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In 1846, the Khalsa Raj was divided and conquered by the British & Maharaja Duleep Singh was removed from the throne with his power and title dissolved at 10 years old.

Later separated from his mother, Maharani Jind Kaur, he was influenced to become a Christian. A year later at 16, he was exiled to England, where he become Queen Victoria's favourite possession along with his Koh-i-Noor diamond amongst her other acquired colonial godchildren of different kingdoms.
“Those eyes and those teeth are too beautiful”. Queen Victoria was said to remark.

He later was moved to Scotland in 1855, given an annual pension, culturally reconstructed and placed under wardship of Sir John Spencer Logan, who leased him Castle Menzies, near Aberfeldy (above), becoming known as “the Black Prince of Perthshire”. 

In 1860, Duleep Singh returned briefly to connect his mother Maharani Jind Kaur, banished by the British Raj to Kathmandu, Nepal for her influence. Over the course of a year, Rani Jind told Duleep Singh of his fathers legacy and spirit of Khalsa, influencing him to regain his roots. The British watched warily, Lord Dalhousie, the Governor-General of India, once noted about Maharani Jind Kaur that “She is worth more than all the soldiers of the state put together for any purpose of mischief.”

Maharaja Duleep Singh reclaimed his Sikh identity and moved to Paris in 1886 where he later died in the Hotel Tremouille in 1893. His royal lineage and house of Sukerchakia Misl became extinct in 1926 with the passing away of his son Prince 'Freddy' under 'uterine primogeniture'. His Daughter Sofia Duleep Singh famous suffragette of pioneering UK woman's rights who was also tracked for wanting to reconnect with her ancestral homeland died in 1948, ending his lineage.

Upon reading the words 'Sikh Nation' on the grave of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Grandson in the quiet highlands of Scotland, I burst into tears. Where did this sadness, grieving and loss come from? Upon introspection, I realise there was a deep ancestral trauma and wound of disconnection, from a kingdom, a civilisation, a culture, an identity, a sovereignty...

Nihang نهنگ the mythical water dragon of the Chitrali Mythology in northwestern Pakistan. How are mythological motifs employed?

As we are in the year of the snake, let us ponder on the serpent energy.

🐉 The flexible nature of a wise sage, weaving mutually beneficial relationships fostering social harmony, Guanxi (關係) or izzat (Gauravam, गौरवम्) between peoples.

🐍 The Bujangi (ਬੁਅੰਗੀ) serpent like nature of fearlessness, courage and agility of a warrior.

🐲 The soverign shāhanshāh or pādīshāh شاهنشاه, (پادشاه)) supreme, emperor like and royal abundant nature.

When woven from mythology into cultural attire, architecture and martial arts, such as with the ancient Welsh and Chinese, this energy formalises a civilisations authoritative, authentic and aeonian nature.

In this way Guru Hargobind as a sovereign king created 'Akal Sena', Army of Immortals during the 17th Century from the formless and form aspects essence of nature. Present as in second last picture in the Royal Sikh Kingdom Court (darbaar) of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

This aspect of the dragon is present as a warrior lineage in the Sikh pan-theon (Πάνθειον, all sacred). This aspect also has the quality of upholding the integrity of character and traditions as a backbone.

In this way we may explore the intricate nature of a culture and how an individuals essence and psyche can be created or destroyed.

As cultures advance artistically they may further embellish their underlying philosophical and mythological motifs as above for inspiration and beauty of the divine manifest...

Apologies for any mistakes in this exploration🙏

A wonderful 28th trip around the sun 🌎💫
I'm so eternally grateful to keep exploring, overcoming my fears and always learning!

To all mentors, family, companions and you friends along the way

Thank you
Thank you
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Life always finds a way 🏞

May you and I have inner peace, courage, true happiness and keep shining with every breath, to live it fully✨

How has intelligence been colonised? 🤔

👣 Navigating through different religious centres, corporate, spiritual, new age and sustainable farming communities I've felt discoherence in certain aspects of consciousness.

Whether it be authenticity of tradition, spiritual depth or emotional resonance at a human level.

Growing up I would consider myself a 🥥 with not much cultural or spiritual understanding.
Instagram community has been a blessing to learn and connect more to understand Sikhi and the extent of colonisation!

