Highest Truth in pursuing, they display,
Both courage and morale, Oh Nirankar,
Under no circumstances do saints ever,
Lose heart or become fearful, Nirankar
– Hardev Bani 294
Since the start of the state-wide lockdown, I, for one, have had no alternative but to go to work. For my company, considered to be an essential business, working from home has been out of the question. It has not been easy. On the contrary, it has been most challenging. Being both fearful and unstable in the light of the global pandemic, I felt as if I was going out to war on a daily basis, treating everyone as my enemy.
Some time ago, I had spent a two-year period attending Dr Tandon’s classes on the Bhagavad Gita, together with his sessions on Meditation and Simran – i.e. concentrating on Pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditating on the Formless. Looking back, I can now see that all those classes were getting me prepared for what was to come in 2020. Very much like Arjuna in the Mahabharata, I also felt I was on the battlefield, having to go out to work with so much chaos, uncertainty, with the invisible enemy (Coronavirus) lurking all around.
These classes proved to be my training ground, for they helped me not only to better connect with the Invisible Energy (Formless God), but they also answered a lot of questions I had in mind. I put some of those techniques and teachings into practice to help me stay calm. I also surrendered to the Formless, using Brahm Gyan (the Gnosis) as my secret weapon and shield on the battlefield.
While growing up, I was always (and still am today) fascinated with outer space, with an avid interest in the mystery of life. During my twenties and even later, whenever things would get chaotic or situations would not make sense to me, I would mentally escape into outer space to find peace. I would visualize myself going deep into outer space and see the earth become smaller and smaller like a dot, only to disappear in the Cosmic Void. This is when I would remind myself as to how tiny we really are, almost to the point of non-existence. All the things we worry about are expressions and projections of the mind; they are in many ways illusory (Maya).
It was only after receiving the Brahm Gyan in my early twenties that everything clicked. I fully realized that we truly are nothing, but in that in nothing strangely lies everything! I no longer had to look into outer space to find peace. I was now fully aware that this Cosmic Energy (Nirankar) is not only deep in outer space, but also here on earth. It is right here next to me, all around me, and inside me.
Whenever the calendar arrives at Mother’s Day, it is bitter-sweet because on this day in 2016, Baba Hardev Singhji gave us his final discourse. It was he, who was responsible for my conscious awareness of Nirankar. He captivated not just me, but everybody with his unconditional love, leaving such a positive impact on our lives. Words can never describe our indebtedness to a Mentor who guided and moulded us for 36 years.
In order for us to be able to rise above the travails of life, it is the Mentor or the Satguru who we must seek. He or She is not the body, but the Divine Knowledge – the divine knowledge that helps us to recognise our real form, which pervades this entire universe.
This real form is eternal; it neither dies nor does it take birth. It is our essential legacy or birth right that we can all access to create a shield – i.e. the armour of God – to protect us from every eventuality, malady or calamity.
– Anuj Gautama, Los Angeles, USA
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