2578 - Khajana Darshan May 5, 2023 – Bolivia
2578 - Khajana Darshan May 5, 2023 – Bolivia (English Translation)
Transliteration Key for Gurbani
Black text - as uttered by Baba Ji; Blue text - translation
ੴ ਸਤਿਨਾਮ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ॥
॥ ਜਪੁ॥
ਆਦਿ ਸਚੁ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਸਚੁ। ॥ ਹੈ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹੋਸੀ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ॥
Please let us become focused either at the navel point, or at the heart area, or in between the eyebrows, wherever it is easy to focus. By keeping His name in our consciousness and feeling love and gratitude, if we become totally focused at any of those points, we would feel the presence of a power. If you are not feeling anything, please keep waiting, begging Him to reveal Himself.
We would feel either some pressure or some presence moving there - just oscillating back and forth or moving in an anti-clockwise direction. That power is none other than the Lord of the universe, our Creator, Creator of the whole creation. He created us, and He is keeping us alive.
Please stay there.
These are the utterances of Guru Nanak Dev Ji during his fifth appearance in the 16th century.
ਉਸਤਤਿ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਜੀ ਮੈ ਹਭ ਵਞਾਈ ਛੋੜਿਆ ਹਭੁ ਕਿਝੁ ਤਿਆਗੀ ॥
ustat nindaa naanak jee mai habh vanjaa-ee chhorhi-aa habh kijh ti-aagee
Oh my darling friend, Nanak Ji, I have quit flattering people or slandering people. Once we start knowing the truth about life and doing meditation, we start becoming real people, not fake, and then neither we would flatter anyone nor slander anyone.
ਹਭੇ ਸਾਕ ਕੂੜਾਵੇ ਡਿਠੇ ਤਉ ਪਲੈ ਤੈਡੈ ਲਾਗੀ ॥
habhay saak koorhaavay dithay ta-o palai taidai laagee
Oh my Beloved Lord, I have recognized all my relationships are false.
All my relationships are false because until we start dwelling with the Lord within, we live a false life. We just put different masks; the mask of a son or daughter, mask of mother or father, mask of brother or sister, mask of some friend, or mask of spouse. Just masks, and we play our different roles.
I have recognized that all my relationships are false. If somebody or something has the three characteristics - everlasting, never-changing, and out of the cycle of birth and death, that is called True. Our relationships are not everlasting, they keep changing, and they are not out of the cycle of birth and death. So they are false. Because of these three qualities, one of the names of the Lord, Guru Nanak Dev Ji calls is Truth.
Oh my Lord, I have recognized that all my relationships are false. That’s why I have come to You because You are true, and I want to have a relationship with the truth so that I can become truth too.
Then He says:
ਫਿਰਦੀ ਫਿਰਦੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਜੀਉ ਹਉ ਫਾਵੀ ਥੀਈ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਦਿਸਾਵਰ ਪੰਧਾ ॥
firdee firdee naanak jee-o ha-o faavee thee-ee bahut disaavar panDhaa
Oh Nanak Jio, my darling friend, I have been wandering everywhere. Only God knows how many times I came on this earth, lived a life, and then went back. In some lives I ran after worldly wealth, in some life I ran after fame, in another life I was after prestige, in another life I was after power. I have been running after all these things and now I feel completely crazy.
ਤਾ ਹਉ ਸੁਖਿ ਸੁਖਾਲੀ ਸੁਤੀ ਜਾ ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਜਣੁ ਮੈ ਲਧਾ ॥
taa ha-o sukh sukhaalee sutee jaa gur mil sajan mai laDhaa
And now I have met the True Guru, and He has made me meet with the Divine Lord, with God, and now finally I have become so peaceful.
So this is the story of human life.
By following our mind, we keep running after the worldly things, the worldly fame, the worldly power, prestige; none of those can give us real peace and make us feel at home, and fulfilled.
I am so pleasantly amazed that young people, 18 or 19 years old are coming to bless me with the dust of their feet, and they are asking how to become wise, how to become peaceful.
Eighteen, nineteen years old when the physical emotions are at its peak, and they are seeking wisdom; they are seeking truth, peace.
We went to the city center the day before yesterday and one 18-year old saw the sangat. He came today and he said I’m going to go with you to India and live with you. He just saw us there. Amazing! Just see the quality of these souls. The maturity of young bodies does not tell the state of our consciousness which we have attained through previous life journeys.
A young son of mine, 19 years old, from Argentina, has traveled all the way and his question was how can I avoid the tragic end of human life. I asked him respectfully; I said, what do you mean by the tragic end of human life? He said, it ends in death. See the beauty, the splendor of this soul, the maturity. I congratulate you my dear son and salute you.
