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Lets talk provincial Ontario Elections, its only 9 weeks away. Who you guys voting ? Hope its not too personal to ask? Which party and why? I haven't decided yet, I be voting either liberals or ndp for couple of reasons: 1. Universal pharma care 2- Free day care 3 free dental 4. Minimum wage to $15 next year to address low income families across the board 5. Serious infrastructure investment- high speed rail between toronto to windsor travel time 1 hr 30 mins only.

Sorry bit late too the party, here is jordan peterson assessment of that interview above:

Nice share, you may want to update the attached as pdf as i had to download the file and then rename to extension .pdf.

Good research work !!

Four types of Conversations/discussion- 1) Heth - Where you listen to someone because you know they have more kamai and more knowledge than you. You are humble when listening. This also applies to school. 2) Vaadha - Where you actually do your research and share to positively add to a conversation constructively. Even if there is disagreement, you should not hurt another's feelings or prove that you are better. 3) Jalapa - Where you say stuff to put the other down. Try to make yourself look good. 4) Vitaardha - Where you keep talking and don't listen to anyone else (the majority of us). *** This is from a sakhi where some pundits asked Guru Hargobind Ji what type of conversations are allowed. Guru Hargobind Ji said a Gursikh only takes part in the first 2 types of conversations. ***

Don't under mine peaceful means it was same peaceful means Sikhs for justice used in states that got modi visa revoked and black listed in USA before he became pm of India

What peaceful or legal means was used against sidhu here in context within candaian judical system? Let me answer that for you: NONE

Diplomatic pressure, influencing media narrative, going through UN- human right abuses all these peaceful resistance should have been enough.

Whatever the reasons are, I think these points below should trumph any justifications: 1. If there is violent declaration of wars on sikhs in india by state sponsor terrorism, it should be dealt with resistance in india against state sponsor terrorism 2. Coming to foreign country in this case- canada, using it services an anchor or base to wage violence war against india its not only wrong on so many levels- respecting laws of this country but its illegal.

Good question , love to get more details on this. Mind you, jaspal atval was also accused of beating of ujjal dosanjh. We as peaceful sikhs should condemn both incidents, they also seems highly suspicious play right into hands of RAW, intelligence agencies to discredit any kind of peaceful separatist movement. Ever wonder why peaceful separatist movement are so difficult to penetrate? Because they are peaceful, public opinion cannot be swayed, as soon as there is violence, boom public opinion are divided, it looses credibility.

Hindu nationalist and equally Sikh, Christian, Muslim Buddhist, shinto all kind of right wing type nationalist should listen to this.

Thats good to know. I was watching movie -badla made on sant bhindranwale, there is a scene of sant bhindranwale coming on to maharaj darbar, they showed huge parkash aura on sant bhindranwale in maharaj darbar where aura parkash on sri guru granth sahib was virtually missing in contrast with sant ji parkash in same scene ...its same new age taksalis have issue with nanak shah fakir. Bunch of hypocrites if you ask me !!

Can you open up Sikhawareness section behalf of us there then?

Awesome, where is this from? Gurmukh paraksh or rattan singh bhangu granth

Good idea , we will look into it ..thanks so much for bringing it up.

