Die Before Death (Spiritual Discourse by Baba Kehar Singh Ji)

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Die Before Death

Spiritual Discourse by

Satguru Baba Kehar Singh ji

Radha Soami

Dera Baba Bagga SinghRailway Road, Tarn Taran 143401

Dist. Tarn Taran, Punjab, India



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Publisher's Note

Baba Kehar Singh ji’s satsangs are a treasure ofspiritual gems. Out of this infinite treasure onewas brought forth in the original Punjabi edition of

this book; which was later translated into Hindiand English. With the blessings of Baba Kehar

Singh Ji, this edition of the book is translatedfrom the original Punjabi edition by Mrs. Nirmal

Sian and Mr. Kenneth Stambler, with assistancefrom Mr. Vipin Sian. Dera is grateful to them.

I hope the seekers of spirituality all across

the world will read this book and, in so doing, willunderstand the genesis of Sant Mat.

Balwinder SinghSecretary

Radha SoamiDera Baba Bagga Singh

Tarn Taran, Punjab, India




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Spiritual Discourse

marnai kee chintaa nahee jeevan kee nahee aas.

I have no anxiety about dying, and no desire for living.

This Shabad is written by Guru Nanak DevJi. He is trying to make us understand the word

‘death’, which is a great cause of fear to the

whole world. He says, O' Gentlemen, the wholeworld is trembling with the fear of death, and no

one is ready to take such a step to help usexperience it. Death is a fundamental truth. It has

to come to us. Then why are we frightened? Weare such cowards that upon hearing the word

‘death’ we start trembling. Let us see what GuruNanak Dev Ji explains about death. He repeats

the beginning verse:

I have no anxiety about dying, and no desire for living.

I have reached such a stage, that I neither

have the fear of death, nor the desire to live. Whatever has to happen, will happen. Why be

afraid? Baba Partap Singh served the Dera for 26

years. We never thought that He would leave us.Neither did we believe that Maharaj Charan Singh

would leave us quietly. Thousands of men andwomen remained weeping at their death. You saw

Baba Partap Singh during his life. At the time ofhis death a military unit was staying in our Dera.In the morning, the Colonel came to see Babaji.

Taking a step back he took off his hat and salutedhim. Looking at his face he said, has Babaji left?





You are telling a lie. Babaji did not show any

symptom of death. He held his arm to feel the

pulse. Being disappointed he put it down. Whomwe considered God, slipped out of our hands and

left. We were sad and kept weeping. Kabir Sahibsaid:

Adi Granth, Page 1365

kabeer jis marnay tay jag darai mayray man aanand.marnay hee tay paa-ee-ai pooran parmaanand.

Kabir, the world is afraid of death.

That death fills my mind with bliss.It is only through the (living) death,

that Perfect, Supreme Bliss is obtained.

O' Kabir! Why are you eager to die?Everyone wants to live. Even a person of 100

years wants to live for four more years. If wecan’t walk, suffering with cough and breathing

with difficulty, even then we want to live more.

Someone asked Kabir Sahib, why are you feelinghappy to die? He said, the place I have to go afterdeath is delightful. It is full of variety and is amost beautiful place. I do not want to stay in this

filthy world even for a moment more.

A few days ago some of my relatives came

to Dera from Canada. They were husband & wife,along with their kids. The husband and wife were

Indians, but their children were Canadians. Afterseven days they said, Babaji, we are going back

to Canada. I said, you had a program to stay here





for forty days? They said, Babaji, look at these

kids. A spot on their fair complexion is more

visible than the children with dark complexion.Mosquito bites do not matter if you have dark

skin. I said, I will arrange a mosquito net for you.They said, it is not only the question of a

mosquito net. There is so much dust and dirteverywhere. Persons coming from Canada leave

within ten days. Why wouldn’t Kabir be happy toleave this world? He has come from a region

which has no pain or pleasure, only peace andhappiness. The pot made today, has to breaktomorrow.


jo upji-o so binas hai paro aaj kai kaal.naanak har gun gaa-ay lay chhaad sagal janjaal.

Whatever has been created must be destroyed.

Everyone shall perish: today or tomorrow.O’ Nanak, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord,

and give up all other entanglements.

You may put a pot in a corner and let it sitthere for a hundred or two hundred years as a

symbol of your seniors, and not touch it.However, one day that empty pot will break. We

also have to die, but we are afraid of death. The

mahatmas who have visited the other world arenot afraid of death. People ask, when can thatstage be attained? Accept the teaching of Guru

Nanak Dev Ji, the Gita and the Ramayan. Everyreligious book talks about the same thing: Guru,





knowledge and contemplation. Guru Granth Sahib

says, if you want to meet God, 'Mutu-a kibal ant

mutu-aa' , which means, Die before death .


naanak jeevti-aa mar rahee-ai aisaa jog kamaa-ee-ai.

O’ Nanak, remain dead while yet alive; practice such a Yoga.

If you want to learn such a yoga, what to

do? Adopt a guru and get blessed with Nam; thenmeditate with concentration. To meet God you go

to the temple, bow your heads, and pray at thetombs of Muslim Saints.

These saints themselvesare no more, what can they do for you?

daadoo dunee-aa baavaree, marhee-aa poojan oot.jo aap jahaano chal gayay unaa kee daynay poot.

Dadu says, the world is mad;

It worships the monumentsin hopes of being blessed with a son.How can those who have left this world,

bless others with sons?

They can’t give anything. We remain eagerto meet God, but how can we attain that stage in

order to meet Him? Think for a moment! Is Godpresent in this world, or not? Has anybody seen

him? No, neither is He here, nor can you see ormeet Him here. He has no shape, nor will He

appear before you. It is said in Guru Granth





Sahib, not by me, He neither belongs to any

religion, nor does He have mother, father or

relative. For example, we utter the word ‘electricity’. It does not have any shape, but we

have to agree that it is a power which makes thefans work and the sound reach the audience. We

have to agree that it is a power!

How did the world come into existence?

How did it expand? How does everything work inthe world? People request, Babaji, we have come

here to know how we can meet God and diecomfortably. We don’t want to die the death of adog, nor do we want a painful death. We want

only one thing: to die while sleeping.

They request a comfortable death. Try tounderstand its origin. A human being is made offive elements: fire, earth, water, air and ether.

These elements do not constitute the real 'body',but just a shape. The thing that makes it stand,

move, and walk, is the soul. So the soul has beenplaced in it. What is soul?

I mentioned five elements. The source of

fire is the sun. The source of water is the sea. Thesource of earth is ‘the Earth’ , and the source of air

is the atmosphere. A balloon is flying in the air.When it bursts, we do not know where the air has

gone. In this body, the main element is the soul.Have you ever thought about its source? Till we

know that , we cannot know about the world. Do

not burn or bury a dead body but just put it in alonely place, and after some time all the elements





will go back to their source, and only the skeleton

will remain. This soul also has a source also. We

think about Param-Atma (God) every day. We goto the temples in search of Him. It is nothing but

the Supreme Soul, the Supreme Power. Thesource of atma (soul) is Param-Atma.

