Intimacy With God?

[Beginner]

WJK WJF

These days, whenever we hear a love song, the lyrics are always directed toward another man/woman, but can we apply these songs to God as well? Can we have that intimate relationship with God? If a man who was a saint were to hear lyrics from a love song (something like a girl saying to another guy "you make me feel complete", "you make me tingle with excitement, I'm complete with you" iunnno, anything) would that saint apply these lyrivs to the Lord? Or would he dismiss them? Would a man who has spiritually progressed share this sort of intimate relation with God or would he share a more 'macho' relationship with Him?

(also, any Shabads about this topic would be very helpful)

[GKD]

for sure man,

We are all brides and god is the groom.

[sunny_love_kirtan]

These songs are actually originated from that true love which could be possible only between a soul and God. These songs make fake lovers think the same way and help them give birth to those fake feelings.

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[VanHelsingh]

I haven't got any of the satellite channels so I'm not privy to what goes on, so the only source of "Asian" news and culture I have access to is when I flick through the various Asian radio stations when preparing my lunch, etc.

Whenever a song comes on which goes something along the lines of "Rab toh pehla mein tera naa japu" or something equally blasphemous (lol), does anyone else cringe? I mean to place a woman BEFORE God is just.....well its embarrassing. Why elevate a fickle human to such status? I know its probably a half-serious declaration but I can't help but roll my eyes at this kind of stuff. Utter nonsense in my opinion.

[DustOfTheSaintsFeet]

He (God) is our only real True love.

[Kamaljit_Kaur]

VaheGuru Jee Kaa Khalsa

VaheGuru Jee Kee Fatheh!

This topic reminds me of the Prem and Devout Devotion that Sufi Khwajas had for Akaal Purakh/Allah/Rabb/God ,,, If you read some of the Kalams of Sufi poets you may notice that the nature and prose of their work is quite romantic and passionate and many of these Poems have been adapted in old-school Bollywood Classics whereby they're shown to be singing or dedicating the song to their Beloved, i.e. Husband/Wife, life partner etc.

Though the Sufi Khwajas would devote these Kalams to Akaal Purakh as they were at such a stage whereby their whole Breath of Life, Soul, Spiritual and Mental State were immersed in that Piaar for their Beloved Rabb ... They would pour their Heart out into these Poems and express their desires to meet Akaal Purakh, to have Their Darshan, and go to the lengths of describing their visions of Him, etc.

Check out the below Kalam from my favourite Sufi Poet and you'll know what I mean - Khwaja Ghulaam Farid Jee - Meda Ishq Vee Thoon

Mera Ishq Vee Thoon - Khawaja Ghulaam Farid Jee

Meda Ishq Vi Toon Meda Yaar Vi Toon

Meda Deen Vi Toon Eeman Vi Toon

Meda Jism Vi Toon Meda Rooh Vi Toon

Meda Qalb Vi Toon Jind Jaan Vi Toon

Meda Kaba Qibla Masjid Mimbar

Mushaf Te Quran Vi Toon

Mede Farz Fareezay, Hajj, Zakataan

Soum Salaat Azaan Vi Toon

Meri Zohd Ibadat Ta’at Taqwa

Ilm Vi Toon Irfan Vi Toon

Mera Zikr Vi Toon Meda Fikr Vi Toon

Mera Zouq Vi Toon Wajdan Vi Toon

Meda Sanwal Mithra Shaam Saloona

Mun Mohan Janaan Vi Toon

Meda Murshid Haadi Peer Tareeqat

Shaikh Haqaa’iq Daan Vi Toon

Meda Aas Ummed Te Khattaya Wattaya

Takia Maan Taran Vi Toon

Mera Dharam Vi Toon Meda Bharam Vi Toon

Meda Sharam Vi Toon Meda Shaan Vi Toon

Meda Dukh Sukh Ro’wan Khilan Vi Toon

Meda Dard Vi Toon Darmaan Vi Toon

Mda Khushiyan Da Asbaab Vi Toon

Mede Soolaan Da Samaan Vi Toon

Mera Husn Te Bhaag Suhaag Vi Toon

Meda Bakht Te Naam Nishaan Vi Toon

Meda Ishq Vi Toon Meda Yaar Vi Toon

Meda Deen Vi Toon Eeman Vi Toon

Meda Jism Vi Toon Meda Rooh Vi Toon

Meda Qalb Vi Toon Jind Jaan Vi Toon

Meda Kaba Qibla Masjid Mimbar

Mushaf Te Quran Vi Toon

Meda Ishq Vi Toon Meda Yaar Vi Toon

Meda Deen Vi Toon Eeman Vi Toon

Meda Ishq Vi Toon Meda Yaar Vi Toon

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Aaa Ooo (Chants…)

