Sikhism·Raag Malaar·Shabad 16
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Present In Every Single Heart

ਮਲਾਰ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
malaar mehlaa 3.
Malaar, Third Mehl:
ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਸਭਿ ਤਿਸ ਕੇ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਈ ॥
jee-o pind paraan sabh tis kay ghat ghat rahi-aa samaa-ee.
Soul, body and breath of life are all His; He is permeating and pervading each and every heart.
ਏਕਸੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਮੈ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਦੀਆ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥੧॥
aykas bin mai avar na jaanaa satgur dee-aa bujhaa-ee. ||1||
Except the One Lord, I do not know any other at all. The True Guru has revealed this to me. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

My soul, my body and my breath of life all belong to the One, who is present in each and every heart.

Except the One, I know no other at all. The True Guru showed me this.

The One lives inside every single heart, including yours.
The deeper layer

Everything we are belongs to the One, and the One is inside every heart.

Jee-o pind paraan sabh tis kay — soul, body and breath all belong to the One. Ghat ghat rahi-aa samaa-ee — the One is present in each and every heart. It is like WiFi that reaches every room of a house. You cannot see it, but it is there in each one.

Aykas bin mai avar na jaanaa — "except for the One, I know no other." Guru Amar Das says the satgur, the True Guru, opened his eyes to this.

A Question to Sit With

How might you treat people differently if the same One lived in every heart?

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