Sikhism·Raag Goojaree·Shabad 49
Verse 4 of 9

An Inner Eye Takes In the Whole at Once

ਨਾ ਤਦਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਗਨੁ ਨ ਛਾਇਆ ਨਾ ਸੂਰਜ ਚੰਦ ਨ ਜੋਤਿ ਅਪਾਰ ॥
naa tad maa-i-aa magan na chhaa-i-aa naa sooraj chand na jot apaar.
There is no intoxication of Maya there, and no shadow, nor the infinite light of the sun or the moon.
ਸਰਬ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਲੋਚਨ ਅਭ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਏਕਾ ਨਦਰਿ ਸੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਸਾਰ ॥੩॥
sarab darisat lochan abh antar aykaa nadar so taribhavan saar. ||3||
The eyes within the mind which see everything - with one glance, they see the three worlds. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

There, no glitter intoxicates, no shadow falls, no endless sun or moon shines.

The inner eye of the mind that sees everything takes in all three worlds in a single glance.

Beyond the dance of light and shadow, an inner eye can take in the whole at once — one clear look holding everything.
The deeper layer

An inner eye can see the whole at once.

The picture of that deep state goes on. naa tad maa-i-aa magan na chhaa-i-aa — there is no Maya there to make us drunk, and no shadow. Maya is the shiny pull of the world. Not even the great lights of sun and moon are there. That state is beyond the play of light and dark.

Then an inner eye opens. aykaa nadar so taribhavan saar — with one glance, it sees the three worlds. Think of a drone rising above a maze. From the ground you see one turn at a time. From above you see the whole maze at once. That is the awake kind of seeing this whole raag points to. Past light and shadow, one clear look holds everything.

A Question to Sit With

What might it be like to see a situation whole, all at once, rather than anxiously piece by piece?

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