Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Some seekers sit in deep meditation, yet they are always fighting inside. What can two eyes see?
But when the Light is inside the heart, and a person wakes up to the music of the Guru's Word, the True Guru settles that fight.
Sitting very still on the outside does not mean you are at peace on the inside.
The siddhas were yogis famous for deep trances, called samaaDh. Yet the verse says they are nit jhagraa, always in conflict inside. Duhu lochan ki-aa hayrai — what can two eyes see? Our two eyes only see the outside of things. A still body is also just the outside.
Think of a student sitting quietly at a desk while a storm of worry goes on inside. From across the room, they look calm.
The verse offers something else. It is a light inside the heart, and waking up to the Shabad. The Shabad is the Guru's Word, heard inside like music. Then the Satgur, the True Guru, settles the conflict. This does not promise that life will have no struggles. It says the fight inside, between wanting and fearing, can be settled. That happens when you rest on something truer than what your eyes can see.
What is the difference, for you, between looking calm and actually being at peace?
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