Guru Nanak Dev Ji is sitting in the sunshine outside Lalo Ji's hut and talking to Lalo Ji with love: O Lalo Ji friend, it is extremely cold and the season is to sit inside with closed doors near the fire. But I wish to travel. So, I depart.
Lalo Ji: '0, Guru Ji' your travels are pangs to those who love you. What to do? If there is no love, then there is no life. When there is love, then separation is there. When there is separation, then pangs are there. But thanks to the pangs, at least they don't let you forget. When love is there, at least one is living. There should be life even if it is with pangs. Lifelessness is nothing and the comforts of a lifeless person are nothing. Whatever you wish, give us your love.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji: O Lalo Ji, What to do? The Lord has created us like this. The world has gone into lifelessness. The love-cords have broken. There is no right or wrong. The bodies have become like a broken violin. Neither the wire is there nor the tune comes out. The Lord has not liked the lifeless world. He had created life. Man has made himself lifeless. The Lord wants it as full of life again. You tell me what to do? The command is to awaken the souls, to give life to the lifeless. So, whatever the Lord wishes, we have to do that.
Lalo Ji, in Seoka village, one person is in longing and craving. His soul has to be awakened. The Lord's command is, 'Go and give him my Name nectar to drink'. So, I have to go. I have to obey the orders. To be tied to the Lord's command, is to be dyed in the Lord's love. Yes, Lalo Ji. The rivers are fortunate to meet the sea. Saying this, the godly eyes closed. A splendour came on his face. Lalo Ji, who was already sad, tears started flowing from his eyes. His head bowed and he fell at Guru Ji's feet. A godly sensation went through his entire body. He felt ecstasy.
Next moment, he was standing and his eyes were looking towards the road, and he was having a glimpse of the back of the godly soul, Guru Nanak Dev Ji, and in this sight the heart-cooling back was gone.
Roopa, while driving the bullocks at a running well, is talking to himself: O Roopa, when you were a child, you grazed the cattle and in young age you looked after the fields and the family. Now, what has happened? From where has this pull come that is giving pangs? Neither you have seen nor you have met, neither in dream nor in awaken-ness. Only by listening, your heart is gone. I am in pangs of love. But alas! I have not done it myself. It came by itself. Do love affairs ask? Do love affairs come by efforts? They come insistently. So, I have got the love. What can be done now? Whatever had to happen has happened. Now, all attachments are gone. One attachment remains. The road and my eyes pitched on the road. A sparrow flutters, I startle. O, he has come. A shade comes, I startle. O, he has come. In a dream I listen. O, he has come. In meditation, I get a vision. O, he has come. In longing, I feel. O, he has come. In craving, I feel. O, he has come. If I knew where he is, then I would have walked up to that place. If a rumour, today comes that he is near, then tomorrow, another rumour comes, that he is far. O Lord, O Creator of the universe, at least once, you be benevolent. At least, these longing eyes should have a glimpse of the beloved. I may see you in his glimpse and get immersed in your love. O Lord, you listen to the stupid. For somebody's sake, O Lord, fulfill my desire.
A voice came: 'Lord is great'. 'Lord is great'. 'Lord is great'.
Roopa (startled): O, he has come. O, he has come. Is it true or is it a figment of my imagination? Is it an imagination of my mind or is it a daydream? If he comes, how will I recognize him? I have never met him before. O eyes, you recognize him. Oh! He has come.
A voice: 'Lord is great'.
At the well, water is being lifted. The bullocks are moving slowly. The water from the aqueduct is falling into the channel. Roopa is sitting on the bullock-driver's seat and saying: Yes, O Lord! Be gracious. Have mercy on the beggar who is always begging.
Tears are flowing, like torrents, from his closed eyes.
A voice: 'Lord is great'.
Roopa (in restlessness): O, he has come.
He opened his eyes and felt a pull. His eyes got a glimpse of the fountain of love. The glimpse went deep into his mind and heart. He became semiconscious and the next moment he fell at the feet of the fountain of nectar.
His head is being rubbed by a loving hand and a tune, 'Lord is great', is audible. It appeared as if the breeze has got a tongue and is singing 'Lord is great' like a torrent of rain.
