"Basically,
you and God are nothing
but the two sides of the same coin."
"God
is nothing but your own inner consciousness.
Now I will agree with you that you cannot always
feel this God, but that is because you think that you
are separate from God. We call it Maya. Maya is the
illusion of separateness: it is the quicksand of this life.
Sometimes we sink into this quicksand and then we
need a hook; we need some guidance to help us pull
ourselves out so that we can continue our journey.
The hook that we use to do this is called the Guru."
"If
you cannot see God in all, you cannot see God at all." -- Siri
Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji
Who
is the Siri Singh Sahib?
The
Siri Singh Sahib, Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji (Yogi
Bhajan) is the chief religious and administrative authority for
the Ministry of Sikh Dharma in the Western Hemisphere. Yogi Bhajan
was given the Ministerial title of "Siri
Singh Sahib" by the central governing body of the Sikh
religion, the Akal Takhat, in recognition
of his unceasing missionary work in the Western world.
He is an individual of remarkable insight, powerful energy and an
unwavering commitment to global healing and spiritual awareness.
Yogi Bhajan is a Master of Kundalini Yoga, the Yoga
of Awareness, and a dedicated and inspired teacher. Since arriving
in the United States in 1969, he has dedicated himself to bringing
meaning, dignity and a reconnection of Spirit into the lives of people
everywhere, especially those people who have become lost and confused
through the use of drugs.
As he has worked diligently to spread the science and practice of
Kundalini Yoga throughout the Western Hemisphere and beyond, Yogi
Bhajan has become widely recognized as a world leader and champion
of world peace and healing.
"Since ancient times, humans have found that they have zillions
of thoughts, billions of feelings, millions of emotions, thousands
of desires, hundreds of fantasies, and a multitude of realities and
personalities.
We do everything to get rid of this pressure, because it is eating
us up inside. We try every method available, but ultimately, our mind
and thoughts rule us and bog us down."
"We have the Birthright to be
Beautiful, Bountiful and Blissful."
Yogi
Bhajan, Ph.D., is also a gifted Doctor of Psychology, counselor and
yogic therapist. The counseling methodology called "The
Science of Humanology," helps people realize there inner
strength and well being by giving them practical tools to utilize
with an every day lifestyle.
In Memory of The Siri Singh Sahib of Sikh Dharma
A Poem celebrating his 82nd birthday, August 26, 2011
By Vaninder (Lovey) Kaur
A
TEACHER PAR EXCELLENCE
A PHILOSOPHER WHO STRIVED
TO BRING THE SOULS THAT WERE SUFFERING
INTO THE GURU’S SHRINE…
HARBHAJAN SINGH YOGI JI
AN INSPIRATATION OF OUR TIME
A SHINING STAR
THAT LED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
TO CONNECT WITH THE SUBLIME…
HE LED US TO GURU NANAK
AND REVIVED THE TEACHINGS
OF THE GURBANI, THAT HOLDS US
SUPPORTS US
ON THIS EARTH
AND IN HEAVENS BEYOND US GURU RAM DAS JI HE REVERED
THE ADI SHAKTI OF THE UNIVERSE…
HARBHAJAN SINGH YOGI JI
AS I ENVISION HIM SPEAKING…
HIS LIGHT WAS SO CLEAR
HIS AURA SO SHEER
AS HE GUIDED US HUMANS
INTO A PEACE BEYOND COMPARE…
HE SET AN EXAMPLE
OF ‘SIMRAN’ AND ‘SEWA’
AND BELIEVED IN THE ESSENCE
OF THE KUNDALINI YOGA…
HIS MESSAGE SO SIMPLE
SO SOOTHING TO THE MIND
YET, SO DEEPLY ENTWINED
INTO OUR HEARTS AND MINDS
AS HE SAID: “BE HUMBLE, BE KIND,
AND MAY THE DIVINE
LIFT YOU ABOVE THE TORMENTS OF TIME”…
I THANK WAHEGURU FOR THIS TEACHER
HIS PRESENCE HIS TEACHINGS
MAY HE BE IN OUR HEARTS
AS WE GO THROUGH THIS LIFE
WITH A SPECIAL THOUGHT…
“WE NEED A TEACHER
TO CONNECT US TO THE DIVINE”
AND YOGI JI WAS JUST THAT
TO MILLIONS, IN THIS TIME…
MAY WAHEGURU BLESS HIS SOUL
HIS SELFLESS SERVICE TO MANKIND
HIS LIFE AS A WHOLE
WAS DEDICATED TO WAHEGURU
HE CAME TO THIS EARTH
TO STEER US TO THE GURU…
MAY WE BE BLESSED
WITH THE STRENGTH, HEART AND MIND
TO FOLLOW THE FOOTSTEPS
HE HAS MADE
IN THE SANDS OF TIME. --
MORE POETRY.
How
to Succeed in Business As Taught to Us by the
Animals
By Siri Singh Sahib Haribhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji
"To be effective and excel through current pressures
and challenges, we must learn from and adopt:
The grip of a bear.
The skin of a rhino.
The loyalty of a dog.
The clarity of an owl.
The hunt of a wild dog.
The neutrality of a dove.
The attack of a cheetah.
The friendship of a wolf.
The intelligence of a rat.
The beauty of a peacock.
The diplomacy of a rabbit.
The endurance of a horse.
The responsibility of a cat.
The planning of a lion's pride.
The personality of a butterfly.
The communication of a crow.
The adjustment of a rattlesnake.
The executiveness of a king cobra.
The courage and strategy of a lion.
The brain and intuition of an elephant.
The vision and watch of the eagle's eye. The penetration and impact of stampeding buffalo."
About
Vaninder (Lovey) Kaur
"I
started writing poems as the turmoil and turbulence of life hit me.
The reason my poems are so heartfelt is that I am in awe of the miracles
that Waheguru has performed in my life and I want to share my experiences
with others. My poem, a dedication to the Siri Singh Sahib, is considered
by some to be very simple and touching even though I have never personally
met Siri Singh Sahib. But I know him from his lectures on the Internet
and his writings, and I have had the blessed opportunity of meeting
his students, those Sikhs here, who practice the combination of 'Bana'
and 'Bani' as well as so much discipline in life that anyone would
want to know more about their great and wonderful teacher, Harbhajan
Singh Yogi ji, who dedicated his life not only to the American Sikhs
but to anyone who wanted to learn to walk on the path of Waheguru."
-- Vaninder Kaur, August, 2011
