This information I'm recording is to develop my interview questions with, uh, Dr. Simran Jet Singh. He's the author of The Light. We Give How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life. This is the bio that I wanna use for, uh, Dr. Simran Singh. Um, Dr. Simran Singh is the author of the book, the Light We Give, how Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life. Published by Riverhead Books 2022, Dr. Si, Dr. Simran Zing. Dr. Singh is a scholar in human rights activist, and he's actually, let's just say he. Dr. Singh is an internationally recognized scholar and human rights activist, who's also a teacher, a bestselling children's author, and a columnist with hundreds and thousands of followers across social media. It's latest book, the Light We Give, how Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life. Published by Riverhead Books in 2022. Uh, in the book, he shares how, um, he invites in the book, he invites readers to embrace the lessons he's learned as a brown-skinned turban wearing beard loving sports, playing dude trying to survive in modern America. He talks about the wisdom he gained from, from being a practicing Sikh who's trying to find common ground with others. Uh, Dr. Singh brings a fresh perspective to how we can cultivate empathy and find contentment in our lives through a community. Okay, let's stop. Stop there. Dr. Singh brings a fresh perspective to how we can cultivate empathy and find contentment in our lives. Dr. Singh was born and raised in Texas, the son of Indian immigrants. He was conf, he was conf. Dr. Singh was confronted, has confronted racism, bullying. Dr. Singh has confronted racism, bullying, and ethnic slurs throughout his entire life at school, on the athletic field in his San Antonio neighborhood and on the streets of New York City. Instead of growing bitter or angry, he drew from sick teachings to seek out the good in every situation and find positive ways to direct his energy. What was at first a matter of survival has become a calling. He is now an internationally recognized human rights activist and a teacher, a bestselling children's author, and a columnist with hundreds of thousands of followers across social media. Dr. Singh believes we need to rewire our culture. We need to see the humanity in everyone around us, and we need to live with compassion and celebrate our differences and see ourselves within the context of universal connectedness. The light we give gives readers a compelling and deeply human framework. The light we give gives readers a compelling and deeply human framework for putting this into action and shows readers how we can see the light in every corner they encounter. Finding gratitude and connection through pain, anger to break the cycle of hate. Okay, let's say how we can do this. The light we give provides readers with a compelling and deeply fu human framework for putting this into action and shows readers how they can see the light in everything they encounter to find pain, to find gratitude and connection through pain and anger, and break the cycle of hate. Simran Singh is the executive director of the Inclusive America Project at the Aspen Institute. He is also a regular contributor to the Washington Post, CNN Time Magazine, and writes a monthly column for religious news services. He lives in New York City with his family. I will like to find out what Dr. Singh does to balance in his life, you know, to what, what something to end with balance. Um, sports obviously seems to be a big one. I'm now going to put some questions together to organize some questions. Hatred. There's a lot of hatred, especially that's been addressed in addressing the Black Lives Matter movement. Seeing the good in everyone versus recognizing people have shadows and darkness. Empathy versus creating boundaries to people who are toxic slash negative. Connecting through meditation. How do we cultivate our values? First principles. What is [inaudible] Religious versus spirituality is one more important. Can you be spiritual without religious finding? Inner peace, hard work, racism, racism, being called a terrorist at 11 years old. How does that affect your psyche? What does standing for yourself look like when someone makes a racist comment without resorting to violence? What is an appropriate reaction to a racist comment slur? What is the difference between a Muslim and a Sikh? Why do seek square turbines? You develop a thick skin when you have a lot of racist comments, you almost get numb to the comments you talk about ignoring versus agitating. When do you ignore and when do you agitate? Tell me about the Sikh faith. It's the world's fifth largest religion. What are the fundamentals of the Sikh faith? What is the difference of the Sikh faith versus the Muslim faith or Christianity? You mentioned that Sikhs, there are over 30 million Sikhs that live worldwide and 2% of Sikhs live in India. So where do the other 30 million Sikhs live? Yes, there are over 30 million Sikhs globally making it the world's largest fifth, making it the, there are over 30 Sikhs globally making it the world's fifth largest religion, but in India, seeks, comprised 2% of the population. So where do the majority of the 30 million seeks live? I like how you talk about wisdom. No faith or school has exclusive claim to wisdom. You mentioned that in page five. How do we embody wisdom in ourselves? What are the core principles, frameworks, and practices of seek wisdom? I like that you have a term for knowledge versus application. Knowledge is vidia, v i d y A versus the practice of wisdom, which is guillen. I believe it's g y a n n, interconnectedness versus individualism. This is an important concept.

When do you choose to be interconnected versus focus on yourself? Capitalism is very much focused on self-interest. Business is focused on profits. How can you have ethical capitalism and also be interconnected self versus others? I grew up having to fight for myself, having to serve no, no one no knew that no one would really do anything for me. I had to do everything myself. So you develop this sort of self-reliance, but then you all, you have to have you. You know that if you don't focus on yourself, no one's going to focus for you. So how do you balance that? The self versus the interconnectedness with others? And also you understand that not everybody can fight for themselves. We live in an interconnected world, but must fight for ourselves. What is that balance? But we also recognize that not everyone can fight for themselves. Not everyone has the ability to fight for themselves, and that's where activists come in, is to help fight for others. When is it appropriate to fight aggression within aggression? Can you, do you really wanna love a neighbor that is racist or do you just tolerate them and try to teach him even in his lecturing? Lec lecturing doesn't really get far. Humor's very important, but how is it really can possible to love a neighbor? Or is it just you accept that neighbor and try to share your knowledge to the best of your ability in a way that will persuade that neighbor or humor, ignoring them, not acknowledging that their racist actions hurt you, even when it does. How do you fight hate with love? Humor is a great way to show someone. Humor is a great way to disarm someone. It can teach lessons. I love your line that said, man, these dudes don't look like ballers, but can they ball? You? Talk about wearing your turbine as a way for identity and a and it's really important to have a sense of identity for you. Turban is, is part of your sense of identity. It's important to have markers of identity, to be proud of who we are, where we come from, to recognize our ancestors and, and fight for those who, who were persecuted because of just how they looked. Seek means student. I love that. I also think that it's great to see that the story of like your coach, when someone said he can't play, he wrote on, he ended up writing. He can play. I think you have to be a fighter, but you also have to have deep empathy for people. A lion knows the lion. How do you fight aggression with aggression? Robert Green, author of the book, 48 Laws of Power Mastery, the Laws of Human Nature wrote that when you meet a swordsman, dry your sword. Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet. Again, that is when you meet a swordsman, dry your sword. Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet. When do you know when to use your sword versus use your poetry to try to change others? If you can bite, you generally don't have to. How do you fight hate with love? You are named, named after sim Rajit Singh, man to serve the world with generosity, ferocity, and fearlessness. Who was Sim Rajit Singh? Man, you write on page 22. Living between two worlds and ever fully belonging to either is part of my family's inherited experience. Living between two worlds and never fully belonging to either is part of my family's inherited experience. So many immigrants and families face similar experiences of living between two worlds, but never fully belonging to either.