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ਮੂਲੁ ਨ ਬੂਝਿਹ ਆਪਣਾ ਸੇ ਪਸੂਆ ਸੇ ਢੋਰ ਜੀਉ ॥:
Moolu na boojhahi aapanaa se pasooaa se dhor jeeou
Those who do not understand their own Mool (Source, Origin, Jot...);
they are beasts and they are cattle
(i.e., great fools of animal intellect-ਡੰ ਗਰ ਬੁਧੀ ਵਾਲੇ ਮਹ ਮੂਰਖ)! (sggs 751).
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The Gurbani tells us that the very purpose of this human birth is to Recognize or Understand our True Nature (ਅਪਣੇ
ਅਸਲੀ ਸਰੂਪ ਨੂੰ ਪਛਾਣ ਲੈ ਣ ), and thus become One with our Mool ( ਮੂਲ : Source, Origin, Jot, Reality, ਅਸਲਾ...) within. Once we
become One with our Mool within (i.e., become Saabat-Soorat: ਸਾਬਤ ਸੂਰਿਤ...), then we become One with everything
else.

ਯਾ ਜੁਗ ਮਿਹ ਏਕਿਹ ਕਉ ਆਇਆ ॥: Yaa Yug mahi ekahi kaou aaiaa. (sggs 251).
ਉਪਦੇਸੁ ਸੁਣਹੁ ਤੁਮ ਗੁਰਿਸਖਹੁ ਸਚਾ ਇਹੈ ਸੁਆਉ ॥: O GurSikhs! Listen to the Upadesh (Giaan or Spiritual Wisdom of the Gur-
Shabad). This alone is the true purpose of life (sggs 963).

The Gurbani tells us that without being united (linked, One...) with our Mool within, the mind will not be satisfied
(truly contented-ਸਤ ਸੰ ਤੋਖੀ, annihilated, subdued, conquered...).

If not connected to its Mool, the mind will certainly remain connected to Maya (the sense of duality, Doojaa-Bhaav,
Dubidhaa, two-ness, the principle of plurality...).

ਮਮਾ ਮੂਲ ਗਿਹਆ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨ ॥: Mamaa mool gahiaa manu maanai: MAMAA: Clinging to the Mool, the mind is satisfied
(ਮੰ ਨ, ਸਮਝੇ, comply...). (sggs 342).
ਮੂਲੁ ਛੋਿਡ ਲਾਗੇ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਈ ॥: Moolu chhodi laage doojai bhaaee: Abandoning the Mool, (Mayaic Jeev) become attached to
the love of duality. (sggs 232).
ਮੂਲੁ ਨ ਬੂਝਿਹ ਸਾਿਚ ਨ ਰੀਝਿਹ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਰਿਮ ਭੁਲਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੩॥: Moolu n boojhahi saach n reejhehi doojai bharam Bhulaaee Hae ||3||:
(The false ones) do not understand their Mool, they are not pleased (satisfied or gratified) with the Truth, and so
they wander in duality and doubt. ||3|| (sggs 1024).

Furthermore, the Gurbani reveals to us that the True Nature of our mind is Joti-Svaroopa (embodiment or the True
Image of the Divine Light). The Gurbani asks us to recognize this Truth, here and now.

ਇਉ ਕਹੈ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਮਨ ਤੂੰ ਜੋਿਤ ਸਰੂਪੁ ਹੈ ਅਪਣਾ ਮੂਲੁ ਪਛਾਣੁ ॥੫॥: Iou kahai Nanaku man toon joti saroopu hai apanaa moolu
pashaanu ||5||: Thus says Nanak - O mind! Your "Saroop" (your own, True State) is "Joti" (Divine Light)!
Recognize your Mool (Source, Origin, Reality...) ||5|| (sggs 441).

Otherwise, the Gurbani says:

ਮੂਲੁ ਨ ਬੂਝਿਹ ਆਪਣਾ ਸੇ ਪਸੂਆ ਸੇ ਢੋਰ ਜੀਉ ॥: Moolu na boojhahi aapanaa se pasooaa se dhor jeeou: Those who do not
understand their own Mool (Source, Origin, Jot...); they are beasts and they are cattle (i.e., great fools of animal
intellect-ਡੰ ਗਰ ਬੁਧੀ ਵਾਲੇ ਮਹ ਮੂਰਖ)! (sggs 751).

Question: If Joti-Svaroop (embodiment or the True Image of the Divine Light...) is man's Real Nature, what did
shatter his this Eternal State? In other words, what did go wrong?

