Conversation with Dassan Dass ji - 27 May 10.

SatNaam Ji

 

Dandauth Bandhna ji,

 

Conversation with Dassan Dass ji yesterday.

 

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FALLING TEN STEPS BACKWARDS

 

Dassan Dass: Satnaam jee.

 

Harjit: Satnaam ji, Dandauth Bandhna ji.

 

Dassan Dass: God bless you dandaut to you all.

 

Harjit: God Bless You and everyone ji.

 

Dassan Dass: thanks for your kindness, we are very fortunate to have people like you in this life, thanks thanks thanks to the Almighty.

 

Harjit: we are not kind ji, just stubborn, foolish, egotistic, thick-headed, always going back into the filth, making excuses - our auguns (mistakes) have no end,

but still you keep picking us up everytime we fall, so thankyou ji for all of your kindness.

 

"kirpa karo deen kay date, meray gun avgun na bicharo koi.

Matee ka kia dhopay swamee. Manas kee gat ehee." ...

Shower your Grace O Giver to the Meek and do not consider my merits and mistakes.

How can the dirt be washed? This is the state of mankind." (http://www.sikhitothemax.com/page.asp?ShabadID=3289)

 

We felt we went back ten steps over the last 2 weeks, but have crawled back up (almost) now with your blessings.

 

Dassan Dass: you are full of divine qualities and divinity as well, you are doing great, just keep it up.  You have all the divine powers, just recognize them use them to the greatest extent you can.

 

 

Harjit: We  got entangled in stress and frustrations, then somehow ended up trying to get out of the maya web and going backwards.

 

Dassan Dass: these kinds of corrections happen, so take everything positively.

 

Harjit: yes ji, we recognise all the thoughts as maya and we have passed them before and have to pass thru them again as quick as possible, it gets easier second time around!

 

Dassan Dass: this is all a part of bandgi, but bandgi itself is an infinite divine power so it cleans up and makes everyting happen by itself.

 

 

PRICELESS DIAMOND

 

Dassan Dass: Tanraj Ji is doing good. He is a wonderful addition and will stay serving and delivering Puran Sat.  Tanraj Ji is Dhan Dhan.  We all bow to him for his Bandgi and dedication to Puran Sat.  He is just trying to help us all.  We should respect him.  He is a highly elevated spiritual soul destined to serve and deliver the Truth to the masses.  We are a sacrifice to his devotion trust and love.  He is Anmol (priceless) diamond - full of bandgi - the Infinite Divine Power.  We are all blessed with this Infinite Divine Power of doing Bandgi, therefore, we all should make use of this Infinite Divine Power, this does wonders to us when we use this Infinite Divine Power - power of naam simran, power of being humble, being forgiving and so on.

 

[Note : we have uploaded Tanraj Ji's lifestory and experiences here

 http://www.satnaam.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=2&id=92&Itemid=99  ]

 

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DIFFICULTY WITH AMRITVELA

 

Harjit: we need your help ji to get through amritvela in peace, with consistency.  We were with your blesings waking up and doing our simran.  But then got shaken for the last weeks or so by all this.  However, we find it difficult doing simran as we find sleepiness comes in, or our neck aches , or we feel like we are not getting anywhere.  Before we would get frustrated, now we just try to accept that this is the long and lonely path we have to walk, where only SatNaam is with us, wether we feel something or not.  Is this correct understanding - that its like struggling thru a dark tunnel before getting to the light?  Also we remember you saynig when we do simran, then our dhoots, ego in my case, is getting rattled.  We only have this problem in the early hrs 1-2 am, if we get up at 5 we feel good, we enjoy everything.  But we pray you hold our hand and we get thru all day and night and drive ego out and naam in.

 

Dassan Dass: do whatever you can do, just keep on praying.  We are hold ing your hand we are always with you.

 

Harjit: thankyou ji, your words mean alot to us, they are Gods words.

 

 

PROGRESS ON PUNJABI VERSION OF SUKHMANI EXPLANATION

 

Harjit: Also we were thinking to perhaps put another verion of sukhmani on the website, where all the words are just in english, to make it easier for non-punjabis?  Eg where it says "Param Jyot Puran Parkash" we would replace with "Supreme Light COmplete Brightness" (i.e. the meanings in the glossary).  Would you think this is useful to do?

 

Dassan Dass: that is not necessary, people need to understand these words as they are.  Their divine power is felt in the original form of these words.  The punjabi version will be a lot more powerful.

