lives, and grow together to meet the

test of these times.

The Siri Singh Sahib once said that he

prayed for difficulties to go away, but

only more came. He learned that he

had to pray for the wings to fly over

the difficulties and get through any

challenges with the Grace of the Guru.

Let us pray to our divine Guru that we

may bow before him and let our wings

carry us to our destiny.

Wahe Guru ji ka Khalsa,

Wahe Guru ji ki Fateh!

The Siri Guru Granth Sahib was given to us

at a time of deep strife and conflict. 1708

was the end of an era: The Guruship was

passing from the last human Guru (Guru

Gobind Singh) to the Shabad Guru: the Siri

Guru Granth Sahib. This transformed the

relationship the Sikhs had with their

Guru, who had been in human form for

more than 200 years.

As Sikhs we transitioned at that time from

a human Guru to the Shabad Guru: the

word of Truth, and from that day we have

bowed to no man, only to God. This

beautiful gift came with the grace of meeting

the challenges to stay in faith with the Guru

through every test of time. Since that day

302 years ago, devout Sikhs have been

keeping the consciousness of the Dharma

alive to pass on to us, the future generations.

Just like then, these are great times of

change and tests. Another two years will

bring the change of the Age. The chal-

lenges are many and each of us is going

through deep transformation: personally

and collectively. As we build our

strength, our courage and our fortitude to

keep up, let us appreciate the infinite

blessings the Guru has brought into our

(Excerpted from lecture on Guru Ram Das’ birthday 1987)

Sikh religion does not mean anything at all if

there is a personality problem, or if there is a

personality worship, or there is a personality to

adhere to. The fundamental of Sikh religion is

very simple, because what we have here is the

Shabad Guru. It will never change. We may

change or not, that's our problem. We may un-

derstand or not, that's our insecurity, our bad

luck. We may not have that knowledge. We

may try to pretend that with our force and with

our might we can overrule things. But what a

wonderful situation it is that we have Guru

which will say the same thing that it said on the

day one, what it says today, and it always will

say.

This is the beauty where every man can rejoice,

where every man can understand. Guru should

be one who should take you from darkness to

light, but Guru should not be a person or a place

or a thing which can change it to a status. It is

status of all statuses. It is the ultimate refuge of

the mankind and that's what Siri Guru Granth

represents today. We don't understand. We still

call it "holy book." That is very naive on our

part. We don't understand the greatness and the

grace of the word spoken and said, and recorded

and written.

The world shall come to an understanding, and

that's what is going to happen, that we, a handful

of Sikhs when we'll reach in ourself the purity

and piety, when we will have the dignity and the

Siri Guru Granth Sahib

Shabad Guru

Season of Gratitude I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Lord of Miracles

Tour

2

Yuba City Jaloose 3

Siri Singh Sahib

Lecture cont’d

4

Siri Sikdar Sahiba

Column

5

Bhai Sahiba

Corner

5

Prosperity Pages 6

What’s New 8

Gratitude 9

Calendar &

Community

News

10

Siblings of

Destiny Update

11

Siri Singh Sahib Lecture

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T H E SI K H D HAR MA W OR L D WI D E N EWS L ETT ER

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Community Connection

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SS Gurubachan Singh

& Dr Ardass Singh

Lord of Miracles Journey On September 27th the Lord of

Miracles Tour in Honor of Guru

Ram Das was inaugurated in Lima,

Peru. For the past eight years, we

have had the privilege and honor to

travel all over South America shar-

ing the wisdom of Shabd Guru,

Kundalini Yoga and the science of

breath.

This year SS Gurubachan Singh

Khalsa, Ram Das Singh Khalsa and

Dr Ardass Singh Khalsa from

Frankfurt, Germany are traveling to 12 cities

in 10 countries throughout Central and South

America over the course of 40 days.

This tour is the inspiration of Siri

Singh Sahib, who, more than 9 years

ago, instructed S.S. Gurubachan

Singh to share the wisdom of the Gu-

rus and the technology of Kundalini

Yoga in South America as the Siri

Singh Sahib had done

throughout the West-

ern Hemisphere.

First stop: Lima, Peru

The sangat in Lima

have been working to

bring the teachings of

Kundalini Yoga and Shabd

Guru to the prison population in

their country. This has become

such a successful program that now the four

main prisons in the country offer classes in

Kundalini Yoga. It is amazing to see 300 in-

mates chanting and meditating, and only

makes us more convinced that our work is so

great to reach people when they are young to

help them avoid the entrapments of life that

can place them be-

hind bars.

On the first day, the

three of us taught

more than 300 in-

mates in the Men's

maximum security

prison. The impact

was incredible and

the change that they

all went through was

nothing short of the miracle of Guru Ram

Das. Afterwards Dr Ardass Singh and the Pe-

ruvian sangat taught another class to the

Lunch with

Peruvian Sangat

Prison guards meditating

P U B L I C S E R V I C E & T E A C H I N G

Women’s prison,

to teach them to

meditate, chant

and feel inspired.

