ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
ga-orhee gu-aarayree mehlaa 3.
Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl:
ਹਉਮੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਬਉਰਾਨਾ ॥
ha-umai vich sabh jag ba-uraanaa.
The entire world has gone insane in egotism.
ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਨਾ ॥
doojai bhaa-ay bharam bhulaanaa.
In the love of duality, it wanders deluded by doubt.
ਬਹੁ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਚਿਤਵੈ ਆਪੁ ਨ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥
baho chintaa chitvai aap na pachhaanaa.
The mind is distracted by great anxiety; no one recognizes one's own self.
ਧੰਧਾ ਕਰਤਿਆ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਵਿਹਾਨਾ ॥੧॥
DhanDhaa karti-aa an-din vihaanaa. ||1||
Occupied with their own affairs, their nights and days are passing away. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The whole world has gone a little mad with ego. In love with division, it wanders, fooled by its own doubts. The mind is pulled apart by worry, and almost no one really knows their own self. Busy with their own affairs, people watch the days and nights slip past.
The world runs itself ragged on ego and worry, and forgets to know its own self.
A sweeping diagnosis: the world driven mad by ego and duality. The symptom is not recognizing one's own self (cf. self-knowledge as wisdom). Anxiety and busyness consume the days. This is the human condition before the turn (Gurmukh/Manmukh).
A Question to Sit With
What keeps you so busy that you forget to check in with your own self?
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