Maybe we shouldn't be so surprised
that humans act like baboons so much of the time.
Many argue that we are primates,
thus it is natural to have men competing to be Alpha Boss Male;
establishing their harems,
and playing every other sort of domination game
and calling it all "success".

But humans are different from baboons, truly.
For one thing humans get really BORED with the same old story.
Baboon troop dynamics,
authoritarian hierarchies,
paranoid patriarchies,
are boring, ineffective and embarrassing by now;
predictable, controlling, limiting and violent.
And men (and women) battling for power,
trying to set themselves up as King, Guru, and GOD
are so unattractive and annoying.

Meanwhile there is an innate sense,
in the hearts of people everywhere,
of what humanity really is.
Practicing humanity
and rejecting the Baboon Troop,
begins with the deep awareness
that all people are created equal
and that it is evil and wasteful to dominate and control others.

To be human
women and men,
of all races and cultures
need to work as equal partners
and share responsibility and power,
avoiding domination dynamics religiously.

To be human,
we mustour hearts and follow our highest dreams.

To be human we must stop acting like baboons
and refuse to accept and support male-dominated authoritarian hierarchies;
because they are oppressive and don't work.

For Sikhs this is easy,
in theory at least,
because Guru Gobind Singh
passed all authority onto the Siri Guru Granth Sahib.
Sikhs do not bow to baboon bosses.
Sikhs do not accept the authority of the paranoid patriarchs of this World.
Within true Sikhi
women and men stand side by side
together as Khalsa,
and we fight unquestioningly
for full freedom and equality for all humans everywhere.

Guru Gobind Singh says:

"Conquerors of the world march triumphant
to the beat of kettledrums.
Their herds of handsome elephants trumpet,
their royal steeds lustily neigh.
These rulers of past, future, and present,
can never be counted.
Yet without worshipping the supreme Sovereign,
all end in the house of death."

Kamalla Rose Kaur is USA born, of Irish descent, and embraced Sikhism in 1972, at age 18. She tried everything for over twenty years, including frantic practice of Yoga, until she learned "why Sikhs are so adament about having the Sri Guru Granth Sahib as their only Guru."

Kamalla Rose is a professional writer, theater director, workshop and seminar leader, publicist, events planner and singer.

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