Week 5

2/10/12

Course work

• You must implement the practical application of what you are learning. Don’t expect to be perfect YET!

• We give you audio, visual, and written so it can be absorbed more easily.

• Disclaimer- this class is only on Maya and Pavan, so although we can go deeper I am limiting aspects because with out a proper foundation

• Feb 18th there will be simran from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm Wheaton.

• The purpose of or life is to meet God

– We can’t see God as ourselves because

thoughts great waves which overwhelm the

mind and make it lost

– We must anchor the mind

• Why? To learn to play the Game!

– This is a Game of Love and is played Day and

Night

– You can not win the Game until you get

Namm which you purchases with your Swas.

ਸਾਹੁ ਹਮਾਰਾ ਤ ੂੰ ਧਣੀ ਜੈਸੀ ਤ ੂੰ ਰਾਸਸ ਦੇਸਹ ਤੈਸੀ ਹਮ ਲੇਸਹ॥

O Master, You are my Banker. I receive only

that capital which You give me.

ਹਸਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਣੂੰਜਹ ਰੂੰਗ ਸਸਉ ਜੇ ਆਸਿ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਹੋਇ ਦੇਸਹ ॥੧

I would purchase the Lord's Name with

love, if You Yourself, in Your Mercy, would

sell it to me. ||1||165

The mind comes as; • Traveler/ Guest

• Merchant/Trader

• Player/Actor

• Observer

ਵਾਟ ਵਟਾਊ ਆਇਆ ਸਨਤ ਚਲਦਾ ਸਾਥੁ ਦੇਖੁ ॥੨॥

Like a traveler in his travels, you have come.

Behold the caravan leaving each day. ||2||61

ਸਦਨਸੁ ਰਾਸਤ ਦੁਇ ਦਾਈ ਦਾਇਆ ਖੇਲੈ ਸਗਲ ਜਗਤੁ ॥

Day and night are the two nurses, in whose

lap all the world is at play.146

ਦ ਜਾ ਖੇਲੁ ਕਸਰ ਸਦਖਲਾਇਆ ॥

You created the play of duality, and staged it.73

Why are we travelers/ guest

• Maya is NOT our home

• Nothing stays with us, nothing goes with us

• Nothing is permanent here

• Where we go when we Sleep is where we go when we die.

• If you’re a guest, behave in such a way that when you go back to talk about what you did you can be proud of your actions.

ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਇਹੁ ਖੇਲੁ ਕਠਨੁ ਹੈ ਸਕਨਹ ੂੰ ਗੁਰਮੁਸਖ ਜਾਨਾ ॥੨॥੧॥

O servant Nanak, this is such a difficult

game; only a few Gurmukhs understand

it! ||2||1||219

Basic Rules of the Game

• Our mind is the Player

• You have to play in Maya

• It is played in 3 huts/shops of Maya- but there is 4th too

• This game is played with Pavan

• Time is dictated by the Swas (life breath)

• Swas is our Capital

• Winners know how to control their thoughts all day and walk away with a profit

ਸਤਿਹ ੁਗੁਣ ਬੂੰਧੀ ਦੇਹੁਰੀ ਜੋ ਆਇਆ ਜਸਗ ਸੋ ਖੇਲੁ ॥

The three qualities hold the body in

bondage; whoever comes into the world is

subject to their play. 21

ਹਾਟ ਿਟਣ ਗੜ ਕੋਠੜੀ ਸਚੁ ਸਉਦਾ ਵਾਿਾਰ ॥੨॥

In the shops of the city of the body, in the

fortresses and in the huts, the True Merchandise is traded. ||2|| 57

If we want to Win we must get to Namm ਸਸਚ ਰਤੇ ਸੇ ਸਜਸਣ ਗਏ ਹਉ ਸਦ ਬਸਲਹਾਰੈ ਜਾਸੁ ॥੬॥

Those who are attuned to the True Name

win the game of life; I am forever a

sacrifice to them. ||6|| 162

ਜਨਮੁ ਜੀਸਤ ਲਾਹਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਿਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

Be victorious in the game of life, and

earn the profit of the Naam.

