Where would I go? The One and the Guru are right here, at home, within.
The Arc
Sometimes you think joy is somewhere else. A new place, a new thing, a trip. Then one day your own home fills with color, and your mind stops running around. You don't need to go anywhere. Maybe you set out to find the One with your best offering, sandalwood and sweet oils. And right there you find the Guru inside your own mind. Wherever you travel, you see water and stones. The One already fills them all, and everything between. You would need to go far only if the One weren't here. Say thank you to whoever cut your tangled doubts loose. One word from the Guru can lift a heavy past. At the centre, the Rahao: your own home is full of joy, so your mind can stop wandering.
Key Vocabulary
kat jaa-ee-ai — where should I go?
ghar laago rang — the home is filled with color and bliss.
jal pakhaan — water and stones (of shrines).
balihaaree — a devoted offering of oneself.
bharam — confusion, doubt.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Raamaanand is one of the Bhagats represented by a single hymn in the Guru Granth Sahib, as Sadhna is. His inward-home teaching is one of Gurbani's clearest statements that the divine is found within, and it seeds the raag's closing Kabir shabad (Shabad 88), which also sends the seeker home rather than prowling elsewhere.
For Raag Basant
This is the still center of the Basant bhagat block: the spring is at home, within. Raamaanand's rested, wander-free mind is the very state the raag calls blossoming — a heart so full it no longer needs to search.
Hukumnama
Subject: Your own home is already full of joy Preview: a home full of color, sandalwood and sweet oils, water and stones, old books, a knot cut loose
Today: Sometimes you think joy is somewhere else. A new place, a new thing, a trip. Then one day your own home fills with color, and your mind stops running around. You don't need to go anywhere. Maybe you set out to find the One with your best offering, sandalwood and sweet oils. And right there you find the Guru inside your own mind. Wherever you travel, you see water and stones. The One already fills them all, and everything between. You would need to go far only if the One weren't here. Say thank you to whoever cut your tangled doubts loose. One word from the Guru can lift a heavy past.
Your own home is full of joy, so your mind can stop wandering.
For today: Sit in your favorite spot at home for five minutes and notice what is already good there.
Where would I go? The One and the Guru are right here, at home, within.
The Arc
Sometimes you think joy is somewhere else. A new place, a new thing, a trip. Then one day your own home fills with color, and your mind stops running around. You don't need to go anywhere. Maybe you set out to find the One with your best offering, sandalwood and sweet oils. And right there you find the Guru inside your own mind. Wherever you travel, you see water and stones. The One already fills them all, and everything between. You would need to go far only if the One weren't here. Say thank you to whoever cut your tangled doubts loose. One word from the Guru can lift a heavy past. At the centre, the Rahao: your own home is full of joy, so your mind can stop wandering.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Raamaanand is one of the Bhagats represented by a single hymn in the Guru Granth Sahib, as Sadhna is. His inward-home teaching is one of Gurbani's clearest statements that the divine is found within, and it seeds the raag's closing Kabir shabad (Shabad 88), which also sends the seeker home rather than prowling elsewhere.
For Raag Basant
This is the still center of the Basant bhagat block: the spring is at home, within. Raamaanand's rested, wander-free mind is the very state the raag calls blossoming — a heart so full it no longer needs to search.
Hukumnama
Subject: Your own home is already full of joy Preview: a home full of color, sandalwood and sweet oils, water and stones, old books, a knot cut loose
Today: Sometimes you think joy is somewhere else. A new place, a new thing, a trip. Then one day your own home fills with color, and your mind stops running around. You don't need to go anywhere. Maybe you set out to find the One with your best offering, sandalwood and sweet oils. And right there you find the Guru inside your own mind. Wherever you travel, you see water and stones. The One already fills them all, and everything between. You would need to go far only if the One weren't here. Say thank you to whoever cut your tangled doubts loose. One word from the Guru can lift a heavy past.
Your own home is full of joy, so your mind can stop wandering.
For today: Sit in your favorite spot at home for five minutes and notice what is already good there.