Well today i had to give a presentation for Dr. Edward's Thomas Merton Class. and well as a class we all decide to read a book by Mr. Merton and present our take on it.. Knowin' me i'm always tryin to bring Sikhi in to my academic Religious works =) and well i read Merton's book 'Opening the Bible' for required Reading and simply fell in love with it
anyways well i really loved how Merton spoke of the "word of God" in the christian sense, but in sikhi we all call it
"Naam"
or Bani which is also other otherwise known as the "Name of God". Merton goes on further stating the same qualities that the Word of God that Guru Arjan Dev Ji describes in the Shabad
'Dukh Bhajan Jee Sahib' you know destroyer of all Pains and Sufferings
anyways after reading all of that i got so psyched i just read a book Merton Wrote called "Praying the Pslams" in which Merton pretty much suggest people should meditate on God's Praises and speaks of the benefits of what one gets in the process of singing keertan =).
so what wound up happening is that i just waited last minute and started putting the slides together around 2 pm today, and with Guru JI's Kirpa it all worked out...
i also was worried that i may have offended people but luckily i didn't, and it pretty much turned out that the whole point of my presentation was that "Why SHould People even bother singin' God's Praises, in the Sikh and Christian Faith" .. I showed Clip of the Chardi Kala Jatha's Keertan Darbar especially the section in which They explain what is Gurbani, and How is it our Guru , and How much Power there is in Gurbani...
yet now i think bout it i really wish the class new punjabi haha that way the stuff that the CKJatha = Chardi Kala Jatha, says in Punjabi is soo killer =). But i was able to explain the class what a Gurmukh was and what was a Manmukh was.. and that really spoke to them. hehhe i think now i wonder what the class thinks bout now....
I asked one of my buds, Bethany what she thought.. she was suprised it went so well, lol , and i thought other wise, i was so nervous and i kept on trippin' on my words and it felt as if i was lost at some points.. but luckily i didn't let the class let on lol... but in the morning i'll go talk to Dr. Edwards about it.. and see what he thinks, he mentioned something about showing it in other class
Finally i'd like to say.. that All or what ever success that arose from this presentation was Sheerly God' Blessings, and what ever mistakes that occured, are solely mine, and i apologize if i offend any one, or if i flubbed, thank you and peace