Salok Vaaraan Te Vadheek (Mehl 3), Salok 43 — The Ego That Wears Us Out
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Nanak says: countless thousands, living for "I, I, me, me," have worn themselves out and died.
Those who meet the True Guru are saved, through the True Word of the One who is beyond knowing.
Living for "I, I" wears a person out; the Guru's Word lifts them free.
Ha-o ha-o kartay khap mu-ay: saying "I, I" in everything, countless people have worn themselves out until the end. Haumai, ego (the feeling of being a separate self), works like a sickness that slowly drains a person.
The cure is meeting the True Guru. Saachai sabad alankh: through the true Word of the One no one can fully describe, people are lifted out. Ego is the illness; the Word is the medicine.
When has the voice inside you that shouts mine, mine left you feeling more tired instead of more full?
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