This lecture discusses the spiritual family inside us, their roles, and how to play the Game of Life as described in Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

1. The Spiritual
Family
Rexdale Singh Sabha
Toronto, ON
10 Nov 2013
Amrit Sohkal
Inderpal Singh
Ken Short
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2. 4 stages of simran
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3. We need to understand Maya …
ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਸਭਾ ਧਾਤ੍ੁ ਹੈ ਨਾ
ਹਰਿ ਭਗਰਤ੍ ਨ ਭਾਇ ॥
Ŧarai guṇ sabẖā
ḏẖāṯ hai nā har
bẖagaṯ na bẖā▫e.
Under the influence of
the three gunas, the
three dispositions, the
mind wanders
everywhere, without
love or devotion to the
Lord.
Ang
1258
… in order to learn how to get out.
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4. God
You

5. Tre-Gun Maya
Sato
Compassion, contentment,
humility, tolerance, charity
Rajo
Mind
Hopes, wishes, desires, anxieties
and worries
Tamo
Sexual behaviour, anger, greed,
attachment, pride

6. This is a
game of
love played
by the
mind.
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7. ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਿਾਗੀ ਨਾਦੀ ਬੇਰਦ ॥
ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਸੁਿਤ੍ੀ ਰਗਆਨੀ ਜੋਰਗ
॥
ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਸੋਗੀ ਕੀਤ੍ੈ ਿੋਰਜ ॥
ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਿੂਪੀ ਮਾਲੀ ਿੰ ਰਗ ॥
ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਤ੍ੀਿਰਿ ਭਰਿਐ ਨਰਗ ॥
ੰ
ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਦਾਤ੍ੀ ਕੀਤ੍ੈ ਪੁੰ ਰਨ ॥
ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਬੈਰਿਆ ਸੁੰ ਰਨ
॥
ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਭੇਰਿ ਮਿਰਹ ਰਭਰਿ
ਸੂਿ ॥
ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਕੇਤ੍ੇ ਹੋਿਰਹ ਧੂਿ ॥
ਲੇ ਖਾ ਰਲਖੀਐ ਮਨ ਕੈ ਭਾਇ ॥
ਨਾਨਕ ਭੀਜੈ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੨॥
Na bẖījai rāgī nāḏī beḏ.
Na bẖījai surṯī gi▫ānī jog.
Na bẖījai sogī kīṯai roj.
Na bẖījai rūpīʼn mālīʼn
rang.
Na bẖījai ṯirath bẖavi▫ai
nang.
Na bẖījai ḏāṯīʼn kīṯai punn.
Na bẖījai bāhar baiṯẖi▫ā
sunn.
Na bẖījai bẖeṛ marėh bẖiṛ
sūr.
Na bẖījai keṯe hovėh
ḏẖūṛ.
Lekẖā likī▫ai man kai
bẖā▫e.
Nānak bẖījai sācẖai nā▫e.
||2||
He is not won over by music, songs or the vedas.
He is not won over by intuitive wisdom,
meditation or Yoga.
He is not won over by feeling sad and depressed
forever.
He is not won over by beauty, wealth and
pleasures.
He is not won over by wandering naked at sacred
shrines.
He is not won over by giving donations in charity.
He is not won over by living alone in the
wilderness.
He is not won over by fighting and dying as a
warrior in battle.
He is not won over by becoming the dust of the
masses.
The account is written of the loves of the mind.
O Nanak, the Lord is won over only by His Name.
||2||
Ang
1237
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8. Playing the
game means
understanding
the players,
teams, and
officials.
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9. Your Team
The Mind
Child of God, meant to be a perfect reflection of Him
Gets lost in Maya and forgets Waheguru and the purpose of his life
Comes under the control of the opposing team and chooses the wrong path
The Atma (aka Soul)
Subtle body, divine light of God, manifested within you
Observes the mind at play
Acts as guide/coach for the mind - to choose the path of love
The Five Advisors
Eyes (2) advising you see Waheguru in all of the creation
Ears (2) advising you to listen only to praise of Waheguru
Mouth advising you to sing the praises of Waheguru, speak with Love
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10. ਏਕ ਰਕਰਸਨੰ ਤ੍ ਸਿਬ ਦੇ
ਿਾ ਦੇਿ ਦੇਿਾ ਤ੍
ਆਤ੍ਮਹ ॥
ਆਤ੍ਮੰ ਸਰੀ
ਬਾਸਵਦੇਿਸ੍੍ ਜੇ ਕੋਈ
ਜਾਨਰਸ ਭੇਿ ॥
Ėk krisanʼn ṯa
sarab ḏevā ḏev
ḏevā ṯa āṯmah.
Āṯmaʼn sarī
bāsavḏaivas▫y je
ko▫ī jānas bẖev.
