Keep Walking in Love Even When You Can't See the Path
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
**Ng** — steady yourself, love the One, and let your doubts quietly settle and clear.
And here's the wise part: even when you can't yet see the path ahead, don't turn and run. Keep walking with love. Staying, when you can't see, and trusting anyway — that is the highest wisdom there is.
This short couplet uses the tricky letter Nganga. Its three-part instruction is compact: nigrahi (self-restraint, gathering yourself in), sanayhu (love), and nirvaaro sandayh (dismiss doubt). Then the heart of it: naahee daykh na bhaajee-ai — even when the path is invisible, don't flee — param si-aanap ayh, this is the supreme wisdom. Kabir prizes steadfastness over certainty. You will not always see the whole way; the wisdom is not in seeing everything but in not running when you can't. It resonates with Mannai — living from an inner alignment that holds even before the road is clear.
When have you had to keep going even though you couldn't see how things would turn out? What kept you moving?
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