Comments on: An Unexpected Turn of Events http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/ On the Spiritual Path... Memoirs and Writings Fri, 18 May 2012 21:10:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Siri Ved Kaur http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-36733 Siri Ved Kaur Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:48:51 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-36733 Correct date noted. Thank you dear one. I still enjoy the drive once every few years or so, but whenever I drive through Kingman I remember that day. Correct date noted. Thank you dear one. I still enjoy the drive once every few years or so, but whenever I drive through Kingman I remember that day.

]]> By: Sat Bachan Kaur Khalsa http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-36650 Sat Bachan Kaur Khalsa Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:50:48 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-36650 Sat Nam, Dearest Siri Ved Kaur, For confirmation on the year, it was 1978. Only three months before this, Hari Jiwan Singh and I got married at Guru Ram Das Ashram. I also remember driving from LA to Summer Solstice in NM and being told the news as we entered the site. It was the one and only time we ever drove to Solstice. Thank you for sharing your very personal experience. Much love, Sat Bachan Kaur, Espanola, NM Sat Nam, Dearest Siri Ved Kaur,

For confirmation on the year, it was 1978. Only three months before this, Hari Jiwan Singh and I got married at Guru Ram Das Ashram. I also remember driving from LA to Summer Solstice in NM and being told the news as we entered the site. It was the one and only time we ever drove to Solstice.
Thank you for sharing your very personal experience.

Much love,
Sat Bachan Kaur, Espanola, NM

]]> By: Siri Ved Kaur http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-36588 Siri Ved Kaur Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:05:53 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-36588 Wahe Guru. Thank you Sat Nirmal for adding this final part of the story. Wahe Guru. Thank you Sat Nirmal for adding this final part of the story.

]]> By: Sat Nirmal Kaur http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-36565 Sat Nirmal Kaur Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:03:05 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-36565 <p>Sat Nam - I don't know why this event just popped into my head today (March 25 2009). I was also very much effected by it. When I arrived at Summer Solstice that year - and I can remember it so clearly - we drove through the entrance and someone came over to our car and told us what happened. I was good friends with Akal Kaur - we lived at Siri Gurbani Sadan together.<br /> That fall, after the accident, we took their ashes to India. We had a yatra of about 40-50 people, from what I remember. We went to the river Sutlej. Myself and one other person - a young man whom I cannot remember now (I think his name was Sat Kartar Singh) - went into the river with the 3 boxes of ashes and emptied them into the river while the rest of the yatra participants stood on the banks and sang Song of the Khalsa. Even now, as I write these words, I have tears in my eyes and chill up my spine.<br /> After we were done, we went into what was some kind of an office - there were 3 sevadars there and they had this huge book with handwritten names and dates. They recorded the names of our 3 saints, the date that we put their ashes in the river - and then they also wanted to know the names of their parents. Well, we had no idea. So we decided to record that their parents were Mata Sahib Kaur and Guru Gobind Singh. The 3 sevadars gave us big smiles - and they recorded just what we said in their book.<br /> So, for all of time, as long as the book exists, Karta Singh, Akal Kaur and Sat Anand Kaur will have their parents listed as Mata Sahib Kaur and Guru Gobind Singh</p> Sat Nam - I don’t know why this event just popped into my head today (March 25 2009). I was also very much effected by it. When I arrived at Summer Solstice that year - and I can remember it so clearly - we drove through the entrance and someone came over to our car and told us what happened. I was good friends with Akal Kaur - we lived at Siri Gurbani Sadan together.
That fall, after the accident, we took their ashes to India. We had a yatra of about 40-50 people, from what I remember. We went to the river Sutlej. Myself and one other person - a young man whom I cannot remember now (I think his name was Sat Kartar Singh) - went into the river with the 3 boxes of ashes and emptied them into the river while the rest of the yatra participants stood on the banks and sang Song of the Khalsa. Even now, as I write these words, I have tears in my eyes and chill up my spine.
After we were done, we went into what was some kind of an office - there were 3 sevadars there and they had this huge book with handwritten names and dates. They recorded the names of our 3 saints, the date that we put their ashes in the river - and then they also wanted to know the names of their parents. Well, we had no idea. So we decided to record that their parents were Mata Sahib Kaur and Guru Gobind Singh. The 3 sevadars gave us big smiles - and they recorded just what we said in their book.
So, for all of time, as long as the book exists, Karta Singh, Akal Kaur and Sat Anand Kaur will have their parents listed as Mata Sahib Kaur and Guru Gobind Singh

