Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
People can gather up thousands, even millions, and still the mind is not calm.
It just leans toward the next thing, and the next, always reaching further ahead.
No amount is ever enough for a mind that always leans ahead.
Kot joray laakh kroray stacks up the biggest numbers it can: hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions. The point is that no amount settles the mind. Man na horay — the mind is not held back.
That is how trisnaa, craving, works. The problem is not having too little. It is a mind that always leans forward. Parai parai hee ka-o lujhee hay — it yearns only for what lies further and further ahead.
It is like chasing the horizon. However far you walk, it stays just as far away. Craving is motion that never arrives.
What does it feel like in your body when you're already thinking about the next thing before you've enjoyed this one?
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