Daily Hukamnama for 21st of May 2011

Soohee, Fifth Mehl: He gets up early, to do his evil deeds, but when it is time to meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, then he sleeps. ||1|| The ignorant person does not take advantage of the opportunity. He is attached to Maya, and engrossed in worldly delights. ||1||Pause|| He rides the waves of greed, puffed up with joy. He does not see the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the Holy. ||2|| The ignorant clown will never understand. Again and again, he becomes engrossed in entanglements. ||1||Pause|| He listens to the sounds of sin and the music of corruption, and he is pleased. His mind is too lazy to listen to the Praises of the Lord. ||3|| You do not see with your eyes - you are so blind! You shall have to leave all these false affairs. ||1||Pause|| Says Nanak, please forgive me, God. Have Mercy upon me, and bless me with the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||4|| He alone obtains something, who becomes the dust under the feet of all. And he alone repeats the Naam, whom God causes to understand. ||1||Pause||2||8||

Ang 738, 739 • Guru Arjan Dev Ji • Raag Soohee • Shri Guru Granth Sahib

Daily Hukamnama for 21st of May 2011

Soohee, Fifth Mehl: He gets up early, to do his evil deeds, but when it is time to meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, then he sleeps. ||1|| The ignorant person does not take advantage of the opportunity. He is attached to Maya, and engrossed in worldly delights. ||1||Pause|| He rides the waves of greed, puffed up with joy. He does not see the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the Holy. ||2|| The ignorant clown will never understand. Again and again, he becomes engrossed in entanglements. ||1||Pause|| He listens to the sounds of sin and the music of corruption, and he is pleased. His mind is too lazy to listen to the Praises of the Lord. ||3|| You do not see with your eyes - you are so blind! You shall have to leave all these false affairs. ||1||Pause|| Says Nanak, please forgive me, God. Have Mercy upon me, and bless me with the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||4|| He alone obtains something, who becomes the dust under the feet of all. And he alone repeats the Naam, whom God causes to understand. ||1||Pause||2||8||

Ang 738, 739 • Guru Arjan Dev Ji • Raag Soohee • Shri Guru Granth Sahib

Daily Hukamnama for 14th of May 2011

"One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: Raag Soohee, Chhant, First Mehl, Fourth House: The One who created the world, watches over it; He enjoins the people of the world to their tasks. Your gifts, O Lord, illuminate the heart, and the moon casts its light on the body. The moon glows, by the Lord's gift, and the darkness of suffering is taken away. The marriage party of virtue looks beautiful with the Groom; He chooses His enticing bride with care. The wedding is performed with glorious splendor; He has arrived, accompanied by the vibrations of the Panch Shabad, the Five Primal Sounds. The One who created the world, watches over it; He enjoins the people of the world to their tasks. ||1|| I am a sacrifice to my pure friends, the immaculate Saints. This body is attached to them, and we have shared our minds. We have shared our minds - how could I forget those friends? Seeing them brings joy to my heart; I keep them clasped to my soul. They have all virtues and merits, forever and ever; they have no demerits or faults at all. I am a sacrifice to my pure friends, the immaculate Saints. ||2|| One who has a basket of fragrant virtues, should enjoy its fragrance. If my friends have virtues, I will share in them. Let us form a partnership, and share our virtues; let us abandon our faults, and walk on the Path. Let us wear our virtues like silk clothes; let us decorate ourselves, and enter the arena. Let us speak of goodness, wherever we go and sit; let us skim off the Ambrosial Nectar, and drink it in. One who has a basket of fragrant virtues, should enjoy its fragrance. ||3|| He Himself acts; unto whom should we complain? No one else does anything. Go ahead and complain to Him, if He makes a mistake. If He makes a mistake, go ahead and complain to Him; but how can the Creator Himself make a mistake? He sees, He hears, and without our asking, without our begging, He gives His gifts. The Great Giver, the Architect of the Universe, gives His gifts. O Nanak, He is the True Lord. He Himself acts; unto whom should we complain? No one else does anything. ||4||1||4||"

Ang 765, 766 • Guru Nanak Dev Ji • Raag Soohee • Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Daily Hukamnama for 14th of May 2011

