Shri Satguru Ve Namah SATGURU – UNIQUENESS

Shabad shabad sabb koyi kahey, So to shabad vidheh. Jivya per avey nehin, Nirakh parakh ker ley. Everyone talks of holy word (Naam) but that real Naam is a soundless sound. It is not possible to recite it by tongue. So one should assay well, before being blessed with it.

—Satguru Shri Madhu Paramhans Sahib

SAHIBURU V BANDGI I SATG E NAM SHR AH

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1. None has seen the vision of Brahm 7 2. Meditation in Nirgun Bhakti is worship of Kaal Purush 14 3. He is immortal and doesn’t wander 15 4. The true appearance is far beyond the dream 18 5. Param Purush was unmanifested 19 6. Param Purush made His appearance 21 7. Separated His parts 22 8. He created sons with words 23 9. He gave the Rulership of 3 Lokas to the 5th Son Niranjan 24 10. Niranjan was thrown out of Amarlok 26 11. O’Men! Where are you searching of me? 32 12. Uniqueness of Amarlok of Sant Satguru 35 13. This universal and are like a dream. 44 14. Parmpurush is unique and indescribable 46 15. The Power of Satguru’s Surti- Concentration 52 16. This world is like a Dream of Mirage. 54 17. The fruit of attaining this human body is not poison. 67 18. Why is the Mind misleading. 75 19. The distinction between Param Purush and Kaal Purush 88 20. Sahib comes to the universe in every yuga 94 21. They want to spoil the real worship 96 22. O Gurudev! bless me with true worship 107 23. Love for God is natural 110 4 Sahib Bandgi A few words Jehi khojat kalpo bhaye, ghathi mahin so moor. Badi garab guman te, ta te pari geyo dhoor. He, whom we are in search in the external worlds, resides within us. We can attain God by the grace of Satguru alone. The path the worldly people have chosen for attaining is related to Mind- Mind. Some are making a search for God in the forests; some through austerities, some through the practice of hard yoga while others are seeking by visiting the holy places. Sahib cautions us— Kasturi kundal basey, mrig khoje bann mahin. Aise ghat ghat saiyan, moorakh janat nahin. The musk deer has musk in its navel but, out of ignorance, it makes a search for it, in the forest. Likewise, God is present within every man though the ignorant persons do not know of it. The deer makes a search for musk by smelling every herb. It thinks that the fragrance is coming from outside. It spends its whole life in this vain attempt but fails to know that the fragrance is coming from within its own self. Likewise, man tries to make search for God in the outside world. Sahib says— Lakhon ner talash mein, Ghar mila na avinashi ka. Lakhs of people are making a search but none has succeeded in knowing His abode. Though many persons are making a search of God in the outer world, yet many others make a search for Him within themselves. Among those who are making a search for God within them, some wander in Bunk Naal, some in Bhanwar Gufa while others try to search Him through the practice of different Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 5 yogic postures like Unmuni, Khechri, Bhoochri etc. Some raise their eyes towards Shunya- Akash and pray to God saying, “O God! Listen to my . Sahib has beautifully said— Mo ko kahan dhoondhe re bandey, main to tere pass mein. O Man! where are you making a search of me? I am very much in you. Na main jall mein, na main thall mein. Nehin shunya akash mein. Neither I reside in water or the earth nor in Shunya (nothingness). Na teerath mein na moorat mein, Na ekant nivas mein. I am not to be found in any religious place or idol. Also, I cannot be found in any lonely place. Na mandir na masjid mein, na Kashi kailash mein. I am not to be found in temple, mosque, Kashi and Kailash even. Some go to the mountains to make a search of Him but He is not to be found there as well. Na main japp mein, na main tapp mein, Na main bratt upvas mein. None can find me through recitation of Mantras (sacred words), hard worship or through observing of fasts even. Many poor people receive that which is much less than the normal one for man. In that case, they should find it easy to attain God. However, it is certainly not so. Na main kriya karam mein rahta, Nehin yog sanyas mein. None can attain me through the performance of (deeds), practice of yog or through renunciation of world even. 6 Sahib Bandgi It is not bad to have a bath early in the morning but it is wrong to think that one can attain God through it. Meen sada jall mein rahey. The fish remains at all the times in water. Then it should attain God easily. It is not my motive to criticise anyone. I only ment, that God is present within you. All that you need is to seek the shelter of Poorna Satguru who can bless you for attaining Him. Kahain Kabir bheidi liya, Pall mein dait lakhat. Sahib says that an expert in this field can help a devotee attain God within a moment. If torturing the body through austerities could help one attain God, those suffering from painful diseases would have attained Him easily. Nehin pran mein nehin pind mein, Na Brahmand akash mein. He is not to be found, in pranas (vital force), body and the sky even. Na main brehkuti bhanwar gufa mein, Nehin nabhi ke pass mein. Fixing concentration at Trehkuti or listening to the musical notes in Bhanwar gufa can’t help one attain Him. He is not to be found near the navel region as well. Then where is His abode? Khoji hoye turat mil jaun, Ik pall ki talash mein. Kah-hin Kabir suno bhayi sadho, sub swanson ki swans mein. Sahib says that he who makes a search for Him like a true devotee, can attain Him within a moment. He is present within every breath. That is to say, the soul resides within the breath and Parampurush resides within the soul. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 7 1. None has seen the vision of Brahm

Our Vedas and the Shastras hold different views about God. The Vedas are considered as the oldest scriptures of the world. Six Shastras were produced out of the four Vedas, 18 Puranas were produced out of these 6 Shastras and 128 Upnishads were produced out of these 18 Puranas. Sahib has spoken about all. About the Vedas he says— Pratham kahey Rigved bakhani, Nirakar parmeshwar mani. Nirlepon so alakh agochar, Niralamb so jaan brahmbar. According to Rigved, God is formless and away from worldly maya. He can’t be recognised through Indriyas. Duivatiye Atharvan bhashat hoyi, niralamb nirlep na koyi. Nehin nirgun nehin sargun kaheu, Jo koyi mara mukat so baiu. Jaise pann briksh se toota, Pheri na so taruvar mein joota. Aiso jeev mara yakbara, Bahuri nehin ta te tann dhara. According to the Athrav Ved, God is neither Sagun nor Nirgun. He who dies, achieves salvation. After death, none can attain the human body again. It is just like the case of a leaf that can’t be fixed at its original place after falling down. Moreover, this Athrav Ved is taking the Karmas alone as everything. Tritya yajur us kahey bahori. In donon ki mati bheyi bhori.

7 8 Sahib Bandgi Sargun Brahm Narayan hoyi. Khir samudar shayan ker soyi. Chauthe saam kah puni matt apna. Yeh sub jano jhuth kalpna. Nehin Sagun nehin Nirgun dev. Nehin darishti gochar ko bheva. According to Samved, the soul itself is God. It doesn’t take God as Sagun or Nirgun. Thus, we see that some call God as Sagun, some call Him as Nirgun, some take the soul itself as God whereas some take the Karmas alone as God. When the Vedas express different views about God, how can the common man have a clear picture of Him. Man has been under this misconception right from the beginning. He is unable to clear this misconception. Six Shastras were produced, out of these four Vedas. Many great Rishis contributed in this regard. They all did not hold similar views. Sahib has thrown light on these as well. Pratham Mimansa shaster achari. Karam thapi niju geyan uchari. Bhoot bhavya bratt manak joyi. Karam adhin jaan sub soyi. Karam adheen geyan aru yoga. So jus karey bhog tus bhoga. Karam swatantar sarav pergavai. Jo jus karai so tus phall pavai. It was jaimini Rishi who produced Mimansa Shastera from Yajurved. It speaks about Karmas alone. Duitiya baad vayeshesh . Karam nahin janiye sutanta. Karam to kaal ki bus mein hoyi. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 9 Kall paye karam karai na koyi. Ta te yeh nishche kari mano. Karam kal ki vash mein jano. Kaal hi Brahm aur nehin koyi, Kaal paye aj hari her hoyi. Kaal paye puni so binsahi, Utpati praley kaal vash ahi. Ta te kaal satya kari mani, Karam asatya vaisheshik vani. According to the vaisheshak shaster, all our Karmas are under the subordination of Kaal. As such, Kaal is great and so to say, it is Brahm itself. Tritya Neyaye jin matt arthayi, Kaal hai chenhen hai jayi. Ghati badi jaye kaal ki batein, Kaal karam nasti dou ta te. Asti ek parmatam ahi, Teen kaal aavai aru jahi. Jihu vash ishwar kal ko dhari, Jab jus chahe tab tus kerei. Grisham varsha kaal banavai, Varsha ko grisham dikhlavai. Sakal sootar dhar ishwar aise, Nache jug kathputli jaise. Ta te parmeshvar hai asti, Kaal vo karam subhav hai nasti. According to the Nayaye shaster, Kaal waxes and wanes; appears and disappears and as such, both—Kaal and are perishable. Both of these are under God. At any time, He does what He desires. Kal is making whole of the world dance to His tune. Just as one who makes the puppet’s dance, remaining 10 Sahib Bandgi himself hidden behind the curtain, in the same manner, God who makes jivas dance to His tune, remains invisible. That is to say, He is formless. Chauthe patanjli kah yeh lekha. Kaho kahan tum ishwar dekha. Tum nehin janu ishwar lakhi payi. To puni kaise tahi batayi. Pitar patther prathma poojo. Anumanhi maan mein soojo. Yeh sub jhuth bharam ko phanda. Atam shuduat sachida nanda. So hum yog marag te jana. Tum ko nehin kuchh anubhav geyana. Tum pratima poojo yehi lekhe, hum Brahmand pind mein dekha. Tum ho jhuthe hum hain sanche. Ishwar ki anbhau tum kache. Ta te yog satt kari jano. Aur sakal jhutha kari mano. In patanjli Shaster, importance has been given to Yoga. According to it, the whole of Brahmand lies within the body. He who practises yog, can have a vision of it. Patanjli has described the outward worship as fruitless. This Shaster takes the soul itself as God and the Yog as the means to attain Him. Pancham sankhya pati us bolo, Tum sub mithya bharamyat dolo. Yakdeshi anubhav aru geyana, So kachhu kaam ko nehin bakhana. Brahm sarav deshi kah soyi, Sakshi surav akerta hoyi. Sub kartoot prakrati thana, Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 11 Yog samadhya sadhna nana. Utpati tattav pacchis prakriti, Charon deh adi sub nasti. Ishwar ko jo janan hara, Sarav sakshi se asti pukara. Yeh sub anitya mein nitt ko asti, Yog adi sub mithya nasti. According to the Asankhya Shaster, God doesn’t do anything. It is nature alone that does everything—good or bad. As such, everything—good or bad—that is happening, is nothing but an illusion. If you turn your attention away from this Maya, you can attain God through knowledge. Chhathe vedanti aise kahei, Mithya vad sakal yeh ahei. Ek akhand Brahm hai joyi, Ta mein asti nasti nehin koyi. Aap aap sampuran veyapa, Brahm kari trikuti ta mein thapa. Dheyata dheyan dhaye nehin koyi, Geyata geyan hoye nehin joyi. Brahm akhand adoovait ekrus, Ta te doovait bhash bhashe kus. Nitya nitya samadhi hai joyi, ta mein so sanbhav vai na koyi. Dekhan aru dekhan mein aye, Dekhanhar Brahm battaye. Brahm te itar aur na koyi, Nasti aur sub mithya hoyi. According to Vedant, God Himself is present everywhere. There is none apart from Him. So Vedant as well takes the soul itself as God. About the different views expressed by the Vedas and 12 Sahib Bandgi the Shastras, Sahib has said— Shat shaster mil jhagra keenha, Brahm roop kahu na cheenha. The six Shastras have presented conflicting views. None of these has been able to have a vision of Brahm. Sahib has talked about that which lies beyond the Vedas even. Ved hamara bheid hain, hum Vedan ke mahin. Jaun bheid mein main basaun, Vedu janat nahin. Even the Vedas have no information about the abode I am talking about. That is to say, these are ignorant about the real abode of God. This is the main reason behind the conflicting views. And man has inherited these conflicting views. This ignorance about the real abode of God makes man wander about aimlessly. Va ghar ki sudhi koyi na batave, Jahvan se Hansa aya hai. None tells about the place from where the Hansa has come. Also, none seems to be certain about the path he should follow for the attainment of God. In fact, in most of the cases the views expressed by the Vedas and the Shastras lack scientific reasoning. At one place the Vedas say— Neti neti neti. Pointing towards the formless, they express their inability to present a complete knowledge of it. So, what can they say about that which lies beyond The formless. The Vedas were produced, by Niranjan. As such, he gave information upto himself only. Even this information is incomplete. He kept man away from the real and true knowledge. Then the Rishis performed meditation on the Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 13 basis of this knowledge. They attained different levels but only a few could attain Niranjan. Those who succeeded in attaining him, produced the Shastras and the Puranas from the Vedas. Others failed to have a knowledge of the complete identity of Niranjan. That is why all those Rishis took Niranjan himself as the ultimate . Some tried to translate the Vedas as per their intellect. That is why Sahib says— Dharam Shaster mil jhagra keena, Brahm roop kahoo na cheehna. The Shastras and other religious books have brought conflicts. None has been able to have a vision of Brahm. Sahib revealed the secret related to Amar Lok and talked about Param Purush. Bin pavan ki rah hai, bin basti ka desh, Bina pind ka Purush hai, kahain Kabir sandesh. That is an abode without any inhabitants. Param Purush has not a body made out of the five material elements. He is neither a Sagun nor Nirgun (formless) in appearance. If He is neither Sagun nor Nirgun, then whose vision has the devotees to see? Hum to lakha tihoon lok mein, tum kiyun kaha alekh. Saar shabad jana nehin, dokhe pahira bhekh. Bechune jug ranchiya, Sahib noor ninar. Aakhir ke re vakat ko, kis ka karey deedar. Why are you calling Him formless when I have seen His vision in Amarlok. Without having the knowledge of Saar Naam, the sage-like dress is nothing but a farce. If the formless one has created the universe, whose vision will you sight after death? 14 Sahib Bandgi 2. Meditation in Nirgun Bhakti is worship of Kaal Purush Meditation on Kaal Purush can be performed by practising the following postures (Mudras). 1. Chachri Mudra : In this posture, the yogi fixes his concentration at a place in-between the two eyes and recites the word ‘Jyoti Niranjan’. The element ‘fire’ is produced out of it. The god of fire exercises control over it. 2. Bhuchri Mudra : In this posture, the yogi fixes his concentration at the Agya chakra (Medula plexus) and recites the word ‘Onkar’. The element ‘water’ is produced out of it. The god of water exercises control over it. 3. Agochri Mudra : In this posture, the yogi fixes his concentration at the musical notes and recites the word ‘Sohang’. The element ‘Vayu’ is produced out of it. The god of air is in control of it. 4. Unmuni Mudra : In this posture, the yogi recites the word ‘Satt’. He sees a strange light. The element ‘earth’ is produced out of it. It is under the control of god of the earth. 5. Khechri Mudra : In this posture, the yogi recites the word ‘R-Rankar’. He enters into the 10th dwara. The element ‘sky-Ether’ is produced out of it. Kaal Purush (formless Niranjan) is the god of it. He controls the 4 elements. All the and the goddesses are among his family members. In the guise of Mind, he resides in all. The have called these 5 postures as Yog Matt and have described the Sant Matt as different from these. Sahib says— 14 Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 15 Paanch shabad aur panchon mudra, Soyi nishchaya ker mana. Is ke aage purush puratan, Uski khabar na jana. The sages took the five words and the 5 postures as the only reality. As such, they couldn’t gain any knowledge about Param Purush whose abode lies far beyond the limit of 3 lokas.

3. He is immortal and doesn’t wander

Sahib talked about Param Purush—the true love. The worldly people say God comes to the universe as an incarnation. But Sahib says— Dashrath kul autar nehin aya, Nehin lanka ke rav sataya. Prithvi raman dhaman nehin kariya, Paithi patal na Bali chhalliya. Ye sub kaam Sahib ke nahin, Jhooth kahai sansara. Neither Param Purush took birth in the family of Dashrath nor fought against Ravan. Neither He wandered about on the earth nor He cheated and sent the king Bali to Patal. These acts were not performed by Him. The worldly people are wrong in saying so. All such acts are performed by Niranjan. Hai dayal daroh na vakey, Kahu kaun ko mara. Parampurush is kind to all. He doesn’t kill any one. 16 Sahib Bandgi Janaam maran se rahit hai, mera Sahib soye. Bali hari us peev ki, jin sirja sub koye. My Param Purush neither takes birth nor dies. I bow my head before Him who is the power behind all creation. None but a true assayer can understand His Greatness. He alone is the true loved one of the soul. Sahib says— Aavai na javai marey nehin janme, soyi nij peev hamara ho. Na koyi jan-ni ne janmo, na koyi sirjan hara ho. Sadh ni sidh muni na tapsi, na koyi karat achara ho. Na shat darshan char varan mein, na ashram vyavhara ho. Na trideva sohang shakti, nirakar se para ho. Shabad atit achal avinashi, khar akhshar se neyara ho. Dharti na gagan pawan na pani, na ravi chand na tara ho. Hai pragat per deesat nahin, satguru sain sahara ho. Kahain Kabir sub ghat mein Sahib, parkho parkhan hara ho. My true ‘Loved one’ neither takes birth nor dies. He doesn’t appear on the earth as an incarnation through the womb of mother. Neither He has parents nor He has been created by someone else. Neither He is any Sidh or sage or worshipper nor does He perform any worldly rites and rituals. He is beyond Shat Darshan and four varan even. He is far beyond the four Ashrams as well. That is to say, He doesn’t pass through various stages of life like childhood, youth, old age etc. None can say anything about His age. He is not one among the Tridevas. He is not Soham Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 17 or Shakti (Bhawani) even. He is beyond the formless. He is soundless sound and does not perish under any circumstances. He is different from Maya (illusion) and Brahm. He is not Jyoti Saroop Niranjan or Om. He is not one among the elements like earth, sky, air, water etc. and is beyond the sun, moon and stars. He resides in all but still remains invisible. Only some assayer can assay Him. Sahib has revealed a great secret in these words. When the question of a true Satguru arises, the people say that deserting of a is just like the deserting of one’s husband. But there is need to think whether you have been worshipping your own husband (Real God) or some other one. He has not described any of the Tridevas, Sidhs, Munies, and formless Brahm, Sagun God, Om and the like as the real and true husband of jiva. It means, the worldly people are not worshipping their true husband. They want to remain under the shelter of a guru who doesn’t possess the needed power and knowledge to take them to their loved one and instead, takes them to someone else’s husband. The people do not know about the identity of their real husband. This is the point at which the worldly people commit a blunder. In this connection, Dadu Dayal ji has said— Purush hamara ek hai, hum nari bahu angg. Purush (husband) is one whereas the women are countless. The people don’t try to understand the real God (true husband) who is far beyond the worldly cycle of birth and death. 18 Sahib Bandgi 4. The true appearance is far beyond the dream

Chander surya bhas swapan, panch mein prapanch swapan. Swarag au narak beech basey, sou swapan roop hai. The appearance of the moon as well as the sun is nothing but a dream. Those who reside in heaven or hell, are also living in a dreamland. In fact, the very state you are sitting in, is also a illusion. Oham aur Soham swapan, pind aur Brahmand swapan. Atma Parmatma swapan, roop so aroop hai. That soul and God as well are a dream. This is because the association of Mind with Hansa has been called as soul. It has also been called as jiva. As it is not a pure awakened power, it has been called as a dream. And as Niranjan is called as God, so he as well is a dream. Jra mrityu Kaal swapan, guru shishya bodh swapan. Akshar Ni-Akshar Atma swapan roop hai. Death and Kaal are a dream. The knowledge about the guru and disciple is also a dream. Moreover, sound and soul as well are a dream. All these have their limit upto Mind alone. But satguru is not a dream because of his being in possession of Paras Surti. Sahib further says— Kahat Kabir sun Gorakh vachan mum. Swapan se parey satya satya roop bhoop hai. Soyi satya Naam Satya Lok beech vasa karey. Nehin kahoon aave nehin javey Satya roop hai. That satya Naam is the only truth. This is because it has come from Amarlok. It is imperishable. No existence of Mind or its desires found there. As such, it is called the Truth. 18 Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 19 5. Param Purush was unmanifested

