A Tliile listening to the divine songs the mind rose high. It appeared as if v v the world has turned. What we see is an exquisitely beautiful town, praise of which by a human being is beyond writing with a pen. The construction of which is of such materials that are beyond the understanding and intellect of a human mind. The houses here do not disintegrate and do not become old. No difference is there in day and night. Here is no suffering. The name of this town is Begum Pura. No thief or gambler lives here. No Police Station exists nor a guard required here. The palaces and houses are majestic and splendid standing unmoved like a meditative in meditation. They are such that they can be transformed in whatever manner you may choose and like. If you like to make new ones, then new ones come up as per your wish. These houses are not made of bricks and stones but from something subtler than one's thinking. Those who live here are images of handsomeness and goodness. Their faces emit lustre that is not there even in the sun. Their faces are holy, perfumed and pure as the sky in the spring season. The clothes that they wear are love and devotion. No one is visibly naked. The clothes are not like our clothes but are made of something like light with so many hues and shades that we have never witnessed on this earth. Rare is their sheen, lustre and wave. There is no smell even of bread, butter and vegetables.
Name nectar and divine song's nectar is their food and support. Every place is adorned with beautiful springing fountains amidst exquisite blossoming flowers. Their beauty and charm attracts the mind. But these fountains of water and flowers are not like the ones we have on earth. They are made of some subtle element. The mind is elevated in seeing the fountains flowing.
The vegetation here is wondrous. When one plucks a flower, then the flower shall be in your hand and also on the branch. Nothing dies here. No living being or vegetation dies here.
In this town, a little further stands a magnificent palace that is made of pearls and gems whose dazzle, the eyes cannot bear. From top to bottom axe inlaid diamonds and sapphires much more beautiful, than the diamonds and sapphires we see on earth and the artists have made it in such perfection that the moment you see these, your mind rises above time and space and goes into wondrousness and ecstasy.
Inside, the light is such that it emits light outside through all four sides of the walls as if the wails are see-through even more than glass.
When one goes near, the fragrance near the walls is so much that the mind rises to the tenth door in the body, is transformed and becomes sublime mind.
As the sunrays spread all round and give light, warmth and brightness to several planets and are helpful for the growth of living beings and vegetation, similarly, the radiance of the light rays from this Palace spreads to all spheres of the visible and unseen world, gives strength and power to the sun and moon, gives power to the earth to grow vegetation, gives life to the world, gives Spiritual awakening to the Lord seekers.
Whatever is there in the world is from the support of this centre. This is the Lord's Palace. His Name is His form. Name is the support of the world. The Lord reveals himself in His Name. To reach the Lord, the endeavour is 'recitation of Name'.
On seeing such a beautiful palace I thought I may as well go inside but all doors were closed and there was no option. Shortly after, I saw one godly soul with a dazzle that the eyes could not bear standing outside the door with devotion and humility with hands folded. In a charming and melodious tune, he sang a song that meant:
"O Lord! Which is the sphere where your remembrance is incessant? 0 Lord! I have come to search that sphere".
This pang of love filled my eyes with tears. Tears started flowing down my eyes like a torrent in rainy season. Then a wavy sensation came that made my mind rise above time and space. I felt wondrousness. I had not seen any shadow of anyone in this town but I was feeling ashamed on seeing my own shadow. Now, when I saw all round I found my shadow had vanished in this divine sphere.
Meanwhile the door opened and the godly soul was given an indication
to come in but the godly saint that he was, he held my finger in his left hand and took me along inside. He went ahead and sat at a place of honour but my eyes could not bear the dazzle and I stood near the door against the wall like a figure on the wall.
After sometime when my vision became alright in that dazzle, then my head bent down effortlessly and I remembered one stanza that meant: "Those who recite the Name incessantly and immerse their soul in the Supreme soul, Nanak loves them. "
like, in a wintry black night when the sky is clear one can see millions of stars twinkling, similarly, much more millions of stars whose light was more than million of suns appeared inlaid in the roof as if these subtle stars have been put in place of rafters. The walls appeared like the forehead of a saint. The floor was so wondrous as if moonlight is spread on a lake of mercury. Whatever more I saw was something never seen on earth, neither can that be named in earthly language nor are there any words in our language wherein that could be described. But to make the earthly people understand, it can be described in our language in this way:
One exquisitely beautiful and sparkling throne is laid down. It seems to be made of materials subtler than electricity and resplendent. One Supreme soul is seated on it He has no figure or appearance. He is seated on the throne but when one sees minutely then one sees Him pervading in all spheres of the visible and unseen world. He pervades in nature, forests and mountains. He is omnipresent, here, there, everywhere. He is so radiant that even the thunder of millions of rainy seasons looks less than an eclipsed moon. His magnificence is extreme love and blossom giving coolness to the eyes and ecstasy to the heart. He pulls everything towards Himself.
