So, this Diwali time let us explore the metaphor of Deewa to get the insight that Guru Ji is sharing with us. We still have many alive from that generation who had exposure to Deewa in their real lives and can relate to it.
The historical novel book titled ‘The Last Queen’ by the famed author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni makes a fascinating read about the life and struggles of Maharani Jind Kaur known as Jindan, the youngest and the last queen of Sarkar (the Sikh empire).
Guru Ji reminds that the body is made of five elements, which upon death shall merge back into same source from where they originated. Guru Ji shares that the unique aspect of the human body is that God dwells within it, so He asks us to remember Him to cross the fearful worldly ocean.
We have a delicate job of safeguarding, protecting these fledgling tangibles as well as intangible assets for our future generation. Let us pray and make some concrete efforts to safeguard those.
So, we can see that Guru Ji’s thought process is no different from Bhagat Kabir’s although they have not seen each other or even heard from the other. After the incident on river Bein Guru Ji decided to go on Udassis-long journeys, to spread this message of one mankind. In the process of his journey to the east he passed through Kurshetra, Delhi, Mathura, Paryag, Ayudhya, and reached Varanasi (Banaras) around 1501.
The glorious days of Akal Takht with its vibrancy, transparency, independence, more inclusive and representative culture can be our reality again. We need to learn from history, see how those skills can be implemented under present circumstances. A humble and technologically savvy leader at the helm, along with federal structure and assisted equally committed second tier leadership can unite the faithful by his forthright leadership.
The Ahom women magicians employing their tantric paraphernalia began reciting mantras to Goddess Kamakhaya for destruction of Guru Ji’s encampment directly across the river. But all their magic spells failed to harm the great Guru.
Guru Ji is trying to inspire us to have union with Supreme-Soul so that we can be eternally happy. Once, we have that happy feeling, then the ‘Chet’ will really be enjoyable and all the celebration will become worthwhile.
Ignorance is the result of absence of light of divine wisdom within.