Why despite knowing , we don't know ? ਸਾਰਾ ਕੁਛ ਜਾਣ ਦਿਆਂ ਹੋਇਆ ਵੀ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਅਣਜਾਣ ਹੀ ਰਹਿ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ

[Guest]

When we read Gurbani and contemplate on it, we "realize" (I use the word loosely) that the world is temporary and hence are all our biggest of our sorrows and our joys too are temporary. But yet we feel drowned in good times and bad times . In bad times, we loose our peace, In good times , we loose our self-control. The inside mann sways with conditions outside. We suffer this despite knowing (?) after reading in gurbani that world is transitory. 

Despite the knowledge that everything is temporary and we should aim for the permanent, everlasting bliss by indulging in simran and gurbani , 

Despite we telling this to ourselves and each other, 

its as if we don't know yet . Such a contradiction 

[harsharan000]

Why despite knowing , we don't know ? ਸਾਰਾ ਕੁਛ ਜਾਣ ਦਿਆਂ ਹੋਇਆ ਵੀ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਅਣਜਾਣ ਹੀ ਰਹਿ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ.

 

Brother Ajeet Jee,

This is like, we know that if we are sick, we must take the medicine. But just knowing that does not prevent  us of not getting sick, nor can we get cured,

The thing is, the real medicne is His Bhakti, His Naam, and if we may do all other practices, but not this real one, then our theoretical knowing is as good as not knowing anything.

His Name, makes the only difference.

Sat Sree Akal.

 

[Guest AjeetSinghPunjabi]

5 hours ago, harsharan000 said:

Why despite knowing , we don't know ? ਸਾਰਾ ਕੁਛ ਜਾਣ ਦਿਆਂ ਹੋਇਆ ਵੀ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਅਣਜਾਣ ਹੀ ਰਹਿ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ.

 

Brother Ajeet Jee,

This is like, we know that if we are sick, we must take the medicine. But just knowing that does not prevent  us of not getting sick, nor can we get cured,

The thing is, the real medicne is His Bhakti, His Naam, and if we may do all other practices, but not this real one, then our theoretical knowing is as good as not knowing anything.

His Name, makes the only difference.

Sat Sree Akal.

 

Ok , so meditating on name at amrit vela is enough then ? or we need to do more to experience spiritual bliss and freedom from our sorrows 

[simran345]

4 hours ago, AjeetSinghPunjabi said:

Ok , so meditating on name at amrit vela is enough then ? or we need to do more to experience spiritual bliss and freedom from our sorrows 

No it's not enough, Waheguru's grace, blessings are also required. 

Mere Har Jiyo, Sab ko Tere Vas ?

[harsharan000]

8 hours ago, AjeetSinghPunjabi said:

Ok , so meditating on name at amrit vela is enough then ? or we need to do more to experience spiritual bliss and freedom from our sorrows 

As Simran Pen Jee says above, everything is achieved with His Grace, without it, we could not even think of Him.

Having said that, Guru Jee tells us something, in order to clear  the doubts which may arise when one wants to do His devotion, for one has seen so much, and so many methods of different races, dharams and places ....

He clearly gives us the highest and at the same time the simplest way of performing His devotion, in order to achieve Him without any failures nor getting disheartened. Such highest is Gurbani

He says: Prabh Ka Simran, sabh sey oochaa.

Then about your second point of meditating at Amrit wela, though it is indeed very good, but I would say, even that is not suffice.

Why?

Because, the time spent in His bandagee at Amrit wela can be at most a couple of hours so to say,and the rest of the day we are much engaged in the mayavee creation, so still the balance is favourable towards the world, the mind is constantly running outside, so naturally when we sit for for bhakti, we shall see how the mind is strongly pushing us outside with sleep, or with all types of thoughts here and there.

 

For that purpose, Fifth Patshahee in Dukh Bhanjan Sahib, tells us :

ਆਠ ਪਹਰ ਆਰਾਧੀਐ ਪੂਰਨ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਗਿਆਨੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

Aath Pehar Aaraadhheeai Pooran Sathigur Giaan ||1|| Rehaao ||

आठ पहर आराधीऐ पूरन सतिगुर गिआनु ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥

Twenty-four hours a day, dwell upon the wisdom of the Perfect True Guru. ||1||Pause||.

 

He says above, all the 24 hours should one meditate on Him. With these words, He does not mean to shut ourselves at home, and shun the world.  With this, He means to say, apart from the Amrit wela, keep Him in your mind when you walk, eat, drink,sleep or  are awake.

You see the work is to be done with the body, but one can at the same time repeat His sacred Name within the mind effortlessly.

Only when one has to do some sort of calculations or alike, of course we have to do our work diligently, but the idea is, to have Him present in our mind most of the time of the day, then only slowly and slowly, the mind will get the "rus" of His Amritful Name.

God bless you.

Sat Sree Akal.