TRUE ESSENCE
Do we know what our essence is? Do we know who we truly are and what we long to become?
Before we were born into this world, as individuals, we were at one (੧) with our mothers, living in complete harmony with them. We were dependent on them for our life, obtaining vital nutrients and oxygen from them.
In the womb, our soul vibrates (Onkaaaar) with complete love of the True Name (Satnaam) of the One Creator (God/Kartar Purakh). We know no fear (Nirbhau), we were completely without hate (Nirvair). We were immersed in love with the Divine Will (Hukam) and we were in a state of ever rising optimism (Chardi Kala).
The soul is yearning for the blessed experience (Darshan) of the One who is beyond time and form (God/Akaal Moorath). The same One who is unborn (Ajoonee) and self-existent (Saibhunn). We are longing for the loving grace of the Enlightened Guru (Gurprasaad) to bring us from darkness to light.
When we are born into this world, we face many distractions that take us away from our true essence of connecting to the One we came from and who's light is inside every one of us. We build up a false identity (ego) which separates us from our true essence.
By the Guru's Grace we can sing the Naam (Name of God) with other blessed like-minded souls (Sadh Sangat) and our false identity (ego) is gradually reduced.
Guru Amardas Ji says, “The Gurmukhs shed their ego; attuned to the Naam, they find the true essence of peace.”
Vaheguroo!
