Re: What is Dasam Duaar ?
"What is Dasam Duaar?"
Part 1
Literally it means tenth gate. But alone this means nothing. We know there are nine gates of the body and these relate to physical organs of perception: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth, 1 urethra and 1 ****. Metaphysical physiology says the "praan" the lifeforce energy escapes the body through the nine openings to perceive the sansaaric world and immerse the consciousness in duality. So without understanding the initial nine gates, just to figure out the tenth doesn't make sense. After all what is an opening, a gate?
But looking at the nine openings we also know there is a tenth. And the tenth opening in a baby is called the anterior fontanel. As the baby develops this soft spot of the head closes and the skull bones knit tightly together. So in metaphysical physiology, a tenth hole is there from birth, but it closes. The key is to have a spiritual practice which withdraws the praan from the openings and closes those nine gates. It has to be achieved so you can redirect the flow of lifeforce energy to move upwards and unlock the tenth gate.
Baby with clear opening at location of anterior fontanel
Joora is tied over this area. The spiritual practice is to jap Naam and put the vibration of Naam into the hairs forming a seal/mudra over the dasam duar to protect the mind from sansaaric influences and facillitate Simran (ਸਿਮਰਨ). "The word is derived from Sanskrit word Smaran meaning Remembrance." This is a yogic practice. Sikhs are not the only people to tie top knot over dasam duar.
ਬਟੂਆ ਏਕੁ ਬਹਤਰਿ ਆਧਾਰੀ ਏਕੋ ਜਿਸਹਿ ਦੁਆਰਾ ॥
battooaa eaek behathar aadhhaaree eaeko jisehi dhuaaraa ||
The body is a bag with seventy-two chambers, and one opening, the Tenth Gate.
ਨਵੈ ਖੰਡ ਕੀ ਪ੍ਰਿਥਮੀ ਮਾਗੈ ਸੋ ਜੋਗੀ ਜਗਿ ਸਾਰਾ ॥੧॥
navai khandd kee prithhamee maagai so jogee jag saaraa ||1||
He alone is a real Yogi on this earth, who asks for the primal world of the nine regions. ||1||
ਐਸਾ ਜੋਗੀ ਨਉ ਨਿਧਿ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
aisaa jogee no nidhh paavai ||
Such a Yogi obtains the nine treasures.
ਤਲ ਕਾ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਲੇ ਗਗਨਿ ਚਰਾਵੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
thal kaa breham lae gagan charaavai ||1|| rehaao ||
He lifts his soul up from below, to the skies of the Tenth Gate. ||1||Pause||
~SGGS Ji p. 477
Now I will explain what this means. The nine gates correspond to 6 chakras. A chakra is an energy wheel which means it spins, it has activity, it has velocity. The chakrs are centers of motion which feed electro-magnetic current to all the major organ systems of the body, enlivening it. And importantly, the praan is breath of life which is in motion with the electrical current. So we are dealing with a metaphysical science of electrophysiology and how it relates to the spine, brain and breath. Every organ of your body requires oxygen to be fed to it which is achieved by means of blood supply, arteries, veins which are tube like vessels that hold your lifeblood. In the same way ancient Indian mystics have taught for thousands of years that the human body has an electrical system which has tube like vessels which hold electric current, and these are called nadis.
The primary nadis oscillate curent along the spine from pubbicoccygeal muscle (root chakra) to the closed opening on the head (dasam duar). They are called Ire, is active in the left nostril, has negative current, is considered female, cooling, associated with the moon (Chandra). Pingala nadi is active in the right nostril, has positive current, is associated with male energy, is heating, and associated with the sun (Surya). Both nadis begin at the Muladhara first chakra (root). Traditionally they are said to meet at the confluence of the three rivers, Yukta Triveni, where the praan meets at the juncture of the Ire, Pingala and Shushmana.
This spot is located at the Agnya third eye sixth chakra in the forehead approximating the location in the brain of the Pineal and Pituitary glands. These are the psychic centers basically. When the lifeforce energy is directed above the 6 chakrs to this point it stimulates a fundamental change in human neurophysiology and activates latent pathways of the brain itself. This physical alteration aloneshows how the brain can create secretions which are potent psychoactive compounds. So what is being discussed is no mere fantasy or superstition, but in fact a very highly developed science of human consciousness.
