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This is a blend from two shabads about the 12 months. One shabad is by Guru Nanak (page 1107) and the other by Guru Arjan (page 133).
We reach a turning point in the soul's journey.
Grieving can feel, and be, deadly. This is because all grieving carries within it's heart the ultimate…
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A reminder of what we are reading and reflecting on. First there is the sleeping soul. Like a seed in winter. Then the nerve of the soul starts moving in its longing. Reaching up and reaching out. This is spring. However, by default, the soul gets kidnapped by false identity (ego, haumai, ahankar,) and therefore…
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The Guru's description of the 12 months is not to be taken only as related to the external seasons of one part of the Earth. It is an account of the soul's orbit in time and space.
In the last month the soul realized the need of the inner peaceful shade of truth. And…
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Month of Jayth in SGGS May15 to June 14
It is becoming hot and dry. The earth is burning. Yet there is something sublime. Perhaps it is the heat that brings people to a sense of humility. The longing of the bride continues. If she remains attached to the hem of the Divine garment, then the…
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Baisakhi: 14th April - May 14, 2016
The Branches are blossoming with new leaves. So how and why should the soul be patient with her feeling of separation. In the dark winter of life the soul's consciousness had forgotten the Great Being (Purkh) who is her true companion in life. Retreating and contracting herself into the…
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FIRST MONTH as described in SGGS is CHAYT : 14th March - 13th April
Chayt (Chet) also means to be awake, aware, conscious of, think of, or turn your attention to; implying to remember or contemplate on the essential things (the One God, the Naam - Spiritual Identity).
Spring is a time of awakening and…
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The Guru's meditation, celebration and revelation of the 12 months as a gateway for the divine mystical relation between the soul and the Absolute One.
The cycle of the year is a microcosm of the cycle of our life.
Each year is a chance to reformulate the overall shape of your life. To reinterpret…
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Karam Kriya Numerology
2016 = 9: the meanings and implications.
The seemingly impossible journey from conflict, unrest, fear, trauma, to peace
This is neither a forecast, or a prediction, nor a prophecy.
Merely an invitation to take advantage of the phenomena (2+0+1+6=9) to focus on some themes that can be associated with…
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December - Jap - It's You - Go and Achieve
''The Beloved Naam, is chanting/Jap, meditation, penance and self-control. p1062
There is Jap that is futile and a Jap that makes all the difference in our life:
'' Tell me, O Siblings of Destiny, the religion for this Dark Age of Kali Yuga. I seek…
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Photo of original text written by Guru Har Krishan, courtesy of Wikipedia November - Gur Prasaad - Sri Guru Granth Sahib - Word as Guru! The Naam is priceless; it cannot be taken. By Gur Prasaad, it comes to abide in the mind. p663 And the Shabd is the Gur Prasaad. Gur Prasaad is commonly…
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There is simple example of the pure compassion that is born out of the innocence that comes naturally to a child. Guru Harikrishan was just such a child when he heard the news of a plague that was taking many lives in Delhi. He immediately requested to go there and upon his arrival insisted that…
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October - Saibhang - The Self-Existing One - Guru Gobind Singh The 10th phase of the Mul Mantra is Saibhang. Sai : Self, One's own self. Self as Cause. By One's own will. Bhang : to be, exist. Therefore Saibhang means to exist by One's own volition; ''Self-Existing''. After the 8th and 9th stages, or…
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September - Ajooni - Guru Teg Bahadur
Lets get to know the 9th Guru through his words as much as by his deeds.
Guru Teg Bahadur was the embodiment of Ajooni. Meaning beyond the womb, not born of, or through, the womb (unborn). The yogis will refer to this as the Subtle Body from…
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August ~ Akaal Moort ~ Guru HarKrishan: Suffering of Separation and Purifying Compassion This reading of Akaal Moort cannot justifiably be called an exposition or explanation or expanded definition. Rather it can only be approached as a meditation; a reflective gazing into the Infinite Unfathomable depths of the Indescribable Divine. Yet when linked…
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July, Mul Mantra, Nirvair, Guru HarRai ~ No Animosity Lets meditate on Nirvair, which translates as 'without revenge, vengeance or animosity' It comes after Nirbhau showing us that we need to reach the fearless state before we can let go of the past. Nirvair, no enemy, implies that we are clear with our…
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