Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
As long as we are in this world, let us listen, and speak, of the One.
I looked for a way to stay here forever and found none. So live freely, with the ego already quiet, fully alive and completely unclutched.
While we are here, let us listen and talk about the One, and let the ego go.
This verse closes the second shabad. Jab lag dunee-aa rahee-ai — as long as we are in the world, kichh sunee-ai kichh kahee-ai, let us listen a little and speak a little about the One. Listening, suniai, and sharing go together again.
Then comes a famous phrase: jeevtiaa mar rahee-ai, "stay dead while alive." It sounds scary, but it is not. It means letting the grabbing, show-off part of us, the ego, fall away right now. Think of putting down a heavy backpack you forgot you were carrying. Then a person lives light and free while fully alive.
What would it feel like to do something with no need to show off about it?
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