Picture opening your door wide for the people who make you better. You call them in: friends, holy ones, come close. Sing the One's praises with a glad heart, and old mistakes get washed away. Bow low to good people, and a light comes on in the dark rooms of your mind. With their help your heart opens like a lotus in the sun. You find the One right here, near you. Finding people like that is a gift. Some moments are worth everything, and you can be thankful for them again and again. At the centre, the Rahao: friends and holy ones, come to me.
Key Vocabulary
saajnaa sant — friends and holy ones — the warm invitation
mangal — joy, gladness — the engine of clearing the heart
chaandnaa — light entering the darkened house of the mind
kamal bigsai — the heart-lotus blossoming
Themes and Cross-Connections
The lotus opening (kamal bigsai) is Gurbani's image for the awakened heart; the One found 'near at hand' (paykh nayrai) keeps the divine intimate. Joy (mangal) is the way the heart gets cleared, which keeps the shabad joyful from start to finish.
For Raag Kaanraa
Kaanraa's yearning here becomes hospitality — a heart making room, and light coming in.
Hukumnama
Subject: Friends and holy ones, come to me Preview: glad songs, a forehead bowed low, a light in a dark house, a lotus opening, a moment worth everything.
Today: Picture opening your door wide for the people who make you better. You call them in: friends, holy ones, come close. Sing the One's praises with a glad heart, and old mistakes get washed away. Bow low to good people, and a light comes on in the dark rooms of your mind. With their help your heart opens like a lotus in the sun. You find the One right here, near you. Finding people like that is a gift. Some moments are worth everything, and you can be thankful for them again and again.
Call good and holy people close, and let them into your life.
For today: Invite a friend who brings out your best to spend some time with you this week.
Longing turned into welcome: come close, come in.
The Arc
Picture opening your door wide for the people who make you better. You call them in: friends, holy ones, come close. Sing the One's praises with a glad heart, and old mistakes get washed away. Bow low to good people, and a light comes on in the dark rooms of your mind. With their help your heart opens like a lotus in the sun. You find the One right here, near you. Finding people like that is a gift. Some moments are worth everything, and you can be thankful for them again and again. At the centre, the Rahao: friends and holy ones, come to me.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The lotus opening (kamal bigsai) is Gurbani's image for the awakened heart; the One found 'near at hand' (paykh nayrai) keeps the divine intimate. Joy (mangal) is the way the heart gets cleared, which keeps the shabad joyful from start to finish.
For Raag Kaanraa
Kaanraa's yearning here becomes hospitality — a heart making room, and light coming in.
Hukumnama
Subject: Friends and holy ones, come to me Preview: glad songs, a forehead bowed low, a light in a dark house, a lotus opening, a moment worth everything.
Today: Picture opening your door wide for the people who make you better. You call them in: friends, holy ones, come close. Sing the One's praises with a glad heart, and old mistakes get washed away. Bow low to good people, and a light comes on in the dark rooms of your mind. With their help your heart opens like a lotus in the sun. You find the One right here, near you. Finding people like that is a gift. Some moments are worth everything, and you can be thankful for them again and again.
Call good and holy people close, and let them into your life.
For today: Invite a friend who brings out your best to spend some time with you this week.