Remember your source, and you come home to yourself.
The Arc
Keep the One in mind for as long as you have breath. The Guru's Word cleans your mind, and puffed-up pride drops away. Listen to the Guru. Drink in the Naam slowly, like cool water on a hot day. It always brings peace. Know where you came from, and you feel at home inside yourself. Your heart opens like a lotus. The same One lives in everyone you meet. A clean mind is content inside itself. The One you look for lives within you. A human life is a gift. Grace brings you to the Guru, and you settle into an easy calm. At the centre, the Rahao: listen to the Guru, and drink in the Naam; it always gives peace.
Key Vocabulary
mool pachhaanan — to recognize your origin, your source.
nij ghar — the home of your own inner being.
kamal pargaasi-aa — the heart-lotus blossoming; opening awareness.
aatam raam — the One as the Self within.
safal — fruitful; a life that blossoms.
abhimaan — proud self-importance, the puffed-up "I'm better" feeling.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The inward turn (nij ghar, aatam raam) is the shabad's spine: the One is found inside. The lotus image recurs across Gurbani as the mark of awakening awareness.
For Raag Prabhaatee
Morning is when the mind is clearest for turning inward. Remembering where you came from suits the raag's dawn quiet.
Hukumnama
Subject: Listen to the Guru and sip the Naam Preview: breath of life, a mind washed clean, cool water sipped slowly, a home inside, a lotus opening, a gift unopened
Today: Keep the One in mind for as long as you have breath. The Guru's Word cleans your mind, and puffed-up pride drops away. Listen to the Guru. Drink in the Naam slowly, like cool water on a hot day. It always brings peace. Know where you came from, and you feel at home inside yourself. Your heart opens like a lotus. The same One lives in everyone you meet. A clean mind is content inside itself. The One you look for lives within you. A human life is a gift. Grace brings you to the Guru, and you settle into an easy calm.
Listen to the Guru, and drink in the Naam slowly; it always gives peace.
For today: Before your day gets busy, read one line of the Guru's words slowly, twice, and sit with it.
Remember your source, and you come home to yourself.
The Arc
Keep the One in mind for as long as you have breath. The Guru's Word cleans your mind, and puffed-up pride drops away. Listen to the Guru. Drink in the Naam slowly, like cool water on a hot day. It always brings peace. Know where you came from, and you feel at home inside yourself. Your heart opens like a lotus. The same One lives in everyone you meet. A clean mind is content inside itself. The One you look for lives within you. A human life is a gift. Grace brings you to the Guru, and you settle into an easy calm. At the centre, the Rahao: listen to the Guru, and drink in the Naam; it always gives peace.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The inward turn (nij ghar, aatam raam) is the shabad's spine: the One is found inside. The lotus image recurs across Gurbani as the mark of awakening awareness.
For Raag Prabhaatee
Morning is when the mind is clearest for turning inward. Remembering where you came from suits the raag's dawn quiet.
Hukumnama
Subject: Listen to the Guru and sip the Naam Preview: breath of life, a mind washed clean, cool water sipped slowly, a home inside, a lotus opening, a gift unopened
Today: Keep the One in mind for as long as you have breath. The Guru's Word cleans your mind, and puffed-up pride drops away. Listen to the Guru. Drink in the Naam slowly, like cool water on a hot day. It always brings peace. Know where you came from, and you feel at home inside yourself. Your heart opens like a lotus. The same One lives in everyone you meet. A clean mind is content inside itself. The One you look for lives within you. A human life is a gift. Grace brings you to the Guru, and you settle into an easy calm.
Listen to the Guru, and drink in the Naam slowly; it always gives peace.
For today: Before your day gets busy, read one line of the Guru's words slowly, twice, and sit with it.