"The Lord does not consider the merits and demerits of those whom He makes His own."
The Arc
The tender close of Guru Arjan's Todee block. The One's feet set in the heart, and "all my affairs resolved" as the center holds (v.0); the merit of all charity and worship already contained in kirtan — "the true essence of wisdom" — yielding immeasurable peace (v.1); and the freeing seal: once taken as the One's own, the grading stops, and the vast One is worn "as a necklace," close at the heart (v.2).
Key Vocabulary
kaaraj savaaray / affairs resolved — not magic problem-removal but the settling of the periphery when the center holds.
"does not consider merits and demerits" — unconditional belonging; grace stops grading.
"wears the Lord as his necklace" — the vast One made as near as a necklace against the skin.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Kirtan-contains-all-practice echoes B00C1547 and the tradition's inward turn. "Grace stops grading" is the same mercy as B00C1550 ("beauty or ugliness") and B00C1539 ("ignore my account").
For Raag Todee
Seals the Mehl 5 run with its deepest comfort: once you're the One's own, you're not on probation, not being scored — you belong, close as a necklace at the heart.
"The Lord does not consider the merits and demerits of those whom He makes His own."
The Arc
The tender close of Guru Arjan's Todee block. The One's feet set in the heart, and "all my affairs resolved" as the center holds (v.0); the merit of all charity and worship already contained in kirtan — "the true essence of wisdom" — yielding immeasurable peace (v.1); and the freeing seal: once taken as the One's own, the grading stops, and the vast One is worn "as a necklace," close at the heart (v.2).
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Kirtan-contains-all-practice echoes B00C1547 and the tradition's inward turn. "Grace stops grading" is the same mercy as B00C1550 ("beauty or ugliness") and B00C1539 ("ignore my account").
For Raag Todee
Seals the Mehl 5 run with its deepest comfort: once you're the One's own, you're not on probation, not being scored — you belong, close as a necklace at the heart.