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  1. Perfect reasons to NOT vote for Rev. Jermiah Wright as President of the United States. Who actually 100% listens to spiritual advisors? Look at our community, every weekend at Gurdwara the Gyani gives a lecture on how Sikhs should keep Kesh ... yet every week there are less Sikhs keeping kesh. Remember that time Gyani Bagri made a statement that it was time to kill a thousand hindus for what they did in 1984? Should that sermon from a pastor ruin the legitimatization of the people in attending, when they had no idea he was going to speak those words? I disagree. Also, thank God that not everyone fully believes in their Gyani's/Pastors ... otherwise someone would have actually went out and killed thousands of innocent people. Obama graduated from Harvard. Rev Wright is a lunatic. What about the white pastors ? When they, you know, perform "deeds" with little boys, that gain so much publicity ... Do we then claim that all the preacher's followers believe that it's OKAY to perform the said deeds? I hope you'll answer NO. Don't vote for Jermiah Wright for President, vote for Barack Obama.
  2. So from what I gathered from the article... some of these people have been captured / detained PRIOR to the march even taking place simply for a "future involvement in disrupting law and order" ? And then more were detained later when the protest march actually tried to take place? that seems like minority report to me... Punjab Police at its finest. I also really like the user's comment who posted "Mahtma Gandhi would be rolling in his grave right now. How can we not have a peaceful protest march in his democracy?" I feel someone needs to get that last portion of the sentence onto a poster and display it all over india/punjab. The general public may then understand the woes of these Sikh activists.
  3. Who are we to determine which has a higher soul? A plant or an animal? Debating the heirarchy of what souls are more important to god, when we are NOT god IS A WASTE OF TIME. ^^^ WoW
  4. I watched this video, and now I'm going to eat some prime cut steak. Not all meat is prepared that way, just a lot that goes into the "fast food system". Just like not all food is grown organically. BE AGAINST THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF ANIMALS. BE AGAINST THE INDUSTRY -- NOT THE ACTUAL PRACTICE OF EATING MEAT. I was more disgusted when my mom put a seed into the beautiful mother nature Earth, watered it and took care of it for 2 months, as if it were her child, only to rip it out with one pull, throw it on the kitchen counter, and repeatedly bash it and grind it into infinitesmal pieces. Who are we to determine which has a higher soul? A plant or an animal? Debating the heirarchy of what souls are more important to god when we are NOT god IS A WASTE OF TIME. BE AGAINST THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF NATURAL LIFE (regardless if it be plants or animals) FOR MERE PROFIT OF A COMPANY. I wonder why you guys still eat plants.
  5. Once again, I'll share my family story for those who diss "trimsters". It's not about being part-time as it is one seeing the potential of someone atleast keeping a pugh that they may keep their full hair later on in life. My dad was raised and he trimmed his dhari, so did his father, it was just something you did. My parents aren't religious at all. When my father moved to the states, the first thing he heard was people telling him to lose the pugh, it would get him a job easier. The second thing he heard, was people in gurdwara telling him to lose the pugh, because he already trimmed his dhari. How do you think that makes an individual feel? I really wonder if the Gursikh youth who talk down to trimsters feel as if they are helping? Regardless of that, my father kept his pugh because "it was just something you do." They hardly taught me anything regarding sikhi, or why i tied a patka. I went to school, and they wanted to cut my hair after 9/11 and me being a lower-classmen in high school at the time. I was also kicked off the basketball team for tying a patka for 2 seasons in a row. Before that incident in my life, I kept a patka because it was something you do. When i was given the option to cut it, I kept it, because i was accustomed to it, and it felt a part of me. I'm much older now, and by all means, I don't consider myself a Sikh at all (im more of an atheist), but I am the first person in 3 generations of my family, and the only one in my family, that keeps a full dhari and a pugh. I will also be the first person in unknown time to take amrit in my family. The sole reason why i kept a joora while i was younger was because my father had one, and my mother tied a patka on me everyday before school started. If my father would have cut his hair, like the gur-sikhs in the gurdwara or the random punjabis had recommended him to do so, I would have never kept it. 4 other members of my extended family now, are growing full dharis (all from parents who trim their dhari, or were individuals who had previously trimmed) You guys need to understand what potential is, and not be so quick to judge someone on their level of "full time or part time" sikhi. Once you tie a pugh, its a lot easier to move up the ladder than starting from the bottom. Reading this forum is almost like a turn-off from sikhi. It's almost as if the more religious people get, the more judgmental they become.
