"I felt passed over; then I was dressed in beauty and love."
The Arc
Maybe you have felt like the one nobody picked. Then the One dresses you in beauty and love, just as you are. Old pain lifts, and the Guru becomes your mother and father. Call your friends: your whole house is glad, because the Beloved came to meet you. The fire of always wanting more goes out. The dark lifts, and light comes up. You hear a wordless music, like the hush of a snowy morning. Being near someone who holds the Naam fills you with joy. Meeting the One cools you through and through. Staying humble near good people is a rare blessing. At the centre, the Rahao: in kindness the Beloved came to meet you, and your whole home is glad.
Key Vocabulary
Seegaaree — adorned, beautified.
Tapat bujhee — the fire of desire extinguished.
Anhad sabad — the unstruck sound.
Rayn — the dust of the feet; humility.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The cooled fire and blazing light connect to the neighbouring Bhairao shabads on remembrance; the lift felt near an awakened one echoes Shabad 56's "sit near someone already well."
For Raag Bhairao
The extinguished fire giving way to blazing light is a dawn movement, at home in bright Bhairao.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Beloved met me, and my home is glad Preview: a bride left behind and then adorned, friends called in, a fire gone out, a sunrise, music no one plays.
Today: Maybe you have felt like the one nobody picked. Then the One dresses you in beauty and love, just as you are. Old pain lifts, and the Guru becomes your mother and father. Call your friends: your whole house is glad, because the Beloved came to meet you. The fire of always wanting more goes out. The dark lifts, and light comes up. You hear a wordless music, like the hush of a snowy morning. Being near someone who holds the Naam fills you with joy. Meeting the One cools you through and through. Staying humble near good people is a rare blessing.
In kindness the Beloved came to meet you, and your whole home is full of joy.
For today: Sit with someone who seems left out today, and let them know you are glad they are there.
"I felt passed over; then I was dressed in beauty and love."
The Arc
Maybe you have felt like the one nobody picked. Then the One dresses you in beauty and love, just as you are. Old pain lifts, and the Guru becomes your mother and father. Call your friends: your whole house is glad, because the Beloved came to meet you. The fire of always wanting more goes out. The dark lifts, and light comes up. You hear a wordless music, like the hush of a snowy morning. Being near someone who holds the Naam fills you with joy. Meeting the One cools you through and through. Staying humble near good people is a rare blessing. At the centre, the Rahao: in kindness the Beloved came to meet you, and your whole home is glad.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The cooled fire and blazing light connect to the neighbouring Bhairao shabads on remembrance; the lift felt near an awakened one echoes Shabad 56's "sit near someone already well."
For Raag Bhairao
The extinguished fire giving way to blazing light is a dawn movement, at home in bright Bhairao.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Beloved met me, and my home is glad Preview: a bride left behind and then adorned, friends called in, a fire gone out, a sunrise, music no one plays.
Today: Maybe you have felt like the one nobody picked. Then the One dresses you in beauty and love, just as you are. Old pain lifts, and the Guru becomes your mother and father. Call your friends: your whole house is glad, because the Beloved came to meet you. The fire of always wanting more goes out. The dark lifts, and light comes up. You hear a wordless music, like the hush of a snowy morning. Being near someone who holds the Naam fills you with joy. Meeting the One cools you through and through. Staying humble near good people is a rare blessing.
In kindness the Beloved came to meet you, and your whole home is full of joy.
For today: Sit with someone who seems left out today, and let them know you are glad they are there.