Looking forward...: Ekk Baba Akal MuratAs a child Guru Nanak was very ...

Looking forward...: Ekk Baba Akal MuratAs a child Guru Nanak was very ...: Ekk Baba Akal Murat As a child Guru Nanak was very inquisitive and often sat with the wandering Sadhus and Jogis who travelled away from...

Ekk Baba Akal Murat

As a child Guru Nanak was very inquisitive and often sat with the wandering Sadhus and Jogis who travelled away from main routes of the invaders. He was very inquisitive to know about the world beyond his village. They often discussed the religion, political and social situations of the country, plight of the poor and downtrodden and debated on the truth of the Almighty. He also learnt about the Siddhas from them. They believe in Shiva as their Supreme God and with their Yogic discipline attain super natural powers. When he grew up and started wandering called Udasis he often encountered these Siddhas in Himalayan Mountains as they were living in those regions away from the civilisation. Guru Nanak was perturbed by their indifference in the matter of country and plight of poor and downtrodden. The world all around was suffering and they were busy in selfish pursuit of achieving emancipation from this world and union with God. He felt that this pursuit was of physical nature because after attaining these super natural powers these people could not contribute to the humanity and he wonders how even after achieving these siddhis these people could unite with the Almighty because their hearts were full of arrogance of achievements, selfishness and there was no place for the Almighty. There are many verses in the Granth Sahib that show his rejection of such people. I will mention here one verse from page 637 which I personally feel is very beautiful.
He says:" A person when reciting the name of the Almighty reaches that state of mind where he gets elevated to feel that his heart is full of the light of morning sun and he feels like the opening of the lotus flower and he gets elevated to that knowledge which he may not get after achieving all eight 'siddhis' and nine 'treasures' and dips in the holy rivers."

Guru Nanak prakash Gurpurab diyan sab nu lakh-lakh wadhayian