II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

माला तो कर में फिरे, जीभ फिरे मुख माहिं I
मनुआ तो चहुं दिश फिरे, यह तो सिमरन नाहीं II

Everyone in the world is doing Simran of one kind or another. In fact none can do without it. In other words every one of us is constantly dwelling on one thing or another.This close association leaves an imprint in the human mind which in course of time becomes indelible enough and leads to complete identification of the subject with the object - and hence it is said, "As you think so you become," or "Where the mind is there you are also," no matter where the physical self is. As no one can do without Simran, the Spiritually Wise try to set one type of Simran for another type. Instead of Simran of the world and worldly relations and objects, they suggest a Simran of God's Name. As the former leads to distraction of the mind, the later pulls within leading to peace of mind and liberation of the soul.

"Kabir says, the Simran where tongue wags on in the mouth, while the mind runs riot all the time is of no use. How very often we see people turning the rosary beads and reciting the name of God yet at the slightest provocation they swear and curse, without any hesitation, with the same 'twisting' tongue.
Simran is to be done with the tongue of thought and not by word of mouth. It is entirely an inner mental process, to be practiced only after the outlets of the outgoing faculties are closed up. By telling beads we please ourselves and yet we never gain. He says: aeons have passed in telling beads, yet our minds changed not; So cast off the wooden beads and take to the mental ones. We should therefore turn the bead of the mind, and it will act like a push-button giving an ingress of the soul to spiritual realms within."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरूचरणार्पणमस्तु II