Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
It is easy to drift through our days half-asleep, quietly imagining that everything will always stay exactly as it is right now.
So here is a soft nudge: wake up, dear one. See how alive and precious this moment is. When you really wake to your life, you start to live it fully.
ki-aa too so-i-aa jaag i-aanaa — why do you sleep? wake, unknowing one. tai jeevan jag sach kar jaanaa — you took worldly life to be permanent (sach). i-aanaa (unknowing) is rendered gently as dear one, and the wake-up is warm, not scolding. This is the Pause/keynote: wake to the preciousness and impermanence of life.
What does it feel like to be fully awake to a moment instead of half-asleep in it?
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