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that's an amazing portrait...unfortunately i'm having some troubles downloaoding it

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/07/17/superfood-expert-david-wolfe-shares-latest-insights-on-how-to-stay-healthy.aspx My brother introduced me to David Wolfe after finishing Med School. His ideas are truly revolutionary and I'm hoping that they will encourage Sikhs to adopt a more natural, healthier approach to life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ixRqOauq4

keep japping naam. any feelings that come up, any thoughts, just ignore them. keep focusing on naam. keep the mind busy. those feelings will evnetually work themselves out. dont' resist them, don't push them, just ignore them.

why have u changed ur mind??? also, u can always go for short period of time to improve ur jeevan. many singhs luive in west, but keep close relations with mahapurkhs.

HOW does one open both?

taken from: http://khojee.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/defeating-nasal-congestion-and-allergies/ Without stability of the breath it’s nearly impossible to achieve stability of the mind. If you don’t believe me, try doing naam abhyaas while keeping your breathing shallow and uneven. Many are forced to deal with nasal congestion from myriad possible causes in this toxic world. Along with the following suggestions, remember to keep up naam abhyaas. The increased energy that flows through the body will help open up clogged energy channels and also detoxify the body. As always, dass suggests to do nishkaam abhyaas (without worldly desires). All the above happens automatically. If you find it difficult to always jap naam, then jap naam internally, while having gareebi nitnem (track 34-36) constantly playing on your ipod. There is great khich from this uchaaran that I find helps alleviate my nasal congestion. The following suggestions may help in decreasing or even curing your suffering: 1. Use pressure points to help flush the sinuses. Rub them in a circular motion 10 times, and then 10 times again after 10 minutes just to be sure the sinuses have flushed. Too much pressure is not needed, there should be no pain. For more, see mind-energy.net 2. Exercise. It flushes lymph and gets the blood flowing. 3. Smile. Or envision an inner smile, as if your heart is smiling out. I find it helps energy flow. 4. Use the neti pot regularly, especially during allergy season or when you are exposed to irritants. I use it even on days when I feel that I don’t need it to keep the sinuses flushed out. . It really helps with congestion. If you make a habit of using this after being around people who are ill, you’ll get sick less often because you’ll flush out all the germs! I’ve heard using sea salt is better than table salts, we really don’t want extra chemicals up our nose. A more advanced method that you don’t need a neti pot for is to block one nostril, suck up the saline water with the other, and spit it out the mouth. It takes a few tries to get used to this, but it is the superior method. Otherwise, just tilt the head and pour the water down one nostril with the neti pot. Do some fast deep breathing to get rid of excess water from the nose afterwards. Use from 1/4 to 1/2 tsp per 8 oz. cup of warm water. 5. If it gets really bad, just sip a teaspoon or so of Bragg’s apple cider vinegar mixed in a glass of warm water. 6. Regular pranayam helps immensely. I don’t know which method is best, try different ones and feel free to let me know which worked best for you. There’s the breath of fire and kabalphati, and the 9 step bottled wind pranayam. Regular pranayam can actually cure the diseases and restore a person to full health, but it takes serious and regular practice. A work colleague of mothers was told she had only a few months to live. She began determined practice of pranayam and all of her illnesses reversed themselves. Now, at the age of 95, she moves with far greater energy than much younger women! 7. Homeopathic medicine also can cure it. Allergies can have different causes, some people get allergies due to an overload of toxins. It’s the liver’s job to detoxify the body, when it gets overloaded these toxins cause allergies. So naturopaths recommend a colon cleanse, followed by a liver cleanse may be able to reverse this. The colon cleanse needs to come first otherwise the liver will be continually detoxifying junk from the colon that should have been put out of the body! Triphala can be found in most Indian stores for the colon. Usana’s Hepa Plus is a great liver detoxifier. So are products containing milk thistle. I’ll leave it to you to research other ways to do this as I’m not aware of them all. Some do liver and gallbladder flushes, I haven’t tried that. 8. Some use over the counter allergy drugs during the allergy season to keep symptoms in check. They don’t solve the problem but at least they allow people to function. It’s important to cycle these every month or else they lose effectiveness. 9. There are vidhian (techniques) to resolve long term health ailments in Sharda Pooran Granth. You can download it from http://www.scribd.com/khojee-wordpress-com. Let me know if you need a translation. 10. There are all sorts of helpful supplements. Stinging Nettle helps some people, but only if you get a good name brand. Poor name brands are often worthless. Just keep researching as there will likely be new supplements popping up from time to time. Since no one is willing to pay for a scientific study on these, the best way to evaluate their effectiveness is to test them on someone you know or to look to a trusted source to see if they have tested them. Now brand and Jarrow Formulas are known to be generally decent quality brands. Pau d’Arco is also an effective supplement. 11. Eliminate or reduce all suger, milk, and grain products (more refined grains are worse). This will give huge relief and reduce resha (mucous). 12. Eat more fruits and veggies. I find bitter greens like bitter melon (karella) very helpful. When the body is in a more alkaline state, allergies have less of an effect on us, inflammation is reduced, and our overall health is much better. For sample diets see Dr. Fuhrman’s Eat to Live. 13. Also, find out what you are allergic to. What time of day are those pollens most active? That’s the best time to stay inside. 14. For deeper information on this and other health issues, readBhagat ji’s Health pothi. I have tried all of the above, and can affirm to you that they work. The only thing I haven’t done is use a viddhi from Sharda Pooran granth or from Mukt Marag granth as my allergies are not that bad anymore. However, from past experience, the viddhis do work and have cured dass’s severe insomnia.

