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A Heart Turned to Love Lets the Me-vs-Them Fall Away

ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਮਨੁ ਰੰਗਿਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਸੁਧਿ ਨ ਕਾਈ ਰਾਮ ॥
maa-i-aa mohi man rangi-aa mohi suDh na kaa-ee raam.
Their minds are colored by emotional attachment to Maya; because of this emotional attachment, they do not understand.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਰੰਗੀਐ ਦੂਜਾ ਰੰਗੁ ਜਾਈ ਰਾਮ ॥
gurmukh ih man rangee-ai doojaa rang jaa-ee raam.
The soul of the Gurmukh is imbued with the Lord's Love; the love of duality departs.
ਦੂਜਾ ਰੰਗੁ ਜਾਈ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਮਾਈ ਸਚਿ ਭਰੇ ਭੰਡਾਰਾ ॥
doojaa rang jaa-ee saach samaa-ee sach bharay bhandaaraa.
The love of duality departs, and the soul merges in Truth; the warehouse is overflowing with Truth.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੋਈ ਬੂਝੈ ਸਚਿ ਸਵਾਰਣਹਾਰਾ ॥
gurmukh hovai so-ee boojhai sach savaaranhaaraa.
One who becomes Gurmukh, comes to understand; the Lord embellishes him with Truth.
ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲੇ ਸੋ ਹਰਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਹੋਰੁ ਕਹਣਾ ਕਿਛੂ ਨ ਜਾਏ ॥
aapay maylay so har milai hor kahnaa kichhoo na jaa-ay.
He alone merges with the Lord, whom the Lord causes to merge; nothing else can be said or done.
ਨਾਨਕ ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ਇਕਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਰੰਗੁ ਲਾਏ ॥੪॥੫॥
naanak vin naavai bharam bhulaa-i-aa ik naam ratay rang laa-ay. ||4||5||
O Nanak, without the Name, one is deluded by doubt; but some, imbued with the Name, enshrine love for the Lord. ||4||5||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

When a heart is colored only by clinging, it's hard to understand what matters.

But a heart turned toward love lets the me-versus-them split fall away and fills up with truth.

Real understanding is a gift; when it comes, we melt gently into the good.

A heart turned toward love lets the me-versus-them feeling fall away and fills right up with what's true.
The deeper layer

The shabad closes: hearts "colored by attachment" can't understand, but the gurmukh's heart, "imbued with the Lord's Love," lets "the love of duality depart" and its "warehouse overflows with Truth." And the humble close: "he alone merges whom the Lord causes to merge" — the final union is grace. The colophon (||4||5||) closes. For a child: a heart turned toward love lets the me-vs-them feeling fall away and fills right up with what's true.

A Question to Sit With

How does turning toward love change the way you see people you disagree with?

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