If any of you

have met Dr

Ardass, who trav-

eled with Yogi

Bhajan on several

occasions to

India you all understand what a graceful and

powerful healer he is.

S.S. Gurubachan Singh Khalsa then taught

about “Reconnecting with yourself in Times

of Uncertainty". The hall was filled with just

fewer than 300 people of Lima who came from

all aspects of Peruvian society. S.S.

Gurubachan Singh explained to the group the

power and importance of the breath and that

through the breath you can know how to handle

your life. Every answer to the challenges of life

is contained in the breath. In these years there

is a tremendous disconnection between one's

self and reality and as a result people are con-

fused, stressed, worried, fearful and depressed.

We all experienced connecting with ourselves

through the simple techniques of Kundalini

Yoga and mantras from Shabd Guru. In the end

everyone was uplifted, recharged and happy.

The next day we had the opportunity to work

with healers form all over Lima's poor

neighborhoods. About 100 women participated

in learning about how disease is dis-ease. To

control your health and keep away from disease

can be reached through proper diet, exercise

and meditation. Dr Ardass Singh spoke on this

importance as well and relating to how the Siri

Guru Granth Sahib teaches us to live lives of

Maximum security prison inmates doing Kundalini Yoga

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truth in all aspects.

That afternoon we were invited to a

wonderful paella lunch made from

beautiful Peruvian produce, and Span-

ish saffron rice. This was a truly

memorable part of the tour as we vis-

ited the home of Guru Simran Kaur

and her husband Don Miguel. From the

lunch we headed towards the women's

maximum security prison. The

women were overjoyed to see us and

the class was nothing short of beauti-

ful. 20% of the population of this

prison has been practicing Kundalini Yoga for 1 year. As a

result there is marked decrease in aggression, violence and

substance abuse. The women members of the sangat who are

instrumental in this seva of teaching at the prison are Guru

Tera Kaur, Guru Simran Kaur, Santokh Kaur, Baltej Kaur and

It’s mid-October and starting to get cool and a bit

foggy in the early mornings.

At The Siri Guru Nanak Sikh Temple here in Yuba

City, devoted Sikhs have been at work for several

weeks for the biggest event of the year, Naggar

Kirtan [Sikh Procession]. The exact numbers are

rumored to be around 70,000 people - devotees who

will come to town for that weekend. Motels

are booked; every home has out of town

visitors. Of course, the parade is the big

event, the reason everyone makes the trip.

But the bazaar! Just think of all the shop-

ping to be done: acres of vendors, increasing

in numbers & varieties every year, hundreds

of stalls selling everything one otherwise

might only find in Punjab. Just about any-

thing you can find in the bazaars around the

Golden Temple can be found here: kirpans,

books, jewelry, bright fabrics, cheap toys,

thick blankets, an endless supply of free food:

rotis, garbanzos, yogurt, dahl, paranthas,

freshly squeezed sugar cane juice.

Today the parking lots and acreage around

the temple loom empty… waiting for spaces

Waiting to Follow the Guru

An update from

Yuba City, CA

where every year

more than

70,000 Sikhs

gather to walk in

a procession

through the

streets in honor

of Guru Gaddee

Day, the day the

Siri Guru Granth

Sahib became

the Guru in

1708.

P U B L I C S E R V I C E & T E A C H I N G

Siri Pritam Kaur has lived in Yuba City, CA for more than 25 years. She encourages all who wish to come for this event to join the festivities. Email: siripritamyc@gmail.com

to be filled with cars, trucks, families with chil-

dren coming to enjoy the weekend’s festivities

& joy. The temple sits on several acres outside

the city; these acres will be filled soon with

colorful floats waiting their turn to join the

parade, with the most decorated and bright

carriage taking our Siri Guru Granth Sahib

through the streets of our town. Panj Piare will

walk ahead to guide the way, flower petals will

bless the way, sweepers will clean the road - and

thousands upon thousands will follow the Guru.

A day of joy, sharing the indescribable wisdom

of our divine scriptures, words which have

uplifted and inspired us throughout the year.

Very soon now...November 6 & 7th. Wahe

Guru!

Prison inmates with SS Gurubachan S & Dr Ardass S

Lord of Miracles Journey, Continued

Siri Guru Granth Sahib Float in Yuba City Naggar Kirtan

Dr Ardass S with

Peruvian baby

Dev Murti Kaur. These angels of Peru have been

generously giving their time and effort as Kundalini Yoga

teachers.

