Well meaning of amrit is far from being understood these days. Amrit means something after having which you dont die. And i dont think amrit needs to be sweet all the time, cant it be Tasteless or sour or salty?
and question is by thinking of Lord can my life becomes sweet or by living as per the guidance of sabd guru my life becomes sweet all the time
Well Thinking about the lord means thinking about the satguru all the time and the irony is that we are not living as per the guidelines of the shabad guru.
thus gurbani strongly says, 'ਓਹ ਬੇਲਾ ਕਉ ਹਉ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਉ॥ I ਜਿਤੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਜਪੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਉ॥੧॥ਰਹਾਉ॥ the moment I am able to imbibe that jewels which makes my life meaningful for the humanity, I am sacrifice to that specific time.
With all due respect i must say ,I dont agree with translation that you have provided. Where does the humanity come in from? Lets try n make our lives meaningful for us First. A more appropriate translation according to me would be "I am a sacrifice to the time when i meditate on the Lords name Within" .
The ritualistic mumbling whether we do early in the morning or any time of the day is futile.
No ritualistic mumbling my friend, it has to be done within and yes getting Up early morning is no ritual. Ever wondered why 100 m sprinters always take that awkward stance of bending forward before the race begins? It gives them that thrust that start that they look for otherwise there is no necessity of getting into a stance and start running. Its all science my friend ,that morning time gives that kick start which focuses your mind more, don't confuse science with rituals.
It seems the confusion is in understanding the meaning of bhagti. Gurmat bhagti is 'ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਅਰਪਉ ਤਿਸੈ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਮਿਲਾਵੈ ਮੋਹਿ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਭਉ ਕਾਟੀਐ ਚੂਕੈ ਜਮ ਕੀ ਜੋਹ ॥੧॥ or ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਸਭੁ ਸਉਪਿ ਗੁਰ ਕਉ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਮੰਨਿਐ ਪਾਈਐ ॥ tendering my thought process alongwith accumulated wealth of shortcoming is bhagti and not mumbling.
ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਅਰਪਉ ਤਿਸੈ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਮਿਲਾਵੈ ਮੋਹਿ ॥
I Offer my mind, body and wealth in other words everything to one who can make me meet the Lord.
Now this is interesting, few years back i posted a post somewhere and it had the content that we need external help from someone who has already walked that path so that we can be lead to the lord. Some guys made a mockery of it and said why do we need an intermediator to meet the lord? Now the above tuk clarifies and bolsters that point. Now, only guru sahib needed someone who could make them meet the lord? Obviously we also do.
Coming back to the subject Offering everything to the one who can lead to the lord means to start living in the will of the one who can lead you to the lord, obviously they don't need your wealth or body and how can one offer their mann to someone? That's done by living in their will. And this is not my point of view, this is guru sahibans.
ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਅਰਪਉ ਤਿਸੈ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਮਿਲਾਵੈ ਮੋਹਿ ॥
And the significance of having someone to lead us to the Lord is further magnified by what you wrote
' ਹਮ ਅੰਧੁਲੇ ਅੰਧ ਬਿਖੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਰਾਤੇ ਕਿਉ ਚਾਲਹ ਗੁਰ ਚਾਲੀ ॥
Although Guru sahib took it on himself , obviously he meant the ਹਮ ਅੰਧੁਲੇ for us manmukhs, As we are ਅੰਧੁਲੇ we need someone who can lead us.
To outer 'jyotajalani' is like showing prakash to God and not to our manh.
Oh yes buddy outer jot has no significance at all and to have that light within we need to go within and to go within we need to meet someone who has already went within.
On Ang 293
|| ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥
ਗਿਆਨ ਅੰਜਨੁ ਗੁਰਿ ਦੀਆ ਅਗਿਆਨ ਅੰਧੇਰ ਬਿਨਾਸੁ ॥
The Guru has put the collyrium of wisdom in my eye and the darkness of ignorance has dispelled away.
ਹਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਸੰਤ ਭੇਟਿਆ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਨਿ ਪਰਗਾਸੁ ॥੧॥
With Lords grace I have met the saint, O Nanak, my mind is enlightened.
And wherever i have mentioned" the one who leads us to the Lord" i meant A True Saint.
Regards,
Nirmaljot Singh Baidwan.
