? (chachaa)
Meaning: noun: This is the 11th letter of the Gurmukhi alphabet, corresponding to the sound of �tch� in �matches� in English. It is repeated six times in the quote of the day. In addition, there is also the letter �mamma� corresponding to the sound of �m� in �mug� in English, repeated three times.
Quote:
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kabeer chugai chitaarai bhee chugai ��chug chug chitaare.
jaise bachrahi koo?j man ��maaiaa mamtaa re.
Kabir! A flamingo pecks, remembers her chicks, and pecks again; she pecks and feeds, and remembers them in her mind. As the mind of the flamingo is engrossed in her chicks, so is the mind of human attached to Maya. � Bhagat Kabir, Guru Granth Sahib, 1371
Message: Koonj, a violet coloured bird with a long neck, flies to hot countries at the beginning of winter and moves back to the cold ones in summer. Using the koonj (flamingo) and its love and attachment to its offspring as an illustration, Bhagat Kabir is drawing our attention to where our mind is most of the time.
We may be actively engaged in an activity (as the flamingo is pecking at the seed) but the mind is working constantly on how to fulfil our many worldly desires (as the flamingo�s is on its offspring). Bhagat Kabir wants us to be conscious and aware of the hold Maya has on our thoughts.
Worldly attachment has its place in our lives, but we should not focus a great deal on it, while ignoring something greater that lies behind what our senses can detect. In the words of Einstein, �The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.� We are fortunate to have our Gurus� help in unravelling the mysterious.
