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Kar Naino Didar

(See with your eyes)

Spiritual Discourse by

Satguru Baba Kehar Singh ji

Radha SoamiDera Baba Bagga Singh

Railway Road, Tarn Taran 143401Dist. Tarn Taran, Punjab, India



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Publisher's Note

This book is the English translation of BabaKehar Singh ji’s spiritual discourse on Kabir

Sahib’s Shabad “Kar Naino Didar”. The originalsatsang was delivered by Baba Kehar Singh ji inPunjabi language on July 21, 2007 at Pittsgrove,New Jersey, USA.

With the blessings of Baba Kehar Singh Ji

this book is translated from Baba ji’s originalPunjabi edition by Mr. Kenneth Stambler and Mrs.

Nirmal Sian, with assistance from Mr. Vipin Sian.Dera is grateful to them.

Balwinder SinghSecretaryRadha SoamiDera Baba Bagga SinghTarn Taran, Punjab, India



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Kabir Sahib





After greetings Baba ji says, many peopledeliver lectures; there may be better speakersthan me... however, I will do my best to explain

what Kabir Sahib says through this shabad.

Our body is a Mansion which does not

contain filth, but a Big Spiritual Secret . What is

that? Through this shabad from His own book,Kabir Sahib has explained the secret right fromthe feet to the top of the head.

This shabad has two parts. The first partexplains our body from the feet up to the eyes.

The second part explains from the eyes to the top

of the head, the Nameless Region. It needs fourhours to explain the complete shabad; so I willtake the second half in which Satguru Kabir Sahib

has talked about the spiritual secret hidden within

us, which is important for a disciple. This also tellshow the Satguru guides us to concentrate during

meditation, and attain Spiritual Power. I will try to

explain all that.

kar naino didar mahal me-n pyara hai.kanwalan bhed kiya nirvara, yeh sab rachna pindmanjhara.

Radha Soami !

This shabad is from the bani of Kabir Sahib.He says this human body is a Mansion. In GuruGranth Sahib Guru Nanak Dev said:





har mandar eh sarir hai .

This body is the Temple of the LivingGod.

It is a big mansion, a temple, a mosque. Wecannot gain anything from the outside templesand mosques. They are just like the schools and

colleges where we go to pass exams; to get

certificates and attain big jobs. They have nointerest with uniting the soul with God.

Temples are also like these colleges; they

talk about uniting the soul with God, but do notteach the method. God lives in our body. Tulsi

Sahib says:

putli men til hai til men bharaa raaz kul kaa kul.is pardaa ey si-aah ke jaraa paar dekhnaa.

The centre at the eyes contains the

complete secret. You are to remove the blackcurtain and look into it.

Due to this black curtain we are unable tosee inside. In the first part Kabir Sahib hasexplained about the lotuses existing from the feet

up to the eyes. What secret exists behind theeyes? He will tell us in this second part.

satsang kar guru sir dhara, vah satnam uchaarahai.

Now Kabir Sahib explains what we are to do

in order to unite our soul with God. This is





confirmed that without Guru, Nam and Meditation- neither can anyone meet God, nor can anyone

do anything. Guru says, after receiving Nam oneshould regularly attend Satsang. As the fenceprotects the crops, Satsang is a fence to protectmeditation.

People say God lives high up. No, He lives inus, behind our eyes.

People say there is only filth in us. No, it isnot true. God lives in us.

By attending the satsang regularly, anddoing meditation, we are able to ascend to higher

realms, and are accepted by the Guru.

aankh kaan mukh bund karao, anhad jheengasabad sunaa-o

The Guru says you have to close your eyesand ears, and hold your tongue: In order to stop

talking and quarrelling with others; then you will

be able to concentrate. However, in the outsideworld, walking on the road with closed eyes cancause an accident; and holding your tongue andclosing your ears when your wife is asking you for

groceries will also cause problems, and she willget annoyed; and how will you eat?

Guru says that in order to concentrate andhear the Unstruck Music coming from above, you

need to close your eyes and ears and hold thetongue quiet.





dono til ik taar milao tab dekho gulzaara hai.

Preaching the method which can help us togo to the higher regions Kabir Sahib says, Closing

your eyes and concentrating at the one central point, you can see the beautiful scenes inside

yourself.

chand soor aykai ghar lao, sushman saytee dhyan

lagao

He further says, You are to see the sun andthe moon, concentrate there and go up throughthe Sushmana Nari, the central canal. HazratMohammed also talked about a star; He said a big

star has appeared.

tirbeni ke sandh samaa-o, bhor utar chal paara hai.

