Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Melted gold runs all over the place, this way and that, never staying still.
But once that same gold is set into a solid bar, it holds its shape and stays.
A scattered mind is like melted gold, and a settled mind is like a solid gold bar.
It follows the same path as the Rahao, the center line: from scattered to settled. Ji-o kaniko kothaaree charhi-o — gold melted in the furnace runs everywhere. That is the mind pulled in every direction.
Thaan thiro — once it is made into a pure solid bar, it stays in its place. That bar is sahaj, the natural steadiness of a heart that has found its ground.
Nothing new was added to the gold. It is the same gold. It has simply come to rest. Think of wet cement that becomes a strong sidewalk. It is the same stuff, but now you can stand on it.
What helps your busy mind finally hold still?
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