I hope no one minds, but i have taken a quote from another thread to start a new thread... i didn't want to get two unrelated topics confused. 
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Originally Posted by aad0002 (Post 71625)
Gurmat Vichaar? One understanding or many?
but how do we still our wandering minds long enough to understand the shabad in the first place? i've been having a lot of problems with concentration lately (for various reasons). gurbani tells me that with naam, i willl have no problem concentrating... but i can't concentrate well enough to even meditate properly at the moment... i find that when i do paath, i have to repeat sections over and over again because i'm reciting without even realizing what i'm saying.
any suggestions?
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Originally Posted by aad0002 (Post 71625)
Gurmat Vichaar? One understanding or many?
ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਏ ॥
houmai maaeiaa sabadh jalaaeae ||
Ego and Maya are burned away by the Word of the Shabad.
ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥੬॥
maeraa prabh saachaa mael milaaeae ||6||
My True God unites them in His Union. ||6||
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਸੁਣਾਏ ॥
sathigur dhaathaa sabadh sunaaeae ||
The True Guru, The Giver, preaches the Shabad.
ਧਾਵਤੁ ਰਾਖੈ ਠਾਕਿ ਰਹਾਏ ॥
dhhaavath raakhai thaak rehaaeae ||
He controls, and restrains, and holds still the wandering mind.
ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਸੋਝੀ ਪਾਏ ॥੭॥
poorae gur thae sojhee paaeae ||7||
Understanding is obtained through the Perfect Guru. ||7||
ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਸਿਰਜਿ ਜਿਨਿ ਗੋਈ ॥
aapae karathaa srisatt siraj jin goee ||
The Creator Himself has created the universe; He Himself shall destroy it.
ਤਿਸੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥
this bin dhoojaa avar n koee ||
Without Him, there is no other at all .
Guru Amar Das
Ang 232
houmai maaeiaa sabadh jalaaeae ||
Ego and Maya are burned away by the Word of the Shabad.
ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥੬॥
maeraa prabh saachaa mael milaaeae ||6||
My True God unites them in His Union. ||6||
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਸੁਣਾਏ ॥
sathigur dhaathaa sabadh sunaaeae ||
The True Guru, The Giver, preaches the Shabad.
ਧਾਵਤੁ ਰਾਖੈ ਠਾਕਿ ਰਹਾਏ ॥
dhhaavath raakhai thaak rehaaeae ||
He controls, and restrains, and holds still the wandering mind.
ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਸੋਝੀ ਪਾਏ ॥੭॥
poorae gur thae sojhee paaeae ||7||
Understanding is obtained through the Perfect Guru. ||7||
ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਸਿਰਜਿ ਜਿਨਿ ਗੋਈ ॥
aapae karathaa srisatt siraj jin goee ||
The Creator Himself has created the universe; He Himself shall destroy it.
ਤਿਸੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥
this bin dhoojaa avar n koee ||
Without Him, there is no other at all .
Guru Amar Das
Ang 232
And apologies if I have offended anyone.
but how do we still our wandering minds long enough to understand the shabad in the first place? i've been having a lot of problems with concentration lately (for various reasons). gurbani tells me that with naam, i willl have no problem concentrating... but i can't concentrate well enough to even meditate properly at the moment... i find that when i do paath, i have to repeat sections over and over again because i'm reciting without even realizing what i'm saying.
any suggestions?
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