ਇੜਾ ਪਿੰਗੁਲਾ ਅਉਰ ਸੁਖਮਨਾ ਤੀਨਿ ਬਸਹਿ ਇਕ ਠਾਈ ॥
eirraa pingulaa aour sukhamanaa theen basehi eik thaaee ||
The energy channels of the Ida, Pingala and Shushmanaa: these three dwell in one place.
ਬੇਣੀ ਸੰਗਮੁ ਤਹ ਪਿਰਾਗੁ ਮਨੁ ਮਜਨੁ ਕਰੇ ਤਿਥਾਈ ॥੧॥
baenee sangam theh piraag man majan karae thithhaaee ||1||
This is the true place of confluence of the three sacred rivers: this is where my mind takes its cleansing bath. ||1||
~SGGS Ji p. 974
ਖਟੁ ਮਟੁ ਦੇਹੀ ਮਨੁ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ॥
khatt matt dhaehee man bairaagee ||
Above the six chakras of the body dwells the detached mind.
ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਧੁਨਿ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜਾਗੀ ॥
surath sabadh dhhun anthar jaagee ||
Awareness of the vibration of the Word of the Shabad has been awakened deep within.
~SGGS Ji p. 903
ਉਲਟੀ ਲੇ ਸਕਤਿ ਸਹਾਰੰ ॥
oulattee lae sakath sehaaran ||
Turning away from materialism, I have found intuitive support.
ਪੈਸੀਲੇ ਗਗਨ ਮਝਾਰੰ ॥
paiseelae gagan majhaaran ||
I have entered into the sky of the mind, and opened the Tenth Gate.
ਬੇਧੀਅਲੇ ਚਕ੍ਰ ਭੁਅੰਗਾ ॥
baedhheealae chakr bhuangaa ||
The chakras of the coiled Kundalini energy have been opened,
ਭੇਟੀਅਲੇ ਰਾਇ ਨਿਸੰਗਾ ॥੨॥
bhaetteealae raae nisangaa ||2||
and I have met my Sovereign Lord King without fear. ||2||
ਚੂਕੀਅਲੇ ਮੋਹ ਮਇਆਸਾ ॥
chookeealae moh maeiaasaa ||
My attachment to Maya has been eradicated;
ਸਸਿ ਕੀਨੋ ਸੂਰ ਗਿਰਾਸਾ ॥
sas keeno soor giraasaa ||
the moon energy has devoured the sun energy.
ਜਬ ਕੁੰਭਕੁ ਭਰਿਪੁਰਿ ਲੀਣਾ ॥
jab kunbhak bharipur leenaa ||
When I was focused and merged into the all-pervading Lord,
ਤਹ ਬਾਜੇ ਅਨਹਦ ਬੀਣਾ ॥੩॥
theh baajae anehadh beenaa ||3||
then the unstruck sound current began to vibrate. ||3||
~SGGS Ji p. 972
Human vascular system which has central channel (aorta) that connects to the heart and lungs and branches off to peripheral arteries which pump oxygenated blood from lungs and heart through veins to feed distal organs and extremities. This is how oxygen (breath/praan) reaches all the organs of your body. In similar fashion, metaphysical physiology postulates you have a subtle body and basically a bloodstream of energetic breath following similar pathways. Everything converges at the central channel which is along the spinal column. But instead of the heart being the center, the subtle channels feed electro-magnetic energy and lifeforce breath to the brain. At least, thats the intended function.
"All energy has a vibration and emits a frequency. The most potent form of energy by the way, is thought. It penetrates all space and all time. Every thought has a frequency. We can measure a thought. What most people don't understand is a thought has a biochemical and biological property." ~John Assaraf
It's important to important to know we are talking about physiology otherwise simply saying "tenth gate" doesn't mean anything. If you look at the parallel to body physiology, you see the intricacy of the vasculature, the nervous system, the spinal cord and how the body and brain communicate. Could we assume the underlying electrophysiology would be less intricate? And supposing (from our skeptical Western perspectives), that multidimensionality is reality and there are universes within universes, and the physical body is only an extension into the perceivable realm (via human instrumentation) of time and space.