True Guru Nanak Dev Ji (with lots of love): Roopa, get up, Lord bless you. O friend get up, get immersed in the Lord's love. It is not good to remain in forgetfulness. Remembrance is the key to happiness. The Lord created us to remain in His remembrance. It is our fault that we are in forgetfulness. Forgetfulness is death. Remembrance is life. Remembrance awakens the soul.
Now, Roopa got the sensation of the presence of the Lord in his body cells. It appeared that someone has repaired a broken violin and put new wires and tightened them and it has started playing a sweet tune and the whole body has become attuned to its tune. The motionless body is vibrating in the symphony of beauty. It is not understandable and not describable but he is feeling an ecstatic music. So much time passed like that.
A voice said: O Roopa get up.
Now, he realized that the miraculous Guru Ji, who can make the body as a musical instrument and play music, who can make the body cells play divine music by putting wires in them and tighten them, who can make the body as a musical instrument and awaken it from a slumber, is calling.
Roopa got up in some intoxication, his eyes half closed in ecstasy and half having a glimpse of Guru Ji and started walking accompanied by Guru Ji.
Today, yes today, the true Guru Ji came to Roopa's house. Roopa was craving. The whole house became living. All the members of the family got awakening of soul.
News spread in the village and many people, thirsty for Guru Ji's glimpse, came. All were blessed. The entire village was blessed. Eight days passed. Everybody got dyed in the love of the Lord.
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Now, Guru Ji said: O Roopa, I have to depart It is the Lord's will.
Roopa: O master of will, these thirsty eyes are not satiated as yet by your glimpse. The thirsty mind is not quenched as yet by your glimpse. You have been benevolent. Remain benevolent. Even to hear of separation, I am in distress. I die, even to listen that you will be away from my eyes. My mind does not forbear. How will I live? O Life-giving master, after giving a glimpse now don't show me your back. Don't show me your back and let me die while having your glimpse.
Saviour: O child, O dear, the Lord's command is to go. It is the Lord's command to go and bless people at another place.
Roopa: O gracious Guru Ji, what can the child say to the master? Neither I can say you may go. Nor I can stop you. 'O, Guru Ji', I am stupid. In separation I die. It is not in my control.
Guru Ji: O Roopa, the wailing of suffering has reached the heavens. A cry of suffering has reached the Lord's court. The command is to reach there.
The sobs have made the breeze full of grief. The sad tune has made the sun gloomy. See, the sun is gloomy. The forest is sad and the birds are in grief.
Now, I have to go and obey the orders. You remain dyed in the Lord's love. You have got awaken-ness. Remain in this awaken-ness. Your body should remain in the divine symphony of the remembrance of the Lord. It should remain in the divine music. You should never forget the Lord, the Lord of the universe.
Roopa: It is not in my control. 'O, Guru Ji', I am going to die.
Saying this, he fell down and the colour of his eyes changed.
On seeing this extreme pang of love, the incessant shower of divine love, the lively flowing love-fountain embraced him and patted his head and said: O Roopa, my staying here for more time is not feasible. You may come along and see the Lord's miracles. O Mardana Ji, pick up your rebeck, see the Lord's miracles, the shepherds have become hunters, the fences are eating the crops, the guards are becoming thieves. See the world, nobody is your friend or relative.
Saying this, the eyes that were sparkling with godly love, had tears of mercy and love in them. A few drops fell on Roopa's hand that was holding Guru Ji's feet.
Reaching a shaded berry tree near an old cemetery, the ocean of love said: O Mardana Ji, this berry shade is cool. Come. Let us sit.
Mardana Ji: 'O, Gracious Guru Ji ', this seems to be an old cemetery. Let us go to the city to stay.
True Guru Ji: O Mardana Ji, the Lord's will is to stay here. Service to the Lord is from here. Populated or desolate, all places are equal. See, the Lord is present everywhere. He is showering His love everywhere. He is showering His grace everywhere. The trees with its branches and green leaves are singing His songs. The fields and the grass are singing His songs. Every place is populated. No place is desolate. Open your eyes, O Mardana Ji.
Effortlessly, his rebeck opened, his fingers played on the wires and Guru Ji sang a divine song. It became a wondrous scene, 'Everybody dyed in divine love'.
Roopa is sitting under the shade of the berry tree with eyes closed. His face is shining and he has tears of ecstasy in his eyes.
Mardana Ji is playing the rebeck. He is quiet and his mind is tranquil. Guru Ji is singing a divine song and the rest are sitting motionless and in peace. Then it was quiet.