It's becoming more apparent how important culture is and how to reclaim & integrate in a personal way. This allows us to frame our lives towards a dharmic (righteous) direction.

🧭 Would love to share some illuminating explorations and ideas on how our very own thought spectrum and perception on our community has been fractured.

💡What do you think about how your thought stream or your community has been supressed?

Inspired style posts and by h 108 framework of Guru Granth Sahib, Sri Dasam and & Sri Sarbloh Granths.

Music of Ong.

Cosmic Forgiving Justice

I forgive those reflections a million times
Who directed anger at my innocent mind
Who judged me for my presence
That thought I was worth their condescendance
Who tried to control, censor my thoughts and actions
Afraid and misunderstood my deepest passions
Instigating self-doubt in my dreams and visions
Trying to suppress my energy, voice and mission
Churning pain causing avoidance and addiction
How to face the inner hurt, free from aggression?
I forgive those who were locked in fear
They could not see me with their heart of love clear

I forgive myself for giving my power away
Claim it back a billion fold from those disoriented days
From warped narcissists who enjoyed the dynamic
Of playing to an empath, old games that are karmic
Where sacred energy was leaked and stolen
Subtle manipulations, shame and guilt caused wounds to open
To allow being sucked dry, extracted and walked on, a door mat
People pleasing, validation needed, no boundaries intact
I forgive myself for not valuing my beauty and worth
To stand up, let go of any leeches and curse
To bottle up anger, fear to be accepted and seen
Losing myself to expectations of the fake broken mean
Cast out their guilt tripping delusions
Cut the cord of so many illusions
The intensity behind this is not mine
Rather something gracefully intervening, divine design

Restore my inner child to its joy again
A sacred protected power, safe from preying mirrors of women and men
The rejuvenation of the collapsed solar plexus
Arises a celestial surge from deep in that nexus
Reforging an identity of victim casualties
To one empowered by discerning entities
Give permission to explore the sensitivity inside
And awaken the ancient warrior fire guarding the inner guide
Destroy the effects of any demonic pill
That has weakened diluted or subdued my sovereign will
The psychic feeding parasites under our ancestral skin
Eliminate these generational patterns for me and my kin

Make crystal my intention
A solid gold path my direction
To dissolve their deep resistance with compassion and see
That their judgments and projections were never directed at me
*continued in comments*

Blessed 48 hour Brahm Kavach & Summer Solstice with .one 🔥☀️🌀🔱💙🦁

1 Waheguru mantar with Shashtar darshan by and .c

2 Brahm Kavach mantar (protection) with

3 Don't panic it's all organic, brotherhood🍉

4 Illuminating Sat Bachan on ancient civilizations, dharma and Egyptian cosmic mysteries

5 Reuniting with our Anandpuri sister

6 Yahai hamaarai peer, shastar are form of Guru

7 Flying back to Earth in the beebars

8 Shiv Shakti, masculine feminine balanced

9 "These brave warriors, dressed not as marching into battle, rather they are gathered to attend a marriage reception" - Guru Gobind Singh, Sri Sarbloh Granth Sahib

10 Miracle of decolonized indigenous medicines and treatments heal root issues with

11 Stone circle on solstice, connected to leylines as power indigenous prayer spaces

12 Chatting all things music

13 Praises of Sri Maya Laxmi the abundance force of the universe

14 Waheguru at Solstice

15 Brahm Kavach by .one

16 Last night drifting off with mool mantar by the fire

Thank you for the beautiful journeys, akaal 🙏

Thank you and the special souls for this time of connection both inside and out 🌸
A few experiences to share 🌺

1 the most profounds hugs you can experience, breaking barriers of our mind and connecting to a child like innocence and inner compassion, thank you

2 Saas Saas Gobind, beautiful kirtan, with every breath remember the sustaining liberating life force. Sitting as a family and singing with devotion is light and bliss in Kaljug, as our ancestoral dynasty did.

3 gifted voice, a deep ocean of understanding of musical raags and our emotions, sharing the Gurus wisdom.

4 Not an alien UFO, handpan taking us on a deeper subtle subconscious journey through musical frequencies and sound healing modalities.

5 Qi Gong masters Jane and Wilhelm of many decades from N Ireland🍀, we discussed Eastern metaphysical dantian system similar to South Asian Chakra system.