It has

been a

great

honor for

all of us

on this

wonderful

8th Lord

of Mira-

cles Tour

in Honor

of Guru

Ram Das to participate with them. Read the full article with

more pictures at: www.sikhnet.com/news/8th-lord-miracles-tour-

honor-guru-ram-das

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Excerpted from Ram Das Singh Khalsa’s articles on Sikhnet. Email: rds@khalsatrading.com (edited by Guru Kirin Kaur Khalsa)

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Siri Singh Sahib Lecture (continued from page 1)

divinity, when we'll have the essence of

one single line: "Ang Sang Wahe Guru,"

when we'll understand in the all realms of

our tattwas, in our chakras, in our gunas, in

our being, in our projections, in our rejec-

tions, in our pain, in our pleasure, in our

richness... when in all that we reach AL-

WAYS for Guru Ram Das, there's nothing

we should worry about. Our affairs will be

adjusted.

I understand. I understand you that you

want certain things. I know everybody

wants certain things. It's not wrong to want

certain things. But when you want some-

thing and as the God and Guru adjust it, then you

accept it. That is the beauty of the man. The differ-

ence between animal and man is only very simple.

When a man desires something, his state of ecstasy,

in micro consciousness to macro consciousness to his

magnetic field, has the projection of that attraction

but under no circumstances it is finalized, because

the entire divinity in its own projection correlates to

it, but when an animal desires something, it is one

pointed. Either it gets it or it does not. Our totality is

sometimes so limited, our desires are sometimes so

few, that even the birds laugh at us: "What are these

humans doing?"

What is happening in the Western world is very

beautiful. First time man has found out that he can

worship something which is steady, steadfast, clear,

pure and conscious. First time! There's no man here.

No man ever shall be. That's the beauty of Sikh

Dharma. A poor person can come and bow before

Siri Guru Granth. A rich person can come and bow

before Siri Guru Granth. He may understand or not

understand. This is first time that we have to under-

stand that even if we are very wise... if we put all the

bibles on the donkey we are not going to get priest

out of him, and if we collect all the priests in the

world, we are not going to get Christ out of him. It is

a question of consciousness. It is that one line: "The

Sikh who calls himself the Sikh of the Guru may rise

in the ambrosial hour." This one line. It is one line.

The question is, are we willing to obey or are we

willing to delay?

Guru said something very beautiful: "Ik Ong Kar Sat

Nam Karta Purkh Nirbhao Nirvair Akal Moorat

Ajoonee Saibhang, Gur Prasad*." It is a very tall

order. If you want to look at it, it looks like it is im-

possible. But it is a very simple order. Guru an-

swered it. How to achieve it? "Jap! Aad Sach, Jugaad

Sach, Haibhee Sach, Naanak Hosee Bhee Sach." See

the truth in all. See that dignity in all. Do not separate

the Creator and the creation.

We are here to pay our samskars, our karmas. Somebody's

lucky enough, he becomes rich, he doesn't understand. He

feels very wonderful and he gets all the facility on this

earth. But there is emptiness in him. Richness does not

mean that you have reached with your own consciousness.

Your own soul may not be your friend. Your own con-

sciousness may not come through. Your own intuition may

not serve you.

The idea is to remain pure every day, idea is to repeat the

words of the Guru, idea is to understand Gurbani is not the

hassling job... it is a science, simple enough, that when

your tongue will rotate with those twists of permutation

and combination, when you will read Rehiras and it will

make the hypothalamus to totally compute for you the at-

mosphere through which you have to go through the night.

Then you

have not

to pour

bourbon

on the

rocks and

make

your

head sore

and do

weird

things.

You need energy. Without this you cannot live. You think

by taking vitamins and taking that kind of stuff you are

going to be fine. That's not true. Your spirit is hungry.

Then your entire being is empty. You feel the shallowness.

But when you repeat the gurbani, when you do the simran,

it gives you the essence to do seva.

Seva is what? Seva is not to show off. Seva is to serve with

the feeling that you glorify the Guru. You wear bana. You

wear it. It identifies you with the oneness of Guru. You

read bani, it identifies you with the oneness of the Guru.

You do seva and simran, it identifies with your identity.

Once you find your own identity in a pure form, you are

above all. Then the pair of opposites do not affect you.

Trust your Guru. Trust your God. It is in you. That's what

Guru Ram Das totally stands for. Today we may feel that

Sikh Dharma is going through changes. We may feel that

we cannot visit the Golden Temple. These are all physical

restrictions, but who can take away from us our Golden

Temple? It is in our hearts. It is in our memory. It is in our

breath of life. Anybody can attack Akal Takhat, but on

every sixth of the month, we celebrate that day, and we'll

keep on celebrating till Akal Takhat will never be in a po-

sition that it can ever be attacked again. We are going to be

a nation all around the world.

© Teachings of Yogi Bhajan 1987

R E S O U R C E S

“When...we

reach ALWAYS

for Guru Ram

Das, there's

nothing we

should worry

about. Our

affairs will be

adjusted.”

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Bhai Sahiba’s Corner

2010 has been an extraordinary year of

growth and change for our community. The

dynamics we faced in this year brought

forth a need to cultivate our spirit with faith

to bring about victory to our future as a

Dharma. The Guru was guiding our spirits

to face our challenges in grace and with an

attitude of gratitude

knowing this beautiful

Dharmic path was

blessed to be victori-

ous. Throughout his-

tory, Sikhs have faced

similar challenges,

each story was a test

of character, caliber

and commitment.

