Creation: God’s Play Lesson B

Ajmel Singh Reincarnation Definition

• Reincarnation is the phenomenon – The soul of a living human being, on its death giving life to another human body

• Reincarnation presupposes that the soul is immortal – Does not die with the body Incarnation Definition

Incarnation refers to the belief in faiths that God or one of the deities takes human form

Hence reincarnation & incarnation they are two different concepts. Transmigration

Transmigration is the movement of the soul among species after death

Human Beings transmigrate or reincarnate Creation (How?)

• • Model Gurmat

kIqw pswau eyko kvwau ] iqs qy hoey lK drIAwau ] (pg 3) God created the vast expanse of the Universe with One Word! From that hundreds of thousands of rivers (of creation) began. swcy qy pvnw BieAw pvnY qy jlu hoie ] jl qy iqRBvxu swijAw Git Git joiq smoie ] (pg 19) From God came the air (Sookham), from the air came water (Sthool), from the water God created the three worlds; and in each and every being (of His creation) God has infused His own Light.

Model

Word Universe

(Infused light in all beings)

God Air Water Life (Beings)

Creation (Why?)

A God’s Play (Game- Kylu) Creation (Game- Kylu) Why?

• Gurmat • Model Gurmat kIAw Kylu bf mylu qmwsw vwihgurU qyrI sB rcnw ] (pg 1403) O Vaheguru! all of this is Your creation; by mixing (the five elements) You staged this great play (game). quDu jg mih Kylu rcwieAw ivic haumY pweIAw ] (pg 1096) You have staged this play in the world, and infused egotism into all beings. iqsu ivic DrqI Qwip rKI Drm swl ] (pg 7) In the midst of these, He established the earth as a home for Dharma.

Kylu gUV@au kIAau hir rwie sMqoiK smwcir´E ibml buiD siqguir smwxau] (pg 1407) The Sovereign Lord King has staged this wondrous play; contentment was gathered together, and pure understanding was infused in the True .

Apnw Kylu Awip kir dyKY Twkuir rcnu rcwieAw ]1] (pg 748) The Lord created the Creation, set His own play in motion, and then beholds it ||1||

(Pg 1128) kir pRswdu ieku Kylu idKwieAw ] ਗੁਰ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੩॥ Hey Bhai! To whom God has revealed His staged play (game) through Guru’s grace, He/she obtains the supreme state. Model

Basketball Game

Sports Game (Our Play)

Basketball: Creator of Game Rules Coach Uniform Team Captain Individual Players Playing Field Referee(s) Penalties Awards Ball

Creation (God’s Play)

Creator of Game God Rules God’s Hukam Spectators God & Humans Coach Guru Ji Uniform Five Kakaars Team Sadh-Sangat Captain Mind Individual Players Human Beings Playing Field Planets (Earth) Referee(s) Conscious (Babek) Penalties Death-Birth Cycle Awards Salvation (prm pd) Ball Shabad Outcome/Consequences

Worldly Games • Lose • Win God’s Play • Losing (Transmigration) • Winning ( Salvation- prm pd) Gurmat vykI vykI jMq aupwey ] duie pMdI duie rwh clwey ] God created the beings of different kinds. But there are only two types of travelers & God has created only two paths for them to follow (1032) gurmuiK ijnw sbdu min vsY drgh moK duAwru ] The Word of the Shabad abides in the mind of the Gurmukhs, who find the Gate of Salvation. (1250) mnmuK dh idis iPir rhy Aiq iqsnw loB ivkwr ] mwieAw mohu n cukeI mir jMmih vwro vwr ] The self-willed manmukhs wander lost in the ten directions, led by intense desire, greed and corruption. Their attachment to Maya does not cease; they die, only to be reborn, over and over again. (1418) ey mn jYsw syvih qYsw hovih qyhy krm kmwie ] O mind, as you serve, so do you become, and so are the deeds that you do. (pg 755) ivxu siqgur syvy suKu nhI mir jMmih vwro vwr ] Without serving the True Guru, no one finds peace; mortals die and are reborn, over andover again. ( 1248)

