Sikhism..

so i've been thinking about Sikhism as of late and its militant aspect. Because i read about Guru Nanak and the first two gurus (or so) seemed to be so much about peace...how are the military aspects of Sikhism consistant with the teachings of Guru Nanak? I'm new to this and curious to know what the connection is..if any.
Also are the teachings of Yogi Bhajan different from what Sikhs practice?
Any recommendations for reading materials?

Thanks!

From under Himat's Turban....

Hari Rai and I went on a walk today and were talking about Sadhana and community as we often do...and we came to realize (well remember) the importance of continuing to have and participate in other community events besides Sadhana. I continue to come back to the importance of having fun together with spiritual people, yogis, and our dharma brothers and sisters. Continuing to keep our practice and our lives full of light and fun. I really wish we could start the 31 minute Guru Ram Dass chanting in the evenings like they do in other communities and continue with farmers markets visits, art walks, potlucks, saturday market, bowling, mini golf, snow shoeing...whatever...as a community. We are also planning to start attending other Kundalini Yoga classes in town during the week.

We all process so much at Sadhana and it's 4:30AM for God's sake...we are definitely not in our best moods...most of the time we are barely awake!

Also interfiath events...like Ram was talking about being a Catholic and I think it would be fun to visit where she worships.

Just a few of the many streams of consciousness running around up there.

Himat

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