Advaiti - Expatriate

False is the body, false are the clothes; false is beauty.

Nanak

Birdman

Rakh Gareebee Vaes

ਮਨੁ ਹਾਲੀ ਕਿਰਸਾਣੀ ਕਰਣੀ ਸਰਮੁ ਪਾਣੀ ਤਨੁ ਖੇਤੁ ॥ Man Haalee Kirasaanee Karanee Saram Paanee Than Khaeth ||

ਨਾਮੁ ਬੀਜੁ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਸੁਹਾਗਾ ਰਖੁ ਗਰੀਬੀ ਵੇਸੁ ॥ Naam Beej Santhokh Suhaagaa Rakh Gareebee Vaes ||

ਭਾਉ ਕਰਮ ਕਰਿ ਜੰਮਸੀ ਸੇ ਘਰ ਭਾਗਠ ਦੇਖੁ ॥੧॥ Bhaao Karam Kar Janmasee Sae Ghar Bhaagath Dhaekh ||1||

ਬਾਬਾ ਮਾਇਆ ਸਾਥਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥ Baabaa Maaeiaa Saathh N Hoe ||

ਇਨਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਜਗੁ ਮੋਹਿਆ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਬੂਝੈ ਕੋਇ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ Ein Maaeiaa Jag Mohiaa Viralaa Boojhai Koe || Rehaao ||

ਹਾਣੁ ਹਟੁ ਕਰਿ ਆਰਜਾ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਿ ਵਥੁ ॥ Haan Hatt Kar Aarajaa Sach Naam Kar Vathh ||

ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸੋਚ ਕਰਿ ਭਾਂਡਸਾਲ ਤਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਤਿਸ ਨੋ ਰਖੁ ॥ Surath Soch Kar Bhaanddasaal This Vich This No Rakh ||

ਵਣਜਾਰਿਆ ਸਿਉ ਵਣਜੁ ਕਰਿ ਲੈ ਲਾਹਾ ਮਨ ਹਸੁ ॥੨॥ Vanajaariaa Sio Vanaj Kar Lai Laahaa Man Has ||2||

ਸੁਣਿ ਸਾਸਤ ਸਉਦਾਗਰੀ ਸਤੁ ਘੋੜੇ ਲੈ ਚਲੁ ॥ Sun Saasath Soudhaagaree Sath Ghorrae Lai Chal ||

ਖਰਚੁ ਬੰਨੁ ਚੰਗਿਆਈਆ ਮਤੁ ਮਨ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਕਲੁ ॥ Kharach Bann Changiaaeeaa Math Man Jaanehi Kal ||

ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਕੈ ਦੇਸਿ ਜਾਹਿ ਤਾ ਸੁਖਿ ਲਹਹਿ ਮਹਲੁ ॥੩॥ Nirankaar Kai Dhaes Jaahi Thaa Sukh Lehehi Mehal ||3||

ਲਾਇ ਚਿਤੁ ਕਰਿ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਮੰਨਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਿ ਕੰਮੁ ॥ Laae Chith Kar Chaakaree Mann Naam Kar Kanm ||

ਬੰਨੁ ਬਦੀਆ ਕਰਿ ਧਾਵਣੀ ਤਾ ਕੋ ਆਖੈ ਧੰਨੁ ॥ Bann Badheeaa Kar Dhhaavanee Thaa Ko Aakhai Dhhann ||

ਨਾਨਕ ਵੇਖੈ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਚੜੈ ਚਵਗਣ ਵੰਨੁ ॥੪॥੨॥ Naanak Vaekhai Nadhar Kar Charrai Chavagan Vann ||4||2||

- Guru Nanak, SGGS A596P1

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding about ourselves.

Carl Jung

Knight of Cups 2015

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner 

One of the first things they ask you in the ER is to rate your pain on a scale from one to ten. I've been asked this question hundreds of times and I remember once when I couldn't catch my breath and it felt like my chest was on fire… the nurse asked meto rate the pain. Though I couldn't speak, I held up nine fingers. Later, when I started feeling better, the nurse came in and she called me a fighter."You know how I know?" she said. "You called a ten a nine." But that wasn't the truth. I didn't call it a nine because I was brave. The reason I called it a nine was because I was saving my ten. And this was it. This was the great and terrible ten.

-- Hazel (The Fault in Our Stars)

If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.

Sartre