Wicked Warrior

Taken from Ang 13 of Guru Maharaj Ji. As far as I can tell, the only way to press your palms together properly is with both hands flat and pressed together. Wrapping your fingers round seems to prevent this.

I tend to do paat/shabad whilst doind something simple like walking/sitting on the bus/washing dishes and other mindless tasks that allow you to focus properly whilst still carrying out an activity. AFAIK, Guru Ji himself has stated we should always spend every waking moment reciting Naam, which means that even when eating/cleaning/working/whatever, we should always focus our attentions on God Himself. The only problem I have is when I'm doing Japji sahib whilst washing the dishes or something and a housemate interrupts me. That kinda ruins things for me.

Woah just read that. The Guru's Name, Year of Birth, caste (if you can call it that), and Mantar were all predicted. Just out of curiosity, if the Hindus believe in the Hindu gods such as Vishnu, and Guru Nanak Maharaj is thought to be a reincarnation of Vishnu, shouldn't all Hindus be following the word of the Guru?

My greatest wish is to have Darshan of all the Guru Sahibs.

I agree...yoga is important. It helps the body prepare for meditation. The Shaolin monks used to be fat and lazy, and would fall asleep during meditation. It was only someone from India came there and developed the system of Kung Fu for the monks that they were able to meditate for long periods of time. My mother and father now try to do some of the basic exercises. I know friends of the family who religiously watch this 'swami's' programme on SKY regularly. Hell, I went to the Gurdwara last week and after Ardaas and Langar, returned to sit in the company of the Guru Maharaj. Couldn't focus. Why? Because these three middle-aged bibian were sitting in a small circle and one of them was showing the other how to breath through one nostril and out the other. At that point, I realised how large this 'swami's' power had grown considerably. Now all that remains to be seen is how he chooses to use that power. Guru Amar Das Maharaj taught us to keep our bodies fit through exercise and to look after our bodies. Personally, I believe Yoga is just as valid for this. But remember only Vaheguru is the greatest Yogi.

I got the divine mystic reflections books. Very good - there's a lot of stuff to read and it's all fascinating but because I read Sikhi books very slowly (to absorb as much as possible rather than rush through it) it takes ages to read. I'm still only 50 pages in and I've had the books for a few months. But because they contain Bani, I treat them like Gutkas eg wash hands, cover head, hold&turn pages carefully.

As a kid my parents got me to listen to Japji Sahib on CD and follow it in the gutka. Now I can recite Japji Sahib off by heart without any help. It might be useful to have a CD/tape/mp3 of whichever Bani you start with to help you along. It's amazing how many times I used to mispronounce words!

I grew up with PSP so found it a little difficult to adjust to using Photoshop. PSP is probably a good place to start out to begin with. I found it very easy and quickly adapted to it. However, Photoshop is far more popular and probably has better features and functionality. I have both but still prefer to use PSP since I've been using since version 3.

Thank you for your help. It's really difficult for me because I would like to do this kinda stuff regularly but am too afraid I'm doing something wrong and might get told off. Puts me off doing seva too. Hopefully the whether will be cool so the chocs don't melt, otherwise I might be in a sticky situation!

Okay, because of some recent successes, I would like to take a big tin of sweets to the Gurdwara to give to the sangat. BUT I have no idea of how to do this. Normally when I give milk/dahl/etc I just put it in the tray/box next to the golak. This time, I would like to distribute the sweets to the sangat. Do I see the Guru first, offer the sweets, and then take them down to the langar hall and give them out alongside the langar? Or do I just go straight to the langar hall and give them out? And should I recite any Bani beforehand? These are things my parents never taught me, and I haven't a clue what to do. Any help appreciated :TH:

I usually sit at this one place where no one else seems to want to sit. Everyone else sits at the front (good few rows), at the side or at the back. This leaves a big circular-shaped gap where no one else sits. So I sit there. Right next to the aisle so have best view of Guru Ji. Plus no one close by to annoy me.

One of my mates from sixth form. He was an amritdhari. He taught me so much about Sikhi. Now I want to be like him.

I spotted the tilak, the earring and the hat (doesn't look like a turban). What else did I miss?

