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<blockquote data-quote="findingmyway" data-source="post: 138380" data-attributes="member: 12855"><p><span style="color: Purple">Siri Kamala ji,</span></p><p><span style="color: Purple">I am completely flabbergasted by your reply! From many of your other posts you seem to have such a level head yet have taken this all so personally! Why? It's interesting that you don't want to believe in kesh at all yet have the picture of a woman with kesh and dastaar as your avatar....</span></p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span></p><p><span style="color: Purple">You seemed to have missed one of the most important messages in my post-Sikhism is a journey -we are all at different points of that journey. </span> <span style="color: Purple"></span></p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span></p><p><span style="color: Purple">Now I'll add to that-we cannot change the faith system according to our own personal gripes. The messages are there for a reason and that is what I was trying to explain by my post. I was answering the questions about why. If we choose to accept or not is personal choice. Not accepting however does not justify you rejecting because it doesn't sit right with you. I don't mean you personally but everyone, including myself. In the interests of honest disclosure I am not amritdhari yet but am working on it. I also don't keep 100% of my kesh-I keep 99% but am working on it. I have huge respect for those who do keep 100% as they are braver than me. As an interesting aside, since you have made this whole thing personal. You think it's fine to wear a kara but not kesh when they have similar ideologies? Is it because one is more socially acceptable than the other? I do not ask for a response to this as it is for your personal consideration only.</span> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Purple">No-one is claiming about you or anyone else. We can only know ourselves (and often not even that!) If you are a Sikhi follower, you believe in all 11 Guru's from Guru Nanak to Guru Granth Sahib. The 10th Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh mandated kesh for those choosing to become part of the Khalsa through taking khanda di pahaul. There were political and moral reasons for this. It has been discussed in immense detail on other threads to I am only going to summarise briefly for you. At that time the Mughals were ruling India and intent of forcibly converting all to Islam. Our Guru's stood up for the right to retain freedom of choice for all. It was hard to stay by your convictions when your head was being called for! We were given the 5K's partly for practical purposes and partly for symbolic purposes and partly to complement inner strength. By standing out you couldn't run away even if you were tempted. By standing out, it was a constant reminder to be true to the cause even in moments of weakness. All human beings have moments of weakness. Standing out also allowed people from afar to identify you so they could come to you for help, otherwise they couldn't tell who to go to as you wouldn't be visible in a crowd! Not every Sikh takes khanda di pahaul, but IF and when you are ready then it is a declaration to the world that you are. You may be committed and that is fine without. However, declaring it visually means that others know what you stand for too. Whether you want to make that declaration is YOUR choice entirely. However, demeaning others who make that choice is wrong. One of the basic things Sikhi teaches us is tolerance. There are a few sects like the AKJ who have a strict rehit and look down on others. Mainstream Sikhs recognise that Sikhi is a journey. We do not think badly of the clean shaven Sikhs in our Gurdwara. Yet many of the anti-kesh group of people are incredibly intolerant of keshdhari Sikhs in my experience. They behave in a way they accuse the others of behaving. Interesting isn't it?! <strong>What happened to freedom of choice and mutual respect?</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Purple">Most of this I have answered above. Inner and outer experience go hand in hand. No-one is saying that external symbol alone is going to keep someone from running. It does however help if the external symbols are kept for the right reason. If you look at India today, a lot of Hindutva influences have crept onto Sikhism. If it wasn't for the external appearance, Sikhi there would have been incorporated into Hindusim just like Buddhism and Jainism have been. Keeping kesh is a choice. Yet anti-kesh people do not accept that is a choice and insist we all get rid of it!! I don't see the logic in that argument. Accept you have made the choice to either keep it or not and respect the other person for their choice. The external appearance endorses what's on the inside and helps in moments of weakness. Also see above.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Purple">I disagree. That is your opinion. I belong to a medical family and am a health care worker myself. All too often I see the other side of the slippery slope. As a % of the world's population, few people have the inner strength to stick by their beliefs every moment of their lives and not do something they regret later. We may have to agree to disagree on this point as our life experiences are obviously very different. The only thing I will add is it is important to ask why make the concessions? This I ask not for personal debate but for private reflection as the answer to that will give you an indication of the strength of your conviction. This applies not just to you, but also to me and everyone else.</span></p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span> </p><p><span style="color: Purple">Good for you! However, not everyone behaves the way you do so you cannot extrapolate this to the whole of humanity. </span></p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span> </p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span></p><p><span style="color: Purple">See above. Each person is different so the Guru's gave us tools. Which ones we use is personal choice. You use what works for you and stop ridiculing others for using other tools.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span></p><p><span style="color: Purple">That's fine if you choose not to. There are many many threads on this topic so should you ever feel the urge, feel free to take a look. Just because sthg isn't right for you doesn't make it not right at all. You are looking at things from a very personal point here and not taking into account other factors. You say you respect but this whole post indicates otherwise as it has been a very personal attack on someone who does hold kesh dear. Rather than respecting that point of view, you have chosen to accuse me of not knowing you and judging you when I wrote a very general post. Forgive me I fail to see the respect in your words but all I see is not me, not me, not me.