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Congratulations!
Dhyana Kaur was born to Bhai Daya Singh and Nirinjan Kaur on
June 1st at 4:45 am.
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You in Community June 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
Upcoming Summer events:
June 15 - Dr. Balkar Singh teaches at HGRD
June 17 - Madhu Sud Fashion Show
June 17-26 - Summer Solstice Sadhana
June 18 - Annual IKYTA Conference
June 19 - Peace Prayer Day
June 27-July 4 - Women's Camp
June 27-July 2 - Level Two Teacher Training: Transformation Lifecycles and Lifestyles |
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 CD "Turn of the Age" by Mata Mandir Singh
Price: $18.00
Read what Ancient Healing Way says about Mata Mandir Singh's new CD. "Experience the Dawning of
the Age of Aquarius with music to tune in to the eternal flow of the
spirit. The rich and devotional singing of Mata Mandir Singh merge with
the yearning sounds of the Indian cittern, violin, guitar, penny whistle
and tabla, bringing a melodic and spiritual-contemplative highlight to
the release. Turn of the Age is perfect for any listener looking for
centering, states of awareness, creative enhancement, meditation, yoga,
bodywork, and deep listening."
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This Month's Unsung Hero:
Mata Mandir Singh Khalsa
We would like to honor Mata Mandir Singh this month for all of the energy he puts into preparing food for the Thursday Lungar program.
Every time he and his crew come together for the Thursday lungars the kitchen is full of spirit and incredible food.
It takes time and energy to serve, so thank you, Mata Mandir Singh. It's a joy to experience the food you and your team provide us!
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Dr Balkar Singh to Teach in
Espanola
June 15
by Dharmatma Kaur
"Understanding the Kundalini Surjhee
Shabad"
Date: Tuesday, June 15
Location: HGRD Gurdwara
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Donation: $11 minimum (exact change
requested) No pre-registration required
Dr. Balkar Singh will teach a short evening course on the
meaning
of the Kundalini Surjhee Shabad. Earlier this year, the community had
hoped to host 11,000 repetitions of this Shabad. If we can anchor its
meaning in our collective consciousness, this will help us manifest such
an event in the future. Dr. Balkar Singh is a learned and respected
scholar of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. Many of you may remember him from
the years he spent here teaching us Gurbani, at the Siri Singh Sahib's
request. Discussion will be capped by 11 recitations of this Shabad led
by Dev Suroop Kaur. Please join us!
Read more about Dr. Balkar >
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This Month's Featured New Community Members
 Whahe Guru Kaur Khalsa
Where are you from?
I am originally from Austria. I attended seven years of school at Miri Piri Academy and am here this summer working, attending school, and developing my career in the health/healing industry. I have been doing little jobs here and there while living here. What brought you here?The community and school. It is a great environment to focus, work and play!
Any other thoughts?
I am the second youngest of nine children. My parents are not Sikhs but I am. My dream is to become a healer and travel the world helping people. I can speak three different languages: English, Italian, and German. It is great being here and I just want to thank everyone for their support.
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MPA Family & Friends Reunion
When: Saturday, July 17th, 10 am - dusk
Where: Robert C. Frazee Beach, Carlsbad, California
Directions: Go North (if from San Diego) or Go South (if from LA or OC) on the 5 Freeway to Carlsbad Village Drive and turn toward the ocean (west) and go down to Carlsbad Blvd. and turn left. Turn right at the very first street called Oak St. and go down to the end at Ocean St. (the beach is right there). Turn left on Ocean into parking lot (it's free to park here so far). You can wait for a parking space to open up or park somewhere nearby on street. We'll be near bottom of ramp walkway (right pic on bottom) and sign that divides the swim/surf near life guard tower by bathrooms.
For more info: 951-834-4225 (Atma's Cell)
To download reunion flyer >
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French-speaking Kundalini Yoga Festival
By Dominique Puvilland
This last
Easter we held the first French-speaking Festival of Kundalini Yoga.
This meeting fulfilled a twofold desire of the French Federation; to bring
together the French Speaking community of Kundalini Yoga, and to share the teachings
of Yogi Bhajan in the French language. We thank all the
participants, teachers and students for their presence
that contributed to the success of this wonderful heart-felt meeting and we
decided to renew this experience on Easter of 2011, in Fondjouan, so that our
community can again join together in this wonderful vibration.
Read entire story >
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The 7th Lord of Miracles Tour in Honor of Guru Ram Das
lands in El Salvador
January 28, 2010
by
Ram Das Singh
For the first time on the Lord of Miracles Tour we had the
blessing of visiting El Salvador and it is actually the first time we
have had the privilege of teaching Kundalini Yoga and the teachings of
the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji in Central America. Everything about this
tour is a miracle of Guru Ram Das and visiting El Salvador was no less
of a miracle. As we wer e about to finalize our itinerary and finalize
all of our plans for the extensive 40-day tour throughout South America,
S.S. Gurubachan Singh received an email from a married couple that he
had met a couple of years prior. They told him that they would be glad
to invite the Lord of Miracles Tour to El Salvador. Before we knew it,
our tickets worked out perfectly to fly from Colombia back to the U.S.
with a stop-off in San Salvador (El Salvador's capital). Basically, Guru
Ji arranged everything and we just followed what he laid before us. So
our 40-day tour became 45 days and we were very excited to spend some
extra time sharing the teachings.
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Computer Corner
June 2010
Managing Your Music and Armoring your
PC
By Guruka Singh
Protecting yourself from the criminals of the Internet
shouldn't cost you a fortune. In fact, it doesn't have to cost you anything.
Firewalls and antivirus programs can't do all the work of safe
computing - small, targeted utility apps that encrypt your files, keep your
passwords safe, and clean up your PC add to your protection.
Here are a few small security apps that you might want to use; if
not now, then someday. What's even better - they are all free.
Lock your sensitive data in a hidden vault
First up is TrueCrypt, a free download (page) that gives you
on-the-fly disk encryption. It works on all current versions of Windows, plus
Mac OS X, and Linux systems.
We all have files that need to be kept private - financial
spreadsheets containing credit-card and bank-account numbers, confidential
business plans, lists of clients, or maybe just something very personal.
read entire article > |
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Madhu Sud Fashion Show - June 17, 2:00 pm
Home of Sat Darshan & Krishna Shiva - 18 Walnut Loop
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  Words from the Editor
For
anyone who missed the Memorial Day Picnic at the ashram, you missed one
of the best picnic's ever!
The weather was perfect, the food
divine and the music fun and whimsical. I don't think I've been to an ashram event that was so relaxing and engaging for all.
There was something for everyone. The children were entertained for hours running through the sprinklers
and playing in a pool and making mud. There was hula hooping, ping pong
games and just general lounging on the cool green grass.
We were wooed
by Mata  Mandir & friend's singing sweet tunes
and humored and energized by rappers Guruprakash Singh, Maninder Singh
& Dev Atma
Singh.
Krishna Shiva, Har Pal and Sat
Want Singh kept the grills well-tended with barbequed burgers, and the
corn, potato & tofu salads, watermelon, and home-made pies, that
everyone brought, were out of this world!
 I hope this becomes a regular
event at our community because it was fun &
relaxing time for everyone, young and old.
And a
big "Thank You" to the Hearts
and Hands COV and Sat Darshan Kaur, who brought this whole party
together. We appreciate your efforts and enthusiasm!
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Sangat Birthday's for June
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Missal Duties for June 2010
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"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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