AMRITVELA Part 3/3 (ambrosial hours)
After we have completed our Amritvelaa and Nitnem (prayers), and we decide to go to sleep for 1 or 2 hours, it will be the most peaceful sleep we will have. We have to experience it to know it. We should try to develop our seated meditation further, if we have time. If we can do 4/5 hours, that's great for our daily practice. This helps purify this filthy mind a lot faster and the Naam settles within every breath a lot quicker.
"The night is wet with dew, and the stars twinkle in the heavens.
The Saints remain wakeful; they are the Beloveds of my Lord (Vaheguroo) .
The Beloveds of the Lord remain ever wakeful, remembering the Naam, the Name of the Lord, day and night."
'Meditation Explorers' say, if you meditate single mindedly for 1 hour, it is like sleeping for 8 hours. Therefore, those of you who love your sleep have no excuse. The reason for this is, when we meditate, we replace our thoughts through Naam (the name of God). Having no thoughts for 1 hour is like sleeping for 8 hours. It is our thoughts that make us ill, tired and unhealthy. This is why we are tired after a deep sleep. Our body might be resting but this filthy mind will not rest for a second. An average human being has over 30 thousand thoughts a day. Guru Jee says, He wants us to decrease them to 1, which is Vaheguroo.
Benti (humble request) Sangat Jee, lets all try to get up at Amritvelaa and Jap Naam Athai Pehar (meditate 24/7 with every breath). Then, with Guru Jee's unparalleled grace, we might see some true, unconditional love throughout the Gursikhs in the Panth (sikh family). Khalsa Raaj (the pure to conquer) would not be far off, if this was the case. it will only come through Naam. If we don't Jap Naam for ourselves, lets Jap Naam for the Guru Khalsa Panth. The more Naam that is being meditated upon in the Panth, the stronger and more powerful it becomes.
"The devotees of the Lord plant the seed of the Lord's wealth in the ambrosial hours of the Amrit Vaylaa; they eat it, and spend it, but it is never exhausted."
Vaheguroo!