Faith in our future is

God’s gift as we bring about a much needed

change. Our challenges have awakened us

collectively to define our unity and deliver

our purpose together. We worked together

Siri Sikdar Sahiba

Sardarni Guru Amrit

Kaur Khalsa

R E S O U R C E S

to inspire, educate and take a

stand. So many blessings

came as opportunities for

our community to grow in

our spirit as we began to

define our future together

and to

give and support each other

with our hearts, minds and

resources. Gratefully the sangat

rose to the occasion to carry the

Siri Singh Sahib’s legacy

forward as we collectively

created new events, such as the

Siblings of Destiny Meetings.

2010 has been a year of cour-

age to build our spirit to con-

front life’s challenges and deliver our soul to God

in Prayer. In gratitude, we have shared this

year guided by the Grace of the Guru and a deep

love for the mission the Siri Singh Sahib left us to

carry forward.

Sardarni Guru Amrit Kaur

Khalsa was appointed to

the Office of the Siri Sikdar

Sahiba (Chief Spiritual

Minister) by the Siri Singh

Sahib and serves to main-

tain the quality of spiritual

practice within the Sikh

Dharma communities.

Contact email: sssa

@sikhdharmaworldwide.org

During this time of Guru Gaddee, as we look with gratitude at all of the blessings the Guru brings into our lives, let’s understand what an Akandh Path is and how it affects us:

Akandh Path means unbroken recitation. An Akandh Path is the continuous recitation or reading aloud of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. The Akandh Path takes forty-eight hours to complete (seventy-two hours when reading English translation). While reciting we are repeating the

exact same words that were spoken by the Guru during their divine communion with the Infinite. Recit-ing this bani gives us that same experience of union with God. Guru Gobind Singh’s own delivery of the Granth to Bhai Mani Singh took exactly two days of continuous recitation. Without standing or stopping he recited the entire Siri Guru Granth Sahib to Bhai Mani Singh, as it is today. In this way Guru Gobind Singh not only delivered the Granth to his battle worn Sikhs, but he delivered it to the hands of all poster-ity as well. The Akandh Path re-creates this act by Guru Gobind Singh, and thereby creates the sound current that elevates a person’s consciousness to the Guru’s consciousness. The Sikh comes to the Akandh Path to experience direct communication with the Guru. You speak the Guru’s words, you speak the Guru’s concept of God’s words, and you hear them being spoken. There is no higher or more sophisticated meditation possible in a human body, within a human lifetime, than to hear your own voice reciting the Guru’s words. The effects of the Akandh Path are not confined to the reader alone. By virtue of the unbroken recitation, the vibration of the Gurbani comes to permeate all of the surroundings. It creates a unique and auspicious environment of protection and blessings, whereby at any moment a lis-tener or reader may be merged with the sound current of the Infinite, and in this way lives are changed

forever. - Excerpted from Bhai Sahiba Bibiji’s book: Living Reality

Victory in Faith

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Dr. Bibiji Inderjit Kaur, the wife of the Siri Singh Sahib, was

appointed by him to the position

of Bhai Sahiba (Chief Religious

Minister) of Sikh Dharma. She is

known around the globe as a

revered "mother" and honored as

an ambassador of good will for

all. Email: bhaisahiba @sikhdharmaworldwide.org

P A G E 6

“Touch every

heart, bow your

head, bless

everybody, and

you shall be

blessed.”

Siri Singh Sahib

Amrit Kaur,

SDW

Dasvandh Office

Prosperity Prayer Partners

Inside Story Headline

Personal Dasvandh Stories

The other day, I was driving down a mountain road after collecting firewood. The truck hit a bump,

swerved and almost threw us over the edge. All of a sudden, we regained control and corrected our course. The next day, I wrote a check to Dasvandh, to

the Infinite, in gratitude for being

saved from a life-threatening accident.

This is my relationship with Dasvandh. I give out of gratitude for all of the blessings in my

life. I give to celebrate joyous occasions, simple everyday blessings and for life saving interventions.

My life has become an exercise of gratitude. I am happier, things flow smoother and I feel more protected than ever before.

Update: I just brought in another check to Dasvandh in gratitude for another near miss!

Dasvandh is truly a blessing. - Anonymous

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As a community, as a sangat, we rise and fall together; our

collective destinies are linked as siblings. To grow in pros-

perity as a community we need to help each other. Try

this: find someone you would like to partner with and each

day pray for the other person’s prosperity Project on them

infinite blessings and ask God to shower them with pros-

perity, while they do the same to you. Watch and see the prosperity grow for

each of you and then share that with the community.

P R O S P E R I T Y

Sit in Easy Pose with a straight spine. With your upper arms close to your sides, bring your hands to the level of the heart with the hands side-by-side and cupped (the way they are for receiving prasad). Eyes are one-tenth open and focused at the tip of the nose.

