When the source
Of interest exchange
Comes to an stillstand
On one end
Or runs dry
Then we find us
Quickly put into the drawer
Behind the veil of forgetfulness
Where are then the many “friends”?…
Long absent, soon forgotten…
DidiArtist, 10.06.2017
Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Sant Kirpal Singh, Biji Surinder Kaur
The whole text can be read here:
Guru Nanak has extended a loving invitation to all. The Master tells us that we have a purpose in life. Have we ever cared to think why we have been granted this physical existence? Human birth is really a great blessing. Man is the roof and crown of all the creation. Man is a rational being, and this is what differentiates man from the rest of the creation. He has been gifted practically with the faculty of discrimination to distinguish between right and wrong. It is for him to make the best use of his intellect and develop in him consciousness of the soul, which is lying dormant at present. Guru Nanak, therefore, reminds us that to attain Amrit, the divine nectar or the water of life, we should go to a living Master, who has access to the spiritual fountainhead and is competent to lead us to it. The living Master enjoys a supreme status. He is the very life and light of humanity. “Son knows the Father and those whom the Son reveals,” says Christ. The Master-souls are the children of light and come to diffuse the holy light among those who come to them. The Vedas pose a pertinent question: What is that thing having attained which one is fully satisfied and desires nothing else? And then go on to explain that the crown of life is the realization of God, attaining which one enjoys perpetual bliss and harmony. Soul is a conscious entity. It is a drop of the ocean of all-consciousness. It is gifted with all the attributes of the Lord. Kabir tells us that it is of the same essence as that of God. Muslim divines regard it as Amar-i-Rabbi, or the essence of God. It is due to the misdirected attitude of mind that it is overtaken by wild passions. So, when the soul is analyzed from the body and liberated from the meshes of the mind and matter, it can, once again, wing its way to the elixir of life within. It is the holy Naam – the holy Shabd or the audible life stream that the Master reveals to those who come to Him. It is the central theme of His teachings.
You may better understand it through a parable. Criminals are sent to the prison to serve their allotted sentence. A dignitary goes there and finds that the prisoners do not have adequate living quarters. He sanctions a large amount for the construction of good ventilated rooms for them. Another one goes there and discovers that the food for the prisoners is no good. He allots more funds for this purpose and the inmates are served with good food. Both of them have done a good deed, each in their own way. Another man – the master of the prison – goes there with the prison keys in his hand. Out of compassion he opens the prison gate and allows the prisoners to escape if they like. You will agree that the last man has done a magnificent service by providing the prisoners an opportunity to be free again. The world is a large prison-house where each one of us is serving his term, the allotted span of life. We are mightily engaged in the various pursuits of life with no knowledge of the free life beyond the prison walls. The Master has the key into the realms beyond; and when He comes, He throws open the door of the prison-house and invites us to take our chance of breathing the free air outside. Those who take the chance are blessed indeed. In the succeeding verses, we will know of various factors that qualify a person to gain liberation for the soul.
Leave off artificiality, all outer forms and thy wit, for in duality and uncertainty you cannot get any spiritual benefit.
The Master tries to pull us out of our deep slumber. In compassion, He shows us the way to freedom. He asks us to simplify our life. It is a blessing to be born in a temple, but a sin to die in it. Just as discussed earlier, it is necessary to remain in the religion to which one belongs; but while remaining there, one must learn to rise above all religious and social barriers, expand the self so that it embraces the entire humanity, nay all the creation, and realize the principle of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. Once a person rises above body and bodily limitations, blinkers fall from his eyes and he sees his Self in all and all in his Self. All the narrowing prejudices of nationality, race, and tribe sink far below, for now he belongs to the one great family of man. We take up certain religious beliefs with the purpose of spiritual enlightenment; but after some time, we find to our regret that we are bypassing the very purpose of life and are caught up in a vicious circle of forms and formalities. One must be cautious to see which way the wind blows and how he is faring. Again, I want to emphasize that the basic concept of all religions – spiritual enlightenment – should never be lost sight of. We must keep the bull’s eye constantly before us if we are out to be a good marksman. A lover of the Lord must, therefore, love God with all his soul, with all his mind, and with all his might. Too much of formalisms and formalities will necessarily bring in doubt, suspicion, and duality. There is a world of difference between an intellectual and a spiritual man. The two are poles apart. A philosopher deals with theories, while a mystic deals with the reality alone. Hence the need for disenfranchising the self from all limiting adjuncts that keep the soul smothered under the dead weight of rites and rituals.
