Leave alone what belongs to someone else, their money, their partner, their stuff. Do that, and the One stays close to you. Choose your people with care. Look for the ones who remember the One. Their company lifts you. When your heart falls out of tune with the One, you start living rough and unthinking, like an animal running on hunger. Stay in tune, and you stay fully human. Picture a face with every mark of beauty and no nose. Something central is missing. A life can be like that, full of gifts and talent. The One at the center makes it whole. At the centre, the Rahao: seek out people who remember the One.
Key Vocabulary
Narharee the One, dwelling near the honest heart.
Par dhan, par daaraa others' wealth and others' loved ones, left alone.
Antaraa the inner being out of harmony with the One.
Batees lakhnaa the thirty-two marks of beauty; even these do not complete a life without the One.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Inner integrity and honest living; the lifting power of the Sangat (sat sangat); the One as the center that makes a whole life shine. Truthful living (sach) is the foundation.
For Raag Bhairao
An early, plain-spoken composition in Namdev's Ghar 1. Bhairao's directness suits its clear moral warmth.
Hukumnama
Subject: Seek out people who remember the One Preview: others' wealth left alone, faces worth seeing, a life like an animal's, thirty-two marks of beauty.
Today: Leave alone what belongs to someone else, their money, their partner, their stuff. Do that, and the One stays close to you. Choose your people with care. Look for the ones who remember the One. Their company lifts you. When your heart falls out of tune with the One, you start living rough and unthinking, like an animal running on hunger. Stay in tune, and you stay fully human. Picture a face with every mark of beauty and no nose. Something central is missing. A life can be like that, full of gifts and talent. The One at the center makes it whole.
Seek out people who remember the One.
For today: Spend time today with someone whose company makes you kinder, and tell them so.
The One abides near the honest, open heart.
The Arc
Leave alone what belongs to someone else, their money, their partner, their stuff. Do that, and the One stays close to you. Choose your people with care. Look for the ones who remember the One. Their company lifts you. When your heart falls out of tune with the One, you start living rough and unthinking, like an animal running on hunger. Stay in tune, and you stay fully human. Picture a face with every mark of beauty and no nose. Something central is missing. A life can be like that, full of gifts and talent. The One at the center makes it whole. At the centre, the Rahao: seek out people who remember the One.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Inner integrity and honest living; the lifting power of the Sangat (sat sangat); the One as the center that makes a whole life shine. Truthful living (sach) is the foundation.
For Raag Bhairao
An early, plain-spoken composition in Namdev's Ghar 1. Bhairao's directness suits its clear moral warmth.
Hukumnama
Subject: Seek out people who remember the One Preview: others' wealth left alone, faces worth seeing, a life like an animal's, thirty-two marks of beauty.
Today: Leave alone what belongs to someone else, their money, their partner, their stuff. Do that, and the One stays close to you. Choose your people with care. Look for the ones who remember the One. Their company lifts you. When your heart falls out of tune with the One, you start living rough and unthinking, like an animal running on hunger. Stay in tune, and you stay fully human. Picture a face with every mark of beauty and no nose. Something central is missing. A life can be like that, full of gifts and talent. The One at the center makes it whole.
Seek out people who remember the One.
For today: Spend time today with someone whose company makes you kinder, and tell them so.