Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My mind has come home to its first, clear self. I understood it the day I became free of my small, separate self while fully alive. Now I rest in a natural peace — and I am not afraid of anyone, and I frighten no one.
The peak: jeevat mooaa — "dead while alive," a beloved Gurbani phrase for the ego dissolving while one still lives fully. We render it as becoming free of the small separate self (haumai), not literal death. The closing line is Kabir's fearless ideal: aap na darau na avar daraavau — I fear no one and frighten no one — safety and gentleness together.
What would it feel like to move through the world without fear — and without making anyone else afraid?
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