ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥
salok.
Shalok:
ਜੋ ਲੋੜੀਦੇ ਰਾਮ ਸੇਵਕ ਸੇਈ ਕਾਂਢਿਆ ॥
jo lorheeday raam sayvak say-ee kaaNdhi-aa.
Those who long for the Lord, are said to be His servants.
ਨਾਨਕ ਜਾਣੇ ਸਤਿ ਸਾਂਈ ਸੰਤ ਨ ਬਾਹਰਾ ॥੧॥
naanak jaanay sat saaN-ee sant na baahraa. ||1||
Nanak knows this Truth, that the Lord is not different from His Saint. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The ones who long for the good are its truest friends.
And here's a secret: the good and the ones who love it aren't really separate at all.
The ones who love goodness most become so close to it that they're hardly separate from it at all.
The fourth Shalok gives a profound truth: "those who long for the Lord are said to be His servants... the Lord is not different from His Saint." The one who truly loves the good and the good itself are, in the deepest sense, not separate. Longing itself makes you kin to what you long for. For a child: the ones who love goodness most become so close to it that they're hardly separate from it at all.
A Question to Sit With
Have you noticed people slowly become like what they love most?
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