Do clubs and pubs and the like help us do this? I have not been in a club since the 1980's and I remember it as crowded, very loud and full of tobacco smoke. I think most places no longer allow smoking; the smoke alone was enough to get me to turn around and walk out.
Bhain ji I agree about the smoke part, good thing it is gone. I do slightly differ on the participation of Sikhs in places of worldly fun. An upstanding Sikh participating in the main while holding values is a great thing in such situations. The future of Sikhism is not organic growth but encouraging or at least showing others the things possible in Sikhism while still not renouncing a lot.
I think going to clubs and pubs is not forbidden, but what does it accomplish? Won't others seeing a visible Sikh in such places assume that s/he is there for the same reasons as most people are? How does this reflect on our community? For many reasons, we are not very popular in a lot of places and as much as I wish it were otherwise, I think we need to watch our public image.
Bain ji your statement is a classic one and all make when they grow old. Don't experiment while I did it, I found it of no to little value. This is reflective of the piousness in oneself wjile caring for others. However as we humans go (not just Sikhs), it usually falls on deaf ears just as it perhaps did for us way back. No harm saying though.
Everything a visible Sikh does reflects on the whole community and our Shaheeds and our Guru Sahiban. Does going to such places honor them and us? Clearly, I think it's better to avoid those places, but I think, as I said, they are not forbidden.
Bhain ji again hard to say it to be wrong. However we need to create or Sikhs to be strong by self that actions of others cannot be allowed to bring Sikhism into disrepute. If we did not do that then a young person will see this as hypocrisy. What is happening in Punjab? If this line were taken, there should have been hundreds if not thousands of threads here about Sikhs in appearance being corrupt, up and down. So a young person going out is rarely an issue while ignoring other things done bad to Sikhism is. Perhaps we can look at posts here at spn. There are known characters continuously and unashamedly engaged in mis-directing Sikhism. It seems very few are taking note. We need to be reasonable and transparent in such situations.
As for dancing, I love dancing. I loved doing it when I was younger and I love watching it now. I'd say, just do it at an appropriate time and place keep it clean.
I like dancing too. Where ever you are, if your heart starts to tap, your fingers start to tap, your feet start to tap, it is a place for dancing mundahug. There is virtually no emotional display purer than dancing as it is in such that your body becomes willing to expend energy without a purpose other than to show happiness and feeling good.
I don't drink hah. I'm to scared to face the consequences after this life ends |o|.
