Native Chilean women, Sat Pavan Kaur says, "When I went to my first Gurdwara, and bowed my head for the first time my heart opened. It was a flow of loving energy which made me cry".
But we are not alone in our love of hair. By educating ourselves about the stories of our neighbours and nations that have come before us, we can see that while our fight to maintain our distinctive identity is noble, it is hardly unique.
This teaching made us unafraid then. And it can work today. Some of us are afraid of failure at work as a Sikh, but if you are going to fail, it would happen with or without a turban. If you are going to succeeed it would be with or without a turban, so don't worry about that.
Perhaps we are still at the stage where we do not see any visible sects or denominations within Sikhi. As I stated at the start of this essay, for immigration and sponsorship purposes the question that remains is...
When my brother and sister were feeling down, I would take them up to my room and we would read some Banis together. Doing this would give us so much peace, and make us forget about what was going on. It gave us hope and a connection to something bigger than ourselves.
Bhai jagraj Singh does a hard hitting katha at Southgate Gurdwara about Committees and planning the future of our Gurdwareh.
... taking together all sehajdhari, keshdhari or amritdhari Sikhs, we need to transcend such personal differences and get together to face bigger issues being faced by our community and realize the vulnerability we are subject to because of this infighting.
In this video, Siri Singh Sahib ji discussed the sacredness that comes when we meditate in the ambrosial hours, and the love that takes us away from duality. And this is the gift that Gurbani gives the human.
It was a hate crime that agonized a peaceful community—but the message of love that has surfaced from their forgiveness runs deeper than the wound. This is the beautiful story of a community who chose to change the memory of their tragedy into a hope for the future.
I wish to share this message with the world. This is my way of fighting. It is my hope that this poem will help us open our hearts and, as mentioned in the poem, turn this whole world into God's holy Promised Land. ~Teji Kaur