Gems of Gurbani

Guru Granth Sahib

Siddha Gosht   18

Guru says: O yogi! When heart and body were not there the mind was abiding in the True detached Lord.

When there was no support for the navel lotus the breath stayed in its own Home (Lord) imbued with the Lord’s love.

If the distinction marks of caste and outline of human body had not come to exist then the quintessence of Lord’s Name would have lived in the Formless Lord.

When the human body, the three worlds, the skies didn't exist then the Formless Lord contained all the light within Himself.

All the castes, religious disguises and forms of One Lord were contained in the wondrous, formless Lord before they were expressed.

Without the True Name no one can become immaculate O Nanak the story of this Lord is ineffable II 67 II

Yogis ask: O wise man! In what way does this world come into being?

In what ways the ills destroy it and it perishes?

Guru says: The self-conceit, ego makes this world come into being and if His Name is forgotten it perishes. Only those who become God-conscious and reflect upon the quintessence of Divine knowledge can burn their ego. They become immaculate in body and soul with the Name and their speech becomes immaculate too and they remain merged in the True Lord. With the Lord’s Name comes the detachment and the Name remains enshrined in their mind. O Yogi; reflect upon this in your heart that without His Name the yoga cannot happen II 68 II

Rare are those who contemplate on True Name and receive Guru’s grace to understand the Truth. By Guru’s grace the word (shabad) becomes manifest and man is drenched with showers of Lord’s love. The God conscious comes to abide in his own home (self). The God conscious follows only One Lord and He (God) shows the path to Yoga O Nanak II 69 II

By serving the True Lord the path of yoga is obtained and meeting Him alone one gets emancipated. Without meeting the True Guru the Name is not attained. Without meeting the True Guru one suffers immense pain. Without meeting the True Lord the supreme darkness of ego is not dispelled. O Nanak without meeting the True Lord the life goes waste and death ultimately takes over II 70 II