All you have to do is Google Kabeer or Kabir. Kabir was a Muslim poet, probably a mystic, and his shaloks are in the raag section of Siri Guru Granth Sahib. Sorry im a little confused about this bani 'dead while yet alive'Ĭould anyone explainn to me what it means? Kabeer, rare is such a person, who remains dead while yet alive. So starting over because it is so interesting, here is your statement. I was able to find your post in my browser History, but not our responses.

But in the return of the new web 'site, your thread and our responses were lost. You asked about the meaning of this line from a shalok of Kabeer the Poet, 'Kabeer, rare is such a person, who remains dead while yet alive.' The line is to be technically correct a raag or song. With your forgiveness, I am starting your thread BANI over again for you. Manmukhs (material beings) are sick and diseased in the world (sggs 118). They are alive - the Creator Himself has killed them (sggs 589). They do not serve the True Guru,Īnd they do not embrace love for the Divine Name. Self, God, etc.), and who do not contemplate the Word of the Shabad (orĭivine Name) - Spiritual Wisdom does not enter into their Heart they are Those who do not serve the True Guru (the

Name), the world does not hear, and does not see deaf and blind, it They alone are blind, O Nanak, who wanderĪway from their Pure Being (sggs 954). Why should the one who can see, get lost? Do not call them blind, who He is truly blind, who follows the way shown by the blind man. In the meantime, I did find a web site with a number of references from Siri Guru Granth Sahib ji that appear to describe related ideas. They are alive because they are imbued with the blessings of Akal Purath, Satgur, Waheguru. These rare people are alive in another way. My hunch is that Kabeer is saying this: There only a few people who have truly died unto themselves, have detached from Ego, and in a sense have died, as their Ego identity is no more. By then a well-versed expert on Kabeer is certain to respond.

Tonight I will find the entire poem, and try to figure it out.

SPN is a vast ocean of mental challenges, as you have probably already noticed. Looking up his verses to see what the entire poem seems to be saying. Kabeer has become a kind of hobby for me. His use of imagery is difficult because the mental images in one part of a poem have no clue in something more concrete, or they are linked to other images that also have no clue in something concrete.

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