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Origins of Ekankar & the HU Chant, Also: Vegetarian Ethics, and, Rules For Being Guru
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Origins of the term Ekankar, Origins of the HU Chant, The Path of the Masters, And... Vegetarian Ethics
A question someone online asked about an icon image of Guru Nanak: “Can you please tell me more about the symbol on Guru Nanak’s palm?” What are the letters and what do they mean?
Some might assume the language is Hindi and the Word is AUM or OM. Close but not quite. ੴ means “God is One.” It is made up of two characters, the Punjabi character for the number ‘one’ and the Punjabi letter ‘Urha’ for ‘Onkar’ or ‘OMkaar’, meaning ‘God’ (or God of Sound).
In many icon images of Guru Nanak, one often sees the same symbol on Guru Nanak’s palm.
When a spiritual Master is waving to us in this way, showing the palm of the hand, this means he is giving us his blessing.
The symbol: Ekankar (Ik Onkar ੴ, ਇਕ ਓਅੰਕਾਰ) means “God is One.” It is made up of two characters, the Punjabi character for the number ‘one’ and the Punjabi letter ‘Urha’ for ‘Onkar’ meaning ‘God’.
Ik Onkar/Ek Ong Kaar/Ekankar -- these are also alternate spellings of “AUM” or “OM” — the OMkaar and refers to the Sound Current, the Divine Sound of the cosmos.
“Ek Ong Kaar” is in the opening verses of Guru Nanak’s Jap Ji (Morning Prayer), along with countless other references to Ekankar (Ik Onkar ੴ, ਇਕ ਓਅੰਕਾਰ) found in the Adi Granth/Sikh Scriptures of India.
Ik Onkar is also the first phrase in the Mool Mantra, the opening phrase of Guru Nanak’s Jap Ji (Morning Prayer) in the Guru Granth (Sikh Scriptures or Adi Granth).
The Creator of all is One (Ik Onkar – “Ek Ong Kaar”)
Truth is His Name (Sat Naam)
He is the Doer of everything (Kartaa Purakh)
He is Fearless, without anger (Nirbhao, Nirvair)
He is Undying, Unborn and Self-illumined (Akaal Moorat, Ajoonee, Saibhang)
This is revealed by the Sat Guru’s Grace (Gurprasaad)
Meditate! (Jap!)
He was True in the beginning (Aad Sach)
He was True through all the ages (Jugaad Sach)
He is True even now (Haubhee Sach)
O Nanak, He shall ever be True (Naanak Hosee Bhee Sach)
– Guru Nanak, Opening Verses of the Jap Ji or Morning Prayer found in, “Peace Lagoon,” an anthology of the Sikh scriptures
“Ekankar” does not come, and has never come from, the “Pali” language or any dialect of Tibetan origin. Rather, it’s Punjabi. Punjabi is an Indian language, which belongs to the outer-circle of the Indo-Aryan languages. It nearly resembles Hindi and Urdu.
Ik Onkar/Ek Ong Kaar/Ekankar are also alternate spellings of “AUM” or “OM” — the OMkar and refers to the Sound Current, the Divine Sound of the cosmos.
“Ekanakar” does not mean “conscious co-worker of the Divine Plan or God.” However, back in the 1950's Sant Kirpal Singh did coin this phrase, and often used variations of it in his teachings, as can be confirmed with a serious search of his writings, most of which are available for free online. “Unless one becomes a Conscious Co-worker of the Divine Plan by complete self-surrender and annihilation of ego, the goal of spiritual perfection cannot be attained.” (Kirpal Singh)
Julian P. Johnson wrote in his spiritual classic, Path of the Masters:
“In the literature of the Saints, God is expressed by many words, such as Swami, Ekankar, Nirankar, Radha-swami, Akal, Nir-ala, Anami, Agam, Alakh, Sat Purush, Prabhu, Prabhswami, Hart Roy, Akshar, Parameshwar, Akshar Purush, etc. All of these words have been coined in an effort to convey to human intelligence some idea of what the Saints think of God, or Lord God, the highest power. Ekankar means the ‘One oneness,’ ‘the body of oneness.’ Nirankar means without body or form. Soami or Swami means the all-pervading Lord. Radha Soami — radha, 'soul', and soami, 'lord' — 'the lord of the soul'. The word radha, in Hindi, when reversed becomes dhara. This means 'current' or 'stream of energy', the attribute of the soul. When the dhara is reversed, when it turns upwards away from the creation, it becomes radha, the soul.
