Baisakhi l994 Khalsa Council Meeting
Santokh Singh Khalsa D.C.
Alta Dena CA, U.S.A.
This l994 Baisakhi meeting was the second of a group of four meetings starting October l993 and going to April, l995, focusing on the topic of "Living and Spreading the Teachings." During the previous meeting, the council divided into eight Strategic Action Teams or SAT’s, to work on various aspects of how we as a Khalsa Council can help to spread the teachings of Sikh Dharma and the Siri Singh Sahib. In the fall, each SAT completed the first step, which was to compose a statement to define its mission over the next two years.
During the Baisakhi meeting, the SAT’s worked to develop their primary goals, objectives and the action plan. Each SAT reviewed and revised their mission statement. Next, each group brain stormed various goals and objectives to fulfill their mission. This was discussed until the group could agree to focus on a few goals that would be doable with in the time frame of the next year and a half. Each group identified the resources and the action steps that would be necessary to reach their goals. On the last day of the meeting, each SAT reported on their work to the entire Khalsa Council, and then there was an opportunity for the different SAT’s to network with each other. Following is a description of the work being done by each SAT:
Business SAT Mission Statement: To manifest our Khalsa consciousness through the creation and building of globally conscious businesses to uplift humanity and generate unlimited abundance.
Goals: Support Khalsa International Traders (KIT) through several strategies..
1. Put teachings on the products or on inserts in the products to act as a billboard for the teachings.
2. Publicize the 800 number for the Ancient Healing Ways catalog.
3. Revise the catalog to add more information including local teaching centers.
Fund Development SAT Mission Statement: To raise funds and expand awareness of ongoing activities of the Office of Fund Development so that the teachings of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib ji and Yogi Bhajan can be preserved and made available to humanity.
Goals: By Baisakhi l995, educate all Khalsa Council members on the methods for building long term Dharmic funding through estate planning and how each member can contribute to the success of this funding effort.
Guru’s Teachings SAT Mission Statement: To share Guru’s teachings as a relevant technology and lifestyle for all humanity.
Goals: 1. Support the Office of the Bhai Sahiba and the Secretary of Religion by hiring a secretary. Coordinate all the many projects and help give an identity to these offices.
2. Print, promote, and distribute the new minister’s manual. New name: Victory and Virtue: Ceremonies and Code of Conduct of Sikh Dharma.
3. To recruit two young adults as members of the SAT to advise on practical ways to inspire our youth to participate in the Dharma
Information Systems SAT Mission Statement: To establish a system to ensure easy, efficient, affordable communication and access to Dharmic resources, including the Siri Singh Sahib’s teachings.
Goals: To set up the entire sangat on an international voice mail/fax system via the "Temple of Steel" card for: individuals, sangats, the Secretariat, regions, Khalsa Council members and entire 3HO community. A few examples of the special functions of this possible network are: Siri Singh Sahib could communicate to the entire network or target a specific sangat. The Secretariat could poll the sangat very easily.
Public Relations / Marketing SAT Mission Statement: To project and promote the vision, image and teachings of the Siri Singh Sahib, Sikh Dharma and 3HO.
Goals: To develop a marketing strategy that would use Superhealth in Tucson as a model PR project, illuminating people to its’ capabilities as a teaching and healing center. This marketing strategy could then be overlaid and applied to other areas.
Personal Growth SAT Mission Statement: To develop a vision of the commitment to our Higher Selves so that we attain the vitality, motivation, and capacity to live and share the teachings.
Goals: To facilitate opportunities within the Dharma for adults and young adults to experience together the joy and adventure of our lifestyle. This would be done by creating on local levels experiences, such as sports adventures, sweat lodges, vision quests, arts, music, etc. The focus would be on doing activities that are realizable now.
Publishing SAT Mission Statement: To facilitate the development and publication of Sikh Dharma / 3HO teachings in multiple media formats in order to uplift the consciousness of humanity.
Goals: 1. To create a resource guide that contains completed, published works in all formats (books, audio and video tapes, etc.) works in progress, and available technical resources such as editors, graphic artists, translators, etc. Available in October, l994.
2. To work with KRI to facilitate making the S.S.S.’s lectures and notes accessible to individuals doing research towards publishing some form of his teachings. First step is to resolve several legal and procedure issues.
3. To help raise money for the enormous job of preserving, cataloging, transcribing, and editing all the SSS’s audio and video tapes in a stable format.
Yogic Teachings SAT Mission Statement: To uplift humanity by perpetuating the teachings of Yogi Bhajan.
Goals: 1. To support the currently existing Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association by encouraging membership.
2. To promote attendance at the upcoming conference before Summer Solstice.
3. To connect and envelope local chapters.
4. To organize the teachings around themes and develop curriculum for these themes in a standard format.
The only S.A.T. that presented an actual motion to the Khalsa Council, was the Information Systems SAT. They proposed that the Khalsa Council members obtain and begin use of the Temple of Steel card by Summer Solstice, l994.
If you have any specific feedback or wish to make a contribution to any of the SAT’s, please contact Sat Sangeet Kaur (310)552-3416 at the Secretariat for more information.