Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Sometimes our restless mind holds back, unsure, not quite letting love in.
But a heart can always soften — it doesn't have to stay closed.
The visit that counts is the one where you finally open up and come home to the One.
This Shalok addresses the wavering man (mind) directly — "O mind, you have no faith, you have not embraced love." Rather than a scolding, the qMonk voice reads it as the honest recognition that our minds often hold back, stay guarded, don't quite let love in. The hopeful turn is added faithfully: a heart can always soften. The closing — "his coming is approved who merges into the True Lord" — is rendered as the visit (this life) that counts being the one where you finally open up. Mannai (acceptance, inner alignment), not mere belief, is what's being asked for.
What helps you open up when you've been holding back and keeping your guard up?
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