Dear TeJi,

I agree with your spiritual conclusions with or with out SRM. In this respect I wrote "The Way We Live" and Sikh Psyche". Akal Purkh should be remembered with every breath and morsal of food means to be kept in mind and is repeatdly referred in Sabd Guru. But it does not mean one should not pay attention to his/her daily duties.
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-sikhi-sikhism/14408-nitnem-banis-rushing-through-them.html

ਸਿਮਰਉ ਦਿਨੁ ਰੈਨਿ ਸਾਸ ਗਿਰਾਸਾ ॥

Simra▫o ḏin rain sās girāsā.

Remember Akal Purkh in heart, all the time. (Literally it can be translated as day and night, with every breath and every morsel of food.) -----Guru Arjan, Raag Gauri, AGGS, Page, 177-15
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=14408

Cordially,

Virinder