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  September 16, 2011 
PREPARE FOR THE AQUARIAN AGE BY UNDERSTANDING THE SHABAD GURU
The final shift in the Aquarian Age happens November 11, 2011. In the months ahead, Sikh Dharma International will focus on sharing information about the Shabad Guru as the Guru for the Aquarian Age.  Come visit www.sikhdharma.org each week for new articles and perspectives.

Also, check out 3HO's NEW website, Aquarian Experience. This site offers wonderful articles on the Aquarian Age as well as news about events happening around the world in celebration of 11/11/11.

 

Positive Thoughts and Positive Guidance    

Words of Wisdom from Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji 

Beads of Truth, Summer 1984 #13, Volume II

Handwritten SGGSI don't have a great urge to teach you much about me, because after all, what is important is the source from where I have learned. I have learned from the Siri Guru Granth Sahib and you can learn from the Siri Guru Granth Sahib as well.

The progressive way to become great is very straightforward then. The biggest power on this planet it thought and Siri Guru Granth gives you all thoughts, all sorts of thoughts on every aspect. So, where is the strength? Strength is when you have a negative thought and immediately your consciousness releases a positive thought. And from where can positive thought come? From some teacher? From some experience? The positive thought can come from Siri Guru Granth, because that is only positive thoughts.

There may be hundreds of thousands of suns and hundreds of thousands of moons but without the Guru there is total darkness. The question is: Why Guru? Because Guru's word can be trusted. Man's words we cannot trust. I'm not going to automatically trust anything that anybody says. I always hear a person and then I put the touchstone of the Siri Guru Granth against that saying. Then I realize that if it is according to what Guru says, fine. If not, fine for him.

 

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The Power and Blessings of Siri Guru Granth Sahib: Part 2    

Words of Wisdom from Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji 

Beads of Truth, Summer 1984 #13

Experiencing and Understanding Gurbani

Yogi Bhajan BWThe Guru's word (Gurbani) is what the Guru spoke. It is the imprint of the essence of God. It is the pathway to God. If the ordin�ary human being speaks it, it will always elevate him to that state of consciousness of the Guru. The Guru's consciousness is united with God, so the person will automati�cally get united with God, if he speaks the same words. It is a scientific and direct way to unite the finite with the Infinite Con�sciousness. The hypothalamus will get the same tingling. The impulsa�tion of the pituitary will function the same way and get the other glands to secrete also in the same way as it was in the body of Guru Nanak.

Gurbani is nothing but a total illustrated, facilitated science of naad for human knowledge. It is an individual effort. Read Gurbani in the way Guru says it, and un�derstand it, and you will be in such ecstasy you will not believe it! Concentration on the construction of the word, and the sound is the proper way to recite Gurbani. As you are creating the sound, the meaning will automatically come to you, now or later. It is just a matter of time and space. You must listen to your own construction of the Gurbani. This is the technical way in Naad Yoga.

 

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The Invention of the Gurmukhi Script 

Understanding the History of the Shabad Guru: Part 2   

By Ek Ong Kaar Kaur Khalsa

 

Illuminated PageMany people who practice Kundalini Yoga as taught by the Siri Singh Sahib - Yogi Bhajan love the mantras and chants. But where did these chants come from? What language are they written in?

Kundalini Yoga often uses chants taken from the language of Gurmukhi.  As far as languages go, Gurmukhi is relatively new. It's less than 500 years old.

Guru Angad, the second Sikh Master, invented the Gurmukhi script. Guru Nanak named Guru Angad to succeed him as the Guru for the Sikhs in 1539. Gurmukhi means "from the mouth of the Guru." The Gurmukhi script accomplished something very special. It allowed people to be able to read and pronounce the songs written by Guru Nanak. Up until that point in history, the dialect spoken by Guru Nanak and his contemporaries had no written equivalent. Written languages were reserved for the powerful, the wealthy and the high-castes. There was no writing or reading based on the common language.

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  Community Voices 

My Grandfather's Story

by Inni Kaur

from SikhChic.com

  

Banagala SahibOn my last trip to Delhi, I sweet-talked my father into recording the family history. The recording sessions were not easy. There were moments of intense silence; moments when tears flowed; moments of laughter and moments filled with gratitude. 