"One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: Raag Soohee, Chhant, First Mehl, Fourth House: The One who created the world, watches over it; He enjoins the people of the world to their tasks. Your gifts, O Lord, illuminate the heart, and the moon casts its light on the body. The moon glows, by the Lord's gift, and the darkness of suffering is taken away. The marriage party of virtue looks beautiful with the Groom; He chooses His enticing bride with care. The wedding is performed with glorious splendor; He has arrived, accompanied by the vibrations of the Panch Shabad, the Five Primal Sounds. The One who created the world, watches over it; He enjoins the people of the world to their tasks. ||1|| I am a sacrifice to my pure friends, the immaculate Saints. This body is attached to them, and we have shared our minds. We have shared our minds - how could I forget those friends? Seeing them brings joy to my heart; I keep them clasped to my soul. They have all virtues and merits, forever and ever; they have no demerits or faults at all. I am a sacrifice to my pure friends, the immaculate Saints. ||2|| One who has a basket of fragrant virtues, should enjoy its fragrance. If my friends have virtues, I will share in them. Let us form a partnership, and share our virtues; let us abandon our faults, and walk on the Path. Let us wear our virtues like silk clothes; let us decorate ourselves, and enter the arena. Let us speak of goodness, wherever we go and sit; let us skim off the Ambrosial Nectar, and drink it in. One who has a basket of fragrant virtues, should enjoy its fragrance. ||3|| He Himself acts; unto whom should we complain? No one else does anything. Go ahead and complain to Him, if He makes a mistake. If He makes a mistake, go ahead and complain to Him; but how can the Creator Himself make a mistake? He sees, He hears, and without our asking, without our begging, He gives His gifts. The Great Giver, the Architect of the Universe, gives His gifts. O Nanak, He is the True Lord. He Himself acts; unto whom should we complain? No one else does anything. ||4||1||4||"

Ang 765, 766 • Guru Nanak Dev Ji • Raag Soohee • Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

A Data-Driven Approach to Spiritual Development

Today is a momentous occasion - the day I officially retire from the corporate world and start my business venture in creating a new approach to personal development based on data, feedback and results. If something works then it works, if it doesn't work then it doesn't work - often the obvious must be stated :)

So, what shall be born is the social enterprise New Life Awakening (http://www.newlifeawakening.com), with its vision to create a personal development course that brings about life-long transformation in individuals.

New Life Awakening does not mean that people going on the course will change their life in any way necessarily, but rather, the course is designed to re-awaken the life within one's life. In other words, we are all living anyway, no course can change the fact that we live - but what we can change is how we experience that life, how much zeal there is in that life and how we can learn to handle it so that we can achieve what we want to - all of which is an internal process, rather than an external one.

New Life Awakening is not about teaching any new profound truths, its about teaching old truths in a new profound way - in a way which is relevant to people of this modern era, which people can relate to and apply in their lives, so that the teaching has an impact in one's life. A lot of people go on personal development courses and get a high out of it for a few days and then the emotional high disappears and along with it all the possibilities of living life to its maximum. Instead, a personal development course should be designed as such, to not provide a high, but to provide some tools for life-long transformation and also a support mechanism so people can use those tools in their lives and improve the quality of their life within their life.

Also, New Life Awakening is a complete picture of all the factors which go into spiritual development (as I published in a previous post), and how to develop each and every aspect, to become fulfilled - fully-filled with love, love and love. A course should tackle it all, or what's the point of creating someone half-cooked, half-enlightened?

I'm very grateful to God, Guru, all the spiritual teachers and people who have helped me walk this path, to the Sun for its warmth and energy, to the moon for its subtlety and mystery, to the Earth - the great mother, to the stars who are our ancestors and all my beautiful family and friends who enrich my life everyday.

May I walk this path with integrity, humility, serenity, grace, and may I share everything I know and which I have experienced with everyone to create individuals who are far greater and more beautiful than I could ever comprehend, and to whom I shall dedicate my life and to whom I shall entrust my legacy.

Sat Naam.

