The glory of Sri Guru ji's feet is like a pearl cage. My mind is enslaved to this cage. I speak the Katha of the Mine of Virtues.
Sri Bala Sandhur Vaach..
Hearing the Rai's plea, Sri Guru ji spoke: "oh king, tell me where your ego resides? Say it to me." The Rai said: "I believe that I was born in the house of Turks, oh Gracious One. My age is old. My hair is white. My skin is weak and wrinkled. I am weak. My head trembles. I am still stuck in my vices. This is where my self-identity is. This is my “Hamta,” where I see myself; that is “me.” I see my wife, children, brothers and relatives. I call myself as Bhullaar. I am known to all my relatives. I see them as mine. This is my “Mamta," my sense of “mine.” Guru ji said: "these are the Dharmas of the body. This is an illusion. You have entangled yourself into them. To be born and to die is the body's Dharam. It becomes a child, an adult and then a senior. This is not your real form. This body is made of earth, wind, fire, water and air. These 5 prime elements are lifeless. The body is made of these 5 prime elements. Whatever the cause is, that is the effect. The body is essentially lifeless without you. You are the “Chetna” - pure consciousness, “Sat” - infinite, everlasting and “Anand” - blissful One. You never take birth or nor do you die. You are without name, form or caste. You are always in the single state and away from pain. When you leave your body, your relatives will take your body out of the house. Without you, your dead body is considered impure. See yourself as separate and pure from your body. You are above the caste and creed. See your form as different. Wherever (or whoever) you have established your "mine," nobody is with you during your time of pain. See your wealth and belongings only useful till you are alive. They are useless once you are dead. The people you know, they won't be with you when you leave the body. Your body is like clothes, which get old. Your Aatma is separate and unique. Understand this in your heart."
The Rai discarded his belief of his body. He said: "you speak the truth. The body is not me. I feel that the Indriyas are where my pleasure is. I see with my eyes and hear with my ears. I walk my feet and hold things with my hands. I speak with my voice. I smell with my nose. I feel with my skin. I taste with my tongue. This is my "me." This is separate from my body. I have seen the Indriya as me." Guru ji said: "you are not the Indriyas. Listen to an example: just as an axe is nothing without a carpenter, that is how the Indriyas are without you. The Aatma is sperate from the Indriyas. It is the blissful form. The Indriyas are many with different functions. How did you think you were them? You are the same all the time. You are pure consciousness. The Indriyas are lifeless without you. They can't do anything without you. The blind person has eyes but can't see, the dumb person has a tongue but can't speak, the deaf person has ears but can't hear. The person is still alive, though. The Aatma is separate from them. The Aatma is the support of the body and the Indriyas. The Indriyas take on their personalities from the prime elements. The character of space is sound. The ear takes this on. The character of wind is taken by the skin. It feels. The character of the elements is taken on by the Indriya. Why do you think you are them? The eyes take on the character of fire. Understand this oh king. The character of water is taken by the tongue, which tastes. The tongue tastes various tastes. The nose takes the character of earth, which is smell. Understand this that the nose is made of the (elemental power of the) earth to smell. The earth smells. Understand the characters of the elements. Why do you hold the feeling you are them? The Indriyas are the well of pain. You are pure Bliss."
The Rai forgot his Indriyas. He then said: "you speak the truth. I am not the Indriyas. I see that my beautiful form is the Pranas. Till the Pranas stay, I am alive. When the Pranas leave, the body dies. I see my form as the Pranas. Pain and joy are felt through the Pranas. The body and Indriya cannot survive without Pranas. When they are hungry and thirsty, I eat and drink. For this reason, I see the Pranas as my form." Guru ji said: "oh Rajan, you are not the Pranas. In the three states: “Jaagrat” - awake, “Swapan” - sleep, and “Sakopat” - deep sleep; the Pranas are never still. You are not like them. See them as separate from you. The Pranas experience while you are awake and sleep. In the deep sleep state, they immerse in the “Ghananand” the deep blissful state. Your Aatma is without the Brithi- outer awareness. It does not move. It is always in bliss. That is your real form. What you said about the Pranas supporting the body, listen to the answer: the Pranas are the horses for the Jeev riding it. They go to the afterlife when you leave the body. The relatives are sad then. For this reason, see your form as different. If you know your form, your pain and problems are destroyed."
The Rai heard this and discarded is feeling of being the Pranas. He said: "I have seen that the whole word is fragile. I speak the truth. I am not the Pranas. I see my real form as the “Munn,” the mind, then. All of the Gyaan is dependent on the Munn. Till the Munn is not focused, Gyaan cannot be achieved. I have made a determination by the Munn to kill all of the vices. The Munn makes all of the determinations, that is its Dharma. For this reason, the Munn is my real self. I see the determinations as my mind. That is my form. There is nothing separate from the Munn.” Guru ji said: “Rajan, you are not the Munn either. The Munn has many vices. Your real self is without vices. See your Chetan properly which gave birth to your Munn. That is your real form; which is always illuminating. Your Munn is lifeless as well. The Munn is made of the Satogun portion of the prime element “space”. The Munn is born and it dies. You are forever. You are infinite and in the single state. Let me explain further: if one says, “my Munn says that I will fight the enemies and win,” who is saying “my Munn?” The one saying that is your real self. If you were the Munn, you wouldn’t say “my Munn.” You are the one that knows the movement and the stillness of your Munn. You are self-illuminating. Just as you see the eyes, ears and other Gyaan Indriyas, see the Munn as another medium as well. Without eyes you can’t see and without ears you can’t hear; in the same way without the Munn, there is no awareness.”
