Paneet

Waheguru je ka Khalsa, Waheguru je ke fateh. A few of you may remember, several long months ago (actually I think it was last year) I posted a few things here about a Sikh Story Writing Contest. Well the contest is finished, and I think you guys have the right to know how it turned out seeing as how I got alot of support from sikhsangat. I've just been kinda lazy to post this, so I apologize. During the contest we asked the youth to send in short stories based on Sakhian they had heard or read, as long as it was based on Sikh history. The contest ended with us choosing some of the best entries to be published into a small book, which we very creatively dubbed "Sakhian." You can read more about it on the GGSCF (Guru Gobind Singh Children's Foundation) archives. The website for the book is www.lulu.com/sakhian I hope that you will all check it out and hopefully *fingers crossed* buy or download a copy.

Well, it sounds like you don't want to go out with this person... so don't. You shouldn't feel that you have to go out with them just because their feelings might get hurt. Just tell them that you have strong spiritual beliefs and it's important to you that you don't date and stuff before you get married. :D

thanks everyone for your kind words. :oops: I'll definitely do more ardaas from now. I really hope you guys are right and this is just a "phase" I'm going through, cuz I desperately need to be able to have faith in God again. Maybe this is a test, and who knows, I may just come out with stronger faith than before. I hope so! And it's nice to know I'm not the only one that's gone through this!

Thank you both for your advice, and thanks for being so sensitive. I guess what really made me start questioning so much was looking at other faiths. I never could understand how people could believe what they did because they were things that I never could believe in as a Sikh. I started to realise that basically all it was was just that - nothing more than faith. We can't know what is truly right or wrong, and that's what started to make me question Sikhi. Obviously it goes alot deeper than that, but ultimately that's what lead me to where I am now. I'll follow your guys' advice though - I'll try to trust in Guru ji to bring me through this. I need Waheguru. It makes me want to cry because if there is no Waheguru then - there's no purpose to living, is there? And that's a very unsettling thought. thanks again

WJKK WJKF I'm in a bit of a dilemna right now. this is something i never ever would have expected to happen to me, and it's horrible. i just want to know if anyone one else has ever gone through this. i've stopped believing in sikhi. not completely though because i don't want to stop, but it's happened in a way that i can't stop it. i know that guru nanak dev ji always wanted his sikhs to question everything, and i'm the kind of person that questions everything, and recently those questions have led me to doubt sikhi. i used to think that i had SO much faith, i used to think nothing could break my faith, i used to not be able to understand how ppl could not believe in God, and here I am, suddenly finding myself in this situation. i've even started questioning the existence of God Himself. i don't want to - but I'm trying to find something that will help me believe inHim again and I can't find it, and it;s really frustrating - more than frustrating even, it's scary. i've been praying to God everyday actually, to help me have faith again, because life without God is so meaningless, so empty, and so frightening - thisissomething u can't fully understand until God is no longer a part of your life. has anyone else evr been through this kind of situation? and how did u regain your faith? need help :| edit: i kinda was hoping this message would remain gupt, but i made the mistake of logging in, and i can't delete it now - so now u guys now who i am, but please don't hate me.

Good luck with the project, and let us know how we can help!! :|

That's pretty darn cool. I'd make one, but all I have is paint, don't think that'll make very good banners!

... wait - so this is about the da vinci code?? @

I still don't understand half of what you said, but that's probably cuz I'm a little bit slow. I really like your website though! I kinda get what ur saying though, we're all one, regardless of religion, and we shouldn't feel that our religion if the ONE to get to God, cuz there is only one God and the true religion is the one where you try to be one with God. That's why I'm really confused right now (plus after reading all that poetry, lol) cuz I know that the important thing is to be connected with God but everybody's putting so much importance on other things that make a religion what it is with all these rituals and ceremonies and yadayada and that happens even in Sikhi and so I don't know what to believe any more and what the truth is and I'm so lost and confused, and everything I just said is pretty confusing itself isn't it? okay, leaving now. hope u pop into the forums some more, it'll be fun talking to you!

www.khalsapride.com www.desitees.com (i dunno if I really like the desitees ones, but khalsapride is pretty cool)

That's deep

What is the link to your website? If you want I can put up a link on my blog and the sikh story contest site. Not that they're very popular sites, but maybe it'll help get the word out.

Oooh, that's a great idea. The Sikh youth have some awesome talents that can be put to good use here.

Waheguru, isn't it so sad how these things happen all over the world yet we know so little about them? The media is more concerned with celebrity this and thats and money crap, and when there's real crises happening out there..... >:lol: Anyways, thankyou Canadian_sikh for letting us know, personally I will find out more about this now that I know, and who knows, maybe the Sangat can come up with some way to spread the word and help those poor victims

Great seva you're doing

Sadly, I don't know you, but HaPpY bDaY anyways!

