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    INTRODUCTION TO ART OF ASCENDANCY(LIVING AN EVERGREEN LIFE WITH SELF-REFORMATION AND REALIZATION)

    ART OF ASCENDANCY PART I

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    INTRODUCTION TO ART

    OF ASCENDANCY

    (LIVING AN EVERGREEN LIFE WITH

    SELF-REFORMATION AND

    REALIZATION)

    ART OF ASCENDANCY PART I

    By

    Dr. H. Singh

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    INTRODUCTION TO ART OF ASCENDANCY

    ART OF ASCENDANCY PART I

    Dr. H. Singh

    M/s Bhagouauty Prime Waves

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    51 Punjabi Bagh Patiala Punjab India 147004

    First Edition 2008

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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT

    With special thanks to the ideal visionaries and peace

    lovers at Peace Garden in Adelaide, Sister Rena Mehrbei, Bill,

    Simon, Lindy, Franco, and the Sione Koloi of Tonga. To my

    godfather Mr. Muirden and his family with all at Muirden schools

    at Adelaide, South Australia and my guardians, in the Australian

    Society, Mr. and Mrs. Pickering, Kamaratanam and Father John

    Mauvel. To: the staff and the students of University of Adelaide,

    Indian community and Chris Brooks, Principal of HighPerformance Learning, Adelaide, South Australia. To Mr. Charan

    Gill, CEO Progressive Intercultural Community Services PICS

    (celebrating 20th

    anniversary), Canada, and his family. To: Life

    Glowing Path Inc. USA, and especially to the Seerha family. To

    Mr. R.D. Goyal and family, Deputy Director to Director, Punjab

    State Project for the National Literacy Mission for All. To: Mr.

    Rakesh Bedi, the Principal, Staff Members and Students of Guru Nanak Model School, Patiala. To the great philanthropic souls:

    Late Jathedar Saint Baba Mahinder Singh Ji and Saint Baba

    Bhupinder Singh Ji. To the global community of Lulu.com,

    reviewers of the series of books, the critics, Cynthia Sherman and

    all other caring ones as the Respected Tracy of

    www.federationofpoets.com , Carol Roach (Stroytime Tapestry)

    Rosanne (Cats Mew), Eastern and Western communities, blogs,websites and newsletters for this research, the Philselfology.

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    DEDICATED to the Creative Communicators, Research

    Scholars, Sociologists and Self and Social-development Coaches,International Health, Peace and Literacy missions and movements.

    To Sir William James, and all those, who enjoy peace like an

    innocence of a child, observing life with concern for the Self and

    Humanity with the concepts and the awareness; while healing

    others, words that words silently as a therapy as the Great Peace

    Lovers. As especially is the great philanthropic personality his

    holiness Late Jathedar Baba Mahinder Singh Ji, the great peace

    lover for all of the humans. It goes with sincere dedication to Mr.I. B. Muirden and Mr. Charn Gill for his extraordinary and

    lifelong social services through PICS, Canada, Chris Brooks,

    Principal, High Performance Learning, the Robert of International

    Day of Peace Organization. For the world of poetry is to

    Respected Tracy of www.federationofpoets.com for her grand

    impact on uplifting all poets. To Mr. Champion Singh, my young

    nephew, my parents, Prof. Harnek Singh and Mrs. Gian Kaur and

    family. To all those learners and readers whose keenly desire is tolearn and practice Metaphysics, Mysticism, Comparative

    Religious, Interfaith and Intercultural Studies and the Art of

    Ascendancy or the Evolution of soul by being Selfless through

    wordless state of mind, the glow of aura of well-managed moods.

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    PREFACE

    The word is the quality of the space and its waves

    and vibrations transcend into the supreme or the universal

    consciousness, the metaphorical world of mysticism

    experienced by all of us as the humans. The metaphorically

    one enters into the transformations and the phases, which

    help one to understand what is Metaphysics, the personal

    experience of mysticism. It so mystic, that the mystery of it

    remains a wordless experience; which one may never

    convey in the words.

