Keeping My Bodily Kesh (Hair) and Getting used to the Gazes

Or threatening to cut off their head if they don't.

I think these are just arguments put forward by nonkeshdhari Sikhs to justify what they are doing,

Each of us is where s/he is on this journey back home. There's no point in one criticsing another about where each is on the pa(n)th. I have my opinions from my own vantage point; you (whoever you are) have yours. At least one of us has found keeping kesh meaningful enough to die for. I think that it is time we stop bickering for a while and focus on the vital: mughals are again killing us.



How are we, as the Sikh Quam, going to react to it? Are we the Saadh Sangat or are we a bunch of quarrelsome children? How are we going to unite and stand as one against this murderous oppression?

 
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ਦਾਦਰ ਤੂ ਕਬਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਨਸਿ ਰੇ ॥
dhaadhar thoo kabehi n jaanas rae ||
You frog, you will never understand.


ਭਖਸਿ ਸਿਬਾਲੁ ਬਸਸਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਜਲ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਨ ਲਖਸਿ ਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
bhakhas sibaal basas niramal jal anmrith n lakhas rae ||1|| rehaao ||
You eat the dirt, while you dwell in the immaculate waters. You know nothing of the ambrosial nectar there. ||1||Pause||

Guru Nanak Dev ji Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Ang 990


WHY TRY TO FIT IN? YOU WERE BORN TO STAND OUT!

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I never felt I was being denounced, anyway in this thread. Maybe elsewhere. Certainly among traditional Islamic, Christian, perhaps even Judaic cultures, I am/would be. That is very odd. Maybe I was and was too dense to notice. All in all I am too busy to worry about being denounced. My bigger concern is that all women find their voice and are not psychologically, physically, economically and politically abused.

First of all one needs to know their Identity. I am a Sikh and I am aware of Sikhi. If someone is doing something I do not have to do the same. I am an individual with the capacity to think on my own what is right and what is wrong. Unfortunately many of us do not think this way. If we see someone doing something we do the same. Example: If you are standing in traffic and you see a person run a red light the reality is many more people stand on that light will do the same if there is no traffic coming. Sikhs should always remember who they are and what Sikhi teaches us.
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If someone does something wrong because they are not aware that it is wrong, that is another thing. But if you know cutting any body hair is wrong and you still do it then what you are doing is wrong. If one calls themselves a Sikh then its his/her responsibility to follow Sikhi completely.

Waheguru Jee Ka Khalsa Waheguru Jee Ki Fateh

Caspian, to carry your argument further,,why not roam about naked,because that is how God wished us to look,with all those beautiful hair all over our body. God would then be really proud of his creation.

What a lovely idea! A world so devoid of lust and violence that we no longer need clothing for either modesty or protection!

(I do still think about kechera, though.)

hi.
I am a new member and i want to say that this site is amazing. My story is very long and complicated but in a nutshell, im a british pakistani girl embrasing sikhism. I am currently married (to a pakistani man), and so it has been difficult. On this topic, i just want to know, i have been keeping my kesh for the past 8 months and as im from a culture that removes hair from intimate parts, it is becoming a little uncomfortable but i want to keep it for the love of sikhi. Have any other women experienced the same who used to remove hair? Also, more importantly, recently i have come to hear conflicting views on it, with some saying it is not a neccessity to keep hair. I would just like some clarification on the subject and if i will be punished for removing it or rewarded for keeping it. I am a member here but it is difficult to come here often because i would be in trouble if my husband found sikh sites, but if anybody wishes to e-mail me with help and advise i would really appreciate it. Personal email deleted. Many thanks
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Aneesha

Dear all,

This budding Kaur is having a rough time in embracing Sikhi because of her culture. Please send her an e-mail both to give her information and also let her know there are people out here who care.
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Thanks.

Please send shasha ji a message using the SPN private message system. I have removed the personal email address for privacy and security reasons.

Dear Narayanjot ji,

She says
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Which means she is taking a chance of God-only-knows-what each times she comes here. Is there nothing that can be done to help her?

shasha ji
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It is not clear to me whether you are a Muslim trying to embrace Sikhi. Or whether you are a Sikh having questions on the issue of keeping pubic hair.
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Nonetheless, we do not permit publication of personal email addresses because of a need to protect the safety and security on both ends. No one can predict who might contact you with evil intentions, to trick or blackmail, or even to engage in identity theft. At the same time, and I say this with respect, we don't know that you are who you say you are. We limit this to be able to prevent problems arising from the publication of your email address so all of the Internet can read it. It is safer for you and safer for others.