by SS Jai Hari Kaur Khalsa, Santa Fe NM Winter 2016 “True realization of the actual nature of the material world, its perishable, transitory and illusory aspects, best dawns on a person in suffering.”—Guru Teg Bahadur Ji, Ninth Sikh Guru In January of this year I learned that I had ovarian cancer. The news was shocking and at the same time it took me inward. During this whole journey—through the treatments and the consequences of the disease—my Subtle Body has been a strong ally. I never asked “Why me?” I just asked God to guide and show me the
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Archives for Practices & Technology
The Divine Presence
Waking Up with Japji Sahib
by SS Har Simran Kaur Khalsa, Los Angeles CA Winter 2016 For some, it was love at first sight. Or rather, first sound. The first time they heard Japji, some devotees were enraptured. I was not one of those. With my strong intellectual background, I was too perturbed by the seeming non-sequiturs to relate to the exquisitely told truths as they unfolded. From line to line, as the speaker and the subject shifted, my experience was more irritation than upliftment. In fact, from the first words, the Mul Mantra left me puzzling, is that really the list of all virtues, or
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In Subtlety We Dwell
by SS Sarb Nam Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM Winter 2016 When you think about Sikh Dharma, subtlety may not be the first thing that comes to mind. Our royal lineage inspires us to dress regally in our bana and turbans, crowned with jeweled pins, carrying swords of steel. We decorate our Gurdwaras with beautiful silks, flowers, and raiments fit for a king. However, in the sound current we can experience the subtle essence of the Guru’s presence. It is the Naad, found in the Shabad Guru, where we can bathe our souls and spirits in this divinely subtle vibration. The technology
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The Capacity of the Shabad Guru
by SS GuruKirin Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM Winter 2016 “If in subtlety you become very refined and in activity you become very subtle, you are very near to your soul because there is a direct relationship between the Subtle Body and the spiritual body. The spirit and the Subtle Body are very much related; they never leave each other. So anything which is refined—refined art, refined acts, refined speech which is not gross—will put you nearer to the soul. That is a rather simple way of reaching your God consciousness.” —The Siri Singh Sahib (May 27, 1981) The Shabad Guru (an infinite universal sound current)
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Secretary of Religion Column (Winter 2016)
Do you remember how often the Siri Singh Sahib would emphasize the importance of our songs? Over and over he would have us sing both English and Gurmukhi versions of songs, uplifting our hearts and souls and inspiring us in the process. He said, “Just sing. It will purify you. It will bring you to your destiny. It will bring you your grace.” On a personal note, I had recently been making a concerted effort to see God in all, by consciously uplifting others and doing my best to spread light and love. The hukams I had been getting at
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Experience vs. Superstition
by Sant SS Guru Dev Singh Khalsa, Rome, Italy Fall 2016 How do we experience the Subtle Body? It is experienced through awareness. Unfortunately, 99.9% of the people are not aware, or not aware enough to recognize their experience. So we meditate and bring stability to our meditation and awareness. If you understand the Subtle Body, imagine it like a radio transmission, like waves. The archetype system we learned from the Siri Singh Sahib of the eleven Light Bodies can be paralleled with the ten Gurus of the Sikhs, the eleventh being the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. The ninth body (the Subtle Body), in Sikh
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Subtle Body and Healing Generations
by SS Hargopal Kaur Khalsa, Los Angeles CA Fall 2016 Sometimes, in meeting a person, the exterior gruffness or roughness can be off-putting. At the same time, the Siri Singh Sahib always said, “If you can’t see God in all, you can’t see God at all.” Relating to that person at a more subtle level often brings to awareness the pain they’ve had in their life, the fear they have, the masks they display. Then it’s possible to relate to the beauty, the image of how God is showing up in them. “[In the] same way in our life we
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Evolution of Consciousness
by SS Dr. Kartar Singh Khalsa DOM, Santa Fe NM Fall 2016 As we go through the evolutionary process of consciousness, our souls develop the capacity to experience life more thoroughly through the Subtle Body. The Subtle Body—being the container for the soul and the sensory organ of the soul—gives us the capacity to experience the subtlety of God in all things. As our consciousness grows, so does our ability to “read between the lines,” in order to pick up the subtle cues expressed in the ways people speak and act. When students or patients come to us, they are
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The Whole World in Your Hands
by SS Sat Kartar Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM (as told to SS Sangeet Kaur, Article Editor) Fall 2016 I came to Hacienda de Guru Ram Das in Espanola in April 1991. One day I was doing some seva (service) at the Ranch [the Siri Singh Sahib’s residence]. I was just coming back from cleaning a trailer, with a brush and rag in hand. Let’s just say, I was not elegantly attired. The Siri Singh Sahib ji was in the dining room and saw me. “Oh you, come here!” He had me sit down at the table with all the staff
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Siri Guru Granth Sahib
Miracle of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib (PDF) http://www.sikhnet.com/files/ereader/Siri%20Guru%20Granth%20Sahib%20(Gurmukhi)%20for%20Kindle.pdf
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