khoji!!!

like a kamal phul (lotus flower) living amongst the dirt yet remaining pure and unattached

what is self control? controlling your desires, controlling emotions, focusing on meditation, not being distracted,

this is honestly such a virtuous skill which is not easy in this world (kalyug)

Aee Panthee Sagal Jamaatee Man Jeetai Jagjeet - conquer the mind, conquer the world

in Sikhi, the Gurus taught us that to obtain liberation, we must have good virtues those 5 virtues are: truth, compassion, compassion, humility & love

similar concept

A drop within an ocean, an ocean within a drop

can that drop truly understand the greatness of the ocean? can it understand it is a part of the ocean? perhaps not but if it can understand itself, there is a chance it can understand what it's made of - the ocean

Descartes: I think therefore I am?

he can doubt everything - everything is a dream - but he knows he is true because he can think and convince himself that nothing exists.

I have convinced myself that there is nothing in the world — no sky, no earth, no minds, no bodies. Doesn’t it follow that I don’t exist? No, surely I must exist if it’s me who is convinced of something. But there is a deceiver, supremely powerful and cunning whose aim is to see that I am always deceived. But surely I exist, if I am deceived. Let him deceive me all he can, he will never make it the case that I am nothing while I think that I am something. Thus having fully weighed every consideration, I must finally conclude that the statement “I am, I exist” must be true whenever I state it or mentally consider it. (Descartes, Meditation II: On the Nature of the Human Mind, Which Is Better Known Than the Body).

Supne Jio Sansaar

Man Toon Joth Saroop Hai

analogy of the holy man "God is feeding God, God is laughing at God", all is God, all is Ik

not the first time spirituality has alluded to medicine "Sarab Rog Ka Aukhad Naam"

almost sounds like law of attraction... what we think, we get.. probably explained in more detail later on

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vashistha

What/Who is Vasistha? ans: - great indian sage around 3000BCE (teacher of sri rama apparently)

origin comes from Sankskrit word for "union"

why?

have patience

where the 'rishi' knot comes from

Relates to why the preservation of "kes" or hair is so important.

Every holy figure in ancient mythology had natural, long flowing hair - written accounts.

E.g. Jesus, Buddha, Sikh Gurus (still it is considered a cardinal sin to remove any hair from head to toe in Sikhi), Prophet Muhammad etc.

Significance of this? - “Our hair fashions might be just a trend, but if we investigate, we may find that we have been depriving ourselves of one of the most valuable sources of energy for human vitality.” -Yogi Bhajan

SO IMPORTANT GROUNDBREAKING?!

I remember learning about the Vietnam war in history class, i thought the exact same thing, the amount of North Vietnamese soldiers was a measly 461,000 whereas the Americans and their allies had over 1 million troops (over twice as much) however, the North Vietnamese won! And moreover, with much less casualties. This led me to believe they definitely had some supernatural abilities or they were just extraordinarily smart with using tactics such as guerrilla fighting etc.

This also reminds me of the historic Khalsa battles such as the battle of Mukatsar in which Maharaj Sri Guru Gobind Singh Jee only had an army of around 40 (Chaalee Mukte along with the panj piaare and their two Sahibzaade - i think), thus roughly an army of 48. Yet, Wazir Khan had an army of well over 100,000 yet around It was said in the Zafarnama that each Sikh probably killed 100's yet 11 Sikhs, and Guru Gobind Singh jee Maharaj remained physically alive - thus, the Mughal forces were not successful in their aim

a question: the fact that men tend to have more hair mean that they are "wiser" or "smarter" than women?

personally, I feel much more comfortable and at ease when my hair is "clean and coiled" at the crown, didn't know the science behind it

like the one described on Vasistha : "long flowing hairs that are neatly tied into a bun that is coiled with a tuft to the right"

coming from a Sikhi perspective, it could be argued that there must be a reason our hair keeps growing back even after we cut it

also remember to do a blog post on this