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June Weddings
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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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Upcoming Courses
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Intensive Retreat
and Yatra 2010
Baba Sri Chand
Oct 23rd - 26th, 2010
Dashmesh Sadan, Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India
Lama Nanak Sharnam
Yatra & Meditation
Retreat
Guru Nanak in Tibetan Buddhism
Nov 1-7, 2010
For more information
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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."
Yogi Bhajan |
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Hacienda de Guru Ram Das Ashram
1A Ram Das Guru Place
Espanola, NM 87532
505-753-6341
Ashram Secretary
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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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You in Community July 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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July 4 - Independence Day
July 6 - Akal Takhat Wish & Dish Gurdwara
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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 Kundalini Blessings Oracle Cards. Price: $22 The set contains forty beautiful meditation cards created by Gurudarshan Kaur, and an instruction book. Each card focuses on an aspect of life and suggests a meditation that will support you as you move into the Aquarian Age.The accompanying guide book includes instructions for the practice and the benefits for each meditation. For more information about these cards go to Gurudarshan's website here >
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Community Growth Fund
By Mataji GuruMeher Kaur
Hacienda
de Guru Ram Das is our community and our home. Whether we have lived
here for years or months, we have been blessed to give to support the
growth and maintenance of our Mother Ashram. Offerings have been given
in good faith for the benefit our community.
Unfortunately, since December
2009,
contributions to SDNM Community Growth Funds have greatly diminished,
but funds are still needed to run our community and pay our bills. So
out of this need, and the need for a new platform of Trust, the
revitalized ashram finance committee was formed.
Our focus for the past seven months has been to create a new
independent entity, Hacienda de Guru Ram Das Corporation, that will
provide community members a safe and sacred way to continue to donate
funds.
HGRD
Corporation arose out of the will of the Sadh Sangat and is just the
beginning for us as a community to shoulder our own responsibility and
power. We are encouraged and inspired by the feedback we have received
from community members, and we humbly thank you for your support.
Hacienda de Guru Ram Das Corperation has been formed and is now ready
to accept community donations.
We are requesting everyone to renew your commitment to give to the
Mother Ashram. Donations can be made by: - EFT - please contact
newly appointed bookkeeper, Rama Kaur Khalsa, hgrdcorp@gmail.com or 747-6742, for
information
- Direct payments to HGRD Corporation, mailed to P.O. Box 2053, Santa Cruz, NM 87567
- Dropping payments off at the HGRD Corp
box in the Ashram mailroom
- Giving payments directly
to
bookkeeper, Rama Kaur Khalsa
NOTE: We are in the process of setting up a PayPal account to receive credit card donations.
The
baseline 2010 budget for our ashram expenses is $10,620 per month, so
our goal is to generate monthly donations of $11,000. We can easily
meet this goal if everyone participates. All contributions, big or
small, are appreciated and will help to fund our Mother Ashram and
spread its grace.
In Love of God and Guru,
The Ashram Finance Committee
(Gurujohn Kaur,
Varnjeet Kaur, Rama Kaur, Tera Kaur, Amrit Singh Jethadar, Nirbhe Kaur,
Mukhtiar Singh, Siri Guru Nam Kaur, Dr. Seva Simran Siri Singh, Dr. Kirpal Singh, Siri Atma Singh, Mataji GuruMeher Kaur, Bir Singh, Rajinder Kaur, Satsangat Singh, Dharm Singh) |
Computer Corner
Files in the Sky
By Guruka Singh
You all know how much I
stress making regular backups. I hope by now you are even quoting me:
"It's not a question of if you will need your backups, but only a
question of when you will need them."
With the price of external hard drives in free fall (based on
cost-per-megabyte), storing data online instead of locally could seem
inconvenient at best and a threat to your data security at worst. But
online-storage sites, both paid and free, offer two advantages over
attached external hard drives: safe and secure offsite backups and
anytime-anywhere file sharing. Images and documents stored online are
accessible 24/7 (to anyone with the right password) anywhere there's an
Internet connection. Online storage is, in fact, more secure than
the external hard drives sitting next to your PC. Ever knocked a
running external hard drive over? Yikes... instantly unreadable. And
unless you carefully lock these drives away, anyone could simply walk
off with all your files. Online storage sites typically use
industry-standard backup systems for their storage and employ multiple
levels of security including password protection, data encryption on
their servers, and SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption between your PC
and the cloud.
