Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Think of a reflection in a pot of water: break the pot, and the reflection simply melts back into the one big water.
In the same way, goodness dissolves our doubts, and the soul melts back into the One it came from.
Kabir seals the shabad with one of his signature everyday images — the reflection in water. When water sits in a pitcher, the sky reflected in it looks separate, contained, its own little image. But break the pitcher, and the reflection blends back into the one great water — it was never really separate at all. Just so, says Kabir, virtue dispels doubt, and the soul is absorbed into the One. The sense of being a separate, anxious little self is like the reflection in the pot; when goodness dissolves the illusion of separateness, you melt back into the One you were always part of. The whole shabad — from 'why was I made?' to here — resolves in that quiet homecoming: you were never truly apart.
Have you ever felt, even for a moment, that you weren't separate from everything but part of it all?
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