When the Rai heard this, he understood the ego of his Munn. He didn’t see that as his real self. He thought for a long time and said: “I am not the Munn. I know that now. I am the Bhuddi (wisdom). That is my real form. To make a judgement, that is the Dharma of the Bhuddi. I see my ego in the Bhuddi. I don’t see anything deeper than that. If there is something, please tell me.” The Lotus-Bodied One said: “Rajan, you place the ego in the Bhuddi. That is not you. Think about it. The Jeev is in pain because of the Bhuddi. From the Tamogun portion of the elements, the “Sthool” (solid) body was made. From the Rajogun portion of the elements, the Indriyas were made. From the Satogun portion of the elements, the “Antiskaran” was made. The antiskaran has 4 parts: Munn - mind, Bhuddi - wisdom, Chit - desire and Ahankaar – ego/(false) awareness of self. See their characteristics. They depend on you. The body is like the chariot. The Indriyas are the horses, oh patient one. The reins are the Munn. The Bhuddi is the chariot driver. The rider/owner of the chariot is the Aatma. That is you, which is away from joy and sorrow. See that as your real form. Let go of other egos (the feeling of “me”). Fire cannot burn you. Water cannot drench you. The weapons cannot cut you. The wind cannot blow you away. You are not young, adult nor old. You aren’t born and don’t die; only the Antiskaran is born and dies. You aren’t hungry or thirsty, ever. Pain comes because you forget your real self.” Rai Bhullaar ji heard these words and understood his real form. His real form was revealed to him. As soon as he saw his real form, he felt a deep bliss. He was in a single state. His worldly bonds were all broken. He folded his hands and bowed to Guru ji. He praised Guru ji:
“Dhan Dhan oh complete Gurudeva. By your compassion I came to know my real self. Attachment and hatred are two lions. You saved me from their fear. I was engrossed in the deep snake of ego. You saw me as weak and saved me. I know my Aatma form now. Knowing it, the pain of the world is destroyed.” Rai Bhullaar ji heard this wisdom and knew his real form. He saw his Aatma everywhere. He saw himself in the smallest particles. There was no difference between him and the universe now. He was blessed. Guru Nanak Dev ji then came to his home. He was the sun of Brahmgyaan. Doing his Darshan, the sins of Kaliyuga run away. Guru ji spent some days like this. He had come to give people the righteous path.
One day, the Destroyer of Pain, Lotus Body One, was resting in his home. He was sleeping on his bed. It was then time for him to eat. Delicious foods were made. Many foods were made. Mata Tripta ji was in the kitchen. She had many foods made for her son. She called a maid (either it was Tulsa or a maid named Mantra) and said: “go and wake up my son. Bring him here. The food is getting cold. Many types of food are made. Tell him to eat.” The maid heard this and went to where Guru ji was sleeping. The maid wanted to wake up Guru ji but she was very wise. She didn’t say anything. One foot of Guru ji was uncovered. The maid wanted to touch his foot. She wanted to kiss his foot as love overwhelmed in her heart, seeing Guru ji as the form of Parmeshwar. She had seen and heard of his glory. She didn’t touch his foot. She touched Guru ji’s foot with her tongue out of devotion. She was fortunate. She had love. As soon as her tongue touched Guru ji’s foot, she gained the awareness of the 3 Loks. She could see everything. She saw villages and homes. She saw jungles and mountains. She knew what was happening in the oceans. While seeing the ocean, she saw an interesting event: she saw Guru Nanak Dev ji’s form in the ocean. The great Sikh from Lahore, Mansukh Shah was in a ship. The ship was about to be in trouble. He did the Simran of Guru Nanak Dev ji with love: “oh Compassionate One, complete Guru, Protector of the Weak, please come and help me, quickly. Where no one can help, you, the Master of the Universe, helps everyone. Please take me to Sangladeep. Please take me to the Island.” Guru ji went to help his Sikh in the ocean. He is the Omniscient One. The maid saw Guru ji take the ship to the shores of Sangladeep. The ship reached the island safely. Bhai Mansukh Shah ji was happy. The maid saw this whole event.
The maid ran to Mata Tripta ji and said: “I didn’t wake him up. He is gone to save a ship. When he finishes his task for his Sikh, when he takes the ship across to the shore, I will go and wake him up. I speak the truth. There is no lie in this.” Mata Tripta ji heard this and got angry. Mata ji went herself. She shook Guru ji and woke him up. Guru ji got up and ate the food. After eating, Mata ji said: “listen son, seeing your state in such a way, the maid made fun of you to me. She said that you were gone to take a ship across the ocean. For this reason, she didn’t wake you up.” Mata ji said this to the Master of the Universe. The Omniscient One understood what happened. In order to not reveal himself to his mother, he said: “she is crazy. Don’t listen to what she says.” After saying this, Guru ji went to the jungles to sit in solitude.
The maid became crazy, as Guru ji had said those words. She lost her senses. She wasn’t aware of her body anymore. Till she was alive, she was not aware of her body. She had achieved Mukti. She had seen the Brahmgyaan. When she left her body, she went to the home of Hari, Akaal Purakh and received Mukti.