The shabda of Kabir on 330, SGGS, elaborates the relation of the mind with the Creator very clearly, let us ponder over it:
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ ਅਸਟਪਦੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਕੀ
Rāg ga-oṛī gu-ārerī asatpaḏī Kabīr jī kī
Raag Gaurhi Guareri, Astpadee of Bhagat Kabir.
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
Ik-oaʼnkār saṯgur parsāḏ.
There is only one All Pervading Akalpurakh, who is known through the blessings of the Satiguru.
ਸੁਖੁ ਮਾਂਗਤ ਦੁਖੁ ਆਗੈ ਆਵੈ ॥ ਸੋ ਸੁਖੁ ਹਮਹੁ ਨ ਮਾਂਗਿਆ ਭਾਵੈ ॥1॥
Sukẖ māʼngaṯ ḏukẖ āgai āvai. So sukẖ hamhu na māʼngi-ā bẖāvai. ||1||
In essence: People pray for comfort, but the pain follows it; I don’t ask for the comfort, which is followed by pains.
ਬਿਖਿਆ ਅਜਹੁ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸੁਖ ਆਸਾ ॥ ਕੈਸੇ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ ਰਾਜਾ ਰਾਮ ਨਿਵਾਸਾ ॥1॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Bikẖi-ā ajahu suraṯ sukẖ āsā. Kaise ho-ī hai rājā rām nivāsā. ||1|| Rahā-o.
Because we are into Maya, we hope for comforts. How can Akalpurakh, the King, take abode in our minds? Pause.
ਇਸੁ ਸੁਖ ਤੇ ਸਿਵ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਡਰਾਨਾ ॥ ਸੋ ਸੁਖੁ ਹਮਹੁ ਸਾਚੁ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਨਾ ॥2॥
Is sukẖ ṯe siv barahm darānā. So sukẖ hamhu sācẖ kar jānā. ||2||
Because of the comforts, Shiva and Brahma repented, we deem that comfort as true.
ਸਨਕਾਦਿਕ ਨਾਰਦ ਮੁਨਿ ਸੇਖਾ ॥ ਤਿਨ ਭੀ ਤਨ ਮਹਿ ਮਨੁ ਨਹੀ ਪੇਖਾ ॥3॥
Sankāḏik nāraḏ mun sekẖā. Ŧin bẖī ṯan mėh man nahī pekẖā. ||3||
Even the sages like Sanak, Narad , and Shesnaag couldn’t see it (the mind) in their bodies.
ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਕਉ ਕੋਈ ਖੋਜਹੁ ਭਾਈ ॥ ਤਨ ਛੂਟੇ ਮਨੁ ਕਹਾ ਸਮਾਈ ॥4॥
Is man ka-o ko-ī kẖojahu bẖā-ī. Ŧan cẖẖūte man kahā samā-ī. ||4||
Oh Brother! Someone should search the mind within and see when it separates from the body, where does it go?
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਜੈਦੇਉ ਨਾਮਾਂ ॥ ਭਗਤਿ ਕੈ ਪ੍ਰੇਮਿ ਇਨ ਹੀ ਹੈ ਜਾਨਾਂ ॥5॥
Gur parsādī jaiḏe-o nāmāʼn. Bẖagaṯ kai parem in hī hai jānāʼn. ||5||
With the Guru’s blessings, Jaidev and Namdev found this fact (where the mind goes) through Akalpurakh’s love and devotion.
ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਕਉ ਨਹੀ ਆਵਨ ਜਾਨਾ ॥ ਜਿਸ ਕਾ ਭਰਮੁ ਗਇਆ ਤਿਨਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥6॥
Is man ka-o nahī āvan jānā. Jis kā bẖaram ga-i-ā ṯin sācẖ pacẖẖānā. ||6||
A person whose doubt is dispelled knows the truth that this mind is not subject to coming and going (It doesn’t die, because it has no form; (Bhagat Kabir addresses that in the next verses).
ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਕਉ ਰੂਪੁ ਨ ਰੇਖਿਆ ਕਾਈ ॥ ਹੁਕਮੇ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਬੂਝਿ ਸਮਾਈ ॥7॥
Is man ka-o rūp na rekẖ-i-ā kā-ī. Hukme ho-i-ā hukam būjẖ samā-ī. ||7||
This mind has no form or outline; it is created with Akalpurakh’s ordinance and as per His ordinance, it understands Akalpurakh and gets merged in Him (If Akalpurakh doesn’t want, it doesn’t realize Him to merge with Him).
ਇਸ ਮਨ ਕਾ ਕੋਈ ਜਾਨੈ ਭੇਉ ॥ ਇਹ ਮਨਿ ਲੀਣ ਭਏ ਸੁਖਦੇਉ ॥8॥
Is man kā ko-ī jānai bẖe-o. Ih man līṇ bẖa-e sukẖ-ḏe-o. ||8||
If a person knows the secret of his/her mind, he/she gets absorbed in Ekankar, the comfort- giver.
(Here is the secret:)
ਜੀਉ ਏਕੁ ਅਰੁ ਸਗਲ ਸਰੀਰਾ ॥ ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਕਉ ਰਵਿ ਰਹੇ ਕਬੀਰਾ ॥9॥1॥36॥
Jī-o ek ar sagal sarīrā. Is man ka-o rav rahe kabīrā. ||9||1||36||
Kabir contemplates that mind, which is actually one and it permeates all the bodies. (Obviously the mind is a part of Ekankar.)
Call it the mind or the soul, Bhagat Kabir makes it clear that the mind, when realizes Akalpurakh, merges with that mind that pervades all the bodies. It is very close description about knowing the Creator; it is the mind that runs into many directions, but it is also the mind that recognizes the presence of the Creator within. Bhagat Kabir addresses that the Creator’s presence is a part of the “big mind” that keeps presence in the lives; let me put it in different way, Ekankar is the infinite light that is pervading all; a part of that light exists in all and Bhagat Kabir calls it “the mind” a part of the big mind.
Wishes
G.Singh
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