Hold on trustingly, the way a child holds a parent's sleeve.
The Arc
Take shelter with the One, who clears away hard times. The One fills water, land and sky; never let the One slip from your mind. Remember, and the feeling of being split off and alone goes away. Your heart turns the color of love, and you stay awake inside. Hold on to the One like a small child holding a parent's coat. Let go of your clever, stubborn mind, and join the Sangat. Every good thing a life can hold comes from the One. And the One you long for shows up right in your own home. At the centre, the opening line: take shelter at the One's feet and worship the One who clears away misfortune.
Key Vocabulary
Bipat / sankat nivaaran — remover of misfortune and troubles: the hymn's refrain.
Anchal laag — grabbing the hem of the robe, a child's trusting clasp.
Rang laagaa — being "dyed" through in love.
Dutee-aa soch — the thought of duality, the sense of being separate.
Sohaag — the unbreakable marriage-bond of soul and One.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Trust over cleverness; the healing of separateness (haumai); the four classic aims of life gathered into one source; the Beloved found within.
For Raag Raamkalee
The salok-and-chhant weave gives the raag a call-and-response intimacy; refuge, not renunciation, is the path.
Hukumnama
Subject: The One clears away every hard time Preview: water, land and sky, a heart dyed in love, a child holding the hem of a robe, and the Beloved at home.
Today: Take shelter with the One, who clears away hard times. The One fills water, land and sky; never let the One slip from your mind. Remember, and the feeling of being split off and alone goes away. Your heart turns the color of love, and you stay awake inside. Hold on to the One like a small child holding a parent's coat. Let go of your clever, stubborn mind, and join the Sangat. Every good thing a life can hold comes from the One. And the One you long for shows up right in your own home.
Take shelter with the One, who clears away misfortune.
For today: When something goes wrong today, pause, take one breath, and quietly turn to the One.
Hold on trustingly, the way a child holds a parent's sleeve.
The Arc
Take shelter with the One, who clears away hard times. The One fills water, land and sky; never let the One slip from your mind. Remember, and the feeling of being split off and alone goes away. Your heart turns the color of love, and you stay awake inside. Hold on to the One like a small child holding a parent's coat. Let go of your clever, stubborn mind, and join the Sangat. Every good thing a life can hold comes from the One. And the One you long for shows up right in your own home. At the centre, the opening line: take shelter at the One's feet and worship the One who clears away misfortune.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Trust over cleverness; the healing of separateness (haumai); the four classic aims of life gathered into one source; the Beloved found within.
For Raag Raamkalee
The salok-and-chhant weave gives the raag a call-and-response intimacy; refuge, not renunciation, is the path.
Hukumnama
Subject: The One clears away every hard time Preview: water, land and sky, a heart dyed in love, a child holding the hem of a robe, and the Beloved at home.
Today: Take shelter with the One, who clears away hard times. The One fills water, land and sky; never let the One slip from your mind. Remember, and the feeling of being split off and alone goes away. Your heart turns the color of love, and you stay awake inside. Hold on to the One like a small child holding a parent's coat. Let go of your clever, stubborn mind, and join the Sangat. Every good thing a life can hold comes from the One. And the One you long for shows up right in your own home.
Take shelter with the One, who clears away misfortune.
For today: When something goes wrong today, pause, take one breath, and quietly turn to the One.