Vahiguru ji ka Khalsa, Vahiguru ji ki Fatih!

As we enter the season of Phagan (mid-February to mid-March), the weather begins to shift. The frost begins to thaw, and the budding of spring begins to stir beneath the dirt. In the inner-world of the seeker, too, something begins to awaken beneath the surface. This is a season of excitement and expectancy—creation is unfolding, though its full expression has yet to appear. In this season, we return to Barah Maha, where Guru Nanak Sahib gives voice to the journey of the seeker as the human-bride speaking to IkOankar, the Divine-Spouse, with great intimacy:

That human-bride has bloomed in her mind, to whom love of the Divine-Husband became endearing. In her heart, rejoicing has happened every day; she has lost egoism. The human-bride forsook attachment of the mind when it was pleasing to That Divine-Husband; she pled, O Divine-Husband, having bestowed grace, come into my home-heart.

We pause.
We reflect.

In the months preceding, the inner-world of the seeker was full of tumult. The mind wrestled with the world around it. It wavered with the shifting seasons, restless in its seeking, clinging to desires, mistaking fleeting joys for something lasting. The seeker tried everything to earn union: adornment, outer displays, changing appearances, trying different paths to “enter the Beloved’s house.” But in Phagan, something shifts. A transformation has taken place. The gaze turns inward. The mind no longer searches. It is not just in love; it is in love with love itself.

This is the state where love is not something we perform—it is something we are.

The seeker no longer struggles between heart and mind; they are aligned, beating with the same rhythm. The ache of separation has softened into vulnerability and humility—into loving surrender. In this season, all fears and doubts dissolve. The ego dissipates.  There is no hesitation, no second-guessing. The seeker stands in the fullness of love, belonging wholly to the One.

Gone is the uncertainty. The seeker is clear, radiant, and immersed. In that clarity, in that conviction that the Divine-Spouse is full of Grace, the seeker says, come into the home of my heart. In this season, the intimacy between lover and Beloved allows for such a direct expression of yearning, such an earnest ask to feel the Grace. In this season, the external no longer affects the internal; instead, the inner world begins to shape the outer world. In this season, the seeker carries an ever-blooming Spring within. The bliss of being so deeply in love is without end.

The Wisdom-Guru has led the seeker here—to a place where the Divine-Spouse dwells within the home-heart. This is the fruit of the seeker’s journey: the steadiness of a mind that once wavered, the fulfillment of a heart once divided. Even in that longing, there is Remembrance. Even in that longing, there is Presence.

May we find steadiness in the changing seasons.
May the inner-ache melt into Presence.
May the Divine-Spouse arrive in our hearts.
May Wisdom-Guru guide us!