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vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

kbIr AYsw eyku AwDu jo jIvq imrqku hoie]

kabeer aisaa ayk aaDh jo jeevat mirtak ho-ay

Kabeer, rare is such a person, who remains dead while yet alive.

inrBY hoie kY gun rvY jq pyKau qq soie]5]

nirbhai ho-ay kai gun ravai jat paykha-o tat so-ay

Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, he is fearless. Wherever I look, the Lord is there.

"aisa" = like this/such a

"aadh" = rare

"jeevat" = life

"mirtak" = dead

"nirbhai" = fear

"gun" = praises

"ravai" = utter/sing

"jat" = wherever

"pekha-o" = look

"tat" = there

"so-ay" = that (i.e. that Lord)

In gurbani the concept of being dead whilst alive is talked of a lot. Basically Bhagat Kabeer Ji is saying that people in this state of mind are extremely rare, and that they are the true Sikhs. They are not influenced by worldly pleasures - and are dead in that sense - but at the same time they take care of their responsibilities in work and at home. Kabeer Ji tells us that as long as we long for worldly pleasures like money and food, we'll never attain bliss.

But that Gursikh is also spiritually Alive, because he controls all his senses. They feel happiness and sorrow as the same and are carefree. No lust will distract him from Maharaj, and no angry words will escape his lips. He won't be affected by greed nor swayed by infatuation - he is always thinking about Maharaj.

just imagine. :mellow: .

Bhagat Kabeer Ji goes on to say that someone who fearlessly remembers Maharaj and sings His praises will realise the ultimate Truth - that Maharaj is abiding everywhere. That Gursikh will love everyone and be afraid of no-one, and will devote his entire life to Satguru Ji.

Often we forget this. We go from one extreme to the other - either being so absorbed in Gursikhi that we forget how to live and survive in the world, or being so absorbed in the world that we forget Maharaj entirely :wub: . There aren't many people who can get the balance right. We need to be like lotus flowers in muddy water... spiritually more beautiful than the muddy depths in which we live.

Lotus%20Flower.jpg

~l~

vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

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