Sikhism·Raag Goojaree·Shabad 78
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When the Ego's Walls Fall, All Become Your Own

ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ ॥
dayvganDhaaree.
Dayv-Gandhaaree:
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਜੀ ਤਉ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਡਾਰਿਓ ॥
parabh jee ta-o parsaad bharam daari-o.
Dear God, by Your Grace, my doubts have been dispelled.
ਤੁਮਰੀ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਤੇ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਅਪਨਾ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਇਹੈ ਬੀਚਾਰਿਓ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
tumree kirpaa tay sabh ko apnaa man meh ihai beechaari-o. ||1|| rahaa-o.
By Your Mercy, all are mine; I reflect upon this in my mind. ||1||Pause||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Dear One, by Your grace my doubts have cleared.

By Your mercy, all are mine — I turn this over in my mind.

When the ego's walls come down, others stop being rivals and become your own — 'all are mine,' because all belong to the One.
The deeper layer

The Pause line holds a beautiful fruit of grace: "by Your Mercy, all are mine." When doubt clears and the ego's walls come down, the person no longer sees others as rivals or strangers but as their own — "all are mine." Non-duality becomes a felt kinship: everyone belongs to you because everyone belongs to the One, and so do you.

A Question to Sit With

What would shift if you looked at people not as strangers or rivals but as, in some deep sense, your own?

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