paüṛī.
caüdahi cāri kunṭ prabh āp.
sagal bhavan pūran partāp.
dase disā raviā prabhu eku.
dharani akās sabh mahi prabh pekhu.
jal thal ban parbat pātāl.
parmesvar tah basahi daïāl.
sūkham asthūl sagal bhagvān.
nānak gurmukhi brahamu pachān.14.
-Guru Granth Sahib 299
Guru Arjan Sahib states that IkOankar (the Divine) pervades all. All matters are resolved for those individuals who connect with IkOankar. Corresponding to the fifteen-day lunar calendar and each pauri (stanza) correlates to each day formed by the waxing and waning of the moon. The fourteenth pauri states that the splendor of IkOankar is spread throughout the creation. Through the Wisdom (Guru), the being should witness the all-pervasive IkOankar everywhere and in everything.
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In the fourteenth pauri (stanza), the Guru further emphasizes that Prabhu, by Own-Self is present in all four corners of existence. Prabhu is a name for IkOankar (One Universal Integrative Force, 1Force, the One), which invokes IkOankar’s royal and godlike nature to fulfill a particular role of goodness and compassion. This is the One who is capable of helping us when no one else can. The splendor of that One is filling all realms, completely pervading all places. In every direction we turn, That Prabhu is dwelling — in the earth, in the sky, in all of creation. We are urged to see the dearest Prabhu in all, to feel the splendor and radiance of this presence. This is how we can understand what it means to connect with and experience the One who is so vast that it sometimes feels like we cannot possibly be graced with the connection. We can feel the light of IkOankar illuminating all things, coursing through the waters, lands, forests, mountains, and netherworlds.
It is in all of these places that the Compassionate Supreme Being, the transcendent IkOankar, dwells. It is in all these places, in the intangible and the tangible, the invisible and the visible, that the dearest Adorable One dwells. It is through becoming Wisdom-oriented that we are able to recognize that the Supreme Being is present everywhere. It is through becoming Wisdom-oriented that we are able to feel this presence.
The Guru shows us how we have made things hard for ourselves. Logically, we understand that IkOankar is so vast and incomprehensible and so beyond our small selves that we forget IkOankar is also so near to us, so intimately in relationship with us, so present, so pervasive in all things. It is just that we have not been able to feel the One. We have not become Wisdom-oriented yet. If we can bring the Wisdom within us, we can begin to develop the capacity to see or feel the presence of the One. It is not that IkOankar is more present in one place or less present in another, more present on a particular day, and less present on another. The One pervades all things in the same way, always and everywhere. Will we get out of these systems that assign greater or lesser value to particular spaces, places, and times? Will we make an effort to become Wisdom-oriented so that we may feel Prabhu in all spaces, all places, and all times?
It is in all of these places that the Compassionate Supreme Being, the transcendent IkOankar, dwells. It is in all these places, in the intangible and the tangible, the invisible and the visible, that the dearest Adorable One dwells. It is through becoming Wisdom-oriented that we are able to recognize that the Supreme Being is present everywhere. It is through becoming Wisdom-oriented that we are able to feel this presence.
The Guru shows us how we have made things hard for ourselves. Logically, we understand that IkOankar is so vast and incomprehensible and so beyond our small selves that we forget IkOankar is also so near to us, so intimately in relationship with us, so present, so pervasive in all things. It is just that we have not been able to feel the One. We have not become Wisdom-oriented yet. If we can bring the Wisdom within us, we can begin to develop the capacity to see or feel the presence of the One. It is not that IkOankar is more present in one place or less present in another, more present on a particular day, and less present on another. The One pervades all things in the same way, always and everywhere. Will we get out of these systems that assign greater or lesser value to particular spaces, places, and times? Will we make an effort to become Wisdom-oriented so that we may feel Prabhu in all spaces, all places, and all times?
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