Excerpts from an address by SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogi
Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa, Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh!
Sometime it’s very difficult for an individual to understand this, but it is the essential part of life. In the past five thousand years, all effort has been made to make a man understand “you are made in God.” Man has adopted different deities and worshipped different aspects of God. He even went to the point of controlling certain supernatural powers which belonged to God to prove to his fellow beings that he’s superior.
It is the faculty of the human to pretend to be exclusive and superior. Don’t misunderstand me - this is in you and this cannot go away. If you have a misunderstanding about this, you are starting off on the wrong foot.
When as Sikhs we do Ardas, "Kaam krodh lobh moh ahankaar to bichaao," we are doing a wrong Ardas. "Kaam krodh lobh moh ahankaar" are the offshoots of akasha, air, fire, water and earth. They are outcomes of these five tattvas. Five tattvas have five projections and there are three gunas. So we have a very ceremonial way of talking about things.
Everybody wants to get rid of everything. We always feel that we should get rid of all the negativity. It means we are not accepting one side of the coin, and we want to look to the other side of the coin. Either the whole gold coin has to disappear or we are going to be prejudiced. There’s no fault in us. Nobody on this earth can be unhappy. It is that prejudice that we only want one side. When we choose one side, we become judgmental. When we become judgmental, we start testing. When we are testing, then we are not trusting. We are unhappy.
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It’s been a long while since I posted any Gurdwara lectures by SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa. I have a backlog saved on my computer but haven’t had a chance yet edit and post them yet.
Today there was something totally weird going on with the audio for the live broadcast of Gurdwara. There was some type of audio loop creating creating this interesting reverb. I still have no idea what caused it….particularly because it turned on and off at different points in the audio (after reviewing the recording). Here is an audio clip to know what I am talking about.
Anyways, I restarted the computer and was able to fix the issue, but missed the very first few seconds of the Gurdwara lecture so didn’t get the date for the lecture. The topic I think is "Spirituality and the Sikh Way of Life". This is another thought provoking lecture to listen to. Enjoy. This is just one of thousands of lectures, since he spoke to the Sangat just about every Sunday in Gurdwara. I’m sure he spoke about the same things often, but then again we all need lots of reminding to make changes in our life and see the bigger picture. Sometimes we loose sight of why we are on this earth and need little reminders from time to time.
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It’s been a while since I posted a Gurdwara lecture by SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji. Here is the recording that we heard yesterday in Gurdwara from July 8th 1990 on the topic of God.
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"The multitudes of maladies vanish by singing Gods glories. Peace reigns within by contemplating over the Lord. Hope is fulfilled by enshrining the Nam within the mind. No obstacles befall a person if they efface their self conceit." - Guru Arjan Dev Ji - Ang 520 SGGS.
“Consciousness is always above time and space. When a moment comes in your life that your commitment is challenged, at that time challenge the challenger and follow the commitment, not the challenge. That is the only way to experience higher consciousness..” - SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa
Over the years I have observed some characteristics that some Sikhs have taken on regarding an effort to reduce ego/pride. As Sikhs we are taught to not get attached to the five "challenges" of Lust, Anger, Greed, Pride and Attachment. In an effort to prevent these feelings I have seen some practices by Sikhs which I think are unnecessary.
The first routine is the overly humble guise. It goes something like this: "I am just a lowly sinner…" , "I am the dust of the dust of the dirt"… "I am a das of the das", "I know nothing…", etc. Most of the time when I hear this type of thing from people it feels just like a cover to try to negate any ego. In reality for most people it feels like a false routine to portray ones self as humble. I know in Gurbani Guru Nanak and other Gurus have used similar words as this…but this was our Gurus expression. It’s one thing if you say this to yourself as an internal thing in your mind…..but to say it to other people is very different. It’s as if you have to say it out loud to prove, or make sure that people know you are humble. It’s sort of a false humbleness. If you are humble people will see it in your actions, words, and in your presence (not by words and statements about your humbleness).
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Here is another inspiring and thought provoking Gurdwara lecture by SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa from Sept. 10th 1989 - Los Angeles, California. Have a listen!
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