The One Lord is the Divinity of all
divinities and he is the Divinity of
the soul;
if any one knows the mystery of
the soul and the Omnipresent Lord.
Ang
1353
ਗਾਿਰਹ ਿਾਗ ਭਾਰਤ੍
ਬਹੁ ਬੋਲਰਹ ਇਹੁ
ਮਨੂਆ ਖੇਲੈ ਖੇਲ ॥
Gāvahi rāg bẖāṯ
baho bolėh ih
manū▫ā kẖelai
kẖel.
You sing in so many Ragas and
harmonies, and you talk so much,
but this mind of yours is only
playing a game.
Ang
368
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11. The Opponents
Kaal
God assigned Kaal to be the governor of Maya
Has power over everything in Maya
Has no jurisdiction over Naam, only God himself administers Naam
Has 5 guys on his team (his helpers) called the Panj Duth
Always in hukam, doing exactly as required
Panj Duths
Their job is to give you thoughts
They hijack your 5 advisors (eyes, ears, mouth) and use them as
they want
They cause you to waste your swaas ($capital) in Maya
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12. The Opponents
ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਬਾਧੋ ਕਾਲ ਕੋ
ਰਬਨੁ ਗੁਿ ਕਾਲੁ ਅਫਾਿੁ ॥
Sabẖ jag bāḏẖo kāl ko
bin gur kāl afār.
ਇਸੁ ਦੇਹੀ ਅੰ ਦਰਿ ਪੰ ਚ
ਚੋਿ ਿਸਰਹ ਕਾਮੁ ਕਰੋਧੁ ਲੋ ਭੁ
ਮੋਹੁ ਅਹੰ ਕਾਿਾ ॥
Is ḏehī anḏar pancẖ
Within this body dwell the five thieves:
cẖor vasėh kām kroḏẖ sexual desire, anger, greed, emotional
lobẖ moh ahaʼnkārā.
attachment and egotism.
Ang
600
Pancẖ ḏūṯ racẖ sangaṯ He is entangled in the company and the
gosat maṯvāro maḏ
advice of the five demons, intoxicated by
mā▫i▫o. ||4||
the wine of Maya. ||4||
Ang
712
Mā▫i▫ā mėh kāl ar
pancẖ ḏūṯā. ||3||
Ang
1161
ਪੰ ਚ ਦੂਤ੍ ਿਰਚ ਸੰ ਗਰਤ੍
ਗੋਸਰਿ ਮਤ੍ਿਾਿੋ ਮਦ
ਮਾਇਓ ॥੪॥
ਮਾਇਆ ਮਰਹ ਕਾਲੁ ਅਿੁ
ਪੰ ਚ ਦੂਤ੍ਾ ॥੩॥
The whole world is bound by death (Kaal)
; without the Guru, death (Kaal) cannot be
avoided.
Death (Kaal) and the five demons are in
Maya. ||3||
Ang
55
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13. Other names for 5 Dhuts
…rivals
…challengers
…evil
…enemies
…demons
…thieves
...tyrants
…powerful fighters
…villains
Control
Conquer
Cast out
Crush
Subdue
Defeat
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14. The Officials
Chitar Gupat
Follow you around your whole life, aka your angels of
conscious/subconscious
Record all your thoughts and how you spend your capital
Give the record to DharmRaj every night when you go to
sleep
DharmRaj (aka DharmRai, YamRaj)
Acts as the accountant for you
Presents your account to God
Will take you to God’s Court when you die (if you cant do it)
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15. ਰਚਤ੍ ਗੁਪਤ੍ ਕਿਮਰਹ ਜਾਨ
॥
Cẖiṯ gupaṯ karmėh
jān.
The recording scribes of the conscious and Ang
the unconscious, Chitr and Gupt, know all 838
actions and karma.
ਆਜੁ ਮੇਿੈ ਮਰਨ ਪਰਗਿੁ
ਭਇਆ ਹੈ ਪੇਖੀਅਲੇ
ਧਿਮਿਾਓ ॥
Āj merai man pargat
bẖa▫i▫ā hai pekẖī▫ale
ḏẖaramrā▫o.
Today, it became clear to my mind that
the Righteous Judge of Dharma is
watching us.
Ang
92
ਧਿਮ ਿਾਇ ਨ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਹੈ
ੋ
ਬਰਹ ਸਚਾ ਧਿਮੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ
॥
Ḏẖaram rā▫e no
hukam hai bahi sacẖā
ḏẖaram bīcẖār.
The Righteous Judge of Dharma, by the
Hukam of God's Command, sits and
administers True Justice.
Ang
38
ਗਨਤ੍ ਸਵਾਸਾ ਭੈਯਾਨ
ੰ
ਧਿਮੰ ॥
Gananṯ savasā
bẖaiyān ḏẖarmaʼn.
