2446 - Khajana Darshan June 29, 2022 – New York
2446 - Khajana Darshan June 29, 2022 – New York (English Translation)
ੴ ਸਤਿਨਾਮ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ॥
॥ ਜਪੁ॥
ਆਦਿ ਸਚੁ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਸਚੁ। ॥ ਹੈ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹੋਸੀ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ॥
ਬਲਿਓ ਚਰਾਗੁ ਅੰਧ੍ਯ੍ਯਾਰ ਮਹਿ ਸਭ ਕਲਿ ਉਧਰੀ ਇਕ ਨਾਮ ਧਰਮ ॥
ਪ੍ਰਗਟੁ ਸਗਲ ਹਰਿ ਭਵਨ ਮਹਿ ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥
balyo chiraag andhyaar meh sab kal udhree ik naam dharam
pragat sagal har bhavan meh jan nanak gur parbraham
In Gurbani, Maharaj Ji says in his fifth appearance, that when Guru Nanak Dev Ji arrived on this earth in 1469, he came as a very bright Divine lamp; he had a very simple and straightforward path for the whole of humanity. Simple – just call His name lovingly, this is the secret! He guarantees that whosoever calls His name lovingly, God shall appear because He is so loving, so compassionate. No rituals, no religious things. All religions are beautiful, they are talking about Him, and we are all one.
ਏਕੁ ਪਿਤਾ ਏਕਸ ਕੇ ਹਮ ਬਾਰਿਕ ਤੂ ਮੇਰਾ ਗੁਰ ਹਾਈ ॥
ek pita ekas ke ham baarik
Then, time and again He is telling us that the whole of humanity has a common father, and we are all real brothers and sisters.
ਸਭੇ ਸਾਝੀਵਾਲ ਸਦਾਇਨਿ ਤੂੰ ਕਿਸੈ ਨ ਦਿਸਹਿ ਬਾਹਰਾ ਜੀਉ ॥
sabbey sanjhivaal sadayan tooN kisai na disseh baahraa jeeo
And then he says, God’s wealth is common to all His children. What is God’s wealth ? God Himself! No one is left out. All of humanity has a claim on God. It’s their birthright.
ਏਕ ਨੂਰ ਤੇ ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਉਪਜਿਆ ਕਉਨ ਭਲੇ ਕੋ ਮੰਦੇ ॥
ek noor te sab jag upjiaa
Everything, everybody is arising out of the Divine light. Everything, everybody is carrying the Divine light. How precious is everybody, how beautiful is everybody!
Every year we would be celebrating the event called Celebrating Oneness – the universal message of Sikhi. It is for the whole universe. This is not a religion. Where religion stops, Maharaj Ji takes us upwards from there – you are not Hindus, Muslims, Christians, you are human beings, all created by God. Nobody is seeing each other as humans, everybody is looking at each other as Black, White, Asian, European, Sikhs, Hindus, Christians, Muslims, Jews. Where is humanity ? There are no humans here. Where are they ?
This day is the real Diwali that we are going to celebrate in the whole world. You can call it Noor Purab, Chirag Divas or anything else you may come up with, but it will be called Celebrating Oneness in English. This year Gurpurab is on 8th November but it changes every year because it is based on the Nanakshahi calendar which is based on planetary positions. Let us fix a day which is around the general range of the days that Gurpurab falls on. Sangat has decided November 13th as that day, and the whole event will last for about 10 days. This year, Celebrating Oneness will be from November 9 - 19. November 13th will remain fixed, and the range of days can change so we can maximize the weekends for celebration.
Please keep feeling your vibrating insides. The vibrations, the one that moves is the Divine.
ਤਜੀ ਸਿਆਣਪ ਬਲ ਬੁਧਿ ਬਿਕਾਰ ॥
tajee sayaanap bal budh bikaar
Yesterday we talked about intelligence. One is wisdom, the innocent intelligence. The other is clever intelligence. Maharaj Ji says renounce your clever intelligence, it is the obstacle. We will see that our mind is clever. Our true self is so innocent.
The clever intelligence thinks a lot, it sees everything from all sides, keeps thinking, getting trapped in the circle of thinking is paralyzing, that continuous thinking, continuous pondering takes the courage away from us. What were we taught ? Say bole so nihal and go for it. Mr. Soni is a Hindu gentleman who has worked in the field of education for many years. When the school was to be opened in Toronto, Singhs from our Sangat approached Mr. Soni for help. They asked him many questions, how this would work, how that would work ? Mr. Soni said, are you Singhs ? They said, yes! Then say bole so nihal and start it! This is what is life about, this is what this path is about, this is the secret! Thinking does not lead to anything, it will happen by doing, action! The innocent intelligence does not think, whatever is the hukam of the Guru, it just acts on it, it takes the leap! By pondering and pondering, you are going to become weak, you will never be able to do anything, your courage is lost. Courage is when something noble arises within, just jump at it before you take the next breath. If you see all those people who are thinking and thinking and thinking, what happens ? The time is over! The bell rang!
What does our mind do ? It either hesitates or postpones. Today is the 29th, let’s start from the 1st. It's Friday, let's start on Monday. This is the nature of the mind – either it hesitates – no courage, or postpones – again no courage. Sikhi, the lion, means courage. Innocent intelligence immediately acts on it.
