Saturday, July 2, 2022

<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">RAAMKALEE, FIRST MEHL, DAKHANEE, ONGKAAR: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: Without the Name, even one’s own body is an enemy. Why not meet the Lord, and take away the pain of your mind? The traveller comes and goes along the highway. What did he bring when he came, and what will he take away when he goes? Without the Name, one loses everywhere. The profit is earned, when the Lord grants understanding. In merchandise and trade, the merchant is trading. Without the Name, how can one find honor and nobility? || 16 || One who contemplates the Lord’s Virtues is spiritually wise. Through His Virtues, one receives spiritual wisdom. How rare in this world, is the Giver of virtue. The True way of life comes through contemplation of the Guru. The Lord is inaccessible and unfathomable. His worth cannot be estimated. They alone meet Him, whom the Lord causes to meet. The virtuous soul bride continually contemplates His Virtues. O Nanak, following the Guru’s Teachings, one meets the Lord, the true friend. || 17 || Unfulfilled sexual desire and unresolved anger waste the body away, as gold is dissolved by borax. The gold is touched to the touchstone, and tested by fire; when its pure color shows through, it is pleasing to the eye of the assayer. The world is a beast, and arrogent Death is the butcher. The created beings of the Creator receive the karma of their actions. What else can be said? There is nothing at all to say. || 18 || Searching, searching, I drink in the Ambrosial Nectar. I have adopted the way of tolerance, and given my mind to the True Guru. Everyone calls himself true and genuine. He alone is true, who obtains the jewel throughout the four ages. Eating and drinking, one dies, but still does not know. He dies in an instant, when he realizes the Word of the Shabad. His consciousness becomes permanently stable, and his mind accepts death. By Guru’s Grace, he realizes the Naam, the Name of the Lord. || 19 || The Profound Lord dwells in the sky of