Gems of Gurbani

Guru Granth Sahib

Siddha Gosht    15

Yogis ask: What is that word by saying which the world ocean is crossed over?

Where is the abode of that Lord?

The breath that we take out is said to be three and seven fingers away from the nostril. What is the support of that breath?

The mind that wanders and plays all the time, how does it become motionless? How does it see the Invisible Lord?

The Guru says: Hear O Sire Nanak makes true supplication and trains his mind thus. The God-conscious becomes attuned to the True Lord and blessed with His gracious glance he unites with Him. The Lord is Himself all wise and all seeing and He has destined you to merge and unite with Him II 58 II

That Invisible Lord abides within us all and I continuously see Him, wherever I see, I see Him. As the air is all pervading, so is Lord abiding everywhere, in every being. From Nirgun (without attributes) He becomes sargun (with attributes). If he extends His merciful graciousness His Name dispels all doubts from mind and He abides therein. By making the abode of His pure word the mortal’s body, speech and soul becomes pure. The one who understands that there is only One Lord alone, here, there and everywhere is ferried across the terrible world ocean. The one who understands the Lord’s word that there are no sectarian distinctions, marks, no castes and colours and no delusions II 59 II

O Yogi the three and seven finger distanced taken out breath is sustained by the Lord. The God-conscious realizes the Imperceptible, Infinite God and speaks and churns out the quintessence of His Word.

When man effaces the three qualities of temperament (egoism, optimism and pessimism) from within his mind and enshrines the word of Lord in his heart the ego is stilled and mind becomes stable. At this state man realizes that the Lord is within himself and all around himself, he comes to profess his love for the Lord’s Name.

When the Imperceptible, Infinite Lord reveals Himself to man then he is blessed with the knowledge that Yogis believe they get by learning to control their breaths in the central, left and right bronchi.  Above these three breath control modes exists the True Lord O Nanak who expresses His True Word and merges in man II 60 II