Fill your ears with what lifts you, and pride wears quietly away.
The Arc
Your ears are always eating. Songs, videos, group chats, the talk around you all day. Some of it leaves you lighter. Some of it is cynical and empty, and it leaves a bad taste. You get to choose what you keep. Serve alongside good people and sing with them, and a quiet courage shows up. Let your words fill with wonder, and let your eyes rest on the One. When you see that the One holds everything, from underneath and from above, your pride goes quiet on its own. Whoever comes to the Guru's shelter is given two gifts: no fear, and peace. At the centre, the Rahao: a prayer to keep the ears for words that carry life.
Key Vocabulary
mayray mohan: my heart-drawing One
abhai daan: the gift of fearlessness
deen dukh bhanjan: easer of the meek's pain
abhimaan khoay: pride worn away
bhagat vachhal: lover of devotees
Themes and Cross-Connections
Fearlessness bookends the shabad, arriving in the Sangat and offered again at the close. Choosing what enters the ears is Suniai seen from its guarding side, kept positive. Ego is healed by a change of vision, not by force.
For Raag Bilaaval
The raag's brightness carries a shabad that moves from guarding the heart to open-handed reassurance.
Hukumnama
Subject: Fill your ears with words that carry life Preview: empty songs kept from the ears, singing in the Sangat, pride worn away, and a scale too small.
Today: Your ears are always eating. Songs, videos, group chats, the talk around you all day. Some of it leaves you lighter. Some of it is cynical and empty, and it leaves a bad taste. You get to choose what you keep. Serve alongside good people and sing with them, and a quiet courage shows up. Let your words fill with wonder, and let your eyes rest on the One. When you see that the One holds everything, from underneath and from above, your pride goes quiet on its own. Whoever comes to the Guru's shelter is given two gifts: no fear, and peace.
Keep your ears for words that carry life.
For today: Swap one song or video today for something that leaves you lighter.
Fill your ears with what lifts you, and pride wears quietly away.
The Arc
Your ears are always eating. Songs, videos, group chats, the talk around you all day. Some of it leaves you lighter. Some of it is cynical and empty, and it leaves a bad taste. You get to choose what you keep. Serve alongside good people and sing with them, and a quiet courage shows up. Let your words fill with wonder, and let your eyes rest on the One. When you see that the One holds everything, from underneath and from above, your pride goes quiet on its own. Whoever comes to the Guru's shelter is given two gifts: no fear, and peace. At the centre, the Rahao: a prayer to keep the ears for words that carry life.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Fearlessness bookends the shabad, arriving in the Sangat and offered again at the close. Choosing what enters the ears is Suniai seen from its guarding side, kept positive. Ego is healed by a change of vision, not by force.
For Raag Bilaaval
The raag's brightness carries a shabad that moves from guarding the heart to open-handed reassurance.
Hukumnama
Subject: Fill your ears with words that carry life Preview: empty songs kept from the ears, singing in the Sangat, pride worn away, and a scale too small.
Today: Your ears are always eating. Songs, videos, group chats, the talk around you all day. Some of it leaves you lighter. Some of it is cynical and empty, and it leaves a bad taste. You get to choose what you keep. Serve alongside good people and sing with them, and a quiet courage shows up. Let your words fill with wonder, and let your eyes rest on the One. When you see that the One holds everything, from underneath and from above, your pride goes quiet on its own. Whoever comes to the Guru's shelter is given two gifts: no fear, and peace.
Keep your ears for words that carry life.
For today: Swap one song or video today for something that leaves you lighter.