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Today’s Hukam, Darbar Sahib, Amritsar

Bhagat Kabir ji in Rag Tilang

Monday
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23
November
2015

Today’s Hukam, Darbar Sahib, Amritsar

Bhagat Kabir ji in Rag Tilang

Monday
,
23
November
2015
Hukam
Amritsar
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Today’s Hukam, Darbar Sahib, Amritsar

Bhagat Kabir ji in Rag Tilang

Monday
,
23
November
2015

Sabad is Infinite; we are very finite. This is our understanding at the moment, which was different yesterday and may evolve tomorrow, as we deepen our relationship with the Sabad. 

Sabad is Infinite; we are very finite. This is our understanding at the moment, which was different yesterday and may evolve tomorrow, as we deepen our relationship with the Sabad. In this trans-creation, we have chosen to keep the repeating words in the Sabad same. We aspire to learn and retain the Divine attribute as used in the original Sabad and avoid terms like God or Lord.

1 Reality realized by Eternal Perfection’s Grace!

The Vedas and the Scriptures are only make-believe; O my brothers, they do not relieve the anxiety of the heart.
If you will center yourself on the Divine, even for just a breath, then you shall see the Divine before you. || 1 ||
O human being, search your own heart every day, and do not wander around in confusion.
This world is just a magic-show; no one will be holding your hand. || 1 || Reflect ||
Reading and studying falsehood, people are happy; in their ignorance, they speak nonsense.
The True Creator is within the creation and is not just the dark-skinned Krishna of legends. || 2 ||
Through the Tenth Gate flows the stream of nectar; bathe within.
Serve the Divine forever; use your eyes, and see the Divine everywhere. || 3 ||
Allah is the purest of the pure; only through doubt could there be another.
O Kabir, compassion flows from the Compassionate One; the One who knows all. || 4 || 1 ||

    - Bhagat Kabir ji in Rag Tilang | Guru Granth Sahib 727

ਤਿਲੰਗ ਬਾਣੀ ਭਗਤਾ ਕੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ਬੇਦ ਕਤੇਬ ਇਫਤਰਾ ਭਾਈ ਦਿਲ ਕਾਫਿਕਰੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
ਟੁਕੁ ਦਮੁ ਕਰਾਰੀ ਜਉ ਕਰਹੁ ਹਾਜਿਰਹਜੂਰਿ ਖੁਦਾਇ ॥੧॥
ਬੰਦੇ ਖੋਜੁ ਦਿਲ ਹਰ ਰੋਜ ਨਾ ਫਿਰੁਪਰੇਸਾਨੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
ਇਹ ਜੁ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਸਿਹਰੁ ਮੇਲਾਦਸਤਗੀਰੀ ਨਾਹਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
ਦਰੋਗੁ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਖੁਸੀ ਹੋਇ ਬੇਖਬਰਬਾਦੁ ਬਕਾਹਿ ॥
ਹਕੁ ਸਚੁ ਖਾਲਕੁ ਖਲਕ ਮਿਆਨੇਸਿਆਮ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਨਾਹਿ ॥੨॥
ਅਸਮਾਨ ਮ੍ਯਿਨੇ ਲਹੰਗ ਦਰੀਆਗੁਸਲ ਕਰਦਨ ਬੂਦ ॥
ਕਰਿ ਫਕਰੁ ਦਾਇਮ ਲਾਇ ਚਸਮੇ ਜਹਤਹਾ ਮਉਜੂਦੁ ॥੩॥
ਅਲਾਹ ਪਾਕੰ ਪਾਕ ਹੈ ਸਕ ਕਰਉ ਜੇਦੂਸਰ ਹੋਇ ॥
ਕਬੀਰ ਕਰਮੁ ਕਰੀਮ ਕਾ ਉਹੁ ਕਰੈ ਜਾਨੈਸੋਇ ॥੪॥੧॥

Reflections:

As I listen to the Hukam, my mind drifts to 15th-century Hindustan….

Bhagat Kabir jisays: O brothers of mine, argue not which scripture is better. Reading the scriptures to prove your arguments is a false reading. It will not relieve you ranxiety and will not connect you to the Divine. Argue not about the ways of the Divine, for you have not experienced Unity.

Let go of the need to debate.
Center yourself.
If you contemplation the Divine even for a brief moment, you will be blessed with spiritual knowledge.
Search within yourself daily.
Evaluate your thoughts and actions.
Know that the Divine abides within.
The river of Nectar lies within you. Connect and bathe within.
Your anxieties will depart when you experience the Divine Light.
The world is a magic show. Everything is temporary.
So, attach not yourself to that which is not eternal.
Serve Creation selflessly. See the One in all.
Know that the Divine is formless and pervades through all of the creation.
This understanding comes through Grace.

My learning: Do not get into arguments trying to find faults with other faiths and then gloating about it. For the One is the same in all. Instead, focus on cleansing your mind and find the Nectar within.

Revised:

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