Let us think how this Special Soul came intoexistence. In the whole world no one can answer

the question, ‘what came first, the chicken or theegg? ’ When we began discussing this, I asked the

people sitting around me: what came first, thechicken or the egg? The people replied, Babaji,

the hen came first. Then again another questionarose, ‘How was the hen born?’ They replied, from

the egg. I asked, how was the egg born? Theyreplied, from the hen. So this circle of questionand answers went on like the Persian wheel.

When the Persian wheel revolves, we cannot seewhere the belt first began to turn. It has become

a part of the chain. One may know the answer ornot, but the question just creates confusion. I was

in Nagpur, and the same question was asked,what came first, the chicken or the egg? Sevenor eight press reporters were also present there,

so I said to them that the hen was born first.They asked, Babaji, how was the hen born? I

said, you ask this question, so I will tell you howthe hen was born. To begin a talk and then run

away from educated persons is something verydifficult. If you start a talk to convince them, you

have to prove it , and quote examples. They willagree only if they are convinced. They said,

Babaji, how did it take place? I said, I will tell





you something new. As I have already said, there

is no entity named ‘Paramatma’ in this world. The

word paramatma is made up of two words, paramand atma (Param+atma = Paramatma =

Supreme Soul). Why should we waste two hoursdiscussing whether paramatma is a word or not?

Suppose Param–atma is there and paramatma isnot. I am going to tell you something new which

you can neither think about, nor will it strike yourmind to discuss. Paramatma was created by Nam.

The Creator of the world was also created bysomeone. Yes, His creator is Nam, about whichGuru Nanak Dev Ji has said:

Pran Sangli

sabaday dhartee shabadi aagaas. sabadai sabad bha-i-aapargaas.sagali sristi sabad kay paachhay. naanak sabad ghatay ghataachhay.

Shabad has created the earth and the sky.

Everything is enlightened by the Shabad.The whole world is supported by Shabad,

Shabad exists in every living being.

Shabad is the creator of the whole world.What is that Shabad? There was a great Saint

named John. He had written in his book, “In the

beginning was the Word, and the Word was withGod, and the Word was God.”





“ All things were made through Him (the

Word); and without Him was not anything made

that was made.”

In the beginning (of this cosmos) there was

‘Word’, ‘Kalma’, ‘Hare-Hare’, Allah. Today peoplehave given one-hundred and eighty thousand

names to God. You may call Him by any name,but Guru Nanak Dev Ji has named Him Sar

Shabad and Satnam. That Sar Shabad ‘Word’came into action. The question arises, how did the

Sar Shabad come into action? An atmosphere orenvironmental situation came into being. Forexample, you are travelling in a boat on a river,

or in a ship on the sea; there is an anouncementthat a whirlpool has developed. Wind created the

whirlpool, and even large boats and ships arepulled down in it. So we have to accept this

reality of the atmosphere, or an environmentalsituation.

Most people say that genera was born outof "Mada", a feminine force and the infinitesimal,primal atom. Primal force is also born as an

outcome of environmental conditions, andsubsequently created the whole world (genera).

A special power came into existence. That Mada,or special power, Satnam or Word, created the

Purush whom we call Paramatma. How did

Paramatma come into existence? It is difficult toexplain this mystery; rather, it is beyond ourintellectual comprehension.





I myself have pondered upon the subject.

Sometimes a person does not get time to bathe

for a month. We experienced this at the time ofpartition, when we came from Pakistan to India.

Every person had lice on his head and body. Havewe ever thought of how they were born? We

picked them out and killed them, never thinkingbeyond that, as to who created them? All the

species are produced by mating. At that time,people could not bathe. Due to the summer heat,

every one was sweating, and small particles ofdust got on the head and skin. In that dust, Godcreated one male and one female. In time these

two started to grow, became young, mated, andsmaller lice were born. How were the lice first

born and how did a male and female come intoexistence? All this was created by the

atmosphere. In the rainy season we see ladybugsin a lonely place. The mosquitoes also breed. First

the body was created, and to give it movement,the soul was put in it. Like this, environmentalconditions developed, and Sar Shabad (Word)

created the Purush or Supreme Soul.

Now Purush thought that he is sitting there,

alone, comfortably… He should create the orderof the world; so Purush created Sixteen Sons or

Powers. Niranjan was the fifth son. Now thatPower of Sar Shabad or Word started coming

downwards, and the biggest order of the worldwas to be set up. Prior to that, there was no

mortal world, ether-land, nether-land, Brahma,Vishnu, Shiv, stars, moon, or anything. Only





Purush was there, and He was blossoming withinhimself.

According to Guru Nanak Dev Ji ‘s

philosophy, first of all, Sar Shabad (Word) cameinto existence. Sar Shabad created Agam andAlakh Desh, and then lower to that, Sachkhand.

Reaching here, Sar Shabad haulted; then cameout as a stream of Satnam. What is that Satnam?

Adi Granth, Page 1

ik-oNkaar sat naam kartaa purakh nirbha-o nirvair akaalmoorat ajoonee saibha-n gur parsaad jap

One Universal Creator God.

His Name is Truth Personified.No Fear, No Hatred;

Image Of The Undying.

Beyond Birth, Self-Existent.By Guru's Grace, chant the holy Nam.

Starting from here, Satnam further createdtwo regions. We call them Bhanwargupha and

Daswan Dwar. Daswan Dwar is also called Triveni,Amritsar or Paragraj. Sar Shabad again halted atDaswan Dwar. From there it comes out as Sound

Current or the Audible Life Stream, and createdtwo more regions named Trikuti and Sahansdal

Kanwal. Descending to the back of the eyes, fiveregions and six stations were created. Now

Paramatma did not feel any need to make thelower body; he created the microcosm from





behind the eyes to the top of the head. Tulsi

Sahib says:

hai ghat may-n soojhat nahee laahnat aisee jind.tulsee is sansaar ko bha-i-aa motee-aa bind.

He is in the body but cannot be seen.A curse is such a life.

Tulsi says this world is suffering from cataract.

We have taken only this much shape (the

head) from God. If only the head is movingaround, it does not make sense. In that shape we

would have been like insects, or other such livingbeings. As a reward for his worship of 64 yugas,and 70 yugas; Kal got the souls. He ruled these

two regions named Trikuti and Sahansdal Kanwal.These two come in the range of Vedas. Niranjan

thought, ‘I have to make the world, and putglitter in it!’ So, he created the lower body, and

fixed the same stations in it below the eyes.


jo barahmanday so-ee pinday jo khojai so paavai.peepaa paranvai param tat hai satgur ho-ay lakhaavai.





The One who pervades the Universe

also dwells in the body.Whoever seeks Him, finds Him there.

Pipa salutes the Lord, the Supreme Essence.

He reveals Himself through the True Guru.

