The Source and Goal of all life is One Supreme Truth (God, Allah, Ik Omkar). We are inseparable parts of that One Truth, as sunshine is an inseparable part of the sun.
A Sikh Facebook friend earlier wrote me, “i want to listen in your voice mool mantar of sikhism.” Accordingly, I happily recite this beautiful prayer by Guru Nanak near the beginning of today’s class, which starts with “Ik Omkar, Sat Nam” (One God, Whose Name is Eternal Truth) and, in its extended form, ends with “Aad sach, jugaad sach, hai bhi sach, Nanak hosi bhi sach” (God was the Eternal Truth in the beginning, has been the Eternal Truth throughout the ages, is the Eternal Truth now, and – Nanak says – will be the Eternal Truth [forever]).
In response to a question during this class about whether there are any “ hidden portals to higher dimensions” in Pakistan, I tell the story of how I was evidently transported through such an interdimensional portal in December, 1984, in Pakpattan (Pakistan) – after having been led there by a series of miraculous events.