Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In intuitive balance, the Unseen is recognized — the Fearless, Luminous, Formless Lord.
There is only the One Giver for all beings. He blends our light with His Light.
So praise God through the Perfect Word of His Shabad. He has no end or limitation.
Sahjai andar alakhai lakhee, nirbha-o nirmal so-ay — in sahj, the Unseen is recognized (alakhai lakhee — that which cannot be seen or described is perceived): the Fearless (nirbha-o), Immaculate (nirmal), Formless (so-ay — that One). The paradox of alakhai lakhee: the Invisible is seen, the Indescribable is known. Not through enhanced senses but through the dissolution of the veil that sahj represents. The Formless is not hidden — the sahj state removes what was blocking perception.
Ik daataa sab ko, jot mah jot milaa-ay — there is only One Giver (ik daataa) for all beings (sab ko); He blends (milaa-ay) our light (jot) with His Light (jot). Jot mah jot milaa-ay — light into light, the soul's light merging with the divine Light. This is the theology of non-duality that runs through the GGS: not the soul becoming God, but the soul's individual light blending back into the Source-light it was always part of. The merger is homecoming.
Gur sabad sach salaahnaa, kirpaa karay prabhoo so-ay — praise the Lord through the True Shabad of the Guru; may that God show His Mercy (kirpaa). The prayer at the end of Pauri 9: all the description of sahj and what it reveals — and then the prayer. May He show His mercy. Because sahj cannot be manufactured; it can only be received. And the receiving requires grace.
What does it mean to you that your light might be part of a larger Light — not separate from it but a temporary expression of it?
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