]]> By: sat anand kaur http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-14674 sat anand kaur Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:35:59 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-14674 I don't speak english very well. I request spiritual name and my spiritual name's Sat Anand Kaur. My favourite mantra is Whae Guru... Thank you for sharing this profound story. I don’t speak english very well. I request spiritual name and my spiritual name’s Sat Anand Kaur. My favourite mantra is Whae Guru… Thank you for sharing this profound story.

]]> By: ganga http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-2417 ganga Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:49:48 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-2417 We shed your tears. We shed your tears.

]]> By: kaur http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-2348 kaur Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:19:14 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-2348 vaheguru. vaheguru.

]]> By: Satsimran Kaur http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-2346 Satsimran Kaur Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:09:41 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-2346 <p>Sat Nam. I am not sure where in your recounting of this time my eyes filled with tears. For me when life is taken from young, vibrant people, with much hope and enthusiasm for the future, it is always sad. Time does not heal the feeling of loss for them, as easily as for someone who has had a chance to live and contribute in their lifetime. What I remember is this group of people sitting in the living room at Guru Ram Das Ashram with the Siri Singh Sahib before they left on their trip. I can still see Sat Anand Kaur's smiling face, but cannot recall what words of what I am now sure was profound wisdom were imparted. My prayer is that those words offered solace and that at the time of death Wahe Guru was in the hearts and minds of those innocents.</p> Sat Nam. I am not sure where in your recounting of this time my eyes filled with tears. For me when life is taken from young, vibrant people, with much hope and enthusiasm for the future, it is always sad. Time does not heal the feeling of loss for them, as easily as for someone who has had a chance to live and contribute in their lifetime. What I remember is this group of people sitting in the living room at Guru Ram Das Ashram with the Siri Singh Sahib before they left on their trip. I can still see Sat Anand Kaur’s smiling face, but cannot recall what words of what I am now sure was profound wisdom were imparted. My prayer is that those words offered solace and that at the time of death Wahe Guru was in the hearts and minds of those innocents.

]]> By: Siri Ved Kaur http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-2212 Siri Ved Kaur Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:08:01 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-2212 What you heard is true. I don't remember exactly, but he also specified hours of the early morning. All I know is, since that experience, I have never driven through the night again. What you heard is true. I don’t remember exactly, but he also specified hours of the early morning. All I know is, since that experience, I have never driven through the night again.

]]> By: Gurukarm Kaur http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-2210 Gurukarm Kaur Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:25:21 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/08/05/an-unexpected-turn-of-events/#comment-2210 Thank you ji, very very much, for sharing this profound story. I remember very clearly hearing about this horrific accident at the time (living in Washington DC), but not knowing anyone who had been involved. The thing I remember as the aftermath (and this may not be correct, but I connect the two) was hearing that Siri Singh Sahib ji afterward said we should not attempt overnight driving trips any more. Obviously this accident was much more a result of the road conditions (change from divided to two lane) than of how tiring it is driving at night, but that was the part I remembered. Thank you ji, very very much, for sharing this profound story. I remember very clearly hearing about this horrific accident at the time (living in Washington DC), but not knowing anyone who had been involved. The thing I remember as the aftermath (and this may not be correct, but I connect the two) was hearing that Siri Singh Sahib ji afterward said we should not attempt overnight driving trips any more. Obviously this accident was much more a result of the road conditions (change from divided to two lane) than of how tiring it is driving at night, but that was the part I remembered.

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