Niranjan put the same features in these two

stages (Sahansdal Kanwal and Trikuti), that are

above the eyes. All this comes in the range ofVedas, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiv. It has no

relation with God realization. Below the eyesthere are six chakras. To cross these chakras, we

would have to go down and then come up again,to ascend the upper five stages. We don’t need

to do that. Describing everything existing behind

the eyes, Kabir Sahib described the lower bodyalso. How do we go upward at the time of death?Let us see how Kabir Sahib has explained it... Atthat time our hands and feet become cold. It

seems as if death is about to come. Thecirculation of blood stops from the nails. The soul,

breath and vital air start moving upwards. Breathand vital air are different things. These reach the

rectal centre. Here lives the god Ganesh. Theelement of earth and a lotus with four petals

exists there. The sound of ‘Kilyng’ ‘Kilyng’ isheard. This is the lord of riddhis and siddhis(reaching here one attains the spiritual power to

accomplish anything he desires, in a physicalshape; while being in a conscious state). Going

up from there, one reaches the swadisht chakra,which is called the genital centre. The element of

water is there; Brahma and Savitri are the lords.





Creation of the world is done by them. Here

exists the lotus with six petals and the sound of

‘Om’ ‘Om’ is heard. People doing yogabhyas,(practicing yoga) can see it. Next comes the

navel centre. Here is the seat of Vishnu andLakshmi. The element of fire is there. The sound

of ‘Hiryng Hiryng’ is heard. The lotus here haseight petals. Stamping each grain and providing it

to the insect sitting even in the stone, is the dutyof Vishnu. Going still further on the left, below

the chest, comes the heart centre. The elementof air exists there. Gods Shiv and Parvati aresitting there to destroy the world. The sound of

‘Sohang’ ‘Sohang’ is heard. This lotus has twelvepetals. Vishnu is the eldest of the three. Next

comes their mother Shakti, the goddess ofignorance, sitting in the throat. The sound here is

‘Shiryng’ ‘Shiryng’. This lotus has sixteen petals.At this place Brahma, Vishnu and Shiv get

disconnected; even while the person is still alive.

The Saints ask, ‘Who is that noble person?

Who is that loving one in this world who can uniteus with God?’ We need that noble person to uniteour soul with Param-atma, the Supreme Soul and

make us His embodiment. Who is that person? Heis our Guru. Adopting a Guru, receiving Nam

from him, and meditating; we are to die whileliving, as Kabir did. The third Guru says:


ki-aa jaanaa kiv marhagay kaisaa marnaa ho-ay.jay kar saahib manhu na veesrai taa sahilaa marnaa ho-ay.





marnai tay jagat darai jeevi-aa lorhai sabh ko-aygur parsaadee jeevat marai hukmai boojhai so-ay.

naanak aisee marnee jo marai taa sad jeevan ho-ay.

What do I know? How will I die?

What sort of death will it be?The world is terrified of death; everyone longs to live.

If I do not forget the Lord-Master from my mind,

then my death will be easy.By Guru's Grace, one who dies while yet alive,

understands the Lord's Will.

O’ Nanak, one who dies such a death, lives forever.

As Guru Nanak Dev and other mahatmas

die before death, that is called ‘Mutua kiblant

mutua’, which means, “Die before death”. Whileliving, when we retrace our soul, and bring itbehind the eyes, our soul reaches the first stage,which is Sahansdal Kanwal. We are disconnected

from the lower body. This is called the livingdeath. In the company of Guru, we go up and

see that region where we are to go after death.Whosoever has seen that region, does not want tocome back. If he has five more years to live, but refuses to

come back down after Guru shows him this region, it would be

necessary to take another birth. Completing that period

he can go there.

Sometimes we are fed up with an elder inthe family. That person also says, “I can’t evenbreathe. Stifle me. Kill me.” Someone stifles

him and he dies. That old person takes his nextbirth in the same family. He lives for only five





hours and dies. It was the remaining period of

his previous human life*. He had to finish that

period before he could enter into some other life.Taking yourself behind the eyes through Nam and

Simran is the real death. This is the method toreach behind the eyes.

*Baba ji was speaking about an old person who was

fed up with his sickness and wanted to die. As per the

desire of that senior person, someone killed (suffocated)him. It so happened that this person's destiny was to live

for only five more hours; so, to complete that period of his

present life, he took birth in that very family, and lived for

only five hours and then died.


gurmukh aavai jaa-ay nisang. Parhar mail jalaa-ay kalank.

The Gurmukh comes and goes without fear.His filth is taken away, and his stains are burnt off.

When a Gurumukh (highly advanced soul)

reaches behind the eyes, he is disconnected withthis world (macrocosm), and lives in that world

(microcosm). Coming back into the body, he getsconnected to this world. He walks and eats in this

world. Let us read what Guru Nanak Devdescribes about death:

too sarab jee-aa partipaalahee laykhai saas giraas.





You are the Cherisher of all beings.

You keep the account of our breaths,and morsels of food.

O' My True Lord, I did not know all this, and

your power. I was quarrelling with my guru.Sometimes I was annoyed, and sometimes happy

with him. Having a glance of Shabad Guru, my

position has been enhanced, because he took meto Anami Desh. When Baba Jaimal Singh, BabaBagga Singh, Baba Deva Singh, and Baba PartapSingh, took their souls to Anami Desh; the main

gate was closed. It is something surprising thatParamatma (Guru) is calling Paramatma, to say

that he has brought the souls according to the

list. Christ also said, I have come to collect mymarked sheep; the sheep which were marked forme - so and so, son of so and so, etc. etc.

On my visiting different places, peoplewould say Babaji is mad, as he is roaming in sucha hot weather. Can’t he sit comfortably at Dera?

If the police come to know that a big smuggler istravelling somewhere, they start following him;

and do not stop until he is arrested. They are notbothered about their food or drink, hot or good

weather! They just have one aim, to arrest thesmuggler. Like that, Saints are going from house

to house. They shower a lot of love and say, “O’

Gentleman, you do not know that I am after you,as I have your name and address on my list.”

A person from Gohalvarh (a village in India)went to see his relatives in England. He came to





me when I was about to start Namdan. I asked,

"From where have you come?" He said, "From

Gohalvarh." I said that it is at a distance of 3 to 4kilometers from Tarn Taran. He explained that he

belonged to that village only. I said "All personsfrom Gohalvarh went to Maharaj Charan Singh in

Beas. How were you spared?" He said,” Babaji,first I was not prepared. When I made up my

mind, Maharaj ji left this world. Now afterattending five to seven satsangs of yours, I am

prepared.” I said, “You had a mind for Beas, soget initiated from there.” I sent him away. Onthe third or fourth day he again came to me, at a

different location. He said, “Babaji, please listento me. You said one should not be without Nam

for a minute, even.” Saints are caught in theirown words. I had said that one should get

Namdan without delay as who knows when someaccident is there on the road and who will help

you then? He said, “Babaji, in case I die in anaccident, you will be responsible!” He was right.He was an educated man, so he could say all that.

I allowed him to sit for Namdan. I was trying notto initiate him, as I wanted him to get Namdan

from Beas; but he got it from me in England. Itwas destined, as his name was in my list.