Then Guru Ji said: O Mardana Ji, get ready.
Mardana Ji: All right.
Roopa: 'O, Guru Ji', better drink some water and eat some snacks. True Guru Ji: Work is first.
Mardana Ji: As you say, but we have walked a lot. It will be nice if something goes down the throat.
True Guru Ji (laughingly): O Mardana Ji, go ahead.
Everybody drank water and had some snacks but the intuitive Guru Ji sat with eyes closed.
Then he opened his eyes and said: O Mardana Ji, see there, a tomb is visible. Go there, and whoever is sitting outside, tell him that the Lord's messenger has come and wishes to meet the saint.
On listening to the orders of Guru Ji, Mardana Ji went. There, four or five persons were sitting and the doors of the tomb were closed. Mardana Ji greeted them and gave them the message.
In reply they said: We are the disciples and inside is the saint He is in fasting and meditation. He won't come out for forty days and his orders are not to disturb him. So, how can we give your message?
Mardana Ji: This message is not from me. This message is from the prophet of the prophets. You see, I am a Muslim and my Guru Ji is Khatri by caste. I have seen something. Then only I have become his disciple. I tell you truly, he has come from the Lord. He has come from the heavens. He gets divine communication and he has supernatural powers. To give his message to the saint will be beneficial for the saint and for all of you. He has no worldly desires. He is above greed. If you give his message, then the Lord will bless you and your saint.
Disciple: O man of the Lord, maybe you are telling the truth but to please a saint is a very hard job. We have to obey his orders and we will not give any message at any cost If your Guru Ji has supernatural powers then he should himself give him a message. Why should he make us sinful? Because, if anybody is cursed, then what place is left for him?
Mardana Ji tried his best to persuade them but was disappointed. He came back and narrated the entire conversation to the eradicator of 'fears and desires'.
The true Guru Ji listened, smiled and said: Go once again and tell them, 'Today, when it is exact noon, the meditation wall break. The sun will cross noon later but the meditation of the saint will break at dot of noon'.
Mardana Ji again went and gave the message to the disciples.
This was something that created a fluster in the disciples. They considered their mentor as a great saint with supernatural powers. The saint could control his breath and possessed some supernatural powers. For this reason, people were quite afraid of him. When the disciples heard such strong words from Mardana Ji, then they started talking in astonishment, that who has come this morning, who can tell the saint that his meditation will break today at noon. Some of the disciples went to the city and soon the news spread in the entire city.
In the meantime, Mardana Ji gave Guru Ji's message and came back. Guru Ji got immersed in the love of the Lord.
Mardana Ji got busy with his rebeck and Roopa got busy in cooking food for Guru Ji and was happy in service to Guru Ji. V
It was not yet noon when Mardana Ji finished singing the divine song.
By this time, many people from the city had come and gathered. Many people came after listening that a big saint has come who will break the meditation of the saint, and is sitting in the forest under the shade of the berry tree.
When the beloved Guru Ji opened his eyes, then one person said: O Saint, we have heard that you will break Hamza Ghaus' meditation. We all are at your feet.
The eradicator of suffering said: To sit in meditation is man's job, but to give the fruits of deeds done is in the hands of the Lord. He may give punishment for bad deeds or redeem the sins. It is up to Him. Whatever is His command shall happen.
One person: This saint has supernatural powers. He is angry with us. All the people living in the city are at your feet. You save the city.
Guru Ji: Lord is the saviour, who has created everybody. You don't get worried.
One person: We did no harm to him. Mardana Ji: What exactly is the matter?
One person: Here, a person whose caste is Khatri and sub-caste Vaderah, did not have a child. Several times they went and asked for blessings from the saint for a son. One day, the saint said to him: "You will get a son. I shall adopt your first child". He, whose name is Geega said: "Yes" to the saint. As
chance would have it, Geega got three sons. When they became a little grown up, then the saint asked for one child. Then Geega started putting off and he is still putting off. About twenty-five days back, Geega finally refused. He told him, "I won't give my child to you. You can do anything".
Mardana Ji: Well friends, if Geega had made a promise, then why did he not keep it up? Even if it was a mistake, still it was a man's promise.
One person: The thing is that Geega is Hindu Khatri and the saint is Muslim.
