Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The company of the One's people is a seat that never wobbles.
In the company of the One's people, wrongs are wiped out.
In the company of the One's people, pure words of the One are spoken.
In the Sangat, the pain of ego, the feeling of being a separate self, runs away.
The company of the One's people is a steady place to stand.
The verse calls it a nihchal aasan, a seat that never wobbles. When life gets rough, it does not tip over. There, wrongdoing is cleared away, and true, clean words are spoken.
It also eases the pain of haumai. Haumai is ego — the feeling of being a separate self, cut off from everyone. Picture sitting alone at lunch, feeling like nobody sees you. Then friends wave you over, and the lonely ache melts. The Sangat does that for the pain of ego.
What helps you feel steady when things around you feel shaky?
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