Mahatmas say that unless you stay inGuru’s order and discipline, it is difficult to realize

God. The door is opened and the souls arestanding with Baba Bagga Singh. He enters the

door and stands on the right side of his souls; andthe same Baba Bagga Singh is sitting on thethrone of Purush. His face is lustrous. Having his





darshan the mind is full of happiness. People here

are not ready to agree with the fact that a door

opens there. Without experiencing this, we cannotaccept it. When the radio was invented we said,

"Leave it, it cannot be possible." Radio came.Then it was said that motion pictures will also be

coming along. We did not believe, but thetelevision came, the pictures started coming.

I was in America and watching T.V. news.The news reader said that after ten years, there

won’t be any aeroplanes because of the fear offalling down. What will happen then? There willbe a big platform. The person standing on it will

disappear, and reach Indira Gandhi Airport inIndia with the help of waves. We say that it is

totally fallacious. If such a platform is there, wewill not enter it, thinking we may not board it

properly. If a portion of our body is stretchedoutside the platform, what will happen? One day

we will come to know the reality. Therefore it issaid, we cannot accept the facts which we have

not seen. We do not agree that Baba Bagga Singhis on that throne, and is standing with his soulsalso. We agree only after experience.

Kabir Sahib took Queen Indermati to AnamiDesh. The door was closed. He said, “O’ Lord, I

am here with Queen Indermati, the wife of the

king of Garh Girnal!” The door opened. KabirSahib entered with Indermati. Indermati saw thesame Kabir Sahib sitting on the Majestic Throne

there, and standing on her right side too. Comingout Indermati asked, “O’ my True Lord! If you





were Paramatma, why did you not tell me in the

mortal world. I had been hiding so many things

from you. It was wrong on my part because youknow every mind.” Kabir Sahib said, “Indermati, if

I would have told you that you are standing infront of Paramatma, you would not have accepted

it. You agreed with the things only in yourintellectual range."

If I say, "I am Paramatma", people will say, “Look how tactfully he has taken the position of

the Master. Now he claims to be the embodimentof God.” Just now the mind will start thinking inthe wrong way. O’ Gentlemen, leave me out, a

one month old child is also Paramatma. This bodyis the palace of God. He lives in it. With the

growth of the child, God’s power in him alsogrows. But we need to know ourselves. Know

thyself! How can we know ourselves?

Christ says, ‘O’ Gentlemen, you cannot

meet God, till you come to me.’ You have notrecognized yourself. I will tell you the method torecognize yourself, then you can meet Him. Shri

Krishan said, “O’ Arjun, you cannot meet Goddirectly.’’ Arjun said, ’’What is my fault?’’ ‘It is

not a question of fault.’ Then what, said Arjun?Shri Krishan said, ‘You do not have Shiv Netra,

(the third eye) opened, so you cannot see God.’

We have to learn the method.

We have to adopt a Guru, get Namdan, doSimran, and contemplat e. About this, many

people say to me, ‘Mine is such a stage that I do





simran and meditation while walking’. I say,

‘Then you have gone to the upper regions also?’

They say, ‘Yes, only this is needed.’ Nobodyknows what simran and meditation are. Now

listen, what is ‘simran’? Why does Nam containfive words? Behind the eyes there are five

stages, five lights, and five sounds. Whilecoming, we came through five stages.

We are to sit, keep on repeating the fivewords, and contemplate on the Guru. Until Guru

in the form of Shabad appears behind the eyes,the work is not done. Guru Nanak Dev said:


sabad guroo surat Dhun chaylaa.

The Shabad is the Guru upon whom I lovingly focusmy consciousness.

I (the soul) am the chayla, the disciple.

Shabad is our Guru, and the surat (soul) is

the disciple. While doing simran we reach such astage, that we feel drowsy, the work is done. Thisstage is like when we churn the curd, and it

becomes thick and ready to give out the butter.

At such a stage of simran, we are to contemplateon guru and sit in meditation, listening to thesound. Place two fingers at the forehead, two at

the eyes and the thumbs in the ears. We do thisso that the eyes may not open, the ears may not





hear the outside sounds, and the tongue may not

utter any other word. That is the meaning of the

picture of 3 monkeys. One with his hands on hiseyes, so as not to see something evil; another

has his hands on his mouth, in order not to speaksomething bad; and the third one has its hands

on the ears, in order not to hear anything evil.The tounge has been made to speak good words,

to do simran; to praise the Guru and God. Christsays, “Cut away that tongue which does not sing

the praises of God”. Eyes have been given to seethe path, to differentiate between Guru andordinary human beings; and to have darshan of

Guru. Put lead in the ears which do not hear theSound from our Holy Father, God.

We go through four stages- jagrit, supan,sukopat and turiya pad. First is jagrit; that is

when we are wide awake, I am speaking and youare listening. In the second stage, supan, I am in

my dreams, and you are in your dreams; thisstage comes when we are asleep. Sukopat is the

light above this, reaching here the soul realizesParamatma. Lastly, Turiya Pad is the source ofsoul. As the drop goes into the ocean and takes

its form; the soul goes there and becomes onewith Paramatma. At the time of meditation no

simran is required. One has only to listen to theSound. Guru Nanak Dev also has referred to five

words:






ghar meh ghar daykhaa-ay day-ay so satgur purakh sujaan.panch sabad Dhunikaar Dhun tah baajai sabad neesaan.

The True Guru is the All-knowing Primal Being.

He shows us our true home within the home of the self.The Panch Shabad, the Five Primal Sounds,

resonate and resound within.

The insignia of the Shabad is revealed there,

vibrating gloriously.

He explains, ‘I want that Guru who tells me

the five words, five lights, five sounds and fivestages.’ That is why he says:


panch sabad nirmaa-il baajay. dhulkay chavar sankh ghangaajay.

The Panch Shabad, the five primal sounds,

resound and vibrate there in their purity.The chauris - the fly brushes wave,

and the conch shells blare like thunder.

How to contemplate? You have to look upward,because the sound of Nad, the spiritual music, comes from

above. At that time two things are there. There is

complete darkness- no light, only pitch darkness.

Don’t worry about that, and keep on meditating.From a long distance you will hear the sound of

Nad. That sound will pull you, as if tied with arope, and take you to the big Sound from where it

has come. Which is that rope? The hunters put a





metal plate on an earthen pot and beat it. The

deer follows that sound and reaches the hunter.

He is ignorant of the intention of the hunter, so hegets his head cut and dies. How has the sound

compelled the deer to go to the hunter?

