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Hi littlelamb, ...they were old souls and therefore not really children at all. I was so impressed by how these children would sit, so still and silent, how special they were. You have no idea how many times people would tell me that! The more adults told me I was an old soul, so special and wonderf...

Hi Sakaash, In answer to your wonderings, I attended both adult Murli classes/meditation and children's classes from the age of about 6. I think I stopped going when I was about 13. The children's classes at my centre were taken by different adult BKs (usually those who were parents, but others too)...

Thanks, ex-l and littlelamb :-) I do plan on doing more research. I hadn't heard of Sindism. I feel I should point out that I don't believe anyone in the BK centre or my parents intended to hurt me and I do still appreciate the friendships made there, but putting a developing child in that environme...

Have there been any recent improvements in child protection in the BKWSU?

A number of the points made above related to how certain teachings might affect children really resonate with some of the issues I am unearthing in my counselling.

Hi everyone, I first posted here a little under two years ago, giving my experience growing up in a BK family: http://www.brahmakumaris.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1625 At the time, I was shocked to discover this site and read so many negative things about the BKs, but I still felt that my ov...

Thanks, John!

Hi John and Global, My exams went really well, thanks, I got a first and am graduating in a couple of weeks :D Do you find yourself at times torn between BK knowledge and lokik life have you been able to simply cut the ties? especially with your Dad still being involved? Not at all. As I said earlie...

Hi Chai Bhai

Sounds like you have a very sensible approach to all things BK, look foward to hearing more from you.

Cheers!

Just to make things clear - my Father may have upset me over the food issue, and caused other problems with other people in his early BK years which I am not and was not fully aware of - but now he has an excellent balance between BK and family life. mbbhat, I am afraid your marriage example really ...

Thanks Global (and hi!) and John .

Results on Monday, fingers crossed ...

Personal relations are needed to satisfy what you do not get by official relationship. You actually do not need personal relationship to live in this world. It is needed to satisfy emotions. There is benefit (love, co-operation, etc) as well as loss (attachment and bondage). But I want to experienc...

ex-l, john, bansy I am in the middle of finals, hence my sense of humour failure, Sorry! Blame the French imperfect subjunctive ... And bansy, I misread your comment - sorry again! I have a tendency to be a wee bit over defensive. # Challenge: Totalist cults tend to indoctrinate their members with i...

I am banned excommunicated damned and totally worthless. The BK don't wish to know me and I feel terrible about it. How could my dearest Abba abandon me like this? I cannot go to classes and the phone has been put down on me. Can you imagine my state of incredible (in alphabetical order) anxiety, d...

Ack, look - the reason I am not very clear on some things is that my parents did not Ram BK down my throat and allowed me to make my own decisions, so I grew up surrounded by BK stuff but never had any of it methodically explained to me, and I've never taken the course. It's not because my dad's a b...

No probs, John :) I should point out though that I am interested in deeper things than Corrie! God just is not one of them, for the moment at least. Also, just wanted to clarify for anyone reading that when I said I wouldn't recommend people went to India to "meet God", I did not mean that...