Glance of Grace...

"O Nanak, know this well: the True One Himself is All.
He cannot be established, He cannot be created.
He Himself is Immaculate and Pure.
Those who serve Him are honored.

O Nanak, sing of the Lord, the Treasure of Excellence.
Sing, and listen, and let your mind be filled with love.
Your pain shall be sent far away, and peace shall come to your home....

Even knowing God, I cannot describe Him; He cannot be described in words.
The Guru has given me this one understanding:
there is only the One, the Giver of all souls. May I never forget Him!

If I am pleasing to Him, then that is my pilgrimage and cleansing bath.
Without pleasing Him, what good are ritual cleansings?
I gaze upon all the created beings: without the karma of good actions,
what are they given to receive?

Within the mind are gems, jewels and rubies,
if you listen to the Guru's Teachings, even once.

The Guru has given me this one understanding:
there is only the One, the Giver of all souls. May I never forget Him!

Even if you could live throughout the four ages, or even ten times more,
and even if you were known throughout the nine continents and followed by all,
with a good name and reputation, with praise and fame throughout the world-
still, if the Lord does not bless you with His Glance of Grace, then who cares?
What is the use?"

Sikh Guru Nanak
_Shri Guru Granth Sahib_ Rag Jup, 1.2.4-7