Siri Singh Sahib said: “Allow all the blessings of heaven to flow to you; ask for whatever you need; know yourself to be blessed; feel the boundless flow of spirit”.

He did not give a time limit or mantra for this meditation, so you can listen to your favorite mantra or shabad that fills you with divine bliss.

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Gurprasad (Guru’s Blessings) Prosperity Meditation

Last week one evening I got a phone call. At that

time it is usually salespeople calling so I nor-

mally try to avoid them. Sure enough it was a

surveyor asking if I could give my opinion on

childhood immunizations. The woman sounded

very nice, and I was thinking to myself, how bad

the economy is right now and how hard it must

be for these telemarketers so I decided to go

ahead and take the survey. After about 5 minutes,

when she said we were not even halfway through,

I decided to end the call as I didn’t have the time

to finish. A few days later I got a letter in the

mail from that person saying how much she ap-

preciated me taking the time to talk with her and

enclosed $5 cash. She asked me if I could continue

the call at a later time for an additional payment.

This to me is an example of Dasvandh at work. I

gave my time (5 minutes) and was rewarded by the

universe for doing it. I encourage you all to look for

ways that Dasvandh is at work in your life.

- Amrit Kaur, SDW Dasvandh Office

Message from Dasvandh Director

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Dasvandh is delighted to join forces with

Community Connections! Every month,

you will find information on Prosperity

Technology and Dasvandh located in the

heart of this new publication. Please send

us your inspirational stories, proven tech-

niques, favorite Siri Singh Sahib quotes

or lectures, passages from the Siri Guru

Granth Sahib, questions, interests – anything that we can share or

assist you with to support the gift of Dasvandh. We are available

anytime at 505-614-5867 or satmitar@sikhdharmaworldwide.org

Siri Singh Sahib said:

“Give to God what belongs to God. It is

called Dasvandh: one-tenth of your time, in-

come, thoughts, projection, communication,

belongings, and one-tenth of every act. Every

act is blessed in which one-tenth belongs to

God".

We deeply honor and appreciate all of you who

give your tenth to Dasvandh. May you be for-

ever blessed by the hand of Guru Ram Das.

Sikh Dharma Worldwide is launching the Prosperity Pro-

ject to help build prosperity for our entire dharma through:

Sharing the vast wealth of teachings and technol-

ogy the Siri Singh Sahib brought with him to the west

Promoting our expertise delivered through our

businesses, healing practices, services, books, courses,

Expanding our culture of giving through the prac-

tice of Dasvandh.

The goal is to increase the number of participants who ex-

perience the benefits of the teachings, increase your income

through building awareness of your courses, businesses,

services, and increase Dasvandh donations. It is a win-win

for everyone. Wealth is literally at our fingertips. All we

need to do is work together. Please send Satmitar Kaur

(satmitar@sikhdharmaworldwide.org) information on what

you are doing and we will help you promote it.

Satmitar Kaur has served the Siri Singh Sahib’s non-profits since 2001. Her work has ranged from Managing and Representing 3HO NGO at the United

Nations, Directing Peace Prayer Day, participating in public relations, community development and fundraising. Since January, she has served as Di-rector of Dasvandh. She finds joy through the Shabad Guru and service to this beautiful dharma.

The Prosperity Project – All for One, One for All!

P R O S P E R I T Y

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Siri Kirpal Kaur Khalsa is one of the first to support

the Prosperity Project. She will donate 20% of the

profits to Dasvandh and 10% to the Legal Fund. By

purchasing her beautiful book,

Sikh Spiritual Practice: The Sound

Way to God, you will experience a

lovely read on the Siri Singh Sa-

hib’s teachings on Sikh Dharma

and support Sikh Dharma World-

wide at the same time. Consider

stocking up on this book for your

students who are interested in

learning more about the sacred

path of Sikh Dharma. Purchase your copies today at

these Dharmic businesses:

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Next Dasvandh Teleclass: November 13th, 10—11:30 AM MST

Yoga, Meditation and a Plan of Action: The Manifestation of True Prosperity

Prosperity is a spiritual phenomenon that comes when spirit infuses the physical form and charges it with

pranic energy. By holding this frequency, you begin to radiate and attract the intentions set forth, whether

money, love or fame. Business success, however, must be supported by a plan of action, a business plan, which

is an active meditation to manifest your intentions. Join Siri Karm Singh Khalsa, founder and president of The

Boston Language Institute, as he draws from his 30-year experience of building a company from humble begin-

nings to international renown. With wisdom, humor and heart, he will blend conversation and meditation to

map a path to prosperity for all. www.bostonlanguage.com

Newsletter Acknowledgements:

Editor in Chief: SS Guru Kirin Kaur Khalsa; Executive Editor: SS Gurujot Kaur Khalsa

Contributing Editors: SS SatSundri Kaur Khalsa & Satmitar Kaur Khalsa

Subscription/Mailing Manager: Amrit Kaur Khalsa

P A G E 8

Aap Sahaee Hoa This shabad is a

gift to you that

will let you

penetrate the

unknown with-

out fear. It will

give you

protection &

mental bal-

ance.

