by SS Harinder Kaur Khalsa, Eugene OR Spring 2011 How do I relate to this change of the age? I accept. Acceptance is the key word for me, for being able to observe all the changes that go on around me without being affected by it. Acceptance of the fact that all is arising from the One, is sustained by the One and goes back to the One. And that One is non-separate from me. Ek Ong Kar. That is the only truth. I am that One. Sat Nam. The One is both the material and intelligent cause of all.
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Acceptance is the Key
Starting the Conversation
by SS Snatam Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM Spring 2011 Because I grew up in Sikh Dharma and 3HO I became very familiar with the concept that in my lifetime there would be a monumental transformation called “the coming of the Aquarian Age.” Somehow for many years I envisioned that there would be a massive and almost explosive transformation in which all the people would suddenly be intuitive and completely spiritual. Although this is a very exciting way for things to happen, and it may still happen this way, lately my perspective on the whole coming of the Aquarian Age phenomenon
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Minister News and Notes (Spring 2011)
In February 2011, the Espanola Sangat experienced a state-wide natural gas outage. Sikh Dharma Minister Jivan Joti Kaur shares the experiences she had with members of our sangat serving people in this rural community who were without heat during an extreme cold spell in Northern New Mexico in this article. The Sikh Dharma Minister Newsletter needs an email manager. If you have technical know-how, we would love your assistance to upgrade our abilities to stay in contact with our Minister database. Please contact SS Sarb Nam Kaur Khalsa to help us stay better connected as we enter the Aquarian Age.
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Secretary of Religion Column (Spring 2011)
I feel as if I’ve waited my whole life for 2011, and in many ways I have. So much of what the Siri Singh Sahib taught us was in preparation for these times. I am so grateful for that guidance. As the Minister e-newsletter team met to plan the four issues for 2011, the prescient words of these songs ran through our thoughts: “From the air came the beginning; this is the age of the True Guru. This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius.” We were told life would be different by November 11, 2011 and it already
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#39 Spring 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 Spring 2011 issue, we asked some of our Ministers to respond to these questions: “What tools are you using
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Guru Ram Das Ji’s Box
by SS Hari Kaur Khalsa, Espanola, NM Winter 2010 Fall/Winter has always been such a deeply fulfilling time of year for me. The cottonwood leaves are turning golden, and I am drying chamomile and learning to make calendula oil from yellow and orange calendula flowers. This is also the time of celebrating Guru Ram Das’ birthday. For 11 nights, the Espanola sangat gathers at different people’s homes and we chant Dhan Dhan Ram Das Gur for 31 minutes together and hear a story about our beloved Guru Ram Das and then eat a delicious dinner together. One night, we had
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A Moment of Sahej
by SS Guruka Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM Winter 2010 About eight years ago, a team of people were working together to build our relationships with the Global Community. We called ourselves the “Core Team.” Our team included SS Amrit Singh from Management, SS Panch Nishan Kaur from Sikh Dharma International, SS Guruka Singh from SikhNet, and myself from 3HO® IKYTA. My focus was our relationship with the Association/Community of Kundalini Yoga Teachers. At first, we spoke informally with Kundalini Yoga teachers around the world, and then we began formal interviews. We spoke with many teachers and we were amazed to
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Life Lessons
by SS Hari Charn Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM Winter 2010 As with most of my life lessons, this experience of Sahej was personally delivered by the Siri Singh Sahib. This moment of being in concert with God’s will, where I could recognize what I needed, was provided with grace. In February of 2001, I traveled to India to complete the 84 steps at Goindwal. My sister, Maggie, had breast cancer and I knew that she was in her last months of life. Interestingly, I had planned to go to Goindwal the year before and the Siri Singh Sahib had requested that
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A Year of Sahej
by SS Dev Suroop Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM Winter 2010 Throughout 2010, a common reflection for me has been the concept of Sahej. With all the considerable challenges and ups and downs of the year, I’ve often wondered what this state of “peaceful acceptance” really means in my life. When do I experience ease and elegance? When do I not? And when I don’t, why not? A key point in this discovery process occurred in March while teaching at a Level 1 Kundalini Yoga teacher training in Ottawa, Canada. One of the topics I was asked to present was the
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Accept Your Radiance
by MSS Livtar Singh Khalsa, Atlanta GA Winter 2010 “Sahej.The easy acceptance of your own spiritual radiance.”—The Siri Singh Sahib My own journey to Sahej began at the beginning of creation, where all journeys began. No, I’m not trying to be a wise guy. Every experience in every incarnation, in every moment we spent as stardust spiraling through the galaxies has brought us to this moment. If my experiences had been any different, the outcome would be different. So the question is, did I ever have a choice in where I end up? All is God’s play. All is the
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