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1 Million Sri Mool Mantar Sahib Jaaps Current Total ✿✿✿✿ 1,005,938 ✿✿✿✿ Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Pyaare Guru Roop Sangat Jeo, With Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jeo Maharajs infinite blessings, Guru pyaari Sangat Ji has been able to complete the task set by Maharaj! :happy: We started marching towards His lotus feet with the hope that He will get his task done by Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Maharaj's Parkaash Diwas, it looked like a big task at the time but His kirpa is so beant that rather than marching, we actually started running towards Him instead :happy: :L: This reminds me of Bhai Gurdas Ji's Famous Vaar: Charan saran Gur ek painda jaaeh chal, Satgur kot paindaa aageh hoeh layt hai If you take one step towards the Guru, The Guru will take millions of steps to welcome you. I'm really sorry Guru Roop Sangat Jeo am horrible at making speeches , please forgive me for that. I just pray that Maharaj blesses us with the dust of the feet of everyone who has contributed towards this beautiful karaj so that moorakhs like myself can also start moving forward :happy: Guru Roop Sangat Jeo, this moorakh will add the jaaps you have done, it would be nice if you can also suggest what we should be doing next? :happy: ਮੇਰੇ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮਾ ਮੈ ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥ O my Beloved, I have no one except You. ਮੈ ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਭਾਵਈ ਤੂੰ ਭਾਵਹਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ Without You, nothing else pleases me. Loving You, I am at peace. ||1||Pause|| Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi!!! Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Guru Roop Sangat Jeo, Veerji had suggested that we all do 1 million Sri Mool Mantar Sahib jaaps for the Chardi Kalaa of the Panth and Sarbat Da Bhalaa. So please lets get together as one and contribute as much as we can towards this beautiful cause!! The post is in GUPT section as you can see, this is to provide anonymity to those who wish to remain gupt when performing the seva. This is how it is going to work: Just do as many Sri Mool Mantar Sahib jaaps as you can, then come and create a simple post in this thread specifying the amount (kamai) you have done. Dass and/or other sewadars will add up the jaaps , and post the total here so we all know how the progress is going. You dont need to worry about the old posts, sewadars will count and deal with old posts as required. That's it, its as simple as that! Please, let's just spare at least a few minutes everyday towards this cause, it is hoped everyone will actively participate in this effort!! 1, 2 , 108, it doesnt matter! :D Sri Guruji knows it all!! Oh, and this thread is going to be a sticky, so you dont need to worry about locating it ever! :happy: Gurfateh! PS: Benti - If posting jaaps as 'gupt', just post ONCE, don't worry if your post does not appear immediately as any guest posts have to be approved before they can be allowed.. Anyway, rest assured your post WILL be counted, so please just HIT ONCE . And if your post is deleted by any chance, you can be sure that your kamai has been counted and added! PS: Some members have been asking of ways to count the jaaps. Well, there are obviously many ways, but i thought i list some of the more common ones, plus a few cool tips for the gadget freaks too Dont start throwing bricks at me for telling the obvious, some of us might actually find it useful! Ok, here we go: 1. Maala: Common sizes are 108 beads, 54 beads and 27 beads. Sikhs dont believe in rudrakhsh or tulsi maalas. Material of maala is irrelevant, what matters is the love for God. It could be anything, Sarabloh, wood, plastic, wool etc. 2. Tally Counter: You can buy these from poundland, or from any stationary/toy store. Really cheap, and discreet! Keep it in your pocket and do gupt jaap! 3. Fingers: Use your fingers if you are in the public or dont have any mala around. 1 cycle is usually of 12 jaaps, if you repeat that 9 times, it complete 1 full mala of 108 jaaps. Easy! Waheguru! :happy: 4. Pencil and paper: I used to find it effective during lectures Do 4 vertical and 1 diagonal line crossing them 4, thats 5 jaaps per set! do as many as you want! 5. Mobile phones: This is one of my favs! Almost every phone has the ability to add additional software to it. Since we keep our mobile phone on us almost all the time, it means we have got a mala with us all the time too! :happy: Those of us with iphones, android, symbian etc. phones can search for 'mala' or 'rosary' in the app market. Here are some cool ones: For iphone: iMala: For Android Users: CountIT: Symbian users can look for similar apps in the OVI store, im sure you will find something! So there we have it! Of course, there are millions other ways to count, find whichever method you are most comfortable with. The only point of all this is to increase our capacity to recite naam/mool mantar more and more, till the time we reach that 'rom rom har dhiaveh' avastha, we wont be needing any of these crutches then. But till then, we have to hold the stick to learn how to walk, right?