Aap Sahaee Hoa

is a shabad written

by the fifth Guru,

Guru Arjan Dev Ji.

Siri Singh Sahib

said that this sha-

bad can relieve

unbearable finan-

cial pres-

sure if chanted for

62 minutes

(best time

between 3-4 AM).

C O M M U N I T Y C O N N E C T I O N : N O V 2 0 1 0

N E W S & W H A T ’ S N E W

Join the Aap

Sahee Hoa

Worldwide

Prosperity

Meditation

on Saturday,

November

6th!

The World-

wide sangat

will be chant-

ing 62 min-

utes of Aap

Sahee Hoa

any time on

Saturday!

Shabad Information from

Mantrapedia on

www.spiritvoyage.com

Shabad image from

Shabad Printer on

www.sikhnet.com

Meet the Staff of SDW

SS Gurujot Kaur, Secretary General: Oversees the

work of SDW including Siblings of Destiny, Communications & Community Outreach

SS SatSundri Kaur, General Manager: Oversees

operations including HR, Fund-Raising, Website Development, SDW Board Secretary

SS Guru Kirin Kaur, Comptroller General: Runs the

Financial Department & produces monthly newsletter

Satmitar Kaur, Community & Dasvandh Director: Oversees

Dasvandh management and growth, supports community outreach

Amrit Kaur, Donation Adminis-trator & Customer Service: Oversees donation tracking & data management, coordinates mailings

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In Gratitude P A G E 9

This has been a big year for

Sikh Dharma WorldWide.

From starting with virtually

nothing we have grown into

a working organization that

is setup to continue to serve

the sangat. Together we

started semi-annual Sib-

lings of Destiny meetings,

helped to put on Siri Singh Sahib’s birthday party at his

Ranch, sponsored the annual rumalas and Akandh Path at

the Golden Temple for Siri Singh Sahib’s birthday, and we

are sponsoring the weekly Khalsa Akandh Paths at Takhat

Keshgar Sahib for our Khalsa family.

All of this happened

through the efforts of the

Worldwide sangat who

came forward, out of

love and devotion to the

legacy of the Siri Singh

Sahib, to serve his mem-

ory, appreciating what

his contribution has brought to our lives. So many people

came forward touched by what they were seeing and offered

their support and assistance in multiple ways. Some have

given the treasures of time, money and resources but all did

it in the spirit of Bheta: an offering to their teacher out of

love, to keep the legacy in its purity. We’d like to like to

honor a just few of these brave sevadars of light and truth

who have served in this year of Guru Gobind Singh:

Amrit Kaur,

Chancellor –

Amrit Kaur

spends endless

hours on our law

case, as an advisor

and a valuable

resource to the

legal team. She is an invaluable asset to our

legal pursuit, particularly as we move into the

discovery phase.

Gurujodha Singh (CA) – Gurujodha Singh’s

knowledge and indomitable spirit are a great

asset to our current challenge. He is a motivator

and a warrior for truth.

Siri Pritam Kaur and Guru Kirin Kaur – This

devoted mother and daughter have generously

donated the current new office space for Sikh

Dharma Worldwide in Espanola and remodeled

the space to suit SDW, so we could have a long

term office closer to the Sangat. Siri Pritam Kaur

has also helped with fundraising and organized

fund-raising events in Yuba City.

Sat Kartar Singh (NM) – Sat Kartar Singh

saved the day by graciously donating office

space for Sikh Dharma Worldwide in Santa Fe,

so the work of serving the mission of Sikh

Dharma and the Siri Singh Sahib could continue

without interruption. He

provided computers and of-

fice furniture as well.

Jai Singh (Millis) – Jai

Singh donated new com-

puters for the Sikh Dharma

Worldwide staff

Avtar Hari Singh (NM) –

Avtar Hari Singh has stepped forward to self-

lessly serve in managing our legal pursuit,

while continuing his service to Sikh Dharma

Worldwide and the Sangat at this critical time.

He has attended most of the hearings in Oregon,

and has kept our Sangat informed and updated.

He has also been leading the fund-raising effort

for the SDW Legal Fund.

