1^ AT any intellectuals and poets got due respect in the Guru's hall of audience. X v JLFifty two names are prominent. From amongst these were intellectuals who translated the scriptures and wrote poetry.
Some intellectuals imbibed the Lord's name in their hearts and stayed here or as per the orders of the Guru went out to preach and serve humanity.
Some enjoyed the ecstasy of the Lord's name and lived a blissful life.
One Bhaijai Singh was one of these. He was a versatile poet and came to the Guru to show him his skill in poetry. He was enthralled to see the Guru's splendour. The Guru blessed him with the Lord's name and he was filled with ecstasy. He got immersed in Guru-love and his soul mingled with the Gurusoul. He felt rapturous.
One day a disciple said to the Guru: Bhaijai Singh spends most of the time in meditation. Please order him that he should join us in the battles.
The true Guru said: IDs soul has to flourish in devotional love of the Lord.
Next day beloved Guru called him and said: Bhaijai Singh! You go to your hometown, live with your family and meditate there.
He listened to the beloved Guru's command, difficult command and command to separate from the Guru. He obeyed the command of separation and reached home. The longing and craving that he endured for two or three years that only he knew or the Guru knew.
The Guru called him and his desire for beloved Guru's glimpse was fulfilled. The poetry full of longing that he wrote in separation has been lost in the sands of time. We have found two of his poems:
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1. O True Guru! Why don't you call me? I cry like a bird separated from its flock.
If I am a sinner, O true Guru you are a redeemer of sins. Please do listen to my wailing.
0 dear! Give me your glimpse.
2. O Magnificent! I cannot live without your glimpse. Besides you, whom can I tell
the piercing of the thorn of craving and the pain of separation? Day and night I remember you and I cannot sit in peace. Please listen to the prayer of Jai Singh.
1 am sailing in the river of your love.
o o o o
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When one is tired, one wants to rest. When one gets fed up, then one wants to get rid of those from whom the person was fed up. When one feels bored, then one is not conscious of rest or riddance. One feels baffled inside and out. But if one gets out of all situations that created the tiredness or fed up feeling or boredom and one is left alone, then one becomes crazy and turns to uncivil-ness.
Aloneness is bad. It should not come to anyone. Aloneness is more frightening than anything else. Loneliness is the mother of sadness and grandmother of despair. Oh! Is aloneness bad? Aloneness is solitude. The intellectuals of fine arts, Philosophers and Lord-lovers have praised solitude.
Why do ycu say aloneness or solitude is bad? Because aloneness is not solitude, man seeks solitude but aloneness comes to him. Solitude is the place of peace of the soul. Aloneness is a prison in isolation.
In solitude tiredness, fed up feeling and boredom vanish. In loneliness one becomes crazy and mad. Solitude gives blossom to the mind and brings youth. Loneliness erodes life and brings old age. In solitude the mind is in perfect balance. In loneliness the mind is depressed.
Yes, in solitude there is no praise that increases ego and no criticism that causes depression. The scales of the mind do not move up or down. The scale remains in balance. One assesses his own personality correctly, neither more nor less.
In solitude the attention is not drawn or influenced by outside and superficial pulls. The mind concentrates and sees inwardly. Sometimes, in this inward hop the mind is elevated and feels the sensation of the presence of the Lord.