ਡੀਠਾ (ḍeeṭhaa)
Meaning: verb, past participle: Seen, realised.
Quote:
ਜਲਿ ਥਲਿ ਮਹੀਅਲਿ ਸਰਬ ਨਿਵਾਸੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਰਮਈਆ ਡੀਠਾ॥
jal thal mahee-al sarab nivaasee naanak ramaee-aa ḍeeṭhaa.
Nanak! I have realised the all-pervading Divine in the water, on the land, and in the sky. – Guru Arjan Sahib, Guru Granth Sahib, Page 671
Message: The ultimate objective of life is attaining higher consciousness or divine-consciousness. It is to be enlightened about the Oneness that pervades all – everywhere, in everything, in all beings and in all places – in water, on the Earth and naturally beyond the Earth.
The Divine Presence permeates everyone, the rich and the poor, the high and the low. Only such a divine vison that enables us to see this Unity and Oneness can overcome the divisions that the frail human minds have created due to delusion and ignorance.
To see the Divine in all is the true purpose of meditation or reflection on Naam, the Divine Name. That is the true goal of a spiritually oriented life for anyone of any religion or race.
Etymology: From Sanskrit drushṭ (seen) → Sindhi ḍiṭho, Lahndi ḍiṭṭhaa, Old Awadhi ḍeeṭṭhaa.
Summary of the Week:
The authors of Gurbani were exemplary people who held high moral, ethical and spiritual values in their lives. Feelings and thoughts of love, peace and forgiveness forever emanated from these great people.
Where did they learn to be so just and magnanimous? They looked within and linked up with Naam (Divine Presence and Divine Qualities), and thus were free from the earthly attachments of their egoistic mind.
It is said that the greatest battle is within. The Gurus were successful in their endeavours to liberate the mind. We can also associate with the right company and renounce our worries and abandon the dominance of the egoistic mind over us. By looking within and linking up with the Infinite Force that is ever present, we can see that we are all one.
Then we can experience the bliss that these Great Minds experienced. The tastes of the world will become sour and the Words of Wisdom will become sweet nectar. If one sees all as one, then there are no more problems for the mind. The ills of the world can also be cured if we have this attitude of having no enmity amongst us. If there is no enmity, there is no suffering. Period. Only the blissful shower of divine blessings pervades in the mind.
Only spiritual consciousness – realisation of God’s presence in oneself and in every other living being – can save the world. – Anonymous