How can a Khatri give his son to a Muslim? He has pleaded that you take money. He has offered to weigh the child and give silver equivalent to the weight in lieu of the child. The custom is that when a child is born by the blessings of a saint, then one takes the child to the saint and gives money in lieu and the saint blesses the child back to the parents. This is the custom for ages. That is what Geega had in mind. But the saint has not agreed to this tradition. He said: "I want the child only. I don't want money in lieu".
So, God bless us, it is twenty-five days now, when they had a war of words. We really do not know what words were really exchanged. We don't want to say anything wrong. But after that the saint said: "Not only will I ruin your children I will ruin the entire city". So, he sat in fasting and meditation and told his disciples: "Do not disturb me. I will come out only when the city is ruined". Saying this, he entered the tomb and his orders are not to disturb him. Many people have begged him and told his disciples: We will give two children instead of one son of Geega, but you don't ruin the city. We have heard that in olden times one saint Puran was tortured and the city remained under a curse for 200 years. Now, we do not know what grief will come to the city by his curses. We are helpless. Everybody is afraid of sidhas and saints. We have been praying for nights together. We have prayed to the Devi also. We tried to persuade Geega also, but it had no effect. Today, in this anxious city we got the news about your coming. We have felt a relief and have come to you for blessings. You be merciful.
At this time, Bhai Roopa Ji came and said: Food is ready.
True Guru Ji: O friend Roopa, how can it be that our hosts remain hungry and we have food? Today, we will have food after serving them food. The entire people of the city are in prayer and fasting and the saint also is fasting.
Mardana Ji: They say he is on fast for the last twenty-five days.
True Guru Ji: These people keep fasts. They live by taking almond oil off and on. They concentrate their mind on what they desire.
It was nearly noon. The sun was at the top. The disciples sitting outside the tomb were waiting: Oh! What is going to happen? Will the meditation break or will the saint who has vowed to break the meditation lose and go away?
On the other side, people were anxiously waiting with hands on their hearts, to see whether the city is saved or goes under the curse of the saint.
All hearts were throbbing. Everybody's ears were waiting for the gong bell to strike twelve.
It became exactly noon. The timekeeper gave the first blow to the gong.
The sound of the second blow on the gong had not yet come that a thundering sound came from the tomb where the saint was fasting and meditating. The bricks fell down from the centre of the roof and that made a gash in the roof. Now, the rays of the sun went inside the tomb. The sound of the thunder and the rays of the sun opened the eyes of the saint His meditation broke. The saint opened his eyes. His concentration on the curse was gone and his attention was drawn towards the gash. His body trembled, fearing that the entire roof may not fall on his head. This fear made him act quickly and he opened the door and came out in dreadfulness
Outside the tomb his disciples were standing dazed. At a little distance , people of the city stood and watched in curiosity.
A voice came from thousands of throats,
A chorus came from thousands of throats,
In wonder, amazement and delight,
In success, thanksgiving and sweetness,
Great Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Great Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Great Guru Nanak Dev Ji
The voice Great Guru Nanak Dev Ji echoed and went into the saint's ears.
The name Guru Nanak Dev Ji he had already heard. His praise, from saints and sadhus, he had already heard. From his mentor, he had known that a prophet is born and his name is Nanak. His associates had talked about him that he did not accept any money from king Ibrahim Lodhi as also from Malik Bhago and is travelling dyed in the love of the Lord. Either, the same prophet has come who is miraculous and whom the people are praising as Great Guru Nanak Dev Ji or the entire city population has come under his refuge. It is only sometimes that the forests blossom. It is only sometimes that a deer with musk is born. Similarly, this time, a prophet is born on whose head the Lord has his hand. They say: Guru Nanak Dev Ji is immersed in the love of the Lord.
He was standing and was in these thoughts. He was slightly trembling when his disciples narrated to him the happenings of the morning and the message of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
On listening, he said: You made a blunder. You should have given me the message of the great saint. A saint is a black snake. Its bite has no remedy (meaning: The curse of a saint has no remedy). What has happened is past.
Disciples: We were afraid that disobeying you might bring us a curse.
Saint: And now, obeying the order has brought a curse. Whatever has happened is past. The saint who has broken the roof, we do not know what further punishment he gives? Now, there is no ego or false pride.
I bow to my spiritual leader. There is nothing wrong in bowing to him. Show me the way where Nanak prophet is, you take me there so that I may have his glimpse.