Meda Dekhan Bhalan Jachan Jochan

Samjhan Jaan Sunjaan Vi Toon

Mede Thadray Saah Te Monjh Munjhari

Hanjroon De Tofaan Vi Toon

Mede Tilk Tilo’ay Seendhaan Mangaan

Naaz Nihoray Taan Vi Toon

Medi Mehdni Kajal Misaag Vi Toon

Medi Surkhi Beera Paan Vi Toon

Meda Ishq Vi Toon Meda Yaar Vi Toon

Medi Wehshat Josh Junoon Vi Toon (Aaa)

Meda Garya Aa’h O Faghan Vi Toon (Aaa)

Meda Awwal Aakhir Andar Bahir

Zahir Te Pinhaan Vi Toon Tooon

Meda Ishq Vi Toon Meda Yaar Vi Toon

Aaaa Meda Waal Aakhir Andar Baahir

Zahir Te Pinhaan Vi Toon

Meda Badal Barkha Khimniyan Gajaan (Aaa)

Barish Te Baraan Vi Toon

Meda Mulk Malir Te Maro Khalra

Rohi Cholistaan Vi Toon

Je Yaar Farid Qabool Karay

Srikaar Vi Toon Sultaan Vi Toon

Na Taan Kehtar Kamtar Ahqar Adna

La-Shay La-Imkaan Vi Toon

Meda Ishq Vi Toon Meda Yaar Vi Toon

Meda Ishq Vi Toon Meda Yaar Vi Toon.

Translation:

You Are My Ardour

You are my ardour, my friend, faith, creed.

You are my body, you are my spirit, heart, soul.

You’re the direction towards which I pray.

You are my Mecca, my mosque, my pulpit.

You are my holy books and my Koran.

You are my religious obligations,

My Hajj, charity, fasting, call to prayer.

You are my asceticism, worship,

My obedience and my piety.

You are my knowledge and you’re my gnosis .

You’re my remembrance, my contemplation

You are my tasting and my ecstasy.

You are my love, my sweet, my darling, my honey

You are my favourite, and my soulmate!

You’re my spiritual preceptor, my guide ,

You are my Shaykh and my Enlightened One

You are my hope, my wish, my gains, losses.

You’re all I see, my pride, my deliv’rance.

You’re my faith, my honour, modesty, glory

You’re my pain, sorrow, my crying, playing

You are my illness and my remedy.

You are what lulls me to a peaceful sleep.

You are my beauty and my fate, fortune, fame.

You are my looking, enquiring, seeking

You are my understanding, my knowing

You are my henna, my collyrium,

My rouge, my tobacco, my betel-leaf!

You are my terror, my passion, madness

You’re my crying and my lamentation.

You are my Alpha and my Omega,

My Inner, Outer, Hidden, Manifest.

If, O’Belovéd, you accept Farid

You are my Sovereign and my Sultan.

On a Sikhee level, read Shabad Hazaare Paatshaahi 10 - Mittar Piaareh Noo ... Sri Guru Gobind Singh Jee composed that Beautiful Shabad filled with Bairaag and Prem for Akaal Purakh.

These Shabads and Kalams that were composed in such high Avasthas/state of mind, the prose and nature may seem rather 'intimate' but when one's at such a state their whole being is totally immersed into Akaal Purakh; their gender, passions, thought processes, their existence are totally forgotten and they're just in total Mast/state of bliss, as if they're flying in another World with their Beloved Rabb.

So to answer your question, when one's at such a state then anything and everything will remind them of Akaal Purakh, even Kaljug won't disturb them from their Anand as they're in deep concentration and constantly enjoying their time with Him. We can only just imagine what it may feel like, but only our Guru Sahibaans, Sanths, MahaPurakhs, Sufists, etc really and truly know.

Apologies for any mistakes or going off topic.

Sri Akaal Jee Sahae!

[chatanga]

This is a shabad i learnt in Kirtan, and it contains these lines, which i have always thought were intimate and incredibly expressive (in bold):

Siree Raag, First Mehla, Second House:

He Himself is the Enjoyer, and He Himself is the Enjoyment. He Himself is the Ravisher of all.

He Himself is the Bride in her dress, He Himself is the Bridegroom on the bed. ||1||

My Lord and Master is imbued with love; He is totally permeating and pervading all. ||1||Pause||

He Himself is the fisherman and the fish; He Himself is the water and the net.

He Himself is the sinker, and He Himself is the bait. ||2||

He Himself loves in so many ways. O sister soul-brides, He is my Beloved.

He continually ravishes and enjoys the happy soul-brides; just look at the plight I am in without Him! ||3||

Prays Nanak, please hear my prayer: You are the pool, and You are the soul-swan.

You are the lotus flower of the day and You are the water-lily of the night. You Yourself behold them, and blossom forth in bliss. ||4||25||

[Consciousness]

Surrender to God is true intimacy.

Surrender cannot be done just by talking. It must actually be done. As the river surrenders to the ocean and loses it's entity, it's taste and all it's limitations. Everything absolutely changes when she meets her lover, the ocean. So do it practically; not just in words.

Don't just repeat God's name but completely lose yourself in it.