    Through the practice of Art of Ascendancy, the

    metaphysical journey in which the student or the seeker can

    give direction to the personal thoughts and desires results in

    richness of feelings and purity and clarity of thought. The

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    richness of feeling is not felt in the dilemma of stimulant

    and response theory or mere sensations of senses, rather it is

    ascending of sensations to the level where it boost ones

    power of creativity.

    The creativity is not possible without understanding

    the mysticism hidden in the nature and our mind.

    Metaphorically speaking, the rivers of emotions may feel

    great sensation of flowing in the descending direction, once

    these emerge into the sea the feelings of flow change into

    the feelings of waves of the sea. The comparison of flowing

    water and waves of it, after being into the sea, is of dull

    contrast. Therefore, we need to ascend.

    Kindly write to me about your creative analysis and

    creative thoughts on this book at following address:

    Contact: [email protected] Dr. H. Singh

    September, 2008 51, Punjabi Bagh

    Patiala, Punjab 147004

    India

    (viii)

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    A REQUESTFor a Sikh or any learner the Art of Ascendancy is to

    accept and obey His Will without creating doubt, but

    creating clarity by listening to the advice of the Gurbani, the

    teachings of common thread present among all religions

    metaphysically. When we do not understand the mysticism,

    the mystic touch in any religion and other philosophies of

    theism or the faiths, we have many doubts making us

    suspicious about the other, which we do not follow.

    These doubts are created by ignorance, the very force

    of ego, and can be cleared by those, who are the selfless

    ones, the saints and the holy ones obeying Gurbani by

    remembering Him while serving the Creation. Here the holy

    (xii)

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    A REQUEST

    one means all those, who have learnt the art of

    transcendentalism and have thus ascended to the level of

    higher level of living.

    The survival is normal cause, but higher is living and

    the true living is still higher. The true living is one in whichone does what one says and says what does. In other words,

    it is giving the metaphorical and mystical direction to our

    fantasies making these the imaginations and finally the

    creativity. This creativity is not manipulation of knowledge,

    rather; it is self-felt feelings giving the mystic experiences

    for which knowledge is just a boat.

    Giving direction to ones knowledge in the light of

    Wisdom of Gurbani brings the clarity of the thought, the

    mystic touch. Knowledge without direction is mere

    information, having no metaphorical joy but with direction;

    it is wisdom. This direction is the ascending one; not the

    descending. Thus, the book reflects on it for the clarity of it,

    the Art of Ascendancy-the Chardi Kala.

    (x)

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    CONTENTS

    Acknowledgment

    Preface (vii)

    A Request (ix)

    1. Chapter I 12. Chapter II 33. Chapter III 74. Chapter IV 95. Chapter V 11

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    6. Chapter VI 137. Chapter VII 178. Chapter VIII 219. Chapter IX 2510.Chapter X 2711.Chapter XI 2912.Chapter XII 3113.Chapter XIII 3314.

    Chapter XIV 35

    15.Chapter XV 37

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    ART OF ASCENDANCY-I

    The Art of Ascendancy for the evolution of soul

    is that blend of Philosophy and Science, which gives a

    seeker to understand that the purpose of the religion

    is not simply to reunite with the Mother Nature and

    explore Her mysteries. According to Gurbani too

    much of knowledge becomes such a burden that

    person it creates fear and craving to win by

    arguments. The Science is subject matter of Shaankh

    Yoga in which one first detaches himself or herself

    from Mother Nature and then acquires knowledge by

    all possible means.

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    This very detachment seems to be the root

    cause of self-attachment. On the other hand, the

    Philosophy is subject matter of for reuniting with the

    self, the introverts approach for research. According

    to Gurbani, the subject matter of research is to find

    and reunite with ones self that leads to reunion with

    the Supreme Spirit, which works behind the activities

    of Mother Nature.

    The irony is that the supreme spirit is not

    attached to Mother Nature either it just His Maya, the

    power that appears real, like a movie on the screen.

