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Ek Onkar Satnam
The Heartbeat of Nanak
Ek Onkar Satnam and the Essence of Nanak
Ek Onkar Satnam is the essence of Japji Sahib, the message of Nanak that emerged as Sikh Religion. Indeed, Ek Onkar Satnam is the Heartbeat of Nanak. The entire religion is condensed in these three words EK, OnKAR, and SATNAM. Afterwards, whatever Nanak overflowed is for your understanding. Otherwise, the message is complete.
Beyond Dualities and Conditionings
Beyond dualities, conditionings, and your beliefs lays the realm of Buddhas. Nanak is a Buddha—one who has not only attained to this Oneness with that which is, but has harnessed this energy field for the transformation of human consciousness. Japji Sahib is the expression of Truth as envisaged by Nanak and occupies a foremost place in Sikh religion. Ek Omkar Satnam is the heartbeat of Nanak, and Japji Sahib is the fragrance of the inner flowering.
The Nature of Truth
The effort is to harness and present truth that rendered Nanak, Buddha, Kabir, Osho, Krishnamurti, Jesus, and Mahabir Enlightened in its sublime and nascent form through this work. Truth is sublime. Truth is beyond religions and even your gods and goddesses. Truth is solitary. Truth is auspicious. Truth is beyond duality. So is bliss or Anand. Truth has nothing to do with Sikh, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, or Jew. Truth is beyond these narrow boundaries. Your conditioning, your values, and your understanding have no correlation with Truth.
Understanding and Listening
A Hindu mind listens to that which resonates and strengthens his mind. So is the case with a Sikh, Christian, Mohammedan, and other sects as well. You are listening simply to strengthen your mind.
Unique Role of Nanak
Nanak is unique. And he is unique in many ways. Nanak happened before Tulsi Das. Social values were declining. Politically, that was the beginning of a new era. The message of the masters was losing its inner fabric. Nanak's role was to resurrect all these. Nanak came like a fresh breeze.
Scriptural Patterns and the Path of Yoga
Look at the earlier scriptures. Valmiki used one meter throughout the entire narration of Ramayana. So too, the same one meter Anustup with each composition of four quadrants and two lines each is the meter used throughout the text—the Bhagavad Gita. All this describes one set pattern. Bhagavad Gita is the path of Yoga, although different paths of Yoga are explained. And Ramayana is the story of Rama on the platter of Bhakti.
Meter and Style of Japji Sahib
Nanak has used different meter in each Pauri. The Japji Sahib does not follow any strict meter of poetry, and even the rhyming seems, at places, uneven and incoherent. Besides, sometimes the basic line of thought appears to be intruded upon by verses in between, particularly if one relies solely upon translations and word meanings. This explains that through each Pauri, Nanak goes into an in-depth message of different systems of transformation used by the masters and paths.
Understanding Nanak's Message
Anyone with linear consciousness or a one-track mind and understanding cannot understand Nanak. Only a master whose consciousness has reached its pinnacle—or has merged with the ultimate—can explain various systems of transformation of human consciousness as interwoven through various Pauris of Japji Sahib. Allow this nectar to ooze into being.
