When Something Greater Fills You, Old Troubles Lose Their Power
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Look — something wonderful has happened!
The One whose depth is beyond all knowing has come to live right inside my heart, placed there by the teaching.
The inner troubles that used to torment me have themselves lost their nerve.
Now they say: keep us safe from what fills you — we take shelter too.
The Rahau announces an achraj, a wonder: the agaaDh boDh, the unfathomable One, now dwells ridai, in the heart. The doot — literally tormenting 'demons' — are read as inner troubles (fear, craving, restlessness) that, once the heart is filled, lose their grip and 'grow afraid' themselves. A vivid picture of how old compulsions shrink when something greater takes root inside.
What is a fear that got smaller once you found something bigger to hold onto?
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