Walking along the road in Rishikesh, there are many sadhus and beggars that you encounter in their startlingly orange robes, with their malas, begging bowls and sticks ever present. "Hari Om!" they say to me in happy greeting. Reminded of the amazing song by Guruganesha Singh, I sing back, "Dear Lord, Sat Nam, Holy Name...!" I may look a little crazy and they don't understand the reference (and if you don't, find this beautiful song on www.spiritvoyage.com, on the Joy is Now album!), but it brings a smile to their face nevertheless. We all look a little crazy: them in robes and sandalwood painted foreheads with ashes smeared into their dreadlocks tied up onto the top of their heads, me in all white robes with a white turban and a smile from ear to ear. But we are happy and peaceful and full of life. Maybe the world needs a little crazy. What harm could a little more singing to acknowledge the God in the strangers you pass possibly do?
Hari Om! Dear Lord, Sat Nam, Holy Name, when I call on the light within, I go home!
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The title of this blog comes from the words of Indian Prime Minister Nehru after the passing of Mahatma Gandhi. "The light that shone in this land was no ordinary light," Nehru said of the peaceful modern saint. The name of this blog, which chronicles my journey deeper into Spirit, is to remind us that there is no such thing as an ordinary light. The spiritual scriptures of many traditions such as the Bible, the Vedas, the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, the Koran and others all tell us that God is Light and so are we. It is the essence of who we are as a universe. Turn on your inner glow and shine it like a search light across the darkness of the world. We are the stuff of suns and stars.
We are no ordinary lights.
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- Ramdesh Kaur
- Born into a progressive family, Ramdesh Kaur has studied spirituality from a very young age. She has been blessed to sit at the feet of Hindu saints, chant kirtan with Sikhs, meditate with Buddhist monks, perform ceremony with Quechuan and Shuar shamans, do penance with Catholic nuns, find the hidden Matzo with Jewish rabbis, make drums with Native American elders, and dialogue with many of the leading New Thought spiritual thinkers of our time. She practices a daily regimen of Kundalini yoga, meditation, chanting, seva, and readings from holy scriptures and enlightened texts. In adulthood, she was given the spiritual name "Ramdesh Kaur", whichs means "One who sees God's land everywhere and walks in grace and beauty throughout her life".
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