Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I know the One is always right here with me — so I'm happy to be the dust under everyone's feet, needing to look down on no one.
And if I can find the company of the wise, that's where I'll actually find the One.
Two moves sit together here, and they always do in this tradition: the felt nearness of the One ("always with me") and radical humility ("the dust of all men's feet"). When you truly sense you are held, you have nothing to defend, so you can happily be least — humility stops being a struggle and becomes a relief. And the practical direction is social: the meeting with the One happens "in the saadh sangat," in the company of those steadying toward it. Nearness, humility, and good company are one package.
Have you noticed that the people most sure of themselves often have the least need to look down on others?
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