Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Lord is pervading within and beyond — and yet people think that He is far away.
They are engrossed in clinging desires. Within their hearts there is ego and falsehood.
Without devotion to the Naam, crowds of people come and go. The cycle continues.
The proximity paradox again: the Lord is antar baahar ravia-aa (pervading within and beyond) — and they think He is door (far). The distance is entirely perceptual.
The causes of the perceptual error: biaapio trisanaa (engrossed in clinging desires) and antar haumai koor (ego and falsehood within). The desire-ego complex creates the fog that makes the near seem far.
"Crowds of people come and go" — the vast majority, cycling through birth and death, not knowing the Name.
When you feel farthest from the divine — most alone, most lost — what is usually happening in your life at that time? What pattern do you see?
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