O’ People, this sound of Nad is known to

you! You will be mad after It. In Anami Desh,the soul was alive because of that Sound. No

eating, no drinking, no other work! Just to haveHis Darshan and listen to the Sound. What is that

region for which we are so eager to go? This isour old region, where the soul listens to theSound, and is mad after that. Sit in a separate

corner in a room. Neither talk, nor listen toanyone. That Sound coming from above will

penetrate behind your eyes. Now your work iscomplete. At that time one more thing will

happen. Divine Radiance will shine. It shines outof the Sound. That Divine Luster reaches behind

your eyes. The whole world says that until youexplore the shiv netra (third eye), you cannot

meet God. But what is that shiv netra, and whereto see that? Has anybody ever described how wecan get that? We keep on saying, "See the shiv

netra in you". Whatever books I have read, theysay that you should open the third eye. They do

not say anything beyond that. I haveexperienced, what that third eye is. There is an

eye; a point on our forehead. It does not have itsown light. The divine lustre comes from above. I

do not know why I always reach Dera at eight inthe evening. After passing Jandiala (a small townnear Tarn Taran), the road sign shows Tarn





Taran, 16 km., Amritsar 16 km. Reaching there

once, I saw a big flash of light, equal to a bulb of

a thousand watts. Crossing that, it was all blank,as if nothing is written there. Since then, while

passing from there, my attendents ask, “Babaji,has third eye come?’’ Through this third eye we

have to see God. The physical ears cannot hearHim, the physical eyes cannot see Him, the

physical legs cannot reach the spot where heresides. We cannot work there with our hands.

Guru Nanak Dev says:


akhee baajhahu vaykh-naa vin kanna sunnaa.pairaa baajhahu chalnaa vin hathaa karnaa.jeebhai baajhahu bolnaa i-o jeevat marnaa.naanak hukam pachhaan kai ta-o khasmai milnaa.

To see without eyes; to hear without ears.To walk without feet.; to work without hands.

To speak without a tongue;

like this one remains dead while yet alive.O’ Nanak, recognize the Hukam of the Lord's

Command,

and merge with your Lord and Master.

Same is the function behind the eyes.When the celestial light appears, the luster and

radiance come. Your function is over. First we dosimran. When the simran reaches the culmination,





we do meditation. While in meditation we hear

the Sound, the Unstruck Music, which attaches us

to the Shabad Guru. Your Guru is with you.

When death comes the breathing does not

stop, but the vital force leaves first. When thisforce is gone, the breath also stops. People say

that the breath and the vital force are not thesame thing. I have not read in books what they

are. They just say that these are two differentthings. I have observed it like this, ‘A blacksmith

works on his furnace; he feeds the air with abellows, and the coal starts burning. Like this, thevital force is a bellows which pumps the air’.

When the vital force is not there, the breathingwill stop automatically. One more new thing.

When the child is in his mother’s womb, he hasonly the vital force, and no breathing. We hear

the lady saying, “I am four months pregnant. Mybaby moves, sometimes very fast.” It is because

of vital force. At the time of birth, the vital force,the bellows start working and the breathing

starts. In the mother’s womb, the baby getsoxygen through mother’s blood. As soon as he isborn, breathing automatically starts through the

nose. It leaves prior to breathing Like this thevital force and the breathing are two different

things. When the vital force is gone, thebreathing stops; the coal will also stop burning.

The sound is not there, the person is dead. So ifyou get initiation and observe these things inside

your body, then you will believe.

antar gurmukh too vaseh ji-o bhaavai ti-o nirjaas.





You exist within the Gurmukh.

As it pleases You... You decide our allotment.

Now the person has come to know that heshould – get Nam, do meditation, go inside, have

Darshan of Shabad Guru, and become aGurumukh. It is possible if we always stay with

Guru. Who is a Gurumukh? We do not evenknow how a person can become a true disciple.

Guru Gobind Singh says:


jaagat jot japai nis baasar, ayk binaa man naik n aanai.pooran paraym parteet sajai,brat gor marhee man mool namaanai.teerath daan dayaa tap sanjam,ayk binaa nahi aykpachhaanay.pooran jot jagai ghat mai,tab khaalis taahi n khaalis jaanai.





He should see the burning light day and night.

He should believe in one God only.He should have complete love in his heart.

He should not believe in observing fasts

or worshipping monuments or graves, even by mistake.He should follow one God.

Should not have belief in pilgrimages, donations,

mercy, austerities or self-control.He should have a complete light burning in his

body.Then he can be known as a pure disciple.

Reaching the first stage, the Sahansdal

Kanwal, which is called ‘Mukame Allah’ by

Mohammedans, we see the luster of jot, the light.Reaching Trikuti, Brahm (gyan khand), which iscalled ‘Mukame Alahu’ by Mohammedans, one

becomes a yogi or yogishwar. Reaching the thirdstage of Daswan Dwar (Sharm Khand), which iscalled ‘Mukame Lahut’ by Mohammedans; one

becomes a sadhu. It is said in Guru GranthSahib:


charan saaDh kay dho-ay dho-ay pee-o. arap saaDh ka-oapnaa jee-o.saaDh kee Dhoor karahu isnaan. saaDh oopar jaa-ee-ai

kurbaan.





Wash the feet of the Holy, and drink this water.

Dedicate your soul to the Holy.Take your cleansing bath in the dust of the feet of the

Holy.

To the Holy, make your life a sacrifice.

Reaching the fourth stage, Bhanwargupha

(Karam Khand), ‘Mukame Alahu’ as per

Mohammedans, one becomes more than a Swan.Reaching Sach Khand, one becomes a Gurumukh.

Gurumukh is God’s name. This Gurumukh looksafter us, protects us, and stays in His Command.

Guru Sahib says, “O' my True Lord, You are livingin me. It is your will to get work done according

to your wish. Nothing is in our hands”. God

observes us. One who concentrates on Guru,Guru appears in him. That person comes to know,that he is in His command. He says, “O’ God,keep me as per your wishes. You protect each

one.”

jee-aray raam japat man maan.

O’ my soul, chant the Name of the Lord;

the mind will be controlled.

Now Guru Nanak Dev Ji says, “O’ my soul,

repeat the Ram Nam.” What is Ram Nam? It isthe Name of a Power. Whichever Saint orMahatma comes to this world, they have one

common message and preach the same thing.With great love they make us understand, ‘O'

people of the world- the nations, relations,





religions, whatever you see in this world, is

perishable’. Then what will stay? What is eternal?

He Himself replies:


naam rahi-o saaDhoo rahi-o rahi-o gur gobind.kaho naanak ih jagat mai kin japi-o gur mant.

The Nam remains; the Holy Saints remain.Guru, the Lord of the Universe, remains.

Says Nanak, how rare are thosewho chant the Guru's Mantra in this world.

Nam is eternal, Guru is eternal, everything

else in this world is perishable. So my mind,meditate on Ram. What is Ram? Yesterday I took

satsang from the Ramayan, which is written byGuru Gobind Singh, in his own words. There are

three things here; first it is Ramayan, second it iswritten by Guru Gobind Singh, thirdly it was

preached by a Radha Soami preacher. Many

people thought, what was its need? The needwas to look into Guru Gobind Singh’s writings,which were not read; see what he said, and whathis thoughts were. We know only one thing

(about him), that he created Panj Piyare. He cutthe heads of five persons and again brought them

to life. In Ludhiana, Punjab, India I spoke on the

same topic. I was sitting in a house, and a personthere said, “Babaji, you said that Guru GobindSingh cut the heads (off) of five persons. He cut

the heads of goats, not men.’’ I said, ’’What didyou say?’’ Repeating his words, he said that Guru





Sahib cut the heads of goats, not persons. I said,

‘Who told you?’ He said, “My father.’’ I said, ‘You

are blaming your father. He must have been bornlater than my great grandfather and grandfather;

who told me that he cut the heads of persons, notgoats!’