The rapture coming from His glimpse is indescribable. It is like a dumb person eating sweets, how will he tell?
Around the throne on all sides sat godly souls like the aura around the moon. When we speak out our mind by the tongue, even then the other persons do not understand it so well. But it is not like that with them. What their minds were to say was visible on their face. They appeared to be like written books of love and ecstasy. The figures of these saints were visible but they were so subtle and were not solid type. One could not perceive by the touch of hand nor were they made of earthly elements. At that time when we entered all these loving saints were singing a sweet song in a loving and divine melody. It was not music that could be sung by the throat and heard by ears. It was ecstasy and rapture. It was nectar to drink.
When the song finished and we saw intently, what we saw was that one more loving formless figure is sitting in front of the throne. His appearance was so unique amongst all saints, like the appearance of the bridegroom in a marriage party is unique. Love, faith, devotion, meditation, philanthropy and sensation of the presence of the Lord i.e. Super consciousness, all together were present in this unique Godly soul, like the sunlight has warmth, light and power all together.
A glittering love-cord is visible connecting the Infinite Supreme soul Lord sitting on the throne and the Guru-soul sitting in the front. The grace of the Supreme soul, the fountain of love sitting on the throne and the purity and humility of the Guru-soul sitting in front are interwoven.
A short while later, the loving Supreme soul sitting on the throne showed miraculous-ness that can be described as follows so that we may understand:
With great delight He addressed the Guru-soul sitting in the front: O dear! You adopted nine incarnations and had to bear extreme hardships but still you allayed the suffering of the people. This gives me extreme gladness. You remained in incessant remembrance of me and remained without ego in yourself. You have done a miraculous service.
This concept was something that gave profuse delight and the entire congregation was filled with extreme love and emotion, like when more water flows into the sea, the sea does not overflow.
The figure sitting in front, the treasure-trove of humility sang in a melodious tune:
The 'One' Lord you are Great!
One '0 Lord' you are Great! .
0 'Almighty Lord' you are Great!
0 'All pervading Lord' you are Great! When the song finished the congregation looked towards the most handsome face of the Supreme soul seated on the throne. The Supreme soul opened his 'more beautiful than lotus' hps and uttered: I sent many saints and prophets to earth time and again but none of them preached the true Name. All of them pronounced themselves as God and preached their own name.
On listening to these words the figure sitting in the front, the treasuretrove of devotion, fine-feelings, sea of humility, immersed in love, in deep emotion and praise said:
0 Lord I adore thou!
0 Lord Supreme are thou!
0 Lord Saviour are thou!
0 Lord Great are thou!
After this, the unique and wondrous, the Creator, the Saviour, the Supreme soul, all love for His holy men, sitting on the dazzling throne with Lis sacred and 'more beautiful than lotus face5 uttered the following sacred words to bestow more unlimited love to the already filled love in the heart of the Lord's blessed meditative:
You are immersed in love of mine!
You are an image of mine!
Whosoever has your glimpse shall get salvation!
What I do you may undo!
What you do I shall not undo! The entire congregation bowed their sacred heads and everybody gave adoration with respect.
After a few moments the Godly soul who looked like the moon in the galaxy of stars stood up in front of the Saviour, radiant like the sun, sitting on the throne like in our earthly humans an obedient son stands with folded hands and head bent in front of his loving father to get the father's pat on his back.
In this way the leading Godly soul made a sacred prayer in love and humility:
My Lord are you!
0 Lord! Adoration to you! But before the prayer finished the magnificent and radiant Supreme soul bestowed profuse blessings with love. My son are thou!
To establish religiousness, to earth I send thou!
To put people on the true religious path is for thou!
