He is the king of kings. According to Guru Nanak Dev, the right thing to do is to live according to His will and command.
Obedience
Obedience refers to submission to a higher authority or divine will across world spiritual traditions. Various traditions converge on the importance of obedience as a means to attain spiritual growth and unity. They diverge in their interpretations and expectations of obedience, offering unique perspectives on its role and significance.
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The mind is unable to possess the infinite, it can only be affected by it or be completely taken over by it. All it can do is blissfully surrender to the real, under the radiant presence that extends from planes of existence beyond its grasp.
Show great devotion to your parents, but do not obey them if they stand in your way to God.
Naciketas said to his father: 'Father, to whom will you give me?' He asked a second and third time. The father replied: 'To Death I give you.'
By giving away land, a person acquires a land that yields nectar in their next life.
The worlds that one reaches by giving away cattle that have drunk their water, eaten their grass, and yielded their milk, but have worn out their organs, are devoid of delight.
Our life should become a pure reflection of the supreme life, which is greater than all our potential and actual vitality. The mind should surrender to be a faithful mirror of the superconscient existence.
Even our ignorance is just a distorted version of a truth that comes from the Supermind, and it couldn't exist without being distorted. Similarly, all our dualities of knowledge, sensation, emotion, and force come from that higher vision and obey it.
The truth of the Soul is freedom and mastery, not subjection and bondage. The Purusha commands Prakriti, and Prakriti does not compel the Purusha.
The one who obeys my command is my servant and dearest to me.
One should worship the one who is the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe. Renouncing all worldly ties, my lord, worship the same hero of Raghu's line, who is fond of those who surrender to him.
I must respectfully obey your orders; this is my paramount duty, my lord.
Obey your Guru's command with reverence, care for your subjects, and alleviate your family's suffering.
Never surrender to passion, anger, jealousy, arrogance, or infatuation, not even in your dreams. Abandon all negative feelings and serve them with your mind, words, and actions.
After spending four years and ten in the forest and obeying my father's commands, I will return and behold your feet again; do not be sad at heart.
The earth became a cow of plenty, yielding all one's coveted products. The people were happy and free from all sorrows, and both men and women were good-looking and virtuous.
My Lord, You are all-powerful, all-wise and all-blissful; You are a repository of all arts and virtues and a storehouse of Yoga, wisdom and dispassion. Your Name is a wish-yielding tree as it were to the suppliant.
The Prophet said that every unbeliever, after death, suffers from the pangs of grief and remorse for not having believed and obeyed in this world.
The bath taken after completing the Horse Sacrifice is highly purifying and yields great merit.
The mind is undoubtedly superior. The Word said to the mind, 'I yield to you the fulfillment of all your desires.'