 

Harjit: you were saying that alot more gyan was coming as you were reviewing the Punjabi version.

 

Dassan Dass: punjabi readers need a lot more stronger explanations then english readers

 

Harjit: ok, i see, it is different because it is aimed at different people. That makes sense.

 

Dassan Dass: but punjabi edition when it comes out will do wonders to punjabi readers all over and in particular in punjab. But it will take time to edit the entire version.  It is very time consuming, but now we have learnt typing in punjabi. 

 

Harjit: yes ji, it is very time consuming, we deeply appreciate your seva as well, because there are hardly any books written by a Sant himself, so these books are valuable because they have come through yourself.  Same with baba ji's website ( www.eternalguru.info) , we always wanted Baba jis words as exact as possible on the website, rather than what he said to me and what I  then typed up from memory, so that is why we try and record Baba ji talking to us.  And with guru ji's kirpa that is what has mostly happened.

 

Dassan Dass: This is all Gurparsaad and Baba ji's Gurkirpa.

 

 

SANGAT OF SWANS

 

Dassan Dass: Swaraj Jee has also become a suhagan (bride of God).  She had darshans (visions) of Mohammed Sahib Ji when she was told by Mohammed Sahib Jee to do Satnaam Simran. [In her past life/lives she was a Muslim and prayed for Darshan of Mohammed Sahib ji, but it only happened in this life, and Mohammed Sahib ji told her what to do as per the path she is on now.] 

 

Harjit: you are so kind, your prayers are so kind, we read in your reply to Teresa that Swaraj has also been cured of her cancer now since taking your charan sharan (sheklter of your feet).

 

Dassan Dass: Teresa Jee is also dhan dhan, she has her dassam duaar open already, she is a divinely blessed soul.  We are all very fortunate to be blessed with her presence.

 

Harjit: we are so lucky to have company of so many swans ji, we are just a crow, but in your kindness you show us all these swans.

 

Dassan Dass: you are a swan too, and not a crow, your seva is dhan dhan.

 

Harjit: we never feel we are a swan, we see how great all the sangat is, and we only see all of our mistakes. Thankyou for saying so and giving us your blessings.

 

Dassan Dass: get blessings from sangat by doing dandaut to them, wash their feet and clean their shoes, you will feel great and become great

 

Harjit: thankyou ji, we will do so, we had inner hukam to wash feet of sangat about a year ago, and it still comes inside us to do so, so thankyou for saying.

 

Dassan Dass: wash sangats feet and see what happens to you and the sangat as well this coming Friday.

 

Harjit: thankyou we will do so, thankyou so much for saying so.

 

Dassan Dass: each one of you should do that to elevate yourself and be relieved of the ego. This is again a wonderful infinite divine power that you can and others can use too to cleanse themselves up from inside

 

Harjit: yes, we last did it about 4 years ago!! And the new sangat has never experienced it.

 

"charan sadh kee dhoi dhoi peeo, arap sadh ko apanaa jeeo.

- Wash the feet of the Holy, and drink in this water.
Dedicate your soul to the Holy." - Sukhmani ( http://www.sikhitothemax.com/page.asp?ShabadID=1003 )

 

Dassan Dass: we have to go now, will speak to you later, god bless you

 

Harjit: thankyou for thinking of us, dandauth bandhna ji.

 

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dust of your feet

Harjit

wash sangats feet

satnaaam ji

 

we would like to wash sangats feet on fri sangat if the sangat is ok with that:

 

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dassandass3: get blessings from sangat by doing dandaut to them, wash their feet and clean their shoes, you will feel great and become great

Harjit: thankyou ji, we will do so, we had inner hukam to wash feetof sangat about a year ago and several times since.

 

dassandass3: wash sangats feet and see what happens to you and the sangat as well this coming Friday

Harjit: thankyou we will do so, thankyou so much for saying so.

dassandass3: each one of you should do that to elevate yourself and be relieved of the ego
this is again a wonderful infinite divine power that you can and others can use too to cleanse themselves up from inside

Harjit: yes, we last did it about 4 years ago!!
and new sangat has never experienced it

"charan sadh kee dhoi dhoi peeo,

arap sadh ko apanaa jeeo."

- wash the feet of the Sant and drink it, sacrifice yourself to the Sant...Sukhmani.