O mind, be thou still and not run into the wilderness.
It is in the stillness of the mind that one can see the face of divinity. A close study of the subject will show that the mind is generally in the grip of the senses and the latter are helplessly rushing out into the fields of sense-pleasures. In the Hindu mythology, soul is described as riding a chariot of the body with intellect as its driver, the mind as reigns, and the senses as powerful steeds which are whirling it restlessly into sensual enjoyments. So the first step for a spiritual aspirant is to control his senses and save himself from falling unwittingly as prey to the temptations. It is said that we receive 83 percent of our impressions through the eyes, 14 percent through the ears, and rest of the three percent through other organs. Just see how needlessly we are rushing head long into the wild drama of life! The Master not only guides us on how to free ourselves from this captivity, but actually offers a better substitute to the mind in the form of inner light and sound current or the music of the spheres.
To be continued…
Ego and mind of a man
Is like a virus
It needs a host
To multiply his power through:
Money, selfishness, pride, greed,
Attachment – packed in wishes
Detachment is the solution
Even from oneself
To be one…Self…
This virus is spreading around the world
May we all find a serum against it
DidiArtist, 30.03.2020
Time draws the border
Between past and now
To welcome the moment
Fountain of life
Memorized pictures like clouds
Drifting into the past
Turning into dreams – fade
Lose in the abyss of time
Myriads of loaded information
Like perls on a string
Trickle through the hand
That tries to grasp lost moments
In the moment the moment dies
In the moment the moment arises
The spirit stands still
On the bridge between death and life
In front of the inner eye
Moments sail, pass by
Swallow the outer world
In the pulse of aging
Untouched by the change
Eyes watch the movement
Storm of transformation
Beat of life
Time and space close their doors
Leave a spirit behind
That slowly awakes
From a long night
Gently touched in morning light…
DidiArtist, 05.09.2018
Let us not commit the mistakes
We see in others
As they are part in ourselves too
But let us learn to avoid them
DidiArtist, 25.02.2018
If we don’t look at ourselves in the mirror
To find the original reflection of it
Then we cannot see us either
Do not know who we are
What we are
Where we come from
Where we have to go…
Then the purpose of life
Is covered by our ignorance…
Man know thyself…
DidiArtist, 12.10.2019
How many things do we learn, copy
Without thinking, checking
We are loaded like a donkey
With knowledge that is not our knowledge
The more we follow this automatic process
The more we live a life that is not our life
Thousands of books cannot give us
What own experiences provide
In adopted outside knowledge there we meet death
While experienced knowledge fills us with life
However, sometimes we need to be “dead”
To strand at the shore of life…
DidiArtist, 04.12.2018
Today my heart is bleeding
Golden tears
Sunshine of love
Dawn of divine emotions
Slight trembling of a cobweb
Touched by rays of light
Of global significance
Spanning the world
Tripping pearls roll along
White threads of flooded light
Heartfelt symphony
Shaking feelings
In an ocean
Of pure happiness
Singing the song:
We are one
Today my heart is bleeding
Golden tears
Sunshine of love
Dawn of divine emotions
DidiArtist, 24.06.2018
Some build relation
On cleverness
Some choose power
As their means
Some use violence
To achieve their goals
Some bath in fakes
To stand in light
Some are tricky
Behave like vampires
Some fill their pockets
With dark money
Some escape
Create virtual worlds
Some are greedy
Fight for more
Some are hurt
React as bumerang
Some are jealous
See ghosts everywhere
Some flatter
To win advantages
Some do business
With life and death
Some lose themselves
Search their place
Some love God
Not for their own sake
But for God sake
Some share and give
Their last shirt
Some do and live
Not for themselves
But in service for others
Some are conscious
See the world in flames
Give their life
For a better world
Lets peep behind the curtain
To which motives we belong to…
DidiArtist, 24.06.2018
Let us take by our hands
By our hearts, by our heads
Let us sing together
The song of humanity
Let us forget dark nights between us
And let the sun shine on us
Let us treat as humans
As brother as sisters
Let us live love among us
Compassion from man to man
Let us help each other
Live for each other
Let us overcome differences
On the level of man
Let us not see the mistakes of others
But let us work on our own ones
Let us share a happy smile
To be happy together
DidiArtist, 19.12.2018
(Full text can be read here):
