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BahaPolska

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  1. I used flavored lipgloss to quit smoking. Every time I wanted a smoke I'd put on a strong-flavored lipgloss so I'd have the taste. I'm proud to say I've been smoke-free for 5 yrs, and for that I won't trash lipgloss. Because of it I am healthier, my cats are healthier, and I have a good husband who would not have married me if I had been a smoker. It's a weird way to kick the habit, but it worked!
  2. I'm new to this...What is a Radhasoami? To my knowledge we have none of these folks where I live. In Solidarity, BahaPolska
  3. Seems I've opened a can of worms here... I'm not out to impress anyone. A little color's a nice extra, like a shake of oregano on my spaghetti, but I'm not out to tease men or win respect. It's a false respect, first of all. If someone only respects me for fashion, that's not respect. That's BS and it comes from false hearts. And men? I have a husband. I don't want attentions from other men. (One guy we know used to play with my hair and my Bakhsheesh almost beat the snot out of him. I now cover my hair and desire to wear dastaar.) The cosmetic preparation I wear is to protect me from a potentially disastrous reaction to sunlight. Akal Purukh Di Fauj had it right: this skin's not mine, I'm just renting it for as long as I'm staying on this planet. This skin, my body, is my little house that I'm renting from Guruji, and I have to be a good tenant and take care of His property. If any human being gives me fake flattery for how my skin looks, it is just as bad as giving me a bad time over my color. Blessed be, Polska
  4. For a long time I've been desiring to take Amrit. But when I ask anyone about it, they try to change the subject or suddenly need to go to the john or something and I learn absolutely nothing! I feel like I'm trying to join the Masons or something, and no one wants to let the secret out of the bag. What I've been asking isn't can I, or when, but what must I do beforehand? Like must one be fluent in Punjabi (I'm not; we go to a bilingual gurudwara or else I'd know nothing from Bani) or must you fully memorize Nitnem etc.? All I want to know is what I need before I move forward, and I so wish someone would just TELL me instead of hedging it. There has to be a few of Amritdhari out here. Any advice from those who know best? Blessed be!
  5. The "journey of a thousand miles" is a very old Asian proverb. The rest of what I said just came from my gut. 104459[/snapback] No big deal! I was just happy to see that someone noticed i was here! Blessed be, Kaurji!
  6. There's a fella here who ends his posts with a description of the kakkars and things which are supposed to be against Rehit like meat-eating etc. and he said makeup and mehndi were forbidden. Now I ask: what if certain cosmetics are a necessity for protection? To explain, I'm very fair-skinned and sun-allergic. I'll burn to the point of blistering in less than a half hour without high-octane sunscreen, and I wear a face makeup with sunscreen as well. It also serves to even the skin tone, because fair people can show a lot of redness from broken capillaries and such. So makeup for me isn't some paint to go looking like a tart, but to protect myself from skin cancer. I figure that Waheguruji gave me this skin and body for a reason and it is my responsibility to take care of it. And the last thing I want is a skin cancer. My best buddy's mom is dying of cancer right now, from a melanoma which spread all over the body, and she used to go tanning like crazy when she was young. So where is the line drawn?
  7. Dear one, trust me when i say that everyone goes through this every once in a while! It's part of being human and maybe you go through it for a reason, so someday you can be there for one who really needs it and can understand. Sometimes the crowds are so big at the gurudwara that I just want to go run and hide in a closet or the john and that's when I have to push myself to sing Naam and concentrate on the screen (we have a bilingual gurudwara with English translation projected on a big screen.) When the feeling comes over you, you sing simran also and you'll come back to happiness. Blessed be!
  8. :TH: The "journey of a thousand miles" is a very old Asian proverb. The rest of what I said just came from my gut.
  9. Always remember that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and we all stumble. Submitting to Guruji is remembering that you must be humble enough to let Him take you by the hand and get you back on your feet. Blessed be, BahaPolska :TH:
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