Last night I had written up a long blog post (Day 3) but all of a sudden my LCD screen went totally white. Apparently something is wrong with it and am sending it in for repairs, so I lost that blog post. Oh well. I guess it wasn’t meant to be said.
Thank you all for the overwhelming show of support and good wishes on the birth of our daughter Charanjeet Kaur. I have really enjoyed the last 4 days bonding with her and getting to know her. She sleeps quite a bit but the past few nights has been up in the night wanting to nurse so we (Arjan and Me) haven’t gotten too much sleep. At least I am not working so can take naps during the day. It is so cool when she is awake and just looking around with this deep gaze (like in the picture). She glances around as if she is seeing angels or something all around the place. Occationally she looks directly at me or Arjan and we connect. I’m a happy papa…what can I say :) Here is a bit of meaning behind the name Charanjet Kaur (or at least how I interpret it).
I’m sure that many of you will be there watching with me as she grows up, as some of you have seen Narayan grow and change in the past few years.
Charanjeet Kaur, the Princess/Lioness of God who gains victory over all obstacles in serving at the Lotus feet of God, who brings many others to serve at God’s Lotus Feet, and who walks with grace and power throughout her life.
Charan means: the Lotus feet of God. Jeet means: Victory, the power to overcome any obstacle. Kaur means: the Princess/Lioness of God who walks with grace and power throughout her life. Every woman has the potential to attain a great state of grace and power and every woman should be encouraged to manifest that potential.
Many of you had posted comments requesting the Gurbani Kirtan that was played during the Gurdwara when Sada Sat Simran Singh and Guru Das Kaur got married. This kirtan was played by Bibi Amarjit Kaur who has been friends of our family (and many of our sangat) for a long time. I think she currently lives in Virginia (USA). She played quite a few different shabads so I am not posting them right here. To listen to them go to the MrSikhNet audio player and then select the option "Traditional Gurbani" and then "Bibi Amarjit Kaur". You can then listen to them all individually or download them to your computer.
Here is one of the ten Gurbani files to give you a feel for her unique style and voice.
Wedding Jaikaras One of the other tracks that I put in the "Traditional Gurbani" folder is of some Jaikaras (Boleh So Nihal) after they finished the wedding. The Jaikaras like this always make me teary eyed after the weddings. I have taken pictures at countless weddings here in Espanola, New Mexico and the Anand Karaj Ceremony always seems to make me emotional at the ending. I remember when I got married and the sangat did Jaikaras like this for me and I couldn’t keep tears from flowing. The Jaikara makes me feel like I am with Guru Gobind Singh and his fauj. I feel a deep connection when the Sangat shouts out loud the "Boleh So Nihal…".
A friend sent me this quote and I felt it had a lot of meaning for me in my journey working with SikhNet.com and just being a Sikh and trying to share with others.
"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; forgive them anyway. If you are kind, People may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone can destroy overnight; build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, there may be jealousy; be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; give the world the best you’ve got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway." - Mother Theresa
Well in all the baby excitement…I didn’t have a chance to post some of the wedding pictures from Sada Sat Simran and Guru Das Kaur’s wedding last week. Here are a few more pictures.
Last night I had written up a long blog post (Day 3) but all of a sudden my LCD screen went totally white. Apparently something is wrong with it and am sending it in for repairs, so I lost that blog post. Oh well. I guess it wasn’t meant to be said. 
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