Sikhism·Siree Raag·Shabad 53
Verse 4 of 5

God Himself Is Everything

ਜੋ ਜਾਗੇ ਸੇ ਉਬਰੇ ਸੂਤੇ ਗਏ ਮੁਹਾਇ ॥
jo jaagay say ubray sootay ga-ay muhaa-ay.
Those who remain awake and aware are saved, while those who sleep are plundered.
ਸਚਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਪਛਾਣਿਓ ਸੁਪਨਾ ਗਇਆ ਵਿਹਾਇ ॥
sachaa sabad na pachhaani-o supnaa ga-i-aa vihaa-ay.
They do not recognize the True Word of the Shabad, and like a dream, their lives fade away.
ਸੁੰਞੇ ਘਰ ਕਾ ਪਾਹੁਣਾ ਜਿਉ ਆਇਆ ਤਿਉ ਜਾਇ ॥
sunjay ghar kaa paahunaa ji-o aa-i-aa ti-o jaa-ay.
Like guests in a deserted house, they leave just exactly as they have come.
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਜਨਮੁ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਗਇਆ ਕਿਆ ਮੁਹੁ ਦੇਸੀ ਜਾਇ ॥੩॥
manmukh janam birthaa ga-i-aa ki-aa muhu daysee jaa-ay. ||3||
The life of the self-willed manmukh passes uselessly. What face will he show when he passes beyond? ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

God Himself is everything. God Himself is the creation.

Whom shall I place the blame on? Everything that happens comes from the One.

When the One is everything, blame has nowhere to stick. The entire frame of the world reorganizes around the recognition of one source.

When the One is everything — doer and experiencer — blame dissolves into the recognition of unity.
The deeper layer

The theological conclusion: aap kartaa aap bhugtaa — He Himself is the doer, He Himself is the experiencer. There is no one to blame (kisuu doye na laavah). When all is the One, the frame of blame and credit dissolves.

This is not moral indifference — it is the recognition of a higher unity that includes all moral distinctions without being bound by them. The Gurmukh understands this and acts accordingly: with care, because all is the One; with accountability, because the One is present in every action.

A Question to Sit With

If you genuinely believed that everything that happens comes from a single source — a single intelligence — how would that change how you relate to difficulties and setbacks?

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