 

It was a very special time and I will cherish it forever. 

 

This story is about the man who brought my father, Bawa Gurnam Singh, into this world -  my grandfather, my knight in shining armor."Dad, tell me about Pitaji," I ask, as we begin with the recording.

 

"Your grandfather, my father - Bawa Hari Singh - was born in 1898 in Chakwal, Panjab," Dad starts. "His father, Kalyan Singh, died when Hari Singh was only five years old. He was raised by his three older brothers, Jivan Singh, Bishen Singh and Bhagwan Singh. Jivan Singh and Bishen Singh were saints."   Continue reading... 

 

  News from Sikh Dharma

9/11 10th Anniversary:

Sikhs Participate in Interfaith Service 

Bir SinghSeptember 11, 2011 

 

After 9/11/2001, Snatam Kaur Khalsa and Siri Kaur Khalsa initiated the first interfaith gathering in Eugene, Oregon. The historic 1st Christian Church provided a space for the initial gathering. The church has continued to host an interfaith prayer service on the 11th of every month ever since.  The church is 150 years old and on the national registry. There was a full house for the Interfaith Service on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Bir Singh Khalsa delivered a beautiful message during the event. The Sikhs of Eugene provided refreshments and good cheer to the attendees. Continue reading...

Counsel General of India Meets with Sikhs in New Mexico 

August 29, 2011 

 

Group PictureOn August 29, Mrs. Susmita Gongulee Thomas, who is the Consul General of India, San Francisco office, visited the state of New Mexico. The Consul for Community Affairs, Mr. Ashok Kumar Sinha accompanied her on the trip. During her time here, Mrs. Thomas met the Governor of the Pojoaque Pueblo, George Rivera, as well as the Governor of the Tesuque Pueblo, Mark Mitchell. In the evening, the Mayor of Santa Fe, David Coss, along with his wife Carol and son Dylan had dinner with Mrs. Thomas and Mr. Sinha at the Indian House restaurant in Santa Fe.  

 

Members from the Sikh community in New Mexico welcomed and hosted the Consul General during her visit. The main hosts for the Consul General's visit here were Pawan Singh Dhindsa and Bhai Sahib Satpal Singh Kohli, Ambassador-at-Large for Sikh Dharma International and the son-in-law of the late Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji.  Continue reading...

Bhog Ceremony in Honor of Siri Singh Sahib ji's  

Birth Anniversary

August 26, 2011 

 

Bhog India 2011On 26 August 2011, Sikh Dharma International observed the birth anniversary of Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji by performing Bhog of Sri Akhand Path Sahib at Gurdwara Sahib Jhanda Bunga in the Sri Harimandar Sahib Complex. Ragi Jatha of Bhai Kanwaljit Singh sung the hymns of Gurbani, followed with Ardas by Bhai Kulwinder Singh Ji. Singh Sahib Giani Mall Singh Ji, Granthi Sachkhand Sri Harimandar Sahib recited the Hukamnama and Giani Rawel Singh Ji performed the service of Chaur Sahib. On the same occasion, a set of one Chandoa and Rumala Sahib was offered by Sikh Dharma International at Sachkhand Sri Harimandar Sahib. Continue reading.... 

Success and the Spirit: An Aquarian Path to Abundance
now available through KRI, SPIRIT VOYAGE and ANCIENT HEALING WAYS. 
Success and the Spirit

SDI is pleased to announce that Success and the Spirit is now available in print through KRI, Spirit Voyage,  and Ancient Healing Ways.

 

Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga and Siri Singh Sahib of Sikh Dharma, shared many sacred secrets in his teachings about success, spirituality and prosperity. Here, in Success and the Spirit: An Aquarian Path to Abundance, we have compiled a collection of his lectures on how prosperity is a natural expression of the human spirit; how the soul and the Creator work in harmony with each other to create success in life on all levels; and how our own fears and limitations block us from living our destiny. Published by KRI. $24.95.

 

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