"Akal means 'timeless', Nirala means 'peerless', having none like him. Anami means 'without name or Nameless. Agam means 'inaccessible'. Sat Purush, 'true lord', is the really existing Lord as distinguished from all hypothetical gods. That which is not 'Sat' does not really exist. Sat means 'truth', 'reality', 'existence'. Hence the fundamental idea of truth is existence. The untrue does not exist; the true does. Hence truth and existence are synonymous terms... The whole universe is considered as one, the true Ekankar. There is perfect oneness in the universe, which is also coexistent with God — infinite, unlimited. Hence, the Soami, the Lord, is nirankar, that is, Formless [the Formless, Nameless, Timeless, Soundless True God]." (Path of the Masters, by Julian P. Johnson)
"The message of the Masters fills the world with hope, and at the same time it offers a rational foundation for such hope. It not only tells people what they should do, but it offers them a definite method of doing it. In the march of the ages, cycle after cycle, in every planet where human beings reside, the great Masters are the Light-Bearers of that world. Until the end of the ages, they will remain the friends and saviors of those who struggle toward the Light." (Julian P. Johnson, Path of the Masters)
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The Ascension of the Soul into Interior Regions of Light & Sound, Part 2: Introduction to the Inner Regions/Heavens, and, The Second Inner Region: Causal Plane: Trikuti
"The ascension of the soul, stage by stage, to higher regions can be accomplished with the help of Shabd [the Sound Current]. Hearing these Sounds, the soul will proceed from one region to another, and will ultimately reach the Highest Region, and enter into Rest." (Huzur Maharaj, "Prem Patra Radhasoami")
THE SECOND REGION:
Trikuti
"Three Prominences"
"At the apex of this Akash (in Sahas-dal-kanwal), there is a passage which is very small like the eye of a needle. Your Surat (spirit) should penetrate this eye. Further on, there is Bank nal, the crooked path, which goes straight and then downwards and again upwards. Beyond this passage comes the second stage. Trikuti (having three prominences) is situated here. It is one lakh yojan in length and one lakh yojan in width [millions of miles in inner space; an expression describing tremendous dimensions]. There are numerous varieties of glories and spectacles at that plane which are difficult to describe. Thousands of suns and moons look pale in comparison to the light there. All the time, melodious sounds of Ong Ong and Hoo Hoo [HU], and sounds resembling thunder of clouds, reverberate there. On obtaining this region, the spirit becomes very happy, and purified and subtle. It is from here onwards that it becomes cognizant of the spiritual regions."
-- Seth Shiv Dayal Singh, Hidayatnama (Esoteric Teachings, Sar Bachan Radhasoami Poetry, Book One)
"The soul, forewarned, enters the causal plane with care, listening again for the guardian sound, which in this region reverberates like the sound of large drums or rolling thunder, and which may also sound like the rumbling chant of the Hindus' om, om, or the Muslims' HU, HU. The light that the soul looks for to guide it takes on a brilliant reddish color in this realm, like that of the sun in a summer sunrise. The soul fixes on these aural and visual guides, and passes by locations where the things of our physical world were created. Within the landscape are also vistas that are well known from Hindu mythology-Mount Kailasa, for example, where Lord Shiva is thought to dwell, or the forests and gardens said to have been inhabited by Krishna. The light that the soul has followed, already brighter than many suns, becomes ever brighter as the wayfarer proceeds upward, bursting through the pyramidally shaped causal realm." (Mark Juergensmeyer, Radhasoami Reality)
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“You can not just brush the surface of a culture and pretend that you’ve found an answer. We must turn inward to the deepest of our own roots to find the very best of who we are.” (Ravi Shankar)
The HU (HOOOO) Chant of Hazrat Sultan BaHU Sultan Bahu (1628 --1691) was a Sufi Master of the Light and Sound of God (Qadriya Sufi Order) who lived in northern India. There are two books that have been published in English making this wonderful poetry of Sultan BaHU available in our part of the world, and they mention this sacred word spelled "HU": 1) "Death Before Dying -- The Sufi Poems of Sultan Bahu," Translated by Jamal J. Elias, University of California Press; 2) "Sultan Bahu," Translated by J.R. Puri, Published by Radha Soami Books, and it has many references to the sacred name HU as well as Inner Sound and Light Meditation. It's not available through bookstores but through: Science of the Soul/RS Books: ScienceOfTheSoul.org The following ecstatic poems, translated from Punjabi, sometimes contain the word "HU," a name for God and the Audible Life Stream, the Sound of the upper worlds. In most all of his poems, in the original language every other line hypnotically ends with a HOO, for example: akkheen surkh te mooheen zardee, har wallon dil aaheen HOO Muhaa muhaar khushboi waalaa, pahuntaa vanj kadaaeen HOO Ishq mushk na chhuppe raihnde, zaahir theen uthaaeen HOO Naam faqeer tinhaan daa Baahoo, jin laamakaanee jaaeen HOO The name 'Bahu' means, 'with God.' Then, in an ecstasy of love, you will repeat the Name of HU constantly, devoting every breath of your life in contemplation of Him. Only when your soul merges in the Essence of the Lord, will you deserve the name 'Bahu.' HU is within, HU is without, HU pervades everything; where then is Bahu to find HU [Positive Power-Allah, God]? He has wounded his own heart, he has tortured his own soul with austerities of all manner, with worship of all kinds. Having read millions of books, he has also come to be called 'wise.' But the name 'faqir' befits only him, O Bahu, whose very grave breathes life! Mystics live in this world as HU personified; they practice the Name that is the essence of God. They live in HU -- beyond religion, beyond belief and unbelief, beyond life and death. If you explore the Path within yourself, you will find God nearby, through the Royal Vein. He now lives in me and I in Him, O Bahu: not only distance from Him but even nearness to Him have become irrelevant! HU is within, HU is without, HU always reverberates in my heart. The wound in my heart aches constantly with the unabating pain of HU’s love. The darkness of ignorance departs from the heart lit by HU [God, Positive Power, Allah]. I sacrifice myself to the one, O Bahu, who has realized the significance of HU.
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