ਤਜੀ ਸਿਆਣਪ ਬਲ ਬੁਧਿ ਬਿਕਾਰ ॥
tajee sayaanap bal budh bikaar
Maharaj Ji says the power of your own intelligence is nothing but futile. You cannot do anything just by thinking. Act upon it! Mind takes everything into account, which is what leads to stress, tension, worries. Maharaj Ji says there is no need to think, just do as I say. Renounce this thinking clever consciousness; you are trying to make the most accurate decision; the most accurate decision is to listen to God and then do that.
daas apney kee raakhanhaar
Maharaj Ji says just do what I am asking you to do. I would protect you. Your own intelligence cannot protect you from your mind, from you destroying yourself, from you wasting your life; you can be protected by acting upon what God says. Very seldom, an intelligent person would walk this path because they are in the habit of thinking, they are not in the habit of doing, so called philosophers. Let alone the street, God does not even let them enter His village! This is Sikhi – to act! Guru Gobind Singh asked for the heads. There were many people who kept thinking – head ? What is he going to do with my head ? What has happened to Maharaj Ji today ? And the Five Beloveds rose up one by one, walked up to Guru Nanak Dev Ji in his tenth appearance and bowled before Him, and said, please forgive me I took some time to come to you. Here is my head but please forgive me, I took some time. That is life! This type of intelligence is innocent intelligence. That innocent intelligence was at work in Toronto on Saturday night June 25th, those who were there. It was a miracle to witness. Sangat was lined up saying write my name first, write my name first; it was innocent intelligence at work.
The day we come to know I am not this body, I am carrying the Divine light and my consciousness gets affected by every thought, every emotion, by every word I hear; that loving consciousness has such a beautiful aura around that person, an angry consciousness has another kind of aura, and clever deceptive consciousness has another kind of aura. Innocent intelligence would jump into it right away and start doing what is necessary to become and remain pure. This happens in the sangat.
ਵਿਚਿ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਵਰਤਦਾ
vich sangat har prabh vartdaa
Maharaj Ji says that in the holy congregation, the Divine Himself is at work.
Dharnaa:
ਵੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਤੇਰੇ ਬਾਝ ਜਿਊਣਾ ਗੁਨਾਹ ਲੱਗਿਆ
vay mainu tere baaj jyoonaa gunaah lagyaa
ਉਹਨੇ ਅਜੇ ਨਹੀਓਂ ਆਉਣਾ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹਵਾ ਕਹਿ ਗਈ
ohnay ajay nahio aunaa jaandee havaa keh gayee
One day I was sitting and the wind passing by said that He is not coming yet, He is not coming soon.
ਮੇਰੀ ਸੋਚ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਤਾਰਿਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਪਾਰ ਲੈ ਗਈ
meri soch mainu taaryaaN toN paar lai gayee
I became so drowned in thoughts how the days would be spent without Him.
ਗੀਤਾਂ ਮੇਰਿਆਂ ਅੰਜਾਣਿਆਂ ਦਾ ਦਿੱਲ ਡੁੱਬਿਆ
geetaaN meryaaN aNjaanyaaN daa dil dubyaa
And my songs, which used to spring from within, and they were still infants, they became choked that we used to come in the hope that He is coming soon. My infant songs became choked too.
Focus please.
ਮੋਹਿ ਮਛੁਲੀ ਤੁਮ ਨੀਰ ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਿਉ ਸਰੈ ॥
mohey machlee tum neer tujh bin kiyoN sarey
O’ my beloved, I am a fish, and you are the water. How can I survive without you ? Maharaj Ji is showing a picture to us because pictures affect our consciousness; the picture of fish saying to the water that you are my life.
This utterance will make our entire inside vibrate so intensely because it is so beautiful. Telling Him, expressing gratitude, expressing love; You are my life! You are breathing into me, you are breathing out of me, you are running my heart, you are running everything, you are keeping me alive! And foolish me! We never realize the immense gratitude that should stay with us every moment, and waste our time in futile thoughts and useless arguments.
mohey machlee tum neer
When you say machlee – I am the fish, go to the deepest point in the body, when saying tum – you, come to the heart area, and when saying neer – you are the water, then go as high as you can above the throat and into the head. Please sit straight.
I am the fish, and you are the water, and water is great love, ishq! You keep me surrounded with great love, all around me, within me, great love, ishq, but I don’t feel it because I remain in the thoughts, and I don’t like this me; I am not happy with this me; I must move from here. No really intelligent person can remain happy with the status quo. Thank God that He doesn’t let anybody become relaxed until one realizes the true self. Because He does not let us become peaceful, content, satisfied, this is His greatest blessing. He is saying to us, let’s go, let’s move, let’s realize who you are, you are peaceful!
ਹਾਏ ਨੀ ਮੇਰਾ ਜੀਅ ਨਹੀ ਲਗਦਾ, ਐਸ ਮੈਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਲੇ
haye nee mera jee nahi lagdaa, ais maiN de naaley
ਹਾਏ ਨੀ ਇਥੇ ਕੋਈ ਨਾ ਡਿੱਠਾ ਜੋ ਨਿਰਕਜਨੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਤੁਰਦਾ
haye nee ithey koi naa ditha jo nir-kaj-nee vich turdaa
Nobody here has the courage to walk naked. Everybody has masks, a burka, on them because they have something to hide. I don’t feel comfortable in this type of life. Nobody lets anybody see their inside. Nobody exposes ones inside to anybody! I don’t feel comfortable here; this is not my world!
ਹਰ ਕਿਸੇ ਦੇ ਮੂੰਹ ਤੇ ਪਰਦਾ ਜੋ ਵੀ ਸੜਕੇ ਮਿਲਦਾ
har kisey de mooh te parda jo vee saDkey mildaa
Whosoever I meet on the road of life is wearing a mask.
ਬਿਨ ਬੁਰਕੇ ਨੀ ਓਹੀਓ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਜੋ ਵੱਸਦੇ ਤਖ਼ਤ ਹਜ਼ਾਰੇ
bin burkay nee ohiyo rehndee jo vasdee takhat hazarey
Only those who after taking the rebirth, have realized their true self, and are living with their Divine beloved, they do not wear a mask.