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Happy Baisakhi!
April 11
Espanola Gurdwara
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NEW CD RELEASE!
Beautiful Day: The Aquarian
Sadhana
by Sat
Purkh Kaur Khalsa
Beautiful Day is meant to be just that-the start of a beautiful day for
you and everyone you touch. Sat Purkh's voice soars above this
cello-driven ensemble. When practiced in sequence, the Aquarian Sadhana,
is a precise combination of mantras, with particular qualities and
energies that cleanse the chakras, purify the mind, and create
collective consciousness. Enjoy individual songs for meditation or sing
with it as a part of your morning sadhana. Now availabe at the Ashram Gift Shop.
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New Baby!
Akal Dharam Singh born to
Harimandir Singh and Guru Sadhana Kaur on April 3, 2010
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Your Community Growth Fund! |
Your consistent monthly donations sustain the foundation of the Mother Ashram. Giving what you can is greatly honored.
What would inspire you to give? If you are considering becoming a monthly contributor, but have reservations, we would love to hear your feedback.
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| Honoring Long Time Contributors |
We would like to honor those individuals of the community who over the years have consistently been able to honor SSS's hukam that every adult is responsible to pay ashram dues of $100 per person. Thank you for your sacrifice, gift and giving.
"Whosoever will serve this house, he shall be served forever."
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Espanola Ashram Website Make it your home page! |
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This bulletin has been compiled by Jaap Kaur and Guru Meher Kaur, Jr. for your reading pleasure. To submit articles or feedback please email:
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Hacienda de Guru Ram Das Ashram
1A Ram Das Guru Place
Espanola, NM 87532
505-753-6341
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You in Community April 2010
Community is our collective giving, loving, sharing and growing. This new monthly bulletin celebrates and highlights the many individuals and projects that create and sustain our beloved mother ashram. As we give, we do receive. Here's celebrating you in community!
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Events Calendar
4/11
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Baisakhi Day Celebration - Espanola Gurdwara
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4/22
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Earth Day
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4/28
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Full Moon
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  11,000 Repetitions of Guru Ram Das' Shabd: Kundalini Surjhee
May 10-14, 2010
Go online to listen to the shabd,
download the translation and to read more about the course >
Offered for the first time by the Espanola "Mother Ashram" and facilitated by Jugat Guru Singh of the Cherdi Kala (and formally trained by the Master of Sat Nam Rasayan, Guru Dev Singh).
A special invite is extended to those who would like to join in 11,000 repetitions of Guru Ram Das' shabad, Kundalini Surjhee. It will take 62 hours (5 days) to complete the meditation. This shabad helps one to distinguish what is real and what is maya. This experience will give you the direct impact of the Shabd Guru (a spiritual teacher).
The meditation is limited to 200 people. The cost is $399 which includes meals and shared lodging for seven days. If you don't need lodging you will recieve a $100 credit. To register, please contact Jaap Kaur at jaap@jaapsshop.com.
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 Whats Hoppin' in the Ashram Gift Shop!
Our best selling item of the month...
Your Ashram Gift Shop is such a success. Come by and take a peek at all the goodies. Open Thursday's and Sunday's during langar.
Our featured product this month is the Soothing Touch Sandalwood Oil. Price: $13.00
SANDALWOOD OIL, 8 oz.
- Our sensual blend is infused with a
pure extract of Ginseng and the romantic scent of Sandalwood to
revitalize your body and energize your spirit.
Experience the
pleasure of healthy, radiant skin with all the varieties of Soothing Touch Bath, Body and
Massage Oils. Made from six vitamin-rich, deeply moisturizing oils,
these Ayurvedic creations are the perfect solution to dry skin, fine
lines and wrinkles. Add to your bath or smooth directly on to your body
and enjoy the therapeutic benefits of herbal infusions and aromatherapy
deeply softening your skin.