I take it this is the pre-prepared salad that's sealed in that you can buy where you pretty much take out the salad and eat it? There was an article in the news awhile back that showed that the packaging process of this salad caused it to lose all of it's valuable micronutrients - lioke vitamins and minerals.

STOP! This wasn't meant to be about Guru Ji and what he would do, since he and Akal Purakh are merged. Thus the Guru Maharaj never needs sustenance - he can exist on the power of Naam forever. Naam is the support of all. The REASON I stated a PIG and wrote non-milking animal was so people couldn't cheat and say they would drink the milk of an animal. _oh_OLD: If I had put cow in that example, you could say I would drink it's milk. Which defeats the purpose of this 'moral dilemma'. @ However, I don't think any of us are anywhere near the level of spirituality of Guru Ji and thus would be incapable of surviving without food. THIS WAS NOT MEANT TO BE A THREAD ABOUT MEAT v NON-MEAT EATING as this is not allowed in this discussion. This was meant to about you - each and every one of you - and what would you do if it was YOU in this dilemma.

I too see a lot of slandering going on. Such and such a person is bad/wrong/evil. From what I have learnt, by slandering others you pile their sins on your own head. Think there was a story about a Baba Ji (sant? mahapurash?) who was in a car with some sevadars. The sevadars stopped and Baba Ji asked why they had done so. The sevadars responded that at this place there was a man who was slandering Baba Ji and giving out leaflets about him, falsely accusing him of stuff. Baba Ji got out of the car and started helping the man hand out the flyers. When the sevadars questioned him, he stated that by helping this man slander, Baba Ji's sins were removed from him and transferred to the man, reducing Baba Ji's account.

Years ago, I remember having a document that covered the entire Ithaas from the moment Guru Nanak Maharaj came into this world, through to when Guru Gobind Singh Maharaj passed that Guruship to Guru Granth Maharaj Ji. Does anyone have it? Please let me know. Fateh Ji.

I do this in the summer (not Amritdhari yet): Start water off very warm. Gradually decrease temp until almost very cold. Maybe it'll help those of you who find it difficult to face a cold shower first thing?

I've never been interested in politics. Have always seen it as a pit of snakes that I do not want to tread into. Recently, I've been trying to get into it but it is so difficult. People backstabbing, lying, sinful - just look at the UK Government. This is the kinda stuff that repels me from politics. Only a true Gursikh can tread into a pit of snakes and not be bitten, no matter how many tails he steps on.

click Just messing around on eBay and spotted it. What's it used for? Why would one need it? Your help would be appreciated.

This is why I believe that only the Akal Takht, or other Gurdwara should be in charge of printing etc. And that each Gurdwara household who wants Guru Ji in their home has to go through them. I also believe that only Gurdwaras and not individuals should possess Guru Ji. It'd stop people abusing the Guru, keeping copies on shop shelves etc. And it'd stop people selling copies of Guru Ji and making money. BTW the above is an (inaccurate) English translation of the Guru.

Just watched the above two clips. One shows the "ashes from nowhere" that I wrote in my first post. The second shows the golden egg trick as stated by London Singh

My mum and my granny swear by haldi-in-milk for aching joints and pains.

I remember a programme where a Sikh was actually showing how Sai Baba's tricks were performed. For example, Sai Baba would make ashes/dust fall from his empty hand. The Sikh showed that the Sai Baba probably held a rock of ash and palmed it and then when he rubbed his fingers, the clump of ash disintegrated into ashes. BTW didn't see the above two vids. EDIT: Also remember some boys/girls were 'chosen' by Sai Baba where he took them into his tent thing and then tried to have sex with them.

What is posted wasn't meant to be a trick question or to have an answer. It simply came to me when I just thinking about things. Sometimes I think too much and it ends up being very wierd. The point of the joke is that the man put his faith in God, who sent him help. The man expected something else, something more. What my thought was was that if you were hungry and God sent an animal instead, would you eat it? Maybe God wasn't gonna transport a veggie feast or anything but pretty much expected you to eat the animal. What then? Maybe it is better to stick to the Rehat than even entertain the thought of taking another's life.