Simply put: it is the rise of Mayaic Budhi or false ego-sense (Haumai) that creates havoc in the forest of the body -
the birth of man's all troubles. On account of Doojaa Bhaav (duality), doubts (Bharam), false intellect (ਝੂਠੀ ਮਤ), etc.,
our psychological or mental conditioning veils our Mool from us. As a result, one thinks himself "other" than the Mool.
That is, one thinks himself separate from the Mool.

This is the notion of two-ness (ਦੁਿਬਧਾ-Dubidhaa...). Thus, duality is nothing but our love (Bhaav) of two-ness
(Doojaa...). To put it otherwise, by associating with duality one looses Divine Understanding (Aatam Giaan...). This
loosening of Divine Understanding gives rise to forgetfulness, ignorance, or obliviousness of the Mool so much talked
about in the Gurbani. As a result, we miss out the opportunity (ਆਪਣੇ ਅਸਲ-ਮਨਰਥ ਵਲ ਖੁੰ ਝ ਜਾਣ ) to Realize our Mool within.
It is Maya with her dualistic principle of delusion or the law of opposites that deludes us from our very birth.

ਨਉ ਘਰ ਦੇਿਖ ਜੁ ਕਾਮਿਨ ਭੂਲੀ ਬਸਤੁ ਅਨੂਪ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥: Naou ghar dekhi ju kaamani bhoolee basatu anoop paaee: Seeing the
nine openings of the body, the soul-bride (ਜੀਵ-ਇਸਤੀ, Jeev) is led astray, and does not attain the Incomparable
Substance (peerless, unequal, unique, or Real Thing within - Mool, ਜੋਤ-ਰੂਪ...). (sggs 339).

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As a result - although our Mool within is our Mooring - but we have lost that Mooring, and consequently have gone
astray due to our doubts (Bharam), egotism (Haumai), love or hunger for Maya (ਮਾਇਆ ਦੀ ਭੁੱ ਖ, Bikaar-lust, anger,
greed, etc.), and so on. In other words, it's one's Manmukh or Saakat (Mayaic...) lifestyle that is responsible for losing
connection with the Mool.

>ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮੂਲਹੁ ਭੁਿਲਆ ਿਵਿਚ ਲਬੁ ਲੋ ਭੁ ਅਹੰ ਕਾਰੁ ॥: Manmukh moolahu bhuliaa vichi labu lobhu ahankaar: The Manmukh (self-
willed...) forget the Mool; for they are caught in greed, avarice, and pride (i.e., Bikaar). (sggs 316).
ਸਾਕਤ ਿਨਰਗੁਿਣਆਿਰਆ ਆਪਣਾ ਮੂਲੁ ਪਛਾਣੁ ॥: Saakat nirgunaariaa apnaa moolu pashaanu: O devoid of all virtues - ਗੁਣ-ਹੀਨ,
Saakat - recognize your own Mool (Source, Origin...)! (sggs 63).
ਗੁਰਮੁਿਖ ਲਾਹਾ ਲੈ ਗਏ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਚਲੇ ਮੂਲੁ ਗਵਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥੧੯॥: Gurmukhi laahaa lai gaye manmukh chale moolu gavaai jeeou.
||19|| (sggs 74).
ਮੂਲੁ ਨ ਬੁਝੈ ਆਪਣਾ ਵਸਤੁ ਰਹੀ ਘਰ ਬਾਿਰ: Mool n boojhai aapanaa vasatu rahee ghar baari: (Who does) not understand the
Mool, his Real Wealth (ਅਸਲ ਸਰਮਾਇਆ) remains undiscovered (ਅਣਪਛਾਤਾ) within his Heart. (sggs 56).
ਨਾਮੁ ਿਬਸਾਿਰ ਲੋ ਿਭ ਮੂਲੁ ਖੋਇਓ ਿਸਿਰ ਧਰਮ ਰਾਇ ਕਾ ਡੰ ਡੁ ਪਰੇ ॥੧੦॥: Naamu bisaar lobhi Moolu khoeiou siri Dharam Raai kaa dandu
Pare ||10||: Forgetting the Naam, and caught by greed, (the mortal) loses his Mool; the club of the Dharma Raai
(Divine Hukam...) will fall on his head. ||10|| (sggs 1014).
ਮੂਲੁ ਨ ਬੂਝੈ ਆਪੁ ਨ ਸੂਝੈ ਭਰਿਮ ਿਬਆਪੀ ਅਹੰ ਮਨੀ ॥੧॥: Moolu n boojhai aapu a soojhai bharami biaapee aham Manee ||1||:
Engrossed in doubt and egotism, (The mortal does) not know the Mool; he does not understand his ownself. ||1||
(sggs 1186).

The Gurbani says we can still regain our link with our Original Mooring (Mool) while still living in the midst of the
happenings of the world (Maya). But, that requires making our Mann (ਮਨ), Chit (ਿਚਤ), and Hukam (ਹੁਕਮ, Shabad,
Naam...) as One.

