God's Favor In Everything I Do
IN
EVERYTHING I SAY
THERE IS SOMEONE WITH ME
WALKING THE WAY
AS I REACH OUT TO FEEL
I FEEL HIM HEAL
ME, OF MY SUFFERING
AS I BEGIN TO KNEEL
AND THANK GOD AGAIN AND AGAIN
FOR HIS FAVOR AND LEAN
FORWARD, AS IF TO SAVOR
EVERY MOMENT OF THIS LIFE.
YES, I DO HAVE GOD'S FAVOR IN MY LIFE
AS I WALK DOWN THE STREET
I TRIP ON A ROCK NOT VISIBLE TO ALL
AND BALANCE MYSELF BEFORE I FALL
I BREAK OUT IN A SWEAT
THINKING I COULD HAVE MET
MY DEATH
IF GOD HAD NOT PREVENTED THAT FALL
I SMILE AT MYSELF
AS I THANK HIM FOR HIS HELP
YES, I HAVE GOD'S FAVOR AND ALL
GOING DOWN THE BUSY STREET
ON THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT
MY JACKET SEEMS TO FEEL
ON MY WAIST KIND OF TIGHT
IN PULLING THE BELT, MY HAND KIND OF FELT
SWEATY, AS IT SLIPPED ON THE STEERING
AND MY CAR KIND OF WENT
SWERVING
INTO THE TRAFFIC THAT WAS
SWARMING
LIKE ANTS ON A FIELD DAY AT THEIR NEST
AS MY CAR KIND OF STOPPED
ON THE TIP OF THE ROCK
I STOOD IN SHOCK
FOR THE ROCK HAD STOPPED
ME, FROM GOING INTO THE HOT
WATER OF RIVER FLOWING UNDER THAT TOURIST SPOT
I STOPPED A TEAR FROM ROLLING, AS I LOCKED
MY HANDS IN PRAYER AS I SAW PEOPLE FLOCK
YES, I HAVE GOD'S FAVOR AND ALL.
FROM THE TINY BLESSING OF EVERYDAY LIFE
TO THE HUGE DECISIONS AND THE PROTECTION FROM STRIFE
GOD HAS HELD ME LIKE A MOTHER
PROTECTING HER INNOCENT CHILD
I LOOK AT MYSELF
COME A LONG WAY THROUGH MY LIFE
AS I MOVE FROM DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT.
FOR IT IS GOD WITH HIS MIGHT
MY GOD WITH HIS LIGHT
THAT GUIDES MY PATH IN
THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT.
AS I SEE MYSELF WAKEUP AT THIS HOUR
AND HAVE A BREATH TO BREATHE
AND A SHOWER
FOR A BODY AND SOUL GOD HAS BLESSED ME
AS I TOWER, OVER
THE ANTS AND THE BEES AND THE OTHER LIVING THINGS IN
HIS POWER.
FOR BLESSED AM I TO HAVE LEGS TO WALK WITH
AND EYES THAT HAVE SIGHT
TO SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD I EXCITE
FOR WHAT WOULD I DO IF HE HAD NOT BLESSED ME WITH THIS
BRIGHT
HOME AND THE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN OF MINE?
I
LOOK AT HIM IN AWE
AS I THANK HIM FOR ALL
THE BLESSINGS HE HAS PASSED MY WAY
IN THIS HOUR
AS I KNEEL DOWN TO PRAY
AND THANK HIM FOR THIS DAY
I SEE HIM SMILE AS HE LOOKS MY WAY
I LAUGH FOR JOY AND WITH A TWINKLE IN MY EYE
AS I WALK ON THE PATH GOD HAS CARVED FOR ME IN THIS
AFTERMATH
WITH A VOICE WITH CONVICTION
AND A FAITH THAT ENTHRALLS
I HUMBLY ASK HIM TO BLESS MY
BODY AND SOUL
I FEEL HIS STRENGTH
HIS PRESENCE, MAGNIFICENT
AS I WHISPER TO MYSELF
"YES, I HAVE GOD'S FAVOR AND ALL." --
This New Year
Copyright 2012
© Vaninder Kaur
A
NEW HORIZON
A NEW FEELING
A NEW CONNECTION
TO A NEW SENTIMENT
THE RESURRECTION
OF A BELIEVER...
