Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The holy helped me set down something heavy. It was the constant need to be the biggest, the most important, the center of it all.
Now my mind is like the dust under everyone's feet — humble, easy, at home among others. My puffed-up self is gone, and I feel lighter.
The heavy self can be set down.
Ayt chhadaa-ee mohi tay … binsee apdhaaree — the holy helped me let go, and my puffed-up self was gone. That self is haumai, the ego, the me-first feeling that makes us feel apart from everyone. In its place came humility: sagal rayn ih man bha-i-aa. My mind became like the dust under everyone's feet.
Here the ego is a burden to put down, not a crime to punish. Think of taking off a heavy winter coat indoors. You did nothing wrong by wearing it. You just feel lighter without it.
Does it ever feel tiring to always be the center of attention?
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