    The still higher irony is that Maya means that what is

    there but not there. For example when we see a

    person standing in front of us, one may be far away in

    the thoughts. One appears there but is not there.

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    The very thing that makes us present over

    there, where our conscious is. Scientifically, we are

    detached but attached to the frame of reference that is

    our own, whereas philosophically we are attached to

    the conscious and it is by its own virtue detached

    from Mother Nature, yet playing its significant role in

    the Nature. Now, at the conscious level the frame of

    reference is not our own, rather it is universal, that is,

    a single frame of reference for all things and activities.

    The theory of science follows the study of a tree

    but study of the seed is the subject matter of

    Philosophy. Now, for the sake of comparison and

    contrast, the question is if it is Science, which detaches

    us from Mother Nature is better or it is the Religion,

    which attaches or reunites one with Her, the nature. It

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    can be blend of both as Philselfology. Well, there

    seems need of proper frame of reference that may

    change possession of knowledge into treasure of

    wisdom common for all.

    This wisdom constitutes the grounds for the Art

    of Ascendancy, which is popular as the Chardi Kala,

    the everlasting hope in God and thus the Natural or

    the Universal Laws and Principles. Now, you see at

    this stage, we may better consider the concept of spirit

    and matter. In a simplified manner, the simplest of all

    is that of the concept of light. It is both wave and

    particle. Can a particle travel at the speed of light?

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    It seems impossible but in the form of light it

    does because light is not only wave but particle also.

    Now energy is conserved but when it changes its form

    the change in waves are likely to occur. For example,

    the electric and magnetic energy have different wave

    theories. The waves and vibration of electricity can

    produce magnetic energy and on the other hand, the

    magnetic field is capable of changing both direction

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    and quantity of electricity.

    What is common between light and

    electromagnetic propagation, well it is that the light is

    both electric and magnetic. The electrons are particle

    but the magnet is like wave. The Gurbani says that the

    word can magnetize anything uplifting the currents in

    the body, namely positive, negative and the neutral,

    also known as the Pingla, Ida and the Sukhmna.

    There are four major ages, namely, Satyuga,

    Tretta, Dwapura and Kaliyuga. It is a descending

    order in which the vital energy lowers from vital

    fluids and air (Prana), to bones, to blood and finally at

    Annmayi Kosh or the food level in the Kaliyuga. So in

    this age, the pollution of foods is the most serious

    factor as from it our thoughts, feelings and actions get

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    the direction.

    The global use of medicines is one of the most

    common practices to nullify the polluted effects of the

    food. The body at physical level needs balanced food,

    at emotional level the enjoyment of art, at mental level

    the practice of systematic knowledge like Science and

    Math. You see at philosophical level, we need to

    understand that the time spent with the self or

    personal time and shared wisdom of great people, at

    spiritual level it needs the singleness of thought

    (idea), feeling, and action.

    At divine level, it needs the self-exaltation, the

    essence of art of ascendancy to dwell in single sphere

    of Spirit as if a pot in the water does. It appears to be

    very much clear in the fundamental principles as

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    simplified in the following:

    In Gurbani, the Art of Ascendancy for the

    evolution of the soul is based on some principles; the

    most important of which are the following three:

    1. Learning and earning by self (Kirt Karna)

    2. Obeying the Divine Path according to Gurbani (

    Naam Japna)

    3. Sharing the possessions with others to practice the

    teachings of the Gurbani ( Vand Chhakna)

    We will discus it as an Art of Ascendancy, the

    Chardi Kala for the spiritual gift of Eternal Hope.

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    ART OF ASCENDANCY-III

    The learning and earning by self gives one, a

    rare eligibility to walk on the Divine Path of soul

    or spiritual evolution. The word for it is Kirt and

    there is another word Krit for creating something

    with the touch of one own originality, creativity

    and individuality. The word Kirt is of higher value

    than of Krit.

    An adjective is added to word Kirt by saying

    that it is our earning by our own ten nails of the

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    hands. The phalanges on the fingers of the hand

    mystically represent three levels of one transitions

    in the level of living, namely these are materialistic

    (Aadi-Bhotic), conscious breathing (Aadi- Daivic,

    the level of consciousness) and spiritual (Aadi-

    Atamic).

