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Ocean of Life

Written by Dr Harbhajan Singh, from the book "Forever with Master", Vol. II

 

The God-realized people stand on the edge of the world and survey the scene with an all- encompassing eye, but the poor people who are being tossed about on the ocean of torment, what can they know of the true situation? Literate, illiterate, singers, lecturers, readers of the holy books – all are drifting in the sea of life. Lacking in realization, they have no knowledge of their futile condition. A sleeping man cannot waken another; who will awaken those who sleep at the level of mind and senses? One can become learned through the help of a learned man, and a doctor can teach another medicine; an engineer can teach engineering, and so on. It follows naturally that only a God-realized person can give an experience of the God-Power.

“The Gurmukh has gone across; He has embraced the Truth.”

Kirpal Singh

 

He could overcome his problems by learning and yearning by the Grace of his Master. He gives top priority in living and doing for others, the only solution to solve the riddle of life. Everyone has to swim across the dreadful ocean of his life, but hardly anyone knows how to swim. Forsaking all else he never feels distressed in this world. He has acquired the support of his Master as his light and life, and he is blessed by his Master with all virtues to overcome the whirlpool of the dreadful ocean.

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As the tune is in the instrument, so is the life in the body. He knows how to play in the body to listen the ever-existent melodious tune. Without knowing the Incomprehensible, how can one know His abode and enter there?
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People visit the ocean to see as how big the ocean is, but they do not see the whole ocean while standing on the seashore. The Gurmukh plunges into the ocean fearlessly and rides over the mighty waves of the ocean and never becomes curious. The priceless heritage is within the man, but as he does not transcend within, he tries to get it outwardly, but he gets only the reflection of the real heritage and is debarred from his heritage and misled inside. Only the Gurmukh has dived down consciously and is seeing his heritage eye to eye and increases the charm and radiation of his heritage. He is wide awake as well as careful about the so-called mishappenings resulting from the misuse of the true heritage of others. He strikes the iron only if it is really hot, otherwise he does not waste his attention. The wasted attention credits the negative power. He does not put the pearls before the swines, since it is the preferred food for the Hansa, as these are to be swallowed and not to be crushed.
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Water is not merely in earth, water surrounds us in every pore of our body, but the water, which gives life to the whole creation is concealed within. Even he who dives down a little feels the presence of the water. The water overbrims in the life of the Gurmukh.
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What is taught, if caught, helps to end all explanations. This desire of the Master is fulfilled by the Gurmukh. Those who bring their views and dues to the Gurmukh can swim across the ocean of life without caring about the knowledge of the belief.