Teams

• Atam Rai

• DharmRaj aka; DharmRai, YamRaj

• ChitrGupat

DR- Does all the accounting, advocates to God on your behalf, and will take you to God’s Court when you die (if you cant do it)

ChitrGupat record all your thoughts both conscious and subconscious and how you spend your capital.

• Kall

• 3 qualities of Maya

Kall has power over everything in Maya. He has no power over Namm.

He uses the duths as emissaries to give you thoughts. They take many roles and try to have you waste your capital preventing you from winning. ਮਾਇਆ ਖੋਟੀ ਰਾਸਸ ਹੈ ਏਕ ਚਸੇ ਮਸਹ ਿਾਜੁ ਲਸਹ ਜਾਇ Maya is false capital; in an instant, its false covering falls off. 510

As Players

To play the Game and Win! • Play by the rules and play with Love.

• Save more breath than we spend/ doing simran.

• Do your Dharam do simran/ clean the mind

• Do your Karam- do your work desireless

• If you’re a Player be the best Player.

Players (2)

• As Players we have roles. We play

multiple roles Husband, Father, Son,

brother.

• The key is not to get trapped in the drama.

• Participate but be removed.

ਬਾਜੀਗਰੀ ਸੂੰ ਸਾਰੁ ਕਬੀਰਾ ਚੇਸਤ ਢਾਸਲ ਿਾਸਾ ॥੩॥The world is a

game, O Kabeer, so throw the dice

consciously. ||3|| 482

Why we lose

ਹਾਰ ਜ ਆਰ ਜ ਆ ਸਬਧੇ ਇੂੰਦਿੀ ਵਸਸ ਲੈ ਸਜਤਨੋ ॥੧॥

Like the gambler losing the game of

chance, you are held in the power of

sensory desires. ||1||212

ਅੂੰਤਸਰ ਮੈਲ ੁਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਸਬਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਬਾਜੀ ਹਾਰੀ ॥੧॥

They are not cleansed of the filth of their ego

within; without the Guru, they lose the

game of life. 495

Why we lose ਗੈਵਰ ਹੈਵਰ ਕੂੰਚਨ ਸੁਤ ਨਾਰੀ ॥ ਬਹ ੁਸਚੂੰ ਤਾ ਸਿੜ ਚਾਲੈ ਹਾਰੀ ॥

Elephants, horses, gold, children and spouses -

in the anxious affairs of all these, people lose

the game and depart.222

ਬਹੁਤੇ ਭੇਖ ਕਰ ੈਭੇਖਧਾਰੀ ॥ ਅੂੰਤਸਰ ਸਤਸਨਾ ਸਿਰੈ ਅਹੂੰਕਾਰੀ ॥ ਆਿ ੁਨ ਚੀਨੈ ਬਾਜੀ ਹਾਰੀ ॥੬॥

The disguisers put on their various disguises.

Desire rages within them, and they carry on

egotistically. They do not understand

themselves, and they lose the game of life. 230

ਜਗੁ ਸੁਿਨਾ ਬਾਜੀ ਬਨੀ ਸਖਨ ਮਸਹ ਖੇਲੁ ਖੇਲਾਇ ॥

The world is a drama, staged in a dream.

In a moment, the play is played out. 18

How do we win?

ਨਾਮੁ ਲੈਸਨ ਸਸ ਸੋਹਸਹ ਸਤਨ ਸੁਖ ਿਲ ਹੋਵਸਹ ਮਾਨਸਹ ਸੇ ਸਜਸਣ ਜਾਸਹ ਜੀਉ ॥

Those who chant the Naam look

beautiful; they obtain the fruit of peace.

Those who believe in the Name win the

game of life.438

Merchants or Traders

As merchants or Traders what we do is we use our Capital (our breath) to buy thoughts. Its fine to spend your breaths on thoughts but you cannot over extend your self. At the end of your day/ or end of the life you must walk away being able to deposit a profit. This bank account where profitable breaths are deposited are in Nirgun.