    The nails are on the backside of the spiritual or

    Aadi-Atamic level or the uppermost phalange on

    the fingers. Thus, the nails represent the spiritual

    level. Further, the Kirt of ten nails is thus the

    representation of our spiritual earning or earning

    spiritually.

    The spiritual earning does not mean that one

    should not be professional, rather it is giving touch

    of ones own touch of originality, creativity and

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    individuality to whatever ones profession is.

    By doing so is ones self-contribution to the

    progress and development of the profession to

    uplift the level of service rendered through it to

    others. It is our duty, the quality level of personal

    contribution.

    The money earned this way is by it-self a work

    of charity and sharing it in His Name is serving

    Him, the Sewa. The Sewa is not bound to person or

    place rather it where needed or deserved. In other

    words as Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji has said that

    the needy person's mouth is Guru Jis own

    collection box (Golak).

    Here, the mouth is not simply for eating food,

    instead it is whatever the needy wants or needs.

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    The need is universal thing, but the greed is self-

    interest, possessiveness-the ignorance developed

    by ones ego. So according to Guru Ji, ones

    inability to share in others needs is nothing else

    than a greed.

    As at this dilemma, when one assumes to be a

    giver, it makes one possessive. The possessiveness

    is that force, which weakens ones Divine gift of

    being selflessness not in use until all things belong

    to God, is not conceived. When the seeker accepts

    that all things belong to God, it does not mean one

    has to abandon everything, rather one becomes the

    master user of all.

    We offer food to Guru Ji and it turns into

    Parshad, so as said in the Sukhmani Sahib by Shri

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    Guru Arjan Dev Ji that all that we possess is His

    Parshad. For it, thanksgiving is offered which

    dispels the ignorance of being possessor and

    bestows the joy of user. If anyone says that one

    went to Gurudwara Sahib and offered Parshad,

    there is one thing that the body, heart, mind and

    soul belong to Him; the energy used in walking is

    His, the Gurudwara sahib is His, Parshad is His,

    and so on.

    Then what a seeker has done by him or her self,

    yes, simply enjoyed the joys of being user. The

    thanksgiving for it is that a seeker thanks that this

    blessing of being user (the joy of being Nimit-the

    one through whom the action or service has taken

    place by His Grace) has been bestowed upon.

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    It is like that a body is like an instrument with

    which all bodies in a divine bond make the

    orchestra of the Divine hand that is all hands are

    His though seem many. It has a similarity with

    music.

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    Like in many instruments, one thing is common

    and that is the music, it is due to harmony, rhythm

    and balance of all instruments in a special way, the

    classic way. Otherwise is it a noise produced by each

    instrument though fully capable of producing Music.

    We, as seeker do talk about the divine or

    transcendental music and in a way make noise in the

    name of Anahad Nada while being disharmonious,

    out of biorhythm and unbalanced way of what we do

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    and say and say and do.

    The ego that can produce the dreams with

    virtually real things can do anything like Anahad

    Nada at sub-conscious level making it sure that one

    enjoys it like a dream. This is descending not Art of

    Ascending. In the heart, one can sing perfectly but on

    the stage or in real cannot sing.

    This singing in the heart is though much better

    but like a flower in the jungle that cannot seen by

    anybody. The flower without smell does not lose its

    identity; its fragrance is lost. Searching for that

    fragrance of divine wisdom is the research, it is not

    study, which is, simply learning about it.Otherwise, the Anahad Naad (Nada), is by its

    own existence in all, going on ever in tune with the

    single frame of reference, the Supreme Conscious,

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    possessing the absolute harmony, rhythm and balance

    of oneness in diversification. The Gurbani simplifies

    this concept of divine music to such an extent that a

    seeker never gets lostwhen it says that He Himself

    is present in the congregation and the place where

    Kirtan is sung that is His very Abode.

