Yogi Bhajan's grandfather (a devout Sikh) couldn't find a Sikh school to
send him to as a young boy so he enrolled him in a convent with nuns. It
was sort of like "Maria in Sound of Music", in fact I would call this
story the Sound of Music, Shabd version.
Each day there were prayers and Chapel to attend. The chapel bell would
be rung to bring nuns and students to worship. Young Harbhajan Singh
loved the sound of the bell. He would get lost in its vibration. He was
always late for prayers because he would just sit and listen to the
sound of the bell ring. He said God is the bell. It created the sound of
the Shabd as does a gong.
He told this story in front of about 300 folks who were there to honor
him for teaching Kundalini Yoga in the Florida prison system. A rabbi
came with his wife, a nun came and a priest was invited. Political
representatives were there from the state capital in Tallahassee. The
priest, Father Cavarly from St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church couldn't
attend at the last minute since he was ill with a severe sore throat.
When it came time for the Father to speak, Siri Singh Sahib ji stood up
and said he would speak on behalf of the Father and he told this story:
The nuns were complaining to the Mother Superior that young Harbhajan
was always late for prayers in the Chapel because he sat under the bell
and wouldn't move until it stopped ringing.
Mother Superior called Harbhajan in to her office and asked why he was
always late. .
Harbhajan said he couldn't move because he heard the voice of God when
the bell rang.
To fix the problem, the Mother asked Harbhajan to ring the bell. There
was one problem, once he started he would not stop. It took several nuns
to pull him off the rope.
This story was the to honor the Father and to teach the 300 guests that
the purpose of a bell in any church was to remind us of God's voice (the
Shabd), the Word calling our souls to meditate, pray and serve.
Wahe Guru!
-- from Sat Hanuman Singh Khalsa
Beniga,
Dharam
www.gongsongs.com
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