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The goal of Sikhism lies in Misha, which is release and union with God, described as that of a lover with the beloved and resulting in self-transcendence, agelessness and enduring bliss, or Amanda. The Sikh is immersed in God, assimilated, identified with Him. It is the fulfillment of individuality in which man, freed of all limitations, becomes co-extensive and co-ope rant and co-present with God. In Sikhism, Misha means release into God's love. Man is not God, but is fulfilled in unitary, mystical consciousness with Him. God is the Personal Lord and Creator.
The Guru says, "The man of God rejects salvation. He wants only love of God and nothing else. The joys of heaven are nothing as compared to the merging in the Divine Spirit. The ultimate goal of man is union with God. Man does not become God, only the spark merges in the fire. This is called self-identification." A man may have done many noble deeds but if he has not undertaken meditation on God, he cannot have any hope of Mukti.
Guru Nanak Sahib says in Asa-DI-Var: "That is true knowledge when the truth is in the heart, when the dirt of falsehood vanishes and life is pure and clean. That is true living when one fixes ones love on truth and finds joy in the hearing of the Name."
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