That hyperdimensional reality which is quantum and non-local is also enfolded within our material existence. We would have to conclude our science and medicine actually know very little about the multidimensional nature of human physiology or how it extends into the realm of the subtle. There is more than meets the eye of what is known. And this is what is being talked about with the dasam duar. It is a subtle physiology that explains how the human body-mind-soul complex can be liberated from the confines of 4th dimensional time and space (sansaara) and experience the interconnectedness that underlies all creation.
So we must of necessity talk a little bit about what is known in theoretical physics. Because the modern science is now proving with mathematical models the ancient metaphysical truths of the Vedas and of Gurbani. I also know some aspects of Kateb and Torah and Q'uran also contain some of this ancient wisdom. So we aren't by any stretch of imagination discussing mythology. Some of these things are profoundly deep truths.
ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਜਿਨਹਿ ਦੀਆ ਰਿਦੇ ਕਾ ਆਧਾਰੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
praan man than jinehi dheeaa ridhae kaa aadhhaar ||1|| rehaao ||
He gave you the praanaa, the breath of life, and your mind and body. He is the Support of the heart. ||1||Pause||
~SGGS Ji p. 51
But if you understand the life current which is in the human body and "enlivens it" as opposed to being in a state of death, without life current, and how it relates to breath to stimulate higher functions of thought, personality, memory, understanding and consciousness, it begins to make more sense. This is the very essence of the term "pranayama" (Lifeforce breath). In this way people can understand better what Gurbani is meaning when it uses the terms praan and sass giras simran.
ਜਪਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜੀਉ ਭਾਗ ਵਡੇਰੇ ਜੀਉ ॥
jap guramukh naam jeeo bhaag vaddaerae jeeo ||
As Gurmukh, chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, O very fortunate ones.
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜੀਉ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਹਰਿ ਮੇਰੇ ਜੀਉ ॥
har har naam jeeo praan har maerae jeeo ||
The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is my soul and my breath of life.
~SGGS Ji p. 175
ਹਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਰਹਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਮਨੁ ਮੇਰਾ ॥
har bin rehi n sakai man maeraa ||
Without the Lord, my mind cannot survive.
ਮੇਰੇ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਮੇਲੇ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਭਵਜਲਿ ਫੇਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
maerae preetham praan har prabh gur maelae bahur n bhavajal faeraa ||1|| rehaao ||
If the Guru unites me with my Beloved Lord God, my breath of life, then I shall not have to face the wheel of reincarnation again in the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||
ਮੇਰੈ ਹੀਅਰੈ ਲੋਚ ਲਗੀ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੇਰੀ ਹਰਿ ਨੈਨਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਹੇਰਾ ॥
maerai heearai loch lagee prabh kaeree har nainahu har prabh haeraa ||
My heart is gripped by a yearning for my Lord God, and with my eyes, I behold my Lord God.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਦਇਆਲਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਧਰੁ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੇਰਾ ॥੧॥
sathigur dhaeiaal har naam dhrirraaeiaa har paadhhar har prabh kaeraa ||1||
The merciful True Guru has implanted the Name of the Lord within me; this is the Path leading to my Lord God. ||1||
~SGGS Ji p. 711
ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਅਪੁਨਾ ਸਾਸਿ ਸਾਸਿ ਸਮਾਰਉ ॥
prabh apunaa saas saas samaaro ||
I dwell on my God with each and every breath.
~SSGS Ji p. 104
ਸਾਸਿ ਸਾਸਿ ਜਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਮਾਰੈ ॥੩॥
saas saas jan naam samaarai ||3||
With each and every breath, they remember the Naam. ||3||
~SSGS Ji p. 189
ਜਿਨਾ ਸਾਸਿ ਗਿਰਾਸਿ ਨ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਾਂ ਮਨਿ ਮੰਤੁ ॥
jinaa saas giraas n visarai har naamaan man manth ||
Those who do not forget the Lord with each breath and morsel of food whose minds are filled with the Mantra of the Lord's Name.
