Gurvinderpal Singh

A month back, the Baru Sahib Jatha and Baba Iqbal Singh Ji did keertan and the Tucker Gurdwara. It was amazing and the Jatha even did Dhaadhi vaar, I did the recordings off my iphone, so it took me a while to transfer the files off my phone, but i finally was able to do it. Below is Baba Ji’s katha on Haumani and attachment, its mainly in punjabi but there is some english and you can still understand it

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Download Katha
Download Whole Night’s Keertan

BTW links have been correctly updated, i apologize for any earlier errors

here is something that i fell in love with at Baru Sahib… its the cure all for any illness you have, and i swear by it. its Lassan Lassi, oh yes that’s right, Garlic Milkshake. even though this sounds disgusting, it has a rather a highly acquired taste, only for the most sophisticated of pallets, would enjoy this.

I learned this recipe and experienced it  many times during the 2nd year of the Akal Gurmat Camp, i had arrived to camp a week earlier to help out, but i remember i fell ill, and tried traditional western meds in india, but alas they did  no work. Then Inderjit Veer Ji decided to put my out of my misery, and took me to Baba ji’s room and then he told a sevadhar to make us to Lassan lassis. When it came to me i remember that it had a rather strong smell, and made my stomach churn but i saw him take it down, and then i was like ok “Sat Naam” and just chucked it. i almost threw it back up, but by the grace of the Guru, it stayed down. Then for the next 6 hours i was knocked out, but when i woke up i felt great, but of course i smelled like garlic, and so did my clothes. I also remember i would drink those lassan lasis just so that i’d be able to go to Baba Ji’s room, and of course the sevadhaar, Charanjeet Bhen Ji knew why i was there, and Baba Ji would look at me and i knew he’d think “oh you clever boy”… but yea i fell in love with lassan lassi, and till this day whenever i feel a hit of a flu or know everyone else around me is getting sick i just make one. Or even a change in the weather, i drink one. However being a bachelor, and living by myself, i usually dont have yogurt on me, so i just eat the garlic raw.

Here is the recipe for Lassan Lasi:

Ingredients:
• 2-3 cloves of Garlic (chopped up)
• 1/2 – 3/4 cup of yogurt
• 1/2 of milk (whole)
•1/3 tsp – black salt
•1/3 tsp – pepper
•1/2 tsp – cayenne pepper
Blender

Directions
1. Chop up garlic.
2. add yogurt and garlic in blender, and blend
3. add milk to yogurt and garlic, and continue to blend
4. put then add the spices above.
5. drink, while drink feel free to pinch your nose

ALSO Note: i’ve tried doing soymilk but its too watery, and
the water makes the garlic taste worse!!!, also try to get
Indian Yogurt aka Dhaee, it taste better than American Milk.
Also if you ever want your space, during your marriage,
drink one of these, and your spouse won’t come anywhere near
you, and the more you reek of garlic, the more toxic you are.
and the garlic helps with other stuff too like here is an NYT blog
about it

Finally even though this taste gross, its totally worth it,
cause you do not have any side effects from the meds
and its all natural you may have to have a chaser,
like more yogurt or something sweet like ice cream just to help
with the taste.

hope it helps

For the past couple of days and weeks i’ve had this shabd, stuck in my head and it’s done by Bhai Surinder singh Jodhpuri, go here and listen
but like its been kinda weird couple of days, in reality ever since i turned 25, and well you know how they say in Sikhi or in the terms of Dharma, you just surrender yourself to the Will of God, or Rabh Di Iccha Oye Honda, henna, it all started with that darn Facebook "25 random" things about me" then i started listening all the things that God has put me through, and i’m reading this thinking i’m supposed to die i’m supposed to be dead, i’m not supposed to be here, and then i realized at the age of 20, (being blessed with Amrit), i had gotten my worth and just thath being completely worthless, (nahchijjia di chij) its like oh man…. I remember hearing the Kathas of Bhai Parminder Singh Ji (Surrey Guru Nanak Dev Academy Vale) in his kathas, saying that "We are just sacks of Dirt, Bhagat Kabir says we are Sacks of Dirt, and how even still Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj picked us up and out of the dirt, and made us his sons and daughters, his children, tell me what else could our Guru Ji do for us? He even gave us his whole family.. just for this one thing… this gift of Amrit… how could we even begin to repay him"….
its just that there so much more going on.. and all i can do is just Surrender, and anyways i just got out of the shower, and went to pull a Hukam, i had his heavy day where my heart center was in a funk, with all i had learned and tried to process, then
i just open the PDF and this Hukam comes again…
har jeeo nimaaniaa thoo maan ||
O Dear Lord, You are the honor of the dishonored.
nicheejiaa cheej karae maeraa govi(n)dh thaeree kudharath ko kurabaan || rehaao ||
You make the unworthy ones worthy, O my Lord of the Universe; I am a sacrifice to Your almighty creative power. ||Pause||

Full Shabd…
Here

as i sit here trying to figure out my life, i came across an older post i had on  my prior blog, which was i used during my undergrad years at VCU, it was rather comical because the post was three years ago, where i wrote about how i was a week away from my 22nd birthday and i had no idea what i was doing…. retroactively looking at the events that happened to me with in the past three years, have been kinda interesting, so much growth and strength, and Guru ji’s mehr. I made tons of mistakes oh so many… seriously tons and tons. Yet over all i realize the ultimate grace of Waheguru. Now i sit here and it’s 10 days before my 25th birthday, and i have no idea what i am supposed to do. this is my last semester of Graduate School, and in May i’ll some cool letters after my name that would be rather interesting…

I have no idea where i will end up, but some my heart knows..
was trying to a sweet tunk from bani, however its time for me to get the sadhana on… thats about it

its funny how Guru ji presents Thyself… when you break down “Guru” meanings from Dark to Lightness. when ever we go through the “Khatia Dukh Bukh Sad Maar, Eh Be Daat Tayree Datar” stages of life, its always hurt so much, we get frustrated b/c our Ego gets tested over and over, yet this is the beauty of it, as we go through the horrible pain and agony of the transition, we do banis, meditations, kriyas, keertan, gatka, kundalini yoga, some sort of sadhana to remind us that Guru ji is Ang Sang.

In our darkest moments we bring that Light of Guru, or gyan, to bring that trans formative creative energy of Waheguru/God to help up release what ever bonds or patterns or fantasy we had trapped with in our psyches, and finally we are able to release it, and after wards just utter “waheguru”….

finally being able to break through and be the light house…

so  just now right before sadhana i was going through this funk, you know like how the world can be and such and then out of now where i received a karmic biaa slap of realization across my face, from Guru Ji =), i love these moments in which guru ji awakens me from my slumber.   Making me realize not to pay heed to others.  its such a shame that i take Guru Ji Maharaj for granted.  here is the hukam 
 
i couldn’t not help but snicker at the fact that, Guru Ji backed up Ms. Gurupurakh’s comment of my earlier post. i guess i should listen to my bhenna =).
anyways i’m off to try to do sadhana. Also one last note,
I love you Guru Ji Oh So Much =)