Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I take the humblest place before the teaching, as if pressing the dust of its feet to my face.
And the proud, know-it-all part of me quietly let go.
Taking the humble place lets the proud, know-it-all part of you let go.
Charan rayn gur kee mukh laagee — the dust of the Guru's feet has touched my face. It is the humblest picture there is. Its effect: aha-buDh tin sagal ti-aagee — all my proud thinking is gone. Aha-buDh is the know-it-all mind, the part that thinks it has everything figured out.
Humility melts it. Not by force, but on its own. Think of a cat that sits on the highest shelf to look down on everyone. Take the shelf away, and there is nowhere to look down from. When you take a lower place, pride's high perch simply disappears. The ego is something to let go of gently, not something to fight.
When has admitting you didn't know something actually made you feel lighter, not smaller?
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