Saibangh - He is Self-existent and Self-illuminating
8. Saibangh - He is Self-existent and Self-illuminating
That which is the cause of the entire universe has nothing other than
Itself as Its cause. So no one created God. He was ever existent and
will ever remain.
If we say that someone created God, then the next question would
be, "who created that which created God?" And we could go on and on
ad nauseam. So logically we would have to conclude that there is one
ultimate self-existent cause of the universe, and that cause we call
the supreme Reality or God.
This is self-existent Reality; by what can it be known? How can we
recognize it?
All the objects in the world are illuminated by the sun or some
source of light and are thus perceived by our senses and apprehended
by out intellect. But by which light can we perceive the ultimate
Reality, and with what instrument can we know or understand It?
The sun cannot illuminate It, nor the senses perceive It nor the
intellect know It... for it is the very subject by whose light all
objects - including the sun - are illuminated, and because of which
the senses, mind and intellect can function. Therefore, Shri Guru
Nanakji says, It is Saibangh, which means It is 'shining in Its own
light'....It is 'self-illuminating'.
It is of the nature of Consciousness without which even the sun
cannot be seen. This Consciousness which lights up the entire
universe including the body, senses, mind and intellect, because of
which the entire universe is known and in Whose light of awareness,
the sun, the moon, the stars, the lightning and the fire shine, what
other source is required to illuminate It? It is ever shining in Its
own light.
How can such a Reality be gained? It can be gained only through
Gurparsaad (the Grace of the Guru).
Saibangh - He is Self-existent and Self-illuminating
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Guru Granth Sahib: 1. Mool Mantra - Fundamental Meanings
Guru Granth Sahib: 2. Ik Onkaar - The One God, the Absolute Reality
Guru Granth Sahib: 3. Satnaam - His name is Sat, Ever True
Guru Granth Sahib: 4. Kartaa Purakh - The Only Doer, the One Creator
Guru Granth Sahib: 5. Nirbhau Nirvair - Fearless and All-loving is He
Guru Granth Sahib: 6. Akaal Moorat - His Form (Existence) Transcends Time
Guru Granth Sahib: 7. Ajuni - He is Without Birth or Beginning
Guru Granth Sahib: 8. Saibangh - He is Self-existent and Self-illuminating
Guru Granth Sahib: 9. Gurparsaad - The Grace of the Guru
Guru Granth Sahib: 10. Jap - Chant
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