Nindyia ‘I am better then you’ attitude The moment a person logs on to a discussion forum, they get filled with this sense of power because no one can know the real them and they can be whoever they want to be. A person that is horrible in real life, the internet can make them sound like they are sweetest most genuine person on Earth. The sweetest person can turn into the worst person. It is the weirdest thing, it’s like the fake id, turns us into a fake person. Some of us start off on the internet with a good purpose, wanting to learn more about Sikhi but it does not take long for us to lose sight of that purpose. Today on any given medium of discussion, Sikhs have resorted to Nindyia to uplift themselves. It is no longer about learning, about becoming a better person; it is about being right at any cost. To prove ourselves right we resort to nindyia of the opposite sex, different groups of Sikhs and other religions. The moment any one mentions the weakening state of Sikhi, the blame game starts between the Singhs and the Kaurs. The Singhs feel that it’s because women aren’t teaching the children the right morals and are marrying non-Sikhs. The Kaurs feel that it’s because the Singhs aren’t taking a stance and staying firm in their Sikh and granting equal rights as stated in Sikhi. Both the Singhs and the Kaurs are right, we have examples to prove both right in our community. But that’s not the point. This matter could be solved and we could be working towards a stronger Sikhi community, if we worked together. But no we aren’t working together; we aren’t even talking about the issues. Every time any issue comes up, we started dragging the other sex down, to make ourselves look better. We need to look past the gender and state that we have an issue and work together as a team to fix it. Sikhs are lucky to have so many groups that work so hard to help us become better people, better Sikhs. We are lucky to have them but we are unlucky that they don’t collaborate together to make Sikhi stronger. They work with Sikhs as individuals and not with Sikhs as a whole. Our Sikh organizations need to get on the same page and set standards for the Sikhi community as a whole, so no one can divide us. But they don’t do that and frustrated members of different organizations are constantly doing nindyia of one another. It seems every organization has a problem with one practice or another of the other one and vice versa. Individual Sikhs need to rise above nindiya of one another and focus on the positive sides. If you do have a problem with how a particular Sikh does something, have a discussion with them on that practice, without accusing and 9 out of 10 times you probably can find something to agree on that would solve the problem. Doing nindyia or accusing people or groups will get us nowhere and that unwanted practice will just grow. Nindyia divides our community, talking things out and mutual respect brings our community together. Let us stop nindiya based on what group the Sikh belongs and focus on uniting all Sikhs. Nindyia not only divides us as a community but also diminishes our standing amongst other religions of the worlds. In a recent trend that can be seen online on most discussion forums, Sikhs have started resorting to doing nindyia of different religions to try and make Sikhism look better. But in their attempts to make Sikhism look better, they are taking away from the creditability of Sikhism. I believe in two golden rules: 1. if someone does against something against Sikhs, confront them, don’t talk behind their back and 2. If someone has an issue in their religion that has nothing to do with Sikhism, ignore it, there are enough issues to deal with Sikhism. In both scenarios there is no need to do nindyia because Sikhism should be above it and is above it. Sikhism is a great religion on its own and can stand strong without putting anyone down. As Sikhs we should have the guts to deal with issues heads on and have the knowledge not to put down the traditions of different religions. That’s what being a saint-soldier is all about. To be a true Saint-Soldier we must avoid nindiya of the opposite sex, other Sikhs/ Sikhs groups and other religions. Many times amidst doing nindiya, you’ll find Sikhs asking why the people in the wrong are in chardikala and the good Sikhs struggling. It is because instead of confronting the issue, we talked bad and took their sins on our heads. Every time we talk bad about someone we are washing away their sins. The people in the wrong are usually too busy to give a hoot about us, that leaves us filled with our sins and the sins we took on by doing nindyia of others. With so much sins we take on unnecessarily, how are we supposed to stay in chardikala? Stop doing Nindiya, look within yourself and watch your life improve. Sikh Panth chardikala, here we come!