Model

God winnnig Sadh Sangat (Gurmukh) Gurmat

Idea Thought Action Habit (Repeated Actions) Nature

Kusangat (Manmukh) Manmat

Transmigration (Losing) Transmigration

• Gurmat • Model Gurmat keI jnm Bey kIt pqMgw ] keI jnm gj mIn kurMgw ] keI jnm pMKI srp hoieE ] keI jnm hYvr ibRK joieE ]1] imlu jgdIs imln kI brIAw ] icrMkwl ieh dyh sMjrIAw ]1] rhwau] keI jnm sYl igir kirAw ] keI jnm grB ihir KirAw ] keI jnm swK kir aupwieAw ] lK caurwsIh join BRmwieAw ]2] swDsMig BieE jnmu prwpiq ] kir syvw Bju hir hir gurmiq] iqAwig mwnu JUTu AiBmwnu ] jIvq mrih drgh prvwnu ]3]

In so many incarnations, you were a worm and an insect; in so many incarnations, you were an elephant, a fish and a deer. In so many incarnations, you were a bird and a snake. In so many incarnations, you were yoked as an ox and a horse. ||1|| Meet the Lord of the Universe - now is the time to meet God. After so very long, this human body was fashioned for you. ||1||Pause|| In so many incarnations, you were rocks and mountains; in so many incarnations, you were aborted in the womb; in so many incarnations, you developed branches and leaves; you wandered through 8.4 million incarnations. ||2|| Through the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, you obtained this human life. Do - selfless service; follow the Guru`s Teachings, and vibrate the Lord`s Name, Har, Har. Abandon pride, falsehood and arrogance. Remain dead while yet alive, and you shall be welcomed in the Court of the Lord. ||3|| (pg 176) Transmigration Model

God

Humans Choice

worms

Which species in reincarnation depends upon one’s deeds Transmigration Model

God

Humans Choice

worms

Could reincarnate as a human, or one or more of lower species and then again as a human What Does It Take to Win?

• Play By Rules (Hukam) • Seasoned Coach (Guru) • Teammates (Sadh Sangat) • Discipline (Sincere Commitment) • Practice (Nit-Nem) • Hard work (‘Mashakat Ghaal’) • God’s Grace (‘Nadar’)

Barrier is the Ego (Homai) of One’s Mind Gurmat

haumY sBu srIru hY haumY Epiq hoie ] Egotism is within all bodies; through egotism, we come to be born. (560) haumY rogu mwnuK kau dInw ] Mankind is afflicted with the disease of egotism. (1140)

To win one must eradicate mind’s disease of ‘Homai’ with Guru’s Grace!!!

Model State

God

Ego (Vices) Mind Ego (‘Homai) EGO the disease of mind Barrier Mud (Maya) Jeev Atma

Virtues Model State God Food Duality Lobh Hunkar Ego Society Bad Sangat Kam Mind EGO Barrier

Mud Jeev Atma (Maya)

Contentment Love Compassion Society Virtues Modesty Benevolence Forgiveness Humility Good Sangat Honest Work Community Service Gurmat

AMdir iqsnw Aig hY mnmuK BuK n jwie ] mohu kutMbu sBu kUVu hY kUiV rihAw lptwie ] Anidnu icMqw icMqvY icMqw bDw jwie ] jMmxu mrxu n cukeI haumY krm kmwie ] Within the self-willed ‘Manmukh’ is the fire of desire; his/her hunger does not depart. Emotional attachments to relatives are totally false; he/she remain engrossed in falsehood. Night and day, he/she is troubled by anxiety; bound to anxiety, they depart. His/her comings and goings in Transmigration never end; he/she does his/her deeds in egotism. (1424) bhuqu isAwxp haumY myrI ] bhu krm kmwvih loiB moih ivAwpy haumY kdy n cUkY PyrI ] Excessive cleverness and egotism are mine. The mortal performs all sorts of rituals in greed and attachment; engrossed in egotism, he shall never escape the cycle of Transmigration. (1251) Model State God

Ego Food Kusangat Dishonesty Slandering Desires Jealousy Drugs Moh Duality Stealing Lobh Hunkar Krodh Etc…..

Kam Mind EGO Barrier

Mud (Maya) Jeev Atma Gurmat

aUqm sMgiq aUqmu hovY ] gux kau DwvY Avgx DovY ] In the uplifting society (good Sangat), one is uplifted. He chases after virtues and washes off his sins. (414)

Model State God

Slandering Desires Food Duality Jealousy Society Ego Moh Bad Sangat Lobh Krodh Hunkar Kam Mind EGO Barrier

