Sikhs Who Do Not Keep Kesh

Guru Arjun Ji refers to HIMSELF..as "half a Sikh" at best..the only Complete SIKH in His time was GURU RAMDASS JI.

SEE How High the Level bar can be ?? Some are able to walk..they call themsleves "jumpers..long jumpers..others cna jump a few feet higher..the call themsleves High Jumpers..some can jump while running..they call themsleves hurdles jumpers...yet otehrs jump much higher..pole vaulters...so many levels..so many types...why do people like to comparatmentalise..put others/themsleves into tiny boxes...and compartments/pigeon holes..the WORLD is an OYSTER...anyone can achieve naything..any level.. There were "Sikhs" like Bhai Duni Chaand who lived close to the Guru in Fort Anandpur Sahib and ate the most karrah parshaad daily...Everyone called him..the Guru's Elephant.....One day news reached the Fort that the enemy ahd brought in a Mast Elephant, almost mad with rage and that it would be attacking the fort gates the next day...Guru Ji Laughed out LOUD ( LOL ) and said..Why worry..we also have our very own Elepphant..Dunni Chaand..tomorrow we will send him out to Battle the Mast Elephant...and while Duni Chand sat beside Guru ji and received the Pat on his back form Guru Ji..deep inside he was thinking..what Madness is this..did I come here to DIE ?? How cna a human battle amad raging Bull of an elephant and survive ? In the depth of the night Duni Chand tied a rope to the fort balustrade and jumped down over the walls to escape......even a broken leg in the process didnt stop him form disappearing into the night...Next Morning...the Sikhs were sent to seek out Duni Chand so Guru Ji could make him ready for battle....but DC was persona-non-findo...he had vanished into thin air...LOL....Guru Ji pointed His Divine finger at the DIMINUTIVE..thin and wiry just 4 ft 10 inches tall..skinny looking Bahi bachittar Singh and said..THAT ELEPHANT will fight for us and DEFEAT the Mad raging Bull hammering at our gates.....and Bhai bachittar Singh accomplished just that...a MIRACLE of sorts...when with the Gurus Blessings and special cockscrew spear called naagnni, he charged the mad raging drunk elephant outside the gates of Anandpur...and standing on his horse's back, he plunged the spear into the elephants skull, piercing through metal plates tied there to protect the elephnats naturally thick skull..the elephnat badly wounded turned around and beagn to flee...Bahi bachitar singh caught hold of its tail and climbed atop its back slashing right and left its ears and trunk...the elephant raced through the mughal forces trampling dozens perhaps hundreds in its rage and death throes...and Bhai bachitar Singh returned back to the Fort to resounding cries of Boleh So nihaal !! BOTH Duni Chand and Bachitar Singh were "SIKHS" who had lived close to the GURU !!! but clearly of different LEVELS....and to the GURU..they were BOTH."MY SIKHS". Period.: )

 
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Hearing the sound of a mantra is one thing - listening to it is another !

May Guru test us like Duni Chand everyday, help us realize when we fail and get back on the right track, not make us run away from Guru.
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@Calkaur ji
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We only know what Guru wants from us (and information too is getting lost with generations), but only Guru knows what He thinks.

I reply promptly at times, it's mostly due to my passion or stupidity, don't know. Other thing I now observe about myself, is that I am constricting my mind's grip around Sikhi, which at times is leading to loss of open thinking. I try to find a balance within myself. I at times wish that I could converse only using Gurbani tuks, not using any other word out of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Till now, I don't have that depth and strength of knowledge to go that far. So I am using other options.

So far I see only Sikhs in the replies! I cannot say if they are Guru ji's piyare yet from inside and out! Haven't seen test results for these lately. With the current state of Sikhism and attacks on its core values, the day is not far when people will be tested.
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I have great faith. However I suspect that there will be a very high failure rate during the first real test. Many will have to relearn a thing or two including yours truly.
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Rest are words and talk from me, you and all.

Sat Sri Akal.

Is a sikh is someone who never stops the search, always onwards, upwards,

could the creator be like a film with no end? in which case all we have is what we have learnt today, and what we could learn tommorow, till we die

As sikhs, we want to be like the Guru's. We want the contentment, knowledge, the peace, knowing in our hearts that our way is the creators way, without doubt or fear, as time goes on, for us mona types, we will want to look like our Guru, to make him our ultimate role model, when teenagers get entranced by pop stars, they look upon that person as an image of who they themselves want to be, as we get older, our heroes change, from pop stars to movie stars, but the ultimate role models were the Gurus, they encapsulated everything that a balanced individual could want to be like, and what more could a sikh want, than to emulate and look like 10 of the best stars in the world

How coincidental..i just wrote my verison of the baove in my facebook Account..

" Modern Sikhs mostly just look like Sikhs..inside they are miles away from True Rehat of Gurbani....even the OUTWARDLY SIKH look alikes are NOT Sikhs inside....and the other side.."sikhs" who cannot/dont want to.."look" like Sikhs claim they are Sikhs "inisde"...what an anamoly..ascharajta...stra​ngeness..one SIKH is carrying a FUSED LIGHT BULB in PLAIN SIGHT..attached to RED and Black Wire, complete with SWITCH and ALL ( 5 kakaars kesh, kirpan karra etc etc).....but is oblivious to the fact that his BULB is not giving out any :"light" as it is FUSED/BURNT out and just looks like a BULB !!...The Other "sikh" claims his LIGHT BULB is working and bright..BUT hidden inside his Jacket....also oblivious to the fact that a "Working lighted bulb" will RADIATE HEAT and LIGHT even from deep within and soon SHOW UP on the surface !! NO Amount of red wire, Black wire, On Off Switch etc will work to light up a Fused Bulb/as there is NO ELECTRICITY Flowing from WITHIN...its the REHAT..the Discipline that manufactures this Electricity !!...END OF QUOTE:

Watch this...http://blip.tv/sikhnet/rehni-rahe-soi-sikh-mera-4154786

Gyani Jarnail Singh ji I get humbled by your thanks in this regard. You are a fountain of knowledge whereas I just go to the fountain for a drink.

Your contributions are of great value. As Khalsa we need to be polite and all that but we cannot just keep beating around the bush for some dialog which relates to core values of Sikhism. Clarity of thought and directness of statements with respect is the highest of all high methods of sharing.
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Sat Sri Akal.

I am a soldier. A soldier in improper uniform is punished by commanders. Nobody can become a Sikh just by growing hair.
But Hair is a part of our uniform.

Looking from a different angle, I think a person(With cut hair) with full faith in Sri Guru Granth Saheb must be accepted
as a Sikh and must be given full respect. Some of the Neo Babbe are taking wrong advantage of this point.

I used to keep my beard short while in army. My commanding officer appointed me Gurdwara Secretary and asked me to
encourage Jawans toward proper Sikhi. He allowed me to keep my beard short. After a short period I had a long flowing
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beard. This may not work for all but I think we must encourage such people to take part in Gurdwara activities.

Gurfateh