Our God is, He whom the sants have described as ‘Sahib’. Once Dharam Dass ji, with a desire to know about the Amarlok and the creation of the universe, prayed to Sahib thus— Abb Sahib mohi deou batayi, Amarlok so kahan rahayi. Kaun dweep Hans ko vasa, Kaun dweep Purush rah vasa. Teen lok utpati bakho, Varanhu sakal goye jani rakho. Kaal Niranjan kis vidhi bhayeu, Kaise shodash sut nirmeyeu. Kaise char khani bistari, Kaise jeev Kaal vash dari. Triye deva kaun vidhi bhayeu, Kaise mahi akash nirmayeu. Chander surya kaha kaise bhayeu, Kaise taragan sub thayeu. Kis vidhi bheyi sharir ki rachna, Bhasho Sahib taragan sub thayeu. O Sahib, kindly tell me where that Amarlok is! At which place do the Hansas reside in that Amarlok? How were the 3 lokas created? How was the Kaal Purush created? How the sixteen sons created? How did this pure soul enter into 4 modes of creation? How did the get entangled in the net of Kaal Purush? How the Tridevas created? How the earth and the sky created? How the physcial body created? O Sahib! kindly explain to me the whole secret related to the creation of the universe. Taking Dharam Dass as the deserving devotee, Sahib said— Tabb ki baat sun-hu Dharam Dassa. Jabb nahin mahi patal akasha. 19 20 Sahib Bandgi Jabb nehin Kooram Brah aur Shesha. Jabb nehin Sharad Gauri Ganesha. Jabb nehin hatey Niranjan raya. Jin jeevan kah bandhi jhulaya. Taitees koti devta nehin. Aur anek bataun kahin. Brahma Vishno Mahesh na tahiya. Shaster Ved Puran na kahiya. Tabb sub rahey Purush ke mahin. Jyun batt briksh madhya rah chhahin. O Dharam Dass! I am talking of the time when there were no earth and sky. There was no existence of Kooram, Shesh, Brahm, Sharad, Gauri, Ganesh and the like. There was no existence of even Niranjan, the torturer of Jivas. There were no 33 crore gods to be found. What more can I say? There was no existence of Brahma, Vishno, Mahesh and the holy scriptures like the Vedas, the Shastras and the Puranas even. But there was only the One. Sahib says that in the beginning, Satya Purush was hidden from sight. He had no companion. He has never been created and will never perish. That which is created, has to perish. But how can Param Purush, who has never been created, perish? The Sagun, Nirgun, the big and small abodes were created afterwards. So whose witness can he give? Even the four Vedas don’t throw any light on the stories related to Satya Purush and speak about the formless (Kaal Purush) alone. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 21 6. Param Purush made His appearance

Describing about the creation of the earth, sky, Brahmand, Niranjan, Tridev and the like, Sahib says that first of all Param Purush desired and uttered a sound. As a result of it, a dazzling white light was produced. That light spread to the infinite. Unlike the worldly light, that light was so rare that even a single particle of it could put even crores of suns to insignificance. When that light spread, in the infinite, Param Purush entered Himself in to that. As a result, that light became awakened and alive. That light became alive in a manner the body becomes after the entry of soul into it. Before absorbing Himself into the light, Param Purush was hidden from sight and it was only afterwards that, He came to be called as Satya Purush. In addition, that rare white light was nothing but Satya Purush Himself, came to be called as Amarlok. Note : The saints have described Amarlok itself as Satya Lok, Begum Pura, Param Purush, Avinashi Purush, Geyani Purush and Sahib.

21 22 Sahib Bandgi 7. Separated His parts

Satya Purush was yet all alone. Then He desired to be manifest as many (His own appearance) from His ownself. Infinite number of briliant droplets was formed. These droplets returned back to that rare light. It was just like the case of drops that scatter about when one takes some water (say from the sea) in one’s hands and throws it up. However, unlike the drops of water that again return to the sea and become a part of it, these droplets though returned back to that light, they stayed apart.. This is because Satya Purush had desired so. He wanted to let these retain their separate identity. These very droplets were called as His parts (souls). These souls began to move around in that light. It was, indeed, a very strange. This is because the droplets of water can’t retain their separate identity. The movement of these souls was like that of a fish in water. Param Purush was much pleased to see all this and began to shower love on these. Much time passed thus. The souls were deriving rare pleasures from their movements in that light. Sada anand hoat ha va ghar, kabhu na hoat udasa. There are bliss and bliss alone in that Amarlok. There is no sufferings there. In Amarlok, the light of a soul is equivalent to that of 16 suns whereas the light of even a single pore of Param Purush can put the light of crores and crores of suns and moons to insignificance. What can be said about Param Purush when His single pore has such a glory. It is, indeed, beyond description.

22 Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 23 8. He created sons with words

After this, Param Purush created sons by different sounds. That is to say, every word of Him was assuming the appearance of a son. The 2nd word uttered by Him created ‘Kooram’. The 3rd word created ‘Geyan’ whereas the 4th word produced ‘Vivek’. Param Purush saw that all that His words created. As such, He thought of creating one like His ownself. This time He uttered a word forcefully. He uttered this word in a somewhat doubtful manner. This word created Mind (Niranjan). In order to know whether the 5th son resembled Him in all respects, He entered in that form. For a moment, he doubted the similarity of this body with His ownself. So He came out of that body and re-entered into his.However Niranjan came in to being. Then He created Anand, Kshama, Nishkam, Jalrangi, Achint, Prem, Deen Dayal and Dhairya. He created these sons with the sole motive of enhancing the glory of Amarlok. All of them began to move about in that Amar Lok. All of them were created as per the sweet will of Param Purush. But the soul was not created out of His will. It is the spark of Param Purush Himself.

23 24 Sahib Bandgi 9. He gave the Rulership of 3 Lokas to the 5th Son Niranjan

Much time passed thus. Then Niranjan began to meditate. He meditated on Param Purush with full concentration for a period of 70 yugas. The Prampurush was pleased with his worship and asked him the reason behind worshipping so hard. Niranjan prayed to Him to give him some separate abode. Param Purush gave him Mansrovar (a continent of Amarlok). Niranjan was pleased to have it and began to live there happily. However, after some time, he, once again, began to meditate on Param Purush. This time he meditated for a another period of 70 yugas. Param Purush asked him what more he wanted. Niranjan said— Itna thanv na mohi suhayi. Abb mohi baksi dehu thakurayi. Ka mohi dehu lok adhikara. Ka mohi dehu desh ik neyara. Niranjan said, “I am not satisfied with this much. I request you to either give me the entire Amarlok or give me some different abode where I can have my full rule without any interference.” At this, Param Purush told him that his elder brother, Kooram had a seed of 5 elements (in subtle form) and that he could request him (Kooram) to give it to him. With its help he could create 3 Lokas in Shunya and could rule there for 17 Chaukri Asankhya yugas. Niranjan went to Kooram ji and without requesting him, forcibly snatched the seed of 5 elements in a manner one draws out the blood from someone’s body. Kooram ji remained calm and peaceful. He asked Param Purush what 24 Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 25 kind of a devil He had sent to him. The fellow had forcibly snatched the seed of 5 elements from him. Param Purush asked Kooramji to remain calm and said that the fellow was his younger brother. He asked him to forgive him. Nevertheless, Param Purush thought as to what a kind of Niranjan had been created. With the seed of 5 elements Niranjan created the 5 elements (Sky, fire, air, water and earth). With these element, he created 49 crore yojan earth, sun, moon, stars, seven patals (abodes below the earth), seven other lokas and the like. He remained in Shunya for a long time. However, this universe was lifeless. There were no Hans (souls) there. He thought that the universe was of no avail without the presence of the souls, so he meditated once again on Param Purush for a period of 64 yugas. Param Purush asked him the purpose behind meditating on Him again. Niranjan said— Deejai kheit beej nij sara. He prayed to Param Purush to give him some souls as without these there was none he could rule over in the 3 lokas created by him. Param Purush then desired and produced a girl with 8 arms (Astangi-Adhya Shakti). The girl offered salutations to Him and asked the purose of her creation. Param Purush gave her infinite seeds and said, “O daughter! Niranjan has created 3 lokas in Shunya. He is in Mansrovar. Take these souls and go to him. Both of you should create a true and a real universe in Shunya.” It was ment to be like Hansh’s of Amarlok, n’t to be put in the physical bodies. The universe was to be created on the pattern of Amarlok. 26 Sahib Bandgi 10. Niranjan was thrown out of Amarlok

Adhya Shakti reached Mansrovar. Her beauty fascinated Niranjan. Avat Kamini dekhyo jabhi, Dharam rai Mind harshyo tabb hi. Kala anant antt kachhu nahin, Kaal magan havai nirkhat tahin. Nirkhat Dharam su bhaye adhira, Angg angg sub nirakh sharira. Dharam rai kanya kah grasa, Kaal savhhav suno Dharam Dassa. Niranjan was very much pleased to see Adhya Shakti. She possessed all the virtues one could ever imagine. Catching hold of her feet with one hand and the head with the other, he swallowed her. It is after this incident that he has been called as Kaal Purush or Kaal Niranjan. Keeno gras Kaal anyayi. Tabb kanya chit vismaya laya. Tatchhan kanya keenha pukara. Kaal Niranjan keenha aahara. As soon as Niranjan devoured her, she called out to Param Purush saying Kaal Niranjan had swallowed her. Tabhi Dharam Sahaj lug ayi. Sahaj shunya tabb leenha chhudayi. Then Niranjan went to Sahaj and made him flee from his abode. This is because the worship had made him powerful.

26 Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 27 Purush dheyan Kooram anusara. Mosan Kaal kenha adhikara. Teen sheesh mum bhacchan keenho. Ho Satya Purush daya bhall cheenho. Yehi charitar purush bhall jani. Deenho shap so kahon bakhani. Lacchh jeev nitt grasan kerhu. Swa lacchh nit prati bisterhoo. Param Purush saw that earlier as well he had torn the belly of Kooram to take out the seed of 5 elements and now he had devoured Adya Shakti. He took ill of it and hurled a curse on Niranjan saying, “You will devour one lakh jivas daily but your hunger will still remain unsatisfied. Moreover, you will create 1¼ lakh jivas daily.” Puni keenha purush tivan, tihi chhann meti daro Kaal ho. Kathin Kaal kral jeevan, bahut karei bihal ho. Yehi metat sabai miti hain, bachan dole adolsam. Param Purush thought of eliminating him. He thought that he would give much torture to the Jivas. But He remembered the word given to him to rule over the 3 Lokas for 17 Chaukri Asankhya yug. He thought that if He eliminated him, His own word would break. Moreover, He had kept all of His 16 sons together with the Naal (wire) of surti and eliminating one meant eliminating all of them. Dolai bachan hamar, jo abb meta Dharam ko. Bachan karo pratipal, desh mor abb na lahain. As eliminating him could break His word, He hurled a curse on him saying Niranjan will neither come to His abode nor have His vision. 28 Sahib Bandgi Jogjeet kahan tabb hi bulava. Dharam charit sub kahi samujhaya. Mansrovar rahan na pavai. Abb yeh des Kaal nehin avai. Dharam ke udar mahin hai nari. Taso kaho nis shabad samhari. Udar phai ke bahar avai. Kooram udar vidar phall pavai. Dharam rai soun kaho viloyi. Vohai nari abb tumhari hoyi. Ja ker raho Dharam vahi desha. Swarg mrityu patal naresha. Param Purush called Yogjeet (Kabir Sahib). In fact, Param Purush Himself was yogjeet. He had churned Himself and produced the Geyani Purush (Kabir Sahib). He asked him to throw Niranjan out of Mansrovar and said that he won’t be able to come to His abode again. Adya Shakti was in his belly. He should ask her to meditate on Him, tear his body and come out. He (Niranjan) would thus reap the fruit of his similar action (tearing of the belly of Kooram). Also, he should tell Niranjan that that girl would now remain with him and he could now live in the lokas he had created. Jogjeet chall bhe sir nayi. Mansrovar pahunche jayi. Jogjeet ko dekha jabb heen. Ati bho Kaal bhayankar tabb heen. Puchha Kaal kaun tum ahu. Kaun kaaj tum yahan sidhayu. Offering salutations to Param Purush, Yogjeet went to Mansrovar. Niranjan felt much annoyed on seeing him. He became furious and asked who he was and why he had come there. Yogjeet us kahey pukari. Aho Dharam tum grasehu nari. Agya Purush deenha yeh mohi. Ihite begi nikaro tohi. Yogjeet kanya ko kahiya. Nari kahey udar mahan pahiya. Udar phari abb aavhu bahar. Purush tej sumiro tohi thahar. Yogjeet told him that he had devoured Adhya Shakti. He had come there as per the dictates of Param Purush to Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 29 throw him out from that place. Then he asked the Adhya Shakti why she was lying in his belly. He asked her to meditate on Param Purush, tear off his belly and come out. Suni ke Dharam krodh urjareu. Yogjeet so sanmukh bhieu. Purush agya bheyi tehi kala. Marhu surit lilar krala. Yogjeet puni taiso keenha. Jass agya Purush tehi deenha. Hearing this, Niranjan stood before yogjeet to have a fight with him. Yogjeet meditated on Param Purush, received His power and threw Surti on Niranjan. As a result of it, Niranjan became unconscious and fell down. Gahi bhuja phatkar deenhon, pareu lok se neyar ho. Then Yogjeet caught hold of his arm and threw him down from the Amarlok into Shunya. Badey badey sidh sadhak atke. Khare ju seyane te sub bhatke. Nirakar Niranjan deva. Yehi Nirgun ki sadhe sewa. In mein atki rahey sub geyani. Yehi vastu agam sub jani. JaNaam maran chhute nehin ju ki. Khabar na pavey sanche peev ki. Aum Aunkar aur hai bhayi. Is mein sakal rahey urjhayi. Aage bheid na pavey koyi. Khojat khojat sub gaye bigoyi. Kahai Kabir gupat ghar mera. So nij bheid kahu na hera. Many , devotees and enlightened persons got misled in their search of God. All remained entangled in the worship of Niranjan. They took him as the ultimate reality. The jiv couldn’t free itself from the cycle of birth and death. They failed to get any knowledge of Param Purush. Aum and Aunkar are altogether different things, on which the jiva has got entangled. None could know that which lies beyond. Sahib says that none has been able to have any information about his abode that is a hidden one. 30 Sahib Bandgi Note : The worldly people call Niranjan by different Naames like Nirakar, Narayan, Mind, Ram, Niranjan, Kadar, Kareem, Parmeshwar, Parmatma, Hari, Aduait, Bhagwan, Alakh Niranjan and the like. Thousands of other Naames of Kaal Niranjan can be found in the holy scriptures. Ved hamara bheid hai, hum Vedan ke mahin. Jaun bheid mein main basau, Vedu janat nahin. Sahib says that even the Vedas have no information about the secrets related to him. According to the Quran Sharif, God is Bechuna (formless). Jesus has called God as his heavenly father. He takes himself as his only son. The Vedas as well talk about Nirakar. All our holy scriptures also talk about the formless (Nirakar) as the ultimate. The fact is that this Nirakar is the creator of 84 lakh yonies (wombs and its systems). But the power (surti) that creates awakening in all these yonies is an altogether different one. That is why Sahib speaks about the Nirakar thus— Maan hi nirakar, Niranjan janiye. Take this formless Mind itself as Niranjan. All belive that attaining of Nirankar himself means attaining of salvation. The Sahib Bandgi organisation doesn’t denounce anyone. It accepts the power of Nirakar but, at the same time, talks about something that lies beyond. Sahib has talked about that which lies beyond the Sagun, Nirgun worship or the 5 postures and Words related to yog. Is ke aage bheid hamara, janey ga koyi janan hara. Kahe Kabir janey ga soyi, ja per daya satguru ki hoyi. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 31 Sahib says that only some spiritually enlightened soul who traversed the path- Satguru can say something about the secret related to him. Only the one who has the blessings of a Sant Satguru with him, can understand and experiance this secret. The Sants revealed to the world the details and path to Satya lok, Amar Dham and the 11th dwara- gateway that lies beyond the (sharsthrasar) 10th one. Our organization is trying to make it clear to the devotees the distinction between the Naam related to the body and the one that is a soundless sound and its relation to Amarlok. We are taking the devotees on the path that is the true form of worship. That is why I say it again and again but not out of ego that— “The thing I possess is not to be found anywhere else in the entire Brahmand.” Kag palat Hansa ker deena. Aisa Purush Naam main deena. Akah Naam likha na jayi, pada na jayi. Bin satguru koyi nehin payhi. I bless the devotees with Naam related to Param Purush that has the power to transform the crow like nature of jiva into that of a Hansa. This rare Naam can neither be read nor reduced to writing and none can get blessed with it, without the grace of a satguru. 32 Sahib Bandgi 11. O’Men! Where are you searching of me?

Kasturi kundal basey, mrig khoje bun mahin. Aise ghat ghat sayiyan, murakh janat nahin. The musk is present in the navel of the musk deer but it makes a search for it in the forest. Likewise, God is present within every human body but the foolish man doesn’t know of it. The deer smells every herb in search of musk. It thinks that the fragrance is coming from some where outside. Thus, it ends its life in vain, in the attempt to find out the source of fragrance. It never for a moment think that the fragrance is coming from within its own body. In the same manner, man thinks that the abode of God is somewhere outside in the universe and as such, he makes an attempt to find Him outside. Sahib says— Lakhon ner talash mein, ghar mila na avinashi, ka. Lakhs of people are making a search of God but none could get the true information about His abode. The worldly people are not only wandering outside in search of God, many of them are making a search within themselves as well. In the inner world, some are wandering in the Bhanwar Gufa and Bunk Naal (Sushman nerve),others are engaged in practising Unmuni, Khechri, Bhuchri and other kinds of Mudras (postures) and the like. Some raise their eyes upward and pray to God to listen to their prayer. Sahib has beautifully described this situation— Moko kahan dhoonde o bandey, main to terey pass mein. 32 Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 33 O Man! where are you searching of me? I reside very much near you. Na main jall mein na main thall mein, nehin shunya akash mein. I don’t reside in water, on earth or in sky even. Na teerath mein na moorat mein, na ekant nivas mein. Neither I reside in places of pilgrimage or in the idols nor in lonely places. There is no use of going to the forests even. Na mandir na masjid mein, na Kashi Kailash mein. Neither I am to be found in temples or mosques nor in Kashi or Kailash. It is useless to make a search of me at religious places or on the mountains. Na main japp mein na main tapp mein, na main barat upvas mein. I can’t be attained through recitation of Mantras (holy words/incantation) or hard penance or through observing of fasts. The poor people who, on many occasions, fail to get any food and are thus in the state of fast, should he able to attain Him?. Na main kriya karam mein rahta, nehin yog sanyas mein. I can’t be attained through the performance of Karmas (rites) or through Yog or renunciation even. Now the question arises that if He is very much near us, why do we take so long a time in attaining Him. Sahib says in this regard— Param Purush apne hi ur payo. I realised God within my self. However, those who don’t know this secret, continue to wander outside in search of Him. 34 Sahib Bandgi Jaise nari kanth mani bhushan, janyo kahun ganwayo. It is just the case of a lady who was worried, unable to locate her necklace. Actually, it had got wrapped in her clothes. Likewise, man is feeling sad for having failed to find God, who, at all the times, resides within him. Kehi sakhi ne aan batayo, Mind ko bharam mitayo. In the meantime, some friend of the lady helped her in finding out the necklace and thus removed the cause behind her sadness. Jyun tireeya sapne sut khayo, sapne mein akulayi. Jaag pari palanga per payo, na kahun gayo na ayo. A lady found in her dream that her child had been lost. She became distraught and sad. However, on getting awake, she found that the child was lying beside her. Likewise, one need not go out in search of God. Out of ignorance we imagine, that God is away from us. This is the only point to note. To create awakening among the people, Sahib spoke in a very simple language— Ulti sugandh nabhi ki leeni, sathir hoye sakuchayo. A sense of shame will overtake a devotee after knowing that God resides within him. Unlike a deer, he can realise that the rare fragrance has been emanating from within him. Kahain Kabir bheyi hai vah gati, jyun goonge gur khayo. Ta ka swad kahai kahu kaise, maan hi maan sakuchayo. It is just like the case of a dumb who enjoys the taste of jangry-raw sugar but cannot explain the same. Sahib says that the life without Sar Shabad is just like that of hell. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 35 12. Uniqueness of Amarlok of Sant Satguru

Teen lok se bhinn pasara. Amarlok satguru ka neyara. The Amarlok from where the satgurus come, is altogether different and rare one as compared to the entire 3 lokas. Tahan nehin parley ki chhaya. Nehin tahan kachhu moh aru maya. It is eternal, no dissolution of any kind happens there. In addition, attachment and Maya (illusion) does not exist there. All of us are living in this perishable universe. All the Rishi-Munies, who came to this universe, talked upto three lokas only (Hell, Heaven and Earth). These lokas are perishable. However, the place Sahib talked about is beyond any kind of dissolution. He further says— Geyan dheyan ko tahan na lekha. Paap Punya tahvan nehin dekha. No knowledge or meditation can be accounted there. In addition, there is nothing like sin or merit exist there. We are talking about the performance of meriterious deeds. Nevertheless, Sahib has said— Paap Punya yeh donon bedi. Ik loha ik kanchan keri. Both—the sin and the merit—are a kind of shakles. The only difference is that while one is that of iron, the other one is that of gold. Pavan na pani purush na nari. Hadd anhad tahan nahin vichari.

