Is God In Sikhism Personal?

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God is real and He is said to be the Father of us all in gurbani. He hears and answers prayers of His daas. There are so many references in the gurbani.

Does God hears and answers prayer?

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ਭਗਤ ਜਨਾ ਕੀ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਸੁਣੀ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਆਪਿ ॥

भगत जना की बेनती सुणी प्रभि आपि ॥

Bẖagaṯ janā kī benṯī suṇī parabẖ āp.

God Himself has heard the prayers of His humble devotees.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਕੀ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਪਾਈ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਸੁਣੀ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ਜੀਉ ॥

सतिगुरू की बेनती पाई हरि प्रभि सुणी अरदासि जीउ ॥

Saṯgurū kī benṯī pā▫ī har parabẖ suṇī arḏās jī▫o.

The Lord God heard the prayer of the True Guru, and granted His request.

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WJK WJF

I have done various searches on the internet and spoke to people and all come with different answers, so i thought i would post this up here.

So is God in Sikhism personal? If possible could you give examples Bani that explains this.

Thank you :biggrin2:

WJK WJF

Satnaam Ji,

I used to ask the same questions a while back.

Gurbani says ego causes illusion of being seperate to god and that god exists on the inside and outside of us..i.e. he's everywhere and is everything

Gurbani says if you want to find and experience god and know who/what you really are you must look within

a(n)thar vasath moorraa baahar bhaalae ||

Deep within the self is the secret, but the fool looks for it outside. 117

so Guru Ji says look within if you want all your answers how do we look within? gurbani says "prabh ka Simran sabh to ucha" i.e Simran is the highest action/seva we can do.

Start your simran...you'll get your answer to this question.... for me i can now say "god is more personal that any other relationship we have in this creation"

When we pray....we are talking to god

When we do Simran....we are listening to him

suniai saraa gunaa kae gaah ||

Listening-dive deep into the ocean of virtue. 3

suniai laagai sehaj dhhiaan ||

Listening-intuitively grasp the essence of meditation.3

close your eyes...listen to your mind chattering...learn to ignore it...then listen to yourself within.

John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God"

gurbani: guramukh dhhiaan sehaj dhhun oupajai sach naam chith laaeiaa ||

The Gurmukh meditates on the Lord; the celestial sound-current resounds within him, and he focuses his consciousness on the True Name.512

This sound current exists within us all...the inner guru/shabad but we are so attached to the outer world we cannot hear it....thats where simran comes in.

guru Ji's instruction above "celestial sound resounds within, and he focusses his consciousness on it"

jis dhaa jeeo paraan hai a(n)thar joth apaaraa ||

The Divine Light of the Infinite Lord, who owns the soul and the breath of life, is deep within the inner being.

becomes an explorer of your inner self

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^ this is a good post :D