Baba Thakur Singh ji and BAba MAnochahal pushed hard for sikhs to vote in the elections, but they were blind and refused to listen. then we had one the election of tyrants by a minority of punjab who actually bothered to vote. And then one of history's most brutal genocides of sikhs.

so basically... correct me if I'm wrong here, but it seems that Balbir Singh is saying that you need a sadh, someone who has knowledge of his own soul, to guide you on this path and in understanding Gurbani.

hagakure

to be honest, the real spiritual tests are out here as well. a lot of times in deras, we think we'll meet all spiritually advanced people or serious people, but the truth is, there are all sorts living in deras too, even if the dera is in line with Gurmat. many of the people who can't hack it in the real world, go and join deras/monastaries for that reason. i don't mean to disappoint you, but you should be aware of the reality before you take off. that being said, living in a dera for awhile is excellent to build up one's discipline, as it can be hard to build it up by one's self. there are a number of deras out there in line with gurmat. there was actually a thread on sikhsangat about aslee sants not too long ago, i imagine most of those would meet your criteria as well. i've heard that baba thakur singh ji bhindrenvale said that jogayvale sant, baba santokh singh ji joti saroop wale, and jathedar kulwant singh ji of takht hazoor sahib are all gurmukh avastha wale sants. baba ajit singh ji hansali wale is also bhramgiani. that all being said, what is your reason for wanting to live in a dera, if you don't mind me asking? sometimes the reason a person feels no progress is b/c they push themselves too hard, and don't relax.

very nice, thank you.

the buying and selling of women has also increased due to female foeticide. men in many provinces, particularly haryana and punjab, cannot find wives b/c of the abnormal sex ratio. so they buy wives kidnapped from other areas instead.

I don't see any ads on this site at all. One way to get more hits is to have more incoming links from other sites to SA.

it was women themselves who promoted the anti-religion, anti-family, and anti-male agenda of modern feminism. it is also women who continue to push the idea that women are biologically (at the level of mind) same as men. although i don't doubt many men cheered sexual ''liberation''. Although that movement also resulted in men becoming emasculated and losing their own identity, their own role vis a vis women.

hukam. and as a way of showing respect.

makes sense. but today, sullay's immediate aim is massive harm to the enmey. they know they cannot take over. if they could, they would try, just like the anglos.

The ultimate charitter is how feminism spread its evil tentacles and its double standards throughout academe and the business world!!

bani gives santokh.

he didn't mention specifics like that. but how could it not??

looking at modern interpretations such as behaviour (flirtign, hugging) and paintings is not a good way to understand gurmat. many modern people just look for excuses to follwo their own mann marji. women and men have different energies. that's why they are supposed to sit separate. sometimes a particular woman and particular man may have a very compatible energy, and if they sit near each other, even if they don't look at each other, their attention may be quite easily diverted from god. people should always have head covered in gurdwara, doesn't matter if they understand or not. if you had to understand everythng before doing it then people would need to read a short manual before coming into a gurdwara. at home, you can listen to bani with head uncovered if you want. my advice, is keep head covered as much as possible, but to air out kesh etc there's nothign wrong with that. it's geneerally better, imo, to have head covered when listening to bani as it's more respectful.

if you really want to learn ''the secret''. look up 'the deeper secret' on scribd. also, pray to always remember god, and every time i would ask for more nishkaam simran.

too much of a good thing can indeed make a person tired. i have seen one time a sant kept giving bachans to a singh, tons of kirpa, the singh was overwhelmed, asked the sant to stop. too much kirpa can also be hard for a person to handle.

very nice, keep them coming please

should also add, that the Gursevak.com site has been updated.