by MSS Guru Raj Kaur Khalsa, Vancouver BC Canada Spring 2012 By the Grace of the Guru, somehow this incarnation has been made sacred. Through the miracle of Love, we have been made servants of the Word, servants of the times, servants of the souls of the Aquarian Age. We have been made to serve as Ministers of Sikh Dharma. We answered the call of the times, the call coming from the Subtle Body of the Guru, and the dramatic call coming from our beloved Siri Singh Sahib ji—leading the way, with a great sweep of his metaphoric hand saying:
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Archives for 2012 - Spring
A Sacred Incarnation
Teaching by Example
by SS Gurujodha Singh Khalsa, Bakersfield CA Spring 2012 Sikh Dharma is the path of the householder. If you are going to “hold” that house you have to earn righteously and pay for it, work for it, feed the people inside, be the neighbors of other householders and therefore live in a community, which becomes a nation. As a family, as a community and as a nation you develop an identity, values, and beliefs. You take actions which are consistent with and which support your identity, values and beliefs. At some point you must be challenged, tested to see if
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Answering the Call
by SS Guru Amrit Singh Khalsa, Herndon VA Spring 2012 About 10 years ago I was at the fall International Khalsa Council meeting in Espanola, New Mexico. The Siri Singh Sahib was talking about the role of the Khalsa Council and how it is our responsibility to deliver the Dharma to the future. Then he said (and I am sure you know why I am capitalizing this), “WHEN THE CALL COMES, YOU MUST ANSWER!” Right then my cell phone rang. I hustled outside, hit the talk button, and it turned out to be the pastor of a church in Pasadena,
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Seeds of Fearlessness & Joy
by MSS Krishna Kaur Khalsa, Los Angeles CA Spring 2012 The Siri Singh Sahib, my beloved teacher, inspired my Ministry, but not in the way I used to think of inspiration. From his example, I long to serve God as he served Him. When I met the Siri Singh Sahib I was coming out of a very confusing period in my life. There was a voice inside that for several years was telling me that I was supposed to help people find a way out of their pain. Not just for a few entertaining hours in the theater, but forever.
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Master Teacher of Ragis
by SS Sangeet Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM Spring 2012 Our beloved teacher, the Siri Singh Sahib ji, was a Saturn teacher, unstoppable in his quest for us to fulfill our destinies. He said, “I am your teacher. I will always want more. I have a bottomless hunger for your excellence.” We all have stories of how he chiseled us in his quest for our excellence. I once heard him say that the only siddhi he didn’t possess was the gift of music.Yet there were times when he would give our musicians a master class in how to sing a shabad
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Sacrifice the Guilt
by SS Awtar Kaur Khalsa, San Francisco CA Spring 2012 I was a highly-stressed teenager when I got my first chance to speak personally to Siri Singh Sahib Ji. I was ushered to his Solstice tent when I freaked out about my karma yoga assignment. I believed I “should” be willing and able to make the sacrifice to operate the showers during the frigid mountain dawn, but I was not. He was calm and attentive. I was desperate and tense. I felt guilty about not wanting to subject my anorexic body to an hour in a wet swimsuit, and I told him
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Secretary of Religion Column (Spring 2012)
It’s 2012, Geronimo! Time and space are definitely moving at lightning speed. Each year the Ministers’ e-newsletter team meets and focuses on a theme for the four newsletters of the following year. Since the Tantric numerology of 2012 is the number 5, we decided to use Guru Arjan as an inspiration and touchstone: teacher, leader, healer, and bringer of prosperity. The vibrational frequency of the Fifth Guru, through his poetry and life, inspires us to reach out and teach through our presence as Ministers. Each of the quarterly newsletters will focus on one of these aspects of our beloved Fifth Guru. We hope
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#43 Spring 2012 Newsletter
The theme for our 2012 quarterly Sikh Dharma Ministry newsletters is Guru Arjan: Teacher, Leader, Healer and Bringer of Prosperity. Using Tantric Numerology, the year 2012 embodies the vibration of the Fifth Guru, whose poetry and life inspire us to reach out and teach through our presence as Sikh Dharma Ministers. For the Spring 2012 newsletter, we asked some of our Sikh Dharma Ministers to address the topic of how they are inspired to serve in the example of Guru Arjan as Teacher. As teachers we need balance and sacrifice. How do you find the balance to care for your needs and serve others? What aspect
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