When the "me first" feeling relaxes, every person becomes family and no one is an enemy.
The Arc
The "me first" feeling leaves you, and the One's will starts to feel dear. Whatever the One does tastes sweet, and your eyes see the Wonderful One. The Guru keeps you safe and places your hands at the One's feet. When your mind goes completely still, you see the Guru and the One as one and the same. The One lives in everyone you meet. So you have no enemies, no one against you. You walk arm in arm with everyone, like brothers. Peace from the Guru means pain no longer clings to you. The One cares for all, and you are dyed deep in that love. At the centre, the Rahao: now I understand, my trouble is gone and my thirst is quenched, because the Perfect Guru has taught me.
Key Vocabulary
apnee Dhaaree / haumai — self-conceit; the "all about me" feeling.
aagi-aa pi-aaree — the Will, the flow of existence, become dear.
balaa-ay — the inner troubles, here dispelled.
bees bisu-ay — wholly, completely; the fully stilled mind.
sagal nivaas / bairaa-ee — the One dwelling in all; the end of enmity.
raata-o rang — dyed through in love.
Themes and Cross-Connections
This shabad ends on a warm note. When haumai relaxes, three things follow: the flow of life becomes sweet, the Guru and the One are seen as one, and — most beautifully — every person becomes family. Naa ko doot nahee bairaa-ee is Ik Onkar turned into ethics: if the One lives in all, enmity simply dissolves into kinship.
For Raag Raamkalee
The yogi's hard-won detachment is transfigured here into open-armed love: not withdrawal from people but walking arm in arm with all of them, seeing the One in each.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Perfect Guru helped me understand Preview: A "me first" feeling that leaves, a thirst quenched, a stilled mind, and everyone walking arm in arm.
Today: The "me first" feeling leaves you, and the One's will starts to feel dear. Whatever the One does tastes sweet, and your eyes see the Wonderful One. The Guru keeps you safe and places your hands at the One's feet. When your mind goes completely still, you see the Guru and the One as one and the same. The One lives in everyone you meet. So you have no enemies, no one against you. You walk arm in arm with everyone, like brothers. Peace from the Guru means pain no longer clings to you. The One cares for all, and you are dyed deep in that love.
The Perfect Guru helped me understand, and my thirst is gone.
For today: Sit beside someone you usually don't, and be friendly to them.
When the "me first" feeling relaxes, every person becomes family and no one is an enemy.
The Arc
The "me first" feeling leaves you, and the One's will starts to feel dear. Whatever the One does tastes sweet, and your eyes see the Wonderful One. The Guru keeps you safe and places your hands at the One's feet. When your mind goes completely still, you see the Guru and the One as one and the same. The One lives in everyone you meet. So you have no enemies, no one against you. You walk arm in arm with everyone, like brothers. Peace from the Guru means pain no longer clings to you. The One cares for all, and you are dyed deep in that love. At the centre, the Rahao: now I understand, my trouble is gone and my thirst is quenched, because the Perfect Guru has taught me.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
This shabad ends on a warm note. When haumai relaxes, three things follow: the flow of life becomes sweet, the Guru and the One are seen as one, and — most beautifully — every person becomes family. Naa ko doot nahee bairaa-ee is Ik Onkar turned into ethics: if the One lives in all, enmity simply dissolves into kinship.
For Raag Raamkalee
The yogi's hard-won detachment is transfigured here into open-armed love: not withdrawal from people but walking arm in arm with all of them, seeing the One in each.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Perfect Guru helped me understand Preview: A "me first" feeling that leaves, a thirst quenched, a stilled mind, and everyone walking arm in arm.
Today: The "me first" feeling leaves you, and the One's will starts to feel dear. Whatever the One does tastes sweet, and your eyes see the Wonderful One. The Guru keeps you safe and places your hands at the One's feet. When your mind goes completely still, you see the Guru and the One as one and the same. The One lives in everyone you meet. So you have no enemies, no one against you. You walk arm in arm with everyone, like brothers. Peace from the Guru means pain no longer clings to you. The One cares for all, and you are dyed deep in that love.
The Perfect Guru helped me understand, and my thirst is gone.
For today: Sit beside someone you usually don't, and be friendly to them.