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?) • Gurmat • 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 Guru . 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 seva - 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 Krodh Lobh Moh Hunkar Ego Society Bad Sangat Kam Mind EGO Barrier Mud (Maya) Jeev Atma 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 (Maya) Jeev Atma 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 (Maya) Jeev Atma 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 (Maya) Jeev Atma Love Sadh Sangat Virtues Truthful Living • Naam Japo • 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.