YES,
I WELCOME THIS NEW YEAR
WITH A FEELING OF CHEER...
I BEGIN TO SEE THE SUNRISE
WHERE THERE WAS DARKNESS, SO QUEER...
I SEE GOD WALK TOWARDS ME...
AND HOLD MY HAND, WITH CARE...
I LOOK AT HIM IN AWE
AS TEARS DRIP DOWN
AS I KNEEL IN PRAYER...
WILL YOU FORGIVE ME
OH LORD, OH SAVIOR?
AND PROTECT ME FROM THE TORMENTS OF TIME
THAT COULD BE NEAR?
I BEGIN TO SMILE
AS I SEE IN THE GURU'S EYES
AN OCEAN OF LOVE AND COMPASSION...
MY EYES BEGIN TO TEAR
AND CRY...
AND FLOW LIKE A SHEER
SPRING OF WATER
FROM A MOUNTAIN FROZEN FOR YEARS...
SUDDENLY, FEELS THE WARMTH OF THE HOLY SUN...
GUSHES...
OUT OF CONTROL...
LIKE IT WAS WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT FOR A MILLION YEARS...
THIS DAY OF GRACE
THIS DAY OF SOLACE
THIS DAY WHEN THE SHACKLES OF BIRTH AND DEATH WILL BE
SHEARED...
YOU ARE THE ALMIGHTY
YOU ARE THE ONE, WAHEGURU...
CAN FORGIVE MY SINS AND PLUNGE
ME INTO THE OCEAN OF YOUR LOVE, SO TRUE...
YES...GOD...
I WAIT FOR THIS DAY. EVERY MOMENT IS AT STAKE...
AS I WAIT...FOR THIS WONDERFUL MOMENT OF GRACE...
AS I WALK THE PATH
OF DESTINY AND FATE
I PRAY TO GOD
NOT TO COUNT MY MISTAKES...
FOR ONLY YOU, WAHEGURU, CAN FIND
COMPASSION TO FORGIVE...AND SEE ME SHINE
LIKE A BEAUTIFUL STAR
ON THE SANDS OF TIME...
IT'S A NEW YEAR TODAY...
WITH A NEW BORN STRENGTH
THE REVIVAL OF MY FAITH
WITH MIRACULOUS STRENGTH...
LET ME RISE UP AND SHINE
LIKE THAT BEAUTIFUL SUN
AND BRING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH
JOY...
AND MARVEL AT THE GURU'S
INCREDIBLE,
MIRACULOUS STRENGTH.
AND THANK HIM FOR THIS DAY
THIS HOUR
THIS MOMENT
THIS SECOND OF LIFE...
WHERE I AM SINGING HIS PRAISES
ON THIS DIVINE
UNENDING NIGHT...
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
MAY WE BEGIN ANOTHER JOURNEY
INTO...
ANOTHER DAY OF BLESSED LIFE...
AND WITH THE GURU'S GRACE, BEGIN IT...HUMBLY...
AND WITH "LAUGHTER, JOY AND PROSPERITY"
YES, GOD...TO YOU, ALL THE GLORY! --
Guru Gobind Singh Ji
Copyright 2012
© Vaninder Kaur
OUR
GURU, THE SUPREME
GURU GOBIND SINGH
THE UNPARALLED SOVREIGN...
THE ONE THAT MADE US SIKHS INTO SAINT-SOLDIERS...HIS
DREAM
WAS TO HAVE MAN BE
IN THE ORIGINAL FORM GOD HAS BLESSED HIM
AND BE CROWNED
WITH THE 5 K'S THAT MAKE US COURAGEOUS AND SERENE...
