When the One lives in your heart, steadiness and honesty grow together, and peace travels wherever you go.
The Arc
Picture the One resting right in the middle of your heart. When the One is there, you stop wobbling. Comfort comes easily. Treasure comes easily. Now two habits keep you steady. First, look for the same One in everyone, the kid you like and the kid who annoys you. Second, untie the little knots of pretending inside you. When you catch yourself grabbing for more stuff, pause. Put your heart on a scale and weigh it honestly. Then wherever you walk, peace walks with you, and the world's ups and downs cannot knock you over. At the centre, the Rahao: when Your lotus feet live in the heart, why would anyone waver?
Key Vocabulary
charan kamal: the Lotus Feet (the One's presence)
na-o nidh: the nine treasures
kutil gaanth: the knot of hypocrisy or crookedness
narjaa: the scale, the balance
man maani-aa: the mind come into alignment
Themes and Cross-Connections
The indwelling One as the root of unshakeable steadiness. Seeing the One in all plus honest self-watch. Portable, unshakeable peace. Ties to sahaj and to "Sach — truthful living."
For Raag Bilaaval
Bilaaval's contentment is the natural home of this shabad's settled, portable peace.
Translation Notes
Man maani-aa is rendered as the mind coming into alignment (mannai), settling and agreeing, rather than as "belief" or "faith." Remembrance and praise are framed wholly positively.
Hukumnama
Subject: Keep the One in your heart and stand steady Preview: lotus feet in the heart, nine treasures, a knot untied, a weighing scale, peace on every road.
Today: Picture the One resting right in the middle of your heart. When the One is there, you stop wobbling. Comfort comes easily. Treasure comes easily. Now two habits keep you steady. First, look for the same One in everyone, the kid you like and the kid who annoys you. Second, untie the little knots of pretending inside you. When you catch yourself grabbing for more stuff, pause. Put your heart on a scale and weigh it honestly. Then wherever you walk, peace walks with you, and the world's ups and downs cannot knock you over.
Keep the One in your heart, and you stand steady wherever you go.
For today: When someone annoys you today, quietly remember that the same One lives in them too.
When the One lives in your heart, steadiness and honesty grow together, and peace travels wherever you go.
The Arc
Picture the One resting right in the middle of your heart. When the One is there, you stop wobbling. Comfort comes easily. Treasure comes easily. Now two habits keep you steady. First, look for the same One in everyone, the kid you like and the kid who annoys you. Second, untie the little knots of pretending inside you. When you catch yourself grabbing for more stuff, pause. Put your heart on a scale and weigh it honestly. Then wherever you walk, peace walks with you, and the world's ups and downs cannot knock you over. At the centre, the Rahao: when Your lotus feet live in the heart, why would anyone waver?
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The indwelling One as the root of unshakeable steadiness. Seeing the One in all plus honest self-watch. Portable, unshakeable peace. Ties to sahaj and to "Sach — truthful living."
For Raag Bilaaval
Bilaaval's contentment is the natural home of this shabad's settled, portable peace.
Translation Notes
Man maani-aa is rendered as the mind coming into alignment (mannai), settling and agreeing, rather than as "belief" or "faith." Remembrance and praise are framed wholly positively.
Hukumnama
Subject: Keep the One in your heart and stand steady Preview: lotus feet in the heart, nine treasures, a knot untied, a weighing scale, peace on every road.
Today: Picture the One resting right in the middle of your heart. When the One is there, you stop wobbling. Comfort comes easily. Treasure comes easily. Now two habits keep you steady. First, look for the same One in everyone, the kid you like and the kid who annoys you. Second, untie the little knots of pretending inside you. When you catch yourself grabbing for more stuff, pause. Put your heart on a scale and weigh it honestly. Then wherever you walk, peace walks with you, and the world's ups and downs cannot knock you over.
Keep the One in your heart, and you stand steady wherever you go.
For today: When someone annoys you today, quietly remember that the same One lives in them too.