Do not forget the Giver of your very breath - and know that the one Name carries every kind of person across.
The Arc
The One gives peace to every breath you take. So why forget? It is easy to chase a sweetness that is thin and watery, like a drink that is mostly ice. Hours slip by in "me, me, me." This rare life is precious. Hold on to the One who holds up the earth. Let go of Him, and you wander, lost in doubt. Sometimes you treat what is true as if it were nothing, and think what is passing will last forever. You grab what is someone else's and call it yours. Then comes the open door. People of every background cross over through the one Naam. Whoever listens is carried across. At the centre, the Rahao: the One who holds up the earth, and the mix-up of letting go.
Key Vocabulary
praan sukhdaata - the Giver of peace to the breath of life
dulabh janam - this rare, precious human life
sarangdhar / dharneedhar - the Support of the earth
the four ranks - khatree, braahman, sood, vais
Themes and Cross-Connections
This rare life as precious; ego as "me, me, me"; the one Name that levels all rank.
For Raag Maaroo
The memento-mori ("do not let this precious life slip") is gratitude-forward, and the crossing is opened to every person alike.
Hukumnama
Subject: Hold on to the One who holds up the earth Preview: a thin watery wine, a rare life slipping by, someone else's things grabbed, and four ranks crossing as one.
Today: The One gives peace to every breath you take. So why forget? It is easy to chase a sweetness that is thin and watery, like a drink that is mostly ice. Hours slip by in "me, me, me." This rare life is precious. Hold on to the One who holds up the earth. Let go of Him, and you wander, lost in doubt. Sometimes you treat what is true as if it were nothing, and think what is passing will last forever. You grab what is someone else's and call it yours. Then comes the open door. People of every background cross over through the one Naam. Whoever listens is carried across.
Hold on to the One who holds up the earth.
For today: Take three slow breaths today and thank the One who gives you each one.
Do not forget the Giver of your very breath - and know that the one Name carries every kind of person across.
The Arc
The One gives peace to every breath you take. So why forget? It is easy to chase a sweetness that is thin and watery, like a drink that is mostly ice. Hours slip by in "me, me, me." This rare life is precious. Hold on to the One who holds up the earth. Let go of Him, and you wander, lost in doubt. Sometimes you treat what is true as if it were nothing, and think what is passing will last forever. You grab what is someone else's and call it yours. Then comes the open door. People of every background cross over through the one Naam. Whoever listens is carried across. At the centre, the Rahao: the One who holds up the earth, and the mix-up of letting go.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
This rare life as precious; ego as "me, me, me"; the one Name that levels all rank.
For Raag Maaroo
The memento-mori ("do not let this precious life slip") is gratitude-forward, and the crossing is opened to every person alike.
Hukumnama
Subject: Hold on to the One who holds up the earth Preview: a thin watery wine, a rare life slipping by, someone else's things grabbed, and four ranks crossing as one.
Today: The One gives peace to every breath you take. So why forget? It is easy to chase a sweetness that is thin and watery, like a drink that is mostly ice. Hours slip by in "me, me, me." This rare life is precious. Hold on to the One who holds up the earth. Let go of Him, and you wander, lost in doubt. Sometimes you treat what is true as if it were nothing, and think what is passing will last forever. You grab what is someone else's and call it yours. Then comes the open door. People of every background cross over through the one Naam. Whoever listens is carried across.
Hold on to the One who holds up the earth.
For today: Take three slow breaths today and thank the One who gives you each one.