10th ARTICLE IN A SERIES OF MESSAGES BY SIKH GURUS:
SPECIAL ABOUT THE MONTH: This is the tenth native or Desi month in Indian Mysticism and Astrology, when the Sun transits through the 9th sign of the zodiac, Sagittarius. In the western system, it transits through the 10th Sun sign of the zodiac, Capricorn. In the Punjabi and many other Indian systems, it is the ninth month.
The month of Poh gives us the message that we may never have any touch of changing waves with external effects, when God accepts us. Thus, we attain the blissfulness of oneness and our life becomes a living service to God and His creation.
This very bond of unity and oneness is not breakable. God, who is out of reach of the senses-the perception–is to be glorified by heart. We always get all the fruits we ever desire logically.
THE DIVINE MESSAGE FOR THE MONTH OF CAPRICORN, THE POH, BY SHRI GURU NANAK
In the month of Poh, we comprehend the concept of needs and go beyond the desires, which never perish in the context of physical, emotional and mental activities having the waves of desires through stimulus and response chain. The ordinary senses can read and understand the real world not the ideal or the concept behind it. For these, this world is full of sin and evil such that we may start to develop the feelings of hatred towards it, the world.
But depending merely on these senses causes us to descend rather than learning the Art of Ascendancy. The sixth sense operating at two levels that are the psychic; reading thoughts and motives and the intuitive; observing the purpose of our ideals, helps to ascend and to see and feel that the whole creation, including the world in general is beautiful as it is created by the most Ideal. To observe is to feel but to read is just to know. Observing others as ourselves gives the sense of equality. Shri Guru Nanak says that then we enjoy from top to toe.
THE DIVINE MESSAGE FOR THE MONTH OF CAPRICORN, THE POH BY SHRI GURU ARJAN
In this month of Poh, says Shri Guru Arjan, that the mind bends towards the light of wisdom. Once it is realized that the feeling of hatred is present because of ego, the energy of ordinary senses, causing day-dreaming or dreams at sleep not allowing to go into deep sleep, we come to know that behind ego is the self that is the ideal of the inner world.
Thus, the ideal of the inner world is filled with the deep sleep of originality, the sound sleep of creativity and awaking individually.
It makes life beautiful when we look at the world of our own inside and outside through the wisdom of the self, not the knowledge of the intellect or senses. The fire of ignorance, the negative energy of ego, now does not touch the balance maintained by the self, rather serves it to ascend and excel.
The ego by itself is not positive or negative; it is the way we use it, like a knife in a robber’s versus a doctor’s hand. This very balance is between the world inside and outside to obey His Will and serve His Creation, the Natural World in which we exist and live. Let us observe Creation, the Natural World-the Open School for all to learn as if a Lesson of Life. You see, we cannot get it as our learning for self-felt feelings and experiences from the books alone, though it helps.
Our simply seeking wellness of all is a great help that can make a difference, is not it.
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