On listening to this, his disciples walked with him. But he could not walk and sat down. Then with the support of two disciples he walked slowly up to the berry tree where Guru Nanak Dev Ji was sitting. On having the glimpse of Guru Ji the saint got peace. His anger, hunger and restlessness due to the fast disappeared. O Hamza Ghaus, this is the first sign of a 'Man of the Lord'.
His mind said: Here is, love of the Lord.
He went forward and bowed his head.
Guru Ji made him sit with respect and said: O saint, Lord is the father and we all are His children. A saint is a servant of the Lord. Should he love the children or kill them?
Saint: A finger bitten by a snake is best to be cut. Wine producing sugar cane is best to be put in fire. People, who tell lies and make fun of saints, are best to be killed.
The God-loving Guru Ji said: A spoiled child be better reformed or killed? Saint (in restlessness): If a child cannot be reformed, it is best to get rid of
him.
Guru Ji: Is 'getting tired in reforming' better or 'never getting tired in reforming' better?
Saint: Those, whom the Lord kills, cannot be reformed.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji: The Lord does not kill any one. It is one's own deeds that kill you. Whoever is killed, is killed by separation from the Lord. Whoever is in the forgetfulness of the Lord, you may say that he is stupid. So, those who are separated from the Lord, we should join them with the Lord. Those who are in the forgetfulness of the Lord, we should put them in remembrance of the Lord. Those who have run away from the mother's lap, we should put them back in the mother's lap.
Saint: What should I say? Guru Nanak Dev Ji: Truth.
Saint: True, true, true. The entire city of Sialkot is of devils. Those who could cut Puran saint's hands, how can they be trusted? Guru Nanak Dev Ji: Is it all the people, the entire city? Saint: Yes, total.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji: It has never happened. The pious and the bad people live together. Yes, hatred is supreme in the world. There is no love. But the pious and the bad people are living side by side.
Saint: You can test that. Then you will know. I have tested and known.
After having said this, his eyes closed and the saint became semi-conscious.
The true Guru Ji asked his disciples to massage him. Then he regained consciousness. Guru Ji then asked his disciples to get fruit juice. He was given fruit juice. Then he became fully conscious. Then again he was given fruit juice. Sometimes he felt cold, sometimes hot. The saint became soft but he was still in anger.
He said: If you are the same Nanak who is the prophet and I feel so, then you test the people of the city.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji: O Mardana Ji, here is a chit and here are two rupees. Go to the city and bring 'truth' worth one rupee and 'falsehood' worth one rupee. Tell the person to give the merchandise correctly.
Mardana Ji understood the miracles of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, but everyday it was a new miracle and he felt astonished everyday.
In astonishment, obeying the orders, he went to the city. He went to each and every shop. Although, many shops were not open because people were coming here, where the tomb had broken. The news of the breaking of the tomb and Guru Nanak Dev Ji's words becoming true had spread in the city. But still he tried many shops. Whoever saw the chit pondered, somebody made fun, somebody put off and somebody asked him with folded hands, to go away. But Mardana Ji having been in the company of Guru Nanak Dev Ji had lot of patience in him. So, he kept on asking at more and more shops.
Finally, one shopkeeper wrote something on two pieces of paper and gave it to him saying, one is truth and one is falsehood.
Mardana Ji returned with the pieces of paper and gave it to Guru Ji.
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji kept the papers in front of the saint and said: Please read these.
The saint read it. It said: Death is truth. Life is falsehood. One who has understood this does not forget the Lord.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji: O saint, you tell, is the person who has written this telling a
lie?
Saint No. It is not a lie.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji: Then even if there is one Ideal man in the city, why ruin the entire city?
Saint: Then?
Guru Nanak Dev Ji: Then whoever does wrong should bear. Why ruin the entire city?
Saint (in shame): Then Geega has done wrong, he should bear. Guru Nanak Dev Ji: But should the saint be gracious or enraged? The fire may light but why should the ice smolder? Saint: How?
