Browsing Tag: Relationships

Part 3 in our Relationships series. Our couples panel talks about how a spiritual practice will help your marriage, because what we think of as romance may fade. Also that the real romance of commitment will get sweeter with time.

Nick Hornby once said, “It’s no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn’t even speak to each other if they met at a party.”

Exchanging of "Prem dhey Theer" is encouraged and may be enjoyed at any time, day or night, without being restricted to any particular day, or any special time of year.

For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, what is it that makes a marriage last (and last)?

One has to learn relationships as one goes by reading about them in various psychological books and good articles. One great place, simply explained, with easy to follow rules, I found to read on relationships is our venerable Gruru Granth.

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.

SatJot Khalsa explores the beautiful relationship with God and her husband and how these two relationships not only co-exist but intertwine and influence one another.

Without this relationship, every other relationship will fail. It is the anchor of our lives, if we have the blessing to recognize it. The first relationship decides if we are fulfilled or miserably wasting our lives.

There is an incredible promise of love between those who marry. But there are also thousands of years of exploitation, rape, pain, prejudice and dishonor gathered in our collective subconscious. Men and women both need to do the work to heal themselves so they can honor each other.

When we search for a partner or a mate, each person begins their search with a set of agendas. The agendas are about what “I want” from the other person. Not about what I have to offer another person. From the beginning, we start off wrong ...

“When a person sees anyone as an enemy, or a friend, Then his mental understanding lacks steadiness.” This statement fascinates me. The Guru seems to offer that seeing people as friends or enemies is a symptom of an unsteady mind. What does this mean?

We believe at the heart of every Sikh woman, there are multiple love stories that inhabit the mind, body, and soul. The geography, politics, and social climate of the United States and Canada have shaped these love stories into unique and fascinating narratives.

Is it? As women of today, the word “submission” doesn’t immediately bring to mind “love”, “happiness”, or “comfort”. Yet in truth, submission sometimes does make us happy. But no, Grey, it’s not that simple.

I know this is a strange thing for a Sikh to confess, but it's true: I used to be really intimidated by the Guru Granth Sahib.

So what if you don’t measure up to society’s standards? The only standards you should care about are your own. If you want to find a boyfriend, get out and try! But if the journey takes longer than expected, don’t beat yourself up. Your special person is out there waiting for you and with Waheguru’s support, it’ll happen when it’s supposed to.

It comes as no surprise that immigrants will fuel Canada’s growth for decades to come as evidenced by the latest census results. The experts predict only one-third of Canada’s growth is due to fertility and that by 2031, immigration will account for more than 80 per cent of Canada’s overall population growth.

Love is duty and duty is beauty. These are the words my family lives by—not even knowing who may have said them. It is an ethic driven deep into their bones by the West Texas winds.

Mrs Bahra said she believed the secret to a long and happy marriage was being best friends and understanding each other.

The study from the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, is the first to examine sexual and relationship parameters of middle-aged or older couples in committed, long-term relationships. Research efforts to understand the place of sexuality in human lives rarely involves intact couples in ongoing relationships.

Women find happy guys significantly less sexually attractive than swaggering or brooding men, according to a new University of British Columbia study that helps to explain the enduring allure of “bad boys” and other iconic gender types.

“This study shows how important marital relationships can be in determining old age health,” says lead author Prof. Christiane Hoppmann of UBC’s Dept. of Psychology.

Depression chips away at the ability to perceive the others’ thoughts and feelings. It impairs what psychologists call “empathic accuracy” —and that can exacerbate alienation, depression, and the cycle by which they feed each other.

Here at SikhNet we often get questions from users on all kinds of topics that normally people might be hesitant to talk about in person. Here is a video of me reading one such question to Guruka Singh. The topic of the video is about homosexuality and what that might mean to people who are Sikhs.

Happiness, sadness, relationships, accomplishments and losses dominate our lives. But relationships are the major aspect which can make or break a home. There are lots of relations surrounding us like husband and wife, father and son, mother and daughter, etc… But where there is love there is conflict as well. Patiala House is about the conflict...

Sat Mitar talks about how she came to the Guru's path and learned that the Guru is inside of us all. Moments of separation created longing for her to be with the Guru. She asks, how can you relate to God in others if you can't relate to it in yourself?

Sat Mitar Kaur talks about how the Guru is a miracle to her, and how she has gained gratitude in the face of displeasure. Bani and Kirtan help her connect to the Guru.

Our panel of single men talks about the fantasy of being in love and the powerful maya of it.

This video is #18 in the SikhNet Relationship Series. Our panel of single men discuss the role that the Guru plays in the complicated matter of relationships. The men talk about experiencing the Guru as a source of guidance as a touchstone for truth in every relationship.

This video is #19 in the SikhNet Relationship Series. Panch Nishan Kaur talks about how some women use their sexuality to manipulate men.

Discussion about how to make the step from being a friend or brother to something more in a graceful way.