If you’re a Merchant you should be the most profitable.

Maya

ਹਸਰ ਹਸਰ ਸਨਤ ਜਸਿਹੁ ਜੀਅਹੁ ਲਾਹਾ ਖਸਟਹੁ ਸਦਹਾੜੀ ॥ Meditate

continually on the Lord, Har, Har, O my soul, and you shall collect your profits daily.921

ਸਮਸਲਆ ਲਾਹਾ ਭਏ ਅਨੂੰ ਦ ॥ I have earned the profit,

and I am in Bliss. 372

Trade to make a Profit

ਜੇਤੇ ਜੀਅ ਤੇਤੇ ਵਣਜਾਰੇ ॥ ਖੁਲ੍ਹੇ ਹਟ ਹੋਆ ਵਾਿਾਰੁ ॥ ਜੋ ਿਹੁਚੈ ਸੋ ਚਲਣਹਾਰੁ ॥ ਧਰਮੁ ਦਲਾਲੁ ਿਾਏ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਲਾਹਾ ਿਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ ਘਸਰ ਆਏ ਵਜੀ ਵਾਧਾਈ ॥ ਸਚ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਸਮਲੀ ਵਸਿਆਈ ॥੧॥

There are just as many traders as there are living beings.

The shops are open, and trading is going on; whoever

comes there, is bound to depart. The Righteous Judge of Dharma is the broker, who gives his sign of approval. O Nanak,

those who earn the profit of the Naam are accepted and

approved. And when they return home, they are greeted with cheers; they obtain the glorious greatness of the True Name. ||1||789

ਸੂੰਤਨ ਸਸਉ ਮੇਰੀ ਲੇਵਾ ਦੇਵੀ ਸੂੰ ਤਨ ਸਸਉ ਸਬਉਹਾਰਾ ॥

My dealings are with the Saints, and my business is with the Saints. ਸੂੰਤਨ ਸਸਉ ਹਮ ਲਾਹਾ ਖਾਸਟਆ ਹਸਰ ਭਗਸਤ ਭਰੇ ਭੂੰਿਾਰਾ ॥੨॥ I have earned the profit with the Saints, and the treasure filled to over-flowing with devotion to the Lord. ||2|| ਸੂੰਤਨ ਮੋ ਕਉ ਿ ੂੰ ਜੀ ਸਉਿੀ ਤਉ ਉਤਸਰਆ ਮਨ ਕਾ ਧੋਖਾ ॥

The Saints entrusted to me the capital, and my mind's delusion was dispelled. ਧਰਮ ਰਾਇ ਅਬ ਕਹਾ ਕਰੈਗੋ ਜਉ ਿਾਸਟਓ ਸਗਲੋ ਲੇਖਾ ॥੩॥ What can the Righteous Judge of Dharma do now? All my accounts have been torn up. ||3||614

As an Observer

• We see how people live.

• What are there motivations.

• How they act towards efforts.

• How they deal with adversity.

• Who they rely on for support.

ਆਿੇ ਸਿੜ ਬਾਧੀ ਜਗੁ ਖੇਲੈ ਆਿੇ ਕੀਮਸਤ ਿਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੫॥ You Yourself staged the

drama in the arena of the world, and

You Yourself evaluate the players. ||5|| 1020

ਸਸਭ ਕਸਰ ਕਸਰ ਵੇਖੈ ਅਿਣੇ ਚਲਤਾ ॥ He stages all His wondrous

plays, and watches them.998

Homework

DO SIMRAN! 3 hours a day minimum.

Explain the game to one person this week who doesn’t know it.

Work on remembering God with every breath.

Categorize all your thoughts by percentages as you did last week but do it so its every 8 hours. Set the alarm and calculate.

Mark which days were profitable.

Before you speak think in it needs to be said.

Before you think, think if it needs to be thought. Make sure your breath is balanced all day.

Anytime you see someone see them and try to treat them as you would speak or act towards God.

Remember the Reth of the Mind.