From Kaur to Princess Becoming True to Ones Name It is easy to brag about how our last name means princess but it is very hard to become that princess. All my life, I have explained to people what Kaur means but I never understood myself. Does a girl become a princess by perfectly styled hair, jewelry, make up, dress and an attitude to match? Or does a girl become a princess by her actions? What is more important look, actions or both? I spent 20 years of my life chasing after the beauty queen look so I can be princess just like my name suggests. Fortunately (at the time unfortunately) for me my parents were against make up, cutting hair, revealing clothes and just about everything that I believe would make me glamorous. My parents were against it but that didn’t stop me from trying, after all I had to live up to my name. For 20 years I tried to do whatever possible to look like a princess. But I never achieved nothing more than becoming daddy’s little princess, just like every other girl. Then I meet a true Kaur that taught me showed me what being a princess is all about. Tall and proud she stood in a crowded room where no one else could even compare to her. She was one of the three turbaned women in the room that day but yet, she was nothing like the others. She had on the simplest white bana, turban (no ornaments) and easy smile. I knew I wanted to be like her and approached her to ask her secret, how did she become a princess? I asked question after question and she just smiled, laughed and answered each question. I quickly learned she had discovered Sikh less than a year and immersed herself so deeply into it that she wore her bana and turban at all times. I had been a Sikh for 20 years and had never worn the bana or a turban. She was going to take amrit after having been a Sikh for less than a year. I had been a Sikh for 20 years, considered taking Amrit but had never been so passionate about it, not like her. Talking to her that day, made me realize she was the true daughter of Guru Gobind Singh Ji and I was just an imposter. I wanted to be a princess, a true daughter of Guru Gobind Singh Ji and I knew I couldn’t do it alone. I asked this princess to give me a crown, a turban of my own. The next week she showed up to Gurudwara Sahib with enough turban material to tie turbans on the whole Punjabi class. That day only two students had the desire to receive the beautiful gift she brought; luckily I was one of them. After that she came just one more week and helped me tie my turban. In those two weeks the sangat got used to seeing me in a turban and I got scared of going turban less to the Gurudwara for people might think I was just doing it to impress my new friend. So every Sunday for about a month or two I would tie a turban and if it didn’t work out nice, I would just cover with my chuni. After Gurudwara Sahib I would head to work in my bana and talk to my customers about Sikhi and the turban. I became the Sunday Sikh. The Sangat didn’t mind but my customers quickly caught up and questioned my Sunday Sikh appearance and attitude. I was still an imposter, still not a princess. So, I started wearing the turban a couple times a week. I figured it’s hard to wear a turban because it comes with great responsibility. Every time I tie it, I have to always smile, be kind, live up to Sikhi like Guru Ji wanted us to and pretty much be the perfect princess. It is not easy work being a princess and I just wasn’t ready for it. It is easy to look like a princess but hard to become a true princess. As I struggled to wear my turban every day and act like a true princess, the good sikh sangat in my life began pestering me about reading my nitnem. Slowly but surely with help of the good sangat in my life I incorporated nitnem in my life and with the encouragement from the customers at work, I incorporated the turban as my daily wear. I took a big step towards becoming a princess by doing that. The Nitnem brought a change within me and the bana supported the change on the outside. Without even realizing it, when I least expected it, I became a princess. I am not a full-fledged princess of Guru Gobind Singh Ji yet because I have not received the blessings of Amrit to officially proclaim me a princess. But I am a princess in training that is almost ready to be blessed. Today a random stranger came up to me and said I looked like a princess because of the beautiful turban on my head. Here is random stranger that has no clue who Sikhs are, what the turban means but still knows it transforms a Kaur into a princess. I am sorry Guru Ji that I came so late to you and wasted 20 years of the precious life you gave me being the false princess. Guru Ji, please bless me with Amrit soon and allow me to remain a true princess for life.

