by SS Manjit Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM Fall 2011 As we prepare to serve the highest Truth in the dawning Aquarian Age, sadhana–especially the Aquarian sadhana taught by Yogi Bhajan–will provide the spiritual capacity to sustain ourselves and others. All devotees of the Infinite Divine, uniquely and in perfect harmony with their own ten bodies, destinies, samskaras, environments, constitutions, genes, relationships, and resources generally arrive at the sadhana that works for them. Remarkably, Aquarian sadhana fits all types. All Sikh Ministers, and in turn their ministry, can benefit from this practice. The Aquarian sadhana was first given for a 21-year
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Aquarian Sadhana
A Vision of the Future
by SS Ravi Har Singh Khalsa, Espanola NM Fall 2011 For most of the past year I’ve been working on writing a book about the Siri Singh Sahib’s vision for the Aquarian Age. I would like to share how this process has affected me personally and what I’ve learned about myself in the process. I’ve always been fascinated with both the future and the distant past. As a kid, I avidly read science fiction; as an adolescent, I enjoyed Edgar Cayce and Immanuel Velikovsky and every kind of woo-woo imaginable since. Fairly recently some non-Sikh friends with similar interests started
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Minister News and Notes (Fall 2011)
New Ministers who took vows at Summer Solstice 2011 (photo above): SS Sat Daya Singh Khalsa, Los Angeles, CA; SS Gurujodha Singh Khalsa, Mexico City, Mexico; SS Amrit Singh Khalsa, Queensland, Australia; SS Mahan Atma Kaur Khalsa, Los Angeles, CA. Wahe Guru and Blessings! As we celebrate the birthday of our Teacher on August 26, please support the Master’s vision for teaching our youth by purchasing a copy of “Akal Dyal.” by SS Manjit Kaur Khalsa, Espanola, NM Akal Dayal is a book celebrating the life, teachings, and passing of our spiritual teacher Yogi Bhajan, also known as Siri Singh Sahib
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The Miracle of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib
Excerpted and edited from transcripts of lectures of the Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji It takes you many incarnations to find a Guru. And sometimes as a human you may not even find a Guru, or you may find a Guru who is bogus. These are not worth anything. The blind will take you to the pitch of darkness and death. But look at the Sikh. He is conceived in the womb of the mother and the Siri Guru Granth is outside waiting for him. You cannot be a Sikh and be Nirgura (without a Guru).
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Secretary of Religion Column (Fall 2011)
These are turbulent, challenging, transitional times globally, within countries, nations, communities, and most certainly, our Dharma. There is much uncertainty, confusion and upheaval. Yet we have been trained to weather this, and so much more. As Ministers of Sikh Dharma entering the Aquarian Age, our frequency is carried through our core relationship to the Shabad Guru, our consciousness of service, and our collective unity. On Sunday June 19, 2011, we held our last Summer Solstice Minister’s Gathering before we cross the threshold into the new age. The theme for the gathering was “Strong as Steel, Steady as Stone: The Sikh
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#41 Fall 2011 Newsletter
The final cusp of the Piscean Age ends on November 11, 2011, and the Aquarian Age will no longer be “dawning.” Our overall theme for the 2011 Minister newsletters is, “This is the age of the True Guru.” Over the years, the Siri Singh Sahib ji said a multitude of things about the Aquarian Age. “The time has come not to search for God, but to be God. Time is not to worship God, but to trust and dwell in the working God.” For our Fall 2011 issue, we asked some of our Ministers to respond to these questions: “What tools are you using
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In Memoriam
SS Sat Purkha Singh Khalsa May 6, 1952 – May 15, 2011 On Sunday, May 15, 2011 SS Sat Purkha Singh (Los Angeles) returned to Akal Purkh after serving the sangat for many years as a beloved Gursikh. We will miss his wonderful heart and elevated seva. He served the Guru and the sangat with devotion, helping to create a beautiful Langar Kitchen at the Guru Ram Das Ashram, Los Angeles. He is survived by his wife SS Nav Jiwan Kaur, his son Abinashi Singh and daughter Guru Parkash Kaur, as well as sister SS Gurprasad Kaur (Los Angeles) and
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Culture of the Spirit
by SS Sada Anand Singh Khalsa, Nara, Japan Spring 2011 During the April 2011 Siblings of Destiny meetings, Sangeet Kaur had an opportunity to interview Sada Anand Singh from Japan. He spoke about living, teaching and serving in Japan, especially in light of the recent tragic events there. I originally went to Japan in 1968 as a university exchange student. It was during the war in Vietnam. Every day there were antiwar demonstrations in the streets. The universities were closed and so I never did attend school, but I got involved in the demonstrations and came to love the country
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Unconditional Love
by SS Simran Kaur Khalsa, Hamburg, Germany Spring 2011 Sikh Dharma Newsletter Team Member SS Sangeet Kaur (Espanola, NM) had an opportunity to interview SS Simran Kaur, from Hamburg, Germany, while she was in Espanola, NM for meetings of the Teacher Training Executive Committee in April 2011. Please enjoy her words of wisdom! Q: In these Aquarian days of extraordinary change, please talk about how things are the same and perhaps different, in your day-to-day life and work. My daily work is primarily teaching Kundalini Yoga and Nonviolent Communication. Every weekend I hold a seminar and I teach many classes
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Tools for the Journey
by SS Balwant Singh Khalsa, Espanola NM Spring 2011 Wow! What an awesome journey it has been, it is now, and it shall be, especially since I first put on a turban in 1975. Huge changes as to how I am, think and act continue to evolve. At this point in my life, I feel deeply that I am cooked through and through. That I am done looking for that special formula or that someone, something or that secret teaching that I am missing that is holding me back from being the great leader, hero, warrior and giver that I
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