Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I have not died -- what died in me was the harmful part, the part that did damage. The One who fills everything never dies. The teacher opened my eyes to that One, and now I see clearly: there is no real birth, and no real death.
Guru Nanak ends by saying that "I" did not die; only the harmful part of me died, and now death has lost its fear.
Ha-o na moo-aa mayree mu-ee balaa-ay — I have not died; the bad nature in me has died. Oh na moo-aa jo rahi-aa samaa-ay — the One who fills everything never dies. The Guru, the true teacher, made the hidden One visible.
The shabad ends where it began, with the Tenth Gate and the quiet watcher. But now it is not just an idea. It has been lived. Once you know yourself as that deathless watcher, the whole story of birth and death stops being frightening.
Think of waking up from a scary dream. The monster was never real, and you can breathe easy. That is the gift of dying while alive: the ego goes, and what is left was never in danger.
What would change in how you live if you were not afraid of dying?
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