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Dog is God Spelled Backwards.

Sunday November 8, 2009

A little dog, by the name of Mini-me, yapping in the neighboring yard set me to thinking about the many me's, - the infinite manifestations of Ik Onkar, of whom we are all part and participle. One formless, creative, essence whose inventive and productive personality, with meditative focus, brought into being all of existence in an out pouring of prolific, unending, fruitful, fertility.

"Anik oop khin maa-eh kudrat dhardaa"||
"By His creative power, He assumes numerous forms in an instant." SGGS||519

It may be a bit backwards, but reflecting on a dog's name led to contemplating both God's name and bountiful disposition. The giver, the source of all resources, the plentiful replenisher, fulfiller, and refiller of all depletions, is the ultimate eliminator of all emptinesses.

"simrat simrat prabh aapnnaa sabh fal paa-ae aa-eh "||
"Contemplating and meditating on my God, I obtain all the fruits." SGGS||519

Comments
May 17, 2008 at 10:36 pm
(1) echoscope says:

Bhenji,

‘Srigranth’ Gurmukhi fonts are not displayed properly on the Firefox browser. Could you consider using ‘Sikhi-to-the-Max’ links for Gurbani quotations? Their fonts work well on both IE and Firefox. Thanks.

May 17, 2008 at 11:12 pm
(2) sikhism says:

Absolutely, no problem. Thanks for letting me know. I’ll link gurbani quotes to Sikhi to the MAX from now on. Appreciate your input!

July 19, 2008 at 2:20 pm
(3) Randall says:

Have you heard of the Church of Monotheistic Dyslexia?

They worship only one Dog.

(Sorry… couldn’t resist)

July 19, 2008 at 2:30 pm
(4) Sukhmandir Kaur says:

Maybe when the insomniac, agnostic, dyslexic who stays up all night, wondering if, there is a dog, figures it out they’ll take a membership.

July 24, 2008 at 1:20 am
(5) Mai Harinder Kaur says:

One of my favourite jokes.

Don’t try to convince me that a sense of humour isn’t one of Vaheguru’s primary traits.

ROFLOL!!!!

What is infinite humour? I think we might call it ‘Maya.’

November 9, 2009 at 3:35 am
(6) ladyviral says:

sorry if I sound crude…

But if Dog is God spells backwards… I wonder what is my neighbor’s “Dog” trying to say when it barks at everyone >.<

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