The Legacy of Guru Gobind Singh at Hazur Sahib, February 2008
1. Do you have any special
stories from the life of Guru Gobind Singh that inspire you and that help
you inspire others ?
2. How does Guru Gobind Singh's
relationship with his Sikhs, relating to their character and service,
guide your own relationship with the sangat as a minister?
Ministering Through the Ten Bodies, May 2007
1.
Which of the ten bodies do you relate to in your service and ministery?
2. How do you activate your Ten
Bodies to serve you in this time of being Known for Our Service?
Raising the Vitality and
Shakti of the Ministry, February 2007
1. How do you achieve the heart of your ministry? In what areas do you work to generate spirit, vitality, and shakti for the Dharma and humanity?
2. What connects you to the wisdom of the Guru's teachings in your ministry in a "grassroots" way that allows you to share this vitality and shakti with others?
Sikh Dharma in the Aquarian Age - November 2006
1. How do you perceive Sikh Dharma Ministry's role in preparing people to expand into the Aquarian Age?
2. How can Sikh Dharma ministers cross the boundaries of gender, age, and economics to truly serve all humanity?
Looking Out for the Community in all its Aspects: Serving in Unity and Purity- August 2006
1. How do ministers in your community connect with each other and with sangat members to support, nurture, and reach out?
2. Do you have a story of ministers serving in your community and sangat that inspires you?
Sikh Dharma Ministry Today - May 2006
Questions: How does the Minister's newsletter inform or support your identity as a Minister? Do you have a story of your own about encounters with your radiant presence?
The Sikh Dharma Ministry: A Historical Perspective - February 2006
Questions: How can the Ministry better serve the needs of our Sangats in the future? What suggestions do you have strengthen our Ministry now?
SS Sarb Nam Kaur Khalsa, NM: It would be fun to have workshops on various topics about Gurdwara protocol, etc. The Journey to Sikh Dharma is a useful model and it would be great if sangats could "sponsor" a minister to come and teach. We wouldn't get paid, but maybe our expenses would be covered. We could also do a lot of this at Solstices.
I am sensing that there are many dimensions, many constituencies within our sangats. There is the youth; our new Sikhs who are coming from many backgrounds into this Dharma; young married couples with children; older couples and singles starting their third part of life; and those who will be getting ready to leave their bodies. We need strategies and experience as ministers to truly minister to these diverse constituencies.
I think many of us ministers could benefit from taking various courses...to learn skills such as marriage counseling, sexual counseling (from a spiritual perspective), and chaplaincy. We need the skills not just to preside at Gurdwaras but to really serve people where they are dealing with their day to day lives. Maybe we can start to look at ways to develop ourselves and our skills as ministers, combining the teachings of the Siri Singh Sahib with the teachings of the Gurus, as well as other modalities that allow us to serve in all these ways.
Ten Times Greater? - March 2005
Question: How do you understand the Siri Singh Sahib's directive that we become ten times greater than he?
SS Guru Kirn Kaur Khalsa, Phoenix, AZ: I once asked Siri Singh Sahibji at Ladies Camp what a person would be like who was ten greater than he. He said they would be innocent, pure, like a child.
Living Reality - November 2005
Question: How are you keeping the Siri Singh Sahib's presence alive for yourself?
SS Guru Prem Kaur Khalsa, NM: Two
years before Yogiji passed away from this plane, he gave me a book to write on
the deeper, yogic meaning of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, as expressed through
each of its authors. He qualified giving me this assignment by explaining that
I already know much of the meaning of Gurmukhi words, and then added that I had
been divorced two times. Hmmm. I silently thought, no, its three, sir. Why are
you bringing this up?” and then I said something about how negative one husband
had been. The Siri Singh Sahib shook a finger at me and said, “But he was a
great man, right?” “Yes sir,” --enough said!
During the next two years I consulted yogis and Punjabis who I felt were more
knowledgeable than me. And then my computer crashed, and I lost everything. I
asked Yogiji if I could postpone writing until I was in my Mercury period. He
said, “Start right away! You are to leave a legacy! What are you waiting for?
It will burn off all your karmas!
I began keeping a journal to accompany Hukums. But it was a painful period of my
life--nothing I wanted to put into a book.
When Yogiji left his body, I was in the process of rebuilding myself, using
kriyas he had given me—So Darshan Chakra Kriya for psychosis and Sat Kriya to
give me the power of Truth.
Finally in August of 2005 a three-day weekend came around. I sat back and tried
out a Sadhana CD a friend had just handed me. And suddenly felt inspired, no,
commanded and propelled into writing, not stopping for two days except to sleep.
Day one was the Siri Singh Sahib’s birthday. Day two was the celebration.
I thought I completed the main body of the book, my life story, in those two
days. But every morning since then, in the Amrit Vela, the Master and beloved
Gurus enter new commands into my wakening consciousness, with such beauty, power
and subtlety, I must keep a notepad and pen by my bed, and in my purse and
sadhana pocket, or these Akashic gifts would be lost in their entirety.
My life story? Who would have thought? Not I. Four broken marriages,
disinherited by my family, countless betrayals by those I loved....in brief, I
now realize, life, as portrayed in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib.
The book is Yogiji’s opportunity to get his teachings and Sikh Dharma and 3HO’s
formative events into the public eye. I have given the first draft to two people
who are not Sikhs, and know little about us. One, a hospital clown, said it
gives her the same chills, she experienced when she read the Celestine
Prophecy. She treats herself to one paragraph a night before going to bed, to
deeply process what it invokes in her. The other is a PhD who interfaces with
government officials, landowners and tree sitters to create safe corridors for
wildlife and their natural habitat. He replied that it is powerful and
beautifully written, and now craves to learn more about Sikh Dharma.
It may be my life, but what is said is only what the Siri Singh Sahib wishes.
When I try to enter a few lines to tell just how horrible some episodes were,
they don’t fit anywhere! But the Master’s commands, which often put me into
tears, fit perfectly.
Before he passed, he told me I would need great courage in the coming year. Now
I understand why. Most people I am to write about are still alive. Even if I do
not mention names, they will be traced. Yogijji said that 1,000 people will
contest my book, but it will come through pure. He is gone now, so I will
happily take the flack. I have followed his directive, and done so much Nitnem,
yoga and meditation to fight my sorrows and attachments, I am no longer attached
—Fearless, with a courage that is founded on compassion and kindness.
Yogiji did not leave us. Not only is he ever present giving endless teachings
and awakenings, he has left us with ten wondrous Gurus, and the Siri Guru Granth
Sahib, which has only six Guru’s writings, and 36 authors! And the legacy and
love of countless fearless warriors, saints and givers in stories and in the
ethers.
It is no wonder we have so many spiritual guides. We have a huge destiny to
fulfill. 960 million we shall be. And it takes just one light to dispel
darkness—all our lights, shining as One.
Wahe Guru ji ka Khalsa, Wahe Guru ji ki Fateh!
SS Siri Pritham Kaur Khalsa, Yuba City, CA: Even before he left his physical body, the transformation had started and he was becoming ever more subtle. Now I feel and see him everywhere: I relate to his pictures, different ones at different times, appreciating the new ones passed out at Khalsa Council.The teacher, the Father, the Yogi, the Sikh. As long as I live, as long as I have breath, I will want to speak about his love, his immense presence and how he worked us, how he got us to where we are today by his faith alone. I follow in his footsteps, along each step realize ever more what he meant, what he left us.
2. How do you think students and children who have never met him will relate to his presence in their lives?