Sikhism·Raag Aasaa·Shabad 52
Verse 5 of 5

Truly Seeing How Things Are Is the Doorway Home

ਕਹਤ ਨਾਨਕ ਐਸੀ ਮਤਿ ਆਵੈ ॥
kahat naanak aisee mat aavai.
Says Nanak, if one comes to such an understanding,
ਤਾਂ ਕੋ ਸਚੇ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੪॥੨੮॥
taaN ko sachay sach samaavai. ||4||28||
then he is absorbed into the Truest of the True. ||4||28||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Says Nanak: whoever truly comes to see this

melts into the Truest of the true.

Truly seeing how things are is itself the doorway home.
The deeper layer

This one says that truly seeing how things are is the way home.

kahat naanak aisee mat aavai — Nanak says, when this understanding comes, taa ko sachay sach samaavai — that person blends into the Truest of the True.

What understanding? The one this whole shabad has shown. We love, but we do not own. Even remembering is a gift. Forgiveness is free. The One is everywhere.

It is not force that does it. Real seeing does. Think of a puzzle you stared at for a long time. Once you see the answer, you cannot un-see it. It changes you.

A Question to Sit With

Has truly understanding something ever changed you all on its own?

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