Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A person whose heart is full of love for the One naturally drifts away from company that pulls them toward harm and emptiness.
It is not about looking down on anyone. The two are simply walking in different directions: one caught up in what damages, the other soaked in love for the divine.
We drift toward what we love. A heart full of the One naturally moves toward what fills it.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. It sets two people side by side. One is har kay daas, a servant of the One. The other is a saakat. The word is often translated "faithless cynic." It means someone turned away from the Source. Oh bikh-ee — that one is caught up in bikh, poison, the things that do harm.
A saakat is not a kind of bad person to look down on. It is a direction any heart can face. So the teaching is about the quiet pull of company. We drift toward what we love. Think of two friends on bikes heading down different roads. They are not enemies. They are just going different ways. Choose the road that fills you up, not the one that empties you out.
Have you noticed how the company you keep gently pulls you in a certain direction over time?
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