Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
On the night of the new moon, the moon seems to vanish from the sky -- but it has not gone anywhere. It is still there, still shining, just hidden for a while.
The One is like that too: even when you cannot see it, it is fully here, lighting everything, making the world and watching over it at the same time.
Learn to see it through the Guru, and you feel yourself blending back into it. Miss it, and you keep circling, restless. And the light was there all along.
amaavas -- the new-moon night, when the moon is gupt (hidden). It is the "darkest," least auspicious night of the calendar, and here it turns straight to hope: hidden is not absent. The One is present-yet-unseen, still illuminating the three worlds, still kar vaykhai -- making and watching. Those who follow only their own will (manmukh) keep circling, restless; the light stays, waiting to be seen.
Can you think of a time something felt lost but was just hidden for a while?
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