The Soul’s Deepest Sorrow — Separation from God || आत्मा का सबसे गहरा दुःख — ईश्वर से वियोग
“Hou Ayay Duroh chalke – Takki Tooh Sharnayi Jeeiyo”
Is this about walking long distances or travelling to holy places? Or is it pointing toward something far deeper?
This line does not speak of physical travel. It speaks of the soul’s journey — a journey that continues from birth to birth, life after life. How many lifetimes has the soul been wandering, searching for God, before finally reaching His refuge?
“Mein assah rakhi chit mein, mere sabho dukh gwai jeeiyo.”
Have you ever felt a quiet ache within, a sadness without a clear reason?
Could this be the soul’s silent cry — asking when the sorrow of separation from God will finally end?
Through these sacred words, Guru Maharaj Sant Trilochan Darshan Das Ji asks us a deeply introspective question:
What do we consider the greatest sorrow in our lives?
Is it loss, failure, rejection, or pain?
Or is there a sorrow even deeper than what we usually recognize?
The truth is — the greatest sorrow is our separation from God.
In worldly life, when we are separated from someone — a mother, a father, a husband, or a wife — does time not bring another relationship that partially fills that emptiness?
When wealth is lost, do we not hope that it can be earned again?
Are most worldly sorrows not temporary, finding some remedy with time?
Then why does a sense of incompleteness still remain?
The soul carries a sorrow that no worldly solution can fully heal — the sorrow of being unable to unite with God. This pain lives deep within us. But how often do we pause to recognize it?
Why is the soul unaware of this sorrow of separation from God?
Is it because we are too busy managing daily problems?
Is it because our energy is consumed by survival, responsibilities, and expectations?
When the mind is constantly occupied with worldly struggles, how can we listen to the deeper call of the soul?
Even today, does this sorrow not still exist within us — the sorrow of not attaining divine union, not experiencing God’s presence directly?
What if the pain we feel in life is not the real pain, but only a surface reflection of a deeper longing?
Only when a soul realizes that worldly sorrows are small compared to the sorrow of separation from God does true awakening begin.
Have we ever questioned whether our search for happiness is actually a search for God?
When this realization dawns, the soul begins to make sincere efforts to return to its Source.
Is this not the moment when life’s direction changes?
This sorrow that arises from within can be healed only when it is recognized.
Are we ready to acknowledge it?
Are we ready to begin the journey of reconnecting the soul with God?
Because beyond endless cycles of rebirth, attachments, and relationship management lies the soul’s true home.
And until we return there, will the longing ever truly disappear?