Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When someone lives a lie, all the pretending in the world will not wash them clean -- like scrubbing a crow to make it white, it just does not work that way.
A restless heart can feel like a bird pacing back and forth inside a cage, trying every bar but never getting out on its own.
The way out is not force -- it is being set free by the One. And that happens when you let the Guru's teaching take root and love grows in you.
A reflective verse between the days. kaalaa kaa-o -- the black crow that cannot be bleached white: an image that no amount of outer scrubbing purifies a false life. The caged bird is the trapped, restless ego. Freedom here is received (jaa khasam chhadaa-ay -- when the One sets you free), then grounded in bhagat (loving devotion) -- not forced open by willpower.
When have you felt stuck, like pacing in a cage, and what finally helped?
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