GGSCF is awesome. There are kids as young as 10, 11 years old organising events - one girl (my inspiration) started organising the CN Tower Stairclimb for the GGSCF branch when she was about ten. The kids are also really intelligent; they know alot about what's happening around the world, and they're very compassionate. Anyways, Canadian_sikh, if you can't go to the May 21 meeting in Toronto, there are other branches/gurdwaras where the meetings are held, at gurdwaras like Dixie, Scarborough, Glidden, I think, and they're on different weeks, so maybe you can try coming to those. It'd be awesome if you could come. I started going this summer, I love it. anyways, gotta run...

riseofkhalsa.com ---> it's on there, look around a bit

Gurbani has nothing about this. Why? Gurbani just says: Look heres the path to God. Follow it if you want to reach God. Simple. Not: Women should do this, Men should do that bla bla etc YES!!! Thankyou, and well said!! Well, I don't think equality means the same exactly, but more like the same value. So men and women both have the same value. Not the same bodies, sure men are stronger, but we're still equal in value. And also, who says women can't defend men!! :lol: I'd put my butt on the line to save another person (well, I hope I would) regardless of gender. As for the comment on Panj Piare - why do the Panj Piare have such a huge significance in Sikhi? Can't we all be Guruji's beloved ones? The original Panj Piare were the first ones to set the example for the millions of people that followed but they were not the last ones. In fact, many people followed and did exactly what the Five did, and also became Amridhari, and this included women. And also, Guru Gobind Singh never said: "I want a head of a MAN" - the option of Panj Piare was open also to women. That vaisakhi in 1699, hundreds of people, both men and women, said no to Guru Gobind Singh by not anwering that call, and yet Guruji never closed the doors on them, for the tradition of the Panj Piare continues. By saying women cannot be Panj Piare would be like saying anyone who is a decendant of a person who attended that gathering in 1699 cannot become a Panj Piara simply because their ancestors did not answer the call. Just because no women went up then, doesn't mean Guruji closed the doors on women forever. Anyways, just had to get that out - it didn't come out so great, but it makes sense in my mind!

Wow, I watched the trailer, and it seems really really good... and the graphics are wicked. The people at Vismaad Productions are doing such an awesome job - I'm so proud of them! :lol:

Do you mean the person in the picture? That's pretty cool, what an awesome tribute. I actually meant I wanted to print the shabad, I only saw picture afterwards, but I think (if it's okay) I want to print the picture too Awesome awesome stuff

beautiful, beautiful, beautiful :TH: keep it up!

Thank you for the quotes, they're awesome I don't see any reason for this thread to be deleted - LLTK is just asking for some quotes from the Guru Granth Sahib. :lol:

Wow.... I'm printing that!

wow it's been a long time since i've posted anyways, just wanted to share this poem i wrote still needs alot of work, i could use some feedback :lol: the ending stinks, btw, any ideas on how to improve it? anyways, here it is: Once, long, long ago in a land not far away; a district in Pakistan, a child was born one day. From the moment he arrived, with a smile on his face, people knew he was ^divine^, a gift by God's good grace. His parents, proud as peacocks, told their newborn son: "We shall name you Nanak, for you are a blessed one." As the boy grew older, he grew popular quite fast. He made a many friends, of many creeds and castes. He played as any child would, but he also did something strange: he sat and thought, good gracious Lord! and thought and thought and thought! He thought of God and life and death, he wondered at creation. He contemplated stars and skies, he turned answers into questions. He thought and pondered and pondered and thought, till his teacher could stand it no more. "This boy is too smart for me," he said, and walked right out the door. At first his parents were pleased with their son, but soon they became disheartened, For thought their boy was very wise, his work habits were much less efficient. "Nanak," his father told him one day, "You must start learning to work. Take there coins and travel to town, and bring back double it's worth." So off Nanak went, to find a good bargain, Singing God's name as he went, when he came across a few hungry Sadhus... guess where his money was spent? "I made a true bargain," Nanak explained, a few days when he got back. "I spent every last penny to feed them," he smiled. His father gave him a slap. Soon Nanak grew, got married, had kids, even got a job as a shopkeeper. The people all loved him for his fairness and grace, but Nanak himself felt unsettled. For his true passion lied deep in the heart of his soul, what he desired more then anything was Waheguru, the True Lord Then one special day, something happened, it did Nanak had a revelation from the Lord! He would go out and travel, journey there and here spreading God's Name to the world! And Nanak did just that! Travelling to lands far and wide singing and praising the wonders of God, with his good friend Mardana at his side. And thus began the journey of a thousand miles and 400 years give or take, that spawned a new faith of fairness and love, All spun by Guru Nanak, the gift from above. bhul chuk maaf