Guest guest Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 Longing for Kirtan by Gobind Singh Mansukhani <http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/Gurbani.nsf/d9c75ce4db27be328725639a0063aecc/a97\ 71e8ed68f4b9987256674006595ce%21OpenDocument> (M.A., LL.B, Ph.D.) © 1982 ------ The Gurus had insatiable thirst for kirtan. Guru Ramdas compared himself to a fish. Just as a fish cannot live without water, in the same way, the devotee cannot survive without kirtan or the Holy Name. His constant prayer to God is that he should always remember Him. This is the main object of his life and his highest achievement. Guru Arjan Dev wanted that he should be doing kirtan till the moment of his death. To him God's Name was uppermost day and night. A true devotee is engrossed in God's praises to such an extent that he entirely forgets himself and his physical needs. His mind is attuned to the singing of God's praises. He seeks those persons and places where he can be imbued with the love of the Lord's Name. We know of some Sikh musicians like Bhai Sham Singh and Bhai Mansa Singh who devotedly performed kirtan daily and for many years, in the Golden Temple, Amritsar, without any desire for gain or reward. So also Bhai Randhir Singh (1878-1961) performed uninterrupted Gurbani Sangeet (Akand Kirtan) not only for the whole night (Raen-subai), but also for more than twenty-four hours at a stretch. Then his face had a dazzling aura. The author had the privilege of observing his glowing face and listening to kirtan at Dagshahi (Simla Hills) in 1951. Whenever he sat for a kirtan session, there was no time-restriction. He would continue for hours together, while the members of the congregation would come out from time to time for food or rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 Sat Nam....I too, have a longing for Kirtan....I prefer this description that you have posted below to my description ....."kirtan addiction".....Ha ha! This one makes it sound like it's actually a"good thing!!" Prior to going to Summer Solstice I was joking around with you guys describing how I had a Kiratn habit that I needed to kick...and that I neede to find the reality, in the experience of bliss....rather than running blindly from one experience of bliss to another...frantic until I had my next fix! The reality that I have discovered would be that the experience of bliss serves to remind you of Truth in your darker moments ....because you can conjure up that feeling of bliss and all the tag alongs that come withit like fearlessness and feelings of connectedness...in order to transform the darkness that you are experiening and to promote a healing to occur. And also that during the experience of sharing Divine music and invoking the blissful state...we connect with one another on a deeper level...leaving our personalities behind and connecting with the God in one another. And that frankly...is a beautiful thing. And we need to do that more often then not. I often have that line from that carpenter's song go through my head..."what the world needs now...is love...sweet love!" I wholey agree. So Sing On!! Ha ha ha! In Love of the Divine, Sat Sangeet Post your free ad now! Canada Personals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 One of the little known facts about the spiritual world is that there is essentially two currents with which we must live and interact. One relates to taking care of the creation through meditation, yoga, diet, prayer, service, ethical living and so forth. This current must be continuously kept pure and the frequency high enough that it doesn't become too negative a force, as it has become over the last many centuries. The other current is the means by which we relate to the creator. Kirtan, devotional music, bhakti yoga, poetry, practicing love of Guru and God -- these are ways we activate this second current and learn to abide in the higher spiritual realms. At a point many planes up these currents become one again, but until then we must, and at each stage until then, we must learn to have the right kind of relationship with each of these currents. Much of our history over the past few thousand years reflects the mischief we've caused by not understanding and properly working with one or both of these currents. Yogis who forget one, end up pure but alone in the creation. Yogis who forget the other let the creation slide into negativity and destruction. But the yogi who remembers to keep the two in harmony hears the whole universe sing a song of gratitude and joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 Sat Nam Ji Very well put. A lot going on here. Care for one's self, and/but also care for the community one lives in, however well one can define community in a capitalist culture. Wahe Guru, Dharam Singh sevasimransingh wrote: > One of the little known facts about the spiritual world is that > there is essentially two currents with which we must live and > interact. One relates to taking care of the creation through > meditation, yoga, diet, prayer, service, ethical living and so > forth. This current must be continuously kept pure and the frequency > high enough that it doesn't become too negative a force, as it has > become over the last many centuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Thank you Seva Simran for putting so simply and clear, such beautiful and important information!Wouldn't dance and painting belong to the second current? I always felt that Art is the gateway to Spirituality. Sat Nam Sat Atma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Yes I would say any art form is potentially a yoga of that current, and that is essentially one of the the purposes of art, to make it into a yoga of that current (yellow-gold spectrum). This would include dance, architecture, fine art of all kinds. As a well known example, for instance, I'm reminded of when Paul McCartney was in Moscow recently and the almost angelic performance he gave before an audience who cites the beatles as being one of the most spiritually liberating influences in recent history. Picasso, in Paris throughout the 2nd world war, pointed to the increasingly dark themes present in his work at that time, and stated: this is the state of the spirit here. -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Dear Sevasimran, 'and that is essentially one of the the purposes of art, to make it into a yoga of that current (yellow-gold spectrum). ' What is the color of the other current ? Avtar ______________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 > Avtar asked: what is the color of the other current? Seva Simran replies: blue. > > > > ______________ > ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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