35 36 Sahib Bandgi Brahm na jeev na tattav ki chhaya. Nehin tahan dus indri nirmaya. No air, water, male or female are to be found there. Also, there is no existence of Brahm, Jiv, elements or the 10 Indriyas- sense organs. There is need to think over the fact that even the jivas are not to be found there. When the soul assumes some body, it is called as Jiva. However, there are no bodies or any kind of Indriyas to be found there. That abode is beyond all these. The soul feels secure in that abode in a manner one feels secure in an A.C. fitted room in summer. This is because there is no Niranjan to torture the jivas. Tahan nehin Jyoti Niranjan rayi. Akshar achint tahan na jayi. Kaam krodh madd lobh na koyi. Tahvan harash shok na hoyi. The vices like lust, anger and greed etc. these are related to Mind. As there is no Mind in Amarlok, these vices also have no-existence there. Naad bind tahan na pani. Nehin tahan sarishti chaurasi jani. There are no musical notes to be found there. In addition, there is no existence of 84 lakh yonies. In some book I read that the musical notes can be heard there at all the times. Such a thing does not happen in Satlok. Pind Brahmand ko tahan na lekha. Lokalok tahvan nehin dekha. Aadi Purush tahvan asthana. Yeh charitar eko nehin jana. There is nothing like body, Brahmand, lokas (abodes) and the like. None knows that abode which belongs to Param Purush. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 37 That Amarlok is the abode of souls. Sahib has talked about an abode that is rare from the entire 3 lokas. There are no moon, sun, stars, days and nights and 5 material elements to be found there. No problem of family, dynasty, hunger, thirst, hot and cold, pleasure and pain is to be found there. What is pleasure? It is just the satisfaction of desires related to Mind. Suppose the Mind desires to have a certain thing. If the Mind succeeds in having it, it will feel pleasure but if it doesn’t get the desired thing, it will feel the pain. Again, suppose the Mind desires to have profit in some business. If there is profit, it will feel happy whereas if there is no profit, it will feel sad. So the sense of pleasure is related to the desires of Mind alone. Then there are no sufferings and ailments to be found there. All these are related to the body. When there are no bodies in Amarlok, there can be no question of the existence of diseases there. Also, there is nothing like caste, Ashram, community, sense of superiority or inferiority, religion and the like to be found there. That abode is the most beautiful of all. Its glory is indescribable. There is nothing like imagination in this regard. There is every element of truth in all this. The scientists are providing us with many new facts related to life on this earth, space and the like. We are accepting their views. The scientists say that there are many other suns and their families like the sun of our universe. All of us will have to agree to it. Some understand it while others will do so in due course of time. Even the children will be taught these things in schools. Likewise, many have accepted all that Sahib said and others will accept it in due course of time. In every home the parents will tell their children the stories and facts related to Sahib. What a kind of time that will be when even the 38 Sahib Bandgi small children will be seen reciting the sayings of Sahib— Marhami hoye so janey santo, aisa desh hamara hai. Avdhu begum desh hamara hai. Ved Kateb paar nehin pawat, kahan sunan se neyara hai. Bin badal jahan bijuri chamkey, bin sooraj ujiara hai. Bina seep jahan moti upjey, bin mukh bain uchara hai. Jyoti lagaye Brahm jahan darpey, aage agam apara hai. Kahain Kabir tahan rahni hamari, boojhai gurumukh peyara hai. O saints! none but some noble soul can know of the abode I have come from, that abode Satya Lok. The Vedas and the other holy scriptures can’t throw any light on it. It is unique in every respect. The lightning can be seen there even without the presence of clouds and light can be seen there even without the presence of any sun. The pearls are produced there even without any conch and every soul can speak there without any mouth. My abode is far beyond the abode of Brahm. Only some real devotee of a guru can have any knowledge of it. These words clearly indicate that there is some abode that lies beyond the limit of 3 lokas. In fact, that Amarlok is nothing else but Satya Purush Himself. What can be said about Him? Sahib says— Chall Hansa Satlok, chhodo yeh sansara ho. O Hansa! leave this universe and move for Satlok. Nothing is stable here. It needs only 30 seconds for the dissolution of the entire Brahmand. Sometimes storms and sometimes the misfortunes of one or the other kind are to be seen here. But nothing of the sort happens there. Tahan nehin yam ka kalesha. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 39 There is no problem due to yam as well. Here the 5 material elements will destroy each other. They are opposed to each other. You won’t feel safe if your own brother living in the same house, wants to kill you. Therefore, this universe is not safe. No one living here is secure and safe. Even a small increase or decrease in temperature can cause problem. But there is nothing like this to be seen in Amar lok. Some think about the kind of appearance Param Purush has. All of you know Him. Reaching there, one finds as if one had reached one’s own house after wandering about in some other universe. Just as we find ourselves in our own house after visiting different places in our dream, in the same manner, the soul has been misled because of Mind. Some think how would they feel in Satlok. But the fact is that on reaching near Satlok, the soul begins to realise that it was its own abode. On coming into the awakened state from that of the dream, all of us realise that we were in our own house. Brahma Vishno Mahesh na tahvan. There is no existence of Brahma, Vishno or Mahesh. That is your own universe. Kahoon rekta door desh ka, joat aur noor ka kaam nehin. Shesh kerta to par pavey nehin, dus autar koon gum nahin. Ved kahte donon se bhaid neyara rahma, tahan to akela sanhi. Saanch jhuth ke padd geya untra, saanch to jhuth ka hai kaam nahin. 40 Sahib Bandgi Kahai Kabir ao Purush to agam hai, pahunche koyi santva desh tayi. The light and glare have nothing to do, with the distant universe, about which I am talking. Even Shesh Nag, the creator of the universe, ten incarnations and the likes, have no access to that universe. The Vedas speaks of the Sagun as well as the Nirgun only. But that universe is unique and a rare one. There is one God (Sahib) alone. There is great difference between the truth and falsehood. The false and unreal (Maya) universe has no role to play there. None but a Sant can reach Amarlok, the abode of Param Purush. Niranjan produced the Vedas. Afterwards, the Rishi, Munies also added their views into these. In fact, the Vedas have been produced from Svasam Ved. Niranjan took some points from Sat lok and added his own glory into them so that the worldly people may think of him alone. That is why there is no mention of Param Purush in them. The Vedas contain no information about their father (Param Purush). As a result, the real and pure form of the sayings contained in Svasam Ved disappeared. Niranjan didn’t mention all the contents of this Veda in the 4 Vedas produced by him. Rather, he glorified his ownself. Sahib says— Alakh agochar jo prabhu ahaei. Tasu katha kaise koyi kaheyi. Hari Har Brahma paar na pavai. Aur jeev ki kaun chalavai. Karta purush jakat ko joyi. Ta ko Naam na janey koyi. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 41 Jete Naam jagat te mahin. Rai Niranjan ko sub ahin. How can one recite the Katha (discourse) of God that has His abode far away. Even Brahma, Vishno and Mahesh can’t succeed in obtaining any knowledge of Him. Then what can be said about the other jivas. None has any information about the true and real creator who alone is behind all this manifestation. All the Naams in this universe are related to Niranjan alone. Describing the glory of that Loka, Sahib says— Suno Dharam Dass bheid ki vani. Tahan na roop rekh nishani. Vahan nehin Adi Shakti avtara. Satya lok hai sub se neyara. Vahan nehin Adi Niranjan deva. Brahma Vishno Mahesh na Sewa. Vahan nehin chand soor avtara. Agam Purush sabhi te neyara. Paanch teen tahan nehin bhayi. Taki gum nehin kahu payi. Auham soham aur R-Rankara. Na aru pran agam te neyara. Koyi na ayi koyi na jayi. Yeh khabar koyi nehin payi. There is no existence of any kind of appearance and the like. No incarnations or Adya Shakti is to be found there. That is a very rare kind of loka. There is no existence of Niranjan even. Brahma, Vishno, Shivji, moon, sun, three gunas (Rajo, Tamo, Satwa), 5 material elements, even 42 Sahib Bandgi words;Aum, Soham, R-Rankar and the like are not to be found there. In fact, none has any information about Him. This universe belongs to Kaal Purush and not to Param Purush. Had it been the universe of the real God, Sahib would not have said— Chall Hansa Satlok hamare, chhodo yeh sansara ho. Yehi sansar Kaal hai raja, karam ka jaal pasara ho. Chaudah khand basey vakey mukh mein, sub hi ko karat ahara ho. Jarbar koyla ker daran, phir phir le avtara ho. Brahma Vishno Shivtan dhariya, aur ko kaun vichara ho. Sur ner muni sub chhal chhal maarle, chaurasi mein dara ho. Madho akash aap jahan baithe, Jyoti shabad thahiyara ho. Ta ko roop kahan lug barno, anant bhanu ujiyara ho. Vahi par ik nagar basat hai, barsat amrit dhara ho. Kahain Kabir suni Dharam Dass, lakho Purush durbara ho. O Hansa! leave this universe and move to our Satlok. This universe belongs to Kaal Purush. He has spread the Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 43 net of Karmas here. He tortures and kills all mercilessly. The Tridevas and the like as well assume the physical bodies here. He is cheating all—be they Sur, Ner, Muni or the like and is keeping them entangled in the cycle of 84 lakh yonies. He himself remains seated in the sky as Jyoti Saroop. There is the light of crores of suns. However, beyond it, there is a universe where the current of nectar keeps flowing. Crores of suns and moons fall into insignificance before the light of even one pore of Param Purush. O Dharam Dass! watch the Durbar of Param Purush. The three lokas of Kaal Purush have been created out of the 5 material elements. These elements have some limit. The Shastras also say that these 5 elements will disappear at the time of dissolution. The Satyarath Parkash of Dayanand Saraswati ji also says so and the scientists as well are accepting this veiw. Will these 3 lokas that include Swarag lok, Pitar lok, Brahm lok etc., perish? These will certainly perish. As such, these are unreal. It is in this context that the Sants and the enlightened souls have called this universe as unreal, unstable and dream like. There is no trace of reality here. The sants have divided this infinite into 3 parts—Shunya, Mahashunya and Amarlok. 44 Sahib Bandgi 13. This universal Soul and God are like a dream.

In yog Vashishath, it is mentioned that once Ram ji told Vashishath Muni that the universe was an abode of sufferings and sorrows. At this, Vashishath muni said, “O Ram! About which universe are you talking? There has never been any existence of this universe. It is only an imagination of your remembrance (Chit- Memory). Just remove your chit away from it, the very existence of the universe will vanish.” It is the chit that tells us about the identity of a thing. Otherwise, there is nothing of the sort. Kahat Kabir suno bhayi sadho, jagat bana hai Mind se. Sahib asks us to think over the fact that the creation of the universe is due to Mind alone. Chander surya bhas swapan, panch mein prapanch swapan. Swarag au Narak basai sau swapan roop hai. The appearance of the moon and the sun is maya. Those residing in heaven and hell are also residing in a dream world. In fact, the position in which you are sitting is also a farce. Auhum au Soham swapan pind aur Brahmand swapan. Atma parmatma swapan roop so aroop hai. Aum, Soham, the physical body as well as the Brahmand itself are a illusion. Even soul and God are a farce. This is because the Hansa is called as a soul when it comes in the company of Mind. So it is not the really awakened state

44 Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 45 and is, as such, called a soul. And since God is the Naame of Niranjan, so he is also nothing but a farce. However, the Satguru is not a dream. This is because he resides in Surti. Sahib again says— Kahat Kabir sun Gorakh vachan mum, Swapan se parey satya satya roopbhoop hai. Soyi Satya Naam Satya Lok beech vasa karey, Nehin kahoon aave nehin javey Satya roop hai. He tells Gorakh that the Satya Naam alone is the truth. This is because it has its link with Amarlok that never perishes. There is no existence of Mind there. That is beyound the limit of Mind and is as such, called as the truth. Sahib says— Chall Hansa Satlok chhoro yeh sansara ho. O Hansa! leave this universe and move for Satlok. Nothing is stable in this universe. It will hardly take 30 seconds for the Brahmand to perish. Many storms and other kinds of misfortunes continue to engulf it. But nothing of the sort happens in Satlok. Tahan nehin yam ka kalesha. There is no problem of Yama in Satlok. The material elements in this Brahmand will destroy each other. This is because they are opposed to each other. 46 Sahib Bandgi 14. Parmpurush is unique and indescribable

Jo pahuncha janeyga vohi, kahan sunan se neyara hai. That Amarlok is a rare one. Only he who reaches there, can give a description of it. Everything in the universe can be described but it is impossible to give a description of Amarlok that lies far beyond this universe. Dharam Dass ji was astonished to hear of it. He prayed to Sahib to give him a brief description of that place. Adi Purush ke roop ko, kaho mohi samjhayi ke. Kindly explain to me the appearance of that Param Purush. Sahib said that he would explain to him through the physical body. Pratham Purush ka roop bakhano. So tum roop hirdey mein aano. Purush angg chhavi varan sunai. Gupat bheid main tohi lakhai. Purush shobha agam apara. Ta ko main ab barno para. Koti anant yojan lau kaya. Kahan lug kahon tasu ki chhaya. His body extends upto infinite yojans. It is not a matter of some thousand, lakh, crore, Arab, Kharab, Padam, Neel, Sankhya or Asankhya (Units of Linear measurement- Distence). After Sankhya comes 10 Sankhya and after this 46 Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 47 comes Asankhya. Asankhya also means countless. Then what can be said about the infinite? But Sahib has talked about infinite number of infinites. He possesses such a vast body. In fact, He has no body. But Sahib has talked about infinite number of infinities. Though he has no body, yet Sahib has tried to explain to Dharam Dass taking the body as an example. Kachhu sankshep mein deoun batayi. Kahan kahon kachhu varnin na jayi. Koti alap jug jaye sirayi. Mukh anant so varnin na jayi. In short, it is not possible to give a description of Him even if I make an attempt with countless mouths and continues to do so for crores of Kalaps Ya kachhu suksham roop lakhaun. Kachhu kachhu shobha varan sunaun. Abb mastak ko varno bhesha. Manon anant bhanu shashi lekha. Jagar magar mastak ujiara. Varnat banai na roop apara. The appearance of his forehead is like that of countless moons and suns. That is not the forehead. It is even beyond the limit of our perceptions. It is only to enable you to have some idea of it. His beauty is indescribable. Abb nainan ka kahoon parmana. Mano anant bhan shashi jana. Jimi kotin damin laptani. Joat anant ki jimi khani. 48 Sahib Bandgi Varnat baney na tako runga. Kahan lug kahon tas parsunga. His eyes are like the innumerable suns and moons. These look like crores of electric waves. These as well are indescribable. In fact, nothing in the universe can be cited as an illustration. All that I have said is to give you just a glimpse of His appearance. I have no other means to make the idea clear to you. Nasa roop kahon parchanda. Mano ajar anant Brahmanda. Pohap baas tahan te praktayi. Ghran anant yojan lug jayi. The nostrils appear to have crores of Brahmands accommodated in them and the fragrance coming out of these appears to be spreading upto countless yojans in all the directions. Shravan roop main kahaun bakhana. Anant sindh mano samana. Ta yeh kamal anantan phoola. Sakha pattar dar nehin moola. Ta ko shobha varnan na jayi. Kamal roop tahan adhik suhayi. The ears appear to have in them countless oceans, with countless lotus flowers, having no branch, leaf, root etc. The beauty of these can’t be described in words. Abb mukh shobha kahon bakhani. Pind Brahmand tehi mahin smani. Nau shunya jahan lug basa. So mukh bheetar keenha nivasa. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 49 Lok anant dekhiye tahi. Sarvakar roop hai jahi. All the manifestation upto Shunyas resides in His mouth. Not only this much, countless lokas are to be seen in His mouth. In such a situation, how can one give a description of these? Purush roop ka varnan bhai. Varnan baney na hoye dhithayi. Purush shobha agam apara. Mukh anant nehin pavey para. To describe the appearance of Param Purush is not only difficult but an impossible task. Doing so is nothing but an act of showing stubbornness. Countless mouths even can’t explain His beauty and splendour. Chikur shobha kahon bhujai. Koti rabi shashi rome lajjai. Kotin chand soor prakasha. Ek ek rome anant bhasa. What to talk of the splendour of His hair. Every pore of His hair can put crores of suns to insignificance. He further says— Purush angg ka karau bakhana. Rachna koti tatu mein jana. Shaveit akar Purush ko anga. Phatak varan dehi ko runga. Shabad saroop Purush hai bhayi. Varnon kaha varan nehin jayi. So to say, crores of creations can be found in His body. His body is white and transparent. Nothing like this universe is to be found there. That Sahib has the appearance of word 50 Sahib Bandgi and light. He is a soundless sound. He is indescribable and all that I am saying is nothing but a brief account for the sake of illustration. Jahan lug jeev bund hai bhai. Ta ker bheid kahaun samujhayi. Hans anant bund sum jano. Abhi sindhu Purush pahichano. Take the countless Hansas as droplets and Param Purush as similar to a very vast ocean of nectar. Garib Dasji says; Shabad akhand hoat din raati. Na koyi pooja na koyi baati. Aisi haqiqat ko main ne jana. Aras kuras noor daras, tej punj dekha. Koti bhanu sanch manu rome rome dekha. Garib Dass ji asks us to take it as truth that he sighted the light equivalent to crores of suns emanating from every pore of Param Purush. Vinti karain ker jor Dharman, sun hu satguru sar ho. Sat lok hai kaun shobha. Tahan kaun vyohar ho. Kaun roop jo Purush rah-hin, kavan sukh Hansa karey. Kamini kihi roop rajai, tahan sukh vistar ho. Dharam Dass ji prays to Sahib to tell him about the Beauty of Satlok and the way the Hansas are treated there. What sort of an appearance does Param Purush have? What sort of comforts do the Hansas find there. He requests Sahib to tell him everything in detail. Sahib says that every soul in Satya Lok is immortal. All are alike in their appearance. At that place, every Hansa has a light equivalent to that of 16 suns. Param Purush has a great beauty. The light of crores of suns seems insignificant Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 51 before the light emanating from his single pore. He who knows the secret related to Param Purush, becomes pure and flawless like a Hansa. To reach Amarlok, the jiva has to take the shelter of Satya Naam alone. There the Hansas taste the fruit in the form of nectar. It satisfies their hunger for yugas together. Also, all their misconceptions get removed and the thirst of ages together gets quenched. (Param Purush Himself is the nectar there on whom the jivas live). None speaks injurious words there. All speak in a very gentle and pleasing expression. To attain Him, one has to keep in the heart the nectarian Naam in a very lovable manner. An enlightened soul is that which keeps in the heart the Naam blessed by the Satguru. O Dharam Dass! I have revealed to you the secret related to Sar Naam. He who knows this secret, becomes pure like a Hansa. With the power of this Sar Naam, the jiva can certainly find a place in Satlok. Sahib further says— Jo pahuncha janey ga vohi, kahan sunan se neyara hai. It is impossible to explain the exact splendour of that loka. Only one who reaches there, can know of it. Dharam Dass samajh ke rahna. Kahaun kaha kachhu nehin kahna. Try to understand what I say. I am not in a position to present the exact picture. Chall Hansa tu desh hamare, Sahib dait pukara hai. Satya to kewal Amarlok hai, jhutha sub sansara hai. O Hansa! leave for our abode. Param Purush gives a call for the same. All other abodes except the Amarlok are nothing but a farce. 52 Sahib Bandgi 15. The Power of Satguru’s Surti- Concentration

Now the question arises as to how this rare soul can return to Param Purush. Bin Satguru pavey nehin, koyi kotin karey upaye. However hard one may try, one can’t reach there without the support of a satguru. Niranjan utilises the services of yamas for preventing the jivas from reaching there. A true Satguru has in his possession the Surti of Param Purush and is as such, powerful enough to awaken his power within you. Param Purush offers this opportunity to only such devotees as are Gurumukh in the real sense. He manifest Himself in such Satgurus who, in their turn, enter this power within other jivas and save them from the clutches of Kaal. There is no other way out, except that of getting blessed with Sar Naam from a Satguru if the jivas desire to cross the worldly ocean. This is because none else is more powerful than Kaal Niranjan. This Sar Naam is, in fact, Param Purush Himself. So neither one’s own efforts nor the different worldly Naams related to the 52 letters blessed by the worldly , can help jiva in this regard. This miracle can be performed only by a Satguru whose soul has been absorbed in Param Purush. Niranjan finds himself powerless before this Naam. Ada ker khud khazane se chhuda le apne bandey ko.