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Bowl for Kids' Sake - Saturday, April 17, 2010
Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS)
 Once a year BBBS sponsors a fun bowling event at our local bowling alley (this year in Pojoaque) to raise money for their services. This is their biggest fundraising event of the year! Big Brothers
Big Sisters provides quality one-on-one mentoring services for children in
need in our community. Support the ashram team, "Khalsa Kats," by pledging a minimum of $10 or 10 cents per pin to one of our bowlers. Team members will be at langars with pledge sheets, so please make
your donation so we can make our goal of $100 per bowler. You can also make your pledge to Guru Meher Kaur, Jr., Team Captain, at 747-1476 or email: khalsa44@hotmail.com. To read more about what BBBS does go to their website. |
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This Month's Featured Community Member
 Sadhu Kaur Khalsa
I love being a part of this community
and find value in it because:
I feel grateful every day I am here!
When I look at the amazing sky, sometimes deep dark blue, or bright orange
with rays of purple, it makes me feel connected with the Universe and
the longing to live and serve. There are so many opportunities in this
community. I'm happy to participate in Ishnan Seva on Sunday's
morning as much as I can, cleaning the floors, and being part
of a group effort. It is my blessing also to teach Kundalini Yoga on
Thursday afternoons at the children's program. As much as I prepare for
that time, I find myself having to come out of my
comfort zone and try to be as flexible as possible and surrender to
the innocent and spontaneous actions of the children. I love having many friends here, with so many opportunities to meditate and be together. It's especially important for me because it
brings me the coziness and support I need since moving away from my home in Brazil.
Something you may not know about me:
Gurusevak and I spent 3
months in India before we got married and there I started to draw and paint
with watercolors and practiced singing. I
loved it!
Would also like to share:
Since I moved here in June, it has been my longing to do 40 days of group sadhana. At first I thought it would be
easy to make it (since I live so close to the Gurdwara). Well, it took
me almost a year to start. I'm feeling grateful to have a group of
friends who decided to start going to sadhana together on April 1st and support each
other. We have so many good teachers and musicians in this community to
carry us, so if you feel inspired, join us!
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| This Month's Featured Unsung Hero!
Thank you for your selfless service!
 Hari Pal Singh
This month we would like to honor Hari Pal Singh for the service he does in regards to Mother Earth! We always see him riding his bike around instead of driving. Not only is he getting great exercise but he is helping Mother Earth by reducing his carbon foot prints.
We know it takes extra efforts, Hari Pal, so we wanted to thank you for making the extra effort. Way to go! May God and Guru Bless you now and forever!
Hari Pal would also like to recommend anyone in the ashram who would like to begin bicycling to visit The Broken Spoke in Santa Fe. They are a very personable, courteous and efficient bike shop who can set you up with the best bicycle equipment and service in town. They can be reached at 505-992-3102.
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This Month's Featured
New Community Members
Welcome, Manjit Singh, Sukhwinder Kaur, Satvir Kaur and Taran Kaur!
Where from?
Originally from Chandigarh, India, they moved to Silver Springs, Maryland in 2006.
What brought them here?
Manjit Singh had a vision of Espanola, with its beautiful mountains and pinon trees even before he had read or heard anything about it. Then when he arrived he knew this was the dream he had envisioned. He has had the opportunity, through reading from the Siri Guru Granth, to really understand the meaning of the Guru's word. He has also felt the deep love and blessings from the members of this sangat and is very happy to be here with everyone.
Family and work?
Manjit Singh and Sukhwinder Kaur moved here with their two daughters. Their oldest daughter, Satvir Kaur, is 20 years old and loves bhangra and Punjabi dancing. Taran Kaur, is 11 years old and enjoys participating in ashram functions and making friends with children in the sangat. Their eldest son, Yashdeep Singh, is still living in Chandigarh.
Now what?
Sukhvinder loves to teach Punjabi, Gurmukhi and Indian cooking and is offering classes to anyone who would like to learn.
