Think of something you want badly: the newest phone, more likes, more stuff. Grab for it, and it slips away. Love it, and it still won't come with you in the end. Let it go, and it comes and sits at your feet. Treat it like a king, and it bosses you around. Put it out of your mind, and it serves you. It looks sweet at first and cheats you later. People who love the One see through it and break its spell. Keep begging from it and you stay hungry. Let it go, join the Sangat, and you are carried across. At the centre, the Rahao: without the Naam no one is free, and meeting the Guru sets you free.
Grasping as the trap; freedom as not-needing; seeing-through as what dissolves the spell; release plus company as the way out. Shares the anti-begging note with 2012 and the letting-go theme with 2016.
For Raag Raamkalee
Raamkalee's reflective mood suits this cool, clear anatomy of attachment.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Guru and the Naam set you free Preview: a grip that loses its hold, a proud thing that bows, a sweet trick, whole worlds charmed, a hunger
Today: Think of something you want badly: the newest phone, more likes, more stuff. Grab for it, and it slips away. Love it, and it still won't come with you in the end. Let it go, and it comes and sits at your feet. Treat it like a king, and it bosses you around. Put it out of your mind, and it serves you. It looks sweet at first and cheats you later. People who love the One see through it and break its spell. Keep begging from it and you stay hungry. Let it go, join the Sangat, and you are carried across.
Without the Naam no one is free; meeting the perfect Guru, you are carried across.
For today: Pick one thing you keep reaching for, and let it go for the whole day.
The tighter you grab, the faster it slips away.
The Arc
Think of something you want badly: the newest phone, more likes, more stuff. Grab for it, and it slips away. Love it, and it still won't come with you in the end. Let it go, and it comes and sits at your feet. Treat it like a king, and it bosses you around. Put it out of your mind, and it serves you. It looks sweet at first and cheats you later. People who love the One see through it and break its spell. Keep begging from it and you stay hungry. Let it go, join the Sangat, and you are carried across. At the centre, the Rahao: without the Naam no one is free, and meeting the Guru sets you free.
Key Vocabulary
gahu kar pakree — grabbed tightly; ti-aag — letting go; gumaan — pride; thagaavai — deceives; khand khand — broken to pieces; satsangat — true company.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Grasping as the trap; freedom as not-needing; seeing-through as what dissolves the spell; release plus company as the way out. Shares the anti-begging note with 2012 and the letting-go theme with 2016.
For Raag Raamkalee
Raamkalee's reflective mood suits this cool, clear anatomy of attachment.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Guru and the Naam set you free Preview: a grip that loses its hold, a proud thing that bows, a sweet trick, whole worlds charmed, a hunger
Today: Think of something you want badly: the newest phone, more likes, more stuff. Grab for it, and it slips away. Love it, and it still won't come with you in the end. Let it go, and it comes and sits at your feet. Treat it like a king, and it bosses you around. Put it out of your mind, and it serves you. It looks sweet at first and cheats you later. People who love the One see through it and break its spell. Keep begging from it and you stay hungry. Let it go, join the Sangat, and you are carried across.
Without the Naam no one is free; meeting the perfect Guru, you are carried across.
For today: Pick one thing you keep reaching for, and let it go for the whole day.