Guru Nanak Dev Ji: You gave blessings. That was graciousness. God bless you. You, who were gracious, now became angry and got enraged. A saint should be in praise of the Lord, recitation of Name and love. You discarded all this and went into anger. Anger makes one's mind suffer. You ponder. Somebody else broke a promise and the prison, hunger, penance and anger, these punishments you gave to your mind and body, for what sin? You gave these punishments to yourself who was blameless. This can be called, 'When Geega does wrong then saint be punished'. He is not a saint, who indulges in anger. A saint is always cool, in tranquillity and happiness. How is he in love when he displays hatred? How does he belong to God when he is not always gracious? It is difficult to control the mind. It is difficult to be away from mistakes. But the saint has to control his ego and desires. A saint has to ride over these passions, not that ego and desires should control the saint A saint has not to give the reins of the mind in the hands of ego and desires. Instead he has to keep the reins pulled in his hands like a rider rides a horse and keep himself in the love of the Lord.
Now the true Guru Ji's countenance changed. His eyes half closed.
There was a glow on his face. His body got attuned like the strings of a musical instrument tuned.
Mardana Ji understood his mood. He started playing the rebeck. The godly soul, who had come to this earth to attune the minds musically with the Lord, sang a divine song. The sweetness and melody of the song, the loving Ramkali tune, the sacred and true words, the rebeck of Mardana Ji created an atmosphere of peace, tranquillity, love of the Lord and ecstasy.
Those who listened, in them, the realization of their faults came in their minds. The effect on the saint was profound. The real saintliness is to see
one's inner self. He could see. He felt his shortcomings.
A saint is one who is waiting at the door of the beloved Lord for His glimpse. One who is longing for a glimpse and makes others to crave for a glimpse is the real sidha or saint otherwise he is nothing.
Following are the impediments in reaching the door of the Lord:
Sufferings: Illnesses and grief.
Anger: Envy, evil doing, obstinacy.
Desires: Passions, greed, to grab.
Fear: Worries, anxieties, fear giving thoughts.
Ego: Pride.
Riches: To win over the desires for riches, is dying while living. This dying while living is, swimming across the ocean of worldly fires.
The Lord is sitting on the throne of truth. It is essential to win over desires and ego. If a saint says that he has met the Lord but still he is in desires and ego, then he is not telling truly. Outwardly, it may appear that he is in desires, but inwardly he should be detached from desires. Then he will not get angry or be obstinate. A saint should not gossip that he has reached the Lord.
When one gets a sensation of the Lord in one's mind and body and feels ecstasy, then he should sustain it and keep it to himself and be happy in God's will, whatever He does is for good.
Where is the need to tell others? If one has this neutral feeling and deals with everybody with love and is in humility and does not boast, then it is dying while living and swimming across the ocean of worldly fires.
Hamza Ghaus now, fell at Guru Ji's feet and said: O Guru Ji, people call you a prophet but I have seen you as an image of the Lord. You root out the desires and ego from my mind.
The true Guru Ji replied: O saint, the aim of this life is to reach the Lord. The Lord is infinite and indescribable. He has created us by His command. If we are connected with Him, then we are fresh, green, blossoming, true and pure. When we get broken from Him, then in sentiments, like the broken branch of a tree we are a dry wood or away from the fountain and like a dirty pond we smell awfully. A saint has to keep his mind, always, in the presence of the Lord.
Remembrance is the string. Desires and ego break you from the Lord. One has to win over these. We have not to run away from the world. We have to live in the world, but in the incessant remembrance of the Lord.
Now, when we make our aim to reach the Lord and we realize that this only is the salvation in this world and the next world too, then where is the
need for supernatural powers and fame? Fame, respect and riches run after the saints. The saints have to keep them at bay and not get trapped in them, rather than running after them.
If any saint, sadhu, faqir, sidha is running after fame, respect and riches, then he is a householder and a lower type of householder. If his happiness is, to increase his income and to amass wealth in the name of charity and shows his superiority by giving blesses and curses, then he is absolutely a worldly man. He is not a preacher of religion. Such saints are making the people suffer.
A saint is he who is contented. A saint, faqir or sadhu is one who recites the Lord's Name and makes others recite the Lord's Name, who is above desires and anxieties, and who makes people rise above desires and anxieties.
But one who is amassing wealth by giving blessing and curses and making property, he is not a man of God. He is a householder and has opened a shop in desolation.
The world is in the forgetfulness of the Lord, and that is why true devotion is not there, love is not there, life is not there, there is no purity and truth.
