SS Sat Purkha Singh Khalsa May 6, 1952 – May 15, 2011 On Sunday, May 15, 2011 SS Sat Purkha Singh (Los Angeles) returned to Akal Purkh after serving the sangat for many years as a beloved Gursikh. We will miss his wonderful heart and elevated seva. He served the Guru and the sangat with devotion, helping to create a beautiful Langar Kitchen at the Guru Ram Das Ashram, Los Angeles. He is survived by his wife SS Nav Jiwan Kaur, his son Abinashi Singh and daughter Guru Parkash Kaur, as well as sister SS Gurprasad Kaur (Los Angeles) and
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Archives for 2011 - Summer
In Memoriam
Culture of the Spirit
by SS Sada Anand Singh Khalsa, Nara, Japan Spring 2011 During the April 2011 Siblings of Destiny meetings, Sangeet Kaur had an opportunity to interview Sada Anand Singh from Japan. He spoke about living, teaching and serving in Japan, especially in light of the recent tragic events there. I originally went to Japan in 1968 as a university exchange student. It was during the war in Vietnam. Every day there were antiwar demonstrations in the streets. The universities were closed and so I never did attend school, but I got involved in the demonstrations and came to love the country
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Unconditional Love
by SS Simran Kaur Khalsa, Hamburg, Germany Spring 2011 Sikh Dharma Newsletter Team Member SS Sangeet Kaur (Espanola, NM) had an opportunity to interview SS Simran Kaur, from Hamburg, Germany, while she was in Espanola, NM for meetings of the Teacher Training Executive Committee in April 2011. Please enjoy her words of wisdom! Q: In these Aquarian days of extraordinary change, please talk about how things are the same and perhaps different, in your day-to-day life and work. My daily work is primarily teaching Kundalini Yoga and Nonviolent Communication. Every weekend I hold a seminar and I teach many classes
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Tools for the Journey
by SS Balwant Singh Khalsa, Espanola NM Spring 2011 Wow! What an awesome journey it has been, it is now, and it shall be, especially since I first put on a turban in 1975. Huge changes as to how I am, think and act continue to evolve. At this point in my life, I feel deeply that I am cooked through and through. That I am done looking for that special formula or that someone, something or that secret teaching that I am missing that is holding me back from being the great leader, hero, warrior and giver that I
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Training the Mind
by SS Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa, Kansas City MO Spring 2011 The Siri Singh Sahib once said, “You cannot live by feelings and emotions; you have to live by your intuition and consciousness.” It seems pretty clear (actually, VERY clear!) which path we should be walking. By what method or methods can we master our feelings and control our emotions while at the same time expanding and sharpening our intuition and raising our consciousness? Well, let’s see. I could practice the “Kriya for Changing Emotion to Devotion” or maybe “Ghost Kriya: Clearing the Ghosts and Opening Intuition.” Then of course
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Change of the Age
by SS Guru Nam Singh and SS Sat Jivan Kaur Khalsa, McAllen TX Spring 2011 Life is a continuous succession of changes. There are changes in everything and everywhere. Humans are accustomed to these changes and we adapt naturally to them. However, some changes have a greater impact on our lives than others. Moving the furniture around in a room of my house is a change, but it is a much more important change if I move from one city to another. Having a new coworker at the office involves change and adjustment, but if I have a new job
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Life as Art and Science
by MSS Nirvair Singh Khalsa, Espanola NM Summer 2011 The Aquarian Age is something of a mystery to those of us born in the Piscean Age. As in all major changes on Earth, it will move at its own pace, in the consciousness of those that have the privilege to be incarnated during this marvelous time. We can find hints about what this Age means in the teachings of Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji. We can also find hints in our own consciousness. I have discovered, through life experience, that sometimes it is more useful to find
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Minister News and Notes
Summer Solstice Sikh Dharma Ministers Gathering – “Strong as Steel, Steady as Stone: The Sikh Dharma Ministry Enters the Aquarian Age.” Our core relationship to the Shabad Guru, our consciousness of service and our collective unity create the frequency we bring as Sikh Dharma Ministers entering the Aquarian Age. Join us for the Sikh Dharma Minister’s Gathering at Ram Das Puri on Sunday, June 19th from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. in the Ether Tent to uplift, strengthen, open, and renew at the last Summer Solstice before we cross the threshold. Congratulations and Wahe Guru to SS Gurunam Kaur, Espanola, NM;
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The Blessing of a Minister
A Minister functions as counselor, support, listener and an inspiration in order to help members of the Sadh Sangat go through their growing pains gracefully and successfully. New students who come into the Dharma lack not only knowledge, but sometimes a basic understanding of what questions to ask. A Minister can reach out and help in areas before they become too big to handle, while respecting the individual’s right to privacy and power over his or her own life. The technology of communication techniques and counseling may be found all through the Siri Singh Sahib’s teachings; these may be studied
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Secretary of Religion Column (Summer 2011)
by SS Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, Assistant Secretary of Religion “Strong as Steel, Steady as Stone: The Sikh Dharma Ministry Enters the Aquarian Age” The fall semester 1972, I started a course at Phoenix College entitled “Kundalini Yoga for Women in the Aquarian Age.” The course continued seven years with that name until a new chair of the Physical Education Department came on board and dropped the “in the Aquarian Age.” “Who knows what that means?” he asked rhetorically. Should I tell him? Naah, I thought. He’ll find out in another 32 years. The Siri Singh Sahib had spoken
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