Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The formless one exists in its own place — not somewhere you can point to, not somewhere you can travel to. It simply is.
I have heard this again and again. I have told it again and again. But hearing and telling aren't the same as knowing.
So the deepest prayer isn't 'show me' or 'prove it.' It's: let the longing itself grow inside me. Let the yearning become the connection.
This pauri introduces a beautiful distinction: between information about the divine and longing for the divine. The speaker has heard the descriptions, has told the stories — yet what they ask for is not more knowledge but more yearning.
In Sufi tradition, ishq (longing, divine love) is considered a higher state than knowledge. The mystic Rumi says the reed flute's cry is itself the yearning of separation — and that yearning is what draws the lover toward the beloved.
"As it pleases You, please instill within me the yearning for You" — this is the prayer that replaces all other prayers. Not give me this or show me that, but: let me want You more than I want anything else.
Is there something in your life you've heard about many times but haven't yet truly felt? What would it take to feel it, not just know it?
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