Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
This mind has wandered through age after age, never settling, always coming and going.
When it pleases the One's Will, it is sent wandering — the One set the whole drama going. When the One forgives, you meet the teaching and, growing steady, are absorbed in the One. Nanak says: through the mind, the mind is satisfied — and then nothing comes or goes.
The thirteenth Pauree ends with a subtle, beautiful line: "through the mind, the mind is satisfied, and then, nothing comes or goes." The restless mind is not stilled by an external fix but by itself coming to rest — the mind that finally understands satisfies the mind. When the mind is content, the wandering simply stops; there is nowhere it needs to go.
What would it take for your mind to finally satisfy itself and stop needing to wander?
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