Surrender Your Ego to Experience 'Sehej'

It’s not an easy concept to explain but let me articulate what it means to me.

I think Sehej happens when our own will and ego surrenders to the Universal Will, that which the gurus call Hukam. 

When this surrender happens, then things become effortless, like pelicans, albatrosses, and almost all other birds catching the updraft and gliding it without having to flap their wings.

Humans, on the other hand, me included, do a lot of flapping, most of it unnecessary, because we think that without our very own efforts we will get nowhere.

Sehej is the space you give to the Universe to go to work in.

The other thing that sehej means to me is doing things in the time it takes to do them without hurry or tardiness.

‘Rhythm’ is another word that sehej means to me. All things in nature have a rhythm that they follow. Guru Nanak says;

dah dis saakh haree haree-aaval sahj pakai so meethaa.

(In all ten directions, the branches are green and alive. That which ripens in its own time, is sweet.)

That which grows and ripens in its own time – is  sehej.  

We humans push and pull, tug and yank and make ourselves miserable. How hard it is for us to let things be easy!




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