One 'Triveni' is in the outside world, in thecity of Allahabad in India, where the three rivers,

Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati merge into eachother. This place is considered holy, and peoplego there to bathe. Inside our body there are three

paths behind the eyes: right, left and one straightin the middle, the central canal. We are to go

through that middle path.

ghanta sankh suno dhun do-I, sahas kanwal daljagmag ho-ee

This is just the starting point of the fivestages above. Not only do Radha Soami's speak





about these five stages, but Guru Nanak Dev jialso referred to these, naming them:

Dharamkhand, Giankhand, Sharamkhand,Karamkhand and Sachkhand.

Some Mahatmas name them as SahansdalKanwal, Trikuti, Daswan Dwar, Bhanwargupha

and Sachkhand. The people following the Sikhreligion limit themselves by believing only up to

these five; but on the basis of his own research,Soami ji referred to three more regions: Invisible,

Inaccessible and Nameless. This is also based onGuru Granth Sahib which says:

too akaal purakh nahi sir kaalaa, too purakh alakhagam niraalaa.

You are an immortal being. Death doesnot hover over your head. You are

Invisible, Inaccessible and Unique.

Mohammedans also refer to these stages asMukame Allah, Mukame Allahu, Mukame Lahoot,

Mukame Anahoot and Mukame Haque.

All the religions have talked about the five

stages, what is wrong if Radha Soamis also sayso? The path of Radha Soami is based 100% on

Guru Granth Sahib. We are not to be blamed ifsomeone does not study and agree with us.

ta madh karta nirkho so-I, banknaal dhas paara hai

Kabir Sahib says, How can we be sure that

we have reached the first stage? When we listen





to the sound of the gong and conch, and see theLight, we are at the first stage, the Mukame Allah.

Christians also depict this by candles and bells intheir churches.

dakini sakini bahu kilkare, jum kinkar dharm doothankaaray

Crossing Sahansdal Kanwal we see the

crooked passage of 'Bank Nal'. Guru Granth Sahibsays:

khandio tikhee balo-n nikee

It is sharper than a sword and thinner than asingle hair.

Kabir Sahib says:

mukt dwara sainkra rai dasve-n bha-yae. man to maigalho-I raha nikse kyokar ja-yae

The door, the passage to liberation is

as narrow as one-tenth of a mustard seed.

The mind is very big.How can it pass through?

We have to go through this narrow andcrooked passageway. This tunnel is narrow like

the eye of a needle; and a human being is like anelephant. How to pass through? Satguru is there

to help. He consoles the disciple and asks him notto worry. It is not impossible. Kabir Sahib says:





satgur aisaa jay milaeye tuthaa karay pasao. muktdwaraa moklaa sahjay aa-o ja-o.

If you are under the protection of aPerfect Master, this passage becomes

big enough and you can easily comeand go.

You are accompanied by your Guru. Hehelps you. With the utterance of Satnam thisnarrow passage changes into a bigger one and thesoul's size becomes small like an ant. So passingthrough this crooked tunnel becomes easy.

On the way we meet many negative

powers; the satanic powers called Dakini andSakini. They create terror in us. Kabir Sahib says,Do not get frightened. Your Guru is with you sothey cannot harm you.

satnam sunn bhage sare, jub satguru nam uchaarahai

The disciple does get frightened; but

Satguru tells him not to get terrified, and toutter Satnam. Listening to the Satnam all

these negative powers run away.

gagan mandal bich urdhmukh ku-i-an, gurmukh

sadhoo bhar bhar pee-ya

O' Gentleman, with the help of the Master

you have now crossed Sahansdal Kanwal andreached Trikuti. It has three parts – Gagan





Mandal, Trikuti and Guru Pad. Sahansdal Kanwalis the capital of these three. Shri Ram Chander ji

had approach up to Trikuti.

Trikuti is the region of Brahm where the

Vedas were created; and the three sons of Kalnamed Brahma, Vishnu and Shiv were born.

aykaa maa-ee jugat vi-aa-ee tin chaylay parvaan.

ik sansaaree ik bhandaaree ik laa-ay deebaan. jiv tis bhaavai tivai chalaavai jiv hovai furmaan.oh vaykhai onaa nadar na aavai bahutaa aihu vidaan.aadays tisai aadays.aad aneel anaad anaahat jug jug ayko vaysu.

