Jump to content

We are like a drop of ocean analogy


Redoptics
 Share

Recommended Posts

I have heard  the analogy of us being a drop of ocean separated and we are trying to get get back into the ocean, I also believed this.

Until I actually read Ang 878, where Guru Nanak Ji, actually is saying we are a drop of ocean within the ocean,  but we do not know we are in the ocean.

 

Screenshot_20220430-002739_Samsung Internet.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

"Who understands, and knows this?"

You've read that wrong, bro. They haven't contradicted themselves or made a blanket statement that everyone is ignorant of their existence.

It's a rhetorical question verging on a lament commonly used in Punjabi compositions. You've heard of the phrase, "Kaun jaane?" accompanied by a throwing up of the hands at the enormity of the situation? It's something vaguely on those lines. It's not a literal statement; it's a device employed for exaggeration.

Although in this particular question, "Who knows and understands this?" places the emphasis on US, the sangat, and asks which of US is cognisant of whether we realise not only that we are the drop, but also that we should, one day, merge with the ocean. Implicitly, whoever realises this truth is on the road to salvation; those who don't, I presume, will remain in ignorance.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

29 minutes ago, MisterrSingh said:

"Who understands, and knows this?"

You've read that wrong, bro. They haven't contradicted themselves or made a blanket statement that everyone is ignorant of their existence.

It's a rhetorical question verging on a lament commonly used in Punjabi compositions. You've heard of the phrase, "Kaun jaane?" accompanied by a throwing up of the hands at the enormity of the situation? It's something vaguely on those lines. It's not a literal statement; it's a device employed for exaggeration.

Although in this particular question, "Who knows and understands this?" places the emphasis on US, the sangat, and asks which of US is cognisant of whether we realise not only that we are the drop, but also that we should, one day, merge with the ocean. Implicitly, whoever realises this truth is on the road to salvation; those who don't, I presume, will remain in ignorance.

Its not that we are ignorant or our existence,  we are ignorant of everything is Vaheguru. But vail of maya is such a distraction,  most people think Vaheguru is elsewhere but is everywhere and everything. So you can not be separate from the ocean, we just don't know we are in the ocean.

Ang 23

 

Screenshot_20220430-082743_Samsung Internet.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
 Share

  • advertisement_alt
  • advertisement_alt
  • advertisement_alt


  • Topics

  • Posts

    • yeh it's true, we shouldn't be lazy and need to learn jhatka shikaar. It doesn't help some of grew up in surrounding areas like Slough and Southall where everyone thought it was super bad for amrit dharis to eat meat, and they were following Sant babas and jathas, and instead the Singhs should have been normalising jhatka just like the recent world war soldiers did. We are trying to rectifiy this and khalsa should learn jhatka.  But I am just writing about bhog for those that are still learning rehit. As I explained, there are all these negative influences in the panth that talk against rehit, but this shouldn't deter us from taking khanda pahul, no matter what level of rehit we are!
    • How is it going to help? The link is of a Sikh hunter. Fine, but what good does that do the lazy Sikh who ate khulla maas in a restaurant? By the way, for the OP, yes, it's against rehit to eat khulla maas.
    • Yeah, Sikhs should do bhog of food they eat. But the point of bhog is to only do bhog of food which is fit to be presented to Maharaj. It's not maryada to do bhog of khulla maas and pretend it's OK to eat. It's not. Come on, bro, you should know better than to bring this Sakhi into it. Is this Sikh in the restaurant accompanied by Guru Gobind Singh ji? Is he fighting a dharam yudh? Or is he merely filling his belly with the nearest restaurant?  Please don't make a mockery of our puratan Singhs' sacrifices by comparing them to lazy Sikhs who eat khulla maas.
    • Seriously?? The Dhadi is trying to be cute. For those who didn't get it, he said: "Some say Maharaj killed bakras (goats). Some say he cut the heads of the Panj Piyaras. The truth is that they weren't goats. It was she-goats (ਬਕਰੀਆਂ). He jhatka'd she-goats. Not he-goats." Wow. This is possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard in relation to Sikhi.
    • Instead of a 9 inch or larger kirpan, take a smaller kirpan and put it (without gatra) inside your smaller turban and tie the turban tightly. This keeps a kirpan on your person without interfering with the massage or alarming the masseuse. I'm not talking about a trinket but rather an actual small kirpan that fits in a sheath (you'll have to search to find one). As for ahem, "problems", you could get a male masseuse. I don't know where you are, but in most places there are professional masseuses who actually know what they are doing and can really relieve your muscle pains.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Use