Eckhart Tolle Excerpt from: A New Earth Awakening -A MUST READ- **The initiation of the awakening process is an act of grace. You cannot make it happen nor can you prepare yourself for it or accumulate credits toward it.** Awakening is a shift in consciousness in which thinking and awareness separate. For most people it is not an event but a process they undergo. Even those rare beings who experience a sudden, dramatic, and seemingly irreversible wakening will still go through a process in which the new state of consciousness gradually flows into and transforms everything they do and so becomes integrated into their lives. Instead of being lost in your thinking, when you are awake you recognize yourself as the awareness behind it. Thinking then ceases to be a self­serving autonomous activity that takes possession of you and runs your life. Awareness takes over from thinking. Instead of being in charge or your life, thinking becomes the servant of awareness. Awareness is conscious connection with universal intelligence. Another word for it is Presence: consciousness without thought. The initiation of the awakening process is an act of grace. You cannot make it happen nor can you prepare yourself for it or accumulate credits toward it. There isn't a tidy sequence of logical steps that leads toward it, although the mind would love that. You don't have to become worthy first. It may come to the sinner before it comes to the saint, but not necessarily. That's why Jesus associated with all kinds of people, not just the respectable ones. There is nothing you can do about awakening. Whatever you do will be the ego trying to add awakening or enlightenment to itself as its most prized possession and thereby making itself more important and bigger. Instead of awakening, you add the concept of awakening to your mind, or the mental image of what an awakened or enlightened person is like, and then try to live up to that image. Living up to an image that you have of yourself or that other people have of you is inauthentic living – another unconscious role the ego plays. So if there is nothing you can do about wakening, if it has either already happened or not yet happened, how can it be the primary purpose of your life? Does not purpose imply that you can do something about it? Only the first awakening, the first glimpse of consciousness without thought, happens by grace, without any doing on your part. If you find this incomprehensible or meaningless, it has not yet happened to you. If something within you responds to it, however, if you somehow recognize the truth in it, it means the process of awakening has begun. Once it has done so, it cannot be reversed, although it can be delayed by the ego. For some people, the reading will initiate the awakening process. For others, the function is to help them recognize that they have already begun to awaken and to intensify and accelerate the process. Another function of this book is to help people recognize the ego within them whenever it tries to regain control and obscure the arising awareness. For some, the awakening happens as they suddenly become aware of the kinds of thoughts they habitually think, especially persistent negative thoughts that they may have been identified with all of their lives. Suddenly there is an awareness that is aware of thought but is not part of it. What is the relationship between awareness and thinking? Awareness is the space in which thoughts exist when that space has become conscious of itself. Once you have had a glimpse of awareness or Presence, you know it firsthand. It is no longer just a concept in your mind. You can then make a conscious choice to be present rather than to indulge in useless thinking. You can invite Presence into your life, that is to say, make space. With the grace of awakening comes responsibility. You can either try to go on as if nothing has happened, or you can see its significance and recognize the arising of awareness as the most important thing that can happen to you. Opening yourself to the emerging consciousness and bringing this light into this world then becomes the primary purpose of your life. “I want to know the mind of God,” Einstein said. “The rest are details.” What is the mind of God? Consciousness. What does it mean to know the mind of God? To be aware. What are the details? Your outer purpose, and whatever happens outwardly. So while you are perhaps still waiting for something significant to happen in your life, you may not realize that the most significant thing that can happen to a human being has already happened within you: the beginning of the separation process of thinking and awareness. Many people who are going through the early stages of the awakening process are no longer certain what their outer purpose is. What drives the world no longer drives them. Seeing the madness of our civilization so clearly, they may feel somewhat alienated from the culture around them. Some feel that they inhabit a no­man's land between two worlds. They are no longer run by the ego, yet the arising awareness has not yet become fully integrated into their lives. Inner and outer purpose have not merged.

Regarding red portion in rehitnama..this need to be properly contextualized, its very basic beginning relative conduct at initial stage out there to help seeker meant to be used as aid - one can refrain from wearing red if color effects their state of mind if we were talk about gunas- red seem to fall in rajogun. Bhai dya singh ji in his rehtinama classify lifestyle of sikh in three different categories- gristhi(rajogun/satogun), behingum(satogun) and akaali nihang(rajogun/balance of satogun/tamas)-soorme to prevent sikhs falling from same pitfalls as many other dharamis sharia panthis have. Our youths seem to be turning some basic contents rehitnamas (due to lack of contexualization, fail see things in stages, different aspects) into crazy anglican christian like ten commandments

I've always wondered whats sikhi position on cloning animals and eventually humans? https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/photos/cloned-animals-dogs-cats-sheep-15300838/image-15301105 I would think its neither for or against it but i may be wrong. Please post your thoughts.

I've split the sakhi into new topic http://www.sikhawareness.com/topic/18799-sakhi-from-uditiya-duniya-of-bhai-sahib-bhai-randir-singh-ji/

- The world is illusion Brahman Alone is Real.mp3

Not sure about above quote but this quote below by Adi Sankarcharaya is compatible and similiar with gurbani updesh: Brahma satyan jagat mithya, jivo brahmaiva naparah The world is illusion, bhraman alone is real. Later he said- world is bhraman. This is compatible with gurmat/gurbani updesh when maharaj says- world is mithiya-false and illusion in shalok nauvan and updesh in asa di var and anand sahib- vahiguru alone is real and eh sansar har ka roop. Both of the teachings above should not be looked at from philosophical stand point only, but also actual direct experience in meditation in stages- one initially starts off as witness consciousness where world seems fogy and unreal floating- world is illusion but witness consciousness position is real- bhraman later when seer and seen- witness and what is being witness collapses into background raw awareness totality- in direct experience itself perception of subject and object ceases only bhraman / har roop remains whatever is seen is bhraman and real.

Awesome simply awesome

This should be downstairs or near the office not anywhere near the galok besides that there is nothing wrong with it. Heck I am all about new technology and new innovations in gurdwara in proper places even wondering about new Android pay option :D

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