Without the Lord's Name, nobody is in peace and there is no happiness without Name. Discipleships that are for showing your numbers or for making money, you discard those. Remain without desires and keep yourself detached. See to the inner feeling of happiness. Keep your inner self in the incessant remembrance of the Lord, and excepting this love, consider all desires and actions as bondage. Then you are in real peace.
A man in peace gives peace to others and frees the bondage of the bonded. He is always showering love and grace on others.
Then Guru Ji blessed Geega. When Geega got the blessings of Guru Ji, he felt the sentimental relations illusory. The desire for which he ran after the saint became illusory. What really he should have asked for from the saint was the Lord's Name. That he never asked for.
Now, he realized his folly and fell at Guru Ji's feet and asked for salvation.
Guru Ji blessed him with the Lord's Name. His wife and children were also blessed with the Lord's Name.
The saint was blessed with the Lord's Name and he became a true saint.
Now, it was evening and Roopa was impatient that the true Guru Ji should have something to eat. So, again he prayed to him.
Guru Ji ordered that food be served to everybody.
He said to Hamza Ghaus: You stay here and sing the praises of the Lord and recite the Lord's Name and get salvation.
Hamza Ghaus stayed there the rest of his life.
After Guru Ji departed he used to sit in front of the berry tree and meditate.
VIII
In the city of Sialkot, every house was illuminated at night and every house celebrated the occasion.
By reforming Hamza Ghaus, not only Geega was saved, in general, people got the much-needed relief. The awe of Muslim saints in the minds of the people vanished.
At this time the sidhas and Muslim saints were ruling the minds of the people and they indulged in supernatural powers and distributing signets and amulets. Nobody was preaching the Lord's Name and love of the Lord. They all were doing empty rituals and show off.
Due to such sadhus and saints and the Muslim rule the minds of the people were suppressed. There was hardly any truth, or freedom of religion or love of the Lord or doing goodness to others.
Every miracle of Guru Nanak Dev Ji gave a 'life spark' to the people, gave 'love of the Lord' to the people, gave 'recitation of Name' to the people and the ideal men.
Reforming Hamza Ghaus had a miraculous effect on the entire town and neighbourhood. At that time only, the foundation of Sikhism was laid in Sialkot. The night passed in thanksgiving and joy.
Next day, many saints, sidhas and the Head of the 'Well of Puran' came to Guru Ji and were blessed.
Guru Ji put them on the true path of 'recitation of the Lord's Name with love'. They were delighted to meet him.
Next day Moola, who had written, 'Death is truth', 'Life is falsehood' on paper and given it to Mardana Ji, came to have a glimpse of Guru Ji. He had come to know, who was the person, who wanted to buy truth and falsehood.
This person was pious and of good character but devoid of the life spark.
When he listened to the praise of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, then he also came to have a glimpse.
Guru Ji understood that he is the one who has realized that death is truth and life is falsehood. But still he has the veil of ego that separates us from the Lord. Without Name this ego does not go. His ego will go only when he is dyed in the Lord's love. So, Guru Ji blessed him "the Lord's Name".
Guru Ji said: Living is he who has the Lord in his heart. Nobody else is living.
When the Name went into Moola's heart, he got a sensation of the Lord in his mind, heart and body cells and got ecstasy. His mind got elevation. He got into the incessant recitation of the Lord's Name.
Now, he realized that detachment from desires is good. But detachment from desires is not the goal.
Yes, detachment is goodness. It washes the mind but the dye is the Name.
When the Name spark, the life spark goes inside, then the soul is awakened and filled with ecstasy. The mind gets elevated. Then it is automatically detached from desires.
Moola got so much love from Guru Ji that he left his home. The divine singing, the holy congregation and the godly soul attracted him so much that he came and stayed here at the service of Guru Ji. When Guru Ji left Sialkot, then he went along with him. Many times he accompanied Guru Ji in his travels and was at his service.
When Guru Ji went to Kabul, then Moola wrote the scripture that Guru Ji composed. Now, Guru Ji asked Roopa to stay here and spread the Lord's Name in this region.
Then Guru Ji accompanied by Moola and Mardana Ji, departed towards south of Punjab.
Guru Ji's command to the saint is repeated once again:
We have to live in this world, but in the incessant remembrance of the Lord. Incessant remembrance is 'recitation of the Lord's Name with love'.
Let us recite:
' Waheguru, Waheguru, Waheguru' .
('O Lord,0 Lord,0 Lord')
Starting with at least five minutes a day.
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