Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whatever pleases the One is exactly what happens. No one else is really making it all go.
Within that flow, it's easy to get caught in the dream of separateness. Then we drift along half-asleep, not quite awake to what's real.
So much of life is spent half-asleep in the dream of being separate. The call is simply to wake up.
So-ee ho-aa jo tis bhaanaa — only what pleases the One comes to pass. Avar na kin hee keetaa — no one else is running the show. This is the hukam teaching, the flow of existence, said plainly.
The second line is honest about us. Tumrai bhaanai bharam mohi mohi-aa — within that flow, we get charmed by bharam and moh. Bharam is confusion that blocks clear seeing. Moh is clinging attachment. Jaagat naahee sootaa — asleep, not awake. It is like scrolling a phone on autopilot and suddenly finding an hour has gone. This is not a scolding. It gently names the sleepiness that the rest of the shabad asks to be lifted from.
When during your day are you most awake and present — and when are you most on autopilot?
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