Author: Gurmukh Singh
-
Seva As Discipline
This past summer, a friend, brother, and mentor said something to me that hit me like a damn brick to the head. Quietly but passionately – “it’s not about taking Seva, it’s about giving yourself to Seva” – Ustaad Uptej Singh You see friends, in this language, Seva is regularly translated as “service” or “selfless…
-
Healing Isn’t One-Dimensional
Friends, “healing” isn’t something that lives in one place, even though it’s regularly spoken like it is. “Fix the body” “Change the thoughts” “Process the trauma” “Find purpose” Sounds great and catches our attention when we’re looking for something, but lived experience tells us something different. You see, human suffering doesn’t arrive neatly packaged, and…
-
No Shortcuts on the Spiritual Path
Friends, we live in a culture that’s obsessed with shortcuts. Faster healing. Immediate insights. Singular experiences that promise to undo years of pain. Spirituality, too, has been absorbed into this mindset. Practices that once emphasized patience, discipline, and relationship are now often framed as rapid transformations, big ol’ breakthroughs, rather than builds. But the truth…
-
For the Love of the Game
There was a man I heard stories about in my youth, an elder whose name was carried on the wind like a prayer. His story wasn’t about war, though he fought. It wasn’t about struggle, though he endured. It was a story of love, the kind that expands past the limits of body and time,…
-
Real Self-Care Builds Resilience
It’s easy to forget one simple fact: real self-care doesn’t always feel good in the moment. You see, it’s not just about comfort, it’s also about capacity. Real self-care is the deliberate act of tending to the roots rather than painting the leaves. It’s the choice to invest in what sustains us, even when the…
-
When One Falls, We all Fall
Part 3: Sangat Becomes Medicine Ask yourself gently, but clearly: who’s standing beside you, and are they helping you heal or are they helping you hide? Addiction doesn’t grow in isolation. It grows in environments that make it easy, or even noble, to numb. It grows in friend groups where drinking is the default. In…
-
When One Falls, We All Fall
Part 2: One Conversation Can Open the Door Honouring The Courage Of Those Who Speak Up. Change doesn’t begin with a public policy. It doesn’t wait for a campaign. It actually often starts with something far more intimate. Change begins with one conversation. The Quiet Strength Behind The First Step Behind every person struggling with…
-
When One Falls, We All Fall
Part 1: Alcoholism as a communal responsibility In many Punjabi Sikh homes, alcohol is part of the celebration. It flows freely at weddings, birthdays, and family gatherings. It’s poured with pride, offered as a gesture of hospitality, masculinity, even joy. And yet, behind the laughter and music, behind the raised glasses, there are stories we…
-
Our Inheritance
Part 1: Manifestation I think we can agree that the idea of manifestation is everywhere nowadays. We hear about it in self-help books, on social media, and in the advice of “life coaches” who claim that we can create our own destiny if we just think positively, visualize success, and believe hard enough. It’s an…
-
The Cases For A Soulful Rebellion
Part 1: Reimagining Health We are bound to our bodies like an oyster to its shell – Plato My role isn’t to tell you to ditch your fitness goals – it’s to help you see that they can be about so much more than what you look like. When you combine movement with mental and…
The Unlikely Collective Inc. 