But before I go, I received a Hukamnama (order) from the Guru directly when asked a question by my brother about whether quitting the corporate world was a stupid move or not, and I thought to myself "God, you've looked after me for so long, and I know you will continue to do so", and then automatically I began to sing the following hymn from Guru Granth Sahib, limb 318 by Guru Arjan Dev in melody Gauri which summarises everything about my mission beautifully:

39	ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹੈ ਮਿਲਿ ਪੀਵਹੁ ਭਾਈ ॥ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁਨਾਮੁਨਿਧਾਨੁਹੈਮਿਲਿਪੀਵਹੁਭਾਈ॥ anmrit nām nidhān hai mil pīvah bhāī . The treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is Ambrosial Nectar; meet together and drink it in, O Siblings of Destiny.	ਮਃ ੫ Guru Arjan Dev	ਗਉੜੀ Gauri
40	ਜਿਸੁ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਭ ਤਿਖਾ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥ ਜਿਸੁਸਿਮਰਤਸੁਖੁਪਾਈਐਸਭਤਿਖਾਬੁਝਾਈ॥ jis simarat sukh pāīai sabh tikhā bujhāī . Remembering Him in meditation, peace is found, and all thirst is quenched.	ਮਃ ੫ Guru Arjan Dev	ਗਉੜੀ Gauri
41	ਕਰਿ ਸੇਵਾ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਗੁਰ ਭੁਖ ਰਹੈ ਨ ਕਾਈ ॥ ਕਰਿਸੇਵਾਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮਗੁਰਭੁਖਰਹੈਨਕਾਈ॥ kar sēvā pārabraham gur bhukh rahai n kāī . So serve the Supreme Lord God and the Guru, and you shall never be hungry again.	ਮਃ ੫ Guru Arjan Dev	ਗਉੜੀ Gauri
42	ਸਗਲ ਮਨੋਰਥ ਪੁੰਨਿਆ ਅਮਰਾ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਈ ॥ ਸਗਲਮਨੋਰਥਪੁੰਨਿਆਅਮਰਾਪਦੁਪਾਈ॥ sagal manōrath punniā amarā pad pāī . All your desires shall be fulfilled, and you shall obtain the status of immortality.	ਮਃ ੫ Guru Arjan Dev	ਗਉੜੀ Gauri
43	ਤੁਧੁ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਤੂਹੈ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥੩॥ ਤੁਧੁਜੇਵਡੁਤੂਹੈਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮਨਾਨਕਸਰਣਾਈ॥੩॥ tudh jēvad tūhai pārabraham nānak saranāī .3. You alone are as great as Yourself, O Supreme Lord God; Nanak seeks Your Sanctuary. ||3||	ਮਃ ੫ Guru Arjan Dev	ਗਉੜੀ Gauri

From GurbaniDB

A Data-Driven Approach to Spiritual Development

Today is a momentous occasion - the day I officially retire from the corporate world and start my business venture in creating a new approach to personal development based on data, feedback and results. If something works then it works, if it doesn't work then it doesn't work - often the obvious must be stated :)

So, what shall be born is the social enterprise New Life Awakening (http://www.newlifeawakening.com), with its vision to create a personal development course that brings about life-long transformation in individuals.

New Life Awakening does not mean that people going on the course will change their life in any way necessarily, but rather, the course is designed to re-awaken the life within one's life. In other words, we are all living anyway, no course can change the fact that we live - but what we can change is how we experience that life, how much zeal there is in that life and how we can learn to handle it so that we can achieve what we want to - all of which is an internal process, rather than an external one.

New Life Awakening is not about teaching any new profound truths, its about teaching old truths in a new profound way - in a way which is relevant to people of this modern era, which people can relate to and apply in their lives, so that the teaching has an impact in one's life. A lot of people go on personal development courses and get a high out of it for a few days and then the emotional high disappears and along with it all the possibilities of living life to its maximum. Instead, a personal development course should be designed as such, to not provide a high, but to provide some tools for life-long transformation and also a support mechanism so people can use those tools in their lives and improve the quality of their life within their life.

Also, New Life Awakening is a complete picture of all the factors which go into spiritual development (as I published in a previous post), and how to develop each and every aspect, to become fulfilled - fully-filled with love, love and love. A course should tackle it all, or what's the point of creating someone half-cooked, half-enlightened?

I'm very grateful to God, Guru, all the spiritual teachers and people who have helped me walk this path, to the Sun for its warmth and energy, to the moon for its subtlety and mystery, to the Earth - the great mother, to the stars who are our ancestors and all my beautiful family and friends who enrich my life everyday.

