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Independent thought about the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University

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

Like many so-called spiritual organisations, the BKs are so caught up with teaching ”the highest” morality they forget that anything high has to be built on something basic. You cannot ignore basic human decency, the golden rule found in all cultures - do unto others as you would have done to you - ...

a local survey conducted by social service organisations ... found that ... 30-40% willed substantial amounts of their estates to their carers, and often all of it. I should have gone on to say that many of these carers really did work long and hard caring for the person, often at all hours in emer...

Such manipulation of the elderly and attempts to acquire the property of the deceased has been going on since the concept of ”property” was invented! A venerated tradition to exploit the vulnerable venerable!!! The reason the Roman Catholic church brought in the rule of compulsory celibacy for all o...

There’s still a major fascination, hence market demand, for the exotic outer forms (appearances) of ”spirituality”. Take for example the recently deceased Baba Ram Dass (Richard Alpert) who was one of those hugely instrumental in introducing eastern philosophical idea to popular culture in the 1960s...

Good old trick - know that those who are coming to you are open to what you have to say (they came because they want) and give examples of the various kinds of experiences such seekers would have had or know about, then you seem to them to be, like, wow, this guy knows about this stuff! He stole the...