Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Maker itself shaped this whole world. And it is easy to get so caught up in the shiny, changing surface of things that we forget what is underneath.
When you are pulled in two directions -- chasing appearances instead of what is real -- life can feel like restless circling that never lands anywhere.
But the moment you meet the Guru, the fog lifts. The trick of the surface loses its power, and you settle into the Truth.
The opening of this Mehl 3 hymn. aad purakh aapay sarisat saajay -- the Primal Being fashioned the universe. maa-i-aa mohi... doojai bhaa-ay -- being lost in appearances and pulled in two directions. The source's "the unfortunate die and come and go" is gentled to restless circling. satgur bhaytiai -- meeting the Teaching dissolves the parpanch (the surface-trick, the illusion) and settles the heart in sach (the real).
What is something that looked amazing on the outside but turned out not to matter much?
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