were judged in the courts.
Some would say he still got away :motherlylove:
were judged in the courts.
Well, we all get away. We die.
chazSingh ji
Why do you believe that taking a good look at the workings of a baba is "judging?
Why is it so important to avoid conflict at the cost of ignoring some blatant facts?
I am going to leave things at these two questions for now. But I could make a long list of spirituality experts who have gained fame for reasons that are utterly amazing to me. And each and everyone of them offered spiritual growth to their followings. Spiritual growth is actually part of the package deal.
It takes dedication to defend their forever ability to subvert simple logic.
Demis Roussos - Forever and ever (official) - YouTube
There are things he said in his final years during his Japji Sahib talks, little details which i missed when i first watched them. after a year of daily simran and meditation like a wave of sudden enlightenment i understood what he meant, through my own inner experience...
Satnaam Tejwant Ji,Tejwant Singh;187527 Chaz Singh ji,
Guru Fateh.
First and foremost, I would like to share some facts about Yogi Bhajan. He was a civil servant, had never young yoga ever in his life, never had a Yoga master through which normally all the students learn yoga from. He took upon himself to give the title Yogi without any Yoga background.
Maybe that is the complete truth, maybe it isn't.
there are many aspects of my life know one knows and never will...only God.
Satnaam Ji,You write:
Did you read/watch or hear Yogi Bhajan's interpretation to Jap? If you did, please share with us if you agree with them. Are they according to the Gurmat values?
Please express your thoughts about the Jap by Yogi Bhajan. In case you did not know Rajneesh of OSHA also translated the Jap. Have you studied the one from the latter?
I will look into This other translation ji...are there any online references?
With regards to Yogi Ji's talks of Japji...there is a series of videos that i watched...only 1 or two are on youtube...i will try and find the rest.
This particular one shook me when i watched it because there were many things i couldn't understand through my practical experience of Simran in Amrit Vela, but the way Yogi Ji explained only Two lines of Japji, just like he described, my whole universe opened up.
The two lines he talks about in this video are:
sochai soch n hovee jae sochee lakh vaar ||
chupai chup n hovee jae laae rehaa liv thaar ||
In this video (in the latter stage of his life) he confesses to making some mistakes in his life, his ego of thinking he knew it all and how it had caught up with him...and then he goes on to describe the above two lines.
First line is described from 8:15 and the second line from 22:00.
I have been reading these two lines all my life without a seconds thought...and i watched this video by yogi ji and it didnt make much sense, until i started taking my Simran seriously and doing amrit vela.
So for me, He said something in such a way that i havn't read or heard before...and through taking my Simran seriously, i feel His explanation of Guru Ji is the truth and at a very deep depth.
Japji Sahib - Lecture by Yogi Bhajan - part 1 - YouTube
Chaz Singh ji,
Guru Fateh.
First and foremost, I would like to share some facts about Yogi Bhajan. He was a civil servant, had never done yoga ever in his life, never had a Yoga master through which normally all the students learn yoga from. He took upon himself to give the title Yogi without having any Yoga background.
Satnaam Tejwant Ji,
Maybe that is the complete truth, maybe it isn't.
there are many aspects of my life know one knows and never will...only God.
Satnaam Ji,
I will look into This other translation ji...are there any online references?
With regards to Yogi Ji's talks of Japji...there is a series of videos that i watched...only 1 or two are on youtube...i will try and find the rest.
This particular one shook me when i watched it because there were many things i couldn't understand through my practical experience of Simran in Amrit Vela, but the way Yogi Ji explained only Two lines of Japji, just like he described, my whole universe opened up.
The two lines he talks about in this video are:
sochai soch n hovee jae sochee lakh vaar ||
chupai chup n hovee jae laae rehaa liv thaar ||
In this video (in the latter stage of his life) he confesses to making some mistakes in his life, his ego of thinking he knew it all and how it had caught up with him...and then he goes on to describe the above two lines.
First line is described from 8:15 and the second line from 22:00.
I have been reading these two lines all my life without a seconds thought...and i watched this video by yogi ji and it didnt make much sense, until i started taking my Simran seriously and doing amrit vela.
So for me, He said something in such a way that i havn't read or heard before...and through taking my Simran seriously, i feel His explanation of Guru Ji is the truth and at a very deep depth.
Japji Sahib - Lecture by Yogi Bhajan - part 1 - YouTube
I was the same, i didn't understand what he was talking about nor understood its importance.Pardon my ignorance, but I did not understand how he translated the above two lines. Could you please share Yogi Bhajan's translation with us?
Thanks & regards
Tejwant Singh
Chazji
You would find the goodness and meaning in a dog turd. It is something I admire hugely in you.It is the true message of Sikhism in my view. However, a dog turd remains a dog turd
I think we are getting off topic a bit, as the OP was about kundalini yoga, not specific translations of things that Yogi Bhajan 'may have gotten right'
The fact remains that 3HO as an organization has shaped how the average American (and even Canadian) think of Sikhism, and this is damaging since it's not an accurate picture of what the Sikh faith is.
