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In this cave (deep cavity) of the body there are unlimited treasures. No matter how much you can take of these treasures they will not be depleted. Not only this, the Divine resides in this body. The question is how to obtain this treasure. It is obtained through the grace of the guru. The ones who have attained the Divine within have fullness in their inner life as well as fullness in their outer life. Their lives are full of happiness and bliss.
By taking refuge in the preceptor all spiritual abundance can be achieved. Guru Nanak elaborates on the need of satguru on the path to liberation:
Without serving the Guru one cannot be successful in their spiritual efforts (yoga). And without taking a true preceptor one cannot achieve liberation (mukti). Without meeting the true preceptor (sat guru) one can not find the path of the True Name. Without meeting the true preceptor, one will continue to suffer (in the fire of ego and duality). Without meeting the preceptor one is filled with egoism. Without meting the preceptor one's life is a failure.
In this poem Guru Nanak is speaking about the path. But we must notice what he is saying about the true path (yoga). Guru Nanak describes the true nature of yoga which unties the soul to
the Divine:
Yoga is not performed simply by wearing the robes and rags of a monk, Neither by carrying a begging bowl and scepter. Yoga is not performed by shaving the head,
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