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1: Dr Birinder Singh Ahluwalia (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), March 23, 2015, 11:49 AM.

If anyone does all the things iterated at the conclusion of the article (enjoying a cup o' Java, Spring, listening to birds, etc.) - except taking Prozac - I am certain revelation about God will follow! Just try it!

2: Hardarshan Singh Valia (Highland, Indiana, USA), March 23, 2015, 12:08 PM.

Well said. Many of us have indeed seen a pattern/design that has given us seasons of joy, meaning to our existence, and strength to fly.

3: Ajit Singh Batra (Pennsville, New Jersey, USA), March 23, 2015, 3:14 PM.

Guru Gobind Singh says in Chaupai, a verse recited daily in the evening Rehraas: "aap aapni budh hai jaitee ..." That is, "People, according to different understandings, have given different descriptions of God." Some of the philosophies are even difficult to express, leave alone explain or understand. Generally, people who are truly spiritual resort to simple truths which give purpose to our day-to-day lives ... and that is all that matters.

4: Baldev Singh (Bradford, United Kingdom), March 23, 2015, 10:05 PM.

Loved every sentence. In Sikhi, we have no place for dogma, except for one: that we are all of one race and from the One Creator. The author couldn't have given a better inculcation than his concluding advice. On Sunday, 22 March, I went for my Sunday evening walk in East Keswick, a village just outside my home town of Leeds, and saw a spectacular sunset. The birdsong of an early spring made me feel absolutely in tune with beautiful Earth and the Creator of the Universe! Fantastic article ... more, please, for the brainwashed and foaming-at-the-mouth 'holy' people!

5: Aryeh Leib Lerner (Israel), March 24, 2015, 3:33 AM.

"Keep the company of those who seek the truth - run away from those who have found it!" - attributed to Vaclav Havel. Or, as Mark Twain put it: "We are always hearing of people who are around seeking after the Truth. I have never seen a (permanent) specimen. I think he has never lived. But I have seen several entirely sincere people who thought they were (permanent) Seekers after the Truth. They sought diligently, persistently, carefully, cautiously, profoundly, with perfect honesty and nicely adjusted judgment - until they believed that without doubt or question they had found the Truth. That was the end of the search. The man spent the rest of his life hunting up shingles wherewith to protect his Truth from the weather."

6: Yuktanand Singh  (Michigan, USA), March 24, 2015, 12:02 PM.

Richard Rohr once said that the best place to hide from God is religion. As it is evident in the article above, students of gurbani do not look for God in any arguments or dogma; but they do not live in a house of cards built on mere inferences or lack thereof, either. Education can make us forget that as Sikhs we follow gurbani. Gurbani was written with a pen that flowed with direct perception of reality. Bhagat Namdev had to say to those who argue about God, "Why the blabber? God is hiding with those who have found him" [GGS:718.11]. Thus, gurbani's answer to the 'God question' is proper sangat. We miss this answer because gurbani points at more than mere company of other seekers of truth.

7: Yuktanand Singh  (Michigan, USA), March 24, 2015, 12:04 PM.

Charlatans abound but they must not make us shelve the real meaning of sangat in gurbani. I have seen that doubts and arguments (about something that cannot be seen or found) will continue until we meet someone who actually lives in God's presence. "Meeting such a one, all my doubts are gone, and I am emancipated" [GGS:810.13]. We tend to practice make-believe Sikhi today, as if such people do not exist any longer. Being modern we tend to ignore it or regard ourselves as the sangat, but proper sangat should be in our daily prayer while drinking our coffee or appreciating the flowers.

8: Aryeh Leib Lerner (Israel), March 24, 2015, 4:23 PM.

Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro likens religion to a menu description, while experiencing God is the true meal. Too many of us settle for the menu while trying to convince ourselves (and others!) that we have eaten. Sort of like 'The Emperor's New Clothes' in gastronomic metaphor ...

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