Pyaar is prescribed by the
Sikh gurus as the treatment for (extreme sexual desire, one of the
five thieves). Regarding the usage of for sublimating , Guru Gobind Singh makes the following remark: The ideal relationship between the divine and devotee in Sikhism is envisioned as a soul-bride, in which the devotee is a wife longing for her husband (), which is God. This is a recurring theme through the
Sikh canon. The devotee is pained by the state of being separate from God and craves reunion with God. This procedure of complete devotion stifles the negative potentials of and redirects its energy to spiritual progress for the individual.
Guru Arjan states on page 534 of the
Guru Granth Sahib that a person who has truly fallen in love with God humbly seeks neither positions of power, authority, nor even spiritual liberation (), but a
glimpse of
Waheguru and the "
Sanctuary of the Sants." == See also ==