In this hot weather, evening with Maharaj sitting at Jesus’ Place in His peaceful garden is so very pleasant. Because we are sitting in the dark, I can’t read what I am writing, but here is a bit of what I have understood. Maharaj ji is speaking of the pairs of opposites:
There are two very powerful ideas: of developing or destroying. We can keep things natural or we can destroy them. Peace and rebellion—all such opposites exist within people. How to light the sun within people is the subject of enlightened wisdom. That Light is inside, but so is darkness. The inner lantern’s glass is covered with soot. How to clean it? Develop good things and clear the bad ones.
We must meditate, which means to focus the scattered mind. When you focus on one thing, then you will see that Power is in you. Fear leaves and God starts working in you. This means that a person is potentially very powerful. People will run to a place where they get good training and a good teacher.
Punjab is a very small state, but when the Gurus emphasized that God is the most powerful, such a flood [of empowered people] came. Understand that they were humans too, but they began to manifest their inner power. The women there were assured that they need not worry any more, for those wearing the distinctive undergarments of the Khalsa had come. They saved the women from the invaders who had been terrorizing them and did not harm a single inch of their character. Dharma means recognizing that inner power and making it strong.
The atma (individual soul) is part of Paramatma (the great Soul pervading the cosmos), but the Guru cleans our soul, removing the debris, the soot on the inner lamp. With the Guru’s enlightened wisdom, that Light is cleaned.
“Mind” is not the heart or the liver; it is thoughts. Our thoughts are uncontrolled. The color of the Nam given by the Guru cleans the mind. If you try repeating Nam but your mind is still wandering, concentrate on your Guru. Then the Nam and concentration, which have been riding on separate horses, will be joined. As Guru Amar Das, the Third Sikh Guru, sang in Anand Sahib, “Oh my mind, always remain with God.” When he said that, he was speaking to his thoughts. When our mind is always focused on God, we are never in darkness—we are always in the Light. Training in dharma is given to strengthen the goodness within us.