ਅਚਿੰਤਾ (achiňtaa)
Meaning: adverb: Without worry.
Quote:
ਸੋਇ ਅਚਿੰਤਾ ਜਾਗਿ ਅਚਿੰਤਾ॥ ਜਹਾ ਕਹਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਤੂੰ ਵਰਤੰਤਾ॥
(ਹੇ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ! ਉਹ ਮਨੁਖ) ਨਿਸਚਿੰਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਸੌਂਦਾ ਅਤੇ ਨਿਸਚਿੰਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਜਾਗਦਾ ਹੈ (ਜੋ ਇਹ ਜਾਣ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ) ਜਿਥੇ ਕਿਥੇ, ਭਾਵ ਹਰ ਥਾਂ, ਤੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਭੂਹੀਵਰਤਰਿਹਾਹੈਂ।
soi achiňtaa jaag achiňtaa. jahaa kahaa prabh tooň vartaňtaa.
(O Divine!) One sleeps without worry and one awakes without worry (when one realises that) You, the Master, are pervading everywhere. -Guru Arjan Sahib, Guru Granth Sahib, 1136
Message: If you have a tendency to worry during the daytime and the same worries keep you awake at night, this verse will be of a great help.
Look at worries that crop up as problems to be solved rather than worries to be brooded upon. Once we start believing that our worries are only problems, we will become better at solving problems and we will relax. This, in turn, will make it easier for us to generate real solutions.
Let us leave the worries to our Creator and we concentrate on solving the problems. Our Divine Father is all knowing and our protector. With His presence pervading in our lives, why do we need to worry?
I’ve never met a healthy person who worried much about his health, or a good person who worried much about his soul. -J.B.S. Haldane, a British scientist, 1892-1964
Etymology: Blend of a (an negating prefix) + chiňtaa (worry) from Sanskrit chintaa (thought, care) → Pali chintaa → Prakrit/Old Gujarati ciṁtaa (worry) → Sindhi chiňtaa (worry).