I said, ‘O’ Gentlemen, if you want to eatmeat, keep on eating it! Don’t use an excuse that

he cut the heads of the and made maha prasad. Itis absolutely wrong.’ Two ladies wearing ‘gatras’

(belt with small sword put across the upper body)said, ‘Jo bole so nihal.’ I said, ‘Sat Sri Akal.’They were happy. But I was concerned with the

blame people put on Guru Gobind Singh, whoprepared Panj Piyare against the tyranny, and

blessed them with special power. Kabir Sahibbrought to life a dead body flowing in the river,

and named him Kamala.

The Mohammedans slaughtered a cow.

Kabir objected to it, and said, “You drink her milk;how justified is it to kill her?” Kazi said, ‘Bringher to life.’ Kabir brought her back to life. Guru

Gobind Singh also had the power to kill a person,and bring him back to life again. So to meet the

Lord, you need Guru, Knowledge, andContemplation. So follow this path and never be

afraid of death! If one has to die, then why think

of today or tomorrow? Preparing Panj Piyare, hegave the message that one should not be afraid ofdeath! He has spoken in his writings in detail,

about death.





jal kahaa-n thal kahaa-n gagan kay gavan kahaa-n.kaal kay banaa-ay sab kaal hi chabaa-ay- gay.

Not just speaking of the residents of water, earth,

and wanderers of the sky;all those created by the God of Death,

will ultimately be devoured (destroyed) by him.

One day Guru Sahib was walking by theriverside. A reindeer was drinking water. A fish

entered his mouth. Turning his head upward hetried to swallow it. A hawk flying in the skypounced upon the fish. The reindeer put his head

down and the hawk got stuck in his horns anddied. A hunter was following the reindeer. Hiding

behind a bush he fired at him. The reindeer waskilled. A snake sitting in the bush bit the hunter.

The hunter hit the snake with the butt of his gunand killed it. Watching the death of these five at

the same time, Guru Gobind Singh wrote thatverse. Many a time I have narrated this story:that once a wedding party was going from Batala

(a city in Punjab, India) to Chola Sahib village.The bridegroom had a double crease in his pants.

His friend said that it did not look good and thebridegroom said, “I will just now go in and fix it.’’

He went in, switched on the iron. After threeminutes he touched it to see whether it was hot.

He was electrocuted. He was the only son. His

father asked some one to bring him out, as it wasgetting late. His friend went in and came out

crying, “My friend is no more!” Sisters werewaiting to welcome the rituals; people were





dancing. They did not know about the mishap. As

soon as they came to know, the happiness turned

to misery. Everyone was weeping. The bride wasready to garland the groom. She started undoing

her make-up and hair setting.

antar laagee jal bujhee paa-i-aa gurmukh gi-aan. ||1||rahaa-o.

The raging fire within is extinguished;the Gurmukh obtains spiritual wisdom.

I understand that these people do not know

the abc's of Guru Granth Sahib, and talk veryhigh. When a person sings the praises of God, andattains such a stage that at all times, he likes to

praise Him; his ego is destroyed. If we try tounderstand this verse, we are to follow what Guru

Sahib says. He says, “Due to the fire of desire, Ikept running after worldly things, to get one after

the other. After attaining Nam from the PerfectMaster, when I did meditation, that fire came

under control.”

antar kee gat jaanee-ai gur milee-ai sank utaar.

Know the state of your inner being.Meet with the Guru, and get rid of your doubts.

O’ Gentlemen! If you want to be free of alldoubts, meet the Master who knows the inner

microcosm. People know the things in thisoutside world. This does not help, as the whole

knowledge exists inside. The big learned persons





read Guru Granth Sahib. They have high

thinking, but preach worldly knowledge; whereas

each verse of Guru Granth Sahib says, ‘God isinside’. There is a big palace inside this body as

quoted below:


is kaa-i-aa andar na-ukhand parithmee haat patan

baajaaraa.is kaa-i-aa andar naam na-o niDh paa-ee-ai gur kai sabad veechaaraa.kaa-i-aa andar barahmaa bisan mahaysaa sabh opat jitsansaaraa.sachai aapnaa khayl rachaa-i-aa aavaa ga-on paasaaraa.

Within this body are the nine continents of the earth;its markets, cities and streets.

Within this body are the nine treasures of Nam;cntemplating the Word, it is obtained.

Within the body, are Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva;

from whom the whole world emanated.

The True Lord has staged and contrived His own play;the expanse of the Universe comes and goes.

This palace has nine gates; and the gate ofliberation too.

Adi Granth,Page 124

na-o dar thaakay Dhaavat rahaa-ay. dasvai nij ghar vaasaapaa-ayothai anhad sabad vajeh din raatee gurmatee sabadsunaavni-aa





Those who close off the nine gates,

and restrain the wandering mind;come to dwell in the Home of the Tenth Gate.

There, the Unstruck Melody resounds day and night.

Through the Guru's Teachings, the Shabad is heard.

The one who knows the inside path can lead

us there. Once Baba Partap Singh was on tour in

Lukhnow and I was with him. A member of Deracommittee Mr. Parkash Singh was with us. He

said, “Babaji, let us go to the labyrinth?”. Inolden days, to punish a king, he was put in the

labyrinth. He could never come out. We wentthere, and after a little walk, we could not find the

guide. Babaji said, “Where has he gone? Call

him! Does he want to kill us?” Babaji got angryand said, “The kings could not come out of thisplace, how can we?” It was a matter of falsenotions, because every day we narrate the story

that one cannot come out of it without a guide.Meanwhile the guide came and greeted Babaji.

Babaji said, ‘We are not going up, take us down.’He said, Babaji, “We are standing at a point from

where going up or down is the same distance.”Babaji said, ‘How can that be?’ He took us up and

showed the whole layout. We were relieved. Hesaid, “Now I will take you straightaway to theground level.” The stairs directly went to the

ground and we heaved a sigh of relief. Leaving usthere, if the guide would have gone away, locking

the door, and I got lost there, my father, BabaPartap Singh, would find me; because he knew

the ways inside the labyrinth. But if Baba Partap





Singh got lost there, his father would not be able

to find him, as he himself did not know the ways

of the labyrinth, nor the whereabouts of his soninside the labyrinth. So, “O’ Gentlemen, as only

a guide can take us out of the worldly labyrinth;without Guru and Knowledge, neither can we

cross the inner labyrinth, nor know Him.”

mu-i-aa jit ghar jaa-ee-ai tit jeevdi-aa mar maar.

To reach your True Home after you die;

you must conquer death, while you are still alive.

Guru Nanak Dev says, “O’ Gentlemen! Thehouse where you are to go after death, go see

that beforehand.” Guru Sahib asks us to die aliving death, to see our permanent abode while

living. If anybody says to us, “Go and die!’’, wewould not leave him without beating. We get

disturbed with these words. But Guru Nanak Devsays, “Die before death.’’ What type of Guru is

he? He should say, “Son, may you live for 100

years!” Even if he says, I gift you 50 more years;this blessing is also painful, as one is not able to

sustain himself, and he is dependent on otherseven for a sip water. This does not make sense.