Her number is 753-1145 or 661-599-9752. Manjit Singh was an Electrical Contractor in India and is now finishing
a certification program at Northern New Mexico College so he can work here in
the US.
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Paraguay and the 7th Lord of Miracles Tour
by
Ram Das Singh
We dedicate this entire tour to Guru Simran
Kaur Khalsa (14 years old) of Miri Piri Academy and Los Angeles, CA who graciously left her body due to cancer on
September 24, 2009
 The heart of South America is Paraguay! It is a land that is situated
in between Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia. The 6 million people are a
delicate mix of Spanish, Italian, German and Indigenous. They are
smiling, kind, beautiful, and mannerful. And their pure heart shows in
their bright faces. The people speak Spanish and Guarani. Guarani is the
first and only indigenous language of the Americas to have all five
banis translated into it. This tremendous effort was completed by Sukh
Dev Kaur who was born in Paraguay to Indigenous parents. Read the entire story at Sikhnet.com |
Women Coming Together in Prayer
By SS Jivan Joti Kaur Khalsa PhD
"There is no miracle.
The mind is infinite when it concentrates the magnetic energy of the
psyche. There are only two things:
energy and matter. Any composition,
permutation of any energy into matter and matter into energy, can be caused by
a disciplined mental concentration. That
mental concentration is in you, it is not outside." - Yogi
Bhajan (Level II - Vitality and Stress Manual, p. 125)
The woman's prayer is
the most powerful. The women of the
Espanola Sangat had their first of many women's prayer circles in
February. We joined our collective
prayers to create a most beautiful and powerful experience together. We started by having the above quote about
shuniya, and did a meditation which stimulates the shuniya state of
consciousness. We wrote our prayerful
intentions on pieces of paper. Some
women shared their intentions before all were put into a basket. We then held hands and chanted to Guru Ram
Das, followed by putting our pieces of paper into a blazing fireplace, sending
all intentions to the loving arms of the Infinite. Guru Kirn Kaur brought yummy pastries from
Chocolate Maven and along with Yogi Tea, we sat around and chatted with one
another in a cozy, neutral, and nurturing environment.
All women are welcome. Come join together to create unity; come with
your prayers for yourself, your family, community and the world. Together we can make a difference, maybe even
a miracle. For questions, contact gurukiren@gmail.com or jivanjotikaur@gmail.com. We hope to
see you all there.
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Computer Corner
Oops! My Computer has Viruses!
New names and new threats from fake security applications
By Guruka Singh
Malicious applications posing as antivirus software
are not new, but they're more common than ever - and more
sophisticated.
They pop up on your screen, usually when you are using your
browser to view a Web page, warning you that your system is infected
with all kinds of viruses. It's true, your PC is infected - but the
infection is actually the warning itself!
In this article, I'll describe one of the newest rogue
anti-malware threats and tell you how to find out whether a pop-up
warning is a fake.
Fortunately, there are excellent tools for eliminating this
growing threat, so keep reading.
Rogue anti-malware - many names, many
disguises
The other night someone called with upsetting news. "My XP
computer has 37 viruses on it. How do I get rid of them?"
She was worried about viruses - I was more concerned about the way she
discovered them. Let me explain.
She was a victim of so-called rogue anti-malware - malicious
software that often comes disguised as an antivirus warning on your PC
screen. Names for this class of malicious app include scareware, fake
AV, and some labels unfit for print here.
read entire article >
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Sangat Birthday's for April
Now featured on the ashram website at: www.espanolaashram.com
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Missal Duties for April 2010
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Set Up
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Langar
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Clean
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Akand
Path
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3/29-4/4
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In service,
Espanola Ashram Management Team
"If God has guided you here and has given you the virtue to do service here, and has given you that chance, then don't waste it. It's a place to gain and to be what is yours to be. Therefore, I say to you that take the very earth of this place and put it on your forehead. It will rewrite your destiny."
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