Raag Soohee, Shabad 77 - However You Keep Me
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
However You hold me, that is how I will be - I have stopped fighting the shape my life takes.
When the moment is right, the Name rises up in me, and the peace I feel is a gift from You, not something I made.
I will be at peace however You keep me.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line at the center of the shabad. Ji-o raakhahi ti-o rahee-ai — as You keep me, so I stay. This is resting in hukam, the One's will, the way life flows. It brings sahaj, a calm and natural ease. Think of floating in a pool. When you stop thrashing, the water holds you up.
TuDh bhaavai taa naam japaaveh — when it pleases You, You help me repeat the Name. So even remembering the One is something given. It is not something we force.
Sukh tayraa ditaa lahee-ai — the peace we find is Your gift. We do not have to earn our calm. We can simply receive it.
What is something you have stopped fighting and started resting in?
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