Slave of His Slaves The path to true Blessings Guru Granth Sahib Ji tells us, “I am the slave of His slaves; becoming the dust of the feet of his slaves, I serve His humble servants.” (ang 529) After listening to this, every Sikh is filled with desire and hope to become that slave. Many of us feel that we are not lucky enough to meet great saints, we regularly pray to Waheguru Ji to grant us the opportunity. But where do we find His servants, how do we serve his servants and what do they offer us in return? Having grown up as a Sikh, I was fortunate to go to the Gurudwara Sahib Ji regularly and do sangat with great Sikhs. As a child I had this notion in my head that if I performed a service for one of these Great Sikhs that sing Kirtan, they would bless me and I would live happily ever after. I never got the chance to do my great service and receive my blessings. As I grew up, I learned that doing kirtan or dressing like a holy person doesn’t make you a great Sikh; it’s your actions. After talking to some friends, I decided I wanted to move to Harmandir Sahib Ji and serve Sikhs that come there. Everyone comes to Harmandir Sahib Ji; I was bound to run into some great Sikhs. I was so busy looking, planning that I never looked at those closest to me. Waheguru Ji had sent a great Sikh for me to serve since the first time I even thought about it, I just never noticed. For twelve long years I ignored this great Gursikh and wondered why Waheguru Ji does not bless me with the chance to be a slave of His slave. This Gursikh lived in house next door and later when we moved, so did the Gursikh. This Gursikh was my aunt’s mom; someone whom I wished was my grandmother because I thought she was perfect grandma to her grandkids. I never saw her for the great Gursikh she was and even resented her when I realized she could never be my grandma (as a child I thought she was always visiting her grandkids too much and not spending enough time with me). Foolish as I was I never realized what a great Gursikh I had the chance to serve. Here was this lady that was always doing Naam Simran, almost never missed nitnem, lived in rehat and had all the qualities of Gursikh that Guru Gobind Singh Ji had told us. The only time she missed Nitnem was when she was unconscious in hospital and even then cried for days and presented herself to Panj Pyare for missing her nitnem and retook amrit. At the time whatever little service I did for her was to make her my grandma, I had my real grandma’s but they weren’t as close as she was, so I had to have her. She never did become my grandma but that was because I had asked Waheguru Ji for a Great Gursikh to serve, not Grandma. It took me twelve years but with help of Gurbani and blessings of Waheguru Ji, I finally got to serve this servant of His. I was at a dinner party and having quickly grown weary of the conversations and snuck away to an empty bedroom and started doing some research on Sikhi. To my great annoyance at the moment, this lady showed up in the room shortly after me and started going on about how she was unable to sit because her back hurt. I asked her to lay down on the bed and rest and tried to continue to study Sikhi. She wouldn’t stop, so I debated whether to ignore her or leave the room. Then suddenly Waheguru Ji blessed me and I thought of a third thing to do. I told her to lie down and I would massage her back. She protested but I was firm and soon instead of complaining about being in pain, she started talking about Sikhi with me. She told me how she came into Sikhism; how Sikhi grew to be her life and most importantly she blessed me. She told me how she has always blessed me since the day we meet because she knew one day I would be a good Sikh. I sat there massaging her back in shock that I was blessed all along but I never listened. All the time I was serving her for my selfish reasons and here she was blessing me. She fell asleep talking while I massaged her back but I didn’t stop massaging because I finally found His servant. The moment we stop thinking about ourselves and personal gains, Waheguru Ji lets us see His servants and allows us to be worthy of truly serving them with a clean heart. It is because she was there blessing me all along that I found her and found Sikhi. Yes, it is others that inspired me to become a true Sikh because with her blessings she had planted the seed that others that would come into my life would water and make it grow. Waheguru Ji thank you for opening my eyes to the Gursikhs around me and being very patient with me. Please allow me to keep serving your servants, so that one day soon, I can be blessed with Amrit. <br style=""> <br style="">

