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Summary of Question:	An "American" Sikh - Perspective From Experience
Category:	Other
Date Posted:	Monday, 11/24/2003 11:44 PM MST

I began doing kundalini yoga this year a month before my intro to Sikhi. upon my arrival at the Espanola Ashram, before the 3HO Summer Soltice, i began doing sadhana, waking in the Amrit Vela; reading japji, doing a yoga set and then singing or reciting the 7 meditations. sadhana hit me even harder then doing meditation/yoga on their own. i fell head over heels in love with the Naam and have since then been taking my steps towards becoming amritdhari sikh.

i was born in chicago, raised in vancouver with a christian grandmother and a very religiously confused mother. i have know nothing about the Guru's and whahe guru until encountering 3HO. even before, i was doing yoga and reading about indian/vedic philosophies. never have i ever encountered any yoga or teachings which enphasize so much on the fundamentals of a religion(in the case the teachings of the gurus). all i am saying is that whithout first being hooked by the physical benefits of kundalini yoga and mental benefits of Yogi Ji's teachings, i would have never found myself reading, singing, and bathing in the Naam.

yet you have made this comment on 8/07/2003 "Looking At The Aquarian Stage":

"Throughout human history, people have been calling themselves prophets of God and what-not, and this was prevalent in the time of the Gurus too. Even those that do not call themselves prophets of God, think that just because they have attained some knowledge they have some kind of mission and have to start a following, like various false babas do these days (i.e., Radha Swamis, Nirankaris, Naamdhaaris, Yogi Bhajan, etc.)." -HSD