Insight 2 - Remembrance of the Name (Simran)

Insight 2

Remembrance of the Name (Simran)

Teaching:

At first, the sacred words rise softly from the lips, sound meeting breath. Soon the voice fades, and the mantra continues within, echoing silently in the mind. As remembrance descends into the heart, awareness deepens. The seeker begins to feel the rhythm of breath and the stillness of being. The mind wanders, yet returns again an again to remembrance.

When the attention lifts to the third eye, the seat of inner vision, a gentle light appears, brightening into pure radiance. With eyes half closed, gazing toward the nose's tip, the seeker sees the crossed legs and joined palms forming two interlocking triangles, the union of heaven and earth, spirit and matter. In that moment, the outer and inner dissolve, the lover and the Beloved merge as one.

Remembrance transforms the body into light, the breath into prayer, and the self into Love it self.

Ek Oang Kaar - The One Craetive Light.

Practise:

For the next few minutes, close your eyes and bring your awareness to your breath. With each inhale, silently say "Wahe". With each exhale, silently say "Guru." Let the mantra move from the lips to the mind, and finally into the heart. When thoughts arise, return gently to remembrance, as wave returns to the ocean.

Contemplation Question:

When your mind becomes still and the mantra continues on its own, who is remembering who?

Reminder of the Day:

Every breath is a call to return. Let no breath pass without remembrance.

Gurbani Reference:

"Simra-O simar simar sukh paava-o, kal kales tan maahi mitaava-o."

- Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 202.

(Meditate, meditate, meditate in remembrance of Him, and find peace, all anxiety and suffering depart from within.")

Comparative Reflection - Sufism:

In Sufism, this sacred remembrance mirrors Dhikr - the repetition of La Ilaha Illa'Llah (There is no God but God). The journey begins with the toungue, moves into the mind, and settles in the heart where remembrance becomes continuous. When the heart is purified, the seeker perceive Nur, the Divine Light and experiences Fana - the dissolution of the self into Oneness with God.

Just as the Sikh realizes Ek Oang Kaar, the Sufi recognizes Al-Haqq - The Ultimate Reality. Both paths lead the seeker from sound to silence, from self to unity, from remembrance to realization.

Reflection by Writer:

"Remembrance is not merely repeating the Name, it is becoming the Name itself."