Is your Destiny awakened

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Those with good karmas from ages past got connected to the Lord’s Naam.

Only those souls can receive Naam upon whom, oh Lord, Thy merciful Hand has rested. 

The whole world may be engaged in the verbal form of Naam, but connection with Naam only comes with the shower of God’s Mercy.

And, what is gained?

Nanak says,

Happiness rules in that home where the Anhad – Unstruck Sound – resounds.

Happiness and peace are realised through meditating upon the Naam.

A man gets tranquillity and complete satisfaction when the Anhad Sound is awakened within him. The ‘Jap Ji Sahip’ gives clear details of the advantages in contacting the Naam:

By communion with the Word one can attain the status of a Siddha,¹ a Pir,² a Sura,³ or a Nath;⁴ by communion with the Word, one can understand the mysteries of the earth, the supporting bull⁵ and the heavens; by communion with the Word, the earthly regions, the heavenly plateaus and the nether worlds stand revealed; by communion with the Word, we can escape unscathed through the portals of Death; oh Nanak, His devotees live in perpetual ecstasy, for the Word washes away all sin and sorrow.

Jap Ji, Stanza 8

These are some of the benefits afforded to those who meditate upon the Naam.

Communion with Naam – Sound Principle – is like a blind man’s guiding stick; through communion with Naam the spiritually blind find their way to realisation.

It is the only True Way to reach beyond the hand of man. God is really Nameless, but through Naam we can reach to Him. This is why all Masters have sung the high praises of Naam all through the ages in various languages.

So, Guru Ram Das asks,

After gaining the human birth, then whose destiny is highest? Those whose destiny has come to fruition get to meditate upon the Naam.

“Meditating upon Naam, he gains all happiness; repeating God’s Naam, he becomes as one.”

This is how the soul can realise the Lord, and the very sweetness of contact with Naam has been described by many Masters.

Sheikh Farid explains it this way:

Sugar, golden sugar, raw sugar, sugar cane juice, honey, milk; all are sweet, but the Beloved’s sweetness is incomparable.

It is very difficult to describe the sweetness of God’s Name, for it holds a special kind of intoxication.

The intoxication of Naam, oh Nanak, inebriates day and night.

It makes a man forget the intoxicants of the world, for it is the only intoxicant that brings True Happiness and lasting peace. So, contacting the Naam is the means to the end: blending with the Priceless Treasure, the Nameless.

God is Nameless. But, when He expressed Himself, that Expression was described as Naam or Name. The lowest Divine Link of that Naam is within each being, but conscious contact with It can be experienced only when the soul is above the senses. If one then gets a connection to Naam and holds on to that string, naturally one will travel back to the Source from whence It came – the Nameless Godhead. It is a true and direct way back to Him, a true method of becoming One with Him.

Hafiz Sahib gives some indication when he says,

No one knows on which story my Beloved resides; but the Sound of the bells comes from there.

If the soul hears that Sound and starts following It, naturally it will eventually arrive at its Source.

So, this lowest link exists in each and every one of us, and in that link is the Light and the Sound. You may also call It Udgit, Nad, Akash Bani, the Music of the Spheres – whatever term you prefer.

The work of the Sant, Mahatma, or Master is to elevate the soul above the senses and give the connection. This is then increased by daily practice.

The Nameless state is the aim of all Masters, and Naam is the means to realise it.

I bow down to the Nameless.

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Explanation: 1) Siddha: A man endowed with supernatural powers. 2) Pir: A Muslim Divine or a Spiritual Teacher. 3) Sura: Gods. 4) Nath: Yogin – an adept in yoga. 5) Dhaul: It is the fabled bull, supposed to be supporting the earths and heavens.