 

 

 

Dust of your feet

website - 1 million hits.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: SURINDER SINGH <dassandass3@yahoo.com>
Date: 22 May 2010 17:31
Subject: ASTPADI 3 EDITED
To: satsatsat@gmail.com

 Satnaam Harjeet Jee,

 your website is doing great, hit the million mark already, the Sangat on the web is increasing.

 

Thanks for your seva.

Dassan Dass

 

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REPLY:

Dearest Dassan Dass ji,
dandauth bandhna ji
 
your are the most humble, it is not our website, it is all Yours, Yours, Yours.
Your BrahmGian,
Your Blessings.

In hee kee kirpa kay sajay hum ha (By Your GRace I am established)
nahee mohso gareeba karor paray. (Otherwise there are millions of poor ones like me)  ...Guru Gobind Singh Ji praising the Khalsa (pure enlightened soul).

 

Only by your grace are we able to do the seva
otherwise there are millions of poor ones like me.
But even on those millions you shower your look of grace and they come to the website,
otherwise there are millions of websites that have no/low visitors.
 
Dust of your feet ji

Please forgive all our mistakes, having reading astpadi 13 - about saint slander, we understand our filth (ego, anger, desires , feeling of failure, of not always being able to complete worldy tasks) that comes up is due to our own past slandering of sants, so please keep forgiving us for all our sins known and unknown ji.

Harjit

 

Dealing With Jealousy

SatNaam

 

Dandauth Bandhana

 

 

This last week I have noticed that on seeing very successful people I find my self feeling like a failure.  Wether they have been successful in business or in spirituality, hearing their stories only makes me feel low.  Years ago, when I was young and bright-eyed, those same stories inspired me to also achieve the same.   So why not now?  When I look within it is because for whatever reason, no matter how hard I tried at times, I was unable to get achieve that same success. (Actually to be more accurate I did achieve success at times, but right now I dont feel successful.)   So now when I hear those success stories it only makes me feel disappointed in myself and if I wasnt more self-aware I could easily become jealous.  But that is not a good feeling, so go within  and find that the root cause is my own feeling of failure.  So rather than getting jealous or feeling bad, I go to Gurbani. And Guru Ram Das ji gives me hope, where there is no hope left.  Gurbani gives me the words to say and how to pray, to turn negative feelings into something positive.

 

"O God, You are the Hope of all. All beings are Yours; You are the Wealth of all.

O God, none return from You empty-handed; at Your Door, the Gurmukhs are praised and acclaimed.

In the terrifying world-ocean of poison, people are drowning-please lift them up and save them!

This is servant Nanak's humble prayer. ||4||1||65||"

 

Here is the complete Shabad, it is very beautiful and from the heart.  And in the same way Guru Ram Dass Ji offered his prayer to His Satguru Amar Das Ji, we too

can offer it to our SatGuru ji (whoever that is for each of us - Baba ji, Dassan Dass Ji, Jesus, Mohammed, Guru Nanak and so on).

 

 

Siree Raag, Fourth Mehla, First House:

Within my mind and body is the intense pain of separation; how can my Beloved come to meet me in my home?

When I see my God, seeing God Himself, my pain is taken away.

I go and ask my friends, ""How can I meet and merge with God?""||1||

O my True Guru, without You I have no other at all.

I am foolish and ignorant; I seek Your Sanctuary. Please be Merciful and unite me with the Lord. ||1||Pause||

The True Guru is the Giver of the Name of the Lord. God Himself causes us to meet Him.

The True Guru understands the Lord God. There is no other as Great as the Guru.

I have come and collapsed in the Guru's Sanctuary. In His Kindness, He has united me with God. ||2||

No one has found Him by stubborn-mindedness. All have grown weary of the effort.

Thousands of clever mental tricks have been tried, but still, the raw and undisciplined mind does not absorb the Color of the Lord's Love.

By falsehood and deception, none have found Him. Whatever you plant, you shall eat. ||3||

O God, You are the Hope of all. All beings are Yours; You are the Wealth of all.

O God, none return from You empty-handed; at Your Door, the Gurmukhs are praised and acclaimed.

In the terrifying world-ocean of poison, people are drowning-please lift them up and save them! This is servant Nanak's humble prayer. ||4||1||65||

 

http://www.sikhitothemax.com/page.asp?ShabadID=118 (you can hear the shabad here as well as read the Gurmukhi)

 

 

Please forgive us , just a crow in the presence of swans.

