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Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 19 — the One lives in your heart
ਫਰੀਦਾ ਜੰਗਲੁ ਜੰਗਲੁ ਕਿਆ ਭਵਹਿ ਵਣਿ ਕੰਡਾ ਮੋੜੇਹਿ ॥
fareedaa jangal jangal ki-aa bhaveh van kandaa morhayhi.
Fareed, why do you wander from jungle to jungle, crashing through the thorny trees?
ਵਸੀ ਰਬੁ ਹਿਆਲੀਐ ਜੰਗਲੁ ਕਿਆ ਢੂਢੇਹਿ ॥੧੯॥
vasee rab hi-aalee-ai jangal ki-aa dhoodhayhi. ||19||
The Lord abides in the heart; why are you looking for Him in the jungle? ||19||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: why do you wander from jungle to jungle, pushing through the thorny trees?
The Lord lives in your heart. Why go looking in the jungle?
The One you look for lives inside your own heart.
The One you are searching for lives in your own heart.
Jangal jangal ki-aa bhaveh: why wander from forest to forest? In Farid's time, some seekers left home for the wild places, hoping to find the One out there. Van kandaa: the thorns of the woods scratch them as they go.
Vasee rab hi-aalee-ai: Rab, the Lord, lives in the heart. The search that goes everywhere outside ends where it began, inside.
A Question to Sit With
When you get quiet inside, what do you notice that all the noise usually hides?
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