Recent content by Shem Ari

Beautiful, thank you for posting this. The fact that the school is in Dharamsala grabbed my attention as well because my best friend when I was little, Dekyi was from there.

I thank Ishna Ji for this question. It's a question most people have asked but really has no definite answer. It's reassuring to read people's thoughts on it instead of pretending no one has ever wondered. I try not to worry about what will happen to others and focus on keeping myself good, and...

Hello, I am Shem Ari. I was raised by an agnostic mother who was raised herself in a pagan/muslim/christian family (We have a unique ethnic mix, hence the multiple religious beliefs in our family). She never pressed religion on my siblings and I, and told us if we ever found something that we...

Born in Irvine, CA, living in Madison, WI, debating on going out to the east coast.

I'm not sure if I have a right to post in this thread (it may be for just Sikh women to answer?) If I may, I would like to say that studying Sikhism, The qualities I admire in Sikh men that are part of being Sikh (I believe those I am thinking of are amritdhari, definitely keshdhari) are mostly...