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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 189015" data-attributes="member: 35">1. Are these the only possibilities? Steps in a journey vs achieved otherwise?As if searching and striving is not helpful, Kabir ji says, Ang 1372ਕਬੀਰ ਗੰਗ ਜਮੁਨ ਕੇ ਅੰਤਰੇ ਸਹਜ ਸੁੰਨ ਕੇ ਘਾਟ ॥Kabīr gang jamun ke anṯre sahj sunn ke gẖāt.Kabeer, between the Ganges and Jamunaa Rivers, on the shore of Celestial Silence,ਤਹਾ ਕਬੀਰੈ ਮਟੁ ਕੀਆ ਖੋਜਤ ਮੁਨਿ ਜਨ ਬਾਟ ॥੧੫੨॥Ŧahā kabīrai mat kī▫ā kẖojaṯ mun jan bāt. ||152||there, Kabeer has made his home. The silent sages and the humble servants of the Lord search for the way to get there. ||152||2. Must we understand the khands in vedic terms -- as levels of spiritual achievement?3. Does confusion arise because Gurbani is telling us something quite different about the khands when the idea of steps or levels confounds the message.Later Kabir saysਕਬੀਰ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮੈ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਸਬਦੁ ਜੁ ਬਾਹਿਆ ਏਕੁ ॥Kabīr sācẖā saṯgur mai mili▫ā sabaḏ jo bāhi▫ā ek.Kabeer, the True Guru has met me; He aimed the Arrow of the Shabad at me. ਲਾਗਤ ਹੀ ਭੁਇ ਮਿਲਿ ਗਇਆ ਪਰਿਆ ਕਲੇਜੇ ਛੇਕੁ ॥੧੫੭॥Lāgaṯ hī bẖu▫e mil ga▫i▫ā pari▫ā kaleje cẖẖek. ||157||As soon as it struck me, I fell to the ground with a hole in my heart. ||157|</blockquote>

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