Sikhism·Raag Gauree·Shabad 107
Verse 2 of 5

The Flow That Brought You Is Still Carrying You

ਕਾਹੇ ਕਉ ਮੂਰਖ ਭਖਲਾਇਆ ॥
kaahay ka-o moorakh bhakhlaa-i-aa.
Why are you screaming and shouting, you fool?
ਮਿਲਿ ਸੰਜੋਗਿ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਤੂੰ ਆਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
mil sanjog hukam tooN aa-i-aa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
By good destiny and the Lord's Order, you have come into the world. ||1||Pause||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Gentle heart, why cry out in panic? You came into this world through a beautiful meeting of causes, carried here by the flow of existence itself. The same flow that brought you holds you still.

The flow that brought you into life is still carrying you now.
The deeper layer

The Rahao. The original addresses the listener as moorakh (fool) crying out; per our voice rules we turn this into gentle self-address -- 'gentle heart.' Mil sanjog hukam -- you arrived by a coming-together of destiny and hukam, the flow of existence. The comfort: you did not arrive by accident into a hostile place; the same current that brought you is still carrying you.

A Question to Sit With

When you feel afraid, does it help to remember you are part of something larger that is holding you?

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