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http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/threads/nidhi-ridhi-sidhi.457/ This thread has a discussion. I think the powers just show themselves when you try to do things. Bhai Rama JI in his book says that he was able to foretell things like the weather. These powers come from Waheguru and they sort of help you on your path to further spirituality. These powers follow the people who follow God's commands of regular and devotional prayer. They are at the command - basically they are like slaves to the people who pray regularly. However you are supposed to ignore them as they will hamper the path to further spiritual success. Kabir Ji, Baba Farid Ji dhiya dhiya stories have many examples of these powers - and the bhagats actually just ignored them. Personally reading all about these stories I think has given me a deeper understanding about many things in Sikhi and generally how spirituality works. You may use these powers only if God commands you to use them. I was recently reading a part on Guru Gobind Singh Ji. http://kaur.sikhnet.com/mai-bhago-the-story-you-know-vs-the-story-youll-hear/ Notice how the events unfold in this story with Guru Ji not even once having used any of his powers.

Farlas were used traditionally to identify higher ranking "akali nihangs" over your standard nihangs. Farlas are earnt on merit after demonstarting valour in battle or doing so many years of seva in a Nihang Dal. It's a honour and status that has to be earnt as per traditional Nihang maryada you cannot wear a Farla unless you have earned it and been presented with it.

i think only senior nihamgs and leaders of nihang groups have a farla. selected nihangs are chosen for the farla by the dal. its supposed to represent a nishan sahib on the dastars because beadbi occurs with normal flag nishan sahibs (dropping it etc.) the farla shows that the person is experienced and is good with shastars and knows lots of bani. apologies for my spellings. not the best typer with mobile touchscreens.

What is Nitnem? Nitnem means daily prayers; Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji put a collection of Banees together and ordered his Sikhs to recite them daily. The purpose of nitnem is to keep the soul and mind of the Sikh focused on truth and truthful living. Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji instructed his Sikhs clearly that nitnem is essential (it is a command from guru ji to recite nitnem). Even in the times of battle when the larger number of enemy forces where in hot pursuit of guru ji and his smaller band of Sikhs, guru ji used to stop to perform his nitnem. If you are uneducated in gurkmukhi you should try and learn but the least you can do is listen to nitnem on a cd. Nitnem is the minimal amount of gurbani that a Gursikh should be reciting daily. Really devote Sikhs recite their nitnem and on top may recite sukhmani sahib and asa ki // or even do a sehaj patt from Sri Guru Granth sahib ji. Shaheed Baba Deep Singh at times was known to recite 30 japji sahibs daily. Baba Jarnail Singh Ji Bhindrawale at times recited jaap sahib for 20+ hours daily. Some clowns say that nitnem isn’t important; they are just fools, so who are you going to listen to them or you’re Guru? It’s up to you? A standard routine for Nitnem is to recite Jap ji sahib, jaap sahib, tav Prasad savaiye, chaupai sahib and anand sahib at amritvela (early morning before sunrise). These are also the same banees that are recited while preparing Khanda bata da amrit. In the evening Rehraas sahib is to be recited along with ardaas (standing up), and before going to sleep, the 4 shabads of protection are to be done these take 2 minutes, and kirtan sohila (also the end sloak in japji sahib is also to be recited again) is to be recited. However there is no restriction on when these banees can be listened to or read. Some people state that there is no point in reading or listening to gurbani as we don’t understand it. Sri Guru Har Rai states: “as grease sticks to the pot even when it is emptied, so does the guru’s word stick to the heart. Whether you understand it or not, the word bears the seed of salvation” as your spirituality increases, you will automatically be able to understand gurbani better. But obviously if you learn to understand gurbani you can progress quicker on your spiritual path that is why the damdami taksal was created by Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji, to teach Sikhs the meanings and proper way of reciting gurbani. For a free Nitnem cd contact: sikhcds@yahoo.co.uk, a lot of gutka sahibs that contain the nitnem have the shortened version of the actual nitnem banees, (the British during their raaj in India altered these to weaken the roots of sikhi). Unfortunately most Sikhs are unaware of such tactics; to unsure you get full banees buy a taksali gutka (issued by damdami taksal) These Gutkas contain the same version of banees that are contained in the guktas of Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji and Shaheed Baba Deep Singh ji. There are obviously other gutka, s that do have full banees, but the majority don’t. Most Sikhs will have access to most of the nitnem, but I have seen a lot of gutka sahibs with the shortened versions of rehras sahib (where a lot of dasam bani is missing) and also the four Shabads of protection are missing. The Shabad before the ardass is also missing; the dohra to be recited after the ardass is missing. The best advice I can give is, seriously get hold of a taksali gutka asap. Most Sikhs don’t know that the sloak at the end of jap ji sahib is to be recited again at the end of kirtan sohila, this is an hukam by Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji (it was one of the hukams before he left for sach khand). Also the Four small Shabads of protection which are to be recited at night before kirtan Sohila was a hukam from Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji. Please forgive any mistakes. Please sangat ji take what is being said seriously and recite the full nitnem to obtain Guru Ji, s blessings. Details of the Four Shabads of protection are given below: All the Shabads are from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji: Shabad 1- Start at Sorath mahalaa 5 Ang 626 line 7 to line 10 stopping at the expression, ¦¦2¦¦4¦¦68¦¦ Shabad 2- Start at Bilaaval, mahalaa 5, ang 819 line 15 to line 18 stopping at the expression, ¦¦2¦¦15¦¦79¦¦ Shabad 3- start at Shalok, ang 256 line 13 to end the of shalok stopping at the expression ¦¦1¦¦ Shabad 4- start at Shalok, ang 519 line 8 to the of shalok stopping at the expression ¦¦1¦¦ These Shabads don’t even take 2 minutes to recite, please sangat ji for the sake of two minutes lets not disobey the hukam of Guru Ji. At they end of the day the Shabads are for our protection. Please forgive my mistakes. Waheguru ji ka khalsa, waheguru ji ki fateh. Contact: harpreets12@hotmail.co.uk if u wanna get involved in literature seva

Turns out Fauja Singh was luring women. Video was recently released onto platforms like Twitter.