GOD bless marriages everywhere,
help men and women love each other tenderly.
Guru Nanak taught that the Way for both men and women
is to be Soulbrides.
In this way Sikhs are all Sisters.
Guru Nanak wrote exquisite poetry
using the metaphor of marriage
to represent the Union of Self with GOD.

May all Soulbrides experience union within and without.

RAAG AASAA, FIRST MEHL, CHHANT, FIRST HOUSE:
ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:

O beautiful young bride, my Beloved GOD is very playful. When the bride
enshrines love for her Husband GOD, He responds and loves her in return.

The soul-bride meets her Husband GOD, when the Divine showers blessings upon
her. Her bed is decorated for the company of her Beloved, and her seven pools
are filled with ambrosial nectar.

Be kind and compassionate to me, O Kind and True GOD, that I may obtain the
Word of the Shabad, and sing Your Praises. O Nanak, gazing upon her Husband
GOD, the soul-bride is completely delighted, and her mind is filled with joy.

Kamalla Rose Kaur is a professional writer, theater director, workshop and seminar leader, publicist, events planner and singer.

USA born of Irish descent, Kamalla Rose Kaur embraced Sikhism in 1972 at age 18. She tried everything for over twenty years, including frantic practice of Yoga, until she learned "why Sikhs are so adament about having the Sri Guru Granth Sahib as their only Guru."

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