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(b) Those who follow the path of looking within, doing righteous actions, and meditation on theDivine Name.Now, every person radiates His magnetism for good or evil, and these vibrations affect the mindsof all.The persons who follow the path of pleasure stay awake till two or three in the morning and thengo to sleep. After that, their dark or evil vibrations become dormant and the atmosphere gets freefrom their debasing tendencies. On the other hand all lovers of God to whatever caste, creed, race,or colour they may belong, get up early and meditate on the Divine Name. They radiate divinewaves, which help all early risers.The time is free from all noise and turmoil, and the whole nature silently revels in the Divineglory. Nature and the Eternal Divine are in complete unison. This harmony enters the soul of theearly riser and fixes his mind on the Divine name.After taking rest at night one becomes fresh and can meditate on the Divine name with a soundmind and sound body. The peace of mind and the spiritual uplift, which a man attains bymediating on the Divine Name in the early hours of the morning, keeps him buoyant andunattached with the daily struggle of life. He does his duty without being enslaved by the dailytemptation of the world.Those who meditate on His name with worldly aims (Sakar vasana) attain themin the next human birth. But those who go on meditating and singing His praises withoutany personal desire, and depend wholly on His grace, get the gifts of self-realization andfreedom from birth and rebirth. Sayeth Nanak ‘O’ searcher after truth, know that He isthe All-in-all and the only True reality. The whole universe is His manifestation.Note: -He who calls himself the disciple of the Satguru must wake up early in the morning (at least threehours before sunrise) and meditate on the Divine name. He must shake off all his laziness, takehis bath, and meditate on His Name. As taught by the Guru he must meditate on the Gur-mantra“WAHEGURU” and thus erase all the impressions of the wrong karmas (actions) he has done invarious births and rebirths. Then at day dawn sing hymns in His praise. The Sikh who everymoment keeps his mind fixed on the Divine name is dear to the Satguru. The Satguru showers hisgrace on him and shows him the path of at-one-ment (blends the Sikh with Himself). Nanak begsthe dust of the feet of such a Gursikh, who Himself meditates on the Divine name and directsothers to do so.
He is self-existent and Eternal. He has not been established or created by anyone(unlike worldly gods or goddesses whom people set up in their temples or other places ofworship). He is One-in-All and All-in-One. He reveals Himself in His creation andrevels in its glory but is unattached to everything.He who meditates on His name as the Eternal Reality gets the gifts of selfrealizationor God consciousness, and attains eternal greatness both Here and Hereafter.Sayeth Nanak: Sing the praises of Him who is the treasure house of all virtues and noblequalities.By this singing and listening to His praises with rapt attention and filling our mindwith His love and devotion we get freedom from attachment – the source of all worry andtrouble – and attain self-realization, the haven of eternal peace and bliss.In the second part of this verse, Satguru Nanak Dev Ji declares that the path ofPrema bhagti (losing oneself in the Eternal Divine by meditation on His name), one neednot depend on outward props, which the followers of Yog Marag or Pranayam do. Forthe follower of this path absolute and complete faith in the Guru is essential.So Guru Nanak says: - The spoken words of the Satguru who has realized theTruth is the rhythmical sound on which I have to fix my mind. The Guru’s word is thesource of True knowledge for me. It makes me realize the Divine, everywhere and ineverything.The Satguru is my Isher (Shiv destroyer). The Guru is my Vishnu (the protectorand feeder). The Guru is my Brahma (the creator) and the Guru is my Parbati (the
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Page 32 and 33: His gifts and deeds are boundless,
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