Remove the False and What Remains Was Never Separate
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The God-aware person knows the One, and is in love with the One alone.
Carefree - completely carefree - because what could be taken from them? Their teaching is clean of any hidden hook.
The One shaped them Himself, and their greatness glows. Even the greatest beings search for a glimpse of such a person.
Meeting them is the best luck there is. To such a being I offer my life. And Nanak says: such a person is the Supreme One - present in human form.
A God-aware person has let go of the self so fully that only the One is left.
The pauri climbs higher and higher. Barahm gi-aanee ka-o khojeh mahaysur — even Shiva, the great god, searches for the God-aware person. In Hindu tradition, Shiva is the great master of meditation. Even he looks for such a person.
Then comes a line that takes your breath away. Naanak barahm gi-aanee aap parmaysur — the God-aware person is the Supreme One. An earlier part of Sukhmani said the same about holy people, near its end: no difference is left.
How can this be? Nothing is added to the person. Instead, everything extra is taken away. Think of a glass of ocean water. Take away the glass, and what is left was always the ocean. When the self fully melts, what remains was never anything but the One. This is Ik Onkar, the One in all. It is not the worship of a person.
That is why such a person is achint, free of worry. To be afraid, you need a someone with something to lose. And Sikhi keeps a careful line here. The One is present in human form, but no form is worshipped. The tradition of the Guru Granth bows to the Light, never to the body.
If even the greatest searcher still searches for the egoless person, what does that say about what matters most?
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