Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The one who truly serves stays close to the wise words that guide them.
And the one who can meet both good days and bad days with the same steady heart melts right into the One.
The letter Ghagha names two marks of a real 'servant': staying attached to the Shabad (the guiding Word) and — the deep one — recognizing bad and good as one and the same (bhalaa buraa ik). This isn't saying nothing matters; it's the equanimity that meets both sweet and bitter days without being flipped upside down by either. The heart that doesn't lurch from delight to despair with every change is the heart that quietly dissolves into the One. Steadiness is the doorway.
How could you stay a little steadier the next time something doesn't go your way?
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