The crisis of European humanism is closely connected with a number of phenomena: globalization, terrorism, immigration and cultural change. What we really need, in this time and age, is to promote and practice Universal Philosophy of Sikhism in Gurbani. With all the claims and its compelling moral appeal, the fact is: Sikhism has yet to be perceived as a universal religion. If the founding Guru Nanak was born in the west, Sikhism would have been the world religion in this age of Science and Technology. SGGS, p 72 meaning: O Nanak, know him as the true guru, who unites all with the Lord). The true guru in sikh faith is one who unites all the people of various faiths together (Nanak satgur aessaa jaaniay jo subsae laey milaaye jio. Right interpretation of gurbani provided in our eternal guru "Sri Guru Granth Sahib" (SGGS) can provide us new realities which are more spiritual and more logical than mere blind faith and rituals. With religion they feel possessed by rituals and guilt the religion imposes. With spirituality they find no rules related to God's love and God's ability to sustain us. Not only the western world, but most of younger generation, in this modern era of science and technology, believes secular humanism as a spiritual and healing force, and religion as a possessive and destructive force.
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