The One Divine Mother conceived and gave birth to the three deities. One, theCreator of the World; One, the Sustainer;and One, the Destroyer. He makes thingshappen according to the Pleasure of His Will.

Such is His Celestial Order. He watches overall, but none sees Him. How wonderful this

is! I bow to Him, I humbly bow. The PrimalOne, the Pure Light, without beginning,

without end, throughout all the ages, He isOne and the Same.

This is the region of Vedas. The Vedas

themselves say that their reach is only up to

Trikuti, and they have brought you here; howeverthe road does not end here, it goes still further.Next you see what is to be done, as the principal

says to a student passing the tenth class, thereare colleges for higher education; by studying





there you can become an engineer, a doctor, etc.,etc.

The Vedas too say Neti-Neti; which meansthis is not the end. They say, we have brought

you here and the path ahead is open, you canstudy and go ahead.

The reference of the Vedas reminds one of

Brahma - who resides in the genital center,Vishnu who resides in the neval center, and Shivin the heart center. They were born in Trikuti andtheir Mother assigned them the duty ofGenerating, Sustaining and Destroying, andallotted their individual seats in the lower body.

nigure pyas mare bin keeya, jaa kay hiyay andhi-aara hai.

Going to these upper regions is impossiblewithout a Guru. Even going up to this stage of

Trikuti, no one can access without a Guru.

Vashisth, (an ancient rishi), also came here withthe help of a Guru. Without a Guru there is total

darkness, the darkness of ignorance. There is asaying that an illiterate is like a blind man who

lives in darkness. This too is a type of darkness ofignorance. Without a Guru it is not possible to go

up. In these regions if the Guru is away even for a

moment, the negative powers fascinate the soulsand try to create hurdles. The males trick thefemales, and the females trick the males. But theGuru is always with the disciple to protect him.Without Guru, Knowledge and Meditation, no one





has ever met God, nor can anyone ever meet Himin the future.

I have already mentioned that reachingSahansdal Kanwal we see the Light and hear the

Sound of the Gong and Conch Shell. Prior to that,we have a section named Jhinjari Deep. Here we

see the light of Jhilmil Jot. Prior to that there isanother stage where we see Sakha Jot (another

light). Yoga practitioners and the people believingin rituals are concerned with these. We are

concerned with the Light behind the eyes and theSound of the Gong and Conch Shell.

At Trikuti we see the light of the Rising Sun.The sun rises and stays the same color . The

sound of thunder is heard there. Then we gofurther to Daswan Dwar.

trikuti mahal mae-n vidya saara, ghanhar garjaybajay nagaara.

I have already referred to the sound ofthunder and light of the rising sun at Trikuti.

Listening to these sounds, people there dance aswe dance with music in this world. Such is the

environment there.

laal baran sooraj ujiaara, chatur kanwal manjhaar

sabad onkaara hai.The Gods Jyoti and Niranjan are there at

the first stage, at Sahansdal Kanwal. At Trikutithe sound of Omkar is heard. Listening to the





sound of thunder and seeing the light of the risingsun, you can be sure that you are in the domain

of Trikuti, a station of the Vedas.

saadh so-I jin yah garh leenha, nao darwaajaypargat cheenha

Kabir Sahib says, crossing Trikuti the soulbecomes a Sadhu. This is not like the sadhus seen

in the outside world, who are the dacoits who lootthe people. The souls crossing Trikuti are the real

sadhus, per the description of Guru Granth Sahib.

sadh ki dhoorh karo ishnaan, sadh oopar ja-i-ay kurban.charan sadh kay dho-I dho-I pee-o. arap sadh ko apna ji-

o.Bathe in the dust of Sadhu's feet. Be a

sacrifice to the Sadhu. Drink the water usedfor washing his feet. Surrender your life to

him.

daswaan khol jaaye jin dinha, jahaan kuphul rahamaara hai

Kabir Sahib has quickly reached DaswanDwar. Could we also reach there so fast? The

border of Trikuti and Daswan Dwar is like theWagah border near Amritsar in Punjab, India. On

our side the Indian military is there, and on theother side Pakistani forces are there. To enter in

these territories, we need to seek permission.While crossing the border of Trikuti, Kal questions

the soul, Where are you going? The Guru replies,





He is with me. Kal says to the Guru, You may go,but he cannot as his account is very bad . Guru is

the Almighty God. He asks for the account andtaking it he utters Satnam and the whole account

is destroyed. Guru then asks the Kal, what do you

say now? Kal Niranjan says, The account is notthere. I am helpless. I cannot detain him.

