Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is no other place at all — where else could I go?
All day and night, palms pressed together, I hold the One in mind.
Holding my One forever in mind, I receive the fruits my heart desires.
Letting go of pride, attachment, corruption and division, I lovingly rest my attention on the One.
Give your mind and body to the One; wipe out all your self-conceit.
Nanak prays: shower your mercy, that I may be absorbed in your true Name.
"There is no other place at all — where else should I go?" This is the settled conclusion of the homeless soul: having looked everywhere, it realizes there is no other refuge, and stops looking elsewhere. This is not resignation but rest — the end of the exhausting search for a better option, because there is none better than the One. And from that settledness flows the practice: letting go of "pride, attachment, corruption and duality," giving mind and body, wiping out self-conceit. Once you truly know there is nowhere else to go, the ego's alternatives lose their pull, and you can pour yourself, undivided, into the one place there is.
Is there peace in finally deciding you've found the best thing and don't need to keep looking? What would it feel like to stop searching for something better?
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