52 Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 53 O Param Purush! save the jiva from the grip of Kaal with your own power. That is to say, it is the Naam of Param Purush that helps Jiva reach Amarlok. None of the earlier Rishi-Munies, Yogis, Sidhs and the like could reach Param Purush. Though they worshipped hard, yet they failed to achieve permanent Salvation because they did not get Sar Naam from Poorna Satguru. Jaye Niranjan mahin samavein. Aage ka koyi gamya na pavey. They remained within the limit of Niranjan and so did not know what lay beyond. There is a definite logic behind attaching so much significance to a Satguru. Param Purush is like an ocean that can’t take its water to others. He is like a sandal tree that can’t spread its fragrance to others. It is the clouds that take the water of the ocean, even to far off places and it is the air that spreads the fragrance of the sandal tree to others. The role of Satgurus is exactly like the role of the clouds and the air. After absorbing themselves in Param Purush, they absorb within them His very awakened Surti and at the time of blessing with Naam, they use it to awaken the part of Param Purush hidden in the Surti of the disciple. This is called as the activity of blessing with Naam, Naam dhiksha or Naam dhan. And it is this Naam that takes the Hansa of the disciple during his very life time (Jeevan Mukta stage- Librated while living) or after death, to its real abode. 54 Sahib Bandgi 16. This world is like a Dream - Mirage.

Jyun sapna pekhna, jug rachna tim jaan. Is main kachhu sancho nehin, yeh Nanak sanchi maan. Nanak Dev ji says that one should take the world as a dream. This is truth and truth alone in what he says. Is it true that the world we are living in is a dream? We find a mention of it in the sayings of the enlightened souls. Sahib has said— Jagat hai rain ka sapna. The world is a dream of mirage. If it is really so, why are we taking everything like Joys and sorrows; relations; desires, achievements and other such things as true? What matter really is! We take everything in the dream as true but in reality it is not so. This is because we find no trace of it on getting awake. Like the mirage in the desert or on the open straight and long road in the summer due to the effect of hot air.This is the case not of one or two but of everyone of us. Even the shastras say that the world is like a dream. Still every one of us is taking the body and the material objects as truth. In fact, this appearance is nothing but the play of some particular state. I’ll give proof in support of it. The world is appearing as real simply because of some particular state or circumstances. He who sees a dream, feels everything happening in a natural and truthful manner. But on getting awake, he finds that it was only a dream and not a reality. Why does everything in the dream appear to be true in the dream? It is we who saw the 54 Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 55 dream and it is we who woke up from sleep. Again, it is we who took everything in the dream as true and everything on getting awake as untrue and a mere dream. After all, what is that which made us take the dream as true? We feel joy if we become a king in dream. As long as we were seeing the dream, everything was appearing to be true. On getting awake, it was we who refused to believe it. The joys and sorrows one experiences in a dream, disappear on getting awake. What was it? It was nothing but a change of state. In fact, all that we see in the Brahmand is nothing but a dream. You don’t seem to have given a serious thought to the world of dream. What a sort of misconception it is! Even Shiv, Sankadi, Rishi, Munies and the like are under this misconception. It means, it was the effect of a particular state. A bhang (Narcotics) eater often sees ditches in earth. Sometimes, he feels as if he is flying. The fact is that neither there were ditch that he saw nor there was anything like flying. All this happened as a result of intoxication. Likewise, the dream is a sort of misconception. However, the question arises as to how this change of state takes place. In the dream state, one experiences the happenings of that very state. One continues to see dreams during the whole of night but finds everything gone on getting awake. None understands this change. In the same manner, all those living in the 3 lokas are living under misconception. Sushupati, Swapan, Jagrat and Turia are the four states. Sometimes, you reach a state where nothing seems to be clear to you. But it is a fact that there remains some effect of the dream state even after coming into the state of awakening. It is similar to the case of a drunkard who takes 56 Sahib Bandgi wine at night but feels effect of hangover after getting awake. After getting awake from sleep, the fellow sometimes thinks where he is. He looks at the doors, the windows and other things to confirm the place. Such a thing happens with everyone. It takes some time to realise where he actually is. This was the state of a great ignorance. In dream, his conentration had got shrunk in the navel region. In sleep, the awareness gets confined to the left side of the throat. On awakening, the dream state disappears. Often you find yourself in no mood to talk to others soon after getting awake. All this is nothing but the after-effect of the dreadful sights you had just watched in your dream. Often man faces problems and sorrows in dream, but he finds their solution as well in the dream itself. Suppose someone beats you in dream. You try to run away for safety taking the opponent as stronger than you do. If you find some snake, you try to save yourself. That is to say, you become alert on seeing the enemy. But, if in case, you don’t find any solution, you try to grapple with your opponent. It means, you use your brain. Some dreadful events cause an adverse effect on your brain. Medical science has so far not given any convincing reasoning for the same. Whenever man is faced with acute problems, he goes to sleep with thoughts about them. He tries to find a solution to them in his dreams. Sometimes, you feel thirsty but you avoid quenching your thirst due to laziness. In sleep, you feel thirsty. As such, you should quench your thirst at least once if you feel the need for it in your sleep. One feels thirstier during sleep. The question arises as to why does man feel thirsty during sleep. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 57 The need for thirst arises because of breathing. In sleep, man breathes fast. Normally man takes the needed breaths in his awakened state. The mouth of some persons remains open during sleep. Why does it happen so? This is because they fail to inhale the needed air through nostrils and so feel the necessity to take it through mouth as well. This is a clear indication of the weakness of lungs. However, it is dangerous. There are many kinds of virus in air. The nostrils have a system to prevent their entry but the mouth doesn’t have such a system. As such, various kinds of virus make their entry through the mouth. Man uses his energy for breathing. So there are more chances of heart attack during sleep. Some snore during sleep. Normally, it is the older people and not the younger ones who do so. The lungs of children are strong. They take in the needed amount of air. So it is the person with weak lungs who snores in order to draw in the needed amount of air. How does this sound come out? This is because the airs breathed through mouth and the nostrils strike with each other near the passage of air. It has its effect on the heart. Such persons are more prone to heart diseases and they expire during their sleep. Moreover, the use of force for breathing makes a person feel thirsty and it makes his mouth bitter. If he gets up and takes some water, he feels relief. In sleep, he keeps no hold over his brain and performs some such wrong acts as he can’t think of performing in the awakened state. But the state of sleep is a natural one. A certain Naami told me that during his sleep, an evil soul came and tortured him. It gave him a thrashing as well. I told him to recite the Naam. He said that he forgot to do so at that time but after giving a severe thrashing to him, it ran away as soon as he remembered me. 58 Sahib Bandgi The problem with him was that he couldn’t think of reciting Naam at that particular time. For that, I advise you to keep your concentration at all the times at your guru. This will enable you to have a deep association. Whenever some fellow faces a problem, he utters the Naame of his mother. After all, what help can an old mother give to the young son. The fact is that from the very beginning he had taken it in the depth of his heart that the mother was his greatest saviour. Uttering of her Naam at the time of trouble was a natural one. A fellow told me a great and a lovely fact. He said that during sleep he forgot all about his real identity and often committed wrong acts with his mother, sister and the like. Nevertheless, he did not forget me. This is true. This is because when I cast a look at you, you get awakened. That is why I try to look at every Naami during the course of satsang. At that time, my attention remains towards those who understand what I say. I am of the firm belief that you remain awakened as long as I look at you. The same happens during the course of your offering of salutations (Bandgi). You feel sad if I don’t cast a look at you. Nothing appears to be good to you. I think even the things on which the enlightened souls cast their look, become awakened. Lucky indeed are those who attract the attention of the satguru to them. The attention gets diverted towards two kinds of persons. In the first category fall those who offer complete surrender. It is but natural. In the 2nd category fall those who have firm faith. Dev ji says— Nanak jo guru seve apna, haun tis balihari jaun. Guru Nanak Dev ji says that he bows before him who serves his guru. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 59 We are taking the parents, brothers and other relations as true and real but the sayings of the sants show that nothing is true. However, the secret lies in the fact that man can’t come out of this situation, inspite of his hard efforts. The world is a farce. It only appears to be true. This is Mind. All the things like ‘my father’, ‘my mother’, ‘my children’, ‘my family’, joys, sorrows etc. that we are experiencing, are in the wakeful state. This wakeful state is a delusion. This as well is the play of Mind. All the pleasures and sorrows we experience in our dream appear to be as much true as they appear in the wakeful state. The feeling of shock and sorrow on being awarded death penality in the wakeful state is the same as that in the dream state. The only difference is that on getting awake all that we saw in the dream turns out to be a farce. But the question arises as to who created this state. The Mind did so. Not only the unlettered persons but also the intellectuals, the Rishi-Munies and the like take all the happenings of the wakeful state as true and real. The intoxication of Mind is responsible for all this. One day, I asked some Naami at Kunjwani about the intoxication related to Bhang. He said that after taking Bhang, he saw 5 persons in place of a single one and on sleeping on the bed he felt as if he were flying in the sky. Sleeping on the belly made him feel as if he were going to Patal. He said that he remained changing sides for the whole night. While walking, it appeared to him as if the tree were bent and would soon fall. When he laughed, he continued to do so. He could not say what had happened to him. Then seeing him in that condition, some fellow said that he had taken Bhang. The fellow suggested that he should be given 60 Sahib Bandgi the imli water (Tamarind juice) to take. It was only then that he came to his senses. Likewise, the guru also gives a herb to take. This herb removes the intoxication. The sight of the ditches was nothing, but an ilusion. Just as the intoxication of Bhang gives a flying like feeling, the intoxication of Mind makes everything appear as true and real. That man said that he never took Bhang after passing through such a pitiable condition. Not only the dream state but also the wakeful state has no element of truth in it. It is nothing but delusion. By the time one remains within its bounds, one takes every happening as true and real. Sahib says— Jagat hai rain ka sapna. Samajh na koyi jahan apna. The world is like a dream. Don’t take anyone as your own. Had there been no intoxication of Mind-Maya, the Jeevatma wouldn’t have performed any job. Had there been no intoxication of Bhang, no person would have soared in the sky. Every activity is performed due to the effect of intoxication. Likewise, man wastes whole of his life in the thoughts of his children, wealth and other material things. JaNaam tera baaton hi beet geyo. tu ne kabhun na Naam japo. You never bothered to recite ‘Naam’ and wasted away your life in idle talks alone. Sahib said many rare things about the world and the worldly people. Rahna nehin desh veerana hai. There is no fun of living in this land of aliens. Yeh sansar nav kagaz ki, boond padey gali jana hai. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 61 This world is like a paper boat that will drown in water. Yeh sansar phool semar ka, chonch lagey pachhtana hai. This world is like the semar flower. Attempt to take it is sure to cause repentance. The parrot, taking the red Semar flower as beautiful and full of juice, thinks of taking it. Nevertheless, it feels sad when it finds only fibres (cotton like) coming out of it. All the things that appear pleasureful are sure to prove a cause of pain and repentance. Yeh sansar jhar aru jhakhar, ulajh pulajh mer jana hai. This world is like the bushes and dry hay. One is sure to die after getting entangled in these. Jaag jaag ner jaag re. Kiyun tu soya moh nisha mein, uth ke bhajan mein lag re. O Man! be awake. Save yourself from the intoxication of attachment and recite the holy Naam. Everything in the entire Brahmand is sure to perish. No intellectual or the holy scripture, takes it as stable. This is the universe of Mind, and in this unreal universe of Mind, all are living as slaves. All are worshipping this Mind. Sahib says that all the four states in which the people remain entangled are nothing but an illusion. He has beautifully described this situation. Naad bind yog swapan, jeev ish bhog swapan. Bhoomi aav taar nirakar swapan roop hai. The musical notes, yog, jiv and God are nothing but a dream. The universe and the appearing of Nirakar in the form of Sagun are also a dream. Pap punya karai swapan Ved aur Vedant swapan. Vacha aur avacha swapan roop so anup hai. 62 Sahib Bandgi Speaking, hearing, the Vedas, the Vedant and even sin and merit are dreams. Chander surya bhas swapan, panch mein prapanch swapan. Swarg Narak beech basey, sau swapan roop hai. The moon, the sun, the heaven and the hell are also a dream. Even the gods residing in the heaven are in the state of dream. Auhum aur Soham swapan, pind aur Brahmand swapan. Atma Parmatma swapan roop so aroop hai. Aum, Soham, body, Brahmand, the soul and God even are dream like. You can have doubt as to how the soul and God can be called as a dream. When is the Wakeful state called as a soul? When the water freezes, it is called as ice and when it is in the liquid form, it is called as water. Likewise, when the wakeful force comes in contact of Mind, it is called as soul. God is the Name of Mind. Paar Brahm as well is the Name given to Mind. As such, God is also taken as a dream. Jra mrityu Kaal swapan guru shishya bodh swapan. Akshar Ni-Akshar atma swapan roop hai. Life, death, Kaal, Akshar, Ni-Akshar and soul as well are dream like. Even the knowledge about the guru and the disciple is a dream. This is because the five material elements are involved in it. So there is no need to get misled. Kahat Kabir sun Gorakh vachan mum, Swapan te parey satya satya roop bhoop hai. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 63 Soyi satya Naam Satya Lok beech vasa karey, Nehin kahoon aave nehin javey satya roop hai. Sahib tells Gorakh Nath that beyond the dream state lies that which is Satya (truth). That Satya Naam is to be found in Satya Lok. That which doesn’t lose its real appearance is true and real. It doesn’t wander about. So the whole of Brahmand is a dream; the different states are a dream, the wakeful as well as the dream state are also unreal. Some fix their conentration at the spinal cord and attain the Sushupati (sound sleep) state. They take it as the knowledgeable state and say there is nothing like the desires related to Mind in that state. But the fact is that that very state is full of ignorance alone. There is nothing like great awareness in it. The enlightened souls have a great awareness in them. In fact, the awareness in the dream state is more than that to be found in the Sushupati (deep sleep) state. In the wakeful state, the awareness is many times more than that to be found in the dream state. Likewise, in the Turiya state the awareness becomes many times more than that in the wakeful state. In the Turiya state, there is a great awareness. It is also called as Pragyavastha. It is not an ordinary state. There is an element related to the gods in it. Still it is dream like. Some talk about Maha Pragya as well. However, this is also an illusion. The yogeshwars stay in this state. Only 6 yogeshwars succeeded in attaining this state. No doubt, this dream is unending. Koyi koyi pahuncha Brham lok mein, dhar maya le aayi. Only some lucky devotee reaches Brahm Lok but, once again, the Maya brings him back to this world. 64 Sahib Bandgi This state of Maha Pragya is also called as the Turiateet state. It follows the Turiya state. Sahib says— Turiyateet tahin ke para. Vinti karey tahan dass tumhara. He tells about the state that lies beyond that of Turiyateet. He says that he prays to Param Purush in that very state. Butter milk is present in curd. It remains there even after taking out the butter. After taking out the ghee as well, some part of it remains behind. But that with no trace of butter milk has a special significance. There is the presence of Mind in the Turiyateet. As long as the presence of Mind remains, the jiva will have to take birth again. This is similar to the case of ghee that is bound to spoil if it has butter milk in it. Char anta karan ke sung atma kharab. Jaise neech persung se, piye sharab. The company of 4 states spoils the soul. It is just like the case of a Brahman who gets addicted to wine because of the ill effect of an evil company. So none of these four states is safe. The very state the soul reaches, begins to appear as true. It is only the power of Mind, that makes us take the wakeful state, as a real one. Yun sapna pekhna, jug rachna tim jaan. Is mein kachhu sancho nehi, yeh Nanak sanchi maan. Nanak Dev ji says that the creation of the world is like a dream. In fact, there is no element of truth in this world. Sahib says— Nehin Maya nehin kaya ho, chall Hansa us desh. O Hansa! let’s move to the country where there is neither Maya nor Kaya (physical body). Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 65 These 3 lokas as well are a farce. Many great persons and sages etc. are waving to and fro in this world of dreams. None seems to have the power to move out of it. All the Indriyas are dream like. These display the show of Kaal. Some say we should believe in what he see. This is not correct. The act of seeing is also a dream. The eyes also deceive us. These make us see all that is false. The Satguru takes us away from all these. He creates awakening of the Surti. The blood is made of the food we eat. It appears tasty. That is why all kinds of virus attack it. Likewise, the kaal launches its attack on the surti. He launching an attack on it for all the 24 hours and makes it wander in the world of dreams. That is why Sahib says— Surti sambhale kaaj hai, tu matt bharam bhulae. Maan seyyad mansa lahar mein, bahat kathoon na jaye. Don’t get misled. Control your surti to save yourself from getting drifted along the waves of the hunter. Some say there are pleasures in Devlok. It is not correct. There the jivas have to stay for some definite period only. The four kinds of salvation can’t give us the real Bliss. Va ghar ko khojo re bhayi. Ja te ava gaman mit jayi. Try to make a search of the abode where you can escape from the cycle of repeated birth and death. Sahib has only tried to point out that which is real and true. Bhring mata hoye jihi pasa. Soyi guru satya Dharam Dassa. O Dharam Dass! take only such a guru as real one who has in his possession the virtues like that of a Bhring. The Bhring (an insect) has the power to make any other insect like its ownself. A perfect guru also has the power to bring a sea change in the disciple. So, after getting blessed with Naam, the disciple experiences some special power within him. This power creates awakening in him. The real 66 Sahib Bandgi awakening is that which separates the soul from the Mind. A goldsmith also heats the gold to make it free from the base elements. Our surti as well has many base elements in it. These can be removed only after fixing concentration at the guru. Surti baandh asthir karo, guru mein dey smaye. Kahain Kabir Dharam Dass se, to agam panth lakhaye. Sahib tells that a devotee who fixes his surti (concentration) at the guru, will surely reach Amarlok. The surti begins to grow flawless when it is turned towards the guru. Then the devotee begins to experience its rare light. The misconceptions created by Mind Maya get cleared. So none can become purified without the real Naam. The jiva has no power to realise on its own. After being blessed with Naam, the spiritually enlightened jiva finds the power of Param Purush guidings it at each step. It creates awakening in jiv and takes Hans to Amarlok that lies far beyond this universe of dream. So to say, this power takes it to its real abode. Reaching there, it finds all the misconceptions and doubts related to the universe of Kaal cleared forever. There this awakened soul is called as Hans. There is no maya- body to be found in Amarlok. Chall Hansa us desh, jahan jaat varan kul nahin. Shabad milava hoat hai, deh milava nahin. O Hansa! leave for that abode where there is no distinction on the basis of caste, clan and the like to be found. There the jivas meet each other not through body but through word, expression which is soundless sound. Only some true assayer can recognise this fact. After reaching there, the Hansa does not return to this unreal universe of Kaal. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 67 17. The fruit of attaining this human body is not poison