Seva Simran Siri S –NM

Mukhtiar Singh – NM

Guru Dev Kaur – LA

Guru Singh – LA

Gurujodha S – CA

Soul Singh – AZ

Viriam Kaur – OR

Sat Tara Kaur – CO

Sat Mitar Kaur – NM

Avtar Hari Singh – NM

Siri Mukta Singh – NM

Dharma Singh – NM

Spokespersons Group

Selfless Acts of Faith & Courage

G R A T I T U D E

The Spokespersons Group is a team of volunteers who have offered to

keep their local communities updated and informed and are committed to

fostering open communication & building spirit. They have a weekly bridge-

line phone meeting where they receive the latest updates from the Secre-

tary General, SS Gurujot Kaur, and share community news with each other. They then share this informa-

tion with their local sangats. We’d like to give our thanks to everyone who participated over the past

year. The following are the dedicated core group:

C O M M U N I T Y C O N N E C T I O N : N O V 2 0 1 0

Satwant Singh (VA) – Satwant Singh has

stepped up to champion our fund-raising ef-

forts. Through his personal example and his

efforts in working with the Dasvandh team, he

has helped raise the awareness of the blessing

of giving Dasvandh and increased our Das-

vandh donations. He is now working with the

Legal fund-raising effort and hopes to further

increase our donations to the SDW Legal Fund.

Virginia Sangat - The Herndon, VA Sangat

has been instrumental in supporting the estab-

lishment of Sikh Dharma Worldwide. As a

community, they have made large donations to

the legal effort and they continue to support

and serve our current challenge both collec-

tively & as individuals.

Phoenix and New Mexico Sangats – These

Sangats have sponsored fund-raising events for

the SDW Legal Fund and have worked to raise

the spirit in their communities and keep their

members informed

and updated.

Siri Vishnu Singh – NY

Satwant Singh – VA

Beant Singh – VA

Siri Karm Singh – MA

To join this group or for more information, contact Gurujot Kaur at gurujot@sikhdharmaworldwide.org

To all Donors & Sevadars

who have generously given

to Dasvandh and the

SDW Legal Fund:

Your selfless acts of giving are

the backbone of our service to

the sacred path of Sikh Dharma

and the legacy of the Siri Singh

Sahib. With your donations, we

can continue to uphold the val-

ues and teachings we hold so

dear and continue our service to

the future of Sikh Dharma.

In September, the California State As-

sembly unanimously declared Novem-

ber to be a Sikh Awareness and Appre-

ciation Month. CA Assemblyman

Logue said that “Californians of Sikh

heritage have made many great contri-

butions to California” and “it is impor-

tant for all Californians to recognize

and appreciate the important role Sikh

Americans have played in our state.”

He further stated: that he was “proud

to honor such a well deserving commu-

nity for all their hard work, and hope

that this resolution will help to further

California’s diversity by creating mutual

understanding and respect between all

Californians.”

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C O M M U N I T Y

November is Sikh Awareness &

Appreciation Month in California

You Can Participate: Promote these events in your area, celebrate

with your community and let us know how that

went. We love to hear your stories. Please also

let us know of upcoming Sikh Dharma events in

your area. You can email us at:

news@sikhdharmaworldwide.org

C O M M U N I T Y C O N N E C T I O N : N O V 2 0 1 0

Legal Update

Oregon Attorney General Files Similar

Lawsuit against UI, GTM & Others!

On Thursday, October 7, 2010, the Oregon Department

of Justice filed a lawsuit against Unto Infinity LLC, GTM LLC, the Siri Singh Sahib Corporation, plus Kartar Singh Khalsa, Sopurkh Kaur Khalsa, Peraim Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm Kaur Khalsa, and the other 5 members of GTM, LLC namely Karam Singh Khalsa, Ajeet Singh Khalsa, Guru Hari Singh Khalsa, Gurudhan Singh Khalsa and Robert Ziehl. The suit was filed under seal for a 30-day period of time, so the specific causes of action are not currently public. Our lawyers are working to have the seal removed as soon as possible.

This Attorney General is an experienced defender of the

public interest. He served as trial counsel with the En-ron Task Force as well as convicted several high profile organized crime prosecutions. Here is a link to his bio: www.doj.state.or.us/about/agoffice.shtml.

We are bolstered by the entry of the AG into this case as it will further expose the defendants’ actions, and remain confident that through the efforts of our lawyers and with the help of the Oregon AG we will continue to identify, secure, safeguard and recover assets meant for the Dharma and its future.

The Siri Singh Sahib once said: “There's a word

in Sikh Dharma and its a very beautiful word,

it’s called Bheta. Bheta means offering...Bheta

is: You give to the Superior. We bring our of-

fering to the Guru...Normally we bring our of-

fering to the Guru but today we bring our offer-

ing to the Guru with a petition. And that is a

Sikh tradition...Bheta is a very complex situa-

tion...Bheta justifies the fact that you offer your

body, mind, and soul. You become a martyr.

You become a total sacrifice for the Guru's

cause. Bheta means you give your wealth, you

give your health, you give your time, you give

everything in the world before anything you

believe is your altar, something you believe

which is higher, something you believe is a

cause.” © Teachings of Yogi Bhajan 1987

Petition the Guru for Our Legal Victory

Support the Legal Fund Today

Bheta

D E F E N D I N G O U R D H A R M A

Sikh Ameri-

can Legal

Defense &

Education

Fund hon-

ored Ravitej

Singh Khalsa from

Eugene, OR on October

16th, for his efforts of

more than 25 years to

repeal the law in Oregon

which prevented teach-

ers from wearing reli-

gious garb in the class-

room. This law had

been in place since 1922

and was finally repealed

earlier this year.