http://www.kirpalsingh-teachings.org/index.php/en/talks/third-world-tour/480-satsang-one-of-the-three-pillars-of-spirituality28.html
Those who want to have a glimpse of God don’t care for these heavens or anything like that; they don’t even care for redemption from life – from coming and going (reincarnation), too. They simply want to have a glimpse of Him. Bhai Nand Lal was such a devotee of the tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh. He says, “O my Guru, my Satguru, I had no desire to come to the world but to follow You. As You have come to the world, I also followed You. Otherwise, what is lying in this world? You have incarnated, You are manifesting in the man-body here; so as I was fond of You, I also have come to the world to be with You.” Hafiz is a great poet, mystic poet. He said, in Arabic, in one poem: “O man, if you want to come in contact with God, leave all worldly things. Go out to some lonely place to find Him, to go within you.” And Nand Lal addresses Hafiz: “Look here, Hafiz, God is standing here. Here is God-in-man. Why should we leave this world and go to outside things? Here is God standing!” Well, this is the fate of those whose inner eye is open, you see. (It is the same God when He appears within.) Excuse me, they were persecuted like Christ. Were they not persecuted? Mansur was put to the stake. Shamaz-I-Tabrez’s skin was taken off. Some were burned alive. Who did all this? Who did all this? (Those) whose (inner) eyes were not open. The others (those whose single eye is open) do say, “He (the Master) is the moving God-on-earth.” They say, they see God is manifesting in Him. But when is it said? When your inner eye is open. So those who want a glimpse of Him (God), they never care for the possessions or all enjoyments of this world, or the world hereafter. They can only be satisfied if they have a glimpse of Him – that’s all.
Take the example of a mother whose son has been away. She yearns to see her son – perhaps he is lost. There may be people who give evidence saying, “He is alive; I have seen him.” (The mother says), “O no, unless I look at him I cannot be satisfied.” You see? Something, a strong yearning like that. I mean to say those who are yearning really to see God. Man’s highest goal is to have a beatific vision of God, to see God. This is the ultimate goal of what the Saints pray for. “See and then say.” If you don’t see …? Sometimes in prayers we sit, we shed tears, we cry; when that very thing for which we yearn and cry comes in front of you, how satisfied you feel!
So whatever you are doing, all of these practices outside which relate to the outgoing faculties, body, or intellect, in that you do not see. You simply feel a strong yearning to see so. Surat Shabd Yoga gives you a vision of that Power. All other yogas I mentioned have got different scopes. In Surat Shabd Yoga you have got direct contact with the God-into-expression-Power. If you pursue that way, regularly, with all devotion, He will always be face-to-face with you. He resides with you. Whenever you want to, you close your eyes, rise above body (-consciousness) and then see Him. Guru Ram Das tells us, “This is the state of those who really want to see God.” They are not after this world’s possessions. They simply want to have a glimpse of Him. That is the fate of few. How many people are seen crying, breaking their heads, for worldly things. But how many are there who are crying to see God? Rama Krishna Paramhansa tells us, “If a man continues three days regularly in his yearning for the Lord, God will appear to him.” We cannot even yearn for an hour. So the point is, you see, those who are after having a vision of God – beatific vision – no other thing can appeal to them. They are not satisfied unless they see. But others, the world is full of them – why don’t they yearn to see God? The reason is they are under a grand delusion. That delusion starts from where? From the man-body. He is the indweller of the man-body, but he is identified with the body so much so that he has forgotten himself. He works from the level of the man-body, which is made of matter and matter is changing every moment of life. And the world around is also changing, being of matter, at the same speed as our body is changing.
So, when two things are moving at the same speed, to those who are identified with it, to them this appears that it is all stationary. It is a grand delusion. Take the example of a boat in which some people, say five, six, seven or so, are rowing. The boat is going down the stream. One man is standing on the side (shore) of the river. He cries out, “Dear friends, you are rowing down the stream!” They look at the water around it, and the boat appears to be stationary – not moving. Is it not a grand delusion? The learned and the unlearned, both are under a grand delusion.
