by SS Sat Purkh Kaur Khalsa, Belton TX Winter 2018 Of all the many tools the Siri Singh Sahib delivered to his students, perhaps the most subtle and most powerful was Shabd Guru. As we begin to vibrate these sounds, we refine our own minds, so that we can listen more clearly, with less and less ego, and allow our inner wisdom to guide us. What motivates most of us to participate and practice in any spiritual path is our own desire to change. We want to be happy. This is the basic motivation for all human behavior. But to
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The Beauty of Shabd Guru
Part of the Guru’s Mission
by SS Sat Jagat Singh Khalsa, Brooklyn NY Winter 2018 I have had two unique experiences while serving at the Golden Temple that have helped me to excel with the Guru. First, I took a rag and started polishing the walls in the stairways inside Harimandir Sahib. I thought I was doing a really good job; my rag got very dirty and I was very proud of myself. I thought, “nobody has ever done a better job on this than I!” I dipped my dirty rag in the sarovar to rinse it. A sevadar with a spear came and yelled at
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Trust the Guru and Excel
by SS Sangeet Kaur Khalsa, Phoenix AZ Winter 2018 The Guru has made my life richer, deeper and more valuable than anyone could ever have imagined possible. This spring, the Guru carried me through the end of my life-destiny and helped me to restart a new one. What follows is a shortened version of a much longer, beautiful story: This spring I reached a point in the long-term painful deterioration of my spine where it was necessary to have a surgical procedure called a “laminectomy” of my entire lumbar spine. The day before the surgery I taught for ten hours
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Minister News and Notes (Winter 2018)
Excelling with the Guru 2018 Winter Solstice Ministers’ Gathering SDI Academy Tent (3HO Winter Solstice) Tuesday, December 18, 2018 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Facilitated by SS Sat Purkh Kaur Khalsa Join with Sikh Dharma Ministers as we experience the power of the Shabd Guru. We will ride to excellence on a joyful and elevated journey of the sound current to raise our vibration for serving as a beacon of light for all. “May you truly worship and have reverence and sacredness in your heart for the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. May you take this journey onward in peace, tranquility,
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Secretary of Religion Column (Winter 2018)
It seems to me that no matter where we are living in the world at this time, we are being bombarded with psychological scare tactics, trauma, chaos, and upheaval. Information on a global level is at our fingertips. Social media demands instant responses and the pace of life is ever and ever faster. While we are reacting to this sensory overload, we are distracted from what is happening right under our noses—our rights are being stripped away; our environment is being polluted; the use of excessive money is manipulating political outcomes. People are spinning, off-center and disillusioned. Yes, these times
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#70 Winter 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 Winter 2018 issue, we are exploring the theme of Excelling with the Guru. The teachings of “Obey, Serve, Love” prepare one to Excel. We invited Sikh Dharma Ministers to reflect on how their personal experiences with the Guru have allowed them to excel in life. “So this process to be a Sikh is not just to belong to a religion. The process to be a Sikh is to be excellent. And not to be excellent just to be excellent,
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Guided With Love
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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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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