ਜਿਨਿ ਰਚਿ ਰਚਿਆ ਪੁਰਖਿ ਬਿਧਾਤੈ ਨਾਲੇ ਹਉਮੈ ਪਾਈ ॥
jin rach rachi-aa purakh biDhaatai naalay ha-umai paa-ee.
The Primal Lord, the Architect of Destiny, formed your form; He also burdened you with egotism.
ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣੁ ਉਸ ਹੀ ਕਉ ਹੈ ਰੇ ਓਹਾ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਈ ॥੩॥
janam maran us hee ka-o hai ray ohaa aavai jaa-ee. ||3||
He alone is born and dies; He alone comes and goes. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Maker who shaped you also set the feeling of "just-me" alongside.
It is that separate feeling that is born and dies, that comes and goes.
What comes and goes is the small "just-me"; something deeper does not.
The Maker set haumai, the sense of separateness, alongside the self. It is that small "just-me," not the deeper self, that is born, dies, and comes and goes - a comforting reframe.
A Question to Sit With
When do you feel connected to something bigger than "just me"?
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