To refrain people from vices is for thou! This blessing, this extolment, this compliment from the Supreme Lord with so much love and graciousness gave such feeling of extreme wondrousness that is difficult for a human to understand. The magnificent and radiant Supreme soul was 'more than a father5 gracious. He showered love, ecstasy and rapture. The wavy sensation of ecstasy and rapture fragrant with love permeated in the mind, heart and soul of the Lord's blessed meditative, as if both were dyed in one colour. Both became (One\ What to say of normal sight, even if one tried to see intently one could not see two different figures. For sure, 'Two' had become 'One'. Guru-soul immersed in the Supreme soul. It is difficult to understand this meeting.
It is all wondrous, ecstasy and rapture when the body soul immerses in the Supreme soul.
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Now the Lord's blessed meditative again made a prayer: O Lord! 'Ideal Men' can be created on earth if you give support.
Again, blessings showered from the Supreme soul: All religiousness in you shall be religiousness mine! All sacredness in you shall be sacredness mine! Your all deeds shall be deeds mine! Immunity from the worldly ocean of fire is thine! On listening to this blessing, the entire congregation with folded hands sang a divine song [Kirtan) of thanksgiving.
Now came the time of what the earthly people call as separation. But when earthly people separate, then there is no meeting. But this separation was divine.
By recitation of the Lord's name and singing His praises the mind is elevated and it becomes sublime. One feels the sensation of the presence of the Lord in the mind, heart and body. The body soul immerses in the Supreme soul. This is Super consciousness. This is meeting the Lord.
When the separation is divine then the connection remains. The Super consciousness remains connected. The body becomes a sort of glass cover over the soul. That does not make any difference in the connection. like, if you keep a glass cover around a lighted lamp, it does not stop the light. It only ads as a curtain around the lamp.
For us this connection is in name only. But those who have to suffer the pangs of love, they only understand its pain. It is miraculous that neither the connection breaks, nor the remembrance goes, nor love declines, nor distance matters, yet separation! It is difficult to understand it in the true sense. The Lord's blessed meditative has himself expressed it in this way.
Now the Lord's blessed meditative, the god of philanthropy with not an iota of ego, blessed profusely by the Supreme Lord, the loving father, as per the wish of the Lord, came from the Lord's palace to the town. The entire congregation in reverence accompanied him.
What do we see now? An extremely beautiful aeroplane made of flowers is placed. It is called 'Command'. It has power that it takes Godly souls seated in it to the desired destination within moments without spending any time. It is made from Spiritual power. Four gods of light carry it. They are named: 1. Patience. 2. Thanks. 3. Lords will. 4. Lord's pleasure.
On the command of the Lord, the father, when the Lord's blessed meditative seated himself on the aeroplane of flowers from this place of comfort
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to allay the suffering of the world and bear the hardships that would come in his way, then all the meditative from the time the world was created up to this day and all the saints and fakirs who were inhabitants of this spiritual and sinless town, bowed their heads down with extreme love, great admiration, faith and devotion. Then they sang a song full of love of the Lord.
Now the aeroplane of flowers started its downward journey. Millions of gods, saints, meditative and men of God stood in rows and watched. All hearts were full of admiration, love and reverence. There was ovation from all sides.
Everybody said: You are great! You are great! And the congregation showered flowers.
When the aeroplane of flowers left the town, then the saints of the spiritual town talked amongst themselves: O! How wondrous it was?
See! Not even one meditative from amongst those who went to the world came back immune from ego or esteem. Whosoever went in human body, either he forgot the Lord and sought his own worship or along with the Lord's name added his own name for worship and some asked people to worship them only.
But it is Guru Nanak Dev Ji only who praised and worshipped the Lord and preached the Lord's worship only. He had extreme devotion for the Supreme Lord and was the most sacred. He lived in the worldly ocean of fire in nine incarnations and spread the Lord's name for over two hundred years. He put true religion on a firm footing and created the Holy congregation for all times to come. All the time, he said: I am nobody. Lord is all. He reveals himself in His name. Recitation of His name with love is the true path. He deserves the admiration given to him by the Supreme Lord. The laudation of being a son, that means, immersion of his soul in the Supreme soul fully. That means no separation. It is most superb what he has been blessed.