 

Dust of your feet

Harjit

relieve your neck pain

SatNaam ji

 

most of us have probably suffered with a stiff neck and tight shoulders as most of us nowadays

spend alot of time sitting infront of a computer/TV/driving and even sitting for long hours of simran

or doing kirtan can cause lots of tension in the neck and shoulders. [Personally I have had a stiff neck for the last month and know

the biggest thing I need to do is to rest, eg lie down whilst doing simran instead of sitting up.  Also to take more breaks from my desk.].

 

Here are some useful exercises, which you can also recite SatNaam with.  Just say "Sat" in your mind as you breathe in.

Say "naam" as you breathe out.

 

Dust of your feet

Harjit

 

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Relieve Your Neck Pain with Yoga

By Michael Russell

Everyone gets a little stiff neck once in a while, and yoga can wipe away the pain with a few concentrated exercises. First, though, you must be certain the pain isn't related to something more serious than a simple stiff neck. Instead of yoga, see a doctor if any one of the following is true:

- You neck pain has persisted for more than three days, or it keeps coming back.

- Your neck pain is accompanied by dizziness or nausea.

- The pain seems to radiate down into your arms or legs.

- The pain began with a fall or accident.

If your stiff neck does NOT meet any of the above conditions, these simple yoga exercises can help increase your neck's flexibility and strengthen the neck muscles. By exercising you speed blood and needed nutrients to the area, easing the neck pain gradually. Try these:

Neck Stretches

Sitting cross-legged, tall and straight, and inhale eyes forward. Exhale, moving chin to chest. Repeat this breath five times, the fifth time holding chin to chest breathing three times through the nose. Inhale, raising the head to center again. This time drop your right ear to your right shoulder during the exhale. Repeat this breath five times, the fifth time holding ear to shoulder for three breaths. Repeat this sequence with the left ear to left shoulder.

Half-Circle Rolls

Drop your chin to your chest. Slowly roll it up to your right shoulder, down to center, up to the left shoulder and down to center. Repeat this three to five times. Never roll the head in a full circle, as this can cause damage.

Shoulder Hunches

Hunch your shoulders up as high as you can, then relax them completely. Repeat five to six times. Next roll your shoulders in forward circles five to six times, then backward circles five to six times. Notice how relaxed your shoulders feel. Try this quick relaxation exercise any time you feel tension building.

Chest Expander

Stand with your feet together and your fingers interlaced behind your back. Inhale while raising your hands behind your back, squeezing your shoulder blades together and tucking your tailbone under to keep from over-arching your back. Hold this position for three to four breaths, then lower your arms slowly during the next exhale.

Arm Lifts

Hold your arms straight out in front of you, parallel to the ground with palms facing each other but not touching. Inhale while bringing them up next to your head. Exhale while you bring them down again. Repeat this four to eight times.

Press It

Place either palm on the back of your head. Simultaneously press the head and hand against each other for a count of ten. Move the palm to the forehead and repeat the pressing for another count of ten. Now place the right palm against the right side of your head and press head and hand together for a count of ten. Repeat with the left palm and left side of the head.

These yoga exercises are designed to relieve physical stress and related pain. The best pain relief is pain prevention, so be sure to watch your posture and set your workspace to avoid slouching.

Michael Russell
Your Independent guide to [http://yoga.tips-and-gear.com/]Yoga

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Michael_Russell http://EzineArticles.com/?Relieve-Your-Neck-Pain-with-Yoga&id=636728

mindful eating

SatNaam Ji

 

this is a very good way to remember SatNaam KartaPurakh whilst eating.  You will find God in your food, rather than just gulping it down and talking to others/watching TV/reading the paper.   You can make eating into a divine deed!

 

Namo bhoj bhoje. Namo Pan Pane.

-I bow to God who is the essence of food.

-I bow to God who is the essence of water.

   - Guru Gobind Singh Ji

 

Dust of your feet

Harjit

 

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Mindful Eating

By Liz Franklin

When was the last time you really enjoyed eating a meal? With mindful eating, you make the meal the total focus of your attention. Turn off the TV, put down your magazine or newspaper and take a moment to enjoy your food.

Start by looking at the meal. See how the colors and shapes and textures complement each other. Then smell your food. Close your eyes, and inhale the varied scents. See how they mingle and combine to form a new and unique scent.

