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What my Amrit Veylaa Sadhana Gives Me

What my Amrit Veylaa Sadhana Gives Me

Tweet One of these days, it is my sincerest hope to compile a list of all the passages in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib that discuss the importance of the Amrit Veyla. Guru Naanak established the concept of meditating in the Amrit Veyla, in the 4th Pauree of Japji Sahib, when he said Amrit Veylaa Sach Naao, Vadiaaee Veechaar [...]

Know the Lowest, Aim for the Highest

Know the Lowest, Aim for the Highest

Tweet I moved to Espanola, New Mexico when I was 30 years old. The Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan, was still alive then. I consider it an extraordinary blessing that I had a chance to work for him in the last years of his life. As a teacher, Yogi Bhajan would sometimes put his students [...]

Love and Shadow Boxing: Part 1

Love and Shadow Boxing: Part 1

Tweet Love. We all long for it. We spend our lives in a conscious (or subconscious) search for it. Yet, many of us do not understand love. We do not understand what it is, how it works or what to do with it when we find it. The Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan, once described [...]

No one Knows what a Sikh Looks Like?

No one Knows what a Sikh Looks Like?

Tweet Today I watched a video that some students made from quick impromptu interview sessions with students on the Campus of Sul Ross State University (Texas, USA). They made the video in preparation for a Sikh Awareness Day project that their organization (the College Democrats of Sul Ross) are hosting April 18th 2012.  Watching the [...]

ACT – Don’t React…

ACT – Don’t React…

Tweet Last night I was trying to go to sleep early so  I could wake up refreshed in Amritvela to Meditate, and just kept sitting watching/reading the flood of twitter posts (particularly #Rajoana #IPledgeOrange ) finding it hard to put away my iPhone and go to sleep. There was (still is) a constant stream from [...]

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