ਖੇਹੂ ਖੇਹ ਰਲੈ ਤਨੁ ਛੀਜੈ ॥
khayhoo khayh ralai tan chheejai.
Dust mixes with dust, when the body wastes away.
ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਪਾਥਰੁ ਸੈਲੁ ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ॥
manmukh paathar sail na bheejai.
The self-willed manmukh is like a stone slab, which is impervious to water.
ਕਰਣ ਪਲਾਵ ਕਰੇ ਬਹੁਤੇਰੇ ਨਰਕਿ ਸੁਰਗਿ ਅਵਤਾਰਾ ਹੇ ॥੧੨॥
karan palaav karay bahutayray narak surag avtaaraa hay. ||12||
He cries out and weeps and wails; he is reincarnated into heaven and then hell. ||12||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
One day this body returns to the earth it came from — that is simply nature's way.
A heart closed tight can be like a smooth stone that water rolls right off of, never soaking in.
Yet a heart can change. Soften just a little, and the water of love soaks all the way through.
A heart can always soften; let a little love soak in.
Manmukh paathar sail na bheejai — the self-facing mind is like a stone slab that water cannot soak. Khayhoo khayh ralai, dust returns to dust, and the closed heart stays dry the whole time. Once it softens, the water gets in.
A Question to Sit With
What helps your heart soften when it has gone a little hard?
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