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Summary of Question:	Happiness
Category:	General Sikhism
Date Posted:	Tuesday, 3/02/2004 6:05 PM MST

YOU KNOW I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THIS SITE HAS HELPED ME SO MUCH IN DEALING WITH PROBLEMS LIKE HAIR, MEAT ETC OR OTHER CURIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT SIKHISM. I DON'T KEEP MY HAIR AS A SIKH BECAUSE OF MY OWN PERSEPCTIVE, YET I WILL TRY TO LATER IN MY LIFE. ALL I GOTTA TO SAY IS THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT SIKHISM IS VERY STRICT BUT YET THERE IS FREE WILL AND FLEXIBILITY. WHAT YOU FOLLOW AND DON'T FOLLOW IS BASED ON JUDGEMENT BY GOD, YET U CAN DEFINATELY DO THE BEST AS A SIKH. YOU CAN CHANGE FOR BETTER B/C WAHEGURU GAVE US A WHOLE LIFE TO MERGE WITH GOD. BASICALLY THE IDEA I GUESS IS THAT ANY GOOD OR BAD DEED IS JUDGED BY GOD AND NOT SOCIETY, WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY AND DEGRADING SOMEONE IS BECAUSE OF CULUTRE AND NOT RELIGION AND YOU ARE NEVER LOW IN GOD'S EYES. IAM SO HAPPY TO BE PART OF SUCH A GREAT FAITH. SUCH MODERN THINKING, GREAT TEACHING OF THE 10 GURUS, BIRTH OF KHALSA, SACRIFICES ETC. GOD BLESS SIKHISM. I LOVE THIS FAITH! EVERYDAY I FEEL PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.

(REPLY) Sat Nam. I just thought I might mention one little thing in response to your enthusiastic (!) message. And that is that the code of conduct for Sikhs, the REHIT MARYADA - which includes, of course, never cutting hair -- when you translate the meaning of it, it means "constant remembrance of death." Yes, you are young now, but when you say there's time later for you to grow your hair, well, how do you know? People can die in the wink of an eye, you don't know, none of us knows if we're going to get our next breath of life from God, so, well, I think you get the message! Blesssings, SP