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Here’s an interesting take on happiness from Roy Williams. These are all universal truths. Every "book" says it. The current economic conditions test our spirits. But the constant reminder that SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa (Yogi Bhajan) used to always give us was "Keep Up!"
When we Keep Up doing the work described so well below, it keeps us UP. And that’s so much better than down!
Albert Schweitzer was a musician and physician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952. This is the message he left for us when he died: “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.”
Now lest you think I’ve gone all touchy-feely, riding my unicorn over the rainbow as I sprinkle sparklies on the world below, I’ll poke you with the pointed advice of Ann Radcliffe: “One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.” In other words, “No one wants to hear what you believe. We’re watching. Show us.”
You go, Ann.
Wow 2009 is here! Another year has blazed by. In the blink of an eye one’s life passes. It’s a reminder to not waste time and to spend time on those things that are truly important to one’s self.
It has been REALLY nice having a vacation from work. As much as I do love my work at SikhNet, it’s great to have "offline" time to have some fun and relaxation with the family. This way I come back fresh and ready for another year.
Winter Solstice Camp was lots of fun and as always a great time to go within and re-charge my spiritual batteries. It was a different experience this time being totally off my tech gadgets and not even really taking pictures.
It’s really nice seeing both the kids with their eyes closed chanting together. We are doing this together as a family which is great and Charanjeet watches all of us and copies us.
Guruka Singh and Gurumustuk discuss the challenges and purpose of keeping the hair uncut, and that one must experience this to fully understand it.
Guruka Singh talks about balance with what we eat and how we see our body. He talks about the 3 legs which the stool of life stands on; mind, body and spirit.
Well I’m back from a great week at the 3HO Winter Solstice Sadhana in Lake Wales, Florida. I enjoyed the time to meditate and take a break from every day life. It’s also cool to make so many new friends and meet other spiritually minded people from so many backgrounds. I took a few pictures…..and recorded one little video, but pretty much I took the forced "vacation" from my normal journalistic mode of capturing everything.
Yesterday I drove a grueling 8 hours in terrible winter conditions to get up to Crested Butte, Colorado with my family to meet up with some of Arjan’s family for more vacation fun. It’s pretty scary driving in "whiteout" conditions where you can’t really see anything. I had to drive like 15mph much of the way. It’s was one of those tiring adrenaline focused trips. I’m happy to have made it safely.
The weather is definitely not warm florida anymore. Here in Crested Butt, Co, it is now -15 degrees F. There is going to be loads of fresh powder today from all the new snow, so I’m looking forward to going snowboarding! It’s supposed to be a sunny day too! I’ll have to take turns going on the mountain since Charanjeet can’t go with us so one of us has to watch her while we go.
The kids sound like they are waking up so I should go….
Winter Solstice Stomp
Here is a cool video that I took with my tiny digital camera (so audio/video quality isn’t the best). This is from Winter Solstice in Florida. This is lead by Guru Das Kaur who got some of the participants at the camp to join in this fun Acapella "stomp". The video is the result of about three hours of practice and they did their "performance" in the evening at the "Yogi Tea Cafe".
Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa, Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh.
For those of you who might be interested, I am teaching two different weekends at the end of January and the beginning of February. These are the only times I’ll be teaching outside of Espanola, New Mexico, for the first half of 2009. If you have a longing and want to join me for some deep meditation and soul-calibration with the Guru, would love to see you.
Japji Sahib Intensive hosted by Yoga Source in Coral Springs, Fl.
Jan. 31-Feb 1. Continue reading ‘Japji Sahib and Other Courses 2009′
Well, I am here at the winter solstice camp site in lake wales, Florida! I Got a good night sleep. This morning enjoyed the thick fog everywhere. Narayan is already off with other kids having fun and adventuring.
I thought I would be able to post updates during the week but it turns out that t-mobile has lousy service here. I left my laptop and camera at home, thinking I would at least be able to check on things and post periodic updates from my phone; however god had a different plan for me. “no service” is what I see on my phone most of the time. I guess I am not supposed to be on any computer device. Or, another friend gave me his own “non spiritual” perspective and said “it’s a sign that you need to change mobile phone companies”. I guess both reasons might apply. For now though I wander around the lake in search of the “sweet spot” where I get service and can check email and make sure sikhnet is up and running.
I had hoped to do regular video updates from my phone, but it looks like they will be less frequent. You can watch my journey in video at http://qik.com/mrsikhnet
Ok, time to really disconnect and do some yoga and meditation.
(Page from the 2009 Golden Temple - Inspirations Calendar)
Well, the time has come to take a bit of Rest and Relaxation (hopefully)! This is my time of the year to get a break from all the work at SikhNet and get away. Tommorow morning early me and Narayan are driving to the airport to go to the Winter Solstice Camp in Lake Wales, Florida. There is snow forcast for tonight so I hopefully things go well (on normal days it’s 1.5 hours to the airport so have to leave about 3 years before the flight).
I decided that I will travel a bit lighter this time (though we still have 4 bags with all our stuff, including bedding, tent, matress, etc. Bags have to be under 50 pounds so have to spread it around). I’m actually leaving my camera and laptop behind. No, seriously I am! Well, sort of. I normally bring my big SLR camera (Canon 40D) with all the lenses and gear, but will be opting for my super mini pocket camera. Laptop is left behind, but I am still connected through the iPhone, so I’ll try not to spend too much time on that either. Though it will be fun to do some live broadcasts from the phone and post pictures from there. We’ll see.
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