King Gopichand was taking a bath. His mother was looking from the top of house. The king felt some sensation of warmth on his body. Some drops of tears had fallen on his body. He looked up and found his mother standing. Afterwards, he asked his mother the reason for weeping. The mother said, “My tears fell on seeing your beautiful body. This is because your father had such a beautiful body. He lost it. He lost it in lustful activities without realising the goal of human birth. I am afraid lest your beautiful body should also go waste in lustful activities.” Gopichand understood the words of wisdom of his mother. He asked her how one could attain the goal of life. The mother replied that it could be attained only by seeking the shelter of some Satguru. A feeling of renunciation surfaced in the heart of Gopichand. He told his mother that he was going to become a sanyasi and asked for her blessings. The mother asked him to stay at home. Her motherly love made her say so. But Gopichand was determined to go. Then the mother told him that if he had decided to become a sanyasi, he should remember 3 things. She asked him to sleep on a beautiful bed. Gopichand asked how it was possible when he was going to renounce his royal comforts. The sanyasis have on many occasions to sleep on stones as well. The mother asked him to take delicious food. Gopichand replied that this is also not possible. Then the mother advised him to sleep in a strong fort. Gopichand told her that all those three

67 68 Sahib Bandgi things were impracticable. He was leaving his kingdom behind and so how all that could be possible. The mother said, “Sleep when you feel very much need of it. You will find the sleeping place as a beautiful one. Eat when you feel much hungry. The food you take will appear to you as a very tasty one. The strong fort I have talked about is not the one like that to be found in the palace. Sleep with your concentration fixed at the Satguru (As a Gurumuk). This will appear to you as a very strong fort. No ghost or other evil spirit will dare to enter into it.” Gopichand understood everything and seeking the blessings of his mother, he set forth. Bali ho tann mein, sheelvant koyi hoye to hoye. A real calm natured fellow is one who behaves so when he has the power and vigour in him. If a person who has 4 to 5 children and is growing old, says that he has become a perfect gentleman with a peaceful and calm nature, he would find it hard to convince others about it. The problems due to the children are bound to make him so. A great fellow is one who becomes so in his youthful days. Sahib has said the same in connection with the recognition of a Satguru as well. A guru should be a Brahmchari. If it is difficult to find such a guru, it is advisable to find one who has renounced the world after becoming enlightened. Jabb se cheta tabb se sahi. The very time when one becomes awakened, is the right time. However, Kabir Sahib has never spoken for a family holder as guru. None should seek the shelter of such a guru. Ja ka guru hai geerhi, chela geerhi hoye. Keech keech ke dhovte, daag na chhute koye. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 69 The disciple of a family holder guru will also be a holder family. Such a guru can’t remove the shortcomings of his disciples because the stains of mud can’t be washed off with mud itself. A Naami of our panth had a dialogue with some Mahatma. My disciple said that the guru should be a perfect one. The Mahatma said that his guru was a perfect one. He was a married man, had children as well and had been running some business. These are the strange features that the Mahatma described for a perfect guru. Sahib says— Satya Purush ko jansi, tiska satguru Naam. A Satguru is one who has a knowledge of Satya Purush. A perfect guru is one who remain connected with Param Purush. Such a guru will be far removed from all sorts of sexual activities. His disciples as well will remain away from the vices. Tann maan va ko deejiye, ja ko vishya nahin. Aapa tabb hi dari ke, rakhe Sahib mahin. Surrender your body and mind before one who has no vices in him. Only such a guru shuns his ego and remains absorbed in his real Sahib. You will acquire the virtues of the deity you meditate on. So you should meditate on the Satguru in order to acquire the virtues possessed by him. Nevertheless, in no case can one succeed in meditating on Param Purush. Sahib clearly told Dharam Dass the futility of doing so. It is just like throwing a stone on the moon. As such, a Satguru alone is the medium. But it is not easy to find such a guru in the world. This bodily shaped sheet of cloth has many subtle secrets 70 Sahib Bandgi in it. It takes about 9-10 months to weave it in the womb of the mother with 5 material elements. But the foolish man makes it dirty by remaining absorbed in lustful activities. It is the guru who can dye this sheet of cloth with deep red color of spiritual knowledge. After wrapping it, don’t think that it will remain with you for all the times. It has been given to you for a few days only. However, the foolish persons don’t recognise this fact and turn it dirty through their lustful activities. Dhruv, Prahlad, Sudama, Shukdev and the like made it flawless by remaining absorbed in worship. But it is only Kabir Sahib who kept it in its original form. This is because he didn’t get engrossed in Maya. Manush janaam tujh ko diya, bhajne ko satnaam. Kahain Kabir chaityo nehn, lagyo aurhi kaam. Sahib says that this human birth is meant for worshipping God to seek salvation. But the jiva forgets the same and instead, engages itself in lustful activities. So to say, the foolish jiva loses this golden opportunity of liberating itself from the repeated cycle of births and deaths. If, at all, it turns to the worship, it does so without seeking the shelter of a guru. Guru bin mala phairte, guru bin dete daan. Guru bin daan haram hai, poochho Ved Puran. Counting of beads or doing acts of charity without seeking the shelter of a satguru is a sort of immoral act. The Vedas and the Puranas also say so. Then there is the need to assay the guru well before seeking his shelter. Bina vichare guru karey, so peechhe pachhtaye. He who takes the shelter of a guru without assaying well, has to repent afterwards. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 71 This is because the purpose of seeking the shelter of a guru is to attain salvation. But, in general, the people don’t think whether the guru, whose shelter they want to take, has himself realised God or not. Only one who himself is liberated, can help others in attaining liberation. Hari kripa tabb janiye, de manush avtar. Guru kripa tabb janiye, chhudave sansar. The grace of God helps one attain the womb of a human being whereas the grace of a guru helps one attain slavation. The true guru whom the sants have called as a Satguru, helps the jivas in seeking liberation. Unlike the gurus who themselves remain entangled in the worldly ocean and have in them the vices like attachment, greed and the like, the satguru remains away from the grip of Maya and has the Paras Surti with him. He not only shows the path but also takes the soul of the disciple alongwith him to Amarlok from where it has come. That is why the saints have said— Hari kripa jo hoye to, nehin hoye to nahin. Kahain Kabir guru kripa bina, sakal buddhi bah jayheen. It is good if God showers his grace. But it hardly matters if He doesn’t do so. Sahib says that without the grace of Guru, all the intellect will go waste. As such, the sants have not talked about the worship of God. They have, instead, talked about the worship of the guru. They have described the status of a guru higher than that of God even. All the Shastras have talked about the worship of the guru. None of them has asked for the worship of God. Nevertheless, the people adopted the worship of 72 Sahib Bandgi God for the sake of their worldly interests. We are not against idol worship. But such a worship can’t help one attain salvation. The people want to worship God even while remaining engrossed in all sorts of sinful acts. That is why they fail to worship the true Satguru. They take the shelter of such a guru as himself is neither spiritually enlightened nor bothers about what the disciples do in their life. As such, such a guru fails to bring transformation in their behaviour and life style. On the other hand, a true Satguru removes the flaws and vices of the disciples and purifies them in a manner a potter does. It is only then that a devotee becomes capable of real and true form of worship. On the other hand, idol worshippers do what they desire. This is because the idol neither reprimands them nor shows them the right path. The role of a true Guru is unique, indeed. Guru kumhar shishya kumbh hai, garhi garhi kadai khoat. Antar haath samhar de, bahar marey choat. A guru is like a potter while the disciple is like a pitcher. Just as a potter removes the flaws of the pitcher by giving it strokes from outside, the guru also removes the flaws of the disciple by guiding him as and when needed. But while doing so, he keeps a supporting hand like the potter. The worship of the guru is not an easy job. Guru bhakti ati kathin hai, jyun khande ki dhar. Bina saanch pahunche nehin, maha kathin vyavahar. The worship of a guru is just like walking on the edge of a sword. None but a truthful person can perform it. Liars and sinners can’t even dream of doing so. Kami krodhi maskhra, inse bhakti na hoye. bhakti karey koyi soorma, jati varan kul khoye. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 73 Jati baran kul khoye ke, bhakti karey chit laye. Kahain Kabir satguru miley, avagaman nashaye. Sahib says that a person who has the vices like lust, anger and the like in him, can’t develop devotion. A disciple has to forget his caste, sect and the family background etc. and has to meditate with full concentration. Such a devotee is sure to cross the worldly ocean. The true Satguru helps in freeing the disciple from all sorts of ego—be they related to caste and creed or to any other distinction. You have not to obey the dictates of your Mind that will mislead you in every possible manner. You have, rather, to act as per the dictates of your guru. Even the one who has a vast knowledge of the Vedas and the Shastras, hasn’t to act as per his own intellect. He has to obey the dictates of his guru alone. Ved Puran Bhagwat Gita, aatho jaap rato ri. Kahain Kabir bina satguru ke, bharam mitey nehin bahuri. The mere study of the Vedas and the Puranas and the Gita can’t help in removing the misconceptions. No spiritual knowledge can be attained through them. Without a Satguru, there is none who can help a devotee attain spiritual knowledge. A satguru has the power to remove all misconceptions. So it is better to shun such a guru who doesn’t have the power to clear the misconceptions. He should be taken as an ignorant guru. Ja guru te bhram na mitey, bhranti na jeev ki jaye. So guru jhutha janiye, teyagat dair na laye. 74 Sahib Bandgi The worldly people don’t try to understand this fact. They talk of Sant Matt but have no knowledge of it. Reading out the contents of holy scriptures is not going to pay. The guru should be one who has the spiritual awarness. He should be one who has seen the Amarlok. Batan mukti na hohi hain, chhori chaturai. Sant mata kuchh aur hai, khoja tin pai. Talking Sant Matt is a something different thing. Only one who makes an attempt, can know of it. Even the great panths of the universe talk of the 10th dwara (aperture) alone. The Vedas as well speak about it. The description of the 5 postures as well is to be found there. But Sant Matt is an altogether different thing. It is beyond that which the Vedas and the Shastras have to say. Jaun bheid mein main rahun, Vedo janat nahin. The Vedas don’t know the secret related to me.

Avval sant Kabir hai, dooje Ramanand, tasey bhakti pragat hui, saat deep nav khand. Yak araj guftam pesh, tu darr gosh kun Kartar. Hakka Kabir Karim tu, be aib Paravardigar. Guru Nanak Devji says that Kabir Sahib ji is the greatest while Nandji occupies the second place & it is through these two saints that the mode of worship spread everywhere. He also describes Kabir Sahib as the flawless Supreme Lord. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 75 18. Why is the Mind misleading.

Maan hi saroopi Dev Niranjan tohi raha bharmayi. The Mind that is misleading you, is Niranjan himself. Mind is hostile to us? This Mind is really our enemy. Then why are all of us ignorant about it? What sort of activities does it perform? Where does it reside? What for does it bother us? These are some very important questions. Man doesn’t try to think over these. What for has the Mind entangled the soul? Just as man performs some or the other job to earn some money for meeting the needs of his body, the Mind must be bothering the soul with some definite intention. Why do the evil souls enter into the bodies of others? They do so for three reasons—firstly they seek revenge. Secondly, they have evil nature. They come for lustful activities. One thing to be remembered is that the nature of an evil spirit will exactly be the same as, that it possessed during its life time. Thirdly, they need some physical body. I have a good knowledge of it. Apart from us, none else has any solution to the problems caused by them. One may visit, as many holy places as one may likes but one can’t succeed in getting rid of these. Even the worship of different kinds can’t help in this regard. I shall cite an instance. Once an evil spirit, appealed me, to listen to its prayer. I asked it, to say what it wanted. It asked me why I was giving great powers to even bad fellows. I asked it how can it say so. It

75 76 Sahib Bandgi is an incident of Rajpura. It said that it was the daughter- in-law of such and such fellow and had been in the Preit Yoni for the last one hundred years. I asked it about the happening. It said that it fell ill about a hundred years back. At that time, sufficient treatments for diseases were not available. But there were not so many diseases. It didn’t find any relief from its disease. But it wanted to live. One day, its throat was strangulated. It could not speak even and died. At the time of death, it had only one thing in mind and that was to take revenge. That is why it came to take revenge. It used to make them dance in a very hard manner. It ruined their peace of mind. They went to many seyanas (Exorcists) who were expert in driving away the evil spirits but it did not let them go. None of the seyanas could do it any harm. The evil spirit said all this standing before me. They have much power in them. No person can see them even if they pass across him. Nevertheless, I can see all these invisible beings. It said that it was successful in fulfilling its target. It wanted to destroy their family. In the meanwhile, they took my shelter. It felt an obstacle in its way. It was finding it hard to go near them. The moment it tried to go near them, it felt a current-like jerk. It wanted to know why I gave so much power to such murderers. I told that it is not they, but their elders who killed it. Even before going to Pitar Lok, the bonds of love remain intact. Whenever you see your departed dear one’s in dream, you imagine as if they were alive. So to say, the departed soul will have the same nature after death. This is also true in case of those who attain the yoni of evil spirits. It prayed to me either to give it salvation or to take back Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 77 the power I had given to the descendants of its in-laws. It couldn’t shun its target of seeking revenge. Just see! There was some weightage in what it said. I am of the opinion that the evil spirits have great power in them. They can reach anyone at any time they like and can enter in the conscience of others. So I did what I had to do. Take it for granted, none else but our panth has the power system to keep away the evil spirits. I make the devotees safe in every respect. Now I would like to tell what sort of fellows are coming in the fold of our panth. A sardarji came to me at Ranjri. Often those facing great problems come to me. However, I know my duties towards my followers. Blessing the disciple with Naam means to adopt him. It is just like the act of adopting a small child. After getting blessed with Naam, the pleasures and pains of the disciple become that of the guru. Whenever some Naami tells me about his sufferings, I take it seriously and concentrate on it. So that fellow told me that they were feeling as if some evil spirit were bothering them. His business was also not going well. He was feeling very much disturbed. He requested me to keep my holy feet in his house. Now the question arises as to whether that fellow had come to satisfy his curiosity or to have some knowledge about the attainment of salvation. No, such persons don’t come for the purpose of moving across the worldly ocean of life. Such persons come for getting rid of their misfortunes. But I have a very positive approach towards such persons. This is because they know that I am in a position to remove their sufferings and give them salvation as well. I want to provide complete safety and security to my Naamis. 78 Sahib Bandgi The soul that is held in bondage, can never become blissful. Even after doing acts of charity or performing worship of the gods, one can, at the most, attain heaven or other such like Lokas but one can not succeed in attaining salvation. It is not easy for man to free himself from the grip of the devil force that has tied him. In other lokas as well, the Mind will continue to make jiva dance to its tune. Even the gods have the vices like lust, anger and the like in them. It clearly shows the presence of Mind in them. A certain lady had a tumor. Her neighbours told her that she was under the influence of some evil forces. There are many diseases that not only the doctors but common people as well can know of simply by looking into the eyes of the ailing persons. T.B and Jaundice are among such diseases. Some diseases can be recognised from various symptoms on the body or face as well. I recognised the disease she was suffering from. I also understand the type of people who create doubts in the minds of such diseased persons. A majority of people coming to me are those who seem helpless and sad because of one or the other problem. Some say the students of a particular school are very intelligent. But actually it is not correct to say so. The fact is that those schools give admission to only such students as are bright. They can deserve credit only if they turn some dull student into a bright one. In army as well, it is a misconception to think that the armymen are made strong there. The food served in the army is not good. All the eatables are stale. The persons at the helm of affairs buy cheap food at high cost. Here the people mix water with milk but in army they mix milk with water. The meat eaters take poison- Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 79 like food. Even the meat of the dead buffaloes is served to them. I have seen all this in slaughterhouses. In the Naame of orange, they give the one that is small like a lemon. During service, my seniors always said that I shouldn’t be posted for such a job. I always told them that they were providing the stale and third class material. So in the army only able-bodied persons are selected. You must know that nowhere else, such stale eatables provided. I used to buy vegetables from the bazar. I bought 2 kg of milk daily and took 1½ kg of it and turned the remaining ½ kg into cheese. No doubt, the JCOs and other big officers are provided good food. This is the real story about the army. Therefore, I was telling that only the miserable and frustrated persons were coming into the fold of our panth. I know that such persons come with some ray of hope. But I am not interested in such things. It is not difficult for me to cure your problems. Even those with miraculous powers can do so. However, difficult task is to help in the liberation of the soul. So I always advise them to associate themselves with the true mode of worship. That Sardar ji told me that he was under the influence of some evil spirit. He requested me to utter some incantation to give him relief. I told him that I didn’t do such kind of jobs. Some ask me to bless them with hand on head. I said that I keep once at the time of blessing with Naam and that is sufficient for all the times. I don’t want to do so again and again as a matter of formality. In every Ashram, I hold satsangs with full concentration. Just as a mother doesn’t show any laziness so far as the 80 Sahib Bandgi question of taking care of the child is concerned, I also don’t let any laziness surface in my satsangs. Once I went to some Ashram. I saw a girl lying inside. Someone told me that the girl was quite well when she came there but seemed to have developed some problem.I felt irritated on hearing such like words. This is because I am of the firm conviction that no ghost or evil spirit, however fearful it may be, can dare to enter our Ashrams. They fly away on seeing me. As such, I asked the girl to stand up. I have 40 years of experience about such things. That girl didn’t open her eyes. The act of cheating can be judged from the eyes. The muscles of the body also give some information. If someone is in a fit of anger, the red face and shape of the muscles give an indication of the same. I used a trick. I said that she was an hypocrite. Her face was showing changed impressions. I said that she had no problem and asked the Naamis to take her outside the gate. Love as well as fear make their appearance from the face. At first, she was shivering but now this shivering was gone. It was a clear proof of her enacting a drama. The first thought that comes to me on seeing the young and old women is that they have no sign of any real problem. This is because they hide the real facts. However, the girls take a lead in this respect. A lady said that her daughter, right from the date of her engagement, had been suffering from fits. The fact was that the girl didn’t want to marry. I have much experience about such things. I asked her parents to go out. I asked the girl what the matter was. She wanted to marry with some other boy. That is why she was enacting a drama so that the parents of the boy, after knowing about her problem, may break the engagement. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 81 Whenever someone, with eyes closed, says that the ghost has come, take it for granted, he is telling a plain lie. The eyes are the mirror of the heart. Shouting in the Ashram about the appearance of a ghost or an evil spirit is nothing but an act of deception. When the evil spirits can’t dare to come near my Naamis, how can they dare to come near me. I am of the understanding that the women are less intellectual than men are. The girls can be intellectuals. After giving birth to a child, the thinking power of the woman falls. Many tissues of her brain break during the course of giving birth to a child. Their deficiency can’t be made up. She loses much after delivery. The life of a woman is very hard, indeed. Before marriage she behaves in a very shrewd manner. This is not the case with a married woman. As such, we should have a feeling of sympathy for them. The relation with a woman is not only related to body. It is very emotional as well as rational. The yoni (vagina) of the woman is the dirtiest part. It is not a source of pleasures. It is only man who is committing this wrong. Continuance of the lineage should be the sole purpose of sexual act. None will come to me if I ask the people to exercise so much restraint. The people will say I make them shun many activities. There is fear in lustful activities but certainly not in love. For the fulfilment of such activities, man commits theft as well. Sahib has spoken a lot against this low mentality of man. He has not been partial towards any one. Kami kutta tees din, ner chhey ritu barah maas. Even a lustful dog indulges in lustful activities for 82 Sahib Bandgi 30 days but it is only man who indulges in such activities all the twelve months. Kabir Sahib has called man as worse than a dog. A dog smells the male as well as the female. Man has to learn a lot from animals. One day, I returned to Ranjdi after remaining away for 2 days. I went on the roof and sasked the Sevadars why they had done so little a work during that period. Hearing my sound, the cows from their sheds began to cry. They wanted me to serve them food. In the morning as well, I feed them with my own hands. How can the dog be called as a lustful creature? It indulges in lustful activities only in the month of Kartik (oct.). This is because the formation of semen in the body takes place during this month. This is the law of nature. Comparing man with the lustful dog, Sahib has tried to give a clear picture of man’s low and dirty nature in this regard. He has said so because a dog never goes for such activities near a pregnant bitch regardless of the period it has been pregnant. What a sort of control it has over itself. A Sanyasi has been directed not to remain entangled in the care of children. Sahib has given a guide line to follow. A sage knows that he won’t be able to move towards his target if he continues to remain entangled in the outer world as well. So far as the question of exercising control over the lustful activities is concerned, man is certainly low in comparison to a dog. In this respect, Maya has cheated all—be they Sur, Ner, Muni, the gods and the like. Chashme dil se dekh tu, keya keya tamashe ho rahey. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 83 Try to see with the inner eyes the plays that are being enacted within. The system related to our outer eyes is not complex. The system related to the nose for smelling is also not complex. In fact, all the systems associated with our various organs work in a very easy and simple way. We haven’t to apply force for making use of these organs in a natural way. Likewise, to attain the inner eyes, one need not renounce the world. It is not an uphill task like the one performed by Bhagirathi. All have these inner eyes and all make use of these on different occasions. You see your future with these eyes. You also see all that is good or bad. Your Surti( Concentration) has definite eyes in it. In fact, everyone is making a use of these. All the wicked persons have knowledge and feeling of love and renunciation in them. Wherefrom did these come? Feeling of friendship and love is to be seen in all. These are the virtues related to the soul and the soul has inherited these from Param Purush of whom it is a part. The truth is that our soul is a treasure-house of virtues. The fire produces light as well as heat. Likewise, it is the truth that produces all the noble virtues. I have dealt with fearful persons as well. They have in them the feeling of surrender. One day, my Naami, Kuldeep Singh said that he was prepared to sacrifice his life for my sake. I told him that we haven’t to take life but have, rather, to give a lease of it to others. One day, he said that he would teach some particular fellow a lesson. I told him not to use his way but to let me deal with him in my own way. This is because, otherwise, there will remain no difference between 84 Sahib Bandgi me and some other wicked person. I make a fellow realise that he has committed a wrong. This is the right approach. It is not good to make use of force against some weak person. Durbal ko na sataiye, ja ki moti haye. Bina swans ki phoonkni, loha dait glaye. Don’t bother a weak person. His curse has a great effect. It is just like the blowpipe that can melt iron even. In my life, neither I have shown my muscle power to anyone nor I have caused fear in anyone. I take it as a bad act. Everyone of us has a soul within. We have become accustomed to looking with our outer eyes alone. However, it is a fact that the inner eyes have the power to see from all the directions. These can see even without the outer eyes. When you think you will suffer if you pick up a quarrel with someone, it is nothing but your inner eyes that you are using at the moment. Again, when you think that the undertaking of a particular kind of job can put you to loss, it is your inner eyes, you make use of. use of. These inner eyes tell us about the result of every job we desire to undertake. Your Mind tries to prevent you from making use of this Divya Darishti (inner eye). This is because the awakening of the inner eyes will enable you to know and understand your inner enemies. You will begin to realise the ways and techniques through which your Mind keeps you entangled in the outward material objects. The whole play is that of surti and there is a need to have a ride on your Mind. So to say, this Mind has kept all the creatures in its control. Then there is a scientific basis that guides us to keep Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 85 away from sexual activities after the age of 50. This is because the menstrual cycle in ladies and the formation of semen in men stop at this age. An eighty years old lady was requesting me to admonish her old husband to refrain from sexual activities even at that ripe age. An ox doesn’t go near an old cow. But see how dirty the nature of man is! The eating habits of man are also not right. So to say, in the entire creation of God, man can be considered as the most dangerous one. So I was talking about the evil spirits. The prit yoni (species) of evil spirits is a very low one. This is the biggest punishment that can be given to any human being. Even a dog eats something to satisfy its hunger and sleeps when it feels the need of it. But the evil spirits have no physical bodies. Even for satisfying their hunger and for having a sleep, they need some physical body. Secondly, the evil spirits enter the human bodies due to evil thinking. I’ll cite an instance in this connection. During a satsant at Delhi, I asked such Naamis to raise their hands w had suffered at the hands of the evil spirits. An elderly lady also raised her hand. I asked her if her problem had gone after getting blessed with Naam. Her reply was positive. I asked her how long she had been suffering from her problem. She said that a boy in their neighbourhood had died and his soul had begun to bother her. I asked her to be honest and say whether she had any link with him. Sometimes, it so happens that even inspite of our having no love or any such inclination for someone, the other fellow nurtures love for us. I asked her when he had appeared in her after his death. She said that he appeared on the same day. That is to say, even at the time of his death, he was thinking about 86 Sahib Bandgi that lady and so entered within her body as an evil-spirit. I asked her to tell what way he bothered her. She said that he made her motionless and committed wrong acts. That is why in a majority of cases the evil spirits make their entry into women. Thirdly, these evil spirits need a physical body. At such a time, they enter into the conscience of others for the satisfaction of their needs related to food, rest etc. Are they powerful? Of course, they are very powerful. Wherefrom do they get so much power? The reason behind their being so much powerful is that these have become free from the load of a physical body and are closer to the soul. The soul is in possession of tremendous powers. That is why they create fear in the minds of human beings and seating in their brain, these can rotate it. Among these, some make their appearance; some enter into the body while others enter in such a subtle manner that one won’t be able to take a notice of it. These are very dangerous. The question arises as to what for does the Mind bother the soul in one way or the other. Just as an evil spirit needs a physical body, in the same manner, the mind needs the soul. Otherwise, it won’t be able to do anything. It doesn’t want to let any soul escape. It remains alert at all the times. There are many souls, it appears as if there can be no appreciable difference if some of these manage to escape. This is not so. The escape of even a single soul can be a cause of worry to it. This is because it knows that the escape of even a single soul will pave the way for others to follow suit and this can prove to be a danger to its existences. That is why it keeps them entangled. If you meditate, you will be able to see it. You Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 87 will see it in a manner you see your head, arms or other body parts. However, it tries its utmost to prevent jiva from meditating. So there is need to be careful about it. Tera bairi koyi nehin, tera bairi maan. None else but your mind is your enemy. After getting blessed with Naam, my devotees become safe and secure. Mind can do no harm to them. Naam hoye to maath Naamave, na to yeh maan baandh nachave. This Mind makes all dance to its tune but bows before one who is blessed with Naam. I am of the opinion that our organisation is the greatest one among all other panths of the world. You know it but you won’t be able to speak about it. You won’t be able to tell what special thing you gained after getting blessed with Naam. The first thing is that I created an awakening in you through Naam. You were like a fellow who behaves in an unconscious manner. You were lost in the waves of Mind. I churned you out of your previous position. Even the Rishi- Munies can’t do so. None except Satguru can remove the intoxication of Mind. 88 Sahib Bandgi 19. The distinction between Param Purush and Kaal Purush

