How much am I truly deserving of? What should I expect from life, and when does self-deception end? Is it better to live in the convenience of illusions or to confront harsh realities? These questions, borne out of self-talk, often lead to a less-than-ideal outcome.
We find ways to numb ourselves, whether through organic means or otherwise, to evade pain. Ignorance and denial become shields against the full awareness of our existence.
By Siri Vishnu Singh
Khalsa Family Farm is doing great. This team is super productive and dedicated. Shenoah has been with us for 13 months and Jim for 11 and they are both excited to keep growing the project.
We became approved vendors of the New Mexico Grown program in January and since have sold a lot of produce to the Food Depot in Santa Fe and now distributing to some senior centers and schools in the program.
Let's dive into something T.S. Eliot once wrote in his famous poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” He said, "There will be time, there will be time, to prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet." It's like a poetic metaphor for how we navigate life. It's true, but also a bit sad. Perfect poetry, right?
Being aware of the struggles and battles we all face as earthlings can be both terrifying and inspiring. Face after face, we shape our perception, trying to make others see us the way we see ourselves.
It’s a long time to hang in the sky (a parody on a John Denver song). We hang in there, we keep-up. We are the people, the people of love. That’s worth keeping-up for. This journey, this spiritual journey, this Sikh Dharma journey, ALL spiritual journeys, almost always takes eons of years to get to Amritsar. Aren’t we lucky, we have made it in this lifetime.
Amritsar is an earthly destination. Amritsar is also a metaphor for reaching the heavens, at least one of them anyway. Do you remember the expression ‘seventh heaven’ as meaning the top experience of all the seven heavens?
Sunday Gurdwaras - On Sunday, September 24th and continuing the following 2 Sundays, October 1st and October 8th, speakers in our Sunday Gurdwara program will present on this year's theme.
People ask me, "What’s the difference between religions of the West and religions of the East?" The answer isn’t just this or that. The answer contains two different techniques when pursuing a spiritual path Please, let me explain further.
Right off the bat there’s a problem. Religions in the East are not religions at all.
Let’s start from the beginning. The most powerful tool a human has is the power of prayer. Prayer is, hopefully, direct communication with God. There’s a protocol, an etiquette, to follow in capturing God’s undivided attention. God hears the prayers of all but has His criteria for acting.
Is there a any religion which says that love isn’t the answer? Of course not. Religion is the science of reality. Love is reality in Totality. In other words, God is the perpetual, Infinite, love experience of Totality. This endless vibration of love is perpetually deeper and deeper until the student and the Guru, the student and God, and the student himself become One.
Guru Gobind Singh writes in the Bachittar Natak, a most beautiful poem (paraphrased), “There is nothing but love.” He was a master warrior, and, yet, He did everything with love. How did He do war with love? That is the question.
For most, life has much too much pain and drudgery. That may not be a bad thing, The journey toward spirituality begins with the thought, the desire, the commitment to do more to find happiness. Few, very very few come to spiritually who are happy with their life. And, few keep-up with the necessary discipline spirituality offers to attain happiness.. Nevertheless, it turns out that the journey unto happiness is real.
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