Guru Gobind Singh Ji was sitting in the congregation with Sangat. He had with him a stone and a bucket full of water. He threw the stone into the bucket and the stone sunk to the bottom. He then asked the Sangat why the stone sunk?
One person said that it sunk because it was a stone, a stone always sinks. But Guru Ji asked why is it that the stone sunk? Another Sangati responded that it was going to sink because it is heavy, a heavy object will always sink in water. Guru Sahib Ji responded that this was not the right answer. He asked people to give the right answer. No one had a clue, they could not overcome their scientific way of thinking.
Finally, Guru Gobind Singh Ji turned to Bhai Nand Lal Ji. Bhai Nand Lal Ji was sitting at the bottom of Guru Ji’s Takhat, and as soon as Guru Ji asked him, Bhai Nand Lal Ji started crying. Guru Ji said, “Nand Lal, why are you crying? Give an answer to my question.”
Bhai Nand Lal Ji responded, “When the stone was with you, it was afloat in this world. When the stone left you, it sunk.” Guru Gobind Singh Ji was very happy with Bhai Nand Lal Ji and gave him a tight embrace.
Guru Ji gave this as an example of what happens to us when we leave the Guru. When we leave the True Guru, we all sink. When we stay with the Guru, Guru Sahib carries us across the Ocean to Waheguru.
How can we stay with Guru Sahib so that we too are carried across the Ocean? We must submit ourselves to him by taking Khande-Battae-Da-Amrit. We must follow the Rehats provided to us by Guru Sahib, each and everyone is designed to carry us across. We must abstain from the Bujjar Kurehits, since these only lead to pain and suffering.
We must follow the Nitnem routine provided to us by Guru Ji. Baba Nand Singh Ji used to say that when we do Nitnem, we offer our arm out to Guru Ji to carry us across. By doing Nitnem, Guru Nanak Dev Ji will never let go of our arm. But when fail in our Nitnem, we take away our offering arm. How can Guru Ji carry us across then?
We must follow our Guru. Our Guru is the Shabad, we must immerse ourselves in it. When we immerse ourselves in the Shabad, there is nothing that can cause us to sink, since the Shabad forms a protection barrier all around us to carry us across.
gur kaa sabadh rakhavaarae ||
The Word of the Guru's Shabad is my Saving Grace.
choukee chougiradh hamaarae ||
It is a guardian posted on all four sides around me.
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