May I walk this path with integrity, humility, serenity, grace, and may I share everything I know and which I have experienced with everyone to create individuals who are far greater and more beautiful than I could ever comprehend, and to whom I shall dedicate my life and to whom I shall entrust my legacy.

Sat Naam.

But before I go, I received a Hukamnama (order) from the Guru directly when asked a question by my brother about whether quitting the corporate world was a stupid move or not, and I thought to myself "God, you've looked after me for so long, and I know you will continue to do so", and then automatically I began to sing the following hymn from Guru Granth Sahib, limb 318 by Guru Arjan Dev in melody Gauri which summarises everything about my mission beautifully:

39	ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹੈ ਮਿਲਿ ਪੀਵਹੁ ਭਾਈ ॥ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁਨਾਮੁਨਿਧਾਨੁਹੈਮਿਲਿਪੀਵਹੁਭਾਈ॥ anmrit nām nidhān hai mil pīvah bhāī . The treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is Ambrosial Nectar; meet together and drink it in, O Siblings of Destiny.	ਮਃ ੫ Guru Arjan Dev	ਗਉੜੀ Gauri
40	ਜਿਸੁ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਭ ਤਿਖਾ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥ ਜਿਸੁਸਿਮਰਤਸੁਖੁਪਾਈਐਸਭਤਿਖਾਬੁਝਾਈ॥ jis simarat sukh pāīai sabh tikhā bujhāī . Remembering Him in meditation, peace is found, and all thirst is quenched.	ਮਃ ੫ Guru Arjan Dev	ਗਉੜੀ Gauri
41	ਕਰਿ ਸੇਵਾ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਗੁਰ ਭੁਖ ਰਹੈ ਨ ਕਾਈ ॥ ਕਰਿਸੇਵਾਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮਗੁਰਭੁਖਰਹੈਨਕਾਈ॥ kar sēvā pārabraham gur bhukh rahai n kāī . So serve the Supreme Lord God and the Guru, and you shall never be hungry again.	ਮਃ ੫ Guru Arjan Dev	ਗਉੜੀ Gauri
42	ਸਗਲ ਮਨੋਰਥ ਪੁੰਨਿਆ ਅਮਰਾ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਈ ॥ ਸਗਲਮਨੋਰਥਪੁੰਨਿਆਅਮਰਾਪਦੁਪਾਈ॥ sagal manōrath punniā amarā pad pāī . All your desires shall be fulfilled, and you shall obtain the status of immortality.	ਮਃ ੫ Guru Arjan Dev	ਗਉੜੀ Gauri
43	ਤੁਧੁ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਤੂਹੈ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥੩॥ ਤੁਧੁਜੇਵਡੁਤੂਹੈਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮਨਾਨਕਸਰਣਾਈ॥੩॥ tudh jēvad tūhai pārabraham nānak saranāī .3. You alone are as great as Yourself, O Supreme Lord God; Nanak seeks Your Sanctuary. ||3||	ਮਃ ੫ Guru Arjan Dev	ਗਉੜੀ Gauri

From GurbaniDB

Quote of the Day - Heart of a Mother

“The purest thing in the world is the heart of the mother, the heart-chakra, the center of the mother. It is the purest thing in the world. It can move God. It can move the universe. It can cause an effect beyond limitation. The heart of the mother is the greatest power of Infinity ever given to any finite being.”

Yogi Bhajan, Women’s Camp 1977

Quote of the Day - Heart of a Mother

“The purest thing in the world is the heart of the mother, the heart-chakra, the center of the mother. It is the purest thing in the world. It can move God. It can move the universe. It can cause an effect beyond limitation. The heart of the mother is the greatest power of Infinity ever given to any finite being.”

Yogi Bhajan, Women’s Camp 1977

Balls of Energy and Vortexes

Human beings are not made of flesh, we're made of light, we are a ball of energy wrapped in skin. Since energy is eternal, naturally, human beings are eternal too.

Within this ball of energy are vortexes, spiralling continuously like galaxies. In a way, the Universe is fractal in nature, so what happens inside of us is also happening in the Universe, and is the Universe. So just like galaxies are vortexes, spiralling continuously inside themselves, so are we spiralling continuously inside ourselves.