Mud Jeev Atma (Maya) Sadh Sangat Honest Living Contentment Love Compassion Community Service Virtues Modesty Forgiveness Humility Benevolence Gurmat

hau hau krq nhI scu pweIAY ] haumY jwie prm pdu pweIAY ]1] rhwau ] haumY kir rwjy bhu Dwvih ] haumY Kpih jnim mir Awvih ]2] By actions done in egotism, selfishness and conceit, the True Lord is not obtained. But when egotism departs, then the state of supreme dignity (prm pd) is obtained ||1||Pause|| The kings act in egotism, and undertake all sorts of expeditions. But through their egotism, they are ruined; they die, only to be reborn over and over again ||2|| Model State God

Desires Food Slandering Duality Jealousy Society Ego Moh Bad Sangat Lobh Krodh Hunkar Kam Mind EGO Barrier

Mud Jeev Atma (Maya) Sadh Sangat Love Virtues Truthful Living Gurmat

ivxu siqgur syvy suKu nhI mir jMmih vwro vwr ] Without serving the True Guru, no one finds peace; mortals die and are reborn, over and over again. (1248) scu purwxw nw QIAY nwmu n mYlw hoie ] gur kY BwxY jy clY bhuiV n Awvxu hoie ] nwnk nwim ivswirAY Awvx jwxw doie ]2] The True Lord does not grow old; God’s Naam is never dirtied. Whoever walks in harmony with the Guru`s Will, shall not be reborn again. O Nanak, those who forget the Naam, come and go in Transmigration ||2|| (1248) Model State God

Food Duality Moh Slandering Hunkar Jealousy Society Lobh Desires Ego Krodh Bad Sangat Kam Mind

Gurmat EGO Barrier Mud Jeev Atma (Maya)

Love Sadh Sangat Virtues Truthful Living • • Krit Karo • Vand Schhako Gurmat

haumY nwvY nwil ivroDu hY duie n vsih iek Twie ] Ego is opposed to the Name of the Lord; the two do not dwell in the same place. (560) haumY dIrG rogu hY dwrU BI iesu mwih ] ikrpw kry jy AwpxI qw gur kw sbdu kmwih ] Ego is a chronic disease, but it contains its own cure as well. If the Lord grants Grace, then one acts according to the Teachings of the Guru`s Shabad. (466) gurmuiK hovY su igAwnu qqu bIcwrY haumY sbid jlwey ] One who becomes Gurmukh contemplates the essence of spiritual wisdom; through the Shabad, he/she burns away his/her egotism. (946) Model State God

Moh Slandering Diet Control Jealousy Hunkar Society Desires Ego Lobh Bad Sangat Krodh Guru Kam Mind

Gurmat EGO Barrier

Mud Jeev Atma (Maya)

Love Sadh Sangat

Truthful Living • Naam Japo Virtues • Krit Karo • Vand Schhako Gurmat

kwm k®oD loB md inMdw swDsMig imitAw AiBmwn ] AYsy sMq Bytih vfBwgI nwnk iqn kYsd kurbwn ]2]39]52] Sexual desire, anger, intoxication, egotism, slander and egotistical pride are eradicated in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. By great good fortune such Saints are met. Nanak is forever a sacrifice to them. ||2||39||52|| (1151) qyrw jnu eyku AwDu koeI ] kwmu k®oDu loBu mohu ibbrijq hir pdu cIn@Y soeI ]1] rhwau ] Hardly anyone is a humble servant of Yours, O Lord. Ignoring sexual desire, anger, greed and attachment, such a person becomes aware of the Lord`s Feet. ||1||Pause|| (1123)

Model State God

Diet Control Moh Society Guru Bad Sangat Hunkar Lobh Ego Krodh Mind Kam Gurmat EGO Barrier Mud Jeev Atma (Maya) Sadh Sangat

Love Truthful Living Virtues Gurmat

squ sMqoKu sBu scu hY gurmuiK pivqw ] AMdrhu kptu ivkwru gieAw mnu shjy ijqw ] The Gurmukh is totally truthful, content and pure. Deception and wickedness have departed from within him, and he/she easily conquers his/her mind. (512) mnu rwjw mnu mn qy mwinAw mnsw mnih smweI ] mnu jogI mnu ibnis ibEgI mnu smJY gux gweI ]3] gur qy mnu mwirAw sbdu vIcwirAw qy ivrly sMswrw ] nwnk swihbu Birpuir lIxw swc sbid insqwrw ]4]1]2] The mind is the king; the mind is appeased and satisfied through the mind itself, and desire is stilled in the mind. The mind is the Yogi, the mind wastes away in separation from the Lord; singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the mind is instructed and reformed ]3] How very rare are those in this world who, through the Guru, subdue their minds, and contemplate the Word of the Shabad. O Nanak, our Lord and Master is All-pervading; through the True Word of the Shabad, we are emancipated ]4]1]2] (1125) Model State God

