There was once a young prince who was of the generous kind. He spent his days with the servants, not because he thought that was the kind thing to do, but because he felt most at home with them. He would eat their food and even try to sleep in their homes. He loved them so much that he asked his father if he could just go start living with them.
The royals, as you may well imagine, had been horrified at this behavior of the young prince and had done everything to dissuade him. The king. however, was a wise man and had been waiting for an opportunity like this. He said, "Son, yes, you can, but there are security problems, your bodyguards will have to be with you."
The boy didn't want to inconvenient the servants, so agreed to the suggestion that he go to his Uncle's neighboring kingdom to live with servants there.
Plans were made and the young prince was whisked away one night. The king made sure that no one, not even his brother, knew that the boy he was shipping was a prince. The rumor he spread was that the boy was a troublemaker, so had to be leave the kingdom.
Within a few weeks the king start receiving messages from the prince that he was done with the "horrible servants here" and wanted to come back. The father smiled and replied back "not yet". After a few months, the messages were desperate. The king clutched his trembling heart and said nothing. After the messages had stopped coming after almost a year, and the boy apparently had lost all hope of ever coming back, was when the king asked for the boy to be brought back.
Teacher: Can you imagine the joy of the boy when he came back to his kingdom?
Seeker: It would be difficult to put into words, he would be bursting with the newfound (actually already existing) freedom and happiness.
Teacher: Exactly! That boy is you and the return of the prince to his kingdom is described in the next few pauris of Jap Ji.
The royals, as you may well imagine, had been horrified at this behavior of the young prince and had done everything to dissuade him. The king. however, was a wise man and had been waiting for an opportunity like this. He said, "Son, yes, you can, but there are security problems, your bodyguards will have to be with you."
The boy didn't want to inconvenient the servants, so agreed to the suggestion that he go to his Uncle's neighboring kingdom to live with servants there.
Plans were made and the young prince was whisked away one night. The king made sure that no one, not even his brother, knew that the boy he was shipping was a prince. The rumor he spread was that the boy was a troublemaker, so had to be leave the kingdom.
Within a few weeks the king start receiving messages from the prince that he was done with the "horrible servants here" and wanted to come back. The father smiled and replied back "not yet". After a few months, the messages were desperate. The king clutched his trembling heart and said nothing. After the messages had stopped coming after almost a year, and the boy apparently had lost all hope of ever coming back, was when the king asked for the boy to be brought back.
Teacher: Can you imagine the joy of the boy when he came back to his kingdom?
Seeker: It would be difficult to put into words, he would be bursting with the newfound (actually already existing) freedom and happiness.
Teacher: Exactly! That boy is you and the return of the prince to his kingdom is described in the next few pauris of Jap Ji.
The state of the person, who fully realizes naam in their mind, cannot be told.
----- Guru Nanak, Jap Ji, 12th pauri
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