Caspian ji,
Guru Fateh.
It is surprising to see how you are wrong on many things in your post. This is not the same Caspian I have known for sometime.
Let's start, shall we?
What do you mean by the "for the most part"? And rest is all judgmental which is strange coming from someone who calls himself an Atheist and is totally wrong in his judgment.
It is sad to notice that you do not understand the meaning of prayer according to Sikhi. It is nothing but introspection. There is no deity (a personal god) that a Sikh prays to.
FYI, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, our only Guru is not any God. I thought you knew that. And secondly, there is no need to bring food near the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. At Harmandir Sahib where 70,000 meals are served, no such thing is done.
Before I respond to the above, I would like to know what is your own concept and what do you understand by an actual living guru ?
I do not know if you are aware of or not, that in most of the houses in Punjab, the cots were and still in some places are used for everything, from sitting to sleeping. There were no sofas then. Sitting rooms had cots. So, laying Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji on a bed is more a tradition. In many Gurdwaras in the west, no bed is used but Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is placed in a small palki.
I am glad you have corrected yourself from your first post which said "for the most part". Having said that,Yes, I agree that many dogmas have crept into Sikhi which were not meant to be and I am sure with more understanding of Gurbani, they will be eradicated. After all Sikhi is a learning process, not a consequence. It is a journey, not a destination. If that were not true then the name Sikh would be meaningless.
Let's not be pretentious enough to talk on behalf of Einstein. Who knows how he would have thought had he read the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji?!!
Regards
Tejwant Singh
