Browsing Tag: Spirituality

While the origins of this dilemma are multi-faceted, surely you would agree with me that much of this confusion would go away if we only took a moment to stand in each other’s shoes.

Teenagers who attend religious services with one or both of their parents are more likely to feel greater well-being while romantic partners who pray for their “significant others” experience greater relationship commitment, according to new research.

On "Super Soul Sunday," Sikh singer Snatam Kaur is opening up about how a painful childhood experience led to a stronger relationship with her higher truth. Watch this sneak peek as Snatam takes you inside her faith as a Sikh and her career as a spiritual recording artist.

I no longer look for the truth or for God. The real and factual truth is: I am alive. The purpose of life is to identify that we are alive. Take Nam to heart, identify that you are alive by living truthfully, Sat. Truth is high but higher still is truthful living!

Reluctance to seek help regarding mental health is not limited to the Sikh faith. People around the world feel the need to keep their illness private.

One who does not recognize his weakness can never be strong. There is no way to progress and grow other than to first find out the lowest point of you. Then you can start going towards the highest.

The more we are attached to ideology and rules rather that learning and principles, the further we are from Sat Nam, the True Self.

It is the active, experiential relationship of the Sikh with the Bani that helps that Sikh attain Guru and thus realize the One, the True Self. So, how does this relationship materialize?

In the world of the 21st century our value does not rest in what we acquire, find, or know. It rests in who we have become through our experience. Value lies in our capacity and ability to consciously use information. Ultimately, we are valuable for our wisdom and our ability to deliver results.

Sikh communities need greater awareness about mental health and the connection with spirituality and seek their rights to spirituality. It is important that we stay in Chardhi Kala - healthy mental state and share the daswand - one tenth of sewa with the world.

What I love most about being a Sikh, is that outside a few boundaries in the rehat marayada, I am free to define my own relationship with the Guru, so if that means I change rumaalay every day or my mutha tek routine takes 15 minutes...so be it. That said, Guru Sahib challenged us, not to be mere devotees...but to be students (Sikhs.)

The vast majority of the world’s 7 billion people practice some kind of religion, ranging from massive worldwide churches to obscure spiritual traditions and local sects. Nobody really knows how many religions there are on the planet, but whatever the number, there are at least that many theories about why we have religion at all.

“We know that there are many ways of coping with stressful life situations, such as a chronic illness; involvement in religious/spiritual activities can be an effective coping strategy.”

The way to nirvana is actually quite simple, learnt Reena Singh at an inter-faith meet at the R K Mission in Delhi recently.

We often hear people say things like “Well, I’m not into religion, but I’m a very spiritual person” or, “he’s really very spiritual.” But what does it actually mean to “be spiritual?”

The book is a jarring reminder that beyond the prism of quotidian life there lies something more profound.

During spiritual experience there’s a lot going on in the brain and some of that takes place in the parietal lobes — the part of our brain that’s responsible for creating our sense of self. This is the part of the brain that manages the distinction between self and the other.

Religion follows spirituality. But in its zeal, it may go to the extent of vitiating spirituality.

...there’s no reason why we can’t strike a healthy balance between material things and spiritual enlightenment. Spirituality signifies achieving personal excellence in every area of one’s life...

Fasting or deprivation of the body through wilful hunger is not considered a spiritually beneficial practice.

Death does not exist in any real sense. One of the surest axioms of science is that energy never dies; it can't be created or destroyed.

Sikh writings tell us over and over that God’s own self pervades all creation.

The Science of Spirituality examined....

Thoughts on Sikh Youth and taking leadership roles in the world