This tenth incarnation shall have to face great hardships. He shall have to face intricate and knotty situations in their worst form. But he shall be finally victorious and the garden of congregation that nine incarnations have planted shall be saved. He will establish righteousness for all times to come.
Many meditative who had earlier been going to earth to serve the nine incarnations from time to time went along with the aeroplane of flowers. Some had already gone and some went afterwards. They wished to serve the Lord and bear extreme hardships to bring harmony on earth.
The aeroplane of flowers reached the earthly sphere and stopped at Hemkunt that is also called 'The seven icy peaks5. The meditative with great
devotion and reverence accompanied. Then the aeroplane of flowers reached the town of Patna in India. Here, in a temple lived Mother Gujri Ji a most sacred soul immersed in the Lord's love. She was the respected wife of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji. The revered Guru Ji had gone to Assam. He made this sacred soul stay here at Patna to welcome the arrival of the Lord's blessed meditative.
When this aeroplane of flowers reached this heavenly home, then on his arrival on earth, all Lord's saints in their meditation felt the arrival of the Lord's blessed meditative on earth and with their Spiritual power reached the place, bowed down, touched their foreheads to his feet and in adoration sang a song.
In this way, when the divine song (Kirtan) finished, they raised a question: What has made you come to this world? The earth is not able to bear your radiance. It is strange to see such a great prophet coming to earth. What is the purpose? We are your servants and even the dust of your sacred feet is sacred. We have come to touch that sacred dust.
Then the Lord's blessed meditative replied: On the command of the Supreme Lord I have come to this earth. His command is to establish righteousness and eradicate sin.
On listening to this reply, everyone showed respect to him and with hands folded said: You are great! Great are you! Then they bowed down and with their Spiritual strength departed.
A few moments later, delightful news spread in the entire house that a miraculous child is bom to mother Gujri Ji and wondrousness prevailed.
First, there was a flash of light equivalent to a million bulbs. Then divine songs were heard in melodious tunes and then songs of ovation. The conversation and mirth was audible but it could not be understood. The face of the child has lustre more than the moon. Ke does not even cry. He is smiling and smiling. Mother is extremely happy and in ecstasy. She had glimpse of some godly souls also that she cannot describe.
This news of gladness spread all round.
Now we thought of returning home but it was dark all round and we could not see even our stretched hand. In this predicament we prayed to Guru Ji: O true Guru Ji! Be gracious and show us the way.
In the meantime a ray of light became visible. When we went along that way, then we reached Assam state where a congregation had assembled.
The great Guru Ji, Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji was sitting in meditation and the musicians were singing a divine song. At this time Guru Ji smiled. The entire
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congregation wondered why Guru Ji smiled. One disciple stood up in humility with hands folded. Guru Ji understood that he wished to ask the reason of his smile.
Then the gracious Guru Ji said: O my Holy congregation! Guru Nanak Dev Ji's miraculous is. wondrous. Now to allay the suffering of the people a tenth incarnation is born.
Then one disciple stood up in humility with folded hands and said: O magnificent! The ninth incarnation, you are seated here. Then what is the meaning of tenth incarnation.
Guru Ji: What you say is true. But the Lord only knows what pleases Him. However you try to understand this way: The Guru-soul has been allaying the suffering of the people in nine incarnations. Now, it is the command of the Lord that it should adopt the tenth incarnation and continue to establish righteousness in the world and the body that has to adopt the Guru-soul is bom today.
One disciplgJAe have not understood. Will you leave us?
Guru Ji: No dear! The time has not yet come. But when I leave this earthly body, then the Guru Nanak Dev Ji-soul will adopt the body that is bom in Patna today.
One disciple: Beloved Guru Ji! We are confused. Your soul will enter another body and the newly bom body is not a prophet
Guru Ji: O dear! This is something like a candle being lit by another candle. The body bom at Patna today is also a prophet and a Godly soul. But after sometime, when I leave this earthly body, then the Guru Nanak Dev Ji-soul will adopt the body that is born in Patna today.
At this time four of Guru-disciples who served Guru Ji daily started thinking: Why Guru Ji remained sitting in meditation the whole night? He did not leave the seat. God knows what was happening in the Spiritual sphere. He only knows his pleasures.
Then one disciple got up and asked: Beloved Guru Ji! Has a prince bom in your house?
Guru Ji: Yes a prophet is bom.
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