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howiemac

Re: Notice to BKs

06 Feb 2013

(from Reality Sandwich ) Black and white thinking is inherent in all forms of fundamentalist belief. This type of single-minded devotion to one's beliefs, whether they be religious, scientific, or militaristic, is the source of most human strife and conflict. If we are to heal ourselves as a culture...
howiemac

Re: Notice to BKs

05 Feb 2013

Patzcuaro is basically say(ing), don't look at all that stuff, don't tell anyone about it until they are fully enculted, until the hook is deep in their mouth ... and that is, basically, the marketing strategy of the BKWSU in the middle class West it is targeting. He's just say(ing) they should do ...
howiemac

Re: Notice to BKs

05 Feb 2013

I think there is a justification for "translating" BK teachings for a Western audience. If you remove all the Hindu stuff, and the "carrot and stick" authoritarian stuff, and fix the dodgy English translations, then you can get worthwhile spiritual teachings ( here is an example ...
howiemac

Re: Who is the God of the BKs?

01 Feb 2013

it is always used in the singular form as if it were only one person ("BapDada says", rather than "BapDada say"), which reinforces the idea that one should not bother making a distinction. Occasionally in the Avyakt Murlis, he says :"both Bap and Dada" or similar, and ...
howiemac

Re: PBKs and this forum

31 Jan 2013

Yes - same rules should apply to PBKs as BKs. They have their own sites.
howiemac

Re: Who is the God of the BKs?

31 Jan 2013

Baapdada is given as real Hindi word and translated as 'ancestor'. This is interesting - I have not encountered that before, but it makes sense (father-grandfather = ancestor), and it makes sense in the BK context too, as Brahma Baba claims to be the originator of all other souls (hence Brahma). Th...
howiemac

Who is the God of the BKs?

30 Jan 2013

The BK concept of God is confused, one might think deliberately. The official BK God is the unembodied soul they call "Shiva" or "Shiv Baba", or simply "Baba" meaning Father, or "Dada" meaning Grandfather (as in BapDada). By far the most common name they use i...
howiemac

Re: Why does God need a translator?

30 Jan 2013

If Shiv Baba were to be channelled by a Western medium, would He be able to speak in English or French. Here is my interpretation. Shiv Baba - so they say - takes no body of any sort, beyond the orange egg of light that contains his pure and perfect sanskars, the "original sanskars of the soul...
howiemac

Re: Notice to BKs

30 Jan 2013

I too am in agreement with all of the views expressed above, and fully back Admin's stance on BK involvement in this forum. The last things we need on here are BK propoganda or BK trolls. They have their own forums - let them go there.
howiemac

Re: How to post questions to seek guidance?

27 Jan 2013

I vote for HEAVEN and DESTRUCTION, and bigger POKES :)
howiemac

Re: Janki: Biggest Trophy or Biggest Hypocrite?

27 Jan 2013

For a detached observer, this show is becoming very entertaining indeed! Tweedledum and Tweedledee! Was I hallucinating all the times I heard Baba say in the Murli that the key for transformation of the Self and the world is silence ? The soul, a star, a point, and the Supreme Soul united; no noise,...
howiemac

Re: Janki: Biggest Trophy or Biggest Hypocrite?

26 Jan 2013

alladin wrote:DJ doesn't look any happier or more alive than a taxidermied weasel

brilliant! And ex-l's "weasel-rights" response!
howiemac

Re: The dawning of the truth

26 Jan 2013

Sheep are a very good analogy for the BKs. I certainly relate to it. These days when I dream of sheep, I know the dream is about the BKs. In the last dream I had, the sheep were dying on "Brahma Baba Island", which was otherwise deserted, and had become a desert! I also associate hypnotic ...
howiemac

Re: Banning BKs from this forum

24 Jan 2013

Well said, bkti-pit :).

Re: Smonika and the "logic" of there being a Supreme Soul

24 Jan 2013

The concept of supremacy is not spiritual, but very worldly, and belonging to the dark side of human nature. This concept is endemic in the BK teachings, and gives the game away (as of course do many other aspects). However, your implication, ex-l that the BK's God is almost as bad as the God of the...
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