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After Raj Yoga, Can There be ANY Faith? - posted by: ex-london on September 17, 2005 That is an interesting question. This post is intended as an open “work in progress” and not as a finished “truth” or thought. This is a fairly in depth response that requires a broad base of spiritual, psychic and...

The Head and the Heart - posted by: casy on July 4, 2004 I wanted to start this topic because like most things on the journey to wholeness, there is a point of balance, of integration. In the 12 step programs they say that the longest journey in the world is the journey one takes from the head to t...

The Head and the Heart [2] - posted by: Isabel on July 5, 2004 What is the role of the doubting, logical mind on the spiritual journey? David Harvey, one of the gurus of critical geography, related an interesting story in the introducation to one of his books. He was at a conference - some critical...

The Need to Belong - posted by: Atma on July 23, 2004 Initially, I was going to title this topic “The attraction of the cult”. Then I thought I would put it in more positive - and broader - terms. Hence, “The need to belong”. That is a deep and fundamental human need: the need to belong to somethin...

To the Soul using the Nickname Kevin - posted by Bhagirath on October 29, 2004 To all those who have submitted their intelligence, their awareness and freedom to another soul for the promise to become a king in the future, I truly wish you to see that it will never happen. You are all imprisoned by...

The bottom line [3] - posted by Lamk on November 11, 2004 Oh I do get tired of all the usage of ‘He’ and ‘Father’. I know Brahma Baba was a wonderful and inspiring teacher and leader, a great humanitarian, social philosopher and spiritual human being, who did much for female kind in India. However,...

What did XBKchat do for You? [2] - posted by Kyra This board has given my partner and I many interesting topics to discuss and debate between ourselves. It has provided us a link with other people who have lived the Brahmin lifestyle and then gone on their own way. It has been interesting to read t...

Destruction Did Not Take Place in 1976 - posted by hanuman on December 11, 2004 I remember that time well. I was one year in Gyan. The transformation was scheduled to happen around January 18, 1977. The Divinization Conference was held after the Christmas of 1976. It was a grand affair for the Brah...

What did xBKchat do for You & Source of Love - posted by: Babbit on January 9 and 23, 2005 I am new to ex-BK Chat Forum, so hello to everyone. This forum feels like a lifeline because I think I am now an ex-BK, with all the confusion, self-annoyance and baggage that comes with facing that decis...

Post-BK Spiritual Growth - posted by: Atma on April 17, 2004 Isabel and Gyaniwasi, Thanks for sharing some of your Abu experiences. Perhaps, I can share some of mine. To condense things, let me say that I came into Gyan a long time ago. After the initial intoxication and involvement in service etc,...

The Indian Mindset - posted by: Paul on May 5, 2004 “East is East and West is West, and never the two shall meet”† I thought that I would open up this topic, as it actually underlies a lot of the differences of opinion and perspective evident in this forum. Let me say, first of all, that I am mindf...

To my Sisters my Heroes - posted by: hanuman on December 6, 2004 About three decades ago, a young man from South America sought spiritual awakening before the age of twenty one. He got more than spiritual knowledge. The Knowledge and his interactions with the mediums of The Knowledge would transfor...

The Detachment Paradox - posted by: Atma on July 29, 2004 A paradox is basically a contradiction; usually in a statement, but it can also be in a situation, practice or belief system. In the context of the BKs, there is what I would term the “detachment paradox”. The BKs list attachment as one of t...

Power - posted by: Paul on August 13, 2005 Remember Lord Acton’s dictum? “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” That maxim is the springboard for this brief ‘meditation’ on power as it relates to the BKs. There are several aspects to this : * Power that springs from that ‘holier ...

How I Benefited from the BK Raj Yoga Experience - posted by: Kyra on August 5, 2004 I have benefited by : * gaining a closer relationship with God . * can better understand myself as a soul first. * can see the good in other people amidst the negative. * I look for the good in everything around me ...