by SS GuruKirin Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM Fall 2018 There is a saying that God is always working in our best interest to serve us and we just need to connect with this energy to deliver the goals or prayer we are seeking. Throughout my life, I’ve explored how this happens and have felt many times how this love flows from the Divine, and how much it comes closer to us when we reach out for more. Several years ago, I was at a turning point in my life. A mission I had served for many years had come to
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Archives for 2018 - Fall
Guided With Love
What Prayer Can Be Offered?
By SS Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa, Kansas City MO Fall 2018 My first visit to India—after adopting the Sikh faith—was in 1980. We went to visit the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Upon my arrival at the Harimander Sahib, the Guru determined that I was in desperate need of some serious cleansing, because I became violently ill. However, the task of the yatra for me was to “keep up.” I was blessed to be able to proceed, feeling uncomfortable, but still blessed. After touring many holy places during the 40-day trip, our final stop was Anandpur Sahib. From Sikh history, I
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Connecting with the Sound Current
by SS Bibi Bhani Kaur Khalsa, Phoenix AZ Fall 2018 In 1970, I was finishing my first year at Antioch College in Columbia, Maryland. I had been playing music with a man I met there and we’d performed at some local coffee houses. That summer he went to England and began playing at “folk clubs.” He called and asked me to join him so we could play music together. I decided to go for it. So I flew to London, took a train to Cornwall, and then hopped a ferry to the Scilly Isles, where he was staying. We performed
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Guru’s Love
by SS Gian Kaur Khalsa, Guadalajara, Mexico Fall 2018 Beloved Sadh Sangat, I feel honored to speak about this ultimate experience of Guru’s Love, although to describe the indescribable subtlety of this profound love is a challenge. I experience it like the endless and natural processes of the white dunes moving in the desert—always evolving, always bringing a unique experience of beauty, purity, and perfection. Impeccable design, sophisticated forms always guiding my mind to Infinity. My Guru is the pure delight of this movement, a balm of wisdom to my finite body. A hope for Oneness. May I always be guided
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Minister News and Notes (Fall 2018)
By Guru’s Grace, four new Sikh Dharma International Minister candidates took their vows in the first half of 2018. In April 2018, Secretary of Religion SS Dr. Sat Kaur administered Minster vows to Sat Sansar Singh from Santiago, Chile, during the Baisakhi 2018 International Khalsa Council opening gurdwara in Espanola, NM. At the 2018 3HO Summer Solstice gathering, Assistant Secretary of Religion SS Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa administered vows to Sat Purkh Kaur (Texas), Rupinder Kaur (Chile/Ottawa, Canada) and Har Hari Singh (Ecuador/Mexico). SS Sham Kaur of Bolivia translated the vows into Spanish. A joyful “Bole So Nihal” of
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Secretary of Religion Column (Fall 2018)
Fifteen minutes. That was the window of time we had been given to set up a powerful and transformational lecture video of the Siri Singh Sahib to watch during our 2018 Summer Solstice Ministers’ Gathering. We had never attempted to present a video at our previous Solstice Gatherings, especially at Ram Das Puri, which is a remote site in the Jemez Mountains of Northern New Mexico. The total time allotted for our event was 1 hour 30 minutes. The video we were planning to show lasted 1 hour 15 minutes. Because another class was scheduled after our event, we knew
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#69 Fall 2018 Newsletter
Throughout 2018, we are exploring the topic of Shabd Guru through the Siri Singh Sahib’s teachings of Obey, Serve, Love, Excel. For the Fall 2018 issue we explore The Touch of Guru’s Love. We invited Sikh Dharma Ministers to respond to the question: “What is it about the Guru that hooks your heart and how do you awaken to the presence of the Shabd Guru in your heart? “Love is a self-sacrifice. Love is the experience within one’s self of one’s own selflessness; that’s why love is God. No one can explain love, because love is ecstasy. Love is the essence of an ever-longing devotion. Love
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