ਿਤਤੀਆ ਤੀਨ ਸਮ ਕਿਰ ਿਲਆਵੈ ॥ ਆਨਦ ਮੂਲ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥: Triteeaa teene sam kari liaavai. Aanad mool param padu paavai:
Triteeaa (Third...), one who maintains his equilibrium (Aatmac Adolataa-ਆਤਮਕ ਅਡੋਲਤਾ) amidst the three modes
(of Maya - making Mann, Chit, and Hukam as One...), attains the Mool, (the Source of ) Aanand (Bliss), and the
Param Pada (the Supreme State of becoming One with the Shabad within, ਚੀ ਆਤਮਕ ਅਵਸਥਾ...). (sggs 343).
ਗੁਰ ਸਬਿਦ ਸਮਾਵਏ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋਇ ਜੀਉ ॥: Gur sabadi samaavaye avaru n jaanai koi jeeou: (One who is) merged
(become One, Leen-ਲੀਨ) in the Gur-Shabad, does not know any other. (sggs 923).
ਜੇ ਇਕੁ ਹੋਇ ਤ ਉਗਵੈ ਰੁਤੀ ਹੂ ਰੁਿਤ ਹੋਇ ॥: Je iku hoi t ougavai ruti hoo ruti hoi (sggs 468).

For one to link with his Mool, the Gurbani says that he needs to become the Gurmukh (Spiritual Being, Aatam or
Brahm Giaanee...). Because, the Gurbani indicates that only by becoming the Gurmukh one can come out of the egg
of doubt (Bharam-ਭਰਮ) and eliminate the egotism (Haumai), and become established in Sahaj Avasthaa (Natural
State of Being, ਿਗਆਨ ਅਵਸਥਾ, ਆਤਮਕ ਅਡੋਲਤਾ, ਜਾਗਰਤ ਅਵਸਤਾ...), become one with the Satgur within...

ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਿਨਹਚਲੁ ਿਹਰਦੈ ਵਸੀਅਲੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਿਖ ਮੂਲੁ ਪਛਾਿਣ ਰਹੈ ॥: Ihu manu nihachalu hiradai vaseeale gurmukhi moolu pachhaani
rahai: By becoming the Gurmukh, when one Realizes his Mool (Source, Origin, Jot...), then his mind (that has
become stable-ਅਡੋਲ) abides in the Heart within (sggs 945).
ਿਕਉ ਮੂਲੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਆਤਮੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਿਕਉ ਸਿਸ ਘਿਰ ਸੂਰੁ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥ ਗੁਰਮੁਿਖ ਹਉਮੈ ਿਵਚਹੁ ਖੋਵੈ ਤਉ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਹਿਜ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੬੪॥: Kiou moolu pachhaanai
aatamu jaanai kiou sasi ghari sooru samaavai. Gurmukhi haoumai vichahu khovai taou Nanak sahaji samaavai:
How can the Mool be Realized? How can the Soul be Known? How can the sun enter into the Home of the moon?
By becoming the Gurmukh, egotism from within is eliminated; then, O Nanak! Naturally (with Sahaj, the sun -
i.e., the mind, ਮਨ...) enters (into the Home of the moon - i.e., Consciousness, ਿਚਤ...). ||64|| (sggs 945).
ਸਿਤਗੁਰੁ ਜਾਗਤਾ ਹੈ ਦੇਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥: Satiguru jaagataa hai deou ||1|| Rahaaou|| (sggs 479).
ਗੁਰਮੁਿਖ ਬਖਿਸ ਜਮਾਈਅਨੁ ਮਨਮੁਖੀ ਮੂਲੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥: Gurmukhi bakhasi jamaaeeanu manmukhee moolu gavaaiaa (sggs 304).
ਆਪਨ ਆਪੁ ਆਪ ਮੋ ਦਰਸੈ ॥ ਅੰ ਤਿਰ ਗੁਰੂ ਆਤਮਾ ਪਰਸੈ ॥ ਇਕ ਛਾਿਡ ਕੈ ਅਨਤ ਨ ਧਾਵੈ ॥ ਤਬ ਹੀ ਪਰਮ ਤਤੁ ਕੋ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੧੭੮॥: Aapan Aapu Aap Mo
Darsai. Antari Guroo Aatmaa Parsai. Ik Chhaadi Kai Anat Na Dhaavai. Tab Hee param Tatu Ko Paavai ||178||
(Dasam Granth, 1247).

A Manmukh is opposite of the Gurmukh. That is, the Gurmukh's mind has entered into his Mool (Jot, Source, Origin...)
within by removing the division or duality (Maya) through the Shabad-Vichaar (Gurmat - Aatam Giaan, Spiritual
Wisdom...). However, the Manmukhs mind remains divided, thus separated from his Mool.

