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During the tele-course, Journey into the Heart of Sikh Dharma, participants are given assignments on each of the topics they study. One such assignment is to reflect on their understanding of sacred relationships and marriage in relationship to their view of the Sikh way of life and the Siri Guru Granth Sahib.
Here are…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Community, Your Stories Journey into The Heart of Sikh Dharma is a very special telecourse that is starting it’s 18th year in September. As part of the course, participants are asked to share their thoughts on many topics. One the those topics is their thoughts on what it means to be a Spiritual Warrior. The following are the…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Your Stories In this interview, Mata Mandir Kaur Khalsa shares about developing and facilitating the Journey into the Heart of Sikh Dharma Course
Q: How was Journey to the Heart of Sikh Dharma created and how did you become the facilitator?
MMK: In 2000, Siri Sikdar Sahiba Sardarni Guru Amrit Kaur was working on a…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under 08-Guru Harkrishan, Your Stories There are so many stories in Sikh history from the life of Guru Har Krishan that uplift, awe and inspire me. The one closest to my heart is probably the most famous. There was an epidemic of small pox in Delhi in 1664. Guru Har Krishan went to the place where the outbreak had occurred…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Service/Seva, Your Stories Due to Hurricane Harvey’s devastation, several small towns and larger ones like Rockport were in great need of help. I was feeling a strong urge to help in some way, but not sure if I would actually do something or even how I would help. The thought kept coming to me, “How can I be a…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Your Stories When I began my Journey into the Heart of Sikh Dharma course experience, I thought I wanted to cultivate tranquility. Now I am all about Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji's equality and the inner strength of the warrior—the tempered steel of Miri and Piri! …
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Community, Your Stories Journey into the Heart of Sikh Dharma, a small group tele-course in its 18th year, is a unique opportunity to deepen your experience and understanding of Sikh Dharma, and to take a spiritual journey of transformation and inspiration.
To bring your knowledge and experience to life, each session covers a different topic,…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Your Stories For the last few weeks I have been meditating on commitment, and what it means to me. How am I able to make, and more importantly to keep, the commitments in my life? I have been having an intensive reflection on that, including how it manifests in different parts of my life.…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Your Stories I have always experienced a certain feeling of gravity when I think of Amrit vows – I take the process and ceremony very seriously. While I have always felt an overwhelming love of the Guru, and the deepest gratitude that my soul came into the Sikh path during this lifetime, I have held off on…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Your Stories I took Amrit about 40 or so years ago at Summer Solstice in NM. At the time I was still in the beginning stages of transforming my identity, and to me it simply seemed like the logical next step. I was already practicing the 5 K’s, so that part didn’t really faze me back then—for…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Your Stories Western society, in general view, doesn’t value or encourage us to make a commitment. There is a common quote that says today that "everything is relative." Well, not everything is relative; there are things that are absolute, like the values that bring us closer to our soul. These values should not be negotiated in any…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under 09-Guru Teg Bahadur, Your Stories In this world there is neither up nor down, privileged or undeserving, good or bad. There is just God. Guru Teg Bahadur and his followers gave their lives in service of this truth; refusing to support the special claim to God that then Emperor Aurangzeb was imposing on that part of the world with his demand for…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Your Stories When I began the course, I did not have much knowledge of Sikh Dharma and Sikh writings, other than Japji. My main goals were to learn about Sikh prayers, philosophy and ceremony, as well as deepen my relationship with the Guru. It has been an amazing and wonderful journey, and I am a different person…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Your Stories This course hasn’t been one of those supernatural spiritual experiences that sometimes occur, with rare blessings. It hasn’t been totally new or foreign feeling. I guess it has been like growing into some shoes that I bought a few years too early. From the very first moment of seeing my turbaned image reflected in the…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Community, Your Stories Journey into the Heart of Sikh Dharma is an international tele-course exploring the foundations of Sikh Dharma. Where does it come from and how does it interface with my practice of Kundalini Yoga? What are the foundational beliefs and practices, and how can I apply these in a meaningful way in my daily life? This course offers…
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