Sikhism·Raag Sorath·Shabad 62
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Inner Calm and Wide-Open Wonder Are the Same Thing

ਸਾਂਤਿ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਮਨ ਸੀਤਲ ਅਗਨਿ ਨ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਧੁਖੀ ॥
saaNt paavahi hoveh man seetal agan na antar Dhukhee.
You shall find peace, and your mind shall be soothed and cooled; the fire of desire shall not burn within you.
ਗੁਰ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਉ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਦਿਖਾਇਆ ਜਲਿ ਥਲਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣਿ ਰੁਖੀ ॥੨॥੨॥੩੦॥
gur naanak ka-o parabhoo dikhaa-i-aa jal thal taribhavan rukhee. ||2||2||30||
The Guru has revealed God to Nanak, in the three worlds, in the water, the earth and the woods. ||2||2||30||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

You will find peace, your mind will cool and settle, and the fever of always-wanting will stop burning inside.

The One was shown to me everywhere at once — in the water, on the land, across the whole living world, and in every tree.

An inner calm and a wide-open wonder turn out to be the same thing.
The deeper layer

Saant paavahi hoveh man seetal agan na antar dhukhee — peace arrives, the mind grows seetal (cool), and the agan (the fever of craving) stops smoldering. Then the seeing opens wide: jal thal tribhavan rukhee — the One revealed in water, land, all three worlds, and even the trees. What began as an inner calm ends as a vision of the One everywhere — the two are the same discovery from inside and out.

A Question to Sit With

When you feel calm inside, does the world around you look different too?

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