A Year of Tales
Dec 6th, 2007 by Siri Ved Kaur
OurTrueTales.com was born a year ago this month! We started off with great energy and excitement about how this blog would evolve. We’ve had over 20 contributors over the last year, who have written a total of nearly 60 stories/postings (this post that you are reading right now is number 60!). We have had "hits" from all corners of the world, including USA, Mexico, Brazil, India, Malaysia, France, Russia, Turkey, Hungary, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Pakistan, Italy, Spain, Singapore, Thailand, Canada, Argentina, New Zealand, Australia, and many other countries…. Our True Tales has anywhere from 100 to 1000 or more visitors every day. Maybe they were searching for something else and just came upon us by googling, or they have followed links from Mr. SikhNet, SikhNet, or one of the 3HO or IKTYA sites, or like many, check in on a regular basis to see what’s new… but they stay for a few minutes or hours, read, and hopefully get enriched in some way.
If you want to be notified via email when there’s a new posting, just subscribe to TrueTales through Blogarithm (the link is at the top of the sidebar at the right). Also you can click on the RSS feed link (the little red & white radiating striped icons at the top right of the page) for easy access to see what’s new in terms of stories or comments (this you click on yourself to check, you won’t get emails).
If you’ve only read a story or two, we invite you to explore the "back pages" of this blog. The stories are rich with history, photos, transformation, humor, insight, and cherished memories of Siri Singh Sahib Ji and our journey on this path. I also encourage you to check out the "archives" box on the right side bar and click on a random month from the last year and discover some great tales!
The first few months of this blog, Hari Bhajan Kaur and I were so excited to see more and more readers discovering it everyday. Sometimes we posted 2 or 3 stories in one week, just keeping the momentum going. Gradually more and more people started sending their stories in too. It’s so great!! Submissions of stories, short or long, and poems too, are still welcome and wanted…. HBK and I never wanted this to be a blog for only "our" stories. The wealth of all our memories, those little snippets that make life so textured and full, is what makes such a compilation so enriching.
So, please explore the blog, read…. if a story evokes a response or feeling in you, please share it as a comment to the story. Comments are just as fun and enlightening to read as the stories, and often add more details, different perspectives, or other insights.
OK, it’s late, I’m tired, and really should turn off the TV, close up my laptop, meditate and go to bed… so perhaps I will. Hopefully you will read this, turn off your TV, open up a Word document, and start writing.
with love, light & gratitude
Siri Ved Kaur
This is a great idea to share our true stories. Usually I see that people don’t believe old stories easily unless they are highly spirtual. But if they know about somethings happening around, then they are greatly motivated. All stories posted here are from those poeple who are still alive and people trust them more. This is a great idea to inspire those who are new to Sikhi. There are miracles in every moment in Guru Nanak’s House. Guru Nanak’s House is so great that we should be proud to be part of Guru Khalsa Family.
Keep up this great work !
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa
Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh
You may like to kindly consider a suggestion . A lot is being written by
those who have a spent a greater part of their lives in pursuing a path of high levels of spirituality and have the good fortune to listen to Yogiji at first hand . These writers are the Jewels of the community . It is easy to suggest , however the feasiblity of compiling their invaluable experience in some book form may help raise the status and manifest in a source of high value insipiration. The possiblity of appending a tale per week or fortnight to the main body of the SIkh net may be helpful. Thanks.
I have read and re read it many times . Every time I read it there is a different message for me to comprehend because these are not mere words but a lifetime of devotion. All the true tales are a reflection of the intense levels of sincerity, deep sense of commitment and a complete involvement in the spirituality of the Guru. The blog must be elevated from its present status.