~SGGS Ji p. 319
You can find allusions to this pranayam of chanting the Name of God in Gurbani. It is subtle because the technique is gupt and only given by Panj Piare who have Naam Abhiyaas. Since the earliest reputable copy of Prem Sumarag dates to 1706, we can infer this is no Hindu development which crept into the Panth following destruction of Empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, but existed from the time of Tenth Master at least. Since the earliest known reference to pranyam Naam Abhiyaas is written here and remains part of the recorded history of Gurmat practices.
There is the physical body and and a subtle energy body and a causal body in traditional Vedantic philosophy. Five koshas, or sheaths belong to 3 layers of the body.
These three correspond to body, mind and soul layers. All three are said to be vehicles through which our consciousness manifests. In this respect, consciousness is something beyond mere brain and so persists after the death of the brain. The brain is a physical organ which utilizes instrumentation of electricity to express thought. When we "think" a thought, an electric current travels along the action potential of neural dendrites. And in this fashion, subtle vibration of electrical impulses exist on a physical level of human brain physiology.
"Koshas: We humans are like a lamp that has five lampshades over our light. Each of the lampshades is a different color and density. As the light shines through the lampshades, it is progressively changed in color and nature. It is a bitter-sweet coloring. On the one hand, the shades provide the individualized beauty of each lamp. Yet, the lampshades also obscure the pure light."
Physical - Annamaya kosha
Energy - Pranamaya kosha
Mental - Manamaya kosha
Wisdom - Vijnanamaya kosha
Bliss - Anandamaya kosha
Self - Atman
Koshas or Sheaths of Yoga Vedanta
Perhaps we could envision this as a form of hyperdimensionality existing beyond the perceivable limits of time and space. This tradition is literally saying that human physiology extends into a dimensional level modern science has not yet apprehended. For example take a look at the holographic universe theory. The interesting thing about holography is that the film which the holographic picture is made on contains swirling impressions called "interference patterns."
The three-dimensional image is imprinted in such a way that it's created by interference patterns that block out the light. It's a clue to the nature of materiality. We exist, insofar as we obstruct the light. And so in a sense the physical world can be said to be a kind of shadow of something deeper and more real. this world is not the true reality, it is an extention of it. And the reality is a multiverse of potentialities of underlying dimensions. A holographic universe is patterned after higher dimensional reality, like a pattern of resonance. Energy after all, is pure vibration. Nothing can be destroyed in this dimension which doesn't have a more perfect form of which this one was patterned after. And whats really interesting is that Light is Sound at higher dimensional reality. So the Shabad-word of Guru really is His Jyot manifest in a way the lower dimension can comprehend.
A hologram is a three-dimensional photograph made with the aid of a laser. To make a hologram, the object to be photographed is first bathed in the light of a laser beam. Then a second laser beam is bounced off the reflected light of the first and the resulting interference pattern(the area where the two laser beams commingle) is captured on film.
When the film is developed, it looks like a meaningless swirl of light and dark lines. But as soon as the developed film is illuminated by another laser beam, a three-dimensional image of the original object appears. The three-dimensionality of such images is not the only remarkable characteristic of holograms. If a hologram of a rose is cut in half and then illuminated by a laser, each half will still be found to contain the entire image of the rose. Indeed, even if the halves are divided again, each snippet of film will always be found to contain a smaller but intact version of the original image. Unlike normal photographs, every part of a hologram contains all the information possessed by the whole.
The "whole in every part" nature of a hologram provides us with an entirely new way of understanding organization and order. For most of its history, Western science has laboured under the bias that the best way to understand a physical phenomenon, whether a frog or an atom, is to dissect it and study its respective parts. A hologram teaches us that some things in the universe may not lend themselves to this approach. If we try to take apart some thing constructed holographically, we will not get the pieces of which it is made, we will only get smaller wholes. This insight suggested to Bohm another way of understanding Aspect's discovery. Bohm believes the reason subatomic particles are able to remain in contact with one another regardless of the distance separating them is not because they are sending some sort of mysterious signal back and forth, but because their separateness is an illusion. He argues that at some deeper level of reality such particles are not individual entities, but are actually extensions of the same fundamental something.