The Righteous Judge of Dharma is
relentless; he counts each and every
breath.
Ang
1354
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16. Why do we
call it a
spiritual
family?
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17. Why do
we call it
a spiritual
family?
The team
are meant
to work
together –
like a family
to win the
game.
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18. How the
game is
supposed to
be played.
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19. The Mind as King
The Mind:
–Being a child of God – is supposed to act as a King
–Mind constantly going out the 9 doors and forgets its home
–Kaal + 5 Dhuts – are supposed to be the mind’s servants
–Instead, Kaal + 5 Dhuts are in control constantly distracting
the mind, telling it what to do, by preying on the 9 doors
–Atma does the karam of the mind because the mind is too
busy in Maya
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20. Instead of being King, …
ਸਗਲ ਸਹੇਲੀ ਅਪਨ
ੈ
ਿਸ ਮਾਤ੍ੀ ॥
ਰਗਰਹ ਅਪੁਨ ਕੀ
ੇ
ਖਬਰਿ ਨ ਜਾਤ੍ੀ ॥
ਮੁਸਨਹਾਿ ਪੰ ਚ
ਬਿਿਾਿੇ ॥
ਸੂਨ ਨਗਰਿ ਪਿੇ
ੇ
ਿਗਹਾਿੇ ॥੨॥
Sagal sahelī
apnai ras māṯī.
Garih apune kī
kẖabar na jāṯī.
Musanhār pancẖ
batvāre.
Sūne nagar pare
ṯẖag▫hāre. ||2||
All of my companions are
intoxicated with their sensory
pleasures;
they do not know how to guard
their own home.
The five thieves have plundered
them;
the thugs descend upon the
unguarded village. ||2||
Ang
182
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21. 5 Dhuts are Thugs!
ਿਾਜੁ ਮਾਲੁ ਿੂਪੁ ਜਾਰਤ੍
ਜੋਬਨੁ ਪੰ ਜੇ ਿਗ ॥
ਏਨੀ ਿਗੀਂ ਜਗੁ ਿਰਗਆ
ਰਕਨ ਨ ਿਖੀ ਲਜ ॥
ੈ
Rāj māl rūp jāṯ joban
panje ṯẖag.
Ėnī ṯẖagīʼn jag ṯẖagi▫ā
kinai na rakẖī laj.
Royal power, wealth, beauty, social status
and youth are the five thieves.
These thieves have plundered the world;
no one's honor has been spared.
Ang
1288
ਪੰ ਚ ਚੋਿ ਰਮਰਲ ਲਾਗੇ
ਨਗਿੀਆ ਿਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਧਨੁ
ਰਹਰਿਆ ॥
Pancẖ cẖor mil lāge
nagrī▫ā rām nām ḏẖan
hiri▫ā.
The five thieves join together
and plunder the body-village, stealing the
wealth of the Lord's Name.
Ang
1178
ਕਹਤ੍ੁ ਕਬੀਿ ਨਿੈ ਘਿ
ਮੂਸੇ ਦਸਿੈਂ ਤ੍ਤ੍ੁ ਸਮਾਈ
॥੩॥੨੨॥੭੩॥
Kahaṯ Kabīr navai gẖar
mūse ḏasvaiʼn ṯaṯ
samā▫ī.
||3||22||73||
Says Kabeer, the nine openings of the
Ang
body are being plundered; rise up to the
339
Tenth Gate, and discover the true essence.
||3||22||73||
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22. ਮਾਧਿੇ ਰਕਆ ਕਹੀਐ ਭਰਮੁ
ਐਸਾ ॥
ਜੈਸਾ ਮਾਨੀਐ ਹੋਇ ਨ ਤ੍ੈਸਾ ॥
੧॥ ਿਹਾਉ ॥
ਨਿਪਰਤ੍ ਏਕੁ ਰਸੰ ਘਾਸਰਨ
ਸੋਇਆ ਸੁਪਨ ਭਇਆ ਰਭਖਾਿੀ
ੇ
॥
ਅਛਤ੍ ਿਾਜ ਰਬਛੁਿਤ੍ ਦੁਖੁ
ਪਾਇਆ ਸੋ ਗਰਤ੍ ਭਈ ਹਮਾਿੀ
॥੨॥
Māḏẖve ki▫ā kahī▫ai bẖaram
aisā.
Jaisā mānī▫ai ho▫e na ṯaisā.
||1|| rahā▫o.
Narpaṯ ek singẖāsan so▫i▫ā
supne bẖa▫i▫ā bẖikẖārī.
Acẖẖaṯ rāj bicẖẖuraṯ ḏukẖ
pā▫i▫ā so gaṯ bẖa▫ī hamārī.
||2||
O Lord, what can I say about such an
illusion?