    Even more is that He is present whoever His is

    remembered through Gurbani and by His Name.

    What more is required when He is present in His

    name and Kirtan. All the things that work in

    miraculous or wonderful way are His possessions,

    even the Abode.

    A seeker who seeks the Heaven or His Abode,

    but not Him may never feel His presence, though

    enjoying all that is available in the heaven or Abode.

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    Seeking Him is the highest; the possessions come just

    by His being present. According to the Gurbani, the

    true seeker seeks neither Kingdom nor the Salvation;

    the sole desire is to obey His Will by taking refuge in

    His present Word.

    The Word is not conceived without His

    Creative Power in the form of Maya with which the

    creation is created. Just sitting near the feet is not

    surrender, it is accepting that the feet carry all the

    body to do anything and everything. Thanks!

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    ART OF ASCENDANCY-V

    You see for His refuge the word feet is not

    usually used it is the word Charan Kamal, meaning

    the operating power working in the creation. He

    works with Word and for Him, the Thought or Will

    and action are one that is simultaneous. The actions

    occur in Him without affecting Him. In Gurbani, it is

    compared with water of the sea, that whatever

    happens in the water may produce flows, waves, and

    tides but does not affect the water.

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    The water remains so though appearing in

    different forms. The forms are due to different actions

    taking place in the sea. The action according to its way

    of action is named, as one action that produces the

    trough and crust is named wave, the rising and falling

    down of water due to the Moon is named tides and so

    on. The similar example is that of the color of the

    water; whatever color is added to it, it takes the shade

    of that color.

    For example if one adds blue color, it appears

    blue, if yellow is added it appears yellow. The color of

    the water changes not the water. It is true with the

    adjectives that we add to ourselves. If the sentence isthat 'I' am good or bad, it does not affect 'I'. However,

    we have so many adjectives added to I that our

    identity is lost. In old days, people used to use the

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    word 'We', instead of 'I'. The most amazing point of

    concern is that this very use of the word did not have

    the same meaning and effect as that of I. The word I

    is representations of ego and possessions. Just

    considering it, in the family if one says, I want to

    serve you it does not have the same feelings as

    saying: We need to serve.

    In the householder's life and even otherwise, if

    the husband keeps on repeating word 'I', and wife too,

    the bond of affection goes down because the effect of

    the word We is not there. We claim that it is

    understood that word we is hidden in I, yet the

    word I by itself is hidden.

    We can understand the meaning of We but not

    of I, because I is not body, mind, heart, etc., rather it

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    the consciousness in which I is attributed to a soul.

    The soul by its virtue of existence does not do any

    action. On the other hand the word we does not

    represent soul, souls are always one, as the concept of

    zeros when added remain zero.

    The words he, she, they, other and we are in the

    form of the pronouns except for the word I, do

    represent body, mind and heart, for example as when

    we say 'They', the feeling of I-ness is not present.

    There is the depth in which we seldom like to go to

    and it is the power, energy and force of thoughts of I,

    when we learn to use the conscience as the I. Thanks!

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    ART OF ASCENDANCY-VI

    We seldom think about it not because we do not

    know about it, rather we are work alcoholics and

    strongly believe in actions. The art of imitation is for

    action not for thought, there is an old saying about it

    that never ever imitates the actions of the wise,

    instead follow what one says. The thoughts of the

    holy and wise ones are like that of sea, but actions are

    like that of a drop of it.

    What they say is from the sea of the universal

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    consciousness, and their actions are according to it.

    One the other hand as a seeker one sees their action

    first as if one looking at the river and searching for

    stability of the sea. The waves in the river are random

    thoughts that keep on flowing.

    For it, there is an old saying that what an

    ordinary or a new learner does is to be observed not

    what one says. A layman strongly believes that ones

    speed of actions is marvel of great wisdom, so that is

    the knowledge of a river that in its fast flows it has

    seen so many changes, places, people and ups and

    downs that it is the quantity of knowledge that one

    counts in such a way.If we just block the flow of the river, and make

    a dam of water and think what works it can do. Now

    the dam is like a drop of the sea in a way of its power

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    of wisdom. In this age of nuclear dams of energy is

    nothing in front of the seven seas, the ocean.

