Two weeks ago, I had the greatest High Time taking the course called "Japji Sahib, The Song of the Soul,"* presented by Sikh Dharma here in Espanola, NM! We were so fortunate that Ek Ong Kaar Kaur who primarily taught this very enlightening course based it on her extraordinary translation of Guru Nanak's most powerful Universal and non-denominational description of a human's very most intimate relationship with what we would call the very personal Infinite, the Eternal. This is the Mystic Union that is described at the core of all paths to the all-pervasive Center!

Guru Nanak who lived in the 1500's in northwest India, in what is now Pakistan was not simply a "seeker." He was what I would call a "knower" from the very beginning of his life. He traveled extensively throughout India, the Himalayas, and the Middle East singing his very simple, yet totally profound poetry of the experience of Union and how to open your self to it. Since he always describes the actual core of spirituality in a very personal yet expansive way--rather than handing out dogmas or rituals, his message deeply touched people of all religious backgrounds in that very religiously contentious environment.

Japji Sahib was composed by Guru Nanak. He normally took his traditional early morning bath and prayer in the river. While bathing on this day, he went into complete God consciousness and disappeared under the water for three days. All his friends and family thought he was lost. But when Guru Nanak reappeared, he was totally shining because he had been in a state of sheer ecstasy!

This is when he wrote Japji Sahib as a description of what he actually experienced in that Infinite consciousness! It has become not only a spiritual roadmap for us, but the actual experience of reading and listening to these verses either in the original sound current captured by Gurmukhi, or in your modern day tongue, raises your vibratory rate. Consequently many can attest to their lives becoming easier, stronger, more supported, happier and more prosperous by participating in this very special level of operative energy by reading Japji Sahib daily! It is both an instruction and a technology.

Not only have many teachers and scholars from so many different spiritual traditions written extensive commentaries on Japji Sahib, but it is the first prayer, the foundational core wisdom of the Sikh path.

Thankfully, Yogi Bhajan worked together with Ek Ong Kaar Kaur on translating this wondrous work. And now this translation of incredible wisdom is so clear, so Real, so down-to-Earth and so pure! It is so simple and direct that it takes your breath away--right to the heaven of Truth!

And that Truth is that the God, Who is your Soul is living as you, and you have but to listen to and join with your easily accessible Soul! As a matter of fact, Pauris (stanzas) 8, 9, 10, and 11 describe the amazing effects of "Deeply Listening," and Pauris 12, 13, 14 and 15 give the promise of what will happen when you "Trust what you hear when you listen!"

For instance, just let yourself deeply feel the elegant Truth that comes from the immense simplicity of Pauri 15:

In trusting
What you hear
When you listen,
There will be
No obstacles
On your path.

In trusting
What you hear
When you listen,
Radiance and honor
Will be with you.

In trusting
What you hear
When you listen,
There'll be no need
To take short-cuts
On your journey.

In trusting what you hear
When you listen,
Dharma,
The path of Divine
Discipline and law,
Will guide
Your whole life.

Such is
That True Spirit
Within me
That it makes me become
Pure, clear and sweet.

If you
Trust what you hear
When you listen,
That knowing
Becomes the psyche
Through which you
Reflect, understand
And act.

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* "Japji Sahib, Song of the Soul" by Guru Nanak, translated by Ek Ong Kaar Kaur Khalsa; copyright 2004, Ek Ong Kaar Kaur Khalsa.

I know that you will be so happy if you get Ek Ong Kaar Kaur's translation of Japji Shaib to read regularly. Click here to order it.

And you can get a beautiful selection of 5 different recitations of Japji on a 2 CD set by Guru Raj Kaur. They are varied so that you can easily listen to and learn to recite this beautiful prayer yourself. Click here to order it.

Ek Ong Kaar Kaur's courses coming up!
So, please keep on the lookout for a chance to take her courses! Click here to get more information, and then you can save this web page to get future events.

Japji Sahib, The Song of the Soul--A Workshop
She just finished teaching this course in Toronto over this past weekend, and is scheduled to teach it again in Thailand Oct. 28-Nov. 1 as part of the Kundalini Yoga Asia Festival.

Guru Amar Das' Anand Sahib, The Song of Bliss Workshop

This is an equally wonderful course on another spiritual prayer/teaching that she also translated. I had the good fortune to take this course over a number of Saturday mornings at her home here in Espanola! Each of the Pauris gives instruction for one's spiritual develop each year of their life from birth through 39 years old. Quite amazing! She is teaching this on Sept. 4-5 in Crestone, CO, and Nov. 9-19 on a truly magical tour, The Bliss Yantra in northern India!

And of course, if you would like to host either of her courses, you can contact her at ekongkaar@sikhdharma.org.

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