Ved charon nehin janat, Satya Purush kahaniyan. Even the Vedas do not give any information on Param Purush. To satisfy the curiosity of Dharam Dass, Sahib, for the first time, revealed the secret regarding the creation of the universe. He said that Satya Purush, at first, was alone and unmanifest. He has neither been created nor will ever perish. That which is created has to perish. Sahib says that he tells about the time when Sakar, Nirakar, small and big lokas, sun, moon, stars, Brahma, Vishno, Mahesh and even Kaal Niranjan had no existence. At first, Param Purush, out of His sweet will, uttered a word. It created a brilliant light that was altogether different from the light of this universe. Even a single particle of it could put crores of suns to insignificance. Param Purush Himself entered into that light and as a result, it became alive. Earlier, He was unmanifest but after getting absorbed in this rare light, He became Satya Purush. Amarlok itself is nothing but Param Purush Himself. Then in his own will, Innumerable droplets were formed. These droplets returned to that brillent light. However, these droplets didn’t get mixed up in the light and instead,

88 Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 89 maintained their separate identity. It happened because of the desire of Param Purush. These droplets were called as jivas (souls). These jivas began to move about the light in a manner a fish moves in water. In Amarlok, the light of a soul is equivalent to that of 16 suns. After this, Satya Purush uttered 16 words. These created 16 sons. Then the 5th son of Param Purush who is also called by the Name of Niranjan, Nirakar, Narayan, Mind etc. and whom the worldly people call by the Naames of Ram, Brahma, Adi Niranjan, Qadar, Karim, Parmeshwar, Parmatma, Hari, Aduait, Bhagwan and Alakh Niranjan etc., meditated on Param Purush for a period of 70 yugas. He did so standing on one leg. Satya Purush was pleased with his worship and as per his desire gave him the Mansrovar continent to live. Niranjan was much pleased to have this continent. Once again, he meditated on Param Purush in the same manner and for the same period. Param Purush was pleased and asked Niranjan what more he wanted. The latter said that either he should be given Amarlok or a new loka where he should have his full sway. Satya Purush told him to get the seed from his elder brother, Kooram and create a separate Brahmand in Shunya. Moreover, He told him that he could rule over his Brahmand for a period of 17 chaukri Asankhya yugas. Without making any request to Kooramji, Niranjan forcibly took out of his belly the needed seed of five material elements. With this seed he created 49 crore yojan earth, sun, moon, stars, seven patals, seven lokas etc. and began to live in Shunya. But there were no jivas in this Brahmand. He thought there was no use of living in the Brahmand where there were no jivas. As such, once again he meditated on 90 Sahib Bandgi Param Purush for a period of 64 yugas. Param Purush again asked him the reason behind worshipping so hard. He said that there were no jivas to rule over and prayed to Him to give him some jivas. Then Param Purush created Adya Shakti and giving her innumerable souls said, “O daughter! go to Niranjan in Mansrovar and along with him create the real universe.” He hadn’t asked them to create the universe by putting the souls into the physical bodies. Niranjan was fascinated to see the beauty of Adya Shakti and swallowed her. Param Purush disliked his action. He hurled a curse on him saying he would consume one lakh jivas daily and even then he would remain unsatisfied. He also said that he would create 1¼ lakh jivas daily and moreover, he won’t be able to come to Satlok. It is after this that he began to be called as Kaal Purush. Satya Purush thought that he had earlier cut off 3 heads of Kooramji in order to forcibly snatch the seed from him. So he thought of eliminating him. Then he thought that eliminating him would mean eliminating all the 16 sons as all of them had been united with a single Naal (Wire of Surti). Moreover, the word he had given to him to rule for a period of 17 Asankhya chaukri yugas would break. Therefore, He churned Himself and produced a Geyani Purush (Yogjeet/Kabir Sahib). He asked him to turn Niranjan out of Mansrovar (a part of Amarlok) so that he may not be able to come to Amarlok. Obeying the dictates of Satya Purush, Jogjeet threw Niranjan into Shunya. When Niranjan gained consciousness, he got up. Adhya Shakti meditated on Param Purush and came out of his body. On seeing Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 91 Niranjan, she began to tremble for fear. Niranjan politely told her not to feel afraid and said that Param Purush had sent her for him. He also said that he was not afraid of right or wrong acts as there was none to seek an account from him. He further said that in future as well he would spread a net of right and wrong acts. Finding no other way, she agreed to stay with him. Three sons— Brahma, Vishno and Mahesh—were produced out of their union. Then Niranjan told Adya Shakti that he would remain absorbed in Shunya as Nirakar and would remain with all the jivas in the guise of Mind. He forbade her from revealing that secret to anyone and said that none would be able to see him. Then he asked her to rule over the 3 lokas with the support of their three sons. Moreover, he asked her to send the three sons for the churning of sea as and when they grew young. One thing to note is that in order to hide the secret related to param Purush, Niranjan forced Adya Shakti to co-operate with him. After telling her the technique of creating 4 modes of creation and 84 lakh yonies, he got absorbed in Shunya. The purpose behind his remaining along with every jiva as Mind was to prevent them from knowing the secret related to Param Purush. When the sons grew young, Adya Shakti sent them for the churning of sea. In the meantime, Kaal Niranjan enacted a drama. Through his breath, he produced the Vedas in air. He had only uttered the words in air and had not written any book. That is why the Vedas talk upto Nirakar alone. During the course of churning the sea, Brahma found the 92 Sahib Bandgi Vedas, Vishno the gems while Shivji found Poison. When they reached the mother, she asked each of them to keep what he had found. Sahib tells Dharam Dass that after sometime she, once again, sent her sons for the churning of sea. In the meantime, she creatd 3 girls and asked them to get absorbed in the sea. This time the sons were pleased to have those girls. The physical relations with their respective wives gave birth to daityas, the gods and the demons. This was the beginning of the universe. For carrying on the task of creation, Adya Shakti assigned different tasks to her sons. Brahmaji was assigned the job of creation, Vishnoji that of maintenance and Shivji that of annihilation. The 33 crore gods who are being worshipped by the worldly people in one form or the other, are the members of the grand family of Niranjan. Out of the 5 material elements, the 4 can be seen with the naked eye whereas the 5th element (sky) is absorbed in the 4 elements. This very 5th element is Niranjan himself. Out of the 84 lakh yonies, the yoni of human beings has a body like that of Niranjan. This human body is called as Hari Mandir as well. This body is made of 5 material elements out of which the 5th element ‘sky’ is Kaal Purush who resides within every body in the guise of Mind. Nevertheless, the soul is totally unrelated to any Loka, god, body or Mind. The 84 lakh yonies are, in fact, 84 lakh kinds of prison houses to keep the soul entangled. This jeevatma, being a part of Param Purush, burns without any wick and oil, sees without eyes, walks without feet and hears without Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 93 ears. None can cut it. It fears none and is immortal. In order to free the soul from the body-like prison of Niranjan, there is need to be blessed with ‘Sar Naam’ from some perfect guru. Without doing so, the jeevatma can’t go back to Satlok. There are even definite locations within this body that are related to the seed-like 5 words that Niranjan used to make the physical bodies out of the 5 material elements. This body is called as Kaya. In order to keep the jeevatmas away from Param Purush and to keep them entangled in his own worship, Niranjan gave them 5 known words related to the body to be recited as guru mantar (sacred words blessed by the guru). As such, all the jivas began to recite the Naam related to the body and began to make a search within their ownself. Even great Rishi-Munies, Peers, Siddhas, Paigambars, Brahma, Vishno, Mahesh and others remained entangled in these words. As a reward, Niranjan gave the jivas great miraculous powers, prosperity and comforts and four kinds of salvation. So all the worshippers remained entangled in the worship of Niranjan. Some began to enjoy the musical notes emanating from within. For this, they remained in search of some solitary places to enjoy these without any disturbance. But they failed to have soul realisation and their souls couldn’t reach their original abode (Amarlok) 94 Sahib Bandgi 20. Sahib comes to the universe in every yuga

Sahib comes in ever yug to take the jivas to Amarlok. He says that in Satyug he helped 4 Hansas attain salvation. Rani Chitar Rekha, Ashatchauka, Rai Harchand and Viksi Gvalin were the four devotees whose Hansas reached Satlok. These four were called as family of the guru. These four, on their turn, helped 9 lakh jivas attain salvation. Then he says that in Treta yug, he blessed Rishi Sharingi, Ayodhya Madhuker, Taksara, Lachhan Kumara, Mandodri, Vashishath and Rishi Durvasa with Sar Naam and helped them attain salvation. In this yug, only seven Hansas reached Amarlok. In Dwapar yug, he blessed 17 devotees with Naam. They were Rani Indu Mati, Raja Yudhishther, Parashar, Rai Dhudhul, Paras Dass, Garud, Hari Dass, Supach, Shuk Dev, King Vidur, King Bhoj, King Muchkundhi, King Chanderhas and 5 cowherds (males as well as females). So in this yug, Sahib helped 17 jivas attain salvation. In Kal yug, he blessed Gorakh Dutt, Shah Balakh, Ramanand, king Sikandar Lodhi, King Beer Singh, Kanak Singh, Rav Bhupale, Ratna Banin, Ali Dass, Mohammad, Nanak and Sahu Damodar with Naam. He tells Dharam Dass that in Kal yug he helped 14 Hansas attain salvation. Prior to him, he had helped 5 lakh jivas attain salvation and after his (Dharam Dass) getting blessed with Naam, he had helped 42 lakh jivas attain salvation. He told Dharam Dass that he came in every yug to create

94 Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 95 awakening among the jivas and to take them to Amarlok. Teen lok jeev kaal satavai, Brahma Vishno par na pavai. Satya Purush tub mohin pathava. Jeev ubaran main jug aya. He tells him that Kaal continues to torture jivas in the all 3 lokas. Even Brahma and Vishno fail to know the secret related to this Kaal. Seeing the miserable condition of the jivas, Satya Purush has sent him for liberating the jivas from his clutches.