================================================================================= waheguru ji ka khalsa, waheguru ji ki fateh! 5 evils, panj chor(lust(kaam), anger(krodh), greed(lobh), attachement(moh), pride(hankaar)) Is this what you are referring to as 5 evils? If so, then brother, it is hard for anybody to say that they are free from these 5 evils. In one's home, in one's family, outside in the street, in your estate in your city wherever you go it is easy to see the panj chor have almost total power in this world. I say almost because gursikhs, those rare people, the ones who follow dhan, dhan, guru granth sahib ji and obey the hukams of guru ji, the 5 evils drop at their feet, the 5 evils become the slaves of those individuals. Only by reading and understanding gurbani can we recognise and then fight the 5 chor. Where else is this vital information contained, i have only found this in guru granth sahib ji. I don't think you can 'commit' the 5 evils as you say but rather I think you can indulge or get absorbed in these evils. We need to keep the 5 evil evils under control as best we can. How? Read and do paath of gurbani, this is definitely the best medicine to cure the disease of panj chor. The less we indulge in panj chor, the less we are attached to worldly things and the more we obey the bachans(commandents) of guru sahib then the more virtuous we will become. By reading paath, keeping rehit and doing naam simran we will automatically and easily obtain the 5 virtues:- Sat(Truth), Santokh(Contentment), Daya(Compassion), Nimrata(Humility), Pyar(Love). I think all of us have committed mistakes and fallen down on this path but that is due to our own weaknesses. Remember whatever virtues we have we must retain those virtues. Don't return to bad habits just because we make one mistake. One mistake doesn't mean we become demons. Let's analyse our weakness, what is the source of our weakness and with the aid of gurbani we can eliminate this weakness from our lives. The shabad(gurbani) is the weapon we can use to destroy panj chor. Let's use it! May Guru Ji bless us with his kirpa(mercy) so we become virtuous! Stay in Chardi Kala! Dhan, Dhan, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji! Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!!

you do paath, then ardass and then take a hukamnama sikhs don't believe in the parchi system.

Waheguru Ji Ka khalsa, Waheguru Ji ki Fateh! Thank You, Veer Ji. i will check Sikhstuff.com out.

this guy is not only speaking in the most disgusting language I have ever heard but he sounds drunk too. If the gurudwara Committee does not take action against him and he still allowed inside a Gurughar after this, then we might as will not call our selfs sikhs anymore. Request to all my brothers and sisters to please forward this link and information to all the sikhs you know and get people aware of the issue with the evidence to back it up, too force the committee and other sikh leaders to act.

Veer Ji, Waheguru Ji loves all of us, regardless of how idiotic we might act at times. But does that mean we should take advantage of his love? Dishonor the hair given by him? Is that how we return the love?Its like our parents they love us regardless of how stupid we act and in return we try to keep them happy. For example: You flunk out of school, your parents are going to be really mad and they are going to make you go back to school and try harder but they aren't going to stop loving you. The same goes with Waheguru Ji is going to be disappointed if you called yourself a Sikh but flunked out of Sikhi by doing everything that was against Sikhi (like cutting your hair), then he is going to make you go through lots of rebirths before he makes you human again to retry. Wouldn't things be so much simpler if we just tried harder the first time to please Him because he loves us? Instead of trying to take advantage of the fact he would love us regardless? Also, speaking of school. A lot of people have a hard time with school and don't want to go but majority of people are grateful in the end for going to school. So today you might find it hard to keep your hair, be a good sikh but Veer Ji, tomorrow I promise you you'll be grateful.

veer ji, if the purpose of hair was just to make us stand apart, why would Waheguru Ji give hair to everyone? The difference between sikhs and rest of the world, that makes us stand apart, we bow to Waheguru Ji and accept everything he gives us. Including our hair. By cutting even one hair, you are disrespecting Waheguru and not accepting him. And that is not a sikh

much much worse yet to come... all we can do is simran and watch the kehd take place

this is just the start. more to follow Naturally,Economically,Poltically,Socially.....

