Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Getting stuck on only shiny, grabbable things is like wandering in the dark.
A little wisdom is the light; splitting the world into 'me and not-me' is what trips people up.
Guru Amar Das names moh maya — attachment to the graspable world — as andhiaaraa, darkness: "without the Guru, there is no wisdom." And the root trouble is doojaa bhaao — "duality," the split of seeing everything as me-versus-them, mine-versus-not-mine, which "has ruined the people." Wisdom is the light that shows the underlying oneness. For a child: getting fixated only on grabbing things is like stumbling in the dark, and a bit of wisdom is the light that helps you see.
When has a little bit of understanding felt like someone turning on a light for you?
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