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GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART-II 207
Do not kill these five instincts. Make them your servants. Rein the mind as
the rider reins the horse.
By recitation of Name, singing of divine songs and sinf,Ting of praises of
the Lord, these instincts are automatically controlled. Then there should be a
novel way of controlling these instincts. That novel way is service.
The nature of our mind is such that it feels happy to take, acquire, brrab
and boast. Now, if one goes stubbornly against these instincts, then one will
feel dejected and in suffering, but if one makes a habit of'f,Tiving with pleasure'
then the animal instinct will become a manly instinct or so to say a saintly
instinct. The animal takes and f,'Tabs and feels happy. Man also does the
same, but somebody who feels happy to give, then automatically his instinct of
f,'Tabbing is gone.
Then whoever wants to become a saint, the Guru tells him to do service
to the Guru and the saints. In this service, man catches the goodness from the
saints. This service makes him humble. Humility washes the dirt of the mind.
And on the top of it, the Guru's and the saint's blessings wash the dirt of the
mind. His ego is gone that is the veil between our self and the Lord.
The result is, that the mind becomes ready to settle the Name in it.
The fruit of 'service to humanity' is 'settling the Name' in the mind.
Otherservice done for show offis not right. Service is to cleanse the mind
so that the Name settles in it. The Guru suggests service in the Name of the
Lord. Those who do not do service in the Name ofthe Lord, their mind is not
cleansed, because they do it with ego in their mind. Ego is bondage. Anything
done with ego keeps you in bondage. Their fruit of service does not clean the
mind. Our deeds are bad. We go after our mind and our mind is full of
desires. As such our actions keep us in un-ending desires. To break this
shackle of desires, the Guru guides our actions towards 'service to the Guru
and the holy people' and he says it should be in the Name of the Lord.
When we do service in the Name of the Lord, then the ego goes away,
the desires vanish and the mind becomes crystal.
Braham Das: That means the fruit of service is cleansing the mind. The
service has to be done in the name of the Lord and not in ego or mercy or
thinking that 'I am benevolent' or 'I am generous' or 'I am kind'. But, in the
thinking that the service will cleanse the mind and it is the Lord's command.
Braham Das: Any other service?
Hassu: When one is immersed in the Lord's love and sees wondrousness
all around, even then the true Guru says that you have to live in this world
and deal with people. Thatdealing is service. But, the service is in wondrousness
and is. natural.
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