Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 35 — travel light
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: the boat is old and worn, and it has a thousand holes.
Those who travel light get across; those who carry a heavy load of wrongs on their heads sink under the water.
The lighter your heart, the easier the crossing.
Kabir pictures a bayrhaa jarjaraa, an old, worn-out boat with chhaynk hajaar, a thousand holes. That boat is this short life, which can carry us only so far.
The haroo-ay, the light ones, float across. The ones with sir bhaar, a load on their heads, go under. The load is the weight of wrongs we have done and keep holding on to.
Think of swimming in a backpack full of rocks. Every rock you put down makes it easier to stay up.
What is one heavy thing you could set down by saying sorry or making it right?
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