Santo avigat se hum aaye, koyi bheid marm na paye. Na hum rahey gharab vas mein, balak hoyi dikhlaye. Kashi tatt sarovar bheetar, tahan julaha paye. Na hamare bhai bandhu hain, na sung girhi dasi. Neeru ke ghar nam dhraye, jagg mein ho geyi hansi. Aane takiya ung hamari, ajar amar pur dera. Hukam haisiyat se chal aaye, katan yam ka phera. Kashi mein hum prakat huvey, ramanand per dhaya. Kahai kabir suno bhai sadho, hans chetavan aaya. 96 Sahib Bandgi 21. They want to spoil the real worship

Sahib has attached importance to all the three—the guru, the disciple and God. Guru shishya aur Ishwar, mil keena bhakti vivek. Teenon tridhara baneen, aage Ganga ek. The guru, the disciple and God—all the three worshipped together. The three became like the 3 streams that united to form a single Ganges. Even a normal man who seeks the shelter of some guru, takes him as his sole care taker and well wisher. He takes the guru as his deity. However, what does the guru consider his disciple on the day of blessing him with Naam? I have talked about it earlier as well. He adopts his disciple in a manner the people adopt the children of others and take care of them like their own ones. They take the sorrows and joys of the adopted sons as that of their own. The same is the case of a guru. This is not an ordinary thing. The sorrows and sufferings of the disciples become those of the guru. Sahib says— Guru smana shishya mein, shishya liya ker nehi. Bilgaye bilge nehin, ek roop do deh. The guru seats himself in the disciple. Though their bodies look different, yet they become the same from within. The satguru associates with the sorrows and joys of the disciple. He arms him with a power. Those who commercialise the high status of a guru, have nothing to do with such a

96 Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 97 high thinking. Sometimes, the people say that those associated with Sahib Bandgi don’t believe in any other mode of worship. But this is not so. A rational thinking will give you the answer to all such questions. Why do some people feel irritated on hearing the very Naame of Sahib Bandgi? We are not asking anyone to change his/her religion. Our aim is not to indulge in such like activities. The relation between a guru and a disciple is based on spiritualism and as such, there seems to be no basis for opposition to it. The followers of our path have to follow the seven principles which are— 1. to speak the truth 2. to refrain from taking intoxicants 3. to have a good moral character 4. to refrain from consuming meat 5. to live on the right type of earning and 7. to keep away from vices like committing of theft or gambling. Why have I asked you to speak the truth? This is because— Saanch braber tapp nehin, jhuth braber paap. Ja ke hridey sanch hai, ta ke hridey aap. There is no worship better than of speaking the truth and no sin worse than telling lie. Param Purush resides in the heart that is filled with truth and truth alone. That is why I have asked you not to tell a lie. Telling lies has its ill effect on the intellect of man. Then I have asked you to refrain from consuming meat. Just think! how would you react if somone cuts your child to pieces and consumes his meat? You will feel much pain. Just as you 98 Sahib Bandgi love your children, the other creatures as well do so. The buffalo, hen, goat or sheep etc. also have deep love for their young ones. They feel equally pained to see their young ones being killed. So the killing of animals for the purpose of consuming them, is a sin. Then I have asked you to refrain from taking wine etc. Why have I asked you to keep away from it? This is because this intoxicant can prove fatal for man. It causes damage to the brain. One loses one’s Naame and fame even. The intoxication due to Bhang is also very dangerous. I enquired about it from some fellow who had once tasted it. He said that one day, someone made him have some pakauras mixed with Bhang. He felt as if snakes were rushing to bite him. Sometimes, he sighted scorpions and scorpions alone. Lying on back he felt as if he were soaring high in the sky while lying on belly he felt as if he were getting inside the earth. The house appeared to be slanted. This is, no doubt, a very strange type of intoxication. For the whole night he, sometimes, found himself on the bed while at other times he found himself on the ground. This continued for the period he remained under the influence of its intoxication. Just see! What an adverse effect, it can have on the brain. The very equilibrium of mind gets disturbed. Man behaves like a mad man during this period. He fails to understand anything. That is why I ask you to keep away from this habit. Then I asked you to have a good moral character. Having illegal contacts with other women is just equivalent to spoiling their family life. Per nari paini chhuri, matt koyi lawo ung. Ravan ke dus sir gaye, per nari ke sung. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 99 Take the women of others as a sort of dagger and keep them away. Desire to marry Ram’s wife proved a costly affair for Ravan. He had to lose his ten heads. So remain satisfied with your own wife and save yourself from committing any sin. Further, committing of theft is also a sin. I asked you not to indulge in such acts. Those who steal someone else’s hard-earned money within moments, cause a great sorrow to him. Then gambling is also a vice. No right thinking man will favour it. In addition, I asked you to live on the right type of earning. Resorting to unfair and wrong means for amassing wealth cannot be called as a noble act. What is the wrong in making the life of people pious and worth living? It is good for the country as well as for the society at large. Then why are we being opposed? We are not asking you to worship Ravan or Hirnakship. We are asking you to worship Param Purush. Then we are social as well. At the end of every satsang we raise the slogans in the glory of the holy sants. We also say so about the devotees, the entire place and the people around and the parents. Then we raise the Jai Kara (salutations) for the Satguru as well. I never ask you to say, “Madhu Param Hans ki Jai.” Then what is the basis of opposition? What is the wrong in what we have been doing? We are not against any panth or holy places of others. The people worship the deity of their choice. Some worship Vishnoji; some worship Shivji while others worship Maha Kali. They are free to do so. The worshipper of Maha Kali has no ground to pick up a quarrel with the worshipper of Santoshi Mata. Likewise, such worshippers should not feel offended if we preach the worship of one Param Purush. They have no moral and legal ground to do so. The selfish elements oppose us when we forbid our Naamis 100 Sahib Bandgi to worship the evil spirits. Such hypocrites befool and loot the innocent people in the Name of evil spirits. I am fully aware of it. They spoil your real mode of worship and instead, ask you to worship the evil spirits. This is really a matter of concern for all the devotees. I am of the opinion that such vices have crept in all the religions. I shall explain the principle of our path. I don’t allow the germs of casteism to breed in my Ashrams. It can prove harmful. I take such persons as dangerous ones and don’t allow them to dominate the scene. I use force even for the purpose. The devotees belonging to low castes will feel hesitation if they find only those belonging to higher castes having dominance. They will, rather, feel humiliation. So I take casteism as a dangerous disease like cancer. Further, I have no links with any particular political party. I don’t allow anyone to use our Ashrams for the furtherance of their political ambitions. I keep away from such things. That is why I keep in every Ashram 5 persons belonging to different castes. I dissolve the committee of the Ashram where I find the incharge favouring those from his own caste and take the whole command in my own hands. We are concerned with soul only. It is present in all. We have clear cut approach and believe in plain speaking. I don’t talk about my own caste and the people think perhaps I am a Harijan by Caste. A sanyasi has no caste. Also, I never ask anyone to vote for or against any party. All I want to say is that such things prove harmful. So the persons with different castes have been made the incharge. In fact, politics comes into play in the panth where distinction on the basis of caste is made. In Reasi, Ramdasis and Bhagats were more in number, so Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 101 I decided to include all the different castes there as well. One pandit said that the people there believed in untouchability. I told him that it had lost its hold. He said that on seeing those from low castes preparing and serving the Langers (food served to the devotees), the pandits felt reluctant to come there. He brought some persons there. I said that if the pandits were showing reluctance to come for this very reason, let them prepare the langar for some days. After a few days, they said that they won’t stay there any more but would, instead, like to go to Ranjri. I asked them the reason thereof. They said that on asking for 2 kg of oil, they were given 1¼ kg only. Those fellows wanted to lower their image in my eyes so as to make them leave that place. They had established themselves and didn’t want anyone else to stay there. So the fellows had to leave the place. In Kathua, those belonging to the high castes, ill treated those belonging to low castes. The latter said that Sahib didn’t attach importance to casteism and talked about equality of all castes but it is Sahibji who had assigned them the duties and it appeared as if Sahibji had given his consent for all that. I dissolved that committee and now myself look into its affairs. All I want to say is that one who believes in casteism, can’t be called as a devotee of God. He will only act as a leader. We are Sanyasi in the real sense. I am doing nothing for the sake of my body. Many great religions and panths of the world are working for the sake of money. Those at the helm of affairs use the money received as donations for the satisfaction of their own interests. All such-like persons including those belonging to many sabhas (congregations) are opposed to me. Many of them imitate me on the eve of 102 Sahib Bandgi Kabir Jyanti. But they go to the people for getting donations. They go to our Naamis as well. They do so for political motives. We have nothing to do with such activities. Those who have not even the elementary knowledge about the Sant Matt are asked to lead. They consume meat as well. Are they doing justice to the fair Naame of Sahib? Sahib says— Mansa hari manva, prataksh rakshas jani. Unki snagat matt karo, hoye bhakti mein hani. Take the meat eaters as demons. Company of such persons can cause harm in worship. That is to say, such people play politics in the Naame of Sahib. Some are playing politics in the Naame of Ramji while others are doing so in the Naame of Hanumanji. I don’t play politics in the Naame of any deity. They want to have some distinction from others. I am against casteism and this approach has made me enjoy the true love of the people belonging to different castes. However, the fact is that the Harijans love me much. They take me as a Harijan. I have never said that I am not a Harijan inspite of the fact that I was not born in a Harijan family. One can give a false statement about one’s caste at some place away from his home but one can in no case do so in his neighbourhood. This is because the reality will dawn sooner or later. I have taken many Naamis to my home. No other guru will do so. We are clear like a mirror and as such, fear none. I am of the opinion that at many religious places, noble and good people are not to be found. It is this thing that made Bulleshah say— Thakur dwarey thug hain basdey, bich teerthan dhavdi. Masjid de vich posti basdey, aashiq rahan alagg. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 103 Cheats reside in temples and hypocrites reside in religious places. Lazy persons are to be found in the mosques whereas the true lovers of God remain aloof. If some leader comes to attend my satsang, I welcome him. But I don’t let him speak on the mike. Guru Nanak Dev ji has not talked about Sikhs alone and Guru Ravi Dass Ji’s sayings are not meant for Harijans alone. Those who speak for some particular caste or community, are dangerous. I fear none. If any of my Naamis desires to desert me or deserts me, he will again have to return to me. So I remain watchful about such elements as have low thinking. The field of religion has been commercialised. Many persons with business like mentality have made their entry in this field. It is dirty and low people alone who use the Name of great men and the enlightened souls for running their business. I don’t let any wrong person stay in my Ashram. This is because wrong elements give wrong message to the public. Every religious place is built with the money donated by the public but someone steps forward to take the possession along with his family members. He uses the money collected as offerings for his own needs. The money meant for use in the service of God is used by him to satisfy his own needs. In due course of time, he becomes a great man. I work like one whose motive is to serve. I make proper use of the money offered by the followers. With this money, I arrange for their food and shelter. In every Ashram, I provide them with the basic facilities of bathrooms, toilets and the like. In fact, I return along 104 Sahib Bandgi with interest the money received from the followers. Even their coming generations will enjoy the facilities of food and shelter there. There is not even a single penny in my Name. I don’t do so as a matter of formality. You see that even murders are being committed for the sake of money. The sages live in rooms fitted with A.C. The cheats are engaged in their acts of dishonesty. I am engaged in the task of serving you in the best possible way. During the construction of Ranjri Ashram, I used to spend the whole day in watching the ongoing work. Even my skin had turned black. Then someone gave me a cap to avoid the sun. In the midst of severe heat, those accompanying me feel tired and sick. In such circumstances, I transfer them to other places. However, how can I transfer myself? I mean to say, a sage shouldn’t spend a life full of comfort and luxury. However, in this Kal yug, we see the oposite. We know how to labour hard and serve the followers. No act of ours goes against the society. When I prevented you from worshipping the evil spirits, those engaged in such activities turned hostile to me. They associate even a small blue spot to the ill effect of Jalbeer. If a buffalo doesn’t give milk, they say it has come under the effect of some evil spirit. They make the women folk dance. What does all this show? That is why I have asked you not to entangle yourself in such things. The god Saturn doesn’t ask for even a single penny from anyone. But these hypocrites cheat and befool the people in the Naame of god saturn. They create fear among the people and rob them. On the other hand, we encourage them and ask them to have faith in Param Purush alone. They can’t digest this right and clear approach and as such, oppose us tooth and nail. I ask such hypocrites what is use of this money they make. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 105 We have nothing to do with such people. They were upset because they thought I was spoiling their business of befooling the people. Every possible attempt will be made to take you away from your real mode of worship. Just as you try to bring others into your path, they will try to bring you into their own fold. If some Naami falls ill, such people tell him that it is the result of his association with Sahib Bandgi path and suggest him to go to some seyana for treatment. They call walking into the fold of Sahib Bandgi as an act of changing one’s religion. After all, what does all this mean? Their religion centres on evil spirits only. It is nothing but a mockery of religion. We are taking the people to Param Purush, the supreme lord of all. As such, we have to be opposed. Now it is just like the case of a thief insulting the Kotwal (police official). But strange thing to note is that the hypocrites have now begun to imitate me. They are talking of a true guru and the need to have control over mind. They are concerned not with the welfare of the people but with the money that they will receive from them as donation. Lakhs of people in our fold have given up the bad habit of drinking. In Paloura, a reputed man came to me. He told me that his servant was my Naami. I asked him the reason of his coming to me. He said that his boy, in a fit of anger, damaged the household articles and gave a thrashing to all. I asked him what the problem with his son was. He said that he injected himself. He began to weep. I understood the matter. I asked the boy what the matter was. He said that he himself was at a loss to know why he behaved in such a wrong manner. I asked him why he did so. He said that during his college days he developed a habit of taking 106 Sahib Bandgi drugs. Sometimes, he made use of injections as well. If he didn’t do so, he found his brain in an explosion like state. In the beginning, it gave him pleasure but now he desired to break everything he found. He had grown weak and irritant. His father said that he had spent about 80,000 rupees at some centre in Delhi but the boy showed no sign of relief. Just see! Everywhere the people are engaged in cheating and befooling others. In this connection, Brahmanandji has beautifully remarked— Koy humse pooche jyun aa ker, duniya mein tum ne keya dekha. Hum batla dein ge yun us ko, sub matlab ka mela dekha. Hum matlab ke tum matlab ke, ye matlab ke vo matlab ke. Gulstan mein phool khila tha, hum ne dekha matlab ka. Vo deep dikha de tu apna, jo hovey khali matlab se. Brahma Nand kahe ga yun, hum ne aaj khuda dekha. He says that the entire world is a sort of fair where people with selfish motives move about. Everyone seems to be concerned about his own selfish motives. One who is really free from any selfish motive, is God Himself. There are some Naamis of our path at Chackslaria. Their brother lives in Udhampur. He is an astrologer by profession. He is a drunkard. After severing relations with his first wife, he has married some other woman. He makes computerised horoscopes. But what sort of character he has! A person with such a personal life tells others about their future. He has forcibly grabbed the land of his brothers. Majority of people are doing the same. Therefore, I ask you to be cautious. They will drag you to wrong modes of worship. This is the biggest problem that the innocent devotees have to face Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 107 22. O Gurudev! bless me with true worship

Tum ko bisar geyi sudh ghar ki, mahima apan janayi ho. Nirankar nirgun hai maya, tum ko naach nachayi ho. Sahib tells jiva that he has forgotten all about his real identity and real abode. The formless Nirankar that is making it dance to his tune, is none else but Maya. It has entangled you in the cycle of 84 lakh yunies through your outer eyes and has been misleading you. Char Ved hain ja ki swansa, Brahma astuti gayi ho. So kathi Brahma jagat bhulaye, tehi marg sub jayi ho. The four Vedas were produced from the breath of that Nirgun and Brahmaji has sung in the glory of these Vedas. This has created misconceptions among the jivas. They are following the path of that formless God who has misled them and has entangled them in the cycle of 84 lakh yonies. Describing the glory of Param Purush, Sahib tells Dharam Dass. Anant koti Brahmand racch, sub se rahey neyar. Jind kahey Dharam Dass saun, ta ka karo vichar. O Dharam Dass! give thought to Him who has created the innumerable Brahmands and is the rarest of all. The light emanating from even a single pore of Param Purush can put to insignificance even the light of crores and crores of suns and moons. In such a case, it is not possible for him to describe the glory of the whole body. Sant Garib Dass ji also says that he himself saw that the light emanating from a single pore of Param Purush was equivalent to that of crores and crores of suns. 107 108 Sahib Bandgi Only some true assayer can understand all this. That Param Purush is the true loved one of the soul. Sahib says— Aave na javai marey nehin janme, soyi nij peev hamara ho. Na koyi jan-ni ne janmo, na koyi sirjanhara ho. Saadh na sidh muni na tapsi, na koyi karat achara ho. Na shat darshan char varan mein, na ashram vyavhara ho. Na Trideva Soham Shakti, Nirakar se para ho. Shabad ateet achal avinashi, kharr akshar se neyara ho. He who neither takes birth nor dies or comes into the universe like others, is our true loved one. Neither He has any parents nor anyone has created Him. Neither He is a sage or worshipper nor He takes part in the worldly activities. He is far away from Shat Darshan and the four castes as well. He is beyond the grip of 4 Ashrams as well. That is to say, neither He is a child nor a young man and nor He ever grows old. He is not among the Tridevas, Soham and Adya Shakti even. Jyoti saroop Niranjan nahin, na aum aunkara ho. Dharni na gagan pawan na pani, na ravi chand na tara ho. He is neither Niranjan nor Aum and Aunkar even. He is neither earth, sky, air, water or fire nor one among the sun, moon or stars. He is beyond all these. Hai pragat per deesat nahin, satguru sain sahara ho. Kahain Kabir sub ghat mein Sahib, parkho parkhan hara ho. Though He is invisible, yet He is present in all. Only the words of a satguru can reveal His secret. Only some assayer can know of Him who is present within every creature. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 109 Sahib has revealed a great secret through these words. When the question of seeking the shelter of a true Satguru arises, the people often say that shunning of a guru to take the shelter of some other guru is just like the act of severing ties with one’s husband and getting into wedlock with some other one. But there is need to ponder whether you are worshipping your own husband (Param Purush) or some one else. Sahib has described the real husband as one who is far beyond the Tridevas, Aum, formless Brahm or the like. It means, the worldly people are not worshipping their real husband (God) and are seeking the shelter of such gurus who take them to some one who is not their real husband. Such gurus don’t let the people meet their true loved one. Still the people say seeking the shelter of a Satguru means to leave one’s husband and seek the shelter of some other one. They have no knowledge of their own husband. It is here that the people are committing a mistake. Dadu Dayal ji says— Purush hamar ek hai, hum nari bahu ung. Women are innumerable but the Purush (real God) is one alone. Sahib has said— Jabb takk guru miley nehin sancha. Tabb takk guru karo dus pancha. By the time a devotee fails to attain a true satguru, he can take the shelter of one or more gurus. This is because none but a true satguru can take us to our real loved one (Param Purush) 110 Sahib Bandgi 23. Love for God is natural

Yeh sansar Kaal ka desha. Bina Naam nehin katey kalesha. This universe is the abode of Kaal. One can’t free himself from the grip of Kaal without the support of Naam. Are we really living in the world of Kaal? Karam ka jaal pasara hai. Kaal has spread the net of Karmas (deeds—noble or evil). Can we have an experience of the fact that we have been living in the universe of Kaal? Yes, we can experience it. Even a casual look at the environment, birth and death, the life cycle, the creatures, the sorrows and sufferings and the very principles related to the creation, shows that we are living under the dominance of some cruel and devil force that has enforced its dangerous laws. Sahib says— Seyyad ke kabu mein hain sub jeev vichare. The poor jivas are in the grip of a hunter. None seems to enjoy freedom here. All seem to be in chains. It is not the iron chains or ropes that have tied anyone. It is, in fact, the soul that has been tied. Can we see all these bondages? Can we see the force that has tied the soul? Is the soul of all of us in bondage? If we ponder over a little, we shall find that it is not difficult to see all this, but the question arises as to how can we know it. The first thing to note is that our soul is in our body. However, it is not in a position to know and understand itself. It clearly shows that there is some serious