Things are not as they seem.
||1||Pause||
It is like the king, who falls asleep upon his
throne, and dreams that he is a beggar.
His kingdom is intact, but separated from
it, he suffers in sorrow. Such is my own
condition. ||2||
Ang
657

23. What
happens
when we
start playing
the game
properly?
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24. We become kings again!
ਰਜਰਨ ਜਪੁ ਜਰਪਓ
ਸਰਤ੍ਗੁਿ ਮਰਤ੍ ਿਾ ਕੇ ॥
ਜਮਕੰ ਕਿ ਕਾਲੁ ਸੇਿਕ
ਪਗ ਤ੍ਾ ਕੇ ॥
Jin jap japi▫o saṯgur
maṯ vā ke.
Jamkankar kāl sevak
pag ṯā ke.
One who chants the Lord's Chant, attains
the Wisdom of the True Guru.
The tyrant, the Messenger of Death,
becomes a servant at his feet.
Ang
1042
ਸਗਲ ਰਸਰਸਰਿ ਕੇ ਪੰ ਚ
ਰਸਕਦਾਿ ॥
ਿਾਮ ਭਗਤ੍ ਕੇ ਪਾਨੀਹਾਿ
॥੧॥ ਿਹਾਉ ॥
Sagal sarisat ke pancẖ
sikḏār.
Rām bẖagaṯ ke
pānīhār. ||1|| rahā▫o.
The five demons are the rulers of the
whole world, but they are just watercarriers for the Lord's devotee.
||1||Pause||
Ang
865
Kaal and the 5 Dhuts become our servants.
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25. ਸੋ ਸੁਿਤ੍ਾਨੁ ਜੁ ਦੁਇ ਸਿ
ਤ੍ਾਨ ॥
ੈ
ਬਾਹਰਿ ਜਾਤ੍ਾ ਭੀਤ੍ਰਿ
ਆਨ ॥
ੈ
ਗਗਨ ਮੰ ਡਲ ਮਰਹ
ਲਸਕਿੁ ਕਿੈ ॥
ਸੋ ਸੁਿਤ੍ਾਨੁ ਛਤ੍ੁ ਰਸਰਿ
ਧਿੈ ॥੩॥
So surṯān jo ḏu▫e
sar ṯānai.
Bāhar jāṯā bẖīṯar
ānai.
Gagan mandal mėh
laskar karai.
So surṯān cẖẖaṯar
sir ḏẖarai. ||3||
He alone is a sultan and a king, who
shoots the two arrows,
in his outgoing mind, gathers and
assembles his army in the realm of
the mind's sky, the Tenth Gate.
The canopy of royalty waves over
such a sultan. ||3||
Ang
1160
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26. How do we
do this?
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27. ਪਰਭ ਕੈ ਰਸਮਿਰਨ ਕਾਲੁ
ਪਿਹਿੈ ॥
Parabẖ kai simran kāl
parharai.
Remembering God, death is eliminated.
Ang
262
ਪਰਭ ਕਉ ਰਸਮਿਰਹ ਰਸ ਸਿਬ
ਕੇ ਿਾਜੇ ॥
Parabẖ ka▫o simrahi sė
sarab ke rāje.
Those who remember God are the rulers of all
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ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਰਜ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਿੈ
॥ਗੁਿ ਕੈ ਸਬਰਦ ਪੰ ਚ ਸੰ ਘਾਿੈ ॥
ਆਰਪ ਤ੍ਿੈ ਸਗਲੇ ਕੁਲ ਤ੍ਾਿੈ ॥
੪॥
So jan sācẖā jė ha▫umai
mārai.
Gur kai sabaḏ pancẖ
sangẖāraiĀp ṯarai sagle
kul ṯārai. ||4||
Those humble beings are true, who conquer
their ego.
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they
conquer the five thieves.
They save themselves, and save all their
generations as well. ||4||
Ang
230
ਰਸਮਰਿ ਰਸਮਰਿ ਰਸਮਰਿ ਗੁਿੁ
ਅਪੁਨਾ ਸੋਇਆ ਮਨੁ ਜਾਗਾਈ
॥੨੩॥
Simar simar simar gur
apunā so▫i▫ā man jāgā▫ī.
||23||
Remembering, remembering, remembering my
Guru in meditation, my sleeping mind is
awakened. ||23||
Ang
758
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28. Reclaim
your
Kingdom!
Be the King!
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29. ਊਿਤ੍ ਬੈਿਤ੍ ਸੋਿਤ੍ ਜਾਗਤ੍ ਹਰਿ ਰਧਆਈਐ ਸਗਲ ਅਿਿਦਾ ਜੀਉ ॥੧॥
While standing and sitting, while sleeping and while awake, meditate on the Lord, all your life. ||1||
Guru Arjan Dev – Ang 101
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30. 4 stages of simran
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