SALDEF honors Ravitej Singh

November 2010

CALENDAR

Nov 6th:WorldWide Aap Sahaee Hoa

Prosperity Meditation

Nov 2nd: Guru Nanak’s Birthday

Nov 6th & 7th: Guru Gaddee Naggar

Kirtan in Yuba City, CA

Nov 21st: Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur, beheaded in Delhi by the

Moghul emperor. Accession of Guru

Gobind Singh to the Guruship

For more information and to donate to the Legal Fund, visit our website at www.sikhdharmaworldwide.org

P A G E 1 1

will take us beyond our challenges to our

unity of purpose in serving the Siri Singh

Sahib’s legacy.

We have held two Siblings of Destiny

Meetings in 2010, to continue the time

honored tradition of having semi-annual

meetings of the leadership body of the

Khalsa. Out of the pure love and devo-

tion to serve the future of Sikh Dharma

and the mission of the Siri Singh Sahib,

ministers of Sikh Dharma, and members

of the Khalsa Council and the Sadh San-

gat gathered together in

Espanola, New Mexico for

these historic meetings.

We each have our part to

play in contributing to the

future of the Dharma.

Think about what part you

want to play!

The Siblings of Destiny meetings

are a joyous expression of our

spirit, our consciousness and our

commitment to work together to

serve the future of our beloved

Sikh Dharma. Members of the

global Sadh

Sangat are wel-

come to partici-

pate in these

meetings.

The dates of the

next meeting,

the Baisakhi

Siblings of Des-

tiny Meeting,

are April 20 –

23, 2011. Please save the date and let’s

all make every effort to be there to-

gether, building the future of our

Dharma.

Governance and Leadership –

Defining effective governance that

endures and evolves with changing

times. Defining the qualities of leader-

ship

Siblings of

Destiny Update

Sub-Committees

“In the Sadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I meet God, O Siblings of Destiny, God is totally pervading and permeating

everywhere.” Guru Arjan Dev Ji

C O M M U N I T Y

Secretary General

SS Gurujot Kaur Khalsa

Raising Spirit & Community – Supporting and growing our communi-

ties. Valuing our connectedness. Us-

ing our technology to keep our individ-

ual and collective spirit raised.

Funding the Mission of the Khalsa –

Attracting prosperity in order to manifest

the future vision of the Khalsa. Creating

avenues of participation for the Sangat.

C O M M U N I T Y C O N N E C T I O N : N O V 2 0 1 0

As Siblings of Destiny we

have awakened to our collec-

tive destiny of building the

future of Sikh Dharma to-

gether in unity,

with values, con-

sciousness and pu-

rity of heart. We

are deeply aware

that this is a pivotal

time in our history

and that there is a

need to individually

and collectively raise our

level of responsibility and

participation to serve the fu-

ture of our Dharma. Our

victory belongs to God and

Guru, and our collective faith

These groups are continuing their work via bridgeline telephone meetings, and invite others to join who would

like to participate. If you would like to be on the Siblings of Destiny e-mail list to receive information and up-

dates about the meetings and the work of the focus groups, please write: gurujot@sikhdharmaworldwide.org and

request to be on the mailing list.

Three focus areas were defined at the meetings:

Phone: 505-629-1562

Fax: 888-624-4131

E-mail: sdw@sikhdharmaworldwide.org

Website: www.sikhdharmaworldwide.org

Sikh Dharma Worldwide

PO Box 5585

Santa Fe, NM 87502

Visit us online at

www.sikhdharmaworldwide.org

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Inside this November Gratitude Issue:

Siri Singh Sahib Lecture

“Trust your Guru. Trust your God. It is in you. That's what Guru Ram Das totally stands for.”

Guru’s Blessings Prosperity Meditation

“Know yourself to be blessed; feel the boundless flow of spirit”.

Page 6

Page 1

Lord of Miracles

South America Tour

“The impact was incredible and the

change...was nothing short of the miracle of Guru Ram Das.”

Page 2

Siblings of Destiny Update

“We each have our part to play in contributing to the future of the

Dharma. Think about what part you want to play! “

Page 11

Aap Sahaee Hoa

“This shabad can relieve unbearable financial pressure”

Page 8

Community Connection Newsletter

This beautiful Shabad by Guru Arjan Dev Ji, 5th light of divine, creates the vibration of prosperity and protection through its repetition

and remembrance. Siri Singh Sahib Ji says of this Shabad: "It will totally eliminate enemies and block the impact of animosity forever;

it can give you mental self-control. If chanted for 62 minutes, the best time being between 3-4 am, it can relieve unbearable financial

pressure. This meditation from the Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is a gift to you that will let you penetrate the unknown without fear.

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