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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Original" data-source="post: 208154" data-attributes="member: 14400">Dear Gurmit Singh Jee - SSAThe article by Jitinder Kaur highlights one very important point, that is, Baba Nanak's mission to rescue humankind from prehistoric belief n practices, notably, superstition and useless rituals. And instead, to embrace and understand the concept of "nam", hence, "...Nanak ka ghar kewal nam" [p1136 SGGSJ].Nanak sets out in his preamble [moolmantar] to define and capture what otherwise is indefinite, ineffable, shapeless, formless an entity, namely, Satnam. It is this preamble which is the fountainhead of the ontological, ideological, theoretical and practical Sikh. But, how must a mere human being communicate with someone [Satnam] that is all of the above ? What must one do to merit  Satnam's grace [gur prasad] ? This is where Nanak interjects and introduces the concept of Jap [silent repetitiion, open to wider interpretation], thus, aad sach jugad sach hai bhee sach [true in the beginning, true at the start of each epoch, true He is now..]. It is to this end, successive Nanak's developed it further, encapsulating as it were to what has conceptually become "nam simran" [remembrance of God or Waheguru].From a theoretical perspective the rationale behind it is that Nanak's Nirankar is "live" and is beyond the realms of reason and empirical observation. The way to connect, to have His grace and to remain egoless is to nam jap [repeat His name]. This theoretical thinking has become a practical way of life for the contemplative Sikh adding value and spiritual ecstasy to what otherwise is unknown to the human intellect.Given that it provides comfort to one's being and is subjective, must it be put on the stand of objectivity for cross examination ? Can it not be equated to the placebo effect, albeit, spiritual ?The concept of nam simran is "spiritual" and cannot be reasoned with, it is to be lived, only then can understand thereof will begin to evolve. And, since there is no objective testing, it remains outside the parameters of the human intellect.Much obliged -Good day !</blockquote>

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