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Nowadays one sometimes reads about incidents in India of mistreatment and disrespect of women, and that can never be condoned. However just like a few trees do not define a forest, an aberration does not define a civilisation. Contrary to common belief, in India, as in most agrarian societies the Goddess the provider of all things, as mother nature, has always been revered. In such societies the female has always been respected, loved and worshipped. Hindu and later Sikh trad

As I sat there listening to Gurbani Kirtan, (hymns), I was transported to another dimension, an inexplicable, wonderful, time and space. Overcome with emotion, tears rolled down my cheeks, I could not hold them back. Tears have salt, just as do the oceans, that is why, we shed tears when we connect with Creation. The Guru's message carried on the waves of music, and melodious voice, engulfed my entire being with a great calm yet I felt awake and alive. When the minstrels fin

'The Truth lies within us'. What did the Gurus and masters mean by that? What did Jesus mean when he said, "The kingdom of God lies within us"? Therein lies the answer. God called by a thousand names in numerous language are just another name for the Truth. Truth is not an acquisition that has to be sought. It is not a goal to be attained. It is a realisation and an awakening. If truth cannot be attained, then how is it realised? To be truly happy and liberated, then to the c

We will always see the divine in the form we have been taught all our lives in our places of study and worship or in our literature and art. If that should happen, then we should know that we are not experiencing the divine. The human mind is so powerful that it easily fools even us ourselves. When we desperately long for something, our mind is easily capable of conjuring it up for us. Our minds are very powerful, therefore it projects whatever we desperately seek. We feel we

Facebook - Twitter - linkedin - SikhNet Everyday a little boy heard and watched and listened to his mother pray. He developed this entire desire to meet this God, who his mother said, could be found everywhere, but the son would have to wait a long time to meet him. Patience is a virtue rarely seen in people, and impossible in children. One morning the boy declared, that he could wait no longer and he wanted to meet God now. If mother could not show him God, he would just g

Religion is but great truths, revealed to us, by genuine Gurus, Murshids and Prophets. Religion embraces everyone, never rejecting anyone. True religion teaches us to be compassionate and respect all creatures never causing intentional hurt to anyone or anything, except to protect ourselves. These true masters united and enriched the lives of people, everywhere. Religion was born to to help us mortals to live in harmony with ourselves, our fellow creatures, other humans and w