It is interesting that we travel through 8.4 million lifeforms with this mind and we still do not think of what it is. As Bhai Satpal Singh Ji says, the mind is not your best friend. It brings all kinds of thoughts that make us stray away from our path. It carries negativity, cynicism, doubt, and the mehl of many lifetimes with it. It carries old habits from lifetime to lifetime.
I asked a Gurmukh about the mind today. She told me that the physical body here is the asthool. The mind is part of our Sukham body. It is non-physical. The mind does not die with the body but travels onwards if its purpose has not been achieved. One is given a life based on where one's thoughts were spent. The mind plays many tricks on us. We talked about things like the mind telling us there is good and bad, blaming others or ourselves, listening to what others think, etc. She said the way out of this was to spend the maximum time listening to Naam when we are working, then Guru Ji gives us the answers to our questions in the form of a Hukamnama. When someone says good things and praises us, remember it as the praise of God. Don't hide your faults and share them.
Gurbani tells us that the mind is one with God "Man tu jot saroop hai, apna mool pashan." This means "O my mind, you are the embodiment of the Divine Light- recognize your own origin." It is separated only by its own thoughts and doubt. It needs to make its realization of who it is, only by destruction of that ego and those thoughts. Once we are able to remove these obstacles, the mind makes the realization that God is everywhere and merges into the Supreme. This is the state of Sehaj.
Gurbani talks extensively about the mind. In 6 Pauri Anand Sahib we read "O my mind, remain always with the Lord. Remain always with the Lord, O my mind, and all sufferings will be forgotten." It is the mind's journey and the mind's play that we live in. The body is a physical body. Waheguru is already within, the mind needs to make this realization. This comes with great practice, in each moment to take time to attempt to disconnect oneself from the thoughts and sensory experiences and simultaneously do one's simran and find Naam. Over time the remembrance becomes intrinsic, but only with the practice and effort upfront.
I asked a Gurmukh about the mind today. She told me that the physical body here is the asthool. The mind is part of our Sukham body. It is non-physical. The mind does not die with the body but travels onwards if its purpose has not been achieved. One is given a life based on where one's thoughts were spent. The mind plays many tricks on us. We talked about things like the mind telling us there is good and bad, blaming others or ourselves, listening to what others think, etc. She said the way out of this was to spend the maximum time listening to Naam when we are working, then Guru Ji gives us the answers to our questions in the form of a Hukamnama. When someone says good things and praises us, remember it as the praise of God. Don't hide your faults and share them.
Gurbani tells us that the mind is one with God "Man tu jot saroop hai, apna mool pashan." This means "O my mind, you are the embodiment of the Divine Light- recognize your own origin." It is separated only by its own thoughts and doubt. It needs to make its realization of who it is, only by destruction of that ego and those thoughts. Once we are able to remove these obstacles, the mind makes the realization that God is everywhere and merges into the Supreme. This is the state of Sehaj.
Gurbani talks extensively about the mind. In 6 Pauri Anand Sahib we read "O my mind, remain always with the Lord. Remain always with the Lord, O my mind, and all sufferings will be forgotten." It is the mind's journey and the mind's play that we live in. The body is a physical body. Waheguru is already within, the mind needs to make this realization. This comes with great practice, in each moment to take time to attempt to disconnect oneself from the thoughts and sensory experiences and simultaneously do one's simran and find Naam. Over time the remembrance becomes intrinsic, but only with the practice and effort upfront.
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