Ananda

Ananda means bliss. The music is modern but the words were written in the 16th century by the Sikh Guru, Amar Das. It details his cosmic trip, his God experience. It starts with a loving cry out to his mother, or the Universal Mother, or maybe both. He encourages us to let our voices and minds resound with vibrations of love, gratitude and praise. As the lyrics continue they paint vivid, enticing pictures of being enveloped in a mysterious, all pervading, and cosmic vibration. Amar Das describes celestial fairies and heavenly musicians sending him in to states of ecstacy. And he humbly credits an unseen, infinite force, the “True Guru,” which gracefully transitions him from un-awareness to enlightenment. The opening line, “Ananda, Ek Ong Kar, Sat Gurprasad” sets the theme, “Bliss, It’s all God, and it’s all good.”