It is a punishment.

There was reference of Akal Takhat Sahib

(Supreme Court of Sikh religion). I said that AkalTakhat also favours dignitaries. In case of Giani

Zail Singh (former President of India) and ButaSingh (former congress President of Punjab) whodid not move away from their air conditioned





room; they had been given such a punishment

they could easily undergo. Whom we are ready to

serve, cleaning their dishes and shoes; they aregiven the punishment to wipe the shoes of the

sangat. It was a blessing in disguise. In this waythey did public service to wipe off their karmas;

otherwise they would have never done such anignoble service openly. Guru Nanak Dev says,

“Control your mind, and go to that place whileliving, where you are to go after death.”

anhad sabad suhaavanay paa-ee ai gur veechaar.

The beautiful, Unstruck Soundis obtained by contemplating the Guru.

Now he says that the whole secret is inside

the body. The Spiritual Melody is coming fromthe place beyond the border, from Anami Desh.

aa rahee dhur say sadaa taray bulaanay kay lee-ay.

A sound is coming from above, to take you.

I have talked about the inner music, the

Sound Current, coming from above. This Soundis known to us. If we listen to this Sound, we cango there. Otherwise we cannot. No one has gone

there without Satsang, Guru, Knowledge,Contemplation, and Meditation; and no one can.

anhad banee paa-ee-ai tah ha-umai ho-ay binaas.





Getting connected to the Unstruck Music,

egotism is eliminated.

Guru Nanak Dev explains how the Sound,which is coming to us from beyond limits, helps

us.


Dhur kee banee aa-ee. tin saglee chint mitaa-ee.Da-i-aal purakh miharvaanaa. har naanak saach vakhaanaa.

The Bani emanates from the Primal Lord.It eradicates all anxiety.

The Lord is merciful, kind and compassionate.Nanak has described this truth.

By joining with that Bani (Shabad), all the

garbage of ego, I and mine, is finished. KabirSahib has also insisted on leaving the ego. Guru

Granth Sahib has also said the same:


ha-umai deeragh rog hai daaroo bhee is maahi.kirpaa karay jay aapnee taa gur kaa sabad kamaahi.





Ego is a chronic disease,

but it contains its own cure as well.If the Lord grants His Grace,

one meditates on the Shabad blessed by Guru.

Ego is such a disease; it cannot be curedwithout Guru’s Grace, Simran and practicing

Meditation. Kabir Sahib says that ego is a very

big tree, which can be finished only by pulling outthe roots. He says in Guru Granth Sahib:


kabeer ayk marantay du-ay moo-ay do-ay marantah chaar.chaar marantah chhah moo-ay chaar purakh du-ay naar.

Kabir, when one died, two were dead.

When two died, four were dead.When four died, six were dead.

Four males and two females.

Ego is the root of a tree. Lust, anger, greed,

attachment, desire and slander are its branches.Our bad thoughts are its leaves. If we 'overcome'lust, and face a woman after ten years, it is again

there. We are calm for many years, but seeingan enemy, anger again comes! We left the

attachment, when we see our son, it is againthere. Observing property coming in hand, we

are greedy . Other weaknesses start coming to themind automatically. Kabir Sahib says, "Kill theego, the root; and the whole tree will dry

up!" Attaining Nam and doing meditation, ego is





killed; and all the other weaknesses become

ineffective. Mind is overpowering all weaknesses,

senses, and soul. Nam is a bigger power thanmind. It can control the mind . If mind is

controlled, malice is gone. Malice is gone, desireis gone. With desire, affection is gone. With

affection, pleasure is gone. With the departure ofaffection and pleasure, lust is gone. Like this

slander has also gone out. Kabir Sahib hasdescribed the killing (controlling) of the six with

the killing of the one (ego).

satgur sayvay aapnaa ha-o kurbaanai taas.

I am forever a sacrificeto those who serve their True Master.

Guru Nanak Dev said, “I am a sacrifice tothose who have served their Master within.” To

serve the Master means to repeat the Holy Namreceived from the True Master, and praise him all

the time. This is called “True Service to Guru”.

kharh dargeh painaa-ee-ai mukh har naam nivaas. ||3||

They are dressed in robes of honor,in the Court of the Lord.

The Name of the Lord is on their lips.

It is said that the Shabad is your Guru.Radha Soamis accept the Shabad Guru, and theyhonour the Living Master also. As long as the

Living Master does not appear in the form ofShabad Guru, we are not respected in the Court





of the Lord. According to Guru Nanak Dev and

the philosophy of Guru Granth Sahib, only by

attaining Nam from the Guru, and uniting withHim, can we be successful.

jah daykhaa tah rav rahay siv saktee kaa mayl.

Wherever I look, I see the Lord pervading there;in the union of Shiva and Shakti,

of consciousness and matter.

Guru Nanak Dev says that Shiv is maya. It

is all a game of Shiv and Shakti (Maya). Thisworld is an extension of illusion, nakedness, andsex. One day Shri Krishan and Arjun were sitting

together. It was a relation of brother-in-laws.Arjun said, ‘Krishan, you have 360 female friends,

give one to me.’ Krishan said, ‘Okay, have one. Itdoes not make any difference to me, but you are

to take that one with whom I am not present.’ Itwas night, Arjun entered a room, and saw Krishan

sitting with his friend. Krishan said, ‘Arjun come

in. What do you want?’ Being hesitant, he wentout. History says that Krishan was present with all

the 360 devotees. Like this, being one, He ismany.

How can he be seen in so many forms? Youput a thousand buckets of water on the road from

Tarn Taran to Amritsar on a sunny day. You willsee the sun in each bucket. From one he became

many. How can it become one. Drain the waterout of all the buckets, and the shapes seen inthem are gone.





If we want to give something, or a blessing

to someone, but he is unwilling to take it, that

comes back to us. Lukman, an ayurvedic doctor,went to a fair. His son was also with him, looking

for different things children demand to buy. Theboy touched something and the shopkeeper said,

“O’ pig, why are you touching these things?”Lukman said, “My son, it is a fair. Clothes, conch,

sweets, etc. are all sold here. Many shopkeepershave stands. This man is selling bad names. If

you touch a utensil to ask the price, and the pricedoes not suit us, we do not buy. If we ask aboutthe sweets, but do not buy; the shopkeeper will

call us bad names. If we do not react, it will notaffect us, and go back to him. He will be upset."

So gentlemen, what are you to do? Get Nam,meditate, and reach behind the eyes. Your work

will be done.

gun bandhee dayhuree jo aa-i-aa jag so khayl. vijogee dukh vchhurhay manmukh laheh na mayl. ||4||

The three qualities hold the body in bondage.

Whosoever comes into the world is subject to their play.Those who separate themselves from the Lord,

wander lost in misery.

The self-willed manmukhs do not attain union withHim.

The body of persons not worshipping God, isbound in three attributes. The persons followingtheir mind, stay in the range of attributes (rajo,

sato and tamo). They cannot meet God.





man bairaagee ghar vasai sach bhai raataa ho-ay.gi-aan mahaaras bhogvai baahurh bhookh na ho-ay.