Take your first bite. While you are chewing, feel the texture of the food in your mouth. Savor the flavor as it explodes across your tongue or as it gently slides into your mouth.

Look at your plate again and see how removing that bite has shifted the balance among the food on your plate.

Make each bite count and take your time to enjoy the varied flavors, scents and textures as you add them to your body.

Avoid drinking very much with your meal. It is especially important to avoid large amounts of very cold liquids. These will douse your digestive fires and let the food linger longer in your body. Sip small amounts of room temperature water or red wine with your meal. Don't wash down your food with big gulps of ice water or other cold liquids. A cup of warm tea is a lovely way to end your meal.

Let's step back a moment to the time before you sat down to this meal. Before you eat you want to be sure that you really are hungry and not eating just because it is "time to eat". Where is your breath? If it is in your right nostril your digestive fires are lit. If it is in your left nostril, the digestive fires are banked and you might be eating simply because it is time to eat. See if the right nostril will open before you sit down to your meal. Listen to your body and eat when you are hungry rather than eating at "mealtimes". You will tend to eat less and enjoy your food more if you eat each time you are hungry.

Check in with your stomach. Is it really hungry or are you eating to fill another empty place inside. Are you upset, angry, frustrated, lonely or bored? Any of these emotions can trigger a "need" for food that has nothing to do to with needing nourishment. Try to approach mealtime with a quiet mind and open heart.

If you are busy with another task while you eat, you will probably eat more than you need as you might fail to notice the subtle signs you body sends you when it is becoming full. Try to focus your full attention on your meal and read your magazine or newspaper after you have finished eating. You do not need to empty your plate if you are full before you have finished all the food set before you.

There is nothing wrong with enjoying a small "treat" now and again. Savor that piece of chocolate rather than devouring 4 or 5 pieces. Let the chocolate slowly melt in you mouth. Feel the smooth texture on your tongue.

Make each morsel of food a celebration and you will find that you leave the table satisfied and full, in more ways than one!

The Master

The Master

 

 

 

When one Guru  was dying, one of his deciple asked him "Guruji, who was your master?"He said, "I had thousands of masters. If I just relate their names it will take months, years and it is too late. But three masters I will certainly tell you about.

 

One was a thief. Once I got lost in the desert, and when I reached a village it was very late, everything was closed. But at last I found one man who was trying to make a hole in t he wall of a house. I asked him where I could stay and he said 'At this time of night it will be difficult, but you can say with me - if you can stay with a thief'.And the man was so beautiful. I stayed for one month! And each night he would say to me, 'Now I am going to my work. You rest, you pray.' When he came back I would ask 'Could you get anything?' He would say, 'Not tonight. But tomorrow I will try again, God willing.' He was never in a state of hopelessness, he was always happy.

 

When I was meditating and meditating for years on end and nothing was happening, many times the moment came when I was so desperate, so hopeless,that I thought to stop all this nonsense. And suddenly I would remember the thief who would say every night, 'God willing, tomorrow it is going to happen.'

 

And my second master was a dog. I was going to the river, thirsty and a dog came. He was also thirsty. He looked into the river, he saw another dog there -- his own image -- and became afraid. He would bark and run away, but his thirst was so much that he would come back. Finally, despite his fear, he just jumped into the water, and the image disappeared. And I knew that a message had come to me from God: one has to jump in  inspite of all fears.

 

And the third master was a small child. I entered a town and a child was carrying a lit candle. He was going to the mosque to put the candle there.

 

Just joking I asked the boy, 'Have you lit the candle yourself?' He said, 'Yes sir.' And I asked, 'There was a moment when the candle was unlit, then there was a moment when the candle was lit. Can you show me the source from which the light came?' And the boy laughed, blew out the candle, and said, 'Now you have seen the light going. Where has it gone? You tell me!'

 
My ego was shattered, my whole knowledge was shattered. And that moment I felt my own stupidity. Since then I dropped all my knowledgeability.

 
It is true that I had no master. That does not mean that I was not a disciple

 -- I accepted the whole existence as my master. My Disciplehood was a greater involvement than yours is. I trusted the clouds, the trees. I trusted existence as such. I had no master because I had millions of masters I learned from every possible source. To be a disciple is a must on the path. What does it mean to be a disciple? It means to be able to learn. To be available to learn to be vulnerable to existence. With a master you start learning to learn.

 

The master is a swimming pool where you can learn how to swim. Once you have learned, all the oceans are yours."