By Dr Harbhajan Singh, from his book "Forever with Master" Vol. II

When  the separation from God came, the illusion engulfed everything." It seems as if the illusion left all other work to cling to us. Illusion’s other name is forgetfulness. "The whole world is sleeping in attachment and forgetfulness, tell me, when will this illusion go?" If the One whom we have forgotten comes before us, would not the innate love within us awaken?

The Gurmukh was taught by his Master to overcome the inner delusion caused by the outer deceptions in man, he (the Gurmukh) is well controlled in advance through the higher values of life and by truthful living. The words from the Gurmukh being potent in action help to get rid of many, many mishappenings in the world. People thus are bound to the forsightedness (care) of the Gurmukh.

The whole world is unreal, but it develops in such a way that everything appears real. It is not the face, but it is developed into face. Except the conscious co-worker of the divine plan all are led astray, who for the developed (means created) lose the undeveloped (uncreated) heritage.

If one remembers God as God and provides the highest place in his heart, the spark of eternal truth in the form of awakening comes in, and one feels the awareness and feels free from all that is nothingness. Right from that moment the Gurmukh rises above the illusionary views which appear and disappear in the life like the tides in the ocean. For him to become receptive once for all, helps to merge with it (the eternal truth) forever. Only the Gurmukh would not lose any time, lest it may go against him. Now he cannot tell the worth of the union. Credit goes to his reverend Master. He merged with the priceless heritage from where he issued.

By rising above the body-consciousness, the Gurmukh has seen the glamour of true living, and now he is not affected by the empty charms of momentary happiness and unhappiness of the world. His Master is a scope of eternal peace for him, and the conscious co-worker of the divine plan is not influenced by the changing phenomena of the world.

The Master feeds the soul, and the soul must feed the attention, and if the attention feeds the thoughts in a positive and potent way, it helps the awakened one to cut the tentacles of the mind forever. The more the thoughts are potent with attention, the more one understands his mind, otherwise mind is allured by attachment and ego; and spreading its tentacles over the soul it brings the soul in the field of illusions, and there it overburdens the soul with nasty reactions. Such a person is deluded with so many offshoots (illusions) of mind and is caught in the net of transmigration. The true worship of a conscious co-worker of the divine plan is to detach the mind by living and doing unto his Master whole-heartedly.

Like the scattered clouds and the sun above, the illusions and the reality are scattered in the world. The Gurmukh sees the sunlight through the scattered shadows of the clouds and does not pay attention to the shadow (a temporary phase). No miraculous power can bar his way.

For him the whole world is like a hollow trunk of a tree, wherein the worldly people are living as insects. Through the kind attention of his Master he opens the hollow wood and he shows to the human beings the world to be a mere place of attachment and not a worthy place to live in.

The clay molded into a beautiful pot bears all the qualities of the potter. So many customers see, pick it up and put it back, but there is only one buyer. The charm of one moment has put us into ages upon ages. The ideas of the Gurmukh are not for sale but free for one reason only. He who likes, breaks the pitcher and sees himself the broken pictures of the pitcher and remains satisfied of having done the right job. (Some people enjoy their life on the level of senses and even if they see the sad views of the sense organs, they think they have done the right thing.)

There is only one thing to understand – how to remove the separating curtain between "me" and "you". Get the true bhakti from the Guru; then only can He invade the mind. When you have completely surrendered yourself to the Guru, no question or doubts remain. Everything becomes serene, calm, quiet, and the awakenedness springs forth. Life comes from life – there is no other way of realizing the truth. Those who see the truth in all its reality say, "This is a very curious image, this human form!"