Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Let go of any habit or ritual that makes you forget what you love most.
The love that keeps you close to the good is the truly precious thing.
A short, sharp Shalok of Guru Nanak (First Mehl): "burn away those rituals which lead you to forget the Beloved." A striking teaching — a religious practice that makes you forget love and the good has missed its whole point; better to drop it. What matters is the love that "preserves my honor." The qMonk voice keeps this gently: let go of anything that pulls you away from what you love most. For a child: let go of any habit that makes you forget what you love most — the love itself is what's precious.
Is there a habit that pulls you away from what matters? What would it be like to let it go?
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