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Purple">This debate has got nothing to do with you on a personal level but has to do with principles found within Sikhi. Your life is none of my business unless you choose to share it with me. Equally my life is nothing to do with you unless I choose to share it. Caspian is the one that judged by saying only those who keep the 5K's are Sikh but I refuted him. How far you want to take things is only for you to know and decide. None of my business. That does not give you the right to say Kesh is not important just because you don't see it that way. Our 10th Guru said otherwise. With all due respect, his opinion matters more to me than yours.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Purple">Re-read my post. I said no such thing. I didn't even use yours or anyone else's name! You are the one implying such things about me so it should be me that is hurt here :disguestedkudi:</span> </p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span></p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span></p><p><span style="color: Purple">All I'm reading here is me-ism which Sikhism teaches us to avoid! Really don't understand why you insist on making a general discussion about values that applies to everyone, a personal thing!! </span>:dunno:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Purple">It was not addressed to you but in this thread you have criticised Sikhs who believe in the sanctity of kesh. I don't see the point of alcohol but you don't see my going round telling all my friends to stop drinking just because I don't get it :}--}: I respect their decision, they respect mine. I don't understand why kesh is such a constant issue. The Guru gave it to us as a gift. Some choose to accept, some don't. Some accept head hair, some accept all hair. Do what works for you. Things change, people change-you might, you might not. Only you can decide for yourself. END OF</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Purple">You don't share-no problem. However, by criticising those values constantly you are showing that you do not respect those values or those people. Read up on the history to know more. If you don't do this, no skin off my nose. I'm not the one with a bugbear! I'm not the one who requires others to share my point of view to be firm in my faith!</span></p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span> </p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span></p><p><span style="color: Purple">It is not me that has this belief, but Guru Gobind Singh Ji gave this instruction. However, I also stated Sikhi is a journey so if you do not keep kesh it does not mean that you are not Sikh. If you openly demean kesh as useless because you do not understand the reasoning behind it then I would argue that you are still early on that journey, possibly looking for another path. If you understand it but do not keep it then you are still on that journey. IF you decide to keep kesh then you are still on that journey. We are all at different points based on our understanding and experiences. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Purple">Really?! Because that's all you've done this entire post!! You claim I attacked you personally with my post and I take offense to that. Re-read my original words. No person was mentioned.</span></p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: Purple">You cannot extrapolate your beliefs and personality to the rest of the world as not all people are the same. I avoided doing that and spoke about general principles from my understanding of Sikhi through my limited knowledge of Gurbani and history. I am constantly learning like any Sikh. However, if we start debating issues on personal feelings rather than gurmat we will never learn as it just becomes he said vs she said vs they said. If you have anything to say about the principles then feel free to post. If you have issues with me personally then pm me so we can sort it out.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="findingmyway, post: 138380, member: 12855"] [COLOR=Purple]Siri Kamala ji, I am completely flabbergasted by your reply! From many of your other posts you seem to have such a level head yet have taken this all so personally! Why? It's interesting that you don't want to believe in kesh at all yet have the picture of a woman with kesh and dastaar as your avatar.... You seemed to have missed one of the most important messages in my post-Sikhism is a journey -we are all at different points of that journey. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Purple] Now I'll add to that-we cannot change the faith system according to our own personal gripes. The messages are there for a reason and that is what I was trying to explain by my post. I was answering the questions about why. If we choose to accept or not is personal choice. Not accepting however does not justify you rejecting because it doesn't sit right with you. I don't mean you personally but everyone, including myself. In the interests of honest disclosure I am not amritdhari yet but am working on it. I also don't keep 100% of my kesh-I keep 99% but am working on it. I have huge respect for those who do keep 100% as they are braver than me. As an interesting aside, since you have made this whole thing personal. You think it's fine to wear a kara but not kesh when they have similar ideologies? Is it because one is more socially acceptable than the other? I do not ask for a response to this as it is for your personal consideration only.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Purple]No-one is claiming about you or anyone else. We can only know ourselves (and often not even that!) If you are a Sikhi follower, you believe in all 11 Guru's from Guru Nanak to Guru Granth Sahib. The 10th Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh mandated kesh for those choosing to become part of the Khalsa through taking khanda di pahaul. There were political and moral reasons for this. It has been discussed in immense detail on other threads to I am only going to summarise briefly for you. At that time the Mughals were ruling India and intent of forcibly converting all to Islam. Our Guru's stood up for the right to retain freedom of choice for all. It was hard to stay by your convictions when your head was being called for! We were given the 5K's partly for practical purposes and partly for symbolic purposes and partly to complement inner strength. By standing out you couldn't run away even if you were tempted. By standing out, it was a constant reminder to be true to the cause even in moments of weakness. All human beings have moments of weakness. Standing out also allowed people from afar to identify you so they could come to you for help, otherwise they couldn't tell who to go to as you wouldn't be visible in a crowd! Not every Sikh takes khanda di pahaul, but IF and when you are ready then it is a declaration to the world that you are. You may be committed and that is fine without. However, declaring it visually means that others know what you stand for too. Whether you want to make that declaration is YOUR choice entirely. However, demeaning others who make that choice is wrong. One of the basic things Sikhi teaches us is tolerance. There are a few sects like the AKJ who have a strict rehit and look down on others. Mainstream Sikhs recognise that Sikhi is a journey. We do not think badly of the clean shaven Sikhs in our Gurdwara. Yet many of the anti-kesh group of people are incredibly intolerant of keshdhari Sikhs in my experience. They behave in a way they accuse the others of behaving. Interesting isn't it?! [B]What happened to freedom of choice and mutual respect?