ਹਉਮੈ ਪੈਖੜੁ ਤੇਰੇ ਮਨੈ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
ha-umai paikharh tayray manai maahi.
Your mind is tied with the rope of egotism.
ਹਰਿ ਨ ਚੇਤਹਿ ਮੂੜੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥੬॥
har na cheeteh moorhay mukat jaahi. ||6||
You do not even think of the Lord - you fool! He alone shall liberate you. ||6||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Your mind is tied up with the rope of ego.
Foolish friend, you do not even think of the One, and the One alone will set you free.
The rope of the walled-off self loosens when you turn toward the One.
Ego ties up your mind like a rope, and the One sets you free.
Haumai paikharh tere manai maahi: haumai, the feeling of being a separate self, is a hobble-rope on the mind. Remembering the One (har cheteh) loosens it. Freedom is release from that self-made tether.
A Question to Sit With
What does it feel like when you stop trying to prove you are separate or special?
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