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HI Vikashmodi, I don't have time to answer at length right now, someone else may. In the meantime, I suggest you browse this site for similar discussions as this problem arises a lot and what people do also varies. Of course there are many variations within relationships so the kind of response that...

Bill Maher riffs on how to deal with cult members who cling to their belief in their leader even despite evidence to the contrary. The Great Disappointment The challenge for us is, how do you get people out of a cult? When you're fighting a cult you're not just fighting the leaders, but all the enab...

So, covid is causing a cash flow problem! Not only no visitors doing ‘spiritual tourism” and leaving donations but also many BKs who give a percentage of incomes as regular donations will have lost their incomes. Those letters sound like a cunningly composed appeal for money based on a sense of psyc...

I have heard about two weeks ago that there is a big outbreak of Covid-19 at Abu Rd BKs so it has probably also infected Madhuban. That's my guess, don't know for sure. Apparently, also hearsay, there’s a lot of disquiet as to why "Baba’s canopy of protection" did not extend to viruses. Th...

A ”divine" form of elder abuse.

I have noticed how BKs tend to avoid any discussion, interrogation of the issue or even viewing any documentaries about cults. I think it makes them uncomfortable. I do know some BKs who kind of accept that BKs have cultish qualities but equivocate about it being ”not as bad” as some! And any news r...

Very useful links and connections. Anyone who still feels the shadow of the BKs over their lives should make a point of connecting with other groups - not just support groups but any interest groups that you may like to explore, be it an art, a book group or philosophy group, craft or sport, go for ...

I suppose when certain behaviours are endemic in all sections of a society, it's considered part of the culture. It's what everyone does, therefore they are ”no worse than anyone else”. We know how it's very common for many gurus and ashrams to accept ”donations" and accumulate vast amounts of ...

ex-l wrote:Recently they distributed nearly 7 kilos of gold to 2500 surrender Sisters of the institution and this all is off the record

Hmmm, I wonder if this is used to directly or indirectly bribe officials who otherwise might want to investigate the corruption they are now part of?

I filled in the survey. Took longer than 10 minutes for me. I suggest it is worthwhile. The BKs are not as bad as some groups but a lot of what some groups enforce physically the BKs do more subtly through social coercion, hierarchical politics, peer pressure, group dynamics, what is approved and di...

"Trust in God, but tie your camel down". It means, you can believe in whatever you like ... but don't forget to do all the practical things in life. These days I trust in the camel and tie God down - to one thing. If someone uses the word ”god”, can it be replaced with the word ”Life” or ...

I think a lot of it is the need to be both exceptional and validated for being exceptional. So if I can aggregate a whole bunch of highfalutin ideas, and work out some kind of self-supporting circular logic to come up with a ”theory” or interpretation that’s new, I am therefore exceptional, a genius...

Hahahaha! What a nut job! She'd probably be considered a serviceable soul because she makes the BK ideas seem much more plausible. The Annunaki she mentions were the gods of ancient Sumeria (Mesopotamia, Babylon) and they feature in a text even older than the Rig Veda, the story of Gilgamesh. A good...

The most famous of the novels by Phillip Pullman is the ”The Golden Compass” ( also published as ”Northern Lights” in some places). It is in the first in a series called ”His Dark Materials” which sees a young child heroine, Lyra, who later has to find her way through portals to parallel universes t...

This is the next generation ruling by proxy while paying lip service to "hierarchy", which, BTW, literally means rule based on seniority