Recent content by Awakeand Singh

Wow. Not aware at all.

Sangat is a non-negotiable requirement on the Guru's path. So I have been taught. The Cyber Sangat is better than nothing, but it still doesn't measure up to the living, breathing variety. Much is lost when that spontaneity that only face to face communication can supply is missing from the...

And, in any case, may I point out that Muslims believe that it was Isma'il (Yishmael) - and not Yitzhak (Isaac) - who was brought as an offering.

If this goes into effect companies should require Sikh employees to sign a waiver regarding insurance for head injuries that protective helmets would have otherwise prevented. We can't expect to have it both ways. That would seem to me to be the antithesis of truthful living. While we're on the...

If you liked this, you must see Yuktanand ji's phenomenal, eye-opening treatise, "Guru and Sikh", which can be found on sikhs.org (Resources, Essays and Articles"). To really know what it's all about, I cannot recommend it highly enough. More than any other person, this humble and self-effacing...

Dr. Robert Atkins is quietly cheering from the grave. :singhbhangra:

The truth is that just about anyone who wears any kind of head covering will be asked to remove it (maybe not in the case of a Catholic nun wearing a habit, and maybe not in the case of a hijab or burqa, what with the current paranoia about appearing, " Islamophobic"), despite the efficiency of...

For Heaven's sake, couldn't he simply have put a mirror app on a tablet? Why did this have to be a "story" at all?! My 7" tablet does the job jus' fine!

Just so long as they're laughing with him - not at him. My Brother, sometimes this life is so ridiculous that all one can do is laugh!

Ask him what he likes to eat - and feed him on a regular basis!

At the risk of complete flippancy I would dare say that not a few people consider the consumption of chocolate, regardless of its form, to be a deeply religious experience!:popcornsingh:

I'd like to hear your definition of "self". It seems to me that you're making it synonymous with "ego". "Self", to me , represents that entirely-conscious aspect of being which views the ego and its unconscious, auto-pilot machinations, impressions, judgements, comparisons and fears. The...

Harry, my time is limited (in every sense!), and I'm missing the point you're making with your reference to that other thread. Forgive me, could we just cut to the chase?

Meditation is a useful technique for training the mind to concentrate deeply on one thing (the so-called, "Single-pointed mind"). This, in turn, will help the practitioner achieve Consciousness or Presence - which is what I believe the author of this excellent piece is getting at when attempting...

Is there confirmation of this phenomenon from other sources?