8. Saibangh - He is Self-existent and Self-illuminating

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Saibangh

He is Self-existent and Self-illuminating

 

That which is the cause of the entire universe has nothing other than

Itself as Its cause. So no one created God. He was ever existent and

will ever remain.

 

If we say that someone created God, then the next question would

be, " who created that which created God? " And we could go on and on

ad nauseam. So logically we would have to conclude that there is one

ultimate self-existent cause of the universe, and that cause we call

the supreme Reality or God.

 

This is self-existent Reality; by what can it be known? How can we

recognize it?

 

All the objects in the world are illuminated by the sun or some

source of light and are thus perceived by our senses and apprehended

by out intellect. But by which light can we perceive the ultimate

Reality, and with what instrument can we know or understand It?

 

The sun cannot illuminate It, nor the senses perceive It nor the

intellect know It... for it is the very subject by whose light all

objects - including the sun - are illuminated, and because of which

the senses, mind and intellect can function. Therefore, Shri Guru

Nanakji says, It is Saibangh, which means It is 'shining in Its own

light'....It is 'self-illuminating'.

 

It is of the nature of Consciousness without which even the sun

cannot be seen. This Consciousness which lights up the entire

universe including the body, senses, mind and intellect, because of

which the entire universe is known and in Whose light of awareness,

the sun, the moon, the stars, the lightning and the fire shine, what

other source is required to illuminate It? It is ever shining in Its

own light.

 

How can such a Reality be gained? It can be gained only through

Gurparsaad (the Grace of the Guru).

 

Saibangh - He is Self-existent and Self-illuminating

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