Ans. The Sikh spirit and those Gursikhs who chalked out a new path, started a new order and carried out fantastic (spiritual) deeds, are described by Bhai Gurdas as subtler than a trich, sharper than a sword and tasteless like licking of a stone.
A Gursikh who treads the path of such Sikh spirit, is called a sweet speaking being who has acquired the state of equipoise, who is generous and does not care for petty accounts, who has forsaken ego and is leading his/her life according to God’s will, who serves humanity by sharing his/her honest earnings (with needy), who is a householder who strictly observes fidelity to his/her life partner; who gets up early in the morning and considers holy congregation as his/her real abode. He/she is a “khair dalal – dalel” (a bold broker of God’s Name). He/she enjoys serving those whose life is spent in devotion to God.
He/she single-mindedly meditates on the ‘shabad’; leads his/her life in God’s Will with unquestioned devotion; is an integrated personality; is thankful to God for whatever has been bestowed upon him/her; is fully contented and does not have an element of envy or jealousy for anyone; is always alert (so that he/she may not commit a sin, advertently or inadvertently) and is a personification of humility. He/she never frets on a loss.According to Bhai Gurdas, there is no Sikhi (Sikh spirit) without humility; because humility is a necessary prerequisite for being charitable. Also one must have devotion in order to stay consistently charitable. For devotion one must have love for Guru – it is utmost necessary. Devotion springs from love and through love it becomes firm. Firm devotion uproots doubts and duality. The mind becomes clean like a mirror and one can see oneself in it. Such a Sikh lives in the present and disregards past or future. coma) Srigin zoom wonThus a Gursikh is one who first burns like the wick of a lamp (forsakes ego) and then burns in the thought of welfare of others just as oil burns itself but does not let the wick get consumed. Then he gives light like a burning lamp.