But still many of these Manmukhs or Saakats (in the disguise of so called Sants-"ਸੰ ਤ ਸਮੂਹ", etc.) pretend or boast to
know their Mool. However, the reality is that they cannot even see beyond Maya (ਮਾਇਆ ਤ ਅੱ ਗੇ ਨਹ ਦੇਖ ਸਕਦੇ)!

ਇਿਕ ਮੂਲੁ ਨ ਬੁਝਿਨਹ ਆਪਣਾ ਅਣਹੋਦਾ ਆਪੁ ਗਣਾਇਦੇ ॥: Eiki Moolu n bujhanih aapanaa anahodaa aapu ganaaide: Some do not
understand their Mool, and without cause (without understanding their Mool), they display their self-conceit (ਆਪਣੇ
ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਵੱ ਡਾ ਜਤਲ ਣ , they act or pretend what they are not...). (sggs 468).
ਗਲੀ ਿਜਨਹਾ ਜਪਮਾਲੀਆ ਲੋ ਟੇ ਹਿਥ ਿਨਬਗ ॥ ਓਇ ਹਿਰ ਕੇ ਸੰ ਤ ਨ ਆਖੀਅਿਹ ਬਾਨਾਰਿਸ ਕੇ ਠਗ ॥੧॥: Galee jinhaa jap maaleeaa lote hathi
nibag. Oi Hari ke sant n aakheeahi Baanaaras ke thug: Who have rosaries around their necks, and glittering jugs
in their hands, (just because of such religious paraphernalia) they should not be called the Divine's Sant — they
are thugs of Banaras (sggs 476).

The Gurbani indicates that when the Surat (ਸੁਰਤ, consciousness, recollection...) gets absorbed in its Mool or Original
Source from which it was born, then the Kaal (fear of death, Mayaic thoughts, imaginations, ਫੁਰਨ...) does not come
near it (i.e., becomes Free from repeated suffering).

ਜਹ ਕੀ ਉਪਜੀ ਤਹ ਰਚੀ ਪੀਵਤ ਮਰਦਨ ਲਾਗ ॥: Jah kee oupajee tah rachee peevat maradn laag. (sggs 337).
ਮੂਲੁ ਪਛਾਣਿਨ ਿਤਨ ਿਨਜ ਘਿਰ ਵਾਸਾ ਸਹਜੇ ਹੀ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਈ ॥: Moolu pashhaanani tin nij ghari vaasaa sahaje hee sukh hoee: (Those
who) understand their own Mool dwell within the Home of their Inner Being (Nij Ghar) in Peace and Sahaj
(Natural State of Being, ਆਤਮਕ ਅਡੋਲਤਾ, ਿਗਆਨ ਅਵਸਤਾ...). (sggs 1334).

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The Gurbani also urges us to talk to those who already have Realized their Mool within (i.e., the Gurmukhs).

ਮੂਲੁ ਜਾਿਣ ਗਲਾ ਕਰੇ ਹਾਿਣ ਲਾਏ ਹਾਣੁ ॥: Moolu jaani galaa kare haani laae haanu: (One who assays his own-self...) Speaks
with those (ਆਪਣੇ ਸੁਭਾਉ ਵਾਲੇ , who have similar inclinations...) who know the Mool. (sggs 148).

The Gurbani is meant to be read, its true meanings understood through Shabad-Vichaar, and its instructions (Giaan,
Wisdom...) then applied to one's day-to-day living. Merely keeping the Gurbani wrapped in fancy fabric and
worshipping it like an idol will not do the trick. This is the Gurbani's edict.

Most importantly, therefore, after reading, the Gurbani must be thoroughly Understood, and then lived. In other
words, mere robotic, mechanical, or ritualistic reading (for the sake of Mayaic hunger...) of the Gurbani without living
it and without understanding the Mool with the help of its Divine Knowledge would be unavailing.

ਮੂਰਖ ਦੁਿਬਧਾ ਪੜਿਹ ਮੂਲੁ ਨ ਪਛਾਣਿਹ ਿਬਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥: Moorakh dhubidhaa parrhahi Mool n pashhaanahi birathaa
janamu gavaaiaa: Fools read in duality, (as a result, they) do not recognize their Mool (Jot...); (thus, they) waste
their lives uselessly. (sggs 1133).
ਮੂਲੁ ਨ ਬੂਝਿਹ ਸਾਿਚ ਨ ਰੀਝਿਹ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਰਿਮ ਭੁਲਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੩॥: Moolu n boojhahi saachi n reejhahi dojai bharami bhulaae hae (1024).

— T. Singh
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