by SS Siri Hari Hari Singh Khalsa, Anchorage AK Winter 2013 In thinking about our direction and projection into the future, I remember the Siri Singh Sahib’s response to one of my Gemini-induced questions about the many job tangents I was pursuing. “You need to become like a laser. Very, very, very focused.” Guru Hargobind is well known for having the Akal Takhat built and sending out the call for young Sikhs to come and train for fighting. His life was a constant challenge. The important thing to realize is that he had the profound insight to know these actions
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Archives for Gurus
Becoming a Laser
Truthful Living
by SS Har Simran Kaur Khalsa, Los Angeles CA Winter 2013 Truth is higher than everything; but higher still is truthful living.— Guru Nanak, Siri Guru Granth Sahib, p. 62. No words of Guru Hargobind are in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, not because he had no truths to share, or because he was ignorant of the teachings of the Gurus who came before him. He often responded to a question by applying the words of his predecessor Gurus to perfectly address the situation at hand in the most exalting way. Guru Hargobind’s way of bringing light was through his
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The Sacrifice of the Akal Takhat
by Bhai Sahiba Dr. Bibi Inderjit Kaur Khalsa Winter 2013 First erected by Guru Hargobind Ji, the name of the Akal Takhat means the Eternal Throne of the Timeless One. The Akal Takhat exists beyond time and space, so in actuality it cannot be destroyed. In the spiritual realm it is deathless, timeless, everlasting, and forever. The Siri Singh Sahib told us that the Akal Takhat sacrificed itself. The Akal Takhat demonstrated by its sacrifice that the true spiritual throne is timeless and eternal and shall not be destroyed. We too will one day shed our own physical form, and
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Secretary of Religion Column (Winter 2013)
I am struck by what Dickens said in A Tale of Two Cities: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way. In short, the
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#50 Winter 2013 Newsletter
The theme for our 2013 quarterly Sikh Dharma Ministers’ newsletters is “Guru Hargobind: Transforming Sikh Dharma.” For this issue, we look at the quality of Integration. How do we integrate psyche and soul? Our destiny and its delivery? What is our journey to spiritual maturity? Guru Hargobind Singh established the Akal Takhat and changed the history of Sikhs for generations to come. Now is the time for us to individually and collectively envision and make manifest the changes that will serve the future of our Dharma for generations to come. We asked the Ministers to reflect on how their individual journey brought them to be a
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Miri and Piri
by SS Sat Hari Singh Khalsa, Hamburg, Germany Fall 2013 Whenever the Siri Singh Sahib came to Hamburg in the 1990s he would ask me to accompany him to special antique stores to shop for old weapons. We always came home with some old kirpans and swords, which he handed over to me to restore for him. I did it with love, without questions. He was my master. One day some years later, when I had the blessing to have breakfast with him, out of the blue he said: “What do you think, why a man of my caliber gives
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A Woman’s Arc Line
by Bhai Sahiba Dr. Bibi Inderjit Kaur Khalsa Fall 2013 What is the significance of a woman’s Arc Line? It is a woman’s Arc Line that gives her the strength to remain in the radiance of her dignity and nobility, even during the most dire tests and trials in life. A woman will rise to victory in every situation when she remembers she is sacred and divine. The Arc Line, or the Sixth Body, is a point of unification and integration between the spiritual and the material. There are three powerful mantras that can help us build a strong Arc Line.
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Person at Prayer
by SS Gurukirn Kaur Khalsa, Phoenix AZ Fall 2013 The Sixth Body, the Arc Line, is characterized as the Person at Prayer and according to Tantric Numerology as taught by Yogi Bhajan represents the balance between the physical and cosmic realms as embodied by Guru Hargobind Ji. SS Guru Kirn Kaur shares her experience with the Ardas, the Sikh prayer. For five summers during the 1980s, I worked as a guide at Khalsa Youth Camp. I also spent one summer at Ram Das Puri while I was pregnant. I felt deeply connected to that sacred land and wanted my children
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The Blessing of Silence
by SS Har Darshan Kaur Khalsa, Chapel Hill NC Fall 2013 The Sixth Body or Arc Line, connected to our beloved Guru Hargobind Ji, helps us to “hold our space”—the space of prayer and of protection. To create the foundation of a prayerful mind, the gift of silence is key. When the mind is churning with so many “mental intrigues”, how can one pray or meditate? Often, it seems, the noise and concerns of the world intrude on our longing to be in the silence of shuniya, zero, thoughtlessness. How can we bring ourselves back to the reality of the
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Living in Balance
by SS Sewa Singh Khalsa, Seattle WA Fall 2013 Although the days of Guru Hargobind Singh Ji’s life must have been filled with unimaginable stress and difficulty, the results of his ability to keep up continue to live on. The battles of his time, involving tens of thousands of people are over, yet after nearly 370 years, 27 million people around the globe remember that he was a living example of the balance between the spiritual and earthly realms. Use this profound example of balance today to take advantage of this natural principle of creativity. An unfathomable complexity of delicate
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