Diet Control Guru Society Prem Bad Sangat

Humility Sharing Bir Rus Mind Ego Barrier Continence Gurmat EGO Mud Jeev Atma (Maya)

Sadh Sangat

Truthful Living •Contentment •Compassion Love •Modesty •Benevolence Virtues •Riteousness •Equality •Honesty •Forgiveness •Community Service Gurmat (Essence)

kbIr mukiq duAwrw sMkurw, rweI dsvY Bwie ] mnu qau mYglu hoie rihE, inkso ikau kY jwie ]58] kbIr AYsw siqguru jy imlY, quTw kry pswau ] mukiq duAwrw moklw, shjy Awvau jwau ]59] Kabeer, the door of liberation is very narrow, less than the width of a mustard seed. Your mind is larger than an elephant; how will it pass through? ]58] Kabeer, if I meet such a True Guru, who mercifully blesses me with the gift, then the door of liberation will open wide for me, and I will easily pass through. ]59] (509)

]m:3] nwnk mukiq duAwrw Aiq nIkw, nwn@w hoie su jwie ] haumY mnu AsQUlu hY, ikau kir ivcu dy jwie ] siqgur imilAY, haumY geI, joiq rhI sB Awie ] iehu jIau sdw mukqu hY, shjy rihAw smwie ]2] O Nanak, the gate of liberation is very narrow; only the very tiny can pass through. Through egotism, the mind has become bloated. How can it pass through? Meeting the True Guru, egotism departs, and one is filled with the Divine Light. Then, this soul is liberated forever, and it remains absorbed in celestial bliss. ]2] (pg 509)

Model State God Guru Gurmat Mind

EGO Ego Barrier Mud (Maya) Jeev Atma Virtues Sadh Sangat Gurmat (Bottom-line)

mn kI miq iqAwghu hir jn eyhw bwq kTYnI ] Anidnu hir hir nwmu iDAwvhu gur siqgur kI miq lYnI ]3] So renounce the clever intellect of your mind, O humble servants of the Lord, no matter how hard this may be. Night and day, meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, Har, Har; accept the wisdom of the Guru, the True Guru ]3] (800) gurmuiK mnu jIqw haumY mwir ] gurmuiK swcu riKAw aur Dwir ] The Gurmukh conquers his/her mind by subduing his/her ego. The Gurmukh enshrines Truth in his/her heart. (pg946) min jIqY jgu jIqu ] Conquer your own mind, and conquer the world. (pg 6) Model

Jeev Atma

Jeev Atma Jeev Atma

Jeev Atma Jeev Atma Jeev Atma Jeev Atma Jeev Atma Jeev Atma Jeev Atma Jeev Atma GodJeev Atma Jeev Atma Jeev Atma • Only through Guru’s Grace, a Jeev Atma Acquires Virtues of God, and then and only then the Jeev Atma Becomes One with God. • Once united with God, no one is then able to tell them apart • That is the State of the Mind of a Gurmukh!!!

A Jeev Atma Who wins the God’s Created Game, is Called A “Gurmukh” Winning Is To Become A “Gurmukh”

Attributes : • Under God’s Grace Day & Night • One with God (Fears No One) • 24 Hours Immersed in God’s Devotion (Bhakti/Simron) • Lives in Sadh Sangat • Lives in God’s Hukam – Guru’s word is a standard for all his/her deeds • Devoid of Humai • Welcomes All Happenings as a Gift of God (Unconditionally Accepts God’s Will) Summary

• This creation is a God’s Play (Game) • The latest Science Theories and findings are consistent with • Humans are the supreme Beings in God’s creation and have a freedom of choice to re-unite with God which is considered the last step in evolution • One’s deeds as Human being determine the outcome of his/her life – A Gurmukh re-unites with God while living – A Manmukh remains in the death-birth cycle (i.e., Transmigration) because of (Barrier) • Only Guru could eradicate Haumai, thus one must become a Gurmukh • God’s Nadar is the ultimate step for re-uniting • Sikh Guru’s demonstrated this process of Truthful Living as role Models • Although it is extremely hard to achieve this last step, Many Sikhs have followed ’ leads and became Gurmukhs • Must remember that only a Gurmukh is capable of living in God’s Will