Experiencing the Mool Mantra with Bhagat Ravidas




I have been contemplating the following mantra from Bhagat Ravidas, and wrote the following poem based on my thinking. 

ਪੜੀਐ ਗੁਨੀਐ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਭੁ ਸੁਨੀਐ
ਅਨਭਉ ਭਾਉ ਨ ਦਰਸੈ ॥
You can read, reflect, hear all the names on and on.
but it is the experience of love makes love dawn.

Being the Seed

I do not wish to read oneness,
or even to understand it.
I want to be the curve of Om.

I do not want to read truth,
or memorize all its names.
I want to live its pulse.

I don't want to read about the doings,
or analyze their ways.
I want to create myself whole.

I do not want to act brave,
or write poems about courage.
I want to be the space that scares fear.

I have already seen forgiveness.
I no longer wish to forgive.
I want to dwell where there is no other.

I do not long to conquer time.
I want to be the still point inside it,
not a clock, but the silence between ticks.

I do not seek escape from birth and death.
I want to know the place
where neither arrives.

I do not need proof of self-existence.
I want to be the light
that doesn’t have a switch.

I do not ask for the Guru’s gift
as something outside me.
I want to dissolve into blessing.

2 Comments

  1. ShreyaAugust 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM

    So so so beautiful. Thank you for reflecting this longing so gracefully ✨🪷

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