Home Coming: Just Four Steps Away
Articles-Gurmat Vichar
by G.Singh
  Spiritual progression is procured only through a daring battle to be fought within; the human mind is said to be like an unyielding king in the Gurbani (61, SGGS), and a sincere battle must be fought with it to attain progression in the spiritual realms, because it is enveloped in the Maya pursuits layered with breathtaking attractions.  To attain spiritual progression that ultimately leads to a bond free life must be attained by negating the magnetic spell of Maya attractions; there is no “between way”. In this regard, even being wealthy, one lives without the Maya bonds. First Nanak makes it a little simpler for us by asking us to take just four vital steps with ingenuity that will procure the ultimate freedom. To guide us, the Guru’s those four steps are:

1. To know the Creator and to get into His praise.
2. To realize that the Guru, who is spiritually experienced, must be followed.
3. To stay in the environment that keeps our attention on the Creator impeccably.
4. To realize and to live His ordinance, which is flawlessly in force.
         The rest is left on the grace of the Creator, who judges us in His own ways.