Admitting you cannot do it all alone is where support begins.
The Arc
Some things you cannot manage on your own, and that is okay to say. You find your support by spending time with holy people and stepping into the shelter of the One who looks after the whole world. Inside you live five old troublemakers: craving, anger, greed, clinging and pride. They keep nudging you toward what harms you. Your hopes stretch on forever, and your days are a precious gift you get to spend. The One is a home for anyone who feels they have none. An ocean of peace. Every pain and fear gets carried off there. Ask to live close to the One. At the centre, the Rahao: on my own I can do nothing, and meeting the saints, I found my support in the shelter of the One.
Key Vocabulary
hotee nahee kavan kachh karnee — I could do nothing by myself.
ot — the single support, the one anchor.
panch dokh — the five faults.
anaathah naath — home of the homeless, master of the masterless.
sukh saagar — ocean of peace.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The 'home of the homeless' names the One especially near to those the world overlooks — the same woman-honoring, caste-leveling tenderness sounded across Raag Saarang, in another key. The one-anchor image belongs to the Saarang keynote of hope resting in one place.
For Raag Saarang
The thirst of Saarang is met as belonging: a home for anyone who feels they have none.
Hukumnama
Subject: The One's shelter is my only support Preview: five troublemakers inside, hopes that stretch on and on, a home for the homeless, an ocean of peace.
Today: Some things you cannot manage on your own, and that is okay to say. You find your support by spending time with holy people and stepping into the shelter of the One who looks after the whole world. Inside you live five old troublemakers: craving, anger, greed, clinging and pride. They keep nudging you toward what harms you. Your hopes stretch on forever, and your days are a precious gift you get to spend. The One is a home for anyone who feels they have none. An ocean of peace. Every pain and fear gets carried off there. Ask to live close to the One.
The shelter of the One is the support that holds.
For today: Ask someone for help with one thing today, and thank the One for the people who help you.
Admitting you cannot do it all alone is where support begins.
The Arc
Some things you cannot manage on your own, and that is okay to say. You find your support by spending time with holy people and stepping into the shelter of the One who looks after the whole world. Inside you live five old troublemakers: craving, anger, greed, clinging and pride. They keep nudging you toward what harms you. Your hopes stretch on forever, and your days are a precious gift you get to spend. The One is a home for anyone who feels they have none. An ocean of peace. Every pain and fear gets carried off there. Ask to live close to the One. At the centre, the Rahao: on my own I can do nothing, and meeting the saints, I found my support in the shelter of the One.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The 'home of the homeless' names the One especially near to those the world overlooks — the same woman-honoring, caste-leveling tenderness sounded across Raag Saarang, in another key. The one-anchor image belongs to the Saarang keynote of hope resting in one place.
For Raag Saarang
The thirst of Saarang is met as belonging: a home for anyone who feels they have none.
Hukumnama
Subject: The One's shelter is my only support Preview: five troublemakers inside, hopes that stretch on and on, a home for the homeless, an ocean of peace.
Today: Some things you cannot manage on your own, and that is okay to say. You find your support by spending time with holy people and stepping into the shelter of the One who looks after the whole world. Inside you live five old troublemakers: craving, anger, greed, clinging and pride. They keep nudging you toward what harms you. Your hopes stretch on forever, and your days are a precious gift you get to spend. The One is a home for anyone who feels they have none. An ocean of peace. Every pain and fear gets carried off there. Ask to live close to the One.
The shelter of the One is the support that holds.
For today: Ask someone for help with one thing today, and thank the One for the people who help you.