Beads of Truth, Fall 1980, #5
by Siri Singh Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji

There is a great tragedy going on today. People who have never done simran[1], who have not experienced simran, who have not reached an acknowledged state of simran, they talk about simran. Simran is not japa[2]. Japa gives the power of simran. Japa is the repetition of the Holy Naam[3], Meditation is not simran. Meditation gives you the power of simran. Yoga, Raaj Yoga[4] is not simran. Raaj Yoga is a technology to achieve, receive and conceive the simran. Sahaj Yoga[5] is not simran. Sahaj Yoga is a concept through which you can pursue simran. Prayer is not simran. Prayer gives you the power so that your mind can be set for simran.

When the state of consciousness reaches simran then you do not need to do anything; God follows you. At that stage the Almighty, the Infinite, the Omniscient, the Omnipotent God, the Something which you are so proud of, and which you talk about and you perceive about and scriptures talk about and saints and sages sing about, that entire Universal Power is totally looking towards the teeny, tiny individual. That is simran for which Guru Arjan sang:

Simarao simar simar sukh paauao

Kal kales tan maa-ai mitaaoao. [6]

(To the one who meditates on Him there comes a perfect peace, And all pain and sorrows depart.)

This is hypocrisy of simran where some people want to sing Gurbaanee because of ego. And some people get up in the morning and say, "Wahe Guru, Wahe Guru, Wahe Guru," and they think they have got the whole world in the palm of their hand. Now, these are symptoms of spiritual ego, and in the entire scripture of yoga there is one definition that states that you can do anything you want, but you should never have a spiritual ego. Out of all the ways that ego can manifest the most dangerous ego is spiritual.

You have seen in the world that normally people who are experts in a certain aspect of life - like a doctor, an attorney, an executive, a business person, all those who have worked hard in one profession - you will often find them very much in pain. They are very successful in one aspect of life and very unsuccessful in the other aspect of life. You will find there is not a balance, because the earthly balance and spiritual balance is not there, and that man can never be happy. It doesn't matter what you belong to, it doesn't matter who you are, it doesn't matter what your intentions are. The purpose to live happily is to understand the deep flow of spirituality. And you have to be firm in it. This flow has to be constant.

Some people you may know in a daily way of life are very fanatic. They will love you, respect you, and they are with you and then afterward they're all "blown out," "burnt out." Their flow is gone, the life is gone, the respect is gone, that adherence is gone, that continuity is gone. This speculative behavior is not in any way, form, and shape, a symptom of spiritual flow. Spiritual flow is just like a river: anything can be taken out of it, it still continues. And that flow comes out of simran.

Simran is a continuous, meditative, longingly creative feeling. It's a feeling, it's a flow, it is a touch, it is a substance. "Ang Sang Wahe Guru" (God is with me through every limb, every millimeter, every situation of mine.)

Sikh Dharma is not going to spread because of you or because of me. Don't have any misunderstanding.

This planet is going to go through changes where insanity shall rule. On this earth a period is going to come when insanity shall rule. At that moment Sikh Dharma shall be the way out from that tyranny of insanity. We are trying to tell people that whatever time we have got at our disposal we should just live in a state of consciousness which is divine. I have heard many people quoting:

"Kal yug maih keenan pardhaanaa."
In Kal yug, keertan is the president. [7]

"Pardhaanaa" means president. But if our president doesn't have any army, he doesn't have a cabinet, he doesn't have a White House, where is he going to go?

Kundalini Yoga is the Yoga of Awareness, it's the union of God. It is a short route to achieve a state where you can enjoy keertan. There are twenty-two types of yoga. I'm not saying any yoga is wrong, but the only advantage of Kundalini Yoga is that it takes ninety days. It has the shortest effective time limit. If it has been prescribed for a yogi to achieve a state of balanced equilibrium or applied intelligence, that comes through Kundalini Yoga. But I am not saying right now that in ninety days all of you can achieve that. Ninety days are prescribed for that person who's perfect in constitution, who's perfect in metabolism, who is perfect in devotion. It applies to a normal human being, not an abnormal, subconscious or obnoxious human being. Kundalini Yoga is not for neurotics, psychotics, and idiots. It makes the idiot a human being first, and then a human being a "gurumukh.[8]" It's a way, it's a science, it's a technology. If you don't want to use it, don't use it. Then your glandular system will confuse itself. The glands are the guardians of your health, and without this balancing effort your behavior will fall apart. Don't do this yoga, and if you will not become sick and revert back to your normal, imbalanced state of mind, you can come and grab me.

You're making a mockery! Something was given to you as a divine gift from the Guru's house, it was from the house of Guru Ram Das, the house of Raaj Yog. Raaj Yog, and Kundalini Yoga, the yoga of Chardee Kalaa, are not different. So it was given to you, but some of you insulted it. You didn't use it! You didn't make it a part of your life so that it can keep you as a balanced human and from a balanced human you can go to the state of sanmukh[9], gurmukh, and then you can reach the stage of simran. It's a privilege.