਕਲਪ ਸਮਾਧੀ): Advait Bhavana Savikalp Smaadhi is when mind ceases its activity by the mere feeling of Oneness and non-duality.

4. Advait Utsthaan Nirvikalap Smaadhi (ਅਦ੍ਵੈਤ ਉਤਸਥਾਨ ਨਿਰਵਿਕਲਪ ਸਮਾਧੀ): Advait Utsthaan Nirvikalap Smaadhi is when there is no more need of any Abhiyaas.

A persistent Jagyasu progresses through these Smaadhi states one by one. The last stage is the Nirvikalp Avastha, which is hthe state of the Self, whic is established in itself. Like a stone that is established in its hardness, and water that is established in its fluidity, and the sky that is established in its infinity. Similarly, Self is also established in its glory, which is the Sat-Chit-Anand and the absolute nothingness; it never gets displaced. Just like the ocean wave is inseparable from the ocean, similarly Birti is also inseparable from the Self, and is also the Nirvakalap Smaadh Roop.

38. Force of Ignorance

Ignorance is a powerful force that turns truth to falsehood and falsehood to truth, unconscious to conscious and conscious to unconscious, happiness to sorrow and sorrow to happiness. It is capable of showing great illusions to those who are unaware of their own Saroop. This universe, objects, divisions of time, they are all mere fragments of imagination but appear real due to the power of ignorance. But there is no relation of Self with ignorance. Night, and everything that dwells under its shelter disappears when the sun rises; similarly, night of ignorance disappears when lamp of Knowledge is lit within, and with it end all vices, sorrows, and the cycle of life and death. The mind, which is home to all sorrows, is not a part of the Self but appears so due to ignorance. Even that illusion disappears when Self becomes apparent and the only Avastha that becomes is that of Parmanand, Oneness, the Smaadh Roop. Abhiyaas based on this thought is only way to liberation.

ਅਨਿਕ ਲੀਲਾ ਰਾਜ ਰਸ ਰੂਪੰ ਛਤ੍ਰ ਚਮਰ ਤਖਤ ਆਸਨੰ ॥
ਰਚੰਤਿ ਮੂੜ ਅਗਿਆਨ ਅੰਧਹ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਪਨ ਮਨੋਰਥ ਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥
The various sorts of pleasures, powers, joys, beauty, canopies, cooling fans and thrones to sit on -
the foolish, ignorant and blind are engrossed in these things. O Nanak, desire for Maya is just a dream. ||1||

(Ang 707, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj)

39. Fort of Self-Realisation

A person who exists in the fortified castle of Self-Realisation is never affected by the arrows of ignorance, lust, greed, anger, ego, etc. Attacks of Pain and pleasure, sorrow and happiness, respect and insult, heat and cold, hunger and thirst, life and death, etc. strike the impenetrable wall of contemplation and fall like cotton balls. Admission in this fort is strictly forbidden to mind's sufferings, deceit, expectations, desires, worries, pleasures of senses, ignorance and inequality. The only residents that exist in this fort are masti, bliss and ecstasy. Life passes in the bliss of liberation, and Moksha is achieved at the end of past karams.

Mind is the body and the universe

Realisation of the Self does not happen as long as the world is considered real. The universe is another form of mind, that is where it is born. Once the mind dies, the physical body becomes irrelevant. The mind dies when there are no more visions left. Therefore, consider the world a big illusion and contemplate on the Atma, for these are the devices to kill the mind. Just as sweet fragrance is inside the flower, oil is inside the seeds, qualities are inside a wise person, and Waheguru is in righteousness, similarly truth, falsehood, physical, subtle, cause and effect, all reside inside the mind. The coldness is inside ice and heat inside fire, similarly the world exists inside the mind. Kill one part, and the other ceases to exist. Thus, effort towards emptying the mind is true step towards perpetual bliss.

40. Mann Jeetai Jagg Jeet

The entire world is won over by winning over the mind. When the mind disappears, with it disappears the illusion of this world and the body.

ਮਨ ਰਿਪ ਜੀਤਾ ਸਭ ਰਿਪ ਜੀਤੇ
Everything is won when mind is won. (Bharthari Yogi)

ਮੁੰਦਾ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਸਰਮੁ ਪਤੁ ਝੋਲੀ ਧਿਆਨ ਕੀ ਕਰਹਿ ਬਿਭੂਤਿ ॥
ਖਿੰਥਾ ਕਾਲੁ ਕੁਆਰੀ ਕਾਇਆ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਡੰਡਾ ਪਰਤੀਤਿ ॥
Make contentment your ear-rings, humility your begging bowl, and meditation the ashes you apply to your body.
Let the remembrance of death be the patched coat you wear, let the purity of virginity be your way in the world, and let faith in the Lord be your walking stick.

ਆਈ ਪੰਥੀ ਸਗਲ ਜਮਾਤੀ ਮਨਿ ਜੀਤੈ ਜਗੁ ਜੀਤੁ ॥
ਆਦੇਸੁ ਤਿਸੈ ਆਦੇਸੁ ॥
See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own mind, and conquer the world.
I bow to Him, I humbly bow.

ਆਦਿ ਅਨੀਲੁ ਅਨਾਦਿ ਅਨਾਹਤਿ ਜੁਗੁ ਜੁਗੁ ਏਕੋ ਵੇਸੁ ॥੨੮॥
The Primal One, the Pure Light, without beginning, without end. Throughout all the ages, He is One and the Same. ||28||

(Sri Japji Sahib, Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj)

ਫਾਹੇ ਕਾਟੇ ਮਿਟੇ ਗਵਨ ਫਤਿਹ ਭਈ ਮਨਿ ਜੀਤ ॥
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਥਿਤ ਪਾਈ ਫਿਰਨ ਮਿਟੇ ਨਿਤ ਨੀਤ ॥੧॥
The noose of Death is cut, and one's wanderings cease; victory is obtained, when one conquers his own mind.
O Nanak, eternal stability is obtained from the Guru, and one's day-to-day wanderings cease. ||1||

(Ang 258, Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj)

ਮਨ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬੋਲੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ॥
ਮਨ ਮਾਰੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੨॥
Everyone speaks through the mind.
Without killing the mind, devotional worship is not performed. ||2||

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੋ ਜਾਨੈ ਭੇਉ ॥
ਮਨੁ ਮਧੁਸੂਦਨੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਦੇਉ ॥੩॥੨੮॥
Says Kabeer, one who knows the secret of this mystery,
beholds within his own mind the Lord of the three worlds. ||3||28||

(Ang 329, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj)