Naam Rattan

[Azaad]

Bhai Sehajo was a sikh who complained everyday to the guru about the lack of dhan in his life. Everyday, he would do ardas and tell the guru to send him more Maya.

One night, he had a dream: he heard a voice tell him that he would find a man at the edge of the forest the next morning who would give him a dazzling heart-shaped diamond.

Needless to say, Bhai Sahajo awoke early the next morning and ran to the edge of the forest. And sure enough, there he found a naami gursikh in samadhi. Even though the Bhai Sehajo's heart was beating wildly with excitement, he couldn't resist being enveloped by the stillness and the grace of the naami gursikh's samadhi and despite himself, sat down watching the naami gursikh's face.

At dawn, the naami gursikh opened his eyes. Bhai Sehajo was wonder-struck at the beauty in the naami gursikh's eyes. They seemed to resemble the sky expanding above the forest - full of gloriously deep colors.

Bhai Sehajo's hypnotic state was only broken when the naami gursikh said, "You have come for the diamond?"

Still in a half daze, he nodded his head.

The naami gursikh put his hand in a big bag by his side and shifted around. He took out a diamond which was circle-shaped. This one seemed even more dazzling than the one in the dream.

The naami gursikh asked, "Is it this one?"

With much difficulty, Bhai Sehajo said, "No."

The naami gursikh again put his hand inside the bag and took out another diamond - this time it was rectangle-shaped and this was even more dazzlingly than the circle-shaped one.

"No," said Bhai Sehajo, "I am here for the heart-shaped one."

The naami gursikhs took out 3 or 4 more diamonds before the right one showed up. Bhai Sehajo slowly took the diamond and almost reluctantly, walked back home.

But he came back a few hours later and fell at the naami gursikh's feet and begged,

"Give me the wealth that enables you to give such priceless diamonds away like rocks."

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Pyareoooooo, that wealth is NAAAAAM!!!

har ke naam ke vaparee ||

heera hath chaReyah nir-molak

choot ga-ee sansari ||

- Kabir Sahib jee

Loose translation:

"(Bhagat Kabir Sahib is a) merchant of har naam;

when this price-less diamond (har naam) was obtained,

worldliness dropped off."

When we see naam even in the fraction of its full glory, all worldliness seem like dust.

Sure the worldly diamonds - the most precious one the *I* diamond - seem so dear and indispensable now.

But let the guru give us the True and Pure diamond of Naam and even *I* will drop away like darkness at sunrise.

How do we get this Sach and Nirmal Naam?

ONLY one way: by following on the path of gur-mat:

sacha dhan

gur-mati aaye ||

So let us all wake up to this gurmat path and like faithful kukoors who rejoice when they see their master, lift up our souls towards SatGuru's komal charan kamal.

[GuruManeyoGranth]

Waheguroo

[lodi_my_dodi]

Waheguru! Awesome!

[foolish]

simply beautiful!