Time is pulling us with our collar through the roads of life, as we helplessly try to slow down the pace. We gather possessions to distract ourselves from the eternal end and forget the Supreme Being. Everything is worthless except the true remembrance of God, his faith gives us the ability to endure time and meet death with open arms. Everything is but a dream, sculptures made of fog -- remembrance of God gives us the vision to be one with God, before everything disappears. There is nothing and there will be nothing except the remembrance of God, there in lies tranquility as one remembers the lord.
Sri Guru Granth Sahibji says the following in salok mehlaa 9.
sir kampi-o pag dagmagay nain jot tay heen.
The head shakes, the feet stagger, and the eyes become dull and weak.
kaho naanak ih biDh bha-ee ta-oo na har ras leen. ||47||
Says Nanak, this is your condition. And even now, you have not savored the sublime essence of the Lord. ||47||
nij kar daykhi-o jagat mai ko kaahoo ko naahi.
I had looked upon the world as my own, but no one belongs to anyone else.
naanak thir har bhagat hai tih raakho man maahi. ||48||
O Nanak, only devotional worship of the Lord is permanent; enshrine this in your mind. ||48||
jag rachnaa sabh jhooth hai jaan layho ray meet.
The world and its affairs are totally false; know this well, my friend.
kahi naanak thir naa rahai ji-o baaloo kee bheet. ||49||
Says Nanak, it is like a wall of sand; it shall not endure. ||49||
raam ga-i-o raavan ga-i-o jaa ka-o baho parvaar.
Raam Chand passed away, as did Raawan, even though he had lots of relatives.
kaho naanak thir kachh nahee supnay ji-o sansaar. ||50||
Says Nanak, nothing lasts forever; the world is like a dream. ||50||
chintaa taa kee keejee-ai jo anhonee ho-ay.
People become anxious, when something unexpected happens.
ih maarag sansaar ko naanak thir nahee ko-ay. ||51||
This is the way of the world, O Nanak; nothing is stable or permanent. ||51||
jo upji-o so binas hai paro aaj kai kaal.
Whatever has been created shall be destroyed; everyone shall perish, today or tomorrow.
naanak har gun gaa-ay lay chhaad sagal janjaal. ||52||
O Nanak, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and give up all other entanglements. ||52||
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