110 Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 111 problem related to it. The soul, even while staying in the body is unable to know itself. There are many instances to show that the objects of the universe are totally unrelated to the soul. Can the soul commit a theft? Certainly not, this will be the answer. Can it commit acts of cheating and forgery? Again, the answer will be in the negative. Can it use violent means for achieving some goal? It can never do so. Then why at all such activities taking place? Thirdly, this soul has been behaving as a body. The activities related to the body are not good. Its nature is full of flaws. The Indriyas within the body demands to be satisfied, in one way or the other. Our soul, out of ignorance, has been engaged in the task of satisfying the needs of the Indriyas (organs). It clearly shows that the soul is made to do such jobs that are totally unrelated to it. The strange thing to note is that the soul is unable to know about the forces that have tied it. The force that is misleading it and making it dance to its tune is invisible. None has any knowledge about Mind that is the enemy of the soul. Remaining hidden from sight, it performs all its ativities in a clever way. In a fit of anger, man does many wrong acts. Nevertheless, this anger can’t be seen with the naked eyes. The same happens with other vices like lust, attachment, greed and ego. These make their appearance, make man act under their impulse and then disappear. God Inder, under the impulse of lust, robbed the honour of Ahalya, the wife of Gautam Rishi. Many sages, Gann, Gandharb and the like fell prey to lust. Sahib says;. Seyyad ke kabu mein hain sub jeev vichare. The poor jivas are in the grip of the hunter. 112 Sahib Bandgi No doubt, a great devil force has held the soul in bondage. That devil force drags us where it likes and makes us do what it likes. It is just like the case of taking a prisoner with folded eyes to any place in the prison house. The soul is being forcibly compelled to do many sins. It feels helpless. The Mind makes a desire as per its bizarre will, the intellect takes a decision of its liking and ego does as it likes. In sub mil jeevhi ghera. Bin pariche yeh yam ko chera. All these devils have surrounded the soul from all sides. Without Naam, it has to remain in the grip of yama. In this regard Sahib has said— Jus nut markat ko dukh dehyi. Nana nach nachavan leyi. The juggler gives trouble to the monkey by making it dance to his tune. He makes it do all sorts of acts even against its nature and will. The monkey doesn’t like all these acts because these are not natural. It feels uneasy but it has to do all this simply because of its helplessness. In the same manner, the soul also feels helpless and has to do all such acts that go against its true nature. Maan hi Niranjan sabai nachaye. Mind itself is Niranjan who makes all the jivas dance in a manner mind likes. How did the soul fall in the grip of Mind? The intellectuals say that it is due to the effect of Karmas. Even the shastras say so. Now the question arises as to what is the relation that the Karmas have with the soul. Normally, man does two kinds of Karmas—good and bad. Paap punya yeh donon bedi, ik loha ik kanchan keri. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 113 Both—the sin as well as the merit—are a kind of bondage. The soul has nothing to do with both of these. This is because good as well as bad Karmas are performed at the instance of Mind alone. It is in this context that both of these have been called as a sort of bondage. The only difference is that one is inferior like iron while the other one is superior and good looking like gold. Our soul is totally unrelated to any sort of Karmas. If we look at the department of Karmas, we shall find that all the Karmas are done for the shake of the body. So to say, all these are body centred. The act of committing a theft by the thief is solely related to his bodily needs. Such thefts have nothing to do with the soul. Out of ignorance, the soul has taken itself as the body and is fully associating in the performance of all sorts of Karmas. Man performs such Karmas for attaining comforts and joys in this world and in the one, he has to attain after death. If a man is put alone in a prison and is forced to stay in a room with darkness and foul smell, it clearly indicates that the purpose behind it is to give all possible troubles to him. In the same manner, putting the soul in a body full of dirt and filth is nothing but an act of torture. It can’t find any comfort there. Deh dharey ka dand hai, bhugtat hain sub koye. Geyani bhugte geyan se, moorakh bhugtat roye. Attaining of body is a sort of trouble and sorrow. All have to face it. The only difference is that whereas the enlightened one’s face it in an enlightened way, the fools do so weepingly. So the soul has been made to remain in the bodily prison. Goswami ji has beautifully described this situation. 114 Sahib Bandgi Jadd chetan hai granth padd geyi, yadyapi mithya chhutat kathinai. The soul and the body seem to have developed a knot. Though it is an unreal one, yet it is not easy to untie it. So to say, the soul has been kept in a state of intoxication. Sahib says— Kahat Kabir suno bhai sadho, jagat bana hai maan se. Listen to what I say and contemplate over it. This universe of ours is the creation of Mind alone. Sometimes, you want to sit in meditation but your Mind doesn’t let you do so. It may ask you to do so on the next day or may present some other interference. Jo chahe so naach nachaye. Maan ki kala haath na aye. Without letting you know of its nature, it can make you do what it likes. Bajigar ka bandra, aisa jeev Mind saath. Nana naach nacha ker, rakhe apne haath. The Mind remains with the jiva in a manner the juggler remains with the monkey and makes it do as it desires. So this life cycle clearly shows that we are in the grip of some evil force. Normally, the whole play of Mind appears to be true and real. Actually it is not so. The soul has been badly misled. Bahu bandhan te bandhiya, ek vichara jeev. Jeev vichara keya karey, jo na chhudave peev. The poor jiva is tied with many chains. Unless Param Purush Himself comes to its rescue, it will remain in a state of helplessness. It is not in a position to know about its real God (Param Purush.) Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 115 Jo rakshak tahan cheehnat nahin, jo bhakshak tahan dheyan lagahin. None meditates on Him who is the real saviour. Instead, all meditate on one who is their torturer. All of us agree with this view and that is why we pray for salvation The soul, neither takes birth nor dies. It is beyond the reach of Indriyas. No disease can bother it. Still it is held in bondage. It has been wandering in four different modes of creation. Its greatest ignorance lies in its taking itself as the body. The activities related to the body are no doubt complex in nature. What a strange play of Mind it is! Let’s see and understand the whole network of Mind and the way the soul has got entangled in it. A super power has been making its presence felt in you after your being blessed with Naam. This is the power of Naam that has been protecting you from all sorts of problems in a manner a vaccine protects you from the related disease. The germs present in the vaccine reach the blood and act as guards against the disease germs. Jahan Naam tahan kaam nehin, jahan kaam nehin Naam. Kahain Kabir kaise rahein, ravi rajni ek thanv. Lust can’t stay in a body that has got purified with Naam and Naam can’t stay in a body that is filled with lust. Light and darkness can’t stay together. Sahib says— Naam hoye to maath Naamave. Na to yeh maan baandh nachave. The Mind bows before the jiva that has got blessed with Naam and makes others dance in chains. This will happen after getting blessed with Naam. 116 Sahib Bandgi Then there is the question of worship. It has two aspects— faith and devotion. Faith is, in fact, the backbone of worship. What does faith mean? How can it be had? What is devotion? The two main things in fire are — Heat and light. These can’t be separated from the fire. Even if one of these is separated, the fire will get extinguished. If there is fire, the heat will also remain. Likewise, faith and devotion can in no way be separated from the worship. Without faith, there can be no existence of worship. However, the faith should be a deep one. The jiva should think that the deity he has been worshipping is its sole saviour. Ignoring the deity and wandering about at some other place for safety, speaks about lack of faith. Many obstacles will raise their head in the path of your devotion. Sometimes, you will feel frustrated as to why the worldly people are opposing you. What is the flaw within you that makes the people remain away from you when even the Muslims and the Christians are showing respect to you? Your becoming strong from within is the main thing that has been a cause of opposition to you. There can be no close association between the high and the low thinking people. What to talk of others, even your brother or mother who has not been blessed with Naam, will try not to treat you in usual manner as a family members do. There is a deep secret behind it. Niranjan resides within all. He is the emperor. He thinks that any other fellow who comes in contact with a Naami, will also go out of his grip. Therefore, he will try to create a sense of meaningless and unnecessary hatred in the minds of others against you. This is because the Mind dominates within them. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 117 The Mind understands that it can do no harm to a Naami. Therefore, it is this Mind that is creating a feeling of ill will in the minds of others against you. It is doing so simply to take you away from the true worship you have been performing. So it is not easy to perform the Satguru Bhakti. Kami krodhi lalchi, in se bhakti na hoye. Bhakti karey koyi shoorma, jati varan kul khoye. Sahib says that a fellow with vices like lust, anger and greed can’t do any kind of devotion. In fact, worship in the real sense, can be performed, only by one who is bold and free from the feelings of caste, community or family background. The true worshippers become ego free. They surrender before the satguru. They don’t talk aloud of their love for the guru and also don’t perform worship in a manner the ordinary people do. Sahib says— Bhakti karey surit laye ke, jabb ho adhi raat. Ker ke puni bhakho nehin, ur antar mein rakh. The true devotee worships at mid night. He meditates on his Satguru and gets absorbed in him, but he doesn’t reveal this devotion to the worldly people. Jo piya sung sovti, kahti nehin harshaye. Garbh hoat hai tasu jabb, jug mein ho praktaye. The woman who sleeps with her husband, doesn’t tell everyone about it. The worldly people automatically come to know of it when she becomes pregnant. Likewise, those who worship Satguru and have love for him, don’t talk aloud about it. The worldly people come to know of it when in due course of time they attain the blessings of Satguru. 118 Sahib Bandgi Whether you are sure or not about your attaining of liberation after being blessed with Naam, the Mind is sure about it. It knows that it will not be able to do any harm to a Naami. So it will try to bother you through others. Even if someone at home falls ill, it will try to mislead you. So the Mind has launched its attack on your faith and devotion. Will it be able to prevent you from going to Satlok? No, it won’t be able to do so. If you don’t remain firm in your faith, you will have to repent. The Mind will take it as its victory in misleading you. Then you won’t be able to admonish others. A certian lady got blessed with Naam at Chinor. She runs a school there. The people in the neighbourhood spread a rumour that there was an evil spirit of some woman in the tree standing in the school. How much cruel the world is! This is the play of Mind. Every Naami will consider the worldly people as mad. You have control over yourself but such like people lack all this. They will be found to be engaged in lustful activities. To cite an instance, a boy was throwing stones. He was bringing the stones for throwing. It was nothing but a purposeless activity. You as well earn money, take food and do other sorts of activities. However, there is some definite difference between your activities and those being performed by others. Your life has become like that of a sage. You have gained control over your brain and your activities. I take you like a sage. That is why I remain in your service. Sahib has rightly said— Ek jeev ko bhakti dilaye, so to koti koti phall paye. He who helps a jiva get blessed with Naam, earns the merit equivalent to countless noble deeds. While doing so, you will have to labour hard. Courage and faith are very much needed for it. Have the Karmas any Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 119 role to play in it? I’ll explain to you. Guru Nanak Devji has said— Jiska poorav likhiya, so guru charan gahye. The Karmas of previous births alone help a devotee seek the shelter of some guru. In what way does the effect of Karmas show its presence in man? The Karmas are stored in the brain in a manner the money is deposited in a bank. You will understand all this when your brain is awakened. Noble deeds from many births together make the brain awakened. Secondly— Kahat Kabir suno bhai sadho, sadh ter jaye ga. Sahib says that those living in the company of the sages will be able to attain liberation. Even if you have no account of noble deeds, you can attain salvation if you seek the company of some Naami. The women are generally ego free. They only express their sorrows. One lady said that her husband didn’t like to attend any satsang. Whenever she asked him to go to satsang, he always said that Sahibji performed some miracle through eyes. I am taking all that my opponents have said, as true. They say I make the people shun their religion. I say I do so. I am not taking anything lightly. I am making people leave the religion of Kaal and adopt the one of Satya. Some say I perform some magic through eyes. There is every truth in this as well. The only thing is that they don’t know how to express their views in a positive manner. I change the very inner being of the devotees who look into my eyes. The Naamis don’t feel satisfaction if I don’t cast a look at them. It means, they gain something from it. 120 Sahib Bandgi Therefore, their saying that I do something through eyes, is very much correct. The only difference is that the devotees receive grace and blessings through eyes whereas others think I perform some magic through these. Some say I make the devotees shun their gods. They are right in saying this as well. I ask the devotees to show respect to the gods like Agni, Upainder ji, Vishnoji and the like in a right manner. For instance, Vishnoji is the god of stomach. I ask the Naamis not to put dirty material like wine and meat into it. They call me smuggler as well. There is some weightage in their saying so. I take the material from the world of Kaal and smuggle it into the world of Param Purush. Just imagine! what sort of a job it is! The people are following our views and philosophy through the medium of T.V. I am speaking in a plain and a straight forward manner. Whatever I speak, I transfer it into the hearts of the listners. The people have begun to understand that all sorts of criticism and charges against me were nothing but a calculated move by the hypocrites to defame me and to prevent me from exposing their acts of befooling and looting the innocent people under one pretext or the other. I want you to watch the negative as well as the positive aspects of a thing. Doing so, you will be able to find that even the most cruel fellow has some feeling of love and noble behaviour in him. This is because such virtues are related to the soul which is present in all. Even those who had earlier opposed us, have got blessed with Naam. Some of them who had earlier opposed you as well, are feeling hesitant to come forward. If someone comes through you for getting blessed wih Naam, it is due to the grace of Param Purush alone. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 121 Aap hi kanda tole traju, aap hi tolan hara. He Himself is the weighing machine as well as the supreme power to weigh. Otherwise, there are many to mislead you in this Kalyug. The messengers of Niranjan are wandering from palce to place. They will put all their might in preventing you from following the True Bhakti (Sathya Bhakti). They will make it difficult for everyone to adopt this true mode of devotion. Anyone who talks about the true salvation, is put to troubles. A certain boy used to go out for selling 10 kg. of milk daily. In earlier times, there used to be 5kg capacity can. He took two such cans with him. The boy was about 12 or 13 yrs. of age. Carrying one on head, he held the other one in hand. At first, he will sell the milk from the can that is in his hand. This is because more energy is needed to carry a thing in hand. One day, the tin, on his head fell down. He began to weep. He was afraid of getting a thrashing from his parents. . He belonged to a poor family. In the meantime, a man came there. He told the boy that the can on his head was without any cork and that is why the milk had fallen. The boy had kept the money earned from the sale of milk in the shirt pocket. Pointing towards some place, the man asked the boy to look for cork there. While the boy was doing so, he was trying to take out the money from his pocket.Niranjan is giving a double blow to boy. That boy had to face two blows. One day, I along with Bhanu Partap, was going to some place near Ayodhaya. A boy from the opposite side was coming with curd in hand. His curd fell down. He began to weep. I asked Bhanu Partap to stop the motor cycle and turn it back. Bhanu Partap requested me not to think about 122 Sahib Bandgi it as the people would assemble there. I asked him to stop. I asked the boy the reason of his weeping. He said that his curd had fallen down. I asked him if he had received any injury. He said that he hadn’t received any injury but his mother would beat him. I asked the boy how much money he had spent on the curd. He said that he had purchased it for Rs. 10. I gave him 10 Rs. and asked him not to weep. So in our life we become sad or happy over matters related to wealth. This is the play of Mind. Maan hanse Maan rovey. It is the Mind that laughs or cry Jeev pada bahu loot mein, nehin kachhu lain na dain. The soul neither becomes sad nor receives any injury nor faces any problem. This is a wonder, indeed. Man is living under misconceptions. He weeps when some near or dear one dies. Mind is making the soul do all that it desires. A lion is the king of forest but sometimes, its trainer makes it jump through a circle of fire and at other times, makes it perform other acts that are not at all suited to its nature. Bahut bandhan te bandhiya, ek vichara jeev. Jeev vichara keya karey, jo na chhudave peev. The poor jiva has been tied with many chains. It will remain so unless Param Purush Himself comes to its rescue as Satguru. Then there are the agents of Kaal to help in the task of holding the jivas in bondage. Some of them ask the people to visit holy places; some ask them to recite Naam; some ask to do noble deeds while others ask them to have faith in Hatya (devotion to the spirit of the dead). So to say, all Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 123 the religious preachers have only one mission before them, and this mission is to amass wealth. Satwahs (recitation of kathas) are also held for earning money. Bandhey ko bandha miley, ganth chhudave kaun. Andhey ko andha miley, rah dikhave kaun. One who himself is in bondage cannot be expected to show the path of release to others. Will the association of such people help the devotees attain salvation? They are doing everything for the satisfaction of their bodily needs. Obeying such fellow can in no case prove fruitful to anyone. Those who suggest the devotees to perform rites and rituals know well that the devotees would be obliged to give some money to them as a fee. They would never ask them to avoid doing wrong acts. Instead, they would ask them to have a dip in some holy river and perform such and such rites to get rid of their sins. So to say, they have set up shops for selling merits in lieu of some money. We caution the Naamis about such dangerous people. Dason disha mein lagi aag. Kahai Kabir kahan jeyyo bhag. All the ten directions have been engulfed in fire. There appears to be no place of safety. Such hypocrites cheat the people by creating imaginery fears in their minds. Whenever people come to me with their sorrowful problems, I always think of removing these. I never ask anyone to pay for the same. A certain woman had cattle. She came to me and said that her cow had received some burns. She wanted to know whether the fire had broken out accidently or it was due to an act of some evil spirit. I asked her not to go into the cause of fire. In Kalyug, man has become cruel and wicked. 124 Sahib Bandgi Our 12 Ashrams were burnt down. In 3 Ashrams, the fire broke out at night at about 2 pm. Some said that it was due to short circuit. If it was so, was it to happen at 2 p.m each time? Why doesn’t short circuit take place during daytime? Why does it take place during night alone? They chose this time intentionally. We came to know of it and saved the cows from being roasted. Those cruel natured persons didn’t have any trace of sympathy even for the poor animals. Some cannot see others smiling. They are envious of others. Therefore, I asked that woman to treat the cow for burns. Two of them had died. She said the people were asking her to perform a yagya, as it was a matter of sin. I told the woman that she was not at fault for this and as such, she had committed no sin. She bought the cows and fed them. She did not want to kill them. Such people were trying to give her another blow by asking her to waste her money in unnecessary rites and rituals. In this Kalyugi man can stoop to a very low level. 10 creatures have been considered as dangerous. A study shows that a snake kills about 50,000 people a year. Crocodile and lion etc. have also been included in this category. However, there is no mention of the most dangerous creature that, according to me, is none else but man. Her cow shed had been put on fire. The night hours are chosen for such purposes, as the sinners and culprits can easily escape from sight. I told the woman that those who had lighted the fire had to suffer from the sin of killing. Her job was to serve the cows. She would commit a sin only if she didn’t serve them. She had nothing to bother about whether they survived or not. I am sure that the fellow who committed such a heinous crime will have to suffer from burns many a times. Therefore, Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 125 you should think well before doing any such act. One thing goes to the credit of Niranjan. At least, he gives the reward as per one’s Karmas. He doesn’t let anyone escape unaccounted. Only such a devotee who has the grace of Param Purush with him, can escape from his grip. Otherwise, he tortures everyone. The woman also said that some persons were asking her to go to Haridwar and perform some rites there. I told her that if at all she wanted to do something, she could arrange for a Bhandara in the Ashram. It will be a great yajya in the real sense. I have been to Haridwar and have seen many dangerous kind of people there. They are expert in befooling and looting the innocent people. Death keeps with calendar. It can come at anytime (be it day or night) and anywhere. The woman was well off. I told her that those people were bothering her. I used all possible means to take her out of her confused state. There was a rich man. He lived carefree life. He is from the Mahajan community, a naami. Earlier, the fellow used to visit some sage who had many disciples. He brought some of them to him. Those disciples put his shop to fire. He was a wholesaler. All the material in the store was burnt to ashes. He was very sad. The disciples said that he always sang in glory of Sahib but the latter couldn’t even save his shop from burning. They burnt the shop and then taunted him. Some told the him, that it happened because of the short circuit. Actually, this was not the case. A deliberate attempt was made in this regard. The fellow was shaken up. Some said he had stopped worshipping Lakshmi while others said that he had seen the result of shunning the gods. In short, they tried their best to convince him that it was the result 126 Sahib Bandgi of his association with the Sahib Bandgi path. It was a good move made by the hypocrites. I asked him not to worry. It didn’t behove a Naami of Sahib to behave like that. I gave him money and asked him to run his business without asking for help from anyone. He became better off than what he was. He constructed a two-storey building. Afterwards, the identity of the culprits was established. The worldly people can go to any extent. They will try to mislead you in every possible manner. Your remaining under misconception pays them. The astrologers, the Katha reciters and all other hypocrites had joined hands in planning attacks on our Ashrams. They couldn’t see the speed at which our organisation was flourishing. Such people call themselves as religious minded. Earlier, the people were helpful to others. They were always ready for rendering service to others, but today, the righteousness has disappeared. Now they derive pleasure from the sufferings and sorrows of others, without bothering to know what reward could such a mentality give them. Dekh prayi choopri, matt lalchaie jeebh. Rookha sookha khai ke, thanda pani peev. Don’t feel disturbed on seeing others enjoying good food. Remain satisfied with whatever food you manage to get. Kaal ka jeev maney nehin, main kotin kahun samjhaye. Main khainchat hon Satlok ko, yeh bandha yampur jaye. In this universe of Kaal, the jiva doesn’t pay heed to what I say. I try my best to take them to Satlok but they prefers to go to the abode of Yama tied in chains. In fact, one who turns to true mode of worship has to face many hurdles. Satguru Bhakti–Uniqueness 127 Mujhe hai kaam Satguru se, jagat rootha to roothan de. I am concerned with my Satguru alone. I don’t bother whether the worldly people sever relations with me or not. You have heard that the demons in earlier times used to create hurdles in the path of sadhana. They are very much to be seen these days as well. Ravan had no horns. We have coined such things. He was the grandson of the sage, Pulsat. Whenever a devotee moves ahead for the liberation of his soul, people, as per their nature, attack with double-edged sword.

Kakka kewal nam hai, Babba varan shareer. R-Ra sabb mein rum raha, jiska nam Kabir. According to a holy saint, a soul which has its true existence beyond five elements and is present in every living being is Kabir. Gagan mandal se utrey, Satguru Satya Kabir. Jal manhi paurhan kiya, sabh piron ke peer. According to another saint Kabir Sahib descended from sky & appeared in water. 128 Sahib Bandgi ENGLISH BOOKS

1. Anuragsagar Vani

2. Without Soul Realisation Man Has To Wander

3.The Whole Game Is That Of Concentration

4.The Truth.

5. Meditation On A Real Satguru Ensures Permanent Salvation.

6. Satguru Bhakti.

7. Atma-An Exposition

8. Satguru Bhakti-Uniqueness

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