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GAVEH GAMBHIR DHEER MATT SAAGARVeechar by Gyani Sant Singh Ji Maskeen

The beings of deep and profound understanding, oceans of wisdom, sing ofHim; the Yogis and wandering hermits meditate on Him.(Sri Ang 1389, SriGuru Granth Sahib Ji) The uniqueness of everything beautiful in this world lies in itsdepths. The vegetation that appears to be covered with gorgeous flowers, orthe huge trees whose branches reach out to the skies, have their roots firmlyestablished deep in the ground. However, a tree that argues against lettinghis roots go into ground's depths shall not be able to grow tall and touch thesky either. Tall buildings have their foundations embedded in the depths of

the earth. High rising ocean waves, who possess the capacity to engulfbiggest of light houses, have got pearls in its depths. Similarly, the taller themountain, the colder its peak; however, seekers are also aware that treasureslike gold, silver, diamonds, all lie in its bosom. Beauty appears to lie in the heightsand the vastness, but in reality, the secrets of true beauty can only be found in thedepths. The same rule applies to human beings too: The external beautythat becomesthe source of attraction for many actually comes from the depths of onesownself. It is an absolute truth that those human beings, who have not plunged into these

depths of the self, remain deprived of peace, contentment, knowledge, andcountless other divine qualities. On taking the plunge however, the firsttreasure discovered is contentment. That who is discontent with what he has gotclearly shows he has not taken the first steps on the journey inwards, and as such, is

very hard for him to become as vast as the ocean. All the great Avtars,prophets, philosophers and thinkers could achieve the wisdom only bygoing into the depths of their existence. Just as thereare countless stones on the mountains and waves on the oceanssurface, while the real treasures lie in their depths; similarly, anger and

hatred are on the surface of human beings, but everyone possesses peace,compassion, politeness, and other countless divine attributes deep within.Therefore, those

who plunge into the depths of their existence are called GeharGambhir,and itis only these people who can possess the vastness of the oceans and mountains.Those who do not take the plunge, however, remain arrogant, restless,

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narrow-minded and cunning, and these cause all sorts of pains andsufferings in their lives.

JEEVAN JAACHVeechar by Gyani Sant Singh Ji MaskeenThe entire universe is under the control of time (kaal) in which everyoneisallotted a predetermined time to perform their tasks. All living formshave been given plenty of opportunities to eat, drink, sleep and reproduce,

but onlyhuman body has been given the ability to merge with the SupremeBeing. Thatis why, Satguru JisBanicalls it a wonderful chance to be one with the Creator;one has enjoyed His

creations in animal life forms too, but now is the chance tomeet the Creator ofthese creations:

This human body has come to thy hand.This is thy chance to meet the Lord of the world.(Sri Ang 378, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj) And:

This is thine opportunity and this thy time. Look thou into thy mind and reflect on this.(Sri Ang 1159, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj) On the ladder of existence, wehave crawled and climbed many a rungs in theform of previous lives,

and we now stand on the golden rung, this human body,that can lead usstraight to Sachkhand. Sadly, man often falters and slips fromthis rung andloses his balance:

The man who misses this opportunity, He suffers sorrow of coming and going.

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(Sri Ang 1074, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj)Life is a path, and human body

is the traveller; Childhood, Adolescence, and Old age are its three stages.

Each stage is crowded with materials, friends and relatives. Seeing the

hustle and bustle of these stages, ones consciousness wavers and derails from

the true path. There are dark clouds of five vices along the way too, but Gurusword and guidance prevents them from flooding the path. In the end, only

a few fortunate souls are able to cross the meandering valleys and reach

the final destination.

Kabir, crowds follow the path, the Pandits have traversed.There is an

arduous cliff on the way to the Lord, Kabir is scaling that cliff.

(Sri Ang 1373, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj)

The pleasures enjoyed by humans are absorbed via senses from external

sources. However, the real happiness within cannot be savoured with any sense of

sight, touch or smell. Enjoying the smaller, insignificant worldly pleasures,

one remains deprived of the incomparable, eternal blissful state:

The nine treasures and the Nectar are Lord's Name. Within theHuman body itself is its seat.

(Sri Ang 293, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj)These nine treasures of His Name are beautifully laid on theplatter of life, buton their death, careless human beings end upmixing them in dirt:The ignorant man loses the invaluable commodity of human life.

(Sri Ang 676, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj)Life is like a dream; it lasts for a very short time and has no element ofreality in it. And anything that is not real is just a play; some are

made kings in this play while others play the part of beggars;some are sad and some are happy. Those who understand the rules ofthis show will set off on a journey to find the Truth, the Absolute Truth.

The worldly life is such that it is like a dream. The life is equal to adream.

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(Sri Ang 482, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj) And:

As is a dream and a show, so know thou this world to be.Nanak, without the Lord, nothing is true in these.

(Sri Ang 1427, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj)Life is like a stringed instrument, the breath and senses being its

strings.However, not everyone knows the art for creating beautiful music with

thisinstrument. It is easy to break its strings, but incredibly difficult to producedivine

sounds out of it. Broken breaths and displaced senses are witness to thefact

that we have ended up breaking the string instrument of life; that is

whythere is no music in our bland lives.

Kabir, all the strings of the instrument, which I played upon, are

broken. What can the poor instrument do, when the player has departed?

(Sri Ang 1427, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj)

A musician is one who can tune his instrument and produce wonderful music; and aGursikh is one whose every action is in tune with Waheguru Jisown voice. Waheguru Ji, let us all pray in the lotus feet of Sri GurujiMaharaj that He blesses us with the consciousness and wisdom with which we canconcentrate our senses on the One so that we can also produce this divinemusic.