Re: Journey of the Soul
He has to be very vigilant and watchful lest any vicious thought may remain lurking in some hidden corner of his mind.
When these vicious thoughts are turned out, they usually hide in some hidden corner of the mind. The poor spiritual traveler wrongly thinks that he has got rid of their mischief, but when he has found the way to the fountain of life and wants to drink from it, they suddenly appear to ruin him.
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ਭ੍ਰਮ ਕੇ ਮੂਸੇ ਤੂੰ ਰਾਖਤ ਪਰਦਾ ਪਾਛੈ ਜੀਅ ਕੀ ਮਾਨੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
भ्रम के मूसे तूं राखत परदा पाछै जीअ की मानी ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Bẖaram ke mūse ṯūʼn rākẖaṯ parḏā pācẖẖai jī▫a kī mānī. ||1|| rahā▫o.
Deceived by doubt, you may hide your actions, but in the end, you shall have to confess the secrets of your mind. ||1||Pause||
Guru Arjan Dev -
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This spiritual traveler may be compared to a person who has built a water tank in his house but has not used long. In the meantime the impurities and pollution have settled down in the bottom of the tank although water appears to be clear from above. He thinks that water is clean, but when he gets down into the tank or washes something in it, black patches appear on the surface and he finds that water is dirty.
For this Guru Ji shows the remedy:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ੴ सतिगुर प्रसादि ॥
Ik▫oaʼnkār saṯgur parsāḏ.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਮਨ ਕਾ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਉ ॥
मन का सूतकु दूजा भाउ ॥
Man kā sūṯak ḏūjā bẖā▫o.
The pollution of the mind is the love of duality.
ਭਰਮੇ ਭੂਲੇ ਆਵਉ ਜਾਉ ॥੧॥
भरमे भूले आवउ जाउ ॥१॥
Bẖarme bẖūle āva▫o jā▫o. ||1||
Deluded by doubt, people come and go in reincarnation. ||1||
ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਕਬਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
मनमुखि सूतकु कबहि न जाइ ॥
Manmukẖ sūṯak kabėh na jā▫e.
The pollution of the self-willed manmukhs will never go away,
ਜਿਚਰੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਹਰਿ ਕੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
जिचरु सबदि न भीजै हरि कै नाइ ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Jicẖar sabaḏ na bẖījai har kai nā▫e. ||1|| rahā▫o.
as long as they do not dwell on the Shabad, and the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||
ਸਭੋ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਜੇਤਾ ਮੋਹੁ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥
सभो सूतकु जेता मोहु आकारु ॥
Sabẖo sūṯak jeṯā moh ākār.
All the created beings are contaminated by emotional attachment;
ਮਰਿ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮੈ ਵਾਰੋ ਵਾਰ ॥੨॥
मरि मरि जमै वारो वार ॥२॥
Mar mar jammai vāro vār. ||2||
they die and are reborn, only to die over and over again. ||2||
ਸੂਤਕੁ ਅਗਨਿ ਪਉਣੈ ਪਾਣੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
सूतकु अगनि पउणै पाणी माहि ॥
Sūṯak agan pa▫uṇai pāṇī māhi.
Fire, air and water are polluted.
ਸੂਤਕੁ ਭੋਜਨੁ ਜੇਤਾ ਕਿਛੁ ਖਾਹਿ ॥੩॥
सूतकु भोजनु जेता किछु खाहि ॥३॥
Sūṯak bẖojan jeṯā kicẖẖ kẖāhi. ||3||
The food which is eaten is polluted. ||3||
ਸੂਤਕਿ ਕਰਮ ਨ ਪੂਜਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
सूतकि करम न पूजा होइ ॥
Sūṯak karam na pūjā ho▫e.
The actions of those who do not worship the Lord are polluted.
ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਹੋਇ ॥੪॥
नामि रते मनु निरमलु होइ ॥४॥
Nām raṯe man nirmal ho▫e. ||4||
Attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the mind becomes immaculate. ||4||
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਜਾਇ ॥
सतिगुरु सेविऐ सूतकु जाइ ॥
Saṯgur sevi▫ai sūṯak jā▫e.
Serving the True Guru, pollution is eradicated,
ਮਰੈ ਨ ਜਨਮੈ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਖਾਇ ॥੫॥
मरै न जनमै कालु न खाइ ॥५॥
Marai na janmai kāl na kẖā▫e. ||5||
and then, one does not suffer death and rebirth, or get devoured by death. ||5||
ਸਾਸਤ ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਸੋਧਿ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਕੋਇ ॥
सासत सिम्रिति सोधि देखहु कोइ ॥
Sāsaṯ simriṯ soḏẖ ḏekẖhu ko▫e.
You may study and examine the Shaastras and the Simritees,
ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੬॥
विणु नावै को मुकति न होइ ॥६॥
viṇ nāvai ko mukaṯ na ho▫e. ||6||
but without the Name, no one is liberated. ||6||
ਜੁਗ ਚਾਰੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਉਤਮੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥
जुग चारे नामु उतमु सबदु बीचारि ॥
Jug cẖāre nām uṯam sabaḏ bīcẖār.
Throughout the four ages, the Naam is the ultimate; reflect upon the Word of the Shabad.
ਕਲਿ ਮਹਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰਿ ॥੭॥
कलि महि गुरमुखि उतरसि पारि ॥७॥
Kal mėh gurmukẖ uṯras pār. ||7||
In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, only the Gurmukhs cross over. ||7||
ਸਾਚਾ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥
साचा मरै न आवै जाइ ॥
Sācẖā marai na āvai jā▫e.
The True Lord does not die; He does not come or go.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੮॥੧॥
नानक गुरमुखि रहै समाइ ॥८॥१॥
Nānak gurmukẖ rahai samā▫e. ||8||1||
O Nanak, the Gurmukh remains absorbed in the Lord. ||8||1||
