by MSS Hari Singh Bird, Winter Park FL Spring 2013 As someone who has been involved with the gurdwara and Solstice security for decades, I would like to address what I see as a general absence of security/soldier consciousness within all Sikh communities around the continent by quoting the Siri Singh Sahib, who said: “Human is a blend of Saint and Soldier; this is a complete person. If you are not a Soldier your sainthood will be kicked around. If you are only a Soldier, not a Saint, you will start kicking others around.” The Siri Singh Sahib was asked
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Archives for 2013 - Spring
Establishing Our Security
Path of Sant Sipahi
by SS Guru Kirn Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM Spring 2013 The insanity and darkness prevalent at this time and age reminds me how important it is for every Shakti to pursue self-defense and/or martial arts. Feeling battered emotionally from the recent massacre in Connecticut, and outraged by the horrific gang rapes in India, I’ve been thinking on how to approach the subject of the role of women and martial arts in relation to the Sant Sipahi, the warrior-saint. It has not been easy to find stories of Sikh women, especially in the times of the Gurus, having much to do
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Way of the Spiritual Warrior
by SS Gurujodha Singh Khalsa, Bakersfield CA Spring 2013 The Spiritual Warrior is dedicated to the Divine through whom all things are created and to all creation. The Spiritual Warrior is attuned to the reality that: “All things come from God and all things go to God.” As we make the transition from the Piscean to the Aquarian Age, we are entering into a new millennium. Change is mandatory. The fundamental truth is that there is One Creator who created this entire creation and we are creatures within that creation. The reality is that we are all one as a
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Master of Piety and Power
by SS SatSundri Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM Spring 2013 Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa. Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh. I pondered the thought of writing about Guru Hargobind Ji, his life and lessons to us, and then took a Saturday and spread my resources around me, including Macauliffe’s history of the Sikhs, as well as Bhai Gurdas Ji’s Vaars, Bhai Nand Lal Ji’s ecstatic poetry and the Siri Singh Sahib Ji’s lectures. By the end of a day of immersing myself in dates, events, imagination, relationships, poetry and Gurbani, I was completely elevated, with my sixth center swirling from research. Guru
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Secretary of Religion Column (Spring 2013)
“Once a person gives himself to the righteous path of divinity and decides to be a soldier for righteousness and a saint for humanity, that person has achieved God-like grace. It is a mental capacity. When you reach a state of consciousness where nobody can reach you, nobody can buy you, nobody can have you, then you are priceless.”—The Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji (1975) This year (2013) seems to have arrived incredibly quickly for me. Is that your experience too? In numerology, 2013 becomes the number 6. Tantric Numerologist Nam Hari Kaur Khalsa said in her Numerology Forecast for January
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#47 Spring 2013 Newsletter
The theme for our 2013 quarterly Sikh Dharma Ministers’ newsletters is “Guru Hargobind: Transforming Sikh Dharma.” In the book “Heroes, Saints & Yogis” by MSS Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa and MSS Guruka Singh Khalsa, Guru Hargobind is remembered as the Guru who “turned saints into soldiers, while remaining a man of God.” In our Spring 2013 issue, we are exploring various aspects of Guru Hargobind’s contributions, including the concepts of Sant Sipahi, Miri Piri and the administration of Sikh Dharma. We asked our Ministers to relate stories of Siri Singh Sahib Ji’s teachings on the role of women and martial arts, gurdwara security, and our relationship to the
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