Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I can spend a whole day chasing one good feeling after another. I keep begging for a peace that never quite arrives.
I do not keep the Creator in mind, so the aches come back again and again.
But when I keep in mind the One who gives both the easy days and the hard ones, a strange fullness settles in. There is nothing left to grab for.
Chasing good feelings all day never fills us up.
Nit nit khusee-aa man karay nit nit mangai sukh: day after day the mind chases fun, and day after day it begs for comfort. Kartaa chit na aavee: but the Creator never comes to mind, so the aches keep coming back.
It is like scrolling for one more fun video. You never reach the end, and you never feel full.
Sukh dukh daataa man vasai: when the Giver of both happy and hard times lives in your mind, tit tan kaisee bhukh, how can there be any hunger left? Feeling full comes from remembering the One, not from getting more.
What is something you kept wanting more of, but it never felt like enough?
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