Guru, A Short Film

This is a really amazing video put together about the journey of the mind, and the topic of Guru and the importance of our families. It raises up topics of modern social problems and the power of the gurmantar.  It’s called Guru: Animation Short Film by GPMKC (Gurdwara Prabh Milne Ka Chao).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0n6_mqtOoM 

Now that we have a background from which to understand these topics, after reading Pantha Prem Na Janiye, a lot of these concepts of Gurmantar and the applied knowledge share a common understanding. We start to understand the various stages of emotion that cycle through. As this thirst grows, we start to understand the longing that Guru Ji describes: "My mind longs for the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan. It cries out like the thirsty song-bird", and the desperation to catch a glimpse of God "The crows have searched my skeleton and eaten all my flesh. But please do not touch these eyes; I hope to see my Lord." The understanding comes that there is no other path: "Without seeing my Guru, sleep does not come. My mind and body are afflicted with the pain of separation from the Guru." We understand the determination of the path, "Even in violent storms and torrential rain, I got out to catch a glimpse of my Guru." There is also the desperation for sangat "If only someone would come, and lead me to meet my Darling Beloved, I would sell myself to him" and "My mind's desire for the Blessed Vision of His Darshan is so great. Is there any Saint who can lead me to my Beloved?" Then there's a description of that joy and ecstasy of getting the food for the mind: "One who drinks in the Lord's sublime essence is intoxicated and enraptured. All other essences have no effect" and the merger: "I am in ecstasy, O my mother, for I have found my True Guru." As we go through our own path of understanding we start to understand the Bhagat Bani more deeply and the reflection of how we can relate to the stages that they went through and the emotions associated with them. In books like Jail Chithian we can then see the application of that to someone's life in the modern day and what it looks like. Then spontaneously we will think to these examples of the lives of other great Sikhs, as an example of what to do in scenarios and think of the words of our Guru Ji. I spontaneously start singing lines of Gurbani as they come to mind, because they reflect a feeling of the time. They arise from the soul for a reason, to be sung out and expressed.