If the mind becomes balanced and detached,

and comes to dwell in its own true home,imbued with the fear of God;

then it enjoys the essence of supreme spiritual wisdom,

and it never feels hungry.

Guru Nanak Dev says, “Detached from

illusion, and keeping away from wandering in theworld; the mind remains focused on the Guru.”This is possible if he is deeply in love with God.

Being attached to the Godly pleasures, he doesnot wish for anything else.

Guru Nanak says next, “O' mind, leavingthe attachment with maya and illusion, remain

attached to Guru. Doing this you will never faceGuru’s separation.” As a drop of water going back

to the sea gets merged with it, the soul goingback to God gets merged with Him.

He says next, “O’ Gentlemen, how can you

get attached to the Truth?” If the mind getsdetached. It cannot be detached, until it is

attached to Guru and Knowledge, with inner bliss.Being attached inside, our mind becomes friendly

to us. He is a big friend, because he brought us

here to the satsang; and he is a big enemybecause sitting in the satsang, we remember thethings related to our family, and we are in ourhome. When we return, the satsang is over. So





all this is the game of the mind. Only Mahatmas

can control the mind.

Once a mahatma was walking in a city. Hepassed by a sweet shop. Jalebies (sweets) were

being fried. His mouth started watering. Themind said, ‘I want to eat that.’ The mahatma

said, ‘Keep going, do not ask for somethingunnecessary!’ Passing the shop he went further.

His mind was stuck in the sweets. He went to thenearby jungle, collected some wood and came

back to the shopkeeper. He got one and a halfkilos of sweets, in exchange for wood, and wentoutside to eat those. After eating a quarter of a

kilo the mind said, ‘No more!’ The mahatma saidto his mind, ‘No you have to eat.’ After eating

some more he vomitted. Mahatma told his mindto eat that also! Then to eat the remaining

sweets too. He could only eat a little more, andsaid to the mahatma, ‘That is it; here after I will

not ask for sweets.’ In winter we burn wood.When the fire is about to extinguish, we put more

wood on it, and it keeps on burning; but the fireof hunger has a limit. When the stomach is fulland we eat more, it is thrown up. On compelling,

our mind requests us not to put more food in!Guru Nanak Dev says, “Controlling the mind, win

over the world!” How we can win over the mind?We should derive benefit from Guru Sahib’s

words.






fareedaa sakar khand nivaat gurh maakhi-o maaNjhaaduDh.sabhay vastoo mithee-aaN rab na pujan tuDh.

O' Farid, “Sugar cane, candy, molasses, honey and buffalo's milk are all sweet;

but nothing compares to Your Sweetness.”

Oh my True Lord, all these things aresweet, but compared to Nam they are tasteless.

Mahatmas say that they who talk, have not everexperienced that sweet Nam. Those who have

experienced, never talk about That .

I recollect an incident from Baba PartapSingh’s life. On Saturday after getting off from

my workshop, I reached Dera at 3 PM. Afterasking the lady in the kitchen to cook food for me,

I went to Babaji. It was winter and he was sittingon a bed in the sun. After about ten minutes I

was about to get up to go and eat food; the lentils

were always ready in the free kitchen, and thelady had to cook chapatis only. So food wasready in a short time. Meanwhile Baba ji’ssecretary Parbhat came with a bag and a box of

sweets. In hopes of getting something from thatbig bag and box of sweets, I kept sitting, thinking

that I may get something and my hunger willsoon be extinguished! Baba ji asked Narayan

(name of a helper) to put the bag in his room.My hope turned into despair, as I could not get

anything from the bag. I left the hope of getting





anything from the box also. Parbhat used to

bring pinnis in the box. Normally Baba Ji did not

give these sweets to anybody. He loved pinni.Eating one a day, it lasted for twenty days. I

thought 50% chance is gone! But man lives onhope. Baba ji opened the box and taking one

pinni he asked Parbhat, “How much does onepinni cost?’’ Replying to all the expected

questions he said, "The cost of one pinni is tworupees. The box contains twenty pinnis and the

total cost is forty rupees.” These days it may costone hundred rupees. Baba ji closed the box. Ithought 100% chance is gone. Man hopes upto

the last. Baba ji had a bite of pinni and said, 'wahba-i wah'. These words told that the pinni is very

sweet. Sitting by the side of Baba Partap Singh’s’bed, I was already angry, but could express my

unhappiness in a courteous way only. It was arelation of father and son; secondly that of guru

and disciple. The situation was difficult. I humblysaid, “Baba Ji, the pinni is very tasteless.” I wasa bit uncomfortable. Treating me like a child

Baba Ji said, “Oh no! It is very sweet.’’ Insistingon my point, I again said, “Baba ji, it is so insipid,

that I cannot even express.” Feeling medisturbed, he said to Parbhat, “Look at his way of

demanding. He has not directly asked for it.” Ithought my purpose is solved. I did not know

whether Baba ji was to give one to Narayan or

not, as he may be eating at some other time.Baba ji knew better. In short, he gave one pinnito three of us; Paramjit (my nephew), Parbhatand me. I ate and relished it so much that I

wanted to have one more. If I would have asked





Baba ji, he would have got angry, so keeping

quiet I thought of getting up and having my food.

After bowing in reverence I was about to walk offwhen I saw a five rupee note peeping out of my

pocket. It was the balance I got back from thebus conductor on my way to Tarn Taran. I

thought of trying one more time, and offering thenote to Baba ji, I said, “Please take it.” He said,

“What for?” I said “If I demand from you, youmay ask this question. I am giving this money to

you. If it suits you, keep it, otherwise return it tome.” Taking the note he said, “Say somethinggood.” I said, “Yes, I will say something

thoughtful and lawful. I have given you fiverupees; two for the first pinni and two for the

second. You may or may not return the balanceof one rupee. It will not make any difference to

me.” He threw the note at me. I thought let metake the note first and think about the pinni later.

He thought, His son has asked for one more pinni,let him have it. So he gave me the second one.Had I stayed longer, knowing Baba Ji’s nature to

prolong the talk on such subjects, it would haveproved very embarassing for me. I cut short my

stay. Biting the pinni I said, “Baba Ji, it is verysweet.” I left immediately for repast. What did

Baba Ji say as I was leaving, to my back? I donot know. O' My True Lord! Let us eat such a

kind of pinni to know whether it is sweet or

insipid.

naanak ih man maar mil bhee fir dukh na ho-ay. ||5||




O' Nanak, conquer and subdue this mind;

meet with the Lord,and you shall never again suffer in pain.

Guru Nanak Dev makes us understand and

says, ‘O’ man, control such a mind, who asks fortasty food and good clothes. Whatever nature

has to provide you, it is there. Do not ask for

more! If you do not demand anything, there willnot be any reason to be sad.”

Guru Nanak Dev has beautifully explainedwhat death is. How to Die Before Death. We

should think about it.

Radha Soami!

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Die Before Death (Spiritual Discourse by Baba Kehar Singh Ji)