Why waste away your life trying to please others instead of pleasing yourself? So take a moment and reflect on the formulas in your life. Does these formulas make you happy? Do they bring comfort and satisfaction in your life?
The prayer for humility will only spring out of the heart that has realized one's own shortcomings and limitations.
The evening celebrated life, hope, and promise: to make a difference to the lives of children thousands of miles away. One can imagine many more people such as Christel DeHaan committed to life-transforming opportunities for others and pursuing endeavors to uplift humanity.
Jathedar Baba Surjit Singh ji did Akaal Chalana (left for the abode of Akal Purakh)... in Patiala jail. This brief obituary cannot do justice in describing his life, achievements, and more importantly their love and divine presence that was beyond words.
I was not born to Sikh parents in this lifetime. Most people figure that out quite quickly that even though my name is obviously Indian in origin and my dress is unusual as well,
One of the more common arguments is that Sikhs are unable to wear helmets and protective masks over their turbans and beards, and therefore, they bring unnecessary risk to themselves and their peers. This claim is outdated and patently untrue.
In mystic literature of Guru Granth the appeal of the numinous becomes ineffable, if not inexplicable. And yet the great Sikh scripture is not a knot of metaphysical riddles and abstract theorizing. For the most part it employs the idiom of the common people, and draws its imagery and metaphors from the home, the street and the work place.
Not only has the British army acknowledged (at last) and but even the British mainstream media has woken up to that historical fact. No longer are the Sikhs lost in generalised labels like “Indians” or “Asians”. They stand tall as “Sikhs”.
It all begins with learning, meeting at common crossroads, and exploring ideas that have the power and mandate us to work together for greater good, creating an environment that answer our shared values and prayers.
So the point is, that every time has it’s own glamour, it’s own charm. Instead of using that time in regret or spending that time with memories of the past, we should embrace the time we are currently living in.