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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Angad Kaur

Prayer for the Day with Angad Kaur

Good Morning.

This week when I was in my local temple, I recounted the time when I longed to be there all of the time, often fantasising about living there, spending my days meditating and praying, being in the company of other Sikhs to be absorbed in discussions about mystical poetry.

The word 鈥淪ikh鈥� means learner but rather than retreating from the outside world, it has called me to ask, how would my daily life change if I considered myself as a spirit having a human experience rather than a human seeking a spiritual experience?

I live in the city, in a block of flats that has always referred to itself as a 鈥渃ommunity鈥� and it鈥檚 a diverse group of residents.

Since living here, I鈥檝e reflected on community as two words - common unity.

The central principle in the Sikh faith is that the Creator is extended into all of Creation - and this was expressed by the ten human Gurus through their example of embodying virtues, including equality, compassion, forgiveness, service, courage, peace.

I鈥檓 the only person who identifies as a Sikh in my housing community. But through its diversity, I鈥檝e learnt the true meaning of being a Sikh - that every interaction is a reminder of spiritual life in all its many facets and an opportunity to express a virtue.

While there is much division and polarisation in the world, my prayer is that we can truly appreciate diversity and at the same time remember the essential essence common to us all, that is touched through the act of kindness or a moment of compassion, and unites us through our shared human experience.

Sat Naam

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