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I just need some guidance please. I'm a manmukh Sikh. I do Simran etc often though (every day). Lately I kept having dreams with the Hindu Goddess Durga in them. I spoke to my Hindu friend about it and she said it usually means its warning you of something to do with fertility or death...she was correct...I found out a few weeks later. Now I'm having dreams with her again and I feel my attention going to her ... even though I still do Simran and turn to our Gurus all the time (many times throughout the day). But I cant get her out of my mind. Whats going on?! I feel like I need to start incoporating her when im doing my ardas/simran everyday. Is this bad? What should I do? I'm not into Hinduism at all so this is confusing me! There is no way I would turn my back to Sikhi as I hope to become a Guru's Sikh one day.

I've recently begun question my faith in Sikhi. I cannot think straight since having these doubts. We believe that god created the Universe and Earth and that he is everywhere. We also believe in reincarnation and that the soul is reborn many times until it is liberated. Why did it take so long for humans to arrive on Earth if we are the highest life form? What was the point of the dinosaurs etc. Did our souls live as dinosaurs? That was hundreds of millions of years ago, was the soul going through all of those life forms until we became humans? Who is to say that we won't further evolve into a higher being? When did humans first start to think of god? I'm sure the first cavemen had no idea of god. Why is India/Middle East such poor places with many social problems and inequality? These are the places where most of the worlds religions formed yet they are highly corrupt and having shocking human rights records. Northern Europe in contrast is quite a tolerant place, is wealthy, has more equality and is less corrupt. Most people there are atheists. Compare this with Southern Europe where people are more devout and corruption and racism is more rampant. How do we know that the gurus didn't just make Sikhi up? If god wants us to worship him, then why not just tell us? I don't want to offend anyone I just want some answers.

hi me and my friend were randomly talking about punjab and than conversation switched to bhindrawale/khalistan movement. He is telling me that sant ji was a congress agent sent by indra gandhi to go against the akali's but than he turned on her thus leading to 1984 is this true?? He also said that uneducated pendu's supported bhindrawale and no one in the cities did and he also said everyone in india knows he was a congress agent??

Well I grew my hair for 17 years.. and I feel like cutting it. I grew it long because of my mum and dad and cos they don't want me doing fashion or anything .. my dad cuts his hair, my mum grew her hair but because of age its not as long as mine. I cant paint my nails, do makeup, wear dresses/skirts. when I was young I could but as I grew up.. in yr6 things changed. I don't care about dresses or skirts or makeup. I feel like cutting my hair as its too long and cos im not religious im confused. my siblings had long hair but my bro and sis cut theres cos my bro couldn't handle his so my dad and mum allowed it and my sis cut it on the sly although she got told off. I feel like doing a fringe and cutting it back length..cos its longgggggggg like dragging. I cant do fashion hairstyles either. :Lol. I cant ask cos im scared. -.-aha what do you think?? I feel like painting my nails but like light colours not to daring as my mum and dad always have sed.. ur single so u shouldn't do much as people would look and blah blah.. I will be getting an arranged marriage. btw if u love someone..and they love u but there an diff caste how do u go on about it.. like I said arranged.

Im a westerner..but im a proud Punjabi Sikh! the thing is I don't know alot of Punjabi and I would love to learn and speak it. mum and dad were born in the uk, they sent me Punjabi school but I got kicked out -.- are there websites that teach you or whatever?? would really help..i don't wanna go Punjabi skool again.

When is it acceptable to read SGGSJ of my phone,, there are some apps which allow u to read guru ji on it but i dont know if its right or wrong to use them, because having our guru on our phones kind of lowers the respect we should be showing to guru ji because we are treating it just as we would with any other app etc, but at the same time i dont have acess to do sahej paat in gurdwara's and the apps have the meaning of what is being said, i can gain so much knowlage from then so it would feel like a shame not to use it, im double minded on this topic Also when is it acceptable to listen to shabad kirtan offmy phone, i usually just put my headphones on whenever i can and listen to it while im doing my daily tasks n going to school and stuff, is that fine or do i need to be more strict with that aswell, what do u guys think about this?! Thanks Wjkk wjkf

wjkk wjkf im 16 and im looking for a summer job, im going to go and hand some of my cv's out to shops around my area. one of my skills is that i can work the till because i already do that at the place im vaulenteering at right now ( a chirty shop) so im scared to apply for places which sell alcahol because then i might have to work the till and sell alcahol, what shall i do? is selling alcahol against rehet or is it fine? wjkk wjkf

Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh.. Here is this youtube channel named . :smile2: It talks about SIkhi and the fundamentals... A real nice effort.. . If it is already shared, excuse me for being redundant :stupidme: . If not do check it out.. A heads up, the videos are mostly in english and deal with the roots of sikhi... Bhul chuk maaf. Rab rakha :khalsa:

wjkk wjkf okay so ive been doing mma (mixed martial arts) for about a year now and i have a match coming up which requires me to be topless and wear headgear...usually when i go for training i do a pagh and i keep a mini blunt shaster beetween my pagh and patka lol. but this is my first proper fight and i wont be able to wear a pagh so im gonna do like brades or something like a couple professional singh mma fighters do but i feel kinda wrong about it coz i will not be able to wear my kanga or kirpan and my head will not be covered.. i will do my ardass before i take my kakar off and after ive put them back but still. i love martial arts and i wanna carry on doing it because im actually quite good, i wanna get stronger and be a proper saint soldier but idk if i can keep taking my kakar off :s what do u guys think? i need advice asap, thanks. wjkk wjkf

I was reading a book called the select sayings of Guru Gobind Singh. It is derived from both the Dasam and Sarbloh granth. Guru Gobind Singh talks about the khalsa many times and never mentioned any physical symbols. This leads me to question has Guru Gobind made any reference to physical symbols of the khalsa in his writings? I found one in the same book but it was written by some sadhu in 1711 which doesn't make sense to me. I'm not arguing that there aren't any physical symbols but only if they are supposed to be permanent?

gurfateh ji with maharaj kirpa it will soon be my anand karaj and was thinking about doing a shabad- however i am struggling to find a shabad to sing! any help about possible shabads to sing is really appreciated as time is not on my side!! vaheguru!!

Just found this passage in a version of Bhangu's Prachin Panth Prakash, obtained from the net. Can anyone please clarify on this? Writing about the happening at Machhiwara (‘… accepted after purifying with the all steel dagger) "Quatrain: When the True Guru went further, he reached near Machhiwara. After settling the True Guru, the Pathan went and brought along Gulaba the Khatri.1 Couplet: Listen to the story of Machhiwara of how the Guru stayed at the house of a Khattri and of how the Sayyad Pathans served him by carrying him on their heads.2 Quatrain: He served some food. The Guru ate while remembering (God). At sunset he brought him inside. The mansion became his abode.3 One or two Singhs walked to the place. The Guru ordered them to conceal themselves. One day the Guru ordered a goat. He had it slaughtered by the Singhs. As the True Guru ate meat, bones were thrown into the house of the Turk. On seeing the bones the Turk remonstrated and abused the Khattri, ‘you throw bones into my house!’5 Couplet: Then the Khattri approached the True Guru saying, ‘ I am an extremely weak person. I will be killed should the Turk comes to know.’6 Quatrain: The True Guru threw money. The Qazi took the bribe and kept quiet. Like this the Guru stayed here for ten days and then desired to march on.7" Did the Guru really eat meat? Whose this Khatri Bhangu speaks off and I have never heard of maharaj bribing a Qazi.

VJKK VJKF I am a 19 year old boy Sikh living in the UK and I have an issue when it comes to the topic of my dhari. It’s not that anybody says anything to me anymore it’s just that I don’t feel comfortable with it. I don’t feel like myself. I feel have to think twice before I do anything becasue I may give Sikhs a bad name. I feel like a hypocrite. I’ve talked to my family about shaving my dhari and everytime it comes up my Mum gets upset and so does my brother so to keep everyone happy I do what they want me to do and not shave. But I feel that this is emotional blackmail and that in the end I have no choice, I’m being treated like a puppet and they are pulling the strings. To make matters worse my relatives think that me and my brother are really religious and are going to end up being Amritdharis, all because my Mum told them that me and my brother are going to take Amrit. I know that this is the case with my brother as he is into Sikhi and wants to take Amrit, but I am nowhere near ready. Saying this sometimes I do feel comfortable with my dhari. I do understand the importance of Kes, or well at least I think I do. But majority of the time I regret to say that I don’t feel comfortable and that I am keeping it because of my mother. I am in a dilemma. Do I keep my dhari despite being uncomfortable with it just to keep everyone happy and so that relatives don’t say anything to my parents, OR do I do what I want and end up upsetting people? I would appreciate some advice as I am really confused. It’s been like this for 3 years now and is beginning to stress me out. Many thanks in advance. VJKK VJKF