Bhawan No 6,Phase 3A,SAS Nagar (Mohali ... - Gurbani-Chanan

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Concentration Of Mind
Anad binod karay din raatee
sadaa sadaa Har kaylaa jee-o.
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Sardara Singh
‘Within the stream of Nectar uniformly rains.
The mind or soul drinks, hears and reflects on the Name.
For attaining poise, any point within or without our
It rejoices and enjoys day and night and sports with
body can be fixed by us for focusing attention. Fix your mind
God for ever and ever.’ (S.G.G.S. P. 102)
on that point for some time and with your consciousness
The spray of Nectar erupts. It rains in trickles. The
continue reciting the Gurmarntar. Undoubtedly, in the
mind comes to the brink of death. It quaffs the Nectar and
beginning, the mind will get focused on the point for a few
gains considerable poise and rest. It stops gamboling like a
seconds only. In Name meditation, you will have to sit for
monkey. Instead of wandering outside, it seeks and runs after
quite some time, but perhaps, concentration may be achieved
the elixir lying within. It longs to be inward-directed. Then
for a short while only. If concentration comes about for just a
the question of its wandering about does not arise.
minute or two even after sitting in meditation for hours
together, then take it that you have started progressing in
Name contemplation. Continue with your efforts. Seeing the
absence of equipoise after practising Divine Name meditation
for a few days for short durations, do not lose heart; it is the
task of several births.
When we read a newspaper, we do not read loudly.
Rare indeed must be such a person. For reciting God’s Name
in the heart or mind the example of newspaper reading is
quite appropriate. While reading newspaper, your mind is
fully concentrated, even when you are not making any special
effort for this. Only the desire to read the newspaper has
These points or objects can be chosen only for the
induced concentration in your mind.
purpose of achieving concentration and not for ever because
A scientist sitting alone in his laboratory succeeds in
reaching the next stage, when the mind or consciousness is to
making an invention of the material world by focusing his
enter the region of the spirit, then the body too will be left
mind and brain, his mental and physical faculties on his
behind.
experiment. Similarly, for practising Divine Name
When you practise reciting some ‘shabad’ (holy Word,
contemplation, you have to concentrate your mind’s attention
or hymn) through consciousness by focusing the mind on some
fully on the Name. You are sitting in a room. When you hear
point, then it will be advantageous for you to synchronize
the ticking sound of the watch, then, you can harmonize the
your breaths also with your recitation. In this manner, you
holy Word with the ticking sound. If some machine is working
will achieve better equipoise. Here, I am not talking of any
near you, you can practise Divine Name meditation by
Yogic method. Breathing has to continue. The cycle of
harmonizing the holy Word with its working too and it can
breathing continues spont- aneously. By synchronizing the
be done with great concentration also :-
‘shabad’ with your breath, you have to lovingly hear the Name-
Harhat bhee toon toon karahi boleh bhalee baan.
sound or melody through the consciousness. In this manner,
Saahib sadaa hadoor hai ki-aa uchee karahi pukaar.
you start experiencing the ecstasy of devotion and when this
joy of self starts coming, then :
Jhim jhim varsai amrit dhaaraa.
Man peevai sun sabad beechaaraa.
‘Thou Persian-wheel! uttering ‘thou! thou!’ pleasing
is thy utterance.
Know, the Lord is ever by our side :Why call on Him
in such a loud tone?’ (S.G.G.S. P.1420)
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