No it's definately getting worse, Most of it is behind the scenes now. And theres more black magic and horrific activities going on in the world than most people can comprehend, esp in western countries.

Okay, that sounded a bit conceited. I am a firm believer that waheguru has much kirpa on everyone, we just choose not to see it at times. So I always like to say out loud or type outloud that he has kirpa on me, so i never forget and never become ungrateful. believe me I am in the second category too. Waheguru Ji is just to merciful and i am just to unworthy.

I just couldn't enjoy it....maybe it was the fact that they didn't follow any of the teachings of Sant Ji and cut their hair. I don't get it, why tie a dastar, if you don't have any khes?

bleach, use a little bleach and it should do the trick.

yeah, it is my true life story. And yes, Waheguru Ji has much kirpa on me.

I think you are confused about what Chatanga Veer ji is trying to get at. He is asking you to state why you thinkin Sikhi is different then Hinduism and any other religion.....what makes it orginal? Veer ji, it is very easy to bash someone, to get upset but it is hard to stand up for what you believe. You believe Sikhi is not like Hinduism, then tell us why. Don't just tell us what people are saying but also tell us what you are saying that is different.

Waheguru Ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji ki Fateh! Veer Ji, Please don't cut your hair or trim it or anything of the sorts. I know its tempting but don't do it. Just remind yourself waheguru put the hair there for a reason. We might not know it but if there wasn't a reason, we wouldn't have it. Isn't it better to be safe, then sorry? Just trust Waheguru and don't cut it. I am a girl and have spent most my life being insecure about my hair before I started walking this path. I know what it feels like. I use to hate my long hair and on top of that i had horrible facial hair. All I wanted more then anything was a cute haircut and laser hair removal on the facial hair. But Sikhi helped me accept myself, for who I am. I don't even notice my hair anymore and wouldn't dream of cutting it. Please accept everything Waheguru Ji gives you and don't change it. You might struggle with it today but tomorrow when Waheguru Ji helps you understand, you will be very grateful you didn't mistake of cutting them. Sorry, If I said anything wrong. Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Pyaare Guru Roop Sangat Jeo, With Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jeo Maharajs infinite blessings, Guru pyaari Sangat Ji has been able to complete the task set by Maharaj! :happy: We started marching towards His lotus feet with the hope that He will get his task done by Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Maharaj's Parkaash Diwas, it looked like a big task at the time but His kirpa is so beant that rather than marching, we actually started running towards Him instead :happy: :L: This reminds me of Bhai Gurdas Ji's Famous Vaar: Charan saran Gur ek painda jaaeh chal, Satgur kot paindaa aageh hoeh layt hai If you take one step towards the Guru, The Guru will take millions of steps to welcome you. I'm really sorry Guru Roop Sangat Jeo am horrible at making speeches , please forgive me for that. I just pray that Maharaj blesses us with the dust of the feet of everyone who has contributed towards this beautiful karaj so that moorakhs like myself can also start moving forward :happy: Guru Roop Sangat Jeo, this moorakh will add the jaaps you have done, it would be nice if you can also suggest what we should be doing next? :happy: ਮੇਰੇ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮਾ ਮੈ ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥ O my Beloved, I have no one except You. ਮੈ ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਭਾਵਈ ਤੂੰ ਭਾਵਹਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ Without You, nothing else pleases me. Loving You, I am at peace. ||1||Pause|| Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi tuhi!!!

Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji message to NASA Beat you to it…. There have been claims that an English translation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji finds itself at home at NASA and that the NASA scientist turn to Guru Ji for inspiration. NASA has been quiet on this issue and there is no information available if any of the claims are true. Search of the internet did not yield much result about the connection between the two but did lead to an interesting discovery about Sikhs. Some Sikhs feel that somehow having confirmation that Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji does have a place in NASA, would make Sikhism superior to other religions. This connection that has popped up between NASA and Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is not there to fill Sikhs with false pride. It is not for us to run around trying to confirm it, so we can brag about it. This connection is yet another reminder for all Sikhs what a priceless treasure Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is for anyone that is willing to listen. NASA wastes millions of dollars trying to answer questions Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji answers for frees for anybody that is willing to listen with an open mind and an open heart. Some of those questions are: “How vast is the universe?" “How was it created?” “How will it end?” In Jap Ji Sahib Ji we read every morning “There are planets, solar systems and galaxies. If one speaks of them, there is no limit, no end. There are worlds upon worlds of His Creation. As He commands, so they exist. He watches over all, and contemplating the creation, He rejoices. Nanak says, to describe this is as hard as steel!” While NASA is busy trying to find out the vastness of the universe, Guru Ji reminds us daily. Every time NASA finds a new planet or makes any new discoveries, Sikhs shouldn’t be shocked because Guru Ji already told us that there is no limit. Sikhs should be shocked if NASA ever claims; they have discovered everything there is to discover. Even then just wait a few years and they’ll run into something new. Why do we need NASA to confirm the importance of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and the message it sends to the Sikhs daily, when daily Guru Ji confirms the existence of NASA? Before NASA or anyone else could even begin to explain how the universe came into play, Guru Ji explained it to the Sikhs. "From this primal void, came the moon, the sun and the earth....From this primal void, the earth and the Akaashic Ethers were created....From this primal void, came the four sources of creation, and the power of speech....They were created from the void, and they will merge into the void....." Science to date struggles to figure out how and why universe was created but it does agree that everything was created out a void of some sorts (the big bang theory). But Every theory that is explored they run into the same questions; why and how? Guru Ji agrees with Science that for the longest time there was nothing and that the universe grew out of that nothingness. But unlike science Guru Ji does not create doubts on anything He tells the Sikhs with confidence this is how things are; "There was darkness for countless years. There was neither earth nor sky; there was only His Will. There was neither day nor night, neither sun nor moon. He (God) was in deep meditation. There was nothing except Himself.". How can NASA confirm the importance of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, when NASA itself can’t confirm how the universe was created? NASA does not know how it was created and it does not know how it will end but Guru Ji tells his Sikhs everything. "Night and day, and the stars in the sky shall vanish. The sun and the moon shall vanish. The mountains, the earth, the water and the air shall pass away. Only the Word of the Holy Saint shall endure." So long before science was there to warn us that we were going to run out of our natural resources, Guru Ji warned us. There have been theories in the past about the Sun cooling down and the brightness of it vanishing, science is still not so sure about it. At the rate we our polluting the earth, it won’t be long till we run out of drinkable water and clean air to breath. Guru Ji told us everything science is telling us, only Guru Ji told us hundreds of years before anyone could even begin imagining it. When the world ends, will it matter if NASA had confirmed the importance of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji? No one can confirm the importance of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji by turning to it for inspiration. It is useless to even think about NASA turning to Guru Ji. Instead we should think about why, why if it doesn’t matter, this came up? Waheguru Ji didn’t bring this topic to light to raise the Sikhs above everyone else. He brought it to give us a slap in the face and wake us up. To open our eyes to the priceless treasure we have in the form of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Guru Ji answers many questions NASA can’t and yet we listen more carefully to NASA then Guru Ji. This is a reminder to all Sikhs, turn to Guru Granth Sahib Ji and you’ll never need to look elsewhere or need any confirmation.

Gurfateh please add 700 jaaps sewa for yesterday and 550 for today!! thank you:) *waheguru waheguru waheguru waheguru, added pyaareo *

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Ik Oankar Satgur Parsad! Sri Bhagauti Ji Sahae! Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa! Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh! History is in the making as 96 Krori Jathedar Baba Joginder Singh will be travelling to the U.K for the purposes of preserving and promoting the history and traditions of the Akali Nihang Singh Khalsa. They will be arriving via Heathrow tommorrow 11am and will be on a tight schedule for the short time that they are here.