Hello all << NEW SIKHI SEEKER
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Hi All, I'm Raj from Manchester/Birmingham (UK). I'm a new seeker on the Sikhi path and have just found this excellent forum for the exchange of ideas!
I'd love to hear from other people in the UK (if there are any on here) and espicially other new seekers on the Sikhi path.
Like many people my age, Sikhi has always been something that was "there" in the background but quite often masked by the insidious Punjabi culture that is so rife in the UK.
It was only until I met a dear friend who is a Gurmukh, that I am now here...accepting my fate with open arms and FINALLY happy, knowing the direction I must take in life.
I think Sikhi is that one thing (bar God) that I needed in life to get some clear direction and sense, and to finally see the problems inherent in our culture at the moment.
There is a VERY BIG need to educate those my age and younger on the values and ideals of Sikhi and NOT just regard Sikhi a "Cultural" group is currently stand upon alongside Punjabi culture.
The youth of today MUST be shown the wrong they are doing. It does disgust me, so-called Sikh men and women drinking, smoking, promiscuity etc etc etc...we all know in the West what I'm talking about, and I think again it comes down to a lack of education both in a religious sense but also in a moral sense from our parents but also from our ownselves.
We need to be able to teach our kids and friends on the merit and value of Sikhi, because they WILL be the custodians of the panth in the future and they will shape what will happen to Sikhi.
I hope to hear from many interesting people on here, and thank you for reading this!
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