Sikhism·Raag Raamkalee·Shabad 84
Verse 9 of 9

Where Two Becomes One

ਸੁੰਨ ਸਮਾਧਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਤਾ ॥
sunn samaaDh sahj man raataa.
My mind is intuitively absorbed in the state of deepest Samaadhi;
ਤਜਿ ਹਉ ਲੋਭਾ ਏਕੋ ਜਾਤਾ ॥
taj ha-o lobhaa ayko jaataa.
renouncing egotism and greed, I have come to know the One Lord.
ਗੁਰ ਚੇਲੇ ਅਪਨਾ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥
gur chaylay apnaa man maani-aa.
When the disciple's mind accepts the Guru,
ਨਾਨਕ ਦੂਜਾ ਮੇਟਿ ਸਮਾਨਿਆ ॥੮॥੩॥
naanak doojaa mayt samaani-aa. ||8||3||
O Nanak, duality is eradicated, and he merges in the Lord. ||8||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

My mind rests in the deepest stillness, at home in natural ease.

Letting go of ego and grabbing, I have come to know the single One.

Nanak says: when the student's mind accepts the Guru, the sense of "two" is wiped away, and the student merges in the One.

*When the sense of “me and everything else” softens, only Oneness remains.*
The deeper layer

Accept the Guru with your whole mind, and the feeling of "me and the One, two separate things" melts into one.

Sunn samaadh is the deepest still absorption, and sahj is natural ease. Taj ha-o lobhaa means that by letting go of ego and greed, the One is known. Gur chaylay ... man maaniaa means the student's mind accepts the Guru and lines up with the teaching. Then doojaa mayt samaaniaa: the sense of a "second," of being separate, is erased, and the student merges in the One. No two, only One.

A Question to Sit With

When have you felt so connected to something that the line between you and it seemed to disappear?

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