Gurmat CampGurmat Camp

Session 2

Nirankar

Origins of the WordOrigins of the Word

Nir AnkarThat without Form

Simply

FORMLESS

Many NamesMany Names

Nirankar is just one name for God

Allah RamWaheguru Rahim

Jehovah TaoLord Parbrahm

Non ReligiousNon Religious

People who are not part of any religion may use other words

Energy CreatorAlmighty Spirit

The Infinite Supersoul

But….one TruthBut….one Truth

Regardless of the names used

There is only one TRUTH

Enlightened souls, or Brahm Giannis, are not restricted to

names…they see the reality behind the names

Everything comes Everything comes out ofout of NirankarNirankar

All living thingsbirds, animals, fish

plants, trees and bacteria

All inanimate / non-living thingsrocks, mountains, oceans planets, solar systems, etc

And…And…

Even those things beyond our senses come from Nirankar

e.g. gravity, electrostatic forces, radioactive waves and so on

Birth, Life and DeathBirth, Life and Death

Everything exists, rests, lives and dies in Nirankar

G = generatorO = operatorD = destroyer

Filled and SurroundedFilled and Surrounded

Everything is IN Nirankar

But…

Nirankar is in everything too !

Bhagavad GeetaBhagavad Geeta

I exist in all places. I am in those places that you can see, but also in those places that you cannot see. I am in those things that you can perceive, but also in those places that you cannot

perceive.

Fish in the OceanFish in the Ocean

SubmergedSubmerged

Whether we go to the farthest galaxy or innermost part of our

minds, it will be covered, smothered and filled with Nirankar

There is not even a pin-point where Nirankar does not exist

Creator & CreationCreator & Creation

Baba Avtar Singh

Iko noor di upaj hai sari, ik da sagal pasara hai iko ik

hai sarav viapi phir vi sabh tu niara hai

Creator & CreationCreator & Creation

Kahlak, khalak, khalak mein Kahlak

The Creator and creation are so intermingled that a Brahm-

Gianni may not see any distinction

Ocean and WavesOcean and WavesThe creation is like waves, and the creator like the sea

The sea exists, whether waves are to be seen or not

Nirankar exists, whether His Creation is to be seen, or not

Living TruthLiving Truth

Brahm Giannis witness Nirankar as a living reality,

and share a close relationship with Him

Close at handClose at hand

They experience God to be close at hand, at every

moment, and communicate with Him out of love

Qualities Qualities

Beyond birth, death and change

Adh sach, jogadh sach

hai bi sach Nanak hosi bi sach

QualitiesQualities

Sarab Kala Samrat

All-Powerful

Sat-Chit-Anand(Truth, Consciousness, Bliss)

UpanishadsUpanishads

There is a Spirit who is amongst the things of this world, and yet

he is above the things of this world.

UpanishadsUpanishads

He is clear and pure, in a void of vastness.

He is beyond the life of the body and the mind.

UpanishadsUpanishads

Never born, never dying, everlasting, ever one in His own

greatness.

UpanishadsUpanishads

He is the Spirit whose power gives consciousness to the body : he is the driver of the chariot

Ralph Waldo TrineRalph Waldo Trine

This is the spirit of infinite love

The moment we recognise ourselves as one with it…

…we become so filled with love that we see only the good in all.

And when we realise that we are all one with the infinite spirit…

…then we realise that we are all one with each other

We then realise that we cannot serve or hurt another, without

by that very act serving or hurting ourselves