“Pishe baitth Sardara(n) Gurmatta kita, koi akal da karo ilaj yaro. Sherh burshia(n) di sade pesh ayee, Pag Dahrhia(n) di rakho laj yaro”.
Sikh soldiers refused to wear helmets during World War 1 and World War 2 because wearing helmet is admitting fear of death and a Sikh (Khalsa) is supposed to be fearless. Therefore, many receive Victoria cross (a most prestigious Gallantry awards in the British army).
In Sikh history people of other faiths such as Hindus and Muslims felt secure from invaders and other people when Khalsa was around them, especially women or oppressed would feel safe under the protection of Khalsa and it was common saying in Punjab
“Aye Nihang, booha khol de nishang” the Nihangs (Sikhs) are at the door. Dear women! Go ahead open the door without any fear whatsoever.
Guru Gobind Singh ji tied almost 18 inches high damala (Turban) just before he left for heavenly abode.
Scientific results on importance of Hair
Hair provides vitamin D (desirably need in vegetables to prevent food disease) for the body, which protects the person against the fatal disease like Tuberculosis and is essential for bones, teeth and nervous system. The scientific researches revealed that longer hair provide more vitamin D and energy through sun heat with the oil in the hair to the body.
Trimming hair consumes a lot of protein from our body to re-grow which weakens the person. As considering the fact that if hand, foot or any other organ of the body once get chopped off, does not sprout again unlike hair, which indicates the importance of hair than any other organ of the body. Hair stop growing after reaching its specific length and individual play active role for 2-6years then they become weak and fall off as we comb them and the new ones grow on its behalf which prevents the body from suffering because of their lack.
Thus, a true Sikh of Guru neither comes nor goes naked from this world as all parts of his/her body are covered with the precious gift of hair.
As the hair on head receive energy from sun and transfer it to human body, the hair on the chin (beard) receive Lunar energy for onward transfer to human body, they hinder the harmful waves prevalent in the atmosphere from affecting the brain and mind as a result of which mind does not suffer from despondency, excessive emotionalism, pessimism and mental confusion and instead virtues like courage, warmth of heart, optimism and enthusiasm are infused.
Mr. Malgrini, a professor of psychology of the San Jose state university in America has done a commendable research on the effects of beard. He concludes that beard on man’s face makes his personal look manlier, impressive and that beard forbids man from committing sin and thus saves him. It attracts him towards the path of righteousness.
Women have 16 times more energy than men; God didn’t give women hair on chin considering her softness, tolerance, kindness and beauty. Because a woman has to give birth to a child, the Lord has made her hair stronger, thicker and longer than those of man so that such minerals could be collected and preserved in the body. It also has been observed that during pregnancy the hair of women gets thicker. May be, nature does so to help women to get additional quantity of minerals required for the development of the embryo.
It has been clarified in the research that hairs are good conductors of cold and heat as in cold hair conducts and provide more heat to the body, there, in extreme heat a kind of sweaty condition is created and mixed with the hair, thereby the later do not get much hot. This also saves a person from direct heat and sunstroke.
Hair are made up of following substances:
Oxygen 28%
Carbon 50%
Hydrogen 06%
Nitrogen 11%
Sulphur 05%
If we trim away or shave off 50g of human hair, we loose one gram of trace metal, which has immense potency to ward off the dangerous disease of diabetes and also to soothe the most severe burning sensation.
