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findingmyway, While it is true that pilgrimages and experience at sacred shrines is not the same as meditation on the Naam, it is useful to understand that these spiritual practices have some effects and that they do exist in Sikh Dharma. Harimandar Sahib, and the takhats are revered by Sikhs do have a vibrational effect on the psyche. It is important to remember that those effects are because those places have association with Masters that meditated. It is not that the spiritual practices of going to those sites is evil, but it is important to remember that the divine experiences that we have at sacred places is because someone meditated there and the residual effect that we experience is meant to remind and inspire us to learn meditation ourselves.
findingmyway,
While it is true that pilgrimages and experience at sacred shrines is not the same as meditation on the Naam, it is useful to understand that these spiritual practices have some effects and that they do exist in Sikh Dharma. Harimandar Sahib, and the takhats are revered by Sikhs do have a vibrational effect on the psyche. It is important to remember that those effects are because those places have association with Masters that meditated.
It is not that the spiritual practices of going to those sites is evil, but it is important to remember that the divine experiences that we have at sacred places is because someone meditated there and the residual effect that we experience is meant to remind and inspire us to learn meditation ourselves.
