“Those contented souls who meditate on the Lord with single-minded love, meet the True Lord.“
– Guru Granth Sahib
Kabir – The couplet
इस तन का दिया करौ, बाती मेल्यु जिव ।
लोही सींचो तेल ज्यों, कब मुख देखू पिव॥
transliterated:
Is tan ka diya karau, bati melyu jeev|
Lohi seencho tel jyon, kab much milu piv||
Translation:
Make my body the lamp, my breath the wick that lights up |
My blood is the oil to fuel it, when I will I find Love (God)? ||
My understanding:
Today is the day of Bhogi – the day before Sankrathi, in the year 2015 AD.
This is the day we symbolically discard our bad habits, our negativity and the useless accouterments we have accumulated in the morning bonfire and the dances.
Today, let us also agree to give up expecting, and learn to give love instead.
When we ask, we get what the other expects will make us happy – which is not what we want. We want to join the real person within – which will happen when we give of ourselves without reservation or expectation.
When we give without holding back, what we find will be pure and truly joyous. For the reward is in the giving itself – no more is needed.