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Starting from his village, he reached Jagraon. A muslim pir Lappe Shah (holyman) resided here. Baba Harnam Singh ji
exchanged his views with him and aprised him of his spiritual path. He reached
his maternal grandparents village ‘Mianwind’ after a couple of halts enroute.
Thou he had reached a state of detachment from the worldly affair-‘Ghar he
mahé udāsā’ as described in gurbani, yet he was happy to meet his
maternal grandfather Kahan Singh, grandmother Nand Kaur, maternal uncles Mahetab
Singh and Gulab Singh and a few other relatives. This meeting was no different
for Baba ji than any previous one he used to have with Sangat (holy
congregation). He advised them to create faith, love & service for the house of
Guru Nanak. He preached that we must worship God rising above the feeling of
worldly attachments. God has given this human form to us for accomplishment of
this mission. The villagers too were dispensed with adequate counseling to
follow the path shown by the gurus.
One way of escaping
entrapment in the slush of attachment is meditation of God’s name. Those
caught in the web of attachment are also affected by lust, anger and false
pride. Such a person cannot escape the wrath of 84 lakhs species. One and only
one way to escape the delusive network is to shed idleness and adopt
contemplation on god, honest earnings and giving one tenth of one’s earning in
charity to the guru’s coffer for use on matters religious.
Honest earning and meditation leads a man
to the door step of Lord God. All his tribulation are wasted away. From here, he reached Moga via Sultanpur
and imparted pious counsel of Guru Nanak to the devotee sikhs. He held a
discourse with Sant Mehar Singh at village Singha. He stayed there for a month
as desired by his host. To awaken the conscience of the people of Malwa, he
reached Barnala via Nihal Singh wala, Hathoor, Kangar and Bhadaur, spreading the
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