aage saet sunn hai bha-I, maansarovar paithianhaa-ee

Crossing the border we enter our own

region, the Daswan Dwar, Haoze Kasar, Triveni,Parag Raj, the Pond of Nectar. Bathing in there

the soul obtains the light of twelve suns.

hansan mil hansa ho-I ja-I, milaey jo ami aahaarahai

Bathing in the Pond of Nectar the soul getsthe light of twelve suns, and changes into a Swan.

This Pond of Nectar has its significance. It is a

high level talk.

Yesterday I was watching the news on TV.A blind girl of 22 or 23 years of age was bathing

in the pond at the Golden Temple, Amritsar in

India for many days, with a hope of getting hereyesight back. She prayed to the Satguru to bless

her with eyesight. One day she declared that shegot her eyesight and could see again. The Pond ofNectar in Daswan Dwar is the real Pond within us.





kingri saarangi bajai sitaara, achchar brham sunndarbaara

I have talked about two stages Sahansdal

Kanwal and Trikuti. I have referred to the lights ofSakha jot, Jhilmil jot, and another Light called

Jagmag Jot - the True Light behind the eyes fromwhere our mission starts and the sound of Gong

and Conch Shell is heard in Sahansdal Kanwal.The second stage is Trikuti. It has the Sound ofthunder and the light of the rising sun. This is adomain of the Vedas.

Now we have reached Daswan Dwar. Herewe hear the sound of Kingri and Sarangi (harp

and mandolin). The Light here is that of the fullmoon of the Kartik month - that is October–November. Satguru instructs us to listen to thesound through the right ear. We are not to listen

to the sound coming from the left ear. If thesound comes through the left ear repeat thewords of Nam four or five times and the sound

from the left ear will stop, as Kal will understandthat you know the technique.

dwaadas bhaanu hans ujiaara, khat dal kanwalmanjhaara sabad rarankaara hai

The soul gets the light of twelve suns and

there is a lotus with eight petals. This is similar toan engine's horsepower; received by the soul in

this domain.





maha sunn sindh bishmi ghati, bin satguru paavainahi baatee

In Sahansdal Kanwal there is a lotus with

four petals. In Trikuti the lotus has six petals. InDaswan Dwar the lotus has eight petals. (Dal

Kanwal is like a scale.) Now we have reached thefield of great void - which is very dreadful. When

the soul enters the great void, the light of the soul(equal to the light of twelve suns) becomes likethe light of one candle. As a person with onecandle walking in a thick forest cannot see, thesame is the condition of the soul.

vyaaghar singh sarap bahu kaati, tah sahaj achint

pasaara hai

Passing through this field the soul will facebig poisonous snakes showering fire and

frightening lions. The lions jump on the soul. Thesoul shrieks, but the Guru asks him to stay

balanced. The soul says, but the lion is attacking

me. Guru says, They can just frighten you, butcannot do any harm. Still the soul keeps crying.

For example a mother goes out with a four yearold child and a big dog starts barking at him. The

child gets frightened and complains to themother, Look the dog is coming to bite me. Mother says, Don't be afraid and keep going; I

know he cannot harm you. The child clings to herlegs and she takes him in her lap. The childcontinues crying and the mother covers his facewith her chunni. The child thinks the dog is gone.





Here is another example. A hen with herchicks is eating grains. A dog or a big cat comes

to attack the chicks, and they run to the hen; andthe hen puts them under her wings. The dog mayeat the hen, but the chicks feel safe.

Guru is all powerful. To protect the

crying soul he hides him in his own soul andand passes through the region.

asht dal kanwal paarbrahm bhaa-I, daahinaidwaadas achint rahaa-ee

Here three paths are seen – right, left and

middle. The middle straight path has the lotuswith eight petals. The right path has a twelve

petal lotus and the left path has ten petal lotus.Satguru asks you to take the straight path

through the central canal.

banye das dal sahaj sama-I, yon kanwlan nirwaarahai

We are neither to look to the right path nor

the left - but go straight through the central canalto the path with the eight petal lotus.

paanch brahm paanchon and beeno, paanchbrahm ni-achchhar cheenho

The region we are passing through has five

Brahms and Ands. All the three worlds (mortal,ether and nether land) combined together are





equal to the thickness of a hair in the ocean;where these regions are located.

chaar mukaam gupt tah kin-ho, ja madhbandivaan purush darbaara hai

Kabir Sahib says that all these four regionshave not been described by anyone up until now.These are very big regions but stay undisclosed.

