Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my Beloved, life is like milk waiting to be churned.
When you keep your mind steady and gentle, the way a good teaching shows you, the churning slowly brings up something sweet and nourishing — like drinking the sweetest nectar there is.
This one says a steady mind churns ordinary life into something sweet.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. Mayray raam aisaa kheer bilo-ee-ai — O my Lord, this is the milk to churn. Churning is how milk is turned into butter.
Gurmat manoo-aa asthir raakho — with gurmat, the Guru's teaching, keep the manoo-aa, the mind, asthir, steady. In bidh amrit pee-o-ee-ai — this is how you drink amrit, the sweet nectar of knowing the One.
Kabir turns spiritual practice into a homely kitchen picture any child understands. Think of stirring and stirring a pot of milk for a festival sweet. It takes patience, but the steady effort turns ordinary milk into something rich.
What is something in your life that only turns "sweet" when you stick with it patiently?
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