So remember, O mind: the steep path grows gentle when the One is held close.
The Arc
Some roads are steep. Holy people and the old books both say so. The climb feels harder when you are dizzy with wanting things and hot with the fever of ego. Get soaked in shiny, passing stuff, and clinging starts to ache deep inside you. So keep the One in mind, again and again. Repeat the Naam, and you are lifted up. The One does the lifting. Clinging, fear and doubt melt away like morning fog, through the kindness of holy people. At the centre, the Rahao: remember the One, O mind, because the road is steep and hard.
Key Vocabulary
taaN tay jaap manaa — therefore remember, O mind
panth gaakhro — the path feels steep
naam japat so-oo jan uDhrai — the one who remembers is lifted
sant partaap — by the grace of the saints
Themes and Cross-Connections
The difficult path made gentle by remembrance and the grace of the saints. The lifting is done by grace, beyond the seeker's own strength.
For Raag Kaanraa
Kaanraa reassures the weary heart: the steep road softens the moment the One is held close.
Hukumnama
Subject: Remember the One, O mind, on the hard road Preview: a steep road, the fever of ego, a mind dizzy with shiny things, a lift from the One, fog melting.
Today: Some roads are steep. Holy people and the old books both say so. The climb feels harder when you are dizzy with wanting things and hot with the fever of ego. Get soaked in shiny, passing stuff, and clinging starts to ache deep inside you. So keep the One in mind, again and again. Repeat the Naam, and you are lifted up. The One does the lifting. Clinging, fear and doubt melt away like morning fog, through the kindness of holy people.
Remember the One, O mind, because the road is steep and hard.
For today: When the day feels steep, pause and say the Naam quietly once.
So remember, O mind: the steep path grows gentle when the One is held close.
The Arc
Some roads are steep. Holy people and the old books both say so. The climb feels harder when you are dizzy with wanting things and hot with the fever of ego. Get soaked in shiny, passing stuff, and clinging starts to ache deep inside you. So keep the One in mind, again and again. Repeat the Naam, and you are lifted up. The One does the lifting. Clinging, fear and doubt melt away like morning fog, through the kindness of holy people. At the centre, the Rahao: remember the One, O mind, because the road is steep and hard.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The difficult path made gentle by remembrance and the grace of the saints. The lifting is done by grace, beyond the seeker's own strength.
For Raag Kaanraa
Kaanraa reassures the weary heart: the steep road softens the moment the One is held close.
Hukumnama
Subject: Remember the One, O mind, on the hard road Preview: a steep road, the fever of ego, a mind dizzy with shiny things, a lift from the One, fog melting.
Today: Some roads are steep. Holy people and the old books both say so. The climb feels harder when you are dizzy with wanting things and hot with the fever of ego. Get soaked in shiny, passing stuff, and clinging starts to ache deep inside you. So keep the One in mind, again and again. Repeat the Naam, and you are lifted up. The One does the lifting. Clinging, fear and doubt melt away like morning fog, through the kindness of holy people.
Remember the One, O mind, because the road is steep and hard.
For today: When the day feels steep, pause and say the Naam quietly once.