We don't all wear all white, all the time. We don't all bring yoga mats to the Gurudwara and start doing breathing exercises and fold ourselves into pretzels in the diwan halls. But this is how Sikhi is perceived by MANY people in NA.
We need to separate kundalini yoga from the Sikh faith.
I don't have anything against yoga as I said, but kundalini yoga is a spiritual path in its own right and it is NOT Sikhism! Why would any Sikh even want or need kundalini yoga anyway? They are two different paths that I cant see how they could merge.
Yogi Bhajan is a different story. From everything I have read online, his followers actually revered him more than the Sikh Gurus. There are stories from ex-3HO members saying how they would be in the middle of kirtan or even worse Ardas etc, and stop in the middle, so that Yogi Bhajan could be broadcast over the speakers. It was like his word was as God's. As I said 3HO Gurudwaras still have photos of him above the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and if the photo is not, the members still bow to him as they do Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. The fact that he may or may not have gotten a few lines in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji correct is inconsequential. The position in which he was viewed by 3HO members and still is, suggests 'cult' in my mind. The fact that kundalini yoga classes cost money to 3HO members, and it is implied that you need to keep forking over money for more classes to advance spiritually, also suggests 'cult' to my mind. Putting the organization's leader over Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and the Sikh Gurus to me suggests 'cult'.
I have nothing against 3HO members but they are more 'yogi' than Sikh. And I realize tha vast majority of white Sikhs are 3HO members... and that I am caucasion myself... I have been on more than one ocassion when I mention I am Sikh, I am often asked questions about kundalini yoga... then I have to explain the difference.
Don't even get me started on the cult 'Eckankar'... LOL
I agree with the majority of what you said...and a lot of what you said is about the 'followers'. Can everything you said not also be applied exactly to the image that many people in Punjab give of Sikhi? to the view people all around the world give of sikhi?
In the U.K many white people think sikhs are 'relaxed' and 'out for a good time' 'good drinkers, and 'throw a great party'...are many of the U.K sikhs not in the wrong for giving out that impression...i used to be one of those people...what a fool i was and still am.
The point is we are all stuck in Maya, and strung by the 5 thieves, so all of us including me, are doing things based on the 5 thieves even on the spiritual path, ego comes into play...we should be trying everything we can to help each other even if it just puts a glimmer of light into anothers life....that's a godsend.
So two lines translated for me from Yogi bhajan was enough to do something inside of me that literally opened up the universe for me...that was many months ago...as my Simran evolves, i understand those two lines even more and many other lines in gurbani...
I can't change others around me, but i can change myself...and i have faith in god (all around and within all) that there are diamonds of wisdom and light in 'everyones' lives from which i can learn from.
God Shows us the False, so that we can understand and become aware of the truth....even the false is a blessing....its all his play...it is not for me to judge the false, but to learn from it and be thankful of it...thats my take on it anayway
God Bless JI.
Chaz Ji,
I think my point was, just because he may have gotten two lines right for you, does that mean we should allow 3HO to continue to give a very wrong impression of Sikhi? Should we ignore the damage Yogi Bhajan has done to the Sikh faith, because he hit a chord within you some months ago?
And, the image you had of Sikhi in the UK isn't even related to this... Just because some people everywhere get a bad or wrong impression of something still does not mean we should just allow it to happen. The difference in your case, is that some Sikhs themselves over there are causing their own issues, while with 3HO, this is what they are actually teaching people. And as an organization that teaches people spiritually, we should not allow them to teach wrong information.
I think my point was, just because he may have gotten two lines right for you, does that mean we should allow 3HO to continue to give a very wrong impression of Sikhi? Should we ignore the damage Yogi Bhajan has done to the Sikh faith, because he hit a chord within you some months ago?
And, the image you had of Sikhi in the UK isn't even related to this... Just because some people everywhere get a bad or wrong impression of something still does not mean we should just allow it to happen. The difference in your case, is that some Sikhs themselves over there are causing their own issues, while with 3HO, this is what they are actually teaching people. And as an organization that teaches people spiritually, we should not allow them to teach wrong information.
How do you not allow people to teach what they perceive as spiritual paths?
Who judges?
With what authority?
How will they enforce the judgement?
It is a very problematic area.
eacesignkaur:
Easy... they can teach whatever spiritual path they want to... just don't call it or imply that it is the Sikh faith!
As for damage control? I am not exactly sure how to go about it... some ex-3HO members already have websites exposing 3HO. All I can do as an individual is correct people when they assume that my religion is kundalini yoga. As an organization... there isn't much we can do because of the vast amounts of cash that 3HO has amassed through yoga classes, camps, selling yogi teas etc., they have a host of lawyers so they can pretty much do whatever they want.