Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the mind is tossed around like waves in a storm — full of 'me' and 'mine' and needing to be right — even good things do not taste sweet, and all the worrying just wears a person out. The restlessness feeds on itself.
Nanak says: the one who serves sets down the need to be the center of everything and offers up their pride, the way you would hand over something you no longer need to carry. That one accepts what the Guru wills and keeps the Guru's Word close in the heart. When the ego quiets, peace has room to arrive.
Shalok, Third Mehl. man lahree vich — the mind caught in waves of haumai (ego) and ahankaar (pride). A sevak, one who serves, is the one who sir dharay utaar — lays down the head, offering up the whole self, the pride first of all. Ego is the disease to heal; bhaanaa mannay (accepting the Will) and sabad ur dhaar (enshrining the teaching in the heart) are the remedy.
What does it feel like in your body when you stop needing to be right?
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