When the illusion of ego is dispelled, only the One, True Identity remains: Waheguru. As Guru Nanak Dev ji put it so eloquently in Japji Sahib, "He is beautiful, True and Eternally Joyful."
I take comfort in knowing that whatever happens to my body, my ego, my sense of separateness, that my True Identity (SatNaam, Waheguru who is within us all) will live on forever, in complete bliss and uninterrupted happiness. The Gurus did this perfectly, which is why they have my utmost respect and dedication. It is very rare to come across someone who lives their life completely immersed in the knowledge that the costumes are just for show, and our true identity belongs with the "star of the play" underneath. They think that the costumes we wear and the characters we play are real. Most people in the world are too caught up in their mask and their garb. We are taught that our faces are masks and our physical bodies garbs, that underneath our egos there is only the One, without fear, without hatred, without sadness, that this body is a vesicle through which Waheguru experiences Himself. In my commentary for the Mool Mantar, I said That video captures in a very beautiful way some of my deepest understandings of Sikhi. I have also linked it, so you could click here to go to it instead. To fully explain where I am coming from, I would highly recommend the reader go to Youtube and search for "The Dream of Life- Alan Watts". Is there more than one way to interpret this, a way which isn't riddled with the imagery of Yahweh/Jesus/Allah looking down on us from above the clouds? Absolutely! But Guru Nanak does say here that the Creator watches the creation. Going back to the Mool Mantar, we know Waheguru is not some Abrahamic-esque deity (or, as is more common in Punjabi, "Baba Ji") sitting in the sky, looking down on all of us, burning bushes, wiping out entire populations or anything of the sort.
After all, we are told by the Gurus in other parts of SGGS Ji that the Hukam of Waheguru cannot be changed, naturally leading to "whatever was put into them, was put there once and for all".īut what exactly is that "whatever" that was "put into them" ("them being "worlds and people")? And when Guru Nanak Dev Ji then goes on to say that "having created the creation, the Creator watches it", what is he trying to say? In my view, the two of these are inescapably linked to one another. That last bit about none being able to interfere in the affairs of Waheguru reminds me of how Guru Nanak Dev Ji downplayed magic in the 29th Pauri, because magic by definition violates the Hukam of Waheguru in the natural world.
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It is through Simran that the true devotee comes to know that God's inexhaustible store-houses are countless and are ever full to the brim, from which everybody's needs are fulfilled and that none can stand in the way of God or interfere in His affairs. In my Gutka, the author has given this basic explanation of the Pauri:
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