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realised his folly, the Raja pleaded with folded hands : |
Sir,
if this body is not mine, if this kingdom and all other possessions
are not mine, if the mind does not belong to me, what can 'I'
offer at your lotus feet?
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Great Saviour and the Lord of Divine Wisdom compassionately
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Offer
this 'I'
of your's
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Raja, an 'Uttam Adhikari', a deserving soul of the compassion of
the Great Guru, fell at His holy feet and went into a rapturous
trance.
After a short while, the Great Guru asked the Raja to get up and
go and rule his kingdom. The Raja, who had now awakened to spiritual
wisdom, again pleaded his total inability to rule a kingdom which
was actually not his. He pleaded with all humility.
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pleaded with all humility : |
O
Dispeller of all ignorance and darkness,
O my Great Guru, Light of all Lights, how can I rule now?
O Bestower of illumination, grant mercy and illumine further
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Nectar of divine wisdom again flowed from the holy lips of Sri
Guru Nanak Sahib : |
Previously
you ruled the kingdom always with the notion, 'my kingdom',
'my palace', 'my army', 'my treasure', 'my family' and so
on. Since you have now offered and surrendered your 'I', all
these bonds of 'I'ness and `My'ness stand snapped. Now you
cannot claim anything as yours. Now you rule the kingdom as
an instrument of Guru and God. Everything belongs to God.
Look after and rule the kingdom as a sacred trust of the Lord.
Only the sense of 'I'ness and 'My'ness binds a soul.
All the worldly links with the false 'I' ego are binding;
as now all these links with 'I'ego stand delinked and snapped,
you are free
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In His characteristic simplicity, Sri Guru Nanak Sahib advises the Raja
how to remain uncontaminated in the midst of all worldly contamination,
how to remain detached in the midst of all worldly attachments, and how
to remain totally free in the midst of all worldly bondages. Having surrendered
the 'I'ness and 'My'ness at the lotus feet of Satguru, the Satguru is
the Sole doer, the Karta. All worries and burdens connected with the Self
are passed on to the holy feet of Satguru. Consequently one travels lightly
and without any burden through the journey of life. One belongs to the
supreme care taker. What a singular relief for a spiritual aspirant?
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Sri Guru Nanak Sahib incarnated in this Dark Age
as the Supreme Physician - Doctor of this terrible ailment, disease
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Having rid the Raja of his 'I' ego, Sri Guru Nanak Sahib bestowed freedom
on him from all bonds which can bind, which cause the continuity of the
cycle of transmigration.
As we drop at the holy feet of the Satguru in all our humility and become
his, all our previous accounts held by Dharam Raj are torn, all the previous
sins wiped out. The heart stands purified and illumined with the Grace
of the Satguru, and a totally fresh and new holy and pure chapter of life
starts thereafter. With face turned towards the source of all lights,
all darkness of previous lives is left behind like non-existent shadow.
The knowledge of false identification of the 'I' ego with name, form
(body), possessions and 'I'ego's false sense of independent identity and
existence of the self dawned on the deserving Raja.
With 'I' the doer of all Karmas, surrendered at the holy feet of Satguru,
it ('I') becomes non-existent and unfettered by any Karmas. One is liberated.
'I' as the doer is the sole binder and when 'I' is non-existent, there
is no one to bear the fruits of any past or present Karmas. One is free.
Jivanmukta has risen far above the consciousness of doership, 'Ek Onkar
Satnam Kartapurkh' for him the Lord is the Sole Doer, the Sole Karta.
His 'I'ego is non-existent and hence his total non-involvement in any
Karma. He is completely free. He has attained mukti in his very life.
He is Jivanmukt.
In the state of Jivanmukti, there is no sense of doership; the sole doer
or Karta is the Lord, there is no individual will; only the will of the
Lord prevails, There is no 'I'ness and 'My'ness; it is all 'Thou' and
'Thy'ness.
A jivanmukt has actually died before his death. It is a death of the 'I'ego,
it is a death of separate individuality and identity, it is a death of
the individual will, it is a death of 'I'ness and 'My'ness.
The impact of each word of Sri Guru Nanak Sahib was simple, direct and
most penetrating.
Each word and hymn uttered by humility personified Sri Guru Nanak Sahib
had a unique and wonderful effect. It directly hit with deadly effect,
the ego centre, the worst enemy and a disease of entire humanity. His
mere presence would swallow, reduce to ashes the ego of Great Sidhas,
Pirs and Faqirs and thus enable them to understand the deep rooted meaning
of higher Reality.
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