...We view objects such as subatomic particles as separate from one another because we are seeing only a portion of their reality. Such particles are not separate "parts", but facets of a deeper and more underlying unity that is ultimately as holographic and indivisible as the previously mentioned rose. And since everything in physical reality is comprised of these "eidolons", the universe is itself a projection, a hologram. In addition to its phantom like nature, such a universe would possess other rather startling features. If the apparent separateness of subatomic particles is illusory, it means that at a deeper level of reality all things in the universe are infinitely interconnected. ~Michael Talbot
http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Holographic_Universe/id/5864]Spirituality and Science: The Holographic Universe
"Light is an ancient and pervasive spiritual metaphor."
Neurons of the brain transmit thought in the form of electrical impulses which vibrate along the neural pathways. Lightning is similarly configured in shape to brain neurons. In Kirlian photography interesting anomolous effects are shown which correspond to the subtle energetic etheric body, as demonstrated in this photograph of a leaf and fingertip.
What I mean to show is there exists in our bodies a relational current-vibration between living things. This is important to understand if you are to grasp or acknowledge metaphysical physiology such as energy chakrs. It is even possible to visualize through Kirlian photography areas of energy blockage or impending and current disease.
Energy imbalance
The traditional metaphysics of the human chakra system begins from the root chakra at the base of the pubicoccigeal muscle. This is the sensual root first chakra level which is closest to the gross vibrations of the material plane. And these chakrs extend all the way along the spine involving the navel, the diaphragm, the chest, the throat, the forehead and the top of the head. The nabhi or navel is the area where Gurmukhs like Bhai Sahib Bhai Randhir Singh Ji say the rass of Naam begins in the body. The Gursikh initiates the rass of Naam from the nabhi and directs it consciously up to the dasam duar during practice of Naam Abhiyaas pranayam.
ਕਿਉ ਮੂਲੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਆਤਮੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਕਿਉ ਸਸਿ ਘਰਿ ਸੂਰੁ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥
kio mool pashhaanai aatham jaanai kio sas ghar soor samaavai ||
"How can the root, the source of all be realized? How can the soul know itself? How can the sun enter into the house of the moon?"
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਖੋਵੈ ਤਉ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੬੪॥
guramukh houmai vichahu khovai tho naanak sehaj samaavai ||64||
The Gurmukh eliminates egotism from within; then, O Nanak, the sun naturally enters into the home of the moon. ||64||
ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਵਸੀਅਲੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮੂਲੁ ਪਛਾਣਿ ਰਹੈ ॥
eihu man nihachal hiradhai vaseealae guramukh mool pashhaan rehai ||
When the mind becomes steady and stable, it abides in the heart, and then the Gurmukh realizes the root, the source of all.
ਨਾਭਿ ਪਵਨੁ ਘਰਿ ਆਸਣਿ ਬੈਸੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਖੋਜਤ ਤਤੁ ਲਹੈ ॥
naabh pavan ghar aasan baisai guramukh khojath thath lehai ||
The breath is seated in the home of the navel; the Gurmukh searches, and finds the essence of reality.
ਸੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਨਿਰੰਤਰਿ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਆਛੈ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਜੋਤਿ ਸੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਲਹੈ ॥
s sabadh niranthar nij ghar aashhai thribhavan joth s sabadh lehai ||
This Shabad permeates the nucleus of the self, deep within, in its own home; the Light of this Shabad pervades the three worlds.
~SGGS Ji p. 945
Gurbani also describes the lotus navel which is a reference to the opened and unfolded nabhi chakr.
ਨਾਭਿ ਕਮਲ ਅਸਥੰਭੁ ਨ ਹੋਤੋ ਤਾ ਪਵਨੁ ਕਵਨ ਘਰਿ ਸਹਤਾ ॥
naabh kamal asathhanbh n hotho thaa pavan kavan ghar sehathaa ||
When there was no support of the navel lotus, then in which home did the breath reside?
