Knowing you belong can lift the worry right off your chest, and the way to what you love most is to love it.
The Arc
You belong to the One, made its own in kindness. The Naam is a gift in your hands. Sing the One's praises day and night, and fear and worry lift off. Stay close to the Guru. Let go of always being right. Then the Guru's words taste good and sweet. The One lives at home in your mind and body. Fights and stumbling blocks fall away, and the dirt inside washes off in love. Love the One's lotus feet, and grabbing, anger and pride lose their hold. Love is the way to meet the One. Call your friends close. The Naam is a jewel too precious to weigh. Finding it is great good fortune. At the centre, the Rahao: let go of always being right, and the Guru's word tastes sweet.
Key Vocabulary
Bhai / chind — fear and anxiety, answered by belonging. Man kee mat ti-aag — letting go of the grip of self-certainty. Bighan — obstacle, stumbling block. Bhaa-ay bhagat — loving devotion, which is itself the way. Naam ratan agah atolay — the Naam as a jewel, too deep to measure and too precious to weigh.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Fear and worry are named outright in the opening verse and answered with belonging. The path and the place you arrive are made of the same thing: love reaching love. Letting go of the mind's own cleverness means loosening the grip of "I am always right," not switching off thought.
For Raag Prabhaatee
The address to "friends, saints, companions" (P4) makes the discovery communal, to be shared rather than hoarded — the giving spirit that runs through Guru Arjan's Prabhaatee.
Hukumnama
Subject: Let go of always being right Preview: a gift of the Naam, fear lifting off, dirt washed away in love, lotus feet, a jewel too precious to weigh.
Today: You belong to the One, made its own in kindness. The Naam is a gift in your hands. Sing the One's praises day and night, and fear and worry lift off. Stay close to the Guru. Let go of always being right. Then the Guru's words taste good and sweet. The One lives at home in your mind and body. Fights and stumbling blocks fall away, and the dirt inside washes off in love. Love the One's lotus feet, and grabbing, anger and pride lose their hold. Love is the way to meet the One. Call your friends close. The Naam is a jewel too precious to weigh. Finding it is great good fortune.
Let go of always being right, and the Guru's word tastes good and sweet.
For today: Today, listen to one piece of good advice with an open hand, and try it out.
Knowing you belong can lift the worry right off your chest, and the way to what you love most is to love it.
The Arc
You belong to the One, made its own in kindness. The Naam is a gift in your hands. Sing the One's praises day and night, and fear and worry lift off. Stay close to the Guru. Let go of always being right. Then the Guru's words taste good and sweet. The One lives at home in your mind and body. Fights and stumbling blocks fall away, and the dirt inside washes off in love. Love the One's lotus feet, and grabbing, anger and pride lose their hold. Love is the way to meet the One. Call your friends close. The Naam is a jewel too precious to weigh. Finding it is great good fortune. At the centre, the Rahao: let go of always being right, and the Guru's word tastes sweet.
Key Vocabulary
Bhai / chind — fear and anxiety, answered by belonging. Man kee mat ti-aag — letting go of the grip of self-certainty. Bighan — obstacle, stumbling block. Bhaa-ay bhagat — loving devotion, which is itself the way. Naam ratan agah atolay — the Naam as a jewel, too deep to measure and too precious to weigh.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Fear and worry are named outright in the opening verse and answered with belonging. The path and the place you arrive are made of the same thing: love reaching love. Letting go of the mind's own cleverness means loosening the grip of "I am always right," not switching off thought.
For Raag Prabhaatee
The address to "friends, saints, companions" (P4) makes the discovery communal, to be shared rather than hoarded — the giving spirit that runs through Guru Arjan's Prabhaatee.
Hukumnama
Subject: Let go of always being right Preview: a gift of the Naam, fear lifting off, dirt washed away in love, lotus feet, a jewel too precious to weigh.
Today: You belong to the One, made its own in kindness. The Naam is a gift in your hands. Sing the One's praises day and night, and fear and worry lift off. Stay close to the Guru. Let go of always being right. Then the Guru's words taste good and sweet. The One lives at home in your mind and body. Fights and stumbling blocks fall away, and the dirt inside washes off in love. Love the One's lotus feet, and grabbing, anger and pride lose their hold. Love is the way to meet the One. Call your friends close. The Naam is a jewel too precious to weigh. Finding it is great good fortune.
Let go of always being right, and the Guru's word tastes good and sweet.
For today: Today, listen to one piece of good advice with an open hand, and try it out.