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[INSPIRATIONAL] Firefighter from Vancouver BC shares his Sikhi journey

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Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/G5u7ygwxrTA Gurmeet Singh from BC, Canada travels to the UK to support his wife attend the Journey of Compassion retreat. He arrives and falls in love with the warmth and spiritually uplifting sangat, so much so that when they left to go on holiday to Rome, a few days in, they were missing the sangat so much that they cancelled their holiday and came back to attend the Somerset monthly divan! In this conversation, we hear about the inspirational stories of Gurmeet Singh in his service as a lieutenant in the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services. Bhai Baljit Singh and Gurmeet Singh discuss judgement in sangat, the difficult journey of overcoming habits of addiction and the concept of service and devotion. This is a much watch and very powerful conversation. Watch the divan Gurmeet Singh attended: https://youtu.be/RvZUeoG0j1Y 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:02:05 - Introduction 00:03:12 - First experiences of Sikhi 00:08:38 - Choosing a career path 00:11:08 - Struggling in high school 00:12:55 - Building up idea to become a firefighter 00:16:45 - Becoming a firefighter 00:19:57 - Not segregating seva (service) and bhagti (devotion) 00:23:17 - Spiritual experiences whilst firefighting 00:30:16 - Experiences with Sukhmani Sahib 00:35:10 - Feeling connected with Sikhi and feeling judged by sangat because of physical appearance (e.g. being mona) 00:38:12 - Plans to keep kes (uncut hair) - Vaheguru is timeless 00:39:55 - Feeling judged in sangat 00:44:01 - How Gurmeet Singh ended up in the UK 00:50:25 - There's a role for everyone in Sikhi - Gurmeet Singh's experiences in Langar 00:52:51 - Dealing with addictions/habits - SUPPORTING EACH OTHER 01:06:37 - The Guru's Friend - Gur-Meet 01:09:23 - Experiences doing CPR as a firefighter 01:11:03 - Power of Gurmukhi Names 01:14:47 - Experience of saving a 7 year old girl 01:21:49 - Experience of helping at a car accident whilst off duty 01:27:28 - Thank you Gurmeet Singh - Vaheguru's Service 01:28:47 - Highlighting people's strengths #Firefighting #Spirituality #Service

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/G5u7ygwxrTA Gurmeet Singh from BC, Canada travels to the UK to support his wife attend the Journey of Compassion retreat. He arrives and falls in love with the warmth and spiritually uplifting sangat, so much so that when they left to go on holiday to Rome, a few days in, they were missing the sangat so much that they cancelled their holiday and came back to attend the Somerset monthly divan! In this conversation, we hear about the inspirational stories of Gurmeet Singh in his service as a lieutenant in the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services. Bhai Baljit Singh and Gurmeet Singh discuss judgement in sangat, the difficult journey of overcoming habits of addiction and the concept of service and devotion. This is a much watch and very powerful conversation. Watch the divan Gurmeet Singh attended: https://youtu.be/RvZUeoG0j1Y 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:02:05 - Introduction 00:03:12 - First experiences of Sikhi 00:08:38 - Choosing a career path 00:11:08 - Struggling in high school 00:12:55 - Building up idea to become a firefighter 00:16:45 - Becoming a firefighter 00:19:57 - Not segregating seva (service) and bhagti (devotion) 00:23:17 - Spiritual experiences whilst firefighting 00:30:16 - Experiences with Sukhmani Sahib 00:35:10 - Feeling connected with Sikhi and feeling judged by sangat because of physical appearance (e.g. being mona) 00:38:12 - Plans to keep kes (uncut hair) - Vaheguru is timeless 00:39:55 - Feeling judged in sangat 00:44:01 - How Gurmeet Singh ended up in the UK 00:50:25 - There's a role for everyone in Sikhi - Gurmeet Singh's experiences in Langar 00:52:51 - Dealing with addictions/habits - SUPPORTING EACH OTHER 01:06:37 - The Guru's Friend - Gur-Meet 01:09:23 - Experiences doing CPR as a firefighter 01:11:03 - Power of Gurmukhi Names 01:14:47 - Experience of saving a 7 year old girl 01:21:49 - Experience of helping at a car accident whilst off duty 01:27:28 - Thank you Gurmeet Singh - Vaheguru's Service 01:28:47 - Highlighting people's strengths #Firefighting #Spirituality #Service

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Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/G5u7ygwxrTA Gurmeet Singh from BC, Canada travels to the UK to support his wife attend the Journey of Compassion retreat. He arrives and falls in love with the warmth and spiritually uplifting sangat, so much so...

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