Shanti Kaur Khalsa explains why Sikhs don't cut their hair. Cutting the hair is one of the co-rehets, meaning Guru Gobind Singh commanded that Sikhs shouldn't do it. The hair (kesh) is also one of the 5 k's. The hair channels spiritual energy in action, which helps people in the householder lifestyle.
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It's human to imitate, but we are also uniquely individual. If it helps you, then what better role model than the Gurus? Humility is not something you can 'act'. Humility happens inside of you when you experience the Infinity inside of yourself. Our Gurus are with us now. They weren't just in the past. Their qualities are inside of us already. Don't 'act' like the Guru, and don't 'act' humble, just act in yourself in each moment to the best of your consciousness.
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My Guru is the Guru Granth Sahib, not the Námdhari satguru, not the yogi who called himself the leader of the Sikhs in the western hemisphere, not the Soho Road (Birmingham) spiritual leader of the Sikhs in the UK, nor any other self-appointed holy man, pardhan or jathedar - I am a Sikh
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One huge objective in the spiritual lifestyle of the Guru's is to wake up in the Amrit Vela to meditate. Shanti Kaur talks about how to do this successfully and about the role that dietary habits play.
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Guruka Singh explains that when your parents want you to do something, then you are doing it for them. When it comes to Banis and meditation, you have to do it for yourself and your own experience, and not to please someone else.
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