ਰੂਪੁ ਨ ਹੋਤੋ ਰੇਖ ਨ ਕਾਈ ਤਾ ਸਬਦਿ ਕਹਾ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਈ ॥
roop n hotho raekh n kaaee thaa sabadh kehaa liv laaee ||
When there was no form or shape, then how could anyone lovingly focus on the Shabad?
ਰਕਤੁ ਬਿੰਦੁ ਕੀ ਮੜੀ ਨ ਹੋਤੀ ਮਿਤਿ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਈ ॥
rakath bindh kee marree n hothee mith keemath nehee paaee ||
When there was no dungeon formed from egg and sperm, who could measure the Lord's value and extent?
~SGGS Ji p. 945
And also the blossoming of the heart lotus. These are all references to the human chakr system and the necessity for the evolvement of lifeforce energy to open the chakrs to unfold the spiritual jeevan of the Gurmukh, ultimately leading to jeevan mukti. The entire process is clearly explained in Gurbani and supportive vaaran of Bhai Gurdas Ji.
ਹਿਰਦੈ ਕਮਲੁ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸਿਆ ਲਾਗਾ ਸਹਜਿ ਧਿਆਨੁ ॥
hiradhai kamal pragaasiaa laagaa sehaj dhhiaan ||
The heart-lotus blossoms forth, and they intuitively center themselves in meditation.
ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਹਰਿ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਪਾਇਆ ਦਰਗਹਿ ਮਾਨੁ ॥੨॥
man niramal har rav rehiaa paaeiaa dharagehi maan ||2||
Their minds become pure, and they remain immersed in the Lord; they are honored in His Court. ||2||
~SGGS Ji p. 26
Perhaps it is confusing or unclear to some readers what Gurbani is meaning when talking about the sun and the moon, the sun naturally withour effort (sehaj) entering into the house of the moon. And this is the key to the Raja yoga of Guruji which is also called Sehaj yoga, because it doesn't require severity or force, like the tantrics and other yogis use. It is a process which unfolds naturally according to the spiritual development of the Gursikh and his karam. So we don't have to try to stretch our tongues into kechari mudra of practice hathayogic stretches, asanas, bandhas/blocks. The Naam which we get from Guru will open these centers naturally and without force. But this is still a yogic process which is occuring, and relates to the metaphysical physiology of the ancient yogic traditions, even to the same complex use of yogic terminology and defined exact meanings described in Gurbani, and even to Gurbani describing the path as practiced to be Raja yoga and Guruji as being a Master of Raja yoga in Gurbani itself. To deny this is to completely miss the meanings and this is why the average Sikh doesn't have a clue what is the dasam duar. Because dasam duar fits into a total yogic framework. It explains the system by which the body-mind-atma are liberated from sansaara and experience nirvaana. You can't dislocate a concept like dasam duar from the contextual framework and expect it to make any sense. So back to the sun and the moon, this relates to the Ire (moon, coolness, left nostril) and the Pingala (sun, heat, right nostril). Thus it relates to a form of pranayama controlling the praan through breathing jugti as is more clear in the following pauri by Kabir Ji.
ਮੁਦ੍ਰਾ ਮਦਕ ਸਹਜ ਧੁਨਿ ਲਾਗੀ ਸੁਖਮਨ ਪੋਚਨਹਾਰੀ ਰੇ ॥੨॥
mudhraa madhak sehaj dhhun laagee sukhaman pochanehaaree rae ||2||
My mudra - my hand-gesture, is the pipe; tuning into the celestial sound current within, the Shushmanaa - the central spinal channel, is my cooling pad. ||2||
ਤੀਰਥ ਬਰਤ ਨੇਮ ਸੁਚਿ ਸੰਜਮ ਰਵਿ ਸਸਿ ਗਹਨੈ ਦੇਉ ਰੇ ॥
theerathh barath naem such sanjam rav sas gehanai dhaeo rae ||
Pilgrimages, fasting, vows, purifications, self-discipline, austerities and breath control through the sun and moon channels - all these I pledge.
