Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Everywhere I look, I see so much pain and suffering.
And my own trust is thin, though even the old scriptures point to the One.
This part says that all the pain in the world can make trust hard, and it is okay to say so.
Jat daykh-a-u tat dukh kee raasee — wherever I look, I see heaps of pain. Ajoun na pat-yaa-ay — and still my trust doesn't come. Nigam bha-ay saakhee — even though the Vedas, the old scriptures, point to the One.
Ravi Daas says what many people feel and few say out loud. The suffering in the world makes it hard to trust, even when holy books say the One is there. He doesn't cover the problem up. The pain he sees shakes his faith, and he says so.
That honesty is itself a kind of faithfulness. He brings his doubt to the One openly, instead of pretending it isn't there. Think of telling a close friend, "I'm not sure I believe you right now," and staying in the talk. Real trust isn't having no doubts. It is being willing to keep talking to the One right through the doubt.
Is it okay to admit that suffering sometimes makes it hard to trust? Can you keep talking to what's good even while you doubt?
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