    In ordinary sense, by polluting the sea, we can

    give it a color of pollution, yet it remains the sea. It

    simply depletes the pollution by taking back what it

    gives to create a healthy life on earth. It is as if father

    disowns a son. In Gurbani, the water is symbolized as

    father, earth as mother and air as the representative of

    Guru or Lord.

    When ones actions become the prominent

    factor these are from knowledge and when such

    knowledge is the ambition, it like a flood in the river.

    The wisdom is the power of thought, but knowledge

    is force of an idea simply based on knowledge.

    Wisdom is from selflessness whereas the knowledge

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    is from selfishness, as one cannot acquire knowledge

    without being and this knowledge cannot ascend to

    wisdom level, until the possessor of it does not use it

    selflessly, in the welfare of all.

    This selfless use of wisdom is service of the

    Creation, and humanity in particular. The service of a

    soul cannot be rendered by actions alone. It humbly

    needs feelings that bond it other soul; the bonding of

    soul is based on the sense of equality, the selflessness.

    We will discuss about it.

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    You see without the sense of equality, our sol

    remains thirsty and it is thus never quenched, as the

    humblest point in us is the soul, ever remaining in the

    state of selflessness, and thus the desire for quenching

    with the sense of equality. The powerful and brave,

    being wise can never be forceful. This sense of

    equality is best learnt in the Sangat (the Congregation)

    where one, as a seeker goes to enjoy the feeling of

    equality.

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    Shri Guru Amardas Ji founded the concept of

    Sangat and Pangat, the Pangat is sitting and eating

    together, without the consideration of caste, creed,

    rich, poor, ignorant, wise and other negative boosters

    that quench the soul with lack of sense of equality, the

    selflessness. One thing over here that is to be noted is

    that Langar is simply a food, it is Parshad.

    Bhai Gurdas Ji says that eating too much at a

    religious place is the path to de-ascendancy. It lowers

    our level of spiritual earnings because we may be

    sharing the Langar that someone else could have

    eaten, if we take only a little free food, the Langar.

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    The wise ones also use the word of ascendancy

    when they receive Parshad or the Langar, they utter

    the word Swaya which does not mean too little, it is

    used metaphorically, it means ever-ascending

    blessings present in the Parshad or Langar. In

    Gurbani this word is used for ever ascending by Shri

    Guru Arjan Dev Ji, saying that the one, who is

    balanced, never waivers, and this balanced state is

    bestowed by God, day by day such a balanced seeker

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    ascends and never lacks anything.

    Again, the Kirt or earning by self with ten nails

    needs attention. The area around the nails, on the

    uppermost phalange creates a sphere from which our

    body with its unique aura system releases 8000 cycles

    of vibrations per second from each hand.

    It enriches our concentration, and thus

    integration to do everything by all of our body, mind,

    heart and soul. We will discuss it in the last chapter

    about the Art of ascendancy. Thanks!

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    A SAKHI (STORY)

    There is another Sakhi (a story of witness), that

    once upon a time a Sikh offered flesh from his thigh to

    the Hawk kept by Tenth Guru Nanak, Shri Guru

    Gobind Singh Ji. He blessed him. At that moment, a

    poor Sikh came and offered Guru Ji a damrhda (old

    Indian rupee). Guru Ji bestowed so many blessings on

    him that the other Sikh was very annoyed thinking

    that he offered his own flesh, but Guru Ji gave more

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    blessings to the other.

    Guru Ji knowing what he was thinking asked him,

    why he was thinking like this. He complained that he

    had offered his flesh but the other Sikh just a

    damrhda, how came that Guru Ji has bestowed so

    many blessings on him. Guru Ji said that his damrhda

    was of Kirt.

    Moreover, the money earned by Kirt is like one

    flesh from the liver. The Sikh was humbled and

    understood that to earn by blood and sweat, the Kirt

    is much more valuable than all that we may ever

    offer, in other words we have it as the best to offer.

