Dear Ministers, The energies of 2026 are quite different than those of 2025. In the previous year, we focused on the state of Shuniya. Now we are being asked to fully manifest our Radiant Body, embrace our spiritual royalty, take ownership of our position as a Sikh Dharma International Minister, draw on the courage of Guru Gobind Singh, and exert a magnetic presence. Our Ministry is composed of beautiful sevadars; most of whom simply, quietly, humbly, deliver their seva, their God-given gifts. Our souls are drawn to that which we are here to deliver. Why are current Ministers being considered
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Secretary of Religion Column (2026 First Quarter)
#99 – 2026 Newsletter (First Quarter)
The calendar year 2026 carries the vibration of the Radiant Body—spiritual royalty, courage, and radiance. The Radiant Body relates to Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth Guru. Guru Gobind Singh is the universal herald of courage and victory. As we invoke his presence, we notice it most in the Radiant Body; allowing us to feel stronger, more energized and more able to face anything. The 2026 Ministry Newsletter series encourages Ministers to reflect on how these qualities of Guru Gobind Singh inspire our service and delivery as Sikh Dharma Ministers. In our February issue, we focus on qualities of effective
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Shuniya: The Foundation of Seva
by SS Shiv Charan Singh Khalsa, Moucheira, Portugal 2025 (Fourth Quarter) In your capacity of serving the Guru, how do you experience a state of Shuniya? Serving the Guru starts with Shuniya, which is the foundation of seva. Shuniya is the optimum state in which to hear, understand, experience and embody the teachings of the Shabads. At the same time listening to, reciting, and studying the Shabads also serves to bring me back to Shuniya. Serving the Guru includes remembering its wisdom and applying it in practice. A commitment to serve the Guru requires deep listening. Suni-ai and Shuniya are
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The Gift of Service
by SS Charansev Kaur Khalsa, Viña del Mar, Chile 2025 (Fourth Quarter) Seva is the greatest gift Guru Ram Das has ever given me. Truly, it is the only and most meaningful gift He has left me. Throughout different stages of my life, service has shaped me, guided me, and revealed itself in many forms. Over time, I have learned to witness and experience the multiple facets that service can take. I deeply feel that service is the most fundamental tool we have as human beings. What makes this even more sacred to me is that service is also embedded
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The Power of Shuniya
by MSS Guruka Singh Khalsa, Portland, Oregon 2025 (Fourth Quarter) Since moving to Portland, Oregon from New Mexico, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to volunteer with Meals on Wheels. This role allows me to provide companionship and counseling, along with helping with tech support needs like phones, tablets, and computers. I get to visit people in their homes, meeting them where they are, in their own settings and lifestyles. This volunteer work has introduced me to people I wouldn’t normally meet. I might walk into a home with Fox News blaring on the TV and pictures of Jesus and Donald
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Experiencing Shuniya and Serving the Guru
by SS Kulwant Singh Khalsa, Walsall, United Kingdom 2025 (Fourth Quarter) Shuniya is the profound inner state of stillness, where the ego-mind becomes quiet, desires and judgments fade, and one merges into the flow of Divine Will (Hukam). In this state there is no “me”. One reaches zero-point consciousness, where pure awareness is free of doing and non-doing alike. Shuniya is not simply ‘nothingness’ but the rich void out of where the sacred sound current (Shabad) can work, allowing you to merge and become the Infinite. To live in Shuniya is to live in acceptance of the Divine: in every
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Minister News & Notes (2025 Fourth Quarter)
SS Ram Singh Guetaba of Lome, Togo, took his Minister vows in a beautiful ceremony with the Sikh Dharma community in Togo during morning Gurdwara on September 28, 2025. Ram Singh was ordained in the presence of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. SS Dr. Sat Kaur Khalsa, Secretary of Religion, performed the vows and oath of a Sikh Dharma International Minister virtually. MSS Krishna Kaur Khalsa (Los Angeles, CA) delivered inspiring remarks about Ram Singh’s service and the growth of the Sikh Dharma community in Togo. Ram Singh’s friends and family blessed him on his new path as a Minister
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Secretary of Religion Column (2025 Fourth Quarter)
Dear Ministers, As this year moves quickly to a close, it is a time of reflection. How have you navigated your way through these times? What has helped you to stay connected to you higher self, your center, your inner guidance? As I reflect on these questions for myself, I realize there have been a variety of ways, practices, tools, and disciplines I have used to move towards Shuniya on a daily basis. One of those supports has been this little practice: I have continued to recite the Shabad by Guru Arjan Dev Ji that we shared for the 40-day
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#98 – 2025 Newsletter (Fourth Quarter)
The calendar year 2025 carries the vibration of the Subtle Body—the subtle perceptual ability to sense the Infinite and universal reality within the material and physical worlds. In his life, Guru Teg Bahadur, our ninth Guru, embodied these traits. Guru Teg Bahadur spent much of his life in deep meditation, and is well known for his Sloks in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib emphasizing non-attachment as the key to happiness and spiritual fulfillment. During these times of challenge, stillness and steadiness are essential qualities for Ministers to cultivate within themselves. This year’s newsletter series focuses on different aspects of the
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In Memoriam – SS Satya Singh Khalsa
December 7, 1949 – August 11, 2025 Projekte Yogazentrum Hoheluft (Hamburg) – Satya Singh bio 2025 (Third Quarter) We bid farewell to Satya Singh, who took his last breath on August 11, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at home surrounded by his family, chanting the mantra he had requested. Satya Singh was born on December 7, 1949, in Haarlem, Netherlands. He discovered Kundalini Yoga in the 1970s, moved to the ashram in Amsterdam in 1979, and soon began teaching regularly, at times up to 13 classes a week. He was always a seeker, but, according to him, only found the answers
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