Wealth is a fickle companion; it will not follow you home.
The Arc
Think about everything you call "mine." Your room, your stuff, your money. It feels good to pile things up. People bury treasure. People grip money even in their dreams. A king fills bag after bag. Some love money more than their own family. None of it comes along at the end. It is like points in a video game that stay behind when you log off. Even moving to a forest does not help, because the clinging lives in your mind. Here is the good news. The One is fearless, formless and kind, and looks after every living thing. When the One cuts your knots, the Naam settles in your heart. At the centre, the Rahao: the One is fearless, formless and kind, and cares for every living creature.
The "won't go along with you" refrain rhymes with the whole Maaroo meditation on what we can and cannot carry. Freedom comes by grace (nadar), not by technique.
For Raag Maaroo
A clear-eyed look at attachment that lands not in fear but in the kindness of the One who unties the knots.
Translation Notes
Clinging lives in the mind, so it follows the hermit, the yogi and the scholar as surely as anyone at home; every way of life named here is held with respect.
Hukumnama
Subject: The One is fearless, formless and kind Preview: buried treasure, money gripped in dreams, a king's full bags, and knots cut loose.
Today: Think about everything you call "mine." Your room, your stuff, your money. It feels good to pile things up. People bury treasure. People grip money even in their dreams. A king fills bag after bag. Some love money more than their own family. None of it comes along at the end. It is like points in a video game that stay behind when you log off. Even moving to a forest does not help, because the clinging lives in your mind. Here is the good news. The One is fearless, formless and kind, and looks after every living thing. When the One cuts your knots, the Naam settles in your heart.
Hold things lightly, because the fearless, kind One holds you.
For today: Give away one thing you don't need today, and thank the One who looks after everyone.
Wealth is a fickle companion; it will not follow you home.
The Arc
Think about everything you call "mine." Your room, your stuff, your money. It feels good to pile things up. People bury treasure. People grip money even in their dreams. A king fills bag after bag. Some love money more than their own family. None of it comes along at the end. It is like points in a video game that stay behind when you log off. Even moving to a forest does not help, because the clinging lives in your mind. Here is the good news. The One is fearless, formless and kind, and looks after every living thing. When the One cuts your knots, the Naam settles in your heart. At the centre, the Rahao: the One is fearless, formless and kind, and cares for every living creature.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The "won't go along with you" refrain rhymes with the whole Maaroo meditation on what we can and cannot carry. Freedom comes by grace (nadar), not by technique.
For Raag Maaroo
A clear-eyed look at attachment that lands not in fear but in the kindness of the One who unties the knots.
Translation Notes
Clinging lives in the mind, so it follows the hermit, the yogi and the scholar as surely as anyone at home; every way of life named here is held with respect.
Hukumnama
Subject: The One is fearless, formless and kind Preview: buried treasure, money gripped in dreams, a king's full bags, and knots cut loose.
Today: Think about everything you call "mine." Your room, your stuff, your money. It feels good to pile things up. People bury treasure. People grip money even in their dreams. A king fills bag after bag. Some love money more than their own family. None of it comes along at the end. It is like points in a video game that stay behind when you log off. Even moving to a forest does not help, because the clinging lives in your mind. Here is the good news. The One is fearless, formless and kind, and looks after every living thing. When the One cuts your knots, the Naam settles in your heart.
Hold things lightly, because the fearless, kind One holds you.
For today: Give away one thing you don't need today, and thank the One who looks after everyone.