Raag Kaanraa
Commentary

Raag Kaanraa, Shabad, Mehl 5 (Guru Arjan)

For the one who sees only the One, no one is an enemy and nothing is ever lost.

The Arc

Lots of people talk about the One. Talking is easy. Knowing the One from inside is rare. Picture someone who does. Wherever they look, they see the One. Pain turns into peace. No one looks like an enemy. Everyone looks good. Every step feels like winning. They are glad all the time, and still they hold on to nothing. They are so close to the One that they have become one with the One. No more coming and going. They are home. At the centre, the Rahao: many people talk about the One, and the servant who knows union from inside is rare.

Key Vocabulary

  • tat jog — the essence of union
  • aykai aykee naytai — with the eyes, only the One
  • buraa nahee sabh bhalaa — none seem bad, all are good
  • kat aavai kat ramtai — where would he come and go; free of the round of birth, fully at home

Themes and Cross-Connections

The jivan-mukta vision: a mind so rooted in oneness that praise and blame, gain and loss, friend and foe all resolve into one friendly whole. Enemy-leveling and equanimity together.

For Raag Kaanraa

Kaanraa's ache resolves into a calm sense of being at home, where nothing is missing.

Hukumnama

Subject: Few know the One from inside Preview: many talkers, eyes that see only the One, no one bad, no losing, a joy that grabs at nothing.

Today: Lots of people talk about the One. Talking is easy. Knowing the One from inside is rare. Picture someone who does. Wherever they look, they see the One. Pain turns into peace. No one looks like an enemy. Everyone looks good. Every step feels like winning. They are glad all the time, and still they hold on to nothing. They are so close to the One that they have become one with the One. No more coming and going. They are home.

Many people talk about the One, and few know the One from inside.

For today: Take one thing you often talk about doing, and do it today.

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