6 The flow of Taichi and Qi Gong rejuvenates the life force prana/qi, ancient Eastern Art invoking animal spirits and carries a martial underlying attitude.

7 A subtle energy of the divine feminine bhagauti is present in the flow, allowing us to restore and rebalance our bodies charge to the Earth, similar the the traditional Bhangra modality from Punjab.

8 The dilruba sacred instrument technology created of Guru Gobind Singh allows us to move subtle emotions in an advanced way. When combined with singing shabad in raags vibrational shifts can be somatically felt.

9 beautiful depiction of Guru Nanak lighting the way for a diversity of souls and minds.

10 Gobind Mukanya Udare Apare Hariang Kariang Nirname Akame, Sustainer, Liberator, Enlightener, Infinite, Destroyer, Creator, Nameless, Desireless. Meditating and beautiful kirtan with .seguier

11 Brotherhood, the 🌙 energy is present in sangat.

12 Pulling the 5 senses inwards into the heart, one begins to experience naam. Overcoming the 5, what a journey of compassion...

13 May all beings be happy and free, cultivate sensitivity beyond the mind.

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"That's the thing about music...music brings everyone together, wherever you are from" 🎶🎻🎼🎷


"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration." 🌌
-Nikola Tesla

What a celebration, when everyone's heart is touched by the symphony!

Seeing in person after binge listening to hundreds of his podcast episodes in lockdown was a treat. The podcast played a foundational part in first opening up my mind in many ways and helping me during low points. Would love to share some insights with you based on his Thrive seminar:

🧠 Mindset: In this culture we are programmed at a young age to outsource our inner expertise. Especially in the Western reductionist health model. We are bombarded with infinite knowledge but no inner expertise or autonomy. Upstream, this is a mindset shift from victim identity to an architect creator mindset.

🌟 Values: Passion is vital and important to human health not just 'a thing on the side'. This creates vitality in human life: from salsa dancing to even toy train collecting. Dr Chatterjee gave examples of radical transformations in people's health, work and relationships by pursuing their passions.

🏹 Action: Why do people struggle with action, even when knowing what they should do? Struggling saying no, people-pleasing and lack of clarity on their values, leads to internal insecurity on their self concept. This stops individuals from aligning their time and energy into purposeful actions.

🪷 Dr Chatterjee emphasised this modern comfort culture is slowly killing us. Phones steal the natural micro moments of solitude and reflection. Children now run 1 mile, 90 seconds less than 20 years ago. To thrive we must embrace discomfort by taking steps into intentional discomfort.

Such a simple yet powerful way of explaining to the public on a practical level.

Thank you Dr Chatterjee for first introducing me to so much knowledge over the years, (your awesome singing 😎) and changing my mindset to health. 🙏🏽

"Please forgive me, but I would just like to have my thoughts, emotions, opinions, insights and ideas validated."

This is a powerful response and prayer if you ever feel you have not been given permission to express yourself or faced judgement.

Who is at fault?

Having our inner world validated in family, friends and community is healthy. It is a primary marker of grace, compassion and love in a culture.

If you feel shame, shut down, criticised and gaslighted without feeling heard, this could stunt your growth and natural talents, trapping us in a victim mindset construct. Keeping us from daring to dream and following our heart.

This can often happen in South Asian & immigrant households where 1st and 2nd generations did not have the opportunity to validate and regulate their own nervous system due to socio economic factors. It could look like walking on egg shells when trying to have a conversation with someone and sacrificing your needs.

This can then lead to the same patterns on work dynamics and relationships as we play out the masculine feminine dynamics taught to us. This is often given the colloquial term as 'good girl or good boy' programming. Equally being rebellious to this energetic dynamic still entraps us in an escape paradigm in the opposite pattern rather than transcending it.

Often we are told not to seek validation, but I believe it is an important part of the human experience when we experience doubt or lack of self worth to have support in a community/sangat.

Take time to validate yourself and seek those who can also validate your experience as the whole hearted unique conscious being that you are.

When I gave myself more permission I was able to accept without judgement my own vision and have deeper dialogues on the podcast. It's something that I feel all the guests have embodied to a deeper degree of self acceptance.

The above picture is on Conic Hill overlooking the highland fault line of Scotland through Loch Lomond. The gateway from the lowlands to the Highlands.

🏞️ What faultline do you have to overcome to enter your inner Highlands?