This is not a philosophical belief, it's the true nature of what we are, which science will one day come to prove. Science and spirituality will go hand-in-hand one day, even though it shall take a millennia. Proving that human beings are nothing but a ball of light and a spiralling vortex of energy is a bit far fetched for today's world, but soon it will be known as the norm.

The term 'Ball of light' can be replaced with a more scientific term: electromagnetic field or psycho-magnetic field. All electromagnetic fields are interconnected to one another in a beautiful, elegant and infinite network. Everything has an electromagnetic field, since we are all made of the same stuff, atoms. Once we are able to tap into this network of fields, energies, we come to know the Unknown, and see the Unseen in everything that happens.

What does knowing the Unknown really mean? It means knowing something beyond our logic and our intellect, something profound. It's a feeling, an experience and also an awareness. It's in feeling connected to the entire Universe, that you are all the people, all the environments, all the stars and the planets and that's really it's alright, it's all just an illusion we exist in, there's no real need to get attached to anybody or anything, or to be particularly doing anything to change it. It's all alright how it is. Out of the experience of it being alright how it is, comes a profound power to change it, not because we want to, but because that is our task assigned to us by this wider network of the Universe, which some call God.

Knowing the unknown also means that your intuition has started to work and you can actually know things that you never ever learnt or were taught, but only because you're able to tap into this vast network of information in the Universe. It means to be able to know anybody or anything's past, present or future instantly. Kind of like searching on Google, but way beyond it in absolute fine, specific, granular detail and without the use of any other technology other than your own self, your own Universal mind.

Also, its not actually that you know the Unknown, its more that you have done enough work on yourself to know how to tap into the Unknown. It's a gift, a burden and also a great responsibility to have reached this state of development, which is why one must be humble and remain humble in this state. In fact, humility is the only way to maintain this state, and the more humble one is, the more the nature of things is revealed to oneself with greater and greater clarity.

Balls of Energy and Vortexes

Human beings are not made of flesh, we're made of light, we are a ball of energy wrapped in skin. Since energy is eternal, naturally, human beings are eternal too.

Within this ball of energy are vortexes, spiralling continuously like galaxies. In a way, the Universe is fractal in nature, so what happens inside of us is also happening in the Universe, and is the Universe. So just like galaxies are vortexes, spiralling continuously inside themselves, so are we spiralling continuously inside ourselves.

This is not a philosophical belief, it's the true nature of what we are, which science will one day come to prove. Science and spirituality will go hand-in-hand one day, even though it shall take a millennia. Proving that human beings are nothing but a ball of light and a spiralling vortex of energy is a bit far fetched for today's world, but soon it will be known as the norm.

The term 'Ball of light' can be replaced with a more scientific term: electromagnetic field or psycho-magnetic field. All electromagnetic fields are interconnected to one another in a beautiful, elegant and infinite network. Everything has an electromagnetic field, since we are all made of the same stuff, atoms. Once we are able to tap into this network of fields, energies, we come to know the Unknown, and see the Unseen in everything that happens.

What does knowing the Unknown really mean? It means knowing something beyond our logic and our intellect, something profound. It's a feeling, an experience and also an awareness. It's in feeling connected to the entire Universe, that you are all the people, all the environments, all the stars and the planets and that's really it's alright, it's all just an illusion we exist in, there's no real need to get attached to anybody or anything, or to be particularly doing anything to change it. It's all alright how it is. Out of the experience of it being alright how it is, comes a profound power to change it, not because we want to, but because that is our task assigned to us by this wider network of the Universe, which some call God.

Knowing the unknown also means that your intuition has started to work and you can actually know things that you never ever learnt or were taught, but only because you're able to tap into this vast network of information in the Universe. It means to be able to know anybody or anything's past, present or future instantly. Kind of like searching on Google, but way beyond it in absolute fine, specific, granular detail and without the use of any other technology other than your own self, your own Universal mind.

Also, its not actually that you know the Unknown, its more that you have done enough work on yourself to know how to tap into the Unknown. It's a gift, a burden and also a great responsibility to have reached this state of development, which is why one must be humble and remain humble in this state. In fact, humility is the only way to maintain this state, and the more humble one is, the more the nature of things is revealed to oneself with greater and greater clarity.