With ego at the helm, the result of any action done appears incomplete and not fully satisfactory. The ego breeds comparisons thus making the person feel superior or inferior, tall or small, fair or dark, etc. The “other” can be another person or an object. True awakening – rather true life – is experienced when the Ego gets annihilated.Įgo is an irresistible sense of every individual that manifests around the importance of the subjective “I” in relation to the objective “other”. Placing the true Guru, the preceptor, on the same pedestal as God, Kabir explains that because we identify ourselves with the body hence experience the conflicts of duality. It is Guru who annihilates the disciples ego − makes the disciple empty of all the forms and ideas of duality − so that the empty space can be filled by the Divine grace. It is the Guru who explains and shows the path towards enlightenment. For one to awaken, someone is required to shake the sleeping person.
#Japji sahib with meaning full
The egoistic state of “I” is like a person full of ignorance in deep slumber. Till such time we live with ego, our mundane “I” makes us feel different from God. It is through Gurprasad ( Guru + prasad = Teacher’s blessings) that we are able to surrender our Ego to our Superior − in this understanding the “Guru” – so that we can perpetually say “ Rab di Mehr” (by the grace of God) on the results of all our efforts and actions. Gurprasad here is explained as all the above being understood through an enlightened teacher. From this condition arose the Universe of ‘name and form’ ( namarupa), through the medium of the Self-existent Creator, Svayambhu. The Manu Smriti also carries a similar explanation: “In the beginning, all this existence was one undifferentiated, un-manifested, indefinable, unarguable and unknown in every way. Based on details in Bhagavata Purana and Matsya Purana, Narayana is said to be the self-manifested Swayambhu form of Brahman as the first cause of creation. Swayambhu means “self-manifested” or “that which is created by its own accord”. Saibham has a parallel in the Hindu thought where it is called as Swayambhu (also spelled Svayambhu). Again complete Supremacy beyond any relativity. Saibham explains God as self-manifested, self-existent or self-effulgent. There is no formula for the Absolute or a totality to be born of something. God is Absolute – a totality that encompasses all. Anything which takes birth is mutable and therefore must die. Guru Nanak affirms that God ( ik Onkar) is the sole creator, is Absolute and pervades in total creation, hence beyond the emotions of fear and hatred which appear only in conflicting dualities.Īkal Murat professes God to be the eternal timeless form.Ījuni makes God to be unborn. The ideas of hate, malice or acrimony appear only when there is “other”. Nirvair is used to explain that God is beyond rancor or hatred. God is Absolute – there is none besides Him. Fear comes into play only when there is “other”. What was the need to give this attribute to God? By using Nirbhau Guru Nanak crystalizes the Absolute nature or Supremeness of God as there is no “other” to compare. Nirbhau is used to explain that God is beyond fear.
God as the sole and perpetual doer – the Karta Purakh – is Creator, Creativity and Creation. Being One of One, it also means that God as the creator is not separate from His creation. Karta Purakh affirms the Supreme Being (God) as the sole perpetual doer, the Creator and the only cause of all creation. Subsequent segment of the Mulmantra which seemingly appears as attributes only validate this. ik Onkar Satnam, thus is the Truth that manifests eternally as the cosmos. It is the one and only undisputed primordial energy – the absolute cause – the Universal God. In essence the Mulmantra is complete within “ ik Onkar Satnam”.
“ Sat” is also the root word in Sanskrit for “ Satya” which means Truth. However, if one reflects on the word “ Sat”, in Sanskrit it means Absolute Existence or the Cosmos. Ik = One (singular) onkar = primordial energy stirred (vibrated). It is interesting to note that Guru Nanak categorically uses the integer “1” when writing ik Onkar. Viewed minutely, ik Onkar by itself is the core or the underlying principle being projected in the prologue.
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