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Independent thought about the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University

Even if one is not within a certain group, even if he is not involved in some kind of organized religion, he still has sets of believes that make him act in a certain way. Every human being is ideologically driven, and the maxim that the aim justifies the means is equally valid for everyone. I agre...

Was Modi the one who inflamed the anti-muslim riots that killed hundreds a few years ago?

I would say no two people are the same, let alone groups who gather around some ideas or a person. Even if we are to define BK as syncretism, the mix is also unique. You are being deliberately anodyne surely? Any "two people" are "two" - obviously different in some respect or ot...

There is spirituality in the BKs. But where does it come from? It comes with the people who bring it to the organisation, along with their time, money and labour. Does the BKWSU impart or grant spirituality? No. It merely teaches what most other beliefs teach, that it is an inherent trait, a natural...

Let me purr my approval to Little leo - a fine feline of a fellow - who seems to agree with my broad premise that the BKWSU (and their offshoots) are no different to any other human group that ever existed in history. In particular, they're no different to other ideologically driven people who can j...

Some of this is a little unfair. Anonymity is the norm here, so that should not be an issue. From the posts it was obvious he was sympathetic to the BKs/PBKs. Having a devil's advocate here to show that he is "not that black" but comes in 50 shades of grey, and to occasionally articulate q...

Discussion is getting a bit general when the topic is about directly contradictory claims : 1. They are a religion so they can avoid tax obligations and 2. They are not a religion so they avoid scaring away potential converts. They do both at the same time . That is the issue here. The virtuousness ...

You missed the point with that answer littleleo. The question asked was not, "is it acceptable for people to take up a new religion or join this group?" Of course, everyone is free to make their own mistakes! The question asked was, "Is it unethical or hypocritical for the BKWSU - the...

Littleo The problem with that way of thinking (celibacy=purity) is that it evaluates non-celibates as impure. I have a real problem with the notion of purity, always did, even as a BK. Celibacy implied "purity" but many celibates can be pure ratbags and miserable people. Before the interne...

If you would like to have a Sakar Murli on your own, you have to make a written request and give detailed reasons. And yet they have Avyakt Murlis on You Tube. I don't get it. Are "they ashamed" of the Sakar Murlis? Or because it is "deeper Gyan" that only the initiates can comp...

I agree with ex-l's multi-faceted look at the situation. Circumspection should be your watchword. Dear Inventor - should you get worried about what other people dream about? If she dreamt there was a giraffe looking through her window would you worry about the giraffe? My point was that it was a dre...

Brilliant analysis Raistlin. Yes indeed. They are not a religion when it suits them - but they are a "religion or religious association" when they want tax exemption and other benefits that status confers. They are not a charity when it suits them, (if you ask them what they do with all th...

Dreaming something is different to there actually being something. People see all kinds of things in dreams. And if she dreamt of a ghost, was it fearsome, benign, friendly? Given that BK meditation spends much time considering "subtle bodies", spirits, angels etc, it is not unexpected tha...

These days in the West the introductory course does not include The Cycle, ladder, Trimurti etc - as far as I know. It is based on soul, god, meditation, powers etc. When someone is considered 'ready' they are invited to a second level course that will go into those other things. I do not know this ...

It appears that in India there's much more blatant and greater range of unusual behaviours, overstepping of boundaries into involvement to coerce & manipulate people's family lives and working lives. India is the world's largest democracy, dynamic and modernising, with a free press. Maybe this f...