Heaven and hell exist in the mind. Mind is there even after death and so they exist here and hereafter. It seems to me you are trying to say that Gurmukh marg does not recognize hereafter (Veil of Illusion, Dec 30), it does and there are numerous examples in bani. The salokh in Japji talks about good and bad actions and that they will ultimately be judged in Godheads presence. In brief, for the mind in naam there is heaven and all else will lead to hell. The one who has really earned is the one who has meditated on naam. That's what the salokh of Japji tells us. The important thing is that it is not actions but "nadar" which leads to either naam or a self inflicted hell for us. For the Guru is also a forgiver and even for a sinner there is hope if he loves and is sincere to Guru and Guru's grace is upon the individual.

It is important to mention that the note does not mention "Gurprasad", Guru's grace and also the importance of naam. It is not mere intellectual understanding but by naam that the mind is transformed into the realm of Anand, Sachkhand, Amritsar. God's grace removes evil.

Animal passions do not make us realize God. I think what you want to say is ego is the problem and also the solution. For submission of the ego leads to realization, with God's grace.

I don't think we can say that the victory is first mental or spiritual; there are many ways of his grace. I don't think we can restrict ourselves to one method, route or any route.

To the realized Sikh, nirgun and sargun are both the projection of God and he sees God in both these forms, he sees God Every where and in every thing, God, Guru, Shabad, Naam, Hukam are synonyms.

Rajbir Singh