Human life does not have to end in a tragedy, it can end in Godliness. It would not end there; it would just merge into Godliness.
The two most important things in human life to do are to meet our Creator, and to reach the God state. When we lead human life, all our energy remains stored below the pubic bone, at the lowest point in our body, and hence having the lowest consciousness. Through meditation, God takes us out of there and makes us rise upward, transforming our consciousness from humanly consciousness to Godly consciousness. So we keep rising, upward, inwardly.
We should each look very carefully, and recognize where my consciousness, my energy remains. If it is below the pubic bone, then we should, through meditation, bring it up. If it is at the heart area, then many times during the day we should check that it stays there, by feeling the Divine there. We must not let it fall down so that we have to raise it up everyday. We have to keep it stationed and then keep pulling upward from that point.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji says:
tayri-aa bhagtaa ka-o balihaaraa
I’m a sacrifice to your devotees because You dwell in them, and that’s why their insides are so beautiful, and they have become so precious; the dust of their feet has become so precious.
ਥਾਨੁ ਸੁਹਾਵਾ ਸਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੇਰਾ ਰੰਗ ਤੇਰੇ ਆਪਾਰਾ ॥
thaan suhaavaa sadaa parabh tayraa rang tayray aapaaraa
Because you dwell in them, their insides are so precious; their insides have become the abode of the Lord of the universe. They are so precious, and so is the dust of their feet.
Dhaarnaa:
ਏ ਕਿੱਧਰੋਂ ਦਿਨ ਆਏ..ਨੀ ਮਾਏ…….ਏ ਕਿੱਧਰੋਂ ਦਿਨ ਆਏ
ay kiDharoN din aa-ay… nee maa-ay………ay kiDharoN din aa-ay
Oh my mother, where from these days have arrived where I’m being blessed with the dust of the feet of so many precious souls.
ਧੂੜੀ ਬਸਤਰ ਧੂੜੀ ਜੋੜਾ.. ਧੂੜੀ ਸੱਥ ਨੀ ਮਾਏ
Dhoorhee bastar Dhoorhee jorhaa…Dhoorhee sath nee maa-ay
My clothes are of the dust of the holy congregation. My shoes are made of the dust of the holy congregation, and my bed where I lay down is of the dust of the holy congregation.
Let it flow please from inside.
ਮਿਹਰਬਾਨ ਅੱਜ ਹੋਈ ਨੀ ਧੂੜੀ…..ਇਸ ਮੱਲੀ ਮੈਂ ਦੀ ਜਾਏ
miharbaan aj ho-ee Dhoorhee……is malee maiN dee jaa-ay
My ego - even its name is so thorny. Where my ego used to dwell, that place has been replaced with the dust of the feet of the holy congregation. In other words, where there used to be ego, now it is humility.
ਭਾਗ ਹੋਣ ਤਾਂ ਬਣੀਏ ਧੂੜੀ….ਨਹੀਂ ਤਾ ਧੂੜ ਨੀ ਮਾਏ
bhaag hon taaN banee-ay Dhoorhee…..nahee taaN Dhoorh nee maa-ay
If He blesses us with good fortune, then He makes us the dust of the holy congregation, otherwise we turn into dust.
With God’s grace, if He makes someone the dust of the holy congregation, so humble, that God starts dwelling in that person, then that person becomes immortal. Otherwise, we end up turning into dust one day. As my son put it - the tragic end of human life.
So please have heart, we are not going to meet any tragic end. We are going to meet our Beloved and melt into Him. Guru Granth Sahib Ji is going to take us to that state of consciousness.
Dhaarnaa (end)
Let us sit straight for meditation
He says:
ਬਚਨੀ ਤੋਰ ਮੋਰ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨੈ ਜਨ ਕਉ ਪੂਰਨੁ ਦੀਜੈ ॥
bachnee tor mor man maanai jan ka-o pooran deejai
Oh my Beloved Guru, I love your utterances. My mind loves to hear You more and more. Oh my Beloved Guru, please bless me with none other than the Lord of the universe.
kaaran kavan abol
Oh my Beloved, why are You not speaking? My Guru has told me that You dwell within me; Why are You not speaking?
kaaran - reason, abol - silent
What is the reason that You are silent? You are not talking. How beautiful! In other words, why are You not appearing within me?
kaaran kavan abol
It’s a very humble prayer to Him, that please don’t remain silent within me; appear within me. I want to behold You, I want to meet You.
