“One can realize God through kirtan alone.”
— Swami Sivananda
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| ਕਲਜੁਗ ਮਹਿ ਕੀਰਤਨੁ ਪਰਧਾਨਾ ॥ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਪੀਐ ਲਾਇ ਧਿਆਨਾ ॥ |
| Kaljug meh kīrṯan parḏẖānā. Gurmukẖ japīai lāė ḏẖiānā. |
| In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises are most sublime and exalted. Become Gurmukh, chant and focus your meditation. SGGS p1075 |
Kirtan is a form of singing, the praise of our sweet lord. Its a practice to feel high, finding our selves above mind, body, desires and the world. This process of being high is considered absolutely true, because the connection of a soul back to its creator is always true. Which is called the backward flow of soul, then what is a "forward flow" ??
I think, the ever growing greed towards this beautiful world is a forward flow. How funny, this forward flow has not been of any "forward" use up till now. Then what is this flow doing ??
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