It occurred to me that there must be people who stand for the recitation of Ardas in Gurdwara, but who do not understand what is being said. Do you understand the meaning of the Ardas that is recited during Gurdwaras? I know there are many like myself who have grown up in Western culture where [...]

I received the following message from someone on Facebook this morning and it struck me as very good advice.
By Vicki Miller:
"Everyday we make thousands of judgments about people, places, situations and events. These judgments happen so quickly and are such a part of our lives that we are not even aware that we are [...]

Going through my every day life there are times when I get caught up in this cycle and forget about the gifts that I have. No matter what our origins are it is normal to sometimes not recognize the beautiful things that we have in our life. 
Over 35 years ago my parents and many [...]

by Ek Ong Kaar Kaur Khalsa * ekongkaar.blogspot.com
There is a story I read once, about a monk who lived on his own on the outskirts of a village. One day, a young woman accused the monk of getting her pregnant. The other villagers believed her. After the baby was born, the illegitimate child was given [...]

While I was in India this past month there was great deal of fog and unusually cold weather in Delhi and Amritsar. The wintry weather caused a lot of headaches for me and the others with whom I was traveling. This may have happened to you too: You go to the airport planning to travel [...]

I was just in Amritsar visiting my son Narayan Singh who is in the middle of his first year at Miri Piri Academy and was on winter break. For me this visit to Amritsar has been very different than previous visits which have always been focused on visiting Harimandir Sahib (The Golden Temple). This time [...]

I just got back from my visit to India to visit my son Narayan Singh who is in boarding school at Miri Piri Academy. I always find that traveling to India is like a quick whirlwind. I always think and plan to do so many things, but the reality is that you are lucky to [...]

Most of the time when I see information about Sikhs and Sikh identity, I see the image of a Sikh Man with a turban shown. Lately I have been thinking about Sikh women and some of the different challenges that are faced by each of the Sikh genders. Most Sikh women these days don’t wear [...]

It’s been about 4 months since my son Narayan Singh left home on an his spiritual/educational adventure of boarding school at Miri Piri Academy (Amritsar, India). Counting the months since he has left, it seems like he has been gone for much longer. Has it only been four months?? We all miss him, but I [...]

A father’s eyes are the first mirror that a woman knows.
The eyes of her beloved are the second.
Every other mirror in a woman’s life is for her to pre-measure herself and assess what she will look like in those sets of eyes. Correcting something. Hiding something. Enhancing something. Because the mirror on the wall is [...]

How sweet it is!
Soft…
Clear…
Open…
It’s five am… The birds are so happy now! The world belongs to them at five am.
Sunday morning… Everyone’s asleep. Curled in their beds, [...]