V

Conclusion – Disadvantages of not contacting the Holy Naam

1. Without Naam we are dead to true values of life:

   He alone wakes up to the Reality whom God may so desire and meditates on the Word of the Master. Oh Nanak! They indeed are dead who do not commune with Naam, only a devotee doth live.

   Guru Amar Das, Ramkali M3

   The peerless human body is cast by virtuous deeds, and they that contact not the Naam destroy their very self, why do they not die who forget the Naam, for without the Naam human life is of no value. 
   
   
   Guru Arjan, Gauri M5

2. Without Naam one is blind and is being cheated:

   Without the Naam-contact all your attachments are valueless, for nothing shall abide with you, whatever you see around you is nothing but delusive matter that keeps you in bondage.

   Guru Arjan, Kanra M5

   All pleasures and all delights are mere delusions, oh Nanak! precious is the Naam; they that get not the Naam lose their life in vain.
   
   
   Guru Arjan, Todi M5

3. Without Naam nothing is of any avail:

   All flesh is useful in one way or another, but useless is the man who contacts not the Naam.

   Guru Arjan, Gauri M5

   With all the enjoyments of the world one never feels satiated, ever consumed in invisible fires, all endeavours without Naam prove infructuous.

   Guru Arjan, Gauri M5

4. Without Naam one loses his respect for the self:

   Without Naam, one becomes a black sheep, and leads an accursed life of no consequence.

   Guru Ram Das, Asa M4

   All through the ages, one without the Naam wallows in the dirt, devoid of devotion, he has neither glory nor respect, forgetful of the Naam, he passes his days in sorrowful tears.

   Guru Nanak, Sri Rag M1

5. Without Naam one becomes an abode of all afflictions:

   Always sing the praises of God, and thy sorrows shall vanish, by forgetting the Naam, oh Nanak! one is beset with difficulties. 

   Guru Arjan, Gujri War M5

6. Without Naam one gets drenched in materialism and is ever in affliction:

   It is better by far to sterilize the mother's womb than to produce children with no love for the Naam, their bodies are all hollow without contact with the Naam and they live and die a malingering death.

   Guru Ram Das, Jaitsri M4

   Ever burdened with desires and wishes, one lives a deserted life without Naam.

   Guru Ram Das, Basant M4

   Enslaved to the mind and the senses, one contacts not the Naam and is ever in pain and affliction, without contact between the spirit and the Naam, how can one have peace.

   Guru Amar Das, Shalok M3

   Everyone in the world is a unique gambler, he wishes for all the joy at the cost of the Naam.

   Guru Nanak, Gauri M1

7. Without Naam one is leprous and in the clutches of death:

   Whomsoever Thou bestoweth the gift of the Naam, is the King of Kings, oh Satguru, one without this precious gift is ever in the gyres.

   Guru Arjan, Maru M5

   Ever engaged in the delights of the world, ye remember not the Lord, oh Nanak! by forgetting the Naam, one forever comes and goes. 

   Guru Arjan, Gauri M5

8. Without Naam all are of low birth and remain in distress:

   By devotion one rises in the scales of life, and acquires merit through the Word, without contacting the Naam, all are at the lowest rung of the creation and are filthy worms.

   Guru Amar Das, Asa M3

   All real glory in the world comes through the Naam, and without It there is none, the worldly glory is but a passing phase, and cannot last long. 

   Guru Amar Das, Asa M3

9. Life without the Naam is a sheer waste:

   Forgetting the Word, one wanders in delusions, leaving the roots, one clutches at the leaves and gets nothing. 

   Guru Nanak, Asa M1

   Drunk deep in love for the self and the children, oh Nanak! Without the Naam, existence is a wasteland.
   
   
   Guru Arjan, Maru M5

   One returns not to see his children, friends and the household, Kabir saith: without contacting the Naam, life goes in vain. 

   Kabir, Kedara Kabir

10. The giant wheel of life ever moves on for those who do not take to the Naam:

    Why hast thou forgotten the All-pervading Naam, with the decay and the dissolution of the body one has ever to deal with the God of Death. 

    Guru Teg Bahadur, Basant M9

    Forget not the Lord or else you will fall into the clutches of Death, in the end of the life's journey, oh ignorant one, the minions of death shall torment thee.
    
    
    Guru Nanak, Basant M1
    
    Oh Kabir! All the enjoyments of the world; betel leaves, tobacco, and others, shall combine to land thee in the domain of Death without the aid of Naam. 

    Kabir, Shalok Kabir

11. Without Naam one is in misery:

    The Naam is the only companion after death, and without It, there is the bondage of Death.

    Guru Nanak, Gauri M1

    All cunning and cleverness prove futile and one departs with tearful eyes, oh Nanak! by forgetting the Naam, one gets no relief at His door.
    
    
    Guru Nanak, Sri Rag M1
    
    He alone suffers from penury and want, saith Kabir, Who has in his heart no love for the Naam.
    
    
    Kabir, Bhairon Kabir