Bhai Mani Singh was named Resham Singh at birth at St Chads Hospital Birmingham on 4th November 1970 at approximately 1am. He was raised and bred in Smethwick, West Midlands until he graduated from Secondary High School. Between his childhood and teenage years he remained unattached from materialistic objects just as a lotus blossom remains untouched by the water. He was to join the British Royal Marines, but had no idea what royalty awaited his existence. Whilst throwing away the career of the Royal Marines and serving the country, he instead decided to serve the whole of humanity.
Whilst in his teens he spent numerous years with the Akhand Kirtani Jatha in India and England all of the Elder Singhs still speak very highly of his jevaan. During those time and most recently between 1996-2001 he kept strict Sarbloh Bibek including using spring water which he collected himself not purchased in bottles from a supermarket. As time went on it became difficult to keep full Saudh but still maintained his Sarbloh Rehat till his final breath.
Following enlightenment Bhai Mani Singh stayed in deep meditation from 25th December 1990 to 13th April 1991 at the invitation of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sevak Jatha, Soho Road, Handsworth. In absolute deep meditation, he was drunk with the divine. During this period no thirst or hunger disturbed him, a great ecstasy took over him.
A question was asked at the time, what was the significance of this mediation? He smiled and said “I must have lost my consciousness, so drunk, so drowned. I must have been so drunk in the beatitude of realization that I must have forgot the wide world.”
On 15th April 1991 he came into the congregation at Guru Nanak Nishkam Sevak Jatha when Bhai Sahib Bhai Nurung Singh stated “you are a mirror that reflects so marvellous and as such your name should be Mani Singh rather than Resham Singh.”
Bhai Mani Singh Ji spent ten years researching into the Sikh Scriptures in with the desire to write the Lardaar Saroop using twenty four carat gold, which would be placed on the throne at Sri Harmander Sahib . Due to the complexity and intricacy of this task it was only in 2008 that the technique for producing the scriptures was perfected. The first four Angs where shown to the congregated in June 2008 in Birmingham and London, where the methodology to complete the project was described to their close associates. With the blessings of the Almighty this project will continue to fruition to produce the first ever Sikh Scriptures in gold.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਬਚਨਕਮਾਵਣੇਸਚਾਏਹੁਵੀਚਾਰੁ॥