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: there is no such thing as ‘I’ in Sikh philosophy. If the I does not exist or does exist in multple parts then i dont think we could continue.

  There are two ways to understand this concept, going deep into the concept of I-less and I-ness. Whenever I-ness is advised to be in harmony of the world, it is about behavior of I-less, when I-ness is in effort of dominance over others then it triggers problems. In Sikhism, I-ness is asked to be aligned in harmony of the rest. When it gets aligned in harmony to others, it ceases to exist even though it still there. Conflicts are also faced in the same manner. I-ness defends I-ness but never promotes  the I-ness during conflicts; it is also style of I-ness in harmony of others. Truth, factual, visible or understandable by reason, can be a mater of science but neurological experiences supersede reasoning, in out world it can be named as delusions or so but experienced ones understand that too because they understand in religion, that kind of personal experience rises too big to express. Very close example to understand the happiness of spiritual truth/experience is to understand how a mother goes through  labore sticking to a feeling of slowly inching towards  internal ecstasy. Lectures can be written on it but only Mother can express it. Since it is biological event, other one is totally a way beyond senses. 

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