Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Sometimes our minds fill up with foolish thinking. It is easy to act out of pride, feeling like a separate little self at the center of everything.
But when that hard shell of ‘me-first’ softens through grace, the feeling of being cut off melts, and we are quietly welcomed home.
Pride makes us feel apart, and grace gently brings us home.
Ham moorakh — "we are foolish." This is a soft, honest thing to say about ourselves, not an insult. The real subject is haumai, ego, the feeling of being a separate little self at the center of everything. Gur parsaadee — through the Guru's grace — that feeling dissolves.
Haumai is like a scraped knee that needs care, not a crime that needs punishing. When it quiets, aapay bakhsay la-ay milaa-ay — the One forgives and gently blends us back in, like a drop of rain returning to the ocean.
When has letting go of needing to be right made you feel closer to someone?
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