My One is forever in bloom — and a heart that sings that Name blossoms too.
The Arc
Worship starts inside you. Turn inward, and you see the One alone. Split the world into me and everything else, and you carry a lot of pain. The One is always in bloom, like a spring that never ends. Sing the One's praises, and your mind blossoms too. Ask the Guru, and think it over. Love for the True One starts to grow. Set down your self-importance and help gladly. Then the Life of the World makes a home in you. Love the One, and you see the One close by, filling everything. Then your mind and body turn green, easy and calm. At the centre, the Rahao: the One is always in bloom, and a mind that sings the One's praises blossoms too.
Key Vocabulary
antar pooja — worship arising within the mind.
doojaa — duality; the needless pain of splitting the world into two.
ma-oli-aa / sad basant — blossomed / forever spring; the raag's heart-image.
aap chhod / daasat bhaa-ay — setting down self-conceit / a glad, serving heart.
jagjeevan — the Life of the world, come to dwell within.
man tan hariaa / sahj subhaa-ay — heart and body turned green / in natural, effortless ease.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The ma-oli-aa sad basant rahau is the fullest expression of the raag's keynote, closing the arc opened in Shabad 1 (parfarh, blossom) and Shabad 13 (sad basant, hariaa). 'The One filling everything' and 'worship within' echo Shabad 15 and Shabad 6; sahaj recurs as the raag's characteristic ease.
For Raag Basant
This shabad fulfills Basant's promise directly: the greening and blossoming are no longer only images of the One but the actual state of an awakened heart and body.
Hukumnama
Subject: The One is always in bloom, like spring Preview: worship within, a One forever in bloom, a glad helper, the Light of every soul, a body turning green
Today: Worship starts inside you. Turn inward, and you see the One alone. Split the world into me and everything else, and you carry a lot of pain. The One is always in bloom, like a spring that never ends. Sing the One's praises, and your mind blossoms too. Ask the Guru, and think it over. Love for the True One starts to grow. Set down your self-importance and help gladly. Then the Life of the World makes a home in you. Love the One, and you see the One close by, filling everything. Then your mind and body turn green, easy and calm.
The One is always in bloom, and a mind that sings the One's praises blossoms too.
For today: Hum one line of praise today, and notice what opens up in you.
My One is forever in bloom — and a heart that sings that Name blossoms too.
The Arc
Worship starts inside you. Turn inward, and you see the One alone. Split the world into me and everything else, and you carry a lot of pain. The One is always in bloom, like a spring that never ends. Sing the One's praises, and your mind blossoms too. Ask the Guru, and think it over. Love for the True One starts to grow. Set down your self-importance and help gladly. Then the Life of the World makes a home in you. Love the One, and you see the One close by, filling everything. Then your mind and body turn green, easy and calm. At the centre, the Rahao: the One is always in bloom, and a mind that sings the One's praises blossoms too.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The ma-oli-aa sad basant rahau is the fullest expression of the raag's keynote, closing the arc opened in Shabad 1 (parfarh, blossom) and Shabad 13 (sad basant, hariaa). 'The One filling everything' and 'worship within' echo Shabad 15 and Shabad 6; sahaj recurs as the raag's characteristic ease.
For Raag Basant
This shabad fulfills Basant's promise directly: the greening and blossoming are no longer only images of the One but the actual state of an awakened heart and body.
Hukumnama
Subject: The One is always in bloom, like spring Preview: worship within, a One forever in bloom, a glad helper, the Light of every soul, a body turning green
Today: Worship starts inside you. Turn inward, and you see the One alone. Split the world into me and everything else, and you carry a lot of pain. The One is always in bloom, like a spring that never ends. Sing the One's praises, and your mind blossoms too. Ask the Guru, and think it over. Love for the True One starts to grow. Set down your self-importance and help gladly. Then the Life of the World makes a home in you. Love the One, and you see the One close by, filling everything. Then your mind and body turn green, easy and calm.
The One is always in bloom, and a mind that sings the One's praises blossoms too.
For today: Hum one line of praise today, and notice what opens up in you.