[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=Purple]Most of this I have answered above. Inner and outer experience go hand in hand. No-one is saying that external symbol alone is going to keep someone from running. It does however help if the external symbols are kept for the right reason. If you look at India today, a lot of Hindutva influences have crept onto Sikhism. If it wasn't for the external appearance, Sikhi there would have been incorporated into Hindusim just like Buddhism and Jainism have been. Keeping kesh is a choice. Yet anti-kesh people do not accept that is a choice and insist we all get rid of it!! I don't see the logic in that argument. Accept you have made the choice to either keep it or not and respect the other person for their choice. The external appearance endorses what's on the inside and helps in moments of weakness. Also see above.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Purple]I disagree. That is your opinion. I belong to a medical family and am a health care worker myself. All too often I see the other side of the slippery slope. As a % of the world's population, few people have the inner strength to stick by their beliefs every moment of their lives and not do something they regret later. We may have to agree to disagree on this point as our life experiences are obviously very different. The only thing I will add is it is important to ask why make the concessions? This I ask not for personal debate but for private reflection as the answer to that will give you an indication of the strength of your conviction. This applies not just to you, but also to me and everyone else. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Purple]Good for you! However, not everyone behaves the way you do so you cannot extrapolate this to the whole of humanity. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Purple] See above. Each person is different so the Guru's gave us tools. Which ones we use is personal choice. You use what works for you and stop ridiculing others for using other tools.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Purple] That's fine if you choose not to. There are many many threads on this topic so should you ever feel the urge, feel free to take a look. Just because sthg isn't right for you doesn't make it not right at all. You are looking at things from a very personal point here and not taking into account other factors. You say you respect but this whole post indicates otherwise as it has been a very personal attack on someone who does hold kesh dear. Rather than respecting that point of view, you have chosen to accuse me of not knowing you and judging you when I wrote a very general post. Forgive me I fail to see the respect in your words but all I see is not me, not me, not me.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Purple]This debate has got nothing to do with you on a personal level but has to do with principles found within Sikhi. Your life is none of my business unless you choose to share it with me. Equally my life is nothing to do with you unless I choose to share it. Caspian is the one that judged by saying only those who keep the 5K's are Sikh but I refuted him. How far you want to take things is only for you to know and decide. None of my business. That does not give you the right to say Kesh is not important just because you don't see it that way. Our 10th Guru said otherwise. With all due respect, his opinion matters more to me than yours.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Purple]Re-read my post. I said no such thing. I didn't even use yours or anyone else's name! You are the one implying such things about me so it should be me that is hurt here :disguestedkudi:[/COLOR] [COLOR=Purple] All I'm reading here is me-ism which Sikhism teaches us to avoid! Really don't understand why you insist on making a general discussion about values that applies to everyone, a personal thing!! [/COLOR]:dunno: [COLOR=Purple]It was not addressed to you but in this thread you have criticised Sikhs who believe in the sanctity of kesh. I don't see the point of alcohol but you don't see my going round telling all my friends to stop drinking just because I don't get it :}--}: I respect their decision, they respect mine. I don't understand why kesh is such a constant issue. The Guru gave it to us as a gift. Some choose to accept, some don't. Some accept head hair, some accept all hair. Do what works for you. Things change, people change-you might, you might not. Only you can decide for yourself. END OF[/COLOR] [COLOR=Purple]You don't share-no problem. However, by criticising those values constantly you are showing that you do not respect those values or those people. Read up on the history to know more. If you don't do this, no skin off my nose. I'm not the one with a bugbear! I'm not the one who requires others to share my point of view to be firm in my faith! [/COLOR] [COLOR=Purple] It is not me that has this belief, but Guru Gobind Singh Ji gave this instruction. However, I also stated Sikhi is a journey so if you do not keep kesh it does not mean that you are not Sikh. If you openly demean kesh as useless because you do not understand the reasoning behind it then I would argue that you are still early on that journey, possibly looking for another path. If you understand it but do not keep it then you are still on that journey. IF you decide to keep kesh then you are still on that journey. We are all at different points based on our understanding and experiences. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Purple]Really?! Because that's all you've done this entire post!! You claim I attacked you personally with my post and I take offense to that. Re-read my original words. No person was mentioned. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Purple]You cannot extrapolate your beliefs and personality to the rest of the world as not all people are the same. I avoided doing that and spoke about general principles from my understanding of Sikhi through my limited knowledge of Gurbani and history. I am constantly learning like any Sikh. However, if we start debating issues on personal feelings rather than gurmat we will never learn as it just becomes he said vs she said vs they said. If you have anything to say about the principles then feel free to post. If you have issues with me personally then pm me so we can sort it out.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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