Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
For such a person, a friend and someone who wronged them come to feel the same -- no walls between people anymore.
Whatever they say carries wisdom. Whatever they hear, they hear the Name in it. Wherever they look, their looking becomes a kind of quiet prayer.
This one says that to a settled heart, friend and foe come to feel the same.
Saajan dusat jaa kai ayk samaanai — friend and foe are one and the same to them. This does not mean harm stops mattering. It means the settled heart has stopped splitting people into "my side" and "the enemy." It is the Ik Onkar teaching, the One in everyone, lived out.
If someone is being unkind to you or hurting you, that is never something you have to accept. Telling a grown-up you trust is always the right thing to do.
Then comes a chain of changes. Jaytaa bolan taytaa gi-aanai — whatever they say is wisdom. Jaytaa sunnaa taytaa naam — whatever they hear is the Name. Jaytaa paykhan taytaa Dhi-aan — whatever they see becomes Dhi-aan, meditation, a quiet prayer.
Think of someone who loves music so much that they hear a beat in the rain on the window. Ordinary living — talking, listening, looking — has itself become the practice.
Could the ordinary things you do all day -- talking, watching, listening -- become a kind of quiet practice?
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