What you are looking for is tucked inside every heart, including your own.
The Arc
Look at something lovely this morning: a sky, a tree, a face. The Beloved's glory is lovelier still. Even the singers of the skies sing about it with joy. Good people praise the One in sweet tunes and in every way you can think of. Every form is beautiful. Mountains and trees are full of that beauty. Deserts and oceans are too. Whole worlds are full of it. It reaches into every heart, yours included. Sit with the Sangat, people gathered to remember the One, and you taste that sweetness for yourself. Trust like that is a lovely thing. At the centre, the Rahao: the Beloved's glory is so lovely that the singers of the skies sing it with joy.
Key Vocabulary
gandharab apsaraa — the heavenly musicians and dancers of the old Indian stories (Puranas).
anik bhaant baho bidh — endless kinds and ways.
ghat ghat laalan chhaavnee — the Beloved sheltered in every heart.
bhaavnee — the heart's leaning; heartfelt trust.
Themes and Cross-Connections
All creation as one chorus, and the One praised in infinite forms, quietly makes room for every tradition's song. The Beloved hidden in every heart is the same One nearer than breath, which the raag keeps returning to.
For Raag Malaar
The glory pervading everything is the fair sky of the raag: the world lit up and singing, the heart's weather turned to wonder.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Beloved's glory is lovely to sing Preview: Singers of the skies, a thousand tunes and forms, mountains and oceans, every heart, a sweet taste shared.
Today: Look at something lovely this morning: a sky, a tree, a face. The Beloved's glory is lovelier still. Even the singers of the skies sing about it with joy. Good people praise the One in sweet tunes and in every way you can think of. Every form is beautiful. Mountains and trees are full of that beauty. Deserts and oceans are too. Whole worlds are full of it. It reaches into every heart, yours included. Sit with the Sangat, people gathered to remember the One, and you taste that sweetness for yourself. Trust like that is a lovely thing.
The Beloved's glory is so lovely that even the singers of the skies sing it with joy.
For today: Find one beautiful thing outside today and hum a few notes of thanks for it.
What you are looking for is tucked inside every heart, including your own.
The Arc
Look at something lovely this morning: a sky, a tree, a face. The Beloved's glory is lovelier still. Even the singers of the skies sing about it with joy. Good people praise the One in sweet tunes and in every way you can think of. Every form is beautiful. Mountains and trees are full of that beauty. Deserts and oceans are too. Whole worlds are full of it. It reaches into every heart, yours included. Sit with the Sangat, people gathered to remember the One, and you taste that sweetness for yourself. Trust like that is a lovely thing. At the centre, the Rahao: the Beloved's glory is so lovely that the singers of the skies sing it with joy.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
All creation as one chorus, and the One praised in infinite forms, quietly makes room for every tradition's song. The Beloved hidden in every heart is the same One nearer than breath, which the raag keeps returning to.
For Raag Malaar
The glory pervading everything is the fair sky of the raag: the world lit up and singing, the heart's weather turned to wonder.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Beloved's glory is lovely to sing Preview: Singers of the skies, a thousand tunes and forms, mountains and oceans, every heart, a sweet taste shared.
Today: Look at something lovely this morning: a sky, a tree, a face. The Beloved's glory is lovelier still. Even the singers of the skies sing about it with joy. Good people praise the One in sweet tunes and in every way you can think of. Every form is beautiful. Mountains and trees are full of that beauty. Deserts and oceans are too. Whole worlds are full of it. It reaches into every heart, yours included. Sit with the Sangat, people gathered to remember the One, and you taste that sweetness for yourself. Trust like that is a lovely thing.
The Beloved's glory is so lovely that even the singers of the skies sing it with joy.
For today: Find one beautiful thing outside today and hum a few notes of thanks for it.