AND BLESS US
WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND BLISS
SO THAT WE GO THROUGH LIFE
SO MUCH IN TUNE WITH
OUR MISSION IN LIFE
TO SERVE MANKIND
TO BE KIND AND TRUE
TO BE SELFLESS AND SHINE
AND BLEND INTO THE SUBLIME.
FOR GURU GOBIND SINGH TAUGHT US
WITH LOVE AND CARE
AND IN HIS GURBANI
ASKED US TO LOVE THE 'NIRANKAR' SO
THAT EVERY CELL OF OUR BODY IS AGLOW
WITH WAHEGURU'S NAME
AS HE SAYS IN GURBANI...
AGAIN AND AGAIN...
"JIN PREM KIYO TIN HI PRABH PAYO."
THERE HAS BEEN NO ONE ON EARTH
THAT HAS SACRIFICED SO
AS A CHILD SO YOUNG,
HE ASKED HIS FATHER TO
BE A SACRIFICE FOR THE DOWNTRODDEN
THAT NEEDED HIM AND ALONG
WITH HIS SONS...
HIS WIFE AND MOM...
HE SACRIFICED THEM ALL
TO ENLIVEN THE 'PANTH'
TO ELEVATE IT
TO IT'S PUREST FORM...
FOR IT DID NOT MATTER
HE HAD NO SONS, FOR HE HAS NOW
MILLIONS THAT WERE BORN
"CHAR MOOYE TO KYA HUA
JEEVATH KAI HAZAAR."
GURU GOBIND SINGH...
WILL FOREVER BE OUR GUIDE
AND MASTER AS HE LEADS
US TO THE BLISSFUL LIFE OF
SIMRAN AND SEWA
WE BOW DOWN HUMBLY
FOR HIS BLESSINGS DIVINE
THAT CONTINUE TO SHOWER...
TODAY, WE CELEBRATE AND REJOICE
AT THE EARTHLY ARRIVAL
OF GURU GOBIND SINGH JI
AT CITY OF PATNA SAHIB'S BLESSED SOIl.
FOR THE FATHER OF 'KHALSA'
GURU GOBIND SINGH EMPOWERS
US TO FOLLOW THE PATH
WITH UNSURPASSED COURAGE
TO HOLD ON TO OUR FAITH
AND TO FOLLOW THE FOOTSTEPS
SIRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB HAS SET
FOR US IN THIS 'KALYUG' AND DARKNESS...
GURU GOBIND SINGH WAS THE
THE LIGHT SO BRIGHT
THAT GUIDED OUR PATH
IN TIMES WHEN INJUSTICE AND THE WRATH
OF THE UNGODLY WAS RAMPANT WITH STRIFE...
GURU GOBIND TURNED US INTO LIONS WITH THE INITIATION
OF THE AMRIT...
AND WE RAN TO BATTLE TO PROTECT
THE WEAK AND THE INNOCENT
FOR GURU GOBIND SINGH HAD INSTILLED IN US
COURAGE TO FIGHT FOR THE TRUTH
COURAGE TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT
TO FIGHT UNTIL DEATH WE HAVE MET...
FOR WAHEGURU WILL BLESS.
BLESSED IS EVERY SIKH
TO BE BORN OR ORDAINED
IN THIS AMRIT VARKHA
FOR GURU HIMSELF CHOSE TO TAKE THE SWEET
NECTAR OF AMRIT
AND THE WORDS FROM THE SANGAT RINGS THROUGH
"DHAN GURU GOBIND SINGH APE GUR CHELA."
HOLY IS THE HOME WHERE GURU GOBIND SINGH IS REVERED
AND GURU NANAK'S THRONE
IS RESPECTED, AND HONORED...
FOR GURBANI ALONE
ALONG WITH THE KHALSA PRACTICING HIS FORM
AND WITH THE GURU'S GRACE...
CAN TRANSFORM US...