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    A SAKHI (STORY)

    There is yet another Sakhi that when Shri Ram

    Chandra Ji went to exile with Sita Ji and Lachhman,

    on their way, they had to cross a river. The boatman

    washed their feet and gave this water to his family to

    drink. Then, when they crossed the river, Shri Ram

    Chandra Ji offered him something in return, but he

    refused. Sita Ji also offered her bangle of gold but he

    still refused.

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    Shri Ram Ji asked him what he wanted. He

    requested him to bless him to cross the ocean of

    ignorance, the salvation. Shri Ram Ji smiled and left

    with the others. After 14 years, when Shri Ram Ji

    along with Sita Ji and Lachhman came back, they

    again had to cross that very river. The same boatman

    was there and did everything as he did before, Shri

    Ram Ji again requested him to take something but he

    refused.

    Shri Ram Ji embraced him, and he screamed that

    blood was flowing from Shri Rams body and falling

    on boatmans feet. Shri Ram Jis body was wounded,

    he said that he has washed his feet with his ownblood and requested him to accept something for his

    Kirt while he used his boat for them. He humbly

    again asked for salvation.

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    Shri Ram smiled and said that his wish would be

    fulfilled when he would come in his next form (Jama).

    Long time passed, Shri Krishna Ji all of a sudden left

    his throne when he heard that Sudama Ji had come to

    meet him.

    He brought poor Sudama Ji to his palace, washed

    his feet, and gave the water to the whole family. His

    wife, Rukmani Ji was bit astonished at why Shri

    Krishna offered that water to all. She wanted to know,

    Shri Krishna asked her to recall. She closed her eyes

    and was very astonished, while Shri Krishna was

    laughing.

    The Sudama Ji, was the same boatman whom they

    offered something in return for his services, but he

    wanted salvation. At that time when Shri Krishna

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    offered him wealth, he again refused. Therefore, he

    asked him how everything at home, Sudama Ji replied

    that everything was very well.

    On his saying, this Shri Krishna said, while

    blessing him, that all would be well not because he

    was seeking but because he was saying. Thus,

    Sudamas earned Sattu (food from rice) with Kirt were

    greater even than his offering Baikuntha, his abode to

    offer to him by Shri Krishna.

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    A SAKHI (STORY)

    When Malik Bhago wanted make show of his

    wealth, he forced many people to accept his

    invitation. At that time Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji was

    staying with Bhai Lalo Ji, who was very poor but

    doing what Guru Ji said, that one should earn by self,

    Kirt Karna (Karna means doing). Guru Ji was invited

    to come, but he refused.

    Malik Bhago used all possible means to force, but

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    Guru Ji refused again. However to teach a lesson to

    people present there, he went along with Bhai Lalo Ji.

    Malik Bhago was very angry and furious about Guru

    Jis staying with a poor person, Bhai Lalo Ji. When he

    kept on asking many questions, Guru Ji asked him to

    bring the food and asked Bhai Lalo to bring food from

    his home.

    When both of the foods were presented to him, he

    took one in each hand and pressed it. From poor Bhai

    Lalo Jis food, the milk was poured, but from Malik

    Bhagos the blood was pouring. All present over there

    were astonished. Malik Bhago was humbled and

    requested Guru Ji to explain what it was. Guru Ji saidthat Bhai Lalos earnings are of Kirt, but his were not

    from it.

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    he forced to work for him without paying them what

    they deserved. Those who deserve and are poor are

    doing their Kirt and nobody can snatch it. It was a

    lesson not only for him, but also for all those who

    were present over there, and for us as well. Mothers

    milk is her blood turned into milk, which a child

    drinks. It is true with all mammals. Ones Kirt is the

    milk for which one has poured blood and sweat.

    Thus, the Kirt is the major part of the Art of

    Ascendancy, the Chardi Kala, stopping dissipation of

    our energy with the help of resonance of waves and

    vibrations with hands joined for prayers. Thanks!

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