  6. This sounds a little far-fetched and abstract. It's simply putting "God" in the place where we "lack knowledge." Just because we do not know an answer, does not mean God created it. And if God created evolution and millions of years later humans were born, we have no need to meditiate/think/pray/connect with God. I feel like Sikhi really doesn't try to answer this question. GGS is a book of life, not a history book.
  7. This response always humors me for some reason...
  8. Good read. thanks for typing that up =) I'm an atheist, I keep a turban and beard :wub: oh, how often I find myself daydreaming about a mere number of hours with one of these legends...
  9. I edited this following excerpt to relate it to Sikhs and the Sikh struggle(revolution). I feel its pretty on point, the main idea is identifying the different types of individuals who make up our struggle and what group they fit into it. This is for casual reading, and is not meant to be offensive. I thought it was rather humorous. Definition of conscious = relating to one who is politically, racially, culturally informed, knowledgeable and aware. lol, if there are errors its probably because I didnt get a chance to edit it properly yet. I'll add more if I have time.
  10. They who call themselves Sikhs and then act like this should have the title of 'Singh' taken away - it's a title, not a name! The problem with your reply and suggestion is that this would cause a "slippery slope" if Akal Takht or another body of Sikhs attempted to take away "Singh" from someones name, and/or excommunicate him from the Panth. Because, eventually this same train of thought would go into much smaller issues that various panthic factions disagree over. Some would be saying if you don't believe in the whole Dasam Granth, than you are no child of Guru Gobind, and hence can not have Singh. People would be trying to strip the name "Singh" from everyone they can. This guy used cocaine for personal use, why does that harm you so much? Does it make sikhs look bad? I doubt it, its ONE person, who is a non-issue. He was a retired celebrity, not the leader of current Sikhs. We all know the Khalsa during Guru Gobinds time used opium during war.
  11. Why do Sikhs question our Gurus? Because, as a philosophy, Sikhi preaches to contemplate. That is one the MAIN things that our Gurus did with their religions (That they were born into), and did overall. Over, and over gurbani teaches to CONTEMPLATE the writings of the gurus. One of the main things Sikhi utlized back in the day in our guru's time was avoiding Blind Faith. And by avoiding, they meant, QUESTION, contemplate, See what makes sense to you. We are supposed to be born, bred philosophers. Philosophers just contemplate and question. THen we have stories on the Khalsay, who even Guru Gobind said "You are my leader now" too. Our religion strives off of reason, and logic, and that is why questioning and contemplation is very prevalent in our community. OR should be atleast. The only way you LEARN, is to ASK a question. Remember even in school, teachers would say "there is NO such thing as a dumb question." Any question is better than silence. And if you remember, which kids were overall better in school, the ones who asked questions till they recieved an answer, or the ones who sat their in class and just took notes all day believing that their teacher was 100% right in all facts, and refused to ask a question to clear his mind? I would DEFINETLY pick the first child. Thats what Sikhs are supposed to be. Not just note-takers of the experiences the Gurus wrote about their lives and spiritualities. The Gurus were supposed to lay a foundation for us to build belief off of. Thats why its questioned, unlike Islam where its not a foundation and more of a "this is the answer to every situation you will ever encounter in life". Once we question and reach that foundation that the gurus layed for us, then we become on the true path =) . Blindly accepting the foundation as truth will result in blindly accepting an answer to every situation. One of the key issues most of our Gurus spoke against.
  12. interview is the most important of a job. Me and a couple of friends went out to get a job at a beauty store one time (they were paying $10/hour !) and gave us a group interview. If you're quick on your feet you'll do fine. You have to be able to think quick on your feet. Example: They asked, why would u want to work at a store like this? Quick answer: Beard. Working around gels and hairsprays, you'll gain a knowledge of gels and stuff, and they seemed satisfied with the answer. The important thing to remember is that you don't freeze up. Be confident and relax. Plus, it's a part-time job, there's millions of 'em. If you don't get one, chase after another. Finding a part-time job for just the summer while I was in high school was pretty difficult. Once you get to the actual job search, and the corporate field, its not nearly as hard. Part-time Summer jobs usually are low-paying, not much intelligence, and visible to the consumer type ones. These are usually harder for us to gain because the store wants someone who is visibily friendly to passing consumers that will entice them to come in and shop. Not always the case, but often that is a slight requirement they look for. I had a real hard time finding a job during summers in high school. I kept it broke and kept it moving. Relied on friends for money to go out to places and stuff. Now i'm making plenty of money in more of the corporate sector where qualifications and brains > looks, so I take my friends out =). $5-10 hr jobs aren't worth the hassle anyway, especially if you have to lose your dhari over it. Just stick it out, and qualifications will lead you further in life.
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