FROM HUMANS...INTO TRANSCEDENTAL FORM. --
Taking Amrit*
Copyright 2012
© Vaninder Kaur
TO MERGE IN WAHEGURU
THE GURU AND DISCIPLE HAVE BECOME ONE...
AS I HUMBLY SIT DOWN TO TAKE 'AMRIT'
WITH TEARS OF LOVE
AND DEVOTION FOR THE ONE,
GURU GOBIND SINGH,
THAT MADE US KHALSA
FROM THE WEAK AND HOPELESS ONES...
BLESS ME OH WAHEGURU!
HELP ME OH GOD
TO HAVE A RESOLVE SO STRONG
FOR I AM NOT DESERVING
OF THIS BEAUTIFUL 'NAAM'
I PRAY TO YOU CLEANSE
MY BODY AND SOUL...
MY CLUTTERED MIND THAT HAS
LIMITLESS THOUGHTS
OF EARTHLY CHORES...
AS I COME TO YOUR THRONE...
TO BECOME PURE AND 'KHALSA'
NOT ALONE
BUT WITH THE 'PUNJ PIYARE'...
RECITING GURBANI
TURNING WATER INTO 'AMRIT'
THE NECTAR OF 'NAAM'
YES, BLESSED AM I
AND WONDERFUL IS OUR GURU
THAT HAS CREATED A PATH FOR US
IN THIS MAZE OF EARTHLY ' FIRES'
AND DUELS..
A PATH SO UNIQUE
YET SO SIMPLE
LET ME TAKE A STEP TOWARDS THE 'GURU'
AND WATCH GURU GOBIND TAKE A MILLION STEPS
TOWARDS ME AND HOLD
MY HAND
AS I STUMBLE
AND STEADY
FOR GURU GOBIND SINGH IS READY
TO TAKE ME IN HIS FOLD...
AS A TEAR FROM MY EYES
DROPS ON THE ROBE
OF THE PUNJ PYARE
AS HE SPLASHES AMRIT
ON TO MY EYES AND ASKS ME TO CHANT "WAHEGURU"
I CHANT 'WAHEGURU' WITH THE UTMOST REVERENCE
AS I ASK FOR THE GURU'S STRENGTH
HIS 'KHALSA MAGNIFICENCE'
I WANT THE GURU'S BLESSINGS
TO COME IN MY MIND, BODY AND SOUL
THAT IS LIKE A BARREN LAND...
WAITING FOR THE FIRST DROP OF
THE NECTAR OF 'NAAM'
THAT AMRIT WILL TURN MY SOUL
INTO A
HAVEN OF BEAUTY, JOY AND PEACE
AND THERE WILL BE 'ANAND' EVERYWHERE I SEE...
MAY THE REST OF MY DAYS
BEAR THE MARK OF THE GURU
FOR TODAY...
I HAVE BECOME 'KHALSA'
AND BEGIN A NEW JOURNEY, SO TRUE
TO BECOME A 'GURSIKH' IS MY DREAM
TO FULFILL THAT?
ONLY THE GURU'S BENEVOLENCE
HIS GRACE
AND HIS BOUNTIFUL, COMPASSIONATE BLESSINGS
AND SOLACE
AS I HUMBLY SIT DOWN TO LISTEN
TO THE REVERED
'HUKAM' OF OUR GURU
I FEEL MY LIFE CHANGE
FOREVER...
I THANK HIM FOR THIS
BEAUTIFUL GIFT OF 'AMRIT'
A PRICELSS TREASURE
I BOW TO YOU
SIRI GURU GOBIND SINGH
MY SAVIOR
IN THIS WORLD
AND THE NEXT
NOW AND FOREVER. --
*Amrit is a state of consciousness where a person knows in the very marrow of their bones that they are beyond the power of death; that the physical body and the mind are temporary - and that the eternal, undying Spirit within each one of us is who we truly are. The story behind the Amrit vows is a very powerful one. To understand the historical background of Amrit, read The First Baisakhi, 1699.
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