Joginder Singh

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GURBANI , THE ELIXIR OF LIFE 39
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! Sahibzada Ajit Singh, Sahibzada Jujhar Singh and many !
! others should inspire us to act in a spirit of sacrifice for I
! upholding the truth. ! 'Service' to humanity and 'Sacrifice' for upholding the !
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! NAAM SIMRAN !
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! Having passed by the milestones of 'Service' and !
'Sacrifice', one arrives in the realm of Meditation (Nam ! !
i Simran). Meditation is the sublime ecstasy of seclusiolJ. i
! when the ego dissolves into almost nothing. It is remem- !
i bering God in solitude at 'Amrit Vaila', the morning i
! ambrosial hours when all worldly fetters stand broken off !
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! and mind concentrates on reaching out for the eternal !
! Truth. One's innerself yearns for unification with the !
i Outer Self. Your soul is stretching out to the unexplored i
! and the unknown, in an effort to reach out to the !
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What do we concentrate on during simran? Guru i
Nanak Dev Ji in Japji which is the first hymn of Guru
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i Granth Sahib, gives a clear mandate as under:
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Nanak, hosi bhi Sach" i
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! Akal Purkh was Truth in primeval !
I He was Truth in the beginning of ages I
! True He is even now and !
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True He shall ever be, 0 Nanak ! i
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