ਸੁਰਤਿ ਪਿਆਲ ਸੁਧਾ ਰਸੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਏਹੁ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਪੇਉ ਰੇ ॥੩॥
surath piaal sudhhaa ras anmrith eaehu mehaa ras paeo rae ||3||
My focused consciousness is the cup, and the Ambrosial Nectar is the pure juice. I drink in the supreme, sublime essence of this juice. ||3||
ਨਿਝਰ ਧਾਰ ਚੁਐ ਅਤਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਇਹ ਰਸ ਮਨੂਆ ਰਾਤੋ ਰੇ ॥
nijhar dhhaar chuai ath niramal eih ras manooaa raatho rae ||
The pure stream constantly trickles forth, and my mind is intoxicated by this sublime essence.
ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਸਗਲੇ ਮਦ ਛੂਛੇ ਇਹੈ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਸਾਚੋ ਰੇ ॥੪॥੧॥
kehi kabeer sagalae madh shhooshhae eihai mehaa ras saacho rae ||4||1||
Says Kabeer, all other wines are trivial and tasteless; this is the only true, sublime essence. ||4||1||
ਗੁੜੁ ਕਰਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਕਰਿ ਮਹੂਆ ਭਉ ਭਾਠੀ ਮਨ ਧਾਰਾ ॥
gurr kar giaan dhhiaan kar mehooaa bho bhaathee man dhhaaraa ||
Make spiritual wisdom the molasses, meditation the flowers, and the Fear of God the fire enshrined in your mind.
ਸੁਖਮਨ ਨਾਰੀ ਸਹਜ ਸਮਾਨੀ ਪੀਵੈ ਪੀਵਨਹਾਰਾ ॥੧॥
sukhaman naaree sehaj samaanee peevai peevanehaaraa ||1||
The Shushmanaa, the central spinal channel, is intuitively balanced, and the drinker drinks in this wine. ||1||
ਅਉਧੂ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਮਤਵਾਰਾ ॥
aoudhhoo maeraa man mathavaaraa ||
O hermit Yogi, my mind is intoxicated.
ਉਨਮਦ ਚਢਾ ਮਦਨ ਰਸੁ ਚਾਖਿਆ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਨ ਭਇਆ ਉਜਿਆਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
ounamadh chadtaa madhan ras chaakhiaa thribhavan bhaeiaa oujiaaraa ||1|| rehaao ||
When that wine rises up, one tastes the sublime essence of this juice, and sees across the three worlds. ||1||Pause||
ਦੁਇ ਪੁਰ ਜੋਰਿ ਰਸਾਈ ਭਾਠੀ ਪੀਉ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਭਾਰੀ ॥
dhue pur jor rasaaee bhaathee peeo mehaa ras bhaaree ||
Joining the two channels of the breath, I have lit the furnace, and I drink in the supreme, sublime essence.
ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਦੁਇ ਕੀਏ ਜਲੇਤਾ ਛੂਟਿ ਗਈ ਸੰਸਾਰੀ ॥੨॥
kaam krodhh dhue keeeae jalaethaa shhoott gee sansaaree ||2||
I have burnt both sexual desire and anger, and I have been emancipated from the world. ||2||
ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸ ਗਿਆਨ ਗੁਰ ਗੰਮਿਤ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਸੁਧਿ ਪਾਈ ॥
pragatt pragaas giaan gur ganmith sathigur thae sudhh paaee ||
The light of spiritual wisdom enlightens me; meeting with the Guru, the True Guru, I have obtained this understanding.
ਦਾਸੁ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਤਾਸੁ ਮਦ ਮਾਤਾ ਉਚਕਿ ਨ ਕਬਹੂ ਜਾਈ ॥੩॥੨॥
dhaas kabeer thaas madh maathaa ouchak n kabehoo jaaee ||3||2||
Slave Kabeer is intoxicated with that wine, which never wears off. ||3||2||
~SGGS Ji p. 969