There is no need to describe them.

Baba Jaimal Singh ji once said, If Babuji

(Baba Sawan Singh ji) would have been with me Icould have described these four regions. As he is

not with me, I cannot describe them.

doo parbat ke sandh nihaaro, bhanwargupha taysant pukaaro

Then Guru with the disciple passes throughtwo mountains and reaches Bhanwargupha - the

next region. The path through these mountains isknown only to the Satguru; not to anyone else.Let us see what that region is.

hansa karte kayl apaaro, tahaan guran darbaarahai

The Swans are having a good time in the

Court of the Lord. We hear the sound of flute andSohang. The Light is more than the previous

region.





sahaj athasi deep rachaaye, heeray pannay mahaljarhaa-ay

Now Kabir Sahib creates interest in us to

see that Region. He says that countless diamondsand emeralds are studded there; looking like

Beautiful Bulbs with Indescribable Light .

Eighty-eight thousand dweeps or islands

were created; but they are beyond description. Allthe three worlds combined together look like the

thickness of one hair in comparison to one ofthose islands. Hearing alone cannot give any idea;

as to know the reality, we are to go there .

murli bajat akhand sadaaye, tah sohan jhankaarahai

Reaching there you hear the sound of theFlute. No Krishan is there*, but the flute sound is

heard. The sound of Sohang is heard also.

*Flutes are often associated with the Indian god Shri

Krishna as he used to play it.

soohan hadd taji jab bhaa-I, satt lok kee had puniaa-ee

Now you have entered Sachkhand. The soulhas to attain the Light of Sixteen Suns to enter

this Region.

uthat sugandh maha adhikaa-I, ja ko vaar napaara hai.





In this region you get beautiful fragrancewithout any incense stick or perfume bottle. This

fragrance is indescribable.

shodas bhan hans ka roopa, beena sat dhunbajaey anoopa

In Sachkhand the soul will have the light ofSixteen Suns, and the sound of the lute will be

heard.

hansa karat chanwar sir bhoopa, satt purushdarbaara hai

Souls changed into Swans wave the chauris(fly brushes) over the Lord; this is the Court of

Sat Purush, the True Lord.

kotin bhaanu uday jo ho-I, aytay hee punichander lakho-ee

Kabir Sahib says that the Light there isequal to that of countless suns and moons.

Sound, as already said, will be that of a lute.When you go there you can experience all that.

purush rome sum ayk na ho-I, aisa purushdeedaara hai

Kabir Sahib continues, even this much Light

cannot be compared to the Light that radiates

from one small hair on the Lord's Body .





aage alakh lok hai bhaa-I, alakh purush kee tahnthakuraa-ee

Next come the Invisible, Indescribable and

Nameless regions.

I need twenty to twenty five minutes todescribe these, but we need not know aboutthese. We are to reach the Sachkhand.

The Invisible Region has light greater thanSachkhand. The light of the Indescribable Region

is more than that of the Invisible region; andGuru Granth Sahib describes the Nameless Region

as Nirala the Unique. This is the Ocean, merging

in which the drop becomes the Ocean. Soulmerging in the Supreme Soul becomes the

Supreme Soul too. All this is possible when thesoul reaches the Invisible Region with the help of

Guru, Knowledge and Meditation. The Lord of thisregion welcomes the soul and provides special

glasses. Being in the Invisible Region the soul can

see the Indescribable and the Nameless regions.Sitting here we can only describe and listen. Thisis the Truth, not a make-believe story. To

experience this, all we have to do is go there; andonly the Perfect Master can take us there.

That region has no pain and suffering; only

Peace and Tranquality. No worry of death andbirth.

In the first half of this shabad Kabir Sahibhas described the five stages; from the nails of




the feet to the eyes. In brief I can say that in therectal centre resides Lord Ganesh, in the genital

centre Brahma, in the neval centre Vishnu, in theheart centre resides Shiv, and in the throat centretheir mother - the Ayka Ma-I.

I have taken you to the last stage - the

Anami Desh; now it is up to you to stay there orcome down.

Radha Soami !

see with your own eyes (spiritual discourse by baba kehar singh ji)

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