In my heart lives
A world of peace
Harmony between people:
Noone is rich
Noone poor
Everyone exchanged
Greed for love
Money for selfless help
Ego for compassion
War for humanity
One language governs
Our beautiful planet:
Language of the heart
One God for all
No separation anymore
Ideologies merge together
To the welfare of mankind
Children grow up
Without fear
With ethic values
Hearts are touching everywhere
With respect towards each other
Borders are taken down
Freedom for everyone
Free breath, recovered nature
May this dream come true…
DidiArtist, 24.06.2018
Dear friends,
Credit goes to Chuck, a blogging friend of mine,
who gave me the inspiration to try out this form
of poetic verse metre. Thanks, my friend 🙂
Happy Easter to everyone
Didi
Anger controls
Controls thoughts
Deeds, words
Sets on fire
Anger closes eyes
Sees things
In blindly rage
That are not there
In Anger – house in flames
Attempt to extinguish them
With burning oily thoughts, words
Throwing them wildly around
When pride feels offended
Intention to hurt, to react
To judge in conflicts – blindly, unfairly
Not knowing the one
Who should be hurt
Anger, a game: eye for eye
Tooth for tooth
Which should not have
Our participation
To stay calm is the answer
To be untouched, unaffected
Not willing to fall for the trap
In this game of mind
Opposite: When someone throws words
Let us send back: Thoughts
Of compassion, of sympathy
Kindness, good wishes, of love
DidiArtist, 24.07.2017
If we do not longer see us
Separated from woman and men
Cultures and nations
Religions and ideals
Skin-colours and systems
Which are our outer lables
Then we reach the core in us:
That what unites us
Connects us
Makes us ONE
– The human in us
From there we can start
Without barriers between us
From there our mutual love
Can grow in harmony
The source of all humans
– To be humans…
Let us treat as humans
– And not as outer lables…
…Then all outer lables
Differences, so-called separations
Lose their fenses, borders and win
Respect and harmony
Humanity for humanity
DidiArtist, 11.11.2008
Eyes reflect the truth
Are a deep ocean
Expression of happiness
Waves of sad moments
Eyes are attractive
Invite to dive in them
To move head and heart
In dreams of you and me
Eyes are full of life
Share giving, taking
Lose and find
In the flow of information
Eyes communicate without words
Spread feelings and emotions
Infect laughing and crying
Dance together invisibly
Eyes reveal fear and courage
Let events resurge again
Like burnt-in experiences
As living emotions
Eyes pour out their own stories…
DidiArtist, 15.04.2019
Karma does not ask
If anything is bad or good
It is just the mirror
Of our own thoughts,
Words and deeds
It pays back
In golden or iron coins…
DidiArtist, 24.02.2018
Sometimes we are like snakes
Injecting our poison
Into the heart of other people
Sometimes we are like scorpions
Directing our sting towards ourselves
To punish ourselves and others
Neither this or that is a solution
We should rise above it
And free us from the poison of our mind…
How? – Through love, honesty, Oneness, and non-violence
DidiArtist, 18.03.2014
My dear friends,
This is now the fourth part of the video serie “Journey into our mind”.
My expression for this subject is done in form of poems, aphorisms and digital art.
Thank you for your attention and enjoy your time
Heartfelt greetings
Didi
Today my heart is overflowing
With love and tears for everyone
I feel the deep connection
From man to man
From heart to heart
A music of the spheres
Between God and man
Between Creator and creation
Today my heart is overflowing
A symphony of love
A flow of tears
Golden water pearls running
Down from my cheeks
Feeling one with all
Embracing the universe
A divine kiss into my heart
My heart is dancing…
© DidiArtist, 15.04.2019
When we belong to God
Then all things belong to Him
Which “belong” to us
Even our body, mind and soul
Belongs to Him
Is part of His creation
As He is One
And nothing exists
Without Him
So we are just administrators
Of everything He has given us:
Lent life
So we are and are not
At the same time
Depending on our point of view…
Should not we then
Become more humble?
Instead of saying: “I” and “mine”?…
DidiArtist, 15.05.2017
Mouth is quick
But heart not able
To follow
To put tongue
In hand
Oh my Creator
Let my thoughts be water
And words be sun
To be flower of life
In Your garden
Not a reflection
From a reflection
But living truth
True life
Let my mouth be silent
And voices rinse from heart
That all flows along
Your will, Your love…
© DidiArtist, 20.07.09
We can only hate with our mind
But not with our heart
DidiArtist, 09.05.2010
