by SS Dr. Gurusangat Kaur Khalsa, Belo Horizonte Brazil Summer 2020 Berlin can be very damp in summers and the year 1992 brought us an unusually warm July. This particular afternoon was hot and humid. My dear friend Audre Lorde was coming to see me and, while cleaning up my room, I was singing Ang Sang Wahe Guru at the top of my lungs. I had just started my Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training classes, and I guess that was part of the new territory and all the excitement it brings with it. Audre Lorde arrived in her beautiful African dress,
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#76 Summer 2020 Newsletter
In 2020, we are exploring the theme of “Standing Under Those We Serve” through the lens of Guru Ram Das and the Neutral/Meditative Mind. The theme for the Summer 2020 issue is Meeting the Challenge of Moving Into Aquarian Leadership. We invited Sikh Dharma Ministers to address ways in which they support those they serve to be all they can be—by inspiring others to awaken their latent gifts as potential leaders and helping them deal with barriers they may face on the journey. Copyright©2020
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Four Pillars of Support and Service
by SS Mahan Rishi Singh Khalsa, Yardley PA Spring 2020 The four pillars of support and service in the Age of Enlightened Leadership are Love, Devotion, Surrender, and Non-Attachment. A leader is blessed with a vision, the power to live it, the skill to inspire others, and the endurance to carry it forth. As well as being a unique and gifted being, every leader requires support and assistance in their Dharmic responsibility of guiding others. The support beneath may be the deciding factor as to how well a leader can express their gifts and sustain them over time. It is difficult for
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Standing Under Those We Serve
by SS Siri Krishna Kaur Khalsa, Medway MA Spring 2020 What a beautiful theme…Standing Under Those We Serve. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to reflect and write on this topic. The qualities of Guru Ram Das ji that are foremost in my mind are humility, kindness towards everyone, compassion, supreme devotion and the spirit of service. All of these unique virtues are integral to manifesting our destiny as leaders in the Aquarian Age. The Siri Singh Sahib Ji said: “Keep coming through. Life is useless unless it can give confidence to others.” I have taken these words to
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Ultimate Compassion
by SS Angad Kaur Khalsa, New York NY Spring 2020 We learn from stories of Guru Ram Das that he served God in all His manifestations. His service was unconditional. His love was unconditional. Guru Ram Das teaches us to understand God by serving God in all His manifestations. To serve all without condition is to understand that all is God’s manifestation. Life’s mission doesn’t happen according to our will—it happens as God wills. As we develop a nonreactive, neutral meditative mind we can hold the paradox. Therein lies the chance for elevation and the possibility for transcendence. We are
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#75 Spring 2020 Newsletter
In 2020, we are exploring the theme of “Standing Under Those We Serve.” For the Spring issue, we are also exploring the qualities of Guru Ram Das and the Neutral/Meditative Mind in relationship to manifesting our destiny as leaders in the Aquarian Age. What qualities do you associate with Guru Ram Das that allow you to express your unique leadership style and help you to foster leadership in others? We asked Ministers: “What does it mean to serve from a place of neutrality and love and to ‘stand under’ those you serve?” We invited them to share a seminal experience
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Religious Freedom for All
by SS Simran Singh Khalsa, Santa Fe NM Winter 2019 Our Gurus were at the forefront of combating religious repression, and it was indeed Guru Tegh Bahadur’s sacrifice that guaranteed India’s religious freedom. I’ve spent some time looking at the issue of religious freedom from a 21st century Sikh Minister’s perspective and found that nearly 70% of the world’s population lives in countries with high restrictions on the freedom of religion. Over 50 governments impose high levels of restrictions on the way its people may practice their faiths, and around the globe, social hostilities towards faith minorities are significant. It
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Reflecting on Death and Dying
by SS Amar Atma Singh Khalsa, Phoenix AZ Winter 2019 Recently, I embarked on a practice exploring how often death and its associated message came up in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. As I read through our beloved Guru Ji, I found there were often too many references to count and noticed not a page unfolded without this reflection. I’ve always found it interesting that in the Punjabi community we greet each other with Sat Siri Akal (Great Undying Truth). I also love that part of our morning sadhana where this mantra is a focus. However, how often do we
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Seeing No Strangers
by SS Shiva Singh Khalsa, Chicago IL Winter 2019 Being a history buff, I was interested to watch the new documentary, Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation, about the 1969 festival of peace, cooperation, and friendship. What was missing from the event was leadership and a consistent mission. Seeing this reminded me of Yogiji’s lecture, “From Woodstock to Steel-stock.” Post-Woodstock, many of us came to the feet of the Guru, to Sikh Dharma, and to the lifestyle teachings of Yogi Bhajan. Every lesson of our Gurus has given me the tools and spiritual infrastructure to step up. Guru Amar
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The Ecology of Leadership
by SS Sham Kaur Khalsa, La Paz, Bolivia Winter 2019 The world we live in is a world of high polarization, of constant changes that require a high level of resilience. Humanity faces great challenges and the risk of extinction. The scientific community is telling us that humanity needs to change its ways dramatically in order to maintain the increase of global temperature to 1.5 Degrees Celsius and we only have eight years to do it. It is a period where consciousness is awakening from a deep unconsciousness, it is the age of Aquarius. Today’s economic reality is embedded in
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