by SS Shabad Kaur Khalsa, Evanston, Illinois 2025 (Second Quarter) “He never listens to me. He constantly interrupts me!” “And I feel like she doesn’t respect what I have to say.” While sitting in my intake session with Ann and Paul*, I take a slow, measured breath and request that they do the same. I remember to ground myself, plan my next action carefully, and not become caught in their swirl of emotions. In the tough moments of life, it often helps me to connect more consciously with my spiritual name. The ‘shabad’ (divine vibration) invites the person to move
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by SS Dr. Sham Rang Singh Khalsa, Millis, Massachusetts 2025 (Second Quarter) Tension was in the room, with 400 students sitting for one of only two tests for a whole semester of organic chemistry at MIT. Getting into this course was a big deal in medical school. The proctor told us to start, the little blue books fluttered open simultaneously by the many hands, and we were off!  . . . Yet I just sat there and breathed, chanting silently to Guru Ram Das. I prayed, “If You want me to be a doctor, then you take this test.” I’d
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by SS Rupinder Kaur Khalsa, Ottawa, Canada 2025 (Second Quarter) Sat Naam Ministers, For years, I lived with a subtle restlessness—a feeling of always worrying about something or someone, and not being satisfied with my life. It wasn’t until I experienced Shuniya through the vibration of Shabad Guru during an extremely challenging time in my life that I was able to meditatively understand its true essence. As a Sikh woman, wife, mother, daughter, friend, and Kundalini Yoga teacher, I’ve come to see that true fulfillment in life lies in the ability to tap into presence. Shuniya is about being fully
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by SS Gurusahay Singh Khalsa, Atlanta, Georgia 2025 (Second Quarter) Spring was in full bloom. It was a day off from work and I was heading into the weekend, on my way to get a massage. The phone rang just as I was walking into the massage office, and I decided to ignore it. But, as I looked at the name of the caller, I decided I had to answer it because it was a patient. She said she was suffering from the pollen season combined with the smoke of some local fires. In addition to her sinuses being blocked,
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by SS Guru Prem Singh Khalsa, Los Angeles, California 2025 (Second Quarter) Shuniya: A Deep Inner Stillness That is the True Power and the Doer of Everything Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream It is not dying, it is not dying Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void It is shining, it is shining Yet you may see the meaning of within It is being, it is being ~ “Tomorrow Never Knows” by John Lennon A Sikh Dharma Minister’s Perspective Through the First Three Steps of the 12-Step Tradition In the tradition of Sikh Dharma, the concept
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