read entire article > |
 This Month's Unsung Hero(s):
We want to greatly acknowledge Prabhu Singh and Hari Singh for consistently waking in the early hours every Sunday morning to do Ishnan Seva at the Hacienda de Guru Ram Das Gurdwara. They have been doing it for years with other helping hands and the community extends our deepest levels of love for your service. May God and Guru Bless all of you for this ambitious seva! |
This Month's Featured Community Members
 This month's featured community family is Guru Sadhana Kaur, Harimandir Singh, Siri Sundri Kaur and their newest edition Akal Dharam Singh. In the midst of busy family life they continue to serve and shine as an inspiration and a place of unconditional love for the community. Both Guru Sadhana Kaur and Harimandir Singh are continuously opening their home for parties, community get togethers and more.  Harimandir Singh recently did many hours of Seva by helping set up the Summer Solstice Event which was a huge success and uplifted visitors from all around the world. Thank you to your family for keeping up and continuing to shine and serve through whatever life brings. Its an honor to be in community with you! |
The Art of Soul Listening
By Siri Gian Kaur
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TeleClasses available from anywhere in the world where you can call us
by telephone!
Wednesdays, July
14, 21, 28, Aug. 4, 11, 18.
From 6 to 7:30 PM Mountain Time, USA.
Last day to
register, get a refund and start the meditation is this Sat., July 10.
For more
information and then register, go to the bottom of http://www.SoulAnswer.com/intuition.html
This
important course is designed to be affordable at $169 for all 6 classes!
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 Notes from the Editor
Peace Prayer Day has always been one of the highlights of my summer.  Unfortunately we didn't make it up to the site last year because of a fierce rain storm which left the roads a muddy mess. This June, the weather was perfect, the performances superb and the spirits high.
The celebration started off with a Hip Hop routine by Set & Ra Conscious, led by Mandeep Sethi, and enthusiastically enjoyed by the younger crowd. I could see the "older generation" wasn't as moved, but I think that's the way it's supposed to be. (Parents aren't supposed to love their teenagers music.)
Sat Santokh Singh, from the Bay area, was the MC for the event and introduced the next presenter, our beloved Bibiji. She gave a universal message that was very heart-felt and uplifting.
 Then the long anticipated bhangra dance by Izzat da Punjab brought the audience to their feet. The surprise element was the young, talented grand-daughter of Siri Gian Kaur, Surya Kaur. She had everyone cheering during her energetic and spirited performance. And what followed was the longest and most spectacular bhangra choreography I've ever seen Ravi Kaur put together. Congratulations to all the dancers who worked so hard with her and Alessandra to make it a breath-taking performance. To see a video of the live performance, click here >
 I have to confess that it is usually at this point during the event, that I take a break and walk down to the Bazaar to smooze with friends and eat some watermelon. However the Tibetan couple who took the stage next, caught my attention to wait a little longer. Mystical mantra singer, Yuan
Miao and Tibetan yogi, Lama Norbu captured the attention of the whole audience with a wonderful chant with arm motions, much like Celestial Communications.
So after a break, I returned to the shelter just in time to get a glimpse of the runners coming on stage and Guru Singh leading everyone in some final songs of love and peace. Again, we succeeded in making this a special day where peace was danced, sang and chanted for by a small gathering in the hills of New Mexico. But this was no small feat. I think every time we do this, our prayers vibrate strongly somewhere in the ethers to be felt by people around the world. This is what draws me back every year so I can be a part of this dynamic event.
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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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Bolivia and the 7th Lord of Miracles Tour
December 15, 2009
By
Ram Das Singh
La Paz is the highest capital in the world located at 15000 feet above
sea level. It is a beautiful mix of 90% indigenous and 10% European. For
6 years we have been traveling to Bolivia and even though the sangat is
small, their impact is great. During our 2 day stay in Bolivia we
taught yoga, danced bhangara and enjoyed great Bolivian food. We were
especially delighted that Hari Jot Singh from Paraguay traveled with us.
Perhaps the greatest gift this tour gave us in Bolivia was a
meeting with the Governor of all the prisons where we presented offering
Kundalini Yoga to the prisons for the prisoners and prison guards. The
Governor immediately accepted our proposal and the classes started in
November. During the meeting, S.S. Gurubachan Singh noticed that the
National Bolivian Police are in charge of the prisons and proceeded to
mention to the Governor that for the past 5 years we have been teaching
yoga and meditation to the National Police of Colombia. Immediately the
Governor called the Commandant General who is in charge of all 13,000
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Sangat Birthday's for July
Now featured on the ashram website at: www.espanolaashram.com |
Missal Duties for July 2010
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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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