The learning and earning by self gives one, a rare eligibility to walk on the Divine Path of soul or spiritual evolution. The word for it is Kirt and there is another word Krit for creating something with the touch of one own originality, creativity and individuality. The word Kirt is of higher value than of Krit.
An adjective is added to word Kirt by saying that it is our earning by our own ten nails of the hands. The phalanges on the fingers of the hand mystically represent three levels of one’ transitions in the level of living, namely these are materialistic (Aadi-Bhotic), conscious breathing (Aadi- Daivic, the level of consciousness) and spiritual (Aadi-Atamic).
The nails are on the backside of the spiritual or Aadi-Atamic level or the uppermost phalange on the fingers. Thus, the nails represent the spiritual level. Further, the Kirt of ten nails is thus the representation of our spiritual earning or earning spiritually.
The spiritual earning does not mean that one should not be professional, rather it is giving touch of one’s own touch of originality, creativity and individuality to whatever one’s profession is.
By doing so is one’s self-contribution to the progress and development of the profession to uplift the level of service rendered through it to others. It is our duty, the quality level of personal contribution.
The money earned this way is by it-self a work of charity and sharing it in His Name is serving Him, the Sewa. The Sewa is not bound to person or place rather it where needed or deserved. In other words as Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji has said that the needy person's mouth is Guru Ji’s own collection box (Golak).
Here, the mouth is not simply for eating food, instead it is whatever the needy wants or needs. The need is universal thing, but the greed is self-interest, possessiveness-the ignorance developed by one’s ego. So according to Guru Ji, one’s inability to share in others needs is nothing else than a greed.
As at this dilemma, when one’ assumes to be a giver, it makes one possessive. The possessiveness is that force, which weakens one’s Divine gift of being selflessness not in use until all things belong to God, is not conceived. When the seeker accepts that all things belong to God, it does not mean one has to abandon everything, rather one becomes the master user of all.
We offer food to Guru Ji and it turns into Parshad, so as said in the Sukhmani Sahib by Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji that all that we possess is His Parshad. For it, thanksgiving is offered which dispels the ignorance of being possessor and bestows the joy of user. If anyone says that one went to Gurudwara Sahib and offered Parshad, there is one thing that the body, heart, mind and soul belong to Him; the energy used in walking is His, the Gurudwara sahib is His, Parshad is His, and so on.
Then what a seeker has done by him or her self, yes, simply enjoyed the joys of being user. The thanksgiving for it is that a seeker thanks that this blessing of being user (the joy of being Nimit-the one through whom the action or service has taken place by His Grace) has been bestowed upon.
It is like that a body is like an instrument with which all bodies in a divine bond make the orchestra of the Divine hand that is all hands are His though seem many. It has a similarity with music.
© Dr. Harmander Singh (© Protected and archived by WorldWideOCR.com Seal™ File)
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