Recent content by D-Singh

The whole point I am getting at is, is that the Sikh belief of not cutting ones hair...leads to traction alopecia and damage to the scalp. No other religion suffers the same result. Which is painfully ironic, that we are taught not to cut our hair. I am left with this messed up scalp, and what...

I find it amusing when people quote lines from a book written hundreds of years ago. Its common sense! Help others, respect others. Mod's note: Undermining Sikhism or the fundamental value of Sri Guru Granth Sahib is a violation of our rules at SPN. So please tread carefully when you try to...

Prayer is a gimmick if you will. Its a tool, just like music...to link the mind to something external. This reinforces whatever message you want to create.

"To put it simply, the act of meditation involves quieting the mind so you can open the heart. That's it in a nutshell." This sounds poetic, but its common sense. You do not have to quieten your mind, just watch it!, watch your thoughts, watch the noisey thoughts. The have a purpose, that need...

"The Guru refused to perform any miracles saying, “this is the work of charlatans and mountebanks to hoodwink the people. Men of God submit ever to the Will of God.” Guru Tegh Bahadur refused to embrace Islam, saying “For me, there is only one religion - of God - and whosoever belongs to it, be...

Indeed, it goes to show how religion actually segregates, however spiritual it seems to be on the surface. The Chinese have it nailed down, believing in chi. In modern age and with more knowledge of consciousness, religion is just food for the ego. Ego being self image, and thought driven. The...

Prostiution has been around for centuries. Why? because men are too weak, if men didn't seek out sex from prostitutes then these sex workers would be forced to educate themselves or get another job! Religion only seeks to cause more conflict. Because at the end of the day we are animals, and...

Yep, the hair problem runs hand in hand with this stuff. My hair started falling out when I was 11, and no one in my family noticed, too consumed by family politics. So by 15 half my hair has fallen out, and over 10 years later none of my hair has come back. I mean my sister who is religious...

Mate, if you only knew my suffering. My dad, who wears a turban and has a full beard. Used to beat my mum, who is only 5ft ffs. He would drink and beat her even when she was pregnant. He beat all of my siblings too. My mum didn't even have a choice to marry him! My grandmother married her off...

The great "evil" is the mind, in this day and age there is more mental illness. Why? when we have food, clothing, oportuninty.....its because of peoples natural instinct to survive, which does not exclude religion, Sikh's still believe in the caste system and that being fair skinned is better...

Firstly, you must be thinking who am I to make such a statement. But it is what I see everyday, wannabe gangsta's using Sikhism and the Khanda as a fashion statement. The "Trim Singhs" with a khanda on their car, sporting trimmed beards. The Sikh's with cut hair, with huge kara's, using...

People have too idealistic notions of keeping hair. In my personal experience, it has been difficult. At 11 years of age, it caused traction alopecia..and my parents answer was to make me wear a turban. The stress caused some alopecia areata, and I have bumps on my scalp called cutis verticis...

Good post. The ego is common to us all, doesn't matter if you follow a religion or not. But I dont think it is a battle against the ego, by battling you just feed the ego. By being aware of the ego, that is a persons "self image"...when a person identifies with something, the ego gains in...

Thank you for the link Vikram. The line I liked best from the article was "He does not see himself, he says, or want to be seen, as a role model, for Sikhs or British Asians or anyone else. “I see myself as a guy who likes playing cricket.”