So while sitting straight, we are going to say Wahe at the deepest point in our body, at the membrane which touches the ground when we sit crossed legged, Wahe there. Because from, from the pubic bone to the membrane, that’s where the mind’s energy dwells, which separates us from God.
We are going to bring that energy, that consciousness at our heart, which is the house of ishq.
So Wahe down there, then immediately we come at the heart area and say Guru there. Wahe is wonderful, Guru is lord. This is a very powerful meditation which immediately takes our energy from the hands of the mind and brings it up in the house of ishq.
With all our energy please; it should not be done half-heartedly. Every cell of our body, every ounce of our consciousness energy should become involved in raising that mind energy to the soul energy.
Wahe Guru, Wahe Guru, Wahe Guru, Wahe Guru……….
Please come at the heart area. Look very closely and feel the presence of some power.
When consciousness falls below the pubic bone, Guru Nanak Dev Ji calls it impure consciousness, and when it is raised to the heart area, He calls it pure ishqful consciousness. It is the impure consciousness which is the cause of all our sufferings. If we do not raise it upwards, and purify it, it is going to get released by one way or the other and we would be robbed of such an opportunity of transforming a human consciousness to superhuman consciousness. So please, each one of us, we must check many times during the day that it is at least at the heart area, if not higher, and keep it there, 24 hours. Soon, it would automatically start feeling to us all the time that I’m here, or above, wherever it is.
He says:
ਕੋ ਆਣਿ ਮਿਲਾਵੈ ਅਜੁ ਮੈ ਪਿਰੁ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਏ ॥
ko aan milaavai aj mai pir mayl milaava-ay
This is again Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s utterance during His fifth appearance. Such a longing, a begging that may somebody come and make me meet with my Beloved. May somebody come and make me meet my Beloved today. I cannot wait until tomorrow. We should feel this urgency, urgency of transformation. The pain of separation should be intensely felt in us.
I’m looking in every direction; maybe the Guru is coming from this direction, is He coming from this direction, is he coming from this direction, is he coming from this direction? I’m so restless for the Guru because only He can make me meet with the Divine.
Ji, only two more meditation gatherings are left during this trip, tomorrow and the day after. Day after tomorrow there is going to be Amrit Sanchar. Amrit Sanchar means to irrigate one’s consciousness with the Divine nectar, with the Divine Himself; just like we irrigate the vegetation so that way it’s to irrigate our insides with God’s love, God Himself.
Dhaarnaa:
ਨਵਾਂ ਹੀ ਪਰਾਹੁਣਾ ਇੱਕ ਆਇਆ ਸਾਡੇ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਨੀ…..ਨਵਾਂ ਹੀ ਪਰਾਹੁਣਾ
navaaN hee paraaHunaa ik...aa-i-aa saaday shahir nee…..navaaN hee paraaHunaa
ਸਭਨਾ ਨੂੰ ਹੱਸ ਕੇ ਬੁਲਾਇਆ ਸਾਡੇ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਨੀ…..ਨਵਾਂ ਹੀ ਪਰਾਹੁਣਾ
sabhnaaN noo has kay bulaa-i-aa saaday shahir nee…… navaaN hee paraahunaa
Whosoever comes, He’s welcoming everyone so lovingly in our city.
ਨਾਲ ਲਿਆਇਆ ਉਹ ਮੁਹੱਬਤਾਂ ਦੀ ਲਹਿਰ ਨੀ……ਨਵਾਂ ਹੀ ਪਰਾਹੁਣਾ
naal li-aa-i-aa oh muhabataaN dee lahir nee…… navaaN hee paraahunaa
And with Himself, He has brought a big wave of ishq. We all are that wave.
ਗੁੱਸੇ ਗਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਤੋੜ ਮਿੱਠਿਆਇਆ ਸਾਡਾ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਨੀ……ਨਵਾਂ ਹੀ ਪਰਾਹੁਣਾ
gusay gilay torh mithi-aa-i-aa saadaa shahir nee…… navaaN hee paraahunaa
He has removed all the anger or complaints from the hearts of everyone, and He’s making our city sweet. He’s making our city a sweet city.
Now in the beautiful local language, Spanish.
ਨਾਲ ਲਿਆਇਆ ਉਹ ਮੁਹੱਬਤਾਂ ਦੀ ਲਹਿਰ ਨੀ……ਨਵਾਂ ਹੀ ਪਰਾਹੁਣਾ
naal li-aa-i-aa oh muhabataaN dee lahir nee…… navaaN hee paraahunaa
y ha traído con él una ola de ishq……un nuevo huésped