Set down the two heaviest things — the poison of 'me' and clinging — and taste how sweet the One is.
The Arc
Some days you live only for yourself, and life starts to feel hollow, like a house with every light off. Time slips past fast. Ask the One to take away the poison of ego and the tight grip of "mine." Sit with people who remember the One, and you taste how sweet the One is. When you feel heavy as a stone sinking in deep water, ask to be lifted out. Keep praise in your heart, and your mind grows clear. Fall in love with the Naam. Let your one wish be that Naam. When it comes, your mind and body fill with joy. At the centre, the Rahao: let go of ego and clinging, and taste the sweetness of the One in the Sangat.
Key Vocabulary
bikh haumai mamtaa — the poison of ego and clinging attachment.
dubday paathar — the sinking stone, lifted out by the One who ends sorrow.
gur mantar — the Name placed in the heart like a secret, joyful song.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Setting down ego/attachment to taste sweetness — the medicinal reading of haumai continued.
For Raag Basant
Spring's turn from a hollow, gray house to a heart overflowing with the sweetness of the Name.
Hukumnama
Subject: Let go of ego and taste the One's sweetness Preview: an empty house, a poison set down, a sinking stone lifted out, a heart in love, a mantra given with joy
Today: Some days you live only for yourself, and life starts to feel hollow, like a house with every light off. Time slips past fast. Ask the One to take away the poison of ego and the tight grip of "mine." Sit with people who remember the One, and you taste how sweet the One is. When you feel heavy as a stone sinking in deep water, ask to be lifted out. Keep praise in your heart, and your mind grows clear. Fall in love with the Naam. Let your one wish be that Naam. When it comes, your mind and body fill with joy.
Let go of ego and clinging, and taste the sweetness of the One in the Sangat.
For today: Pick one thing you grip too tightly as "mine" today, and loosen your hold on it for an hour.
Set down the two heaviest things — the poison of 'me' and clinging — and taste how sweet the One is.
The Arc
Some days you live only for yourself, and life starts to feel hollow, like a house with every light off. Time slips past fast. Ask the One to take away the poison of ego and the tight grip of "mine." Sit with people who remember the One, and you taste how sweet the One is. When you feel heavy as a stone sinking in deep water, ask to be lifted out. Keep praise in your heart, and your mind grows clear. Fall in love with the Naam. Let your one wish be that Naam. When it comes, your mind and body fill with joy. At the centre, the Rahao: let go of ego and clinging, and taste the sweetness of the One in the Sangat.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Setting down ego/attachment to taste sweetness — the medicinal reading of haumai continued.
For Raag Basant
Spring's turn from a hollow, gray house to a heart overflowing with the sweetness of the Name.
Hukumnama
Subject: Let go of ego and taste the One's sweetness Preview: an empty house, a poison set down, a sinking stone lifted out, a heart in love, a mantra given with joy
Today: Some days you live only for yourself, and life starts to feel hollow, like a house with every light off. Time slips past fast. Ask the One to take away the poison of ego and the tight grip of "mine." Sit with people who remember the One, and you taste how sweet the One is. When you feel heavy as a stone sinking in deep water, ask to be lifted out. Keep praise in your heart, and your mind grows clear. Fall in love with the Naam. Let your one wish be that Naam. When it comes, your mind and body fill with joy.
Let go of ego and clinging, and taste the sweetness of the One in the Sangat.
For today: Pick one thing you grip too tightly as "mine" today, and loosen your hold on it for an hour.