Everything that stands on its own passes; only nearness to the One is a home that lasts.
The Arc
Kings and worms, gods and the tiniest creatures, everyone scrambles to fill their stomach. Turn from the Ocean of Kindness, and you rob your own soul. Remember the One. That is where your shelter is. Forget, and you drift from one waiting room to the next, sorrow after sorrow, with no seat anywhere. Picture a paper boat. Bragging "I've got this" on your own is like crossing the sea in a paper boat. It goes soft in deep water. Even the mightiest names pass away in time. So hold on to the One. Ask, from your heart, to stay close, at the One's lotus feet. At the centre, the Rahao: remember the One, because forgetting leaves you wandering with no shelter anywhere.
Key Vocabulary
daya-saagar — the Ocean of Mercy, always offered.
kaagad kee naav — the paper boat; ego's plans that dissolve in deep water.
haumai — ego; here the leaky boat of self-reliant boasting.
saran — sanctuary; the shelter longed for at the close.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The "from king to worm" sweep levels every being — greatness and smallness alike lose the way when the Source is forgotten. The impermanence of even the mightiest named beings points, by contrast, to the One as the only lasting home.
For Raag Malaar
The parched, wandering soul of the rain raag, thirsting for the shelter of the monsoon-Beloved.
Hukumnama
Subject: Remember the One, your only shelter Preview: a king and a worm, a paper boat on the ocean, gods passing in time, lotus feet as shelter
Today: Kings and worms, gods and the tiniest creatures, everyone scrambles to fill their stomach. Turn from the Ocean of Kindness, and you rob your own soul. Remember the One. That is where your shelter is. Forget, and you drift from one waiting room to the next, sorrow after sorrow, with no seat anywhere. Picture a paper boat. Bragging "I've got this" on your own is like crossing the sea in a paper boat. It goes soft in deep water. Even the mightiest names pass away in time. So hold on to the One. Ask, from your heart, to stay close, at the One's lotus feet.
Remember the One; forgetting leaves you wandering with no shelter anywhere.
For today: When you feel restless today, stop and remember the One for one breath.
Everything that stands on its own passes; only nearness to the One is a home that lasts.
The Arc
Kings and worms, gods and the tiniest creatures, everyone scrambles to fill their stomach. Turn from the Ocean of Kindness, and you rob your own soul. Remember the One. That is where your shelter is. Forget, and you drift from one waiting room to the next, sorrow after sorrow, with no seat anywhere. Picture a paper boat. Bragging "I've got this" on your own is like crossing the sea in a paper boat. It goes soft in deep water. Even the mightiest names pass away in time. So hold on to the One. Ask, from your heart, to stay close, at the One's lotus feet. At the centre, the Rahao: remember the One, because forgetting leaves you wandering with no shelter anywhere.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The "from king to worm" sweep levels every being — greatness and smallness alike lose the way when the Source is forgotten. The impermanence of even the mightiest named beings points, by contrast, to the One as the only lasting home.
For Raag Malaar
The parched, wandering soul of the rain raag, thirsting for the shelter of the monsoon-Beloved.
Hukumnama
Subject: Remember the One, your only shelter Preview: a king and a worm, a paper boat on the ocean, gods passing in time, lotus feet as shelter
Today: Kings and worms, gods and the tiniest creatures, everyone scrambles to fill their stomach. Turn from the Ocean of Kindness, and you rob your own soul. Remember the One. That is where your shelter is. Forget, and you drift from one waiting room to the next, sorrow after sorrow, with no seat anywhere. Picture a paper boat. Bragging "I've got this" on your own is like crossing the sea in a paper boat. It goes soft in deep water. Even the mightiest names pass away in time. So hold on to the One. Ask, from your heart, to stay close, at the One's lotus feet.
Remember the One; forgetting leaves you wandering with no shelter anywhere.
For today: When you feel restless today, stop and remember the One for one breath.