Sikhism·Raag Bilaaval·Shabad 183
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The Lotus Inside You

ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ ॥
bilaaval.
Bilaaval:
ਸਰੀਰ ਸਰੋਵਰ ਭੀਤਰੇ ਆਛੈ ਕਮਲ ਅਨੂਪ ॥
sareer sarovar bheetray aachhai kamal anoop.
Within the pool of the body, there is an incomparably beautiful lotus flower.
ਪਰਮ ਜੋਤਿ ਪੁਰਖੋਤਮੋ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਰੇਖ ਨ ਰੂਪ ॥੧॥
param jot purkhotamo jaa kai raykh na roop. ||1||
Within it, is the Supreme Light, the Supreme Soul, who has no feature or form. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Inside you — like a still pool — there is a lotus of astonishing beauty. You carry it around without even knowing.

And at its heart is a light beyond any shape or picture: the Oneness itself, living right inside you.

The Oneness you are looking for lives right inside you.
The deeper layer

sareer sarovar bheetray... kamal anoop — the body as a pool holding an incomparable lotus. param jot purkhotamo jaa kai raykh na roop — the formless Supreme Light within. The sacred is in here, not somewhere far off — the inward turn.

A Question to Sit With

What is something wonderful that has been inside or near you all along?

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