Aware ... or aware of its publicity value? How much is real and how much is shop window dressing to make it look good? What sort of schizophrenia is "saving the planet" when you believe and teach others that the planet must be destroyed by a nuclear holocaust before it can be "made pure"?
How deep does it go? Is Abu and the environment the beneficiary of environmental consciousness when 10,000s descend upon from all around the world during "Baba's seasons"?
What sort of hypocrisy is an 'End of the World Cult' who worships Destruction, selling itself as a 'Save the Planet' movement!?! Presumably it is all targeted at the United Nations etc, and being used for 'saving face' there?
rayoflight wrote:I always wondered why people who were so concerned about the welfare of the planet did not realize how much water they were wasting. The average person showers once a day. The disciplines seemed more like neuroses and the amount of unnecessary waste of water was yet another sign of wasting money as well.
Of you are right ... we should make them all go back to cold water bucket baths like in the old days. Only one bucket of water for each BK.
Although what you say might seem a very minor issue to a new reader, really what you are pointing your finger at is the real prevalent values present in at least the Western BKWSU.
The Brahma Kumaris like to promote themselves on the basis of wonderful "spiritual values", most of which translate to "doing nothing" in my book, i.e. "being humble" by sitting telling one's self "
I am the master ocean of humility ... I am the master ocean of humility", but quickly jettisoned when it comes to any real situation where real humility is required, e.g. admitting all the idiocy of their past or telling the truth.
It is not what we think of ourselves, or say of ourselves, but how we act that speaks of our real values and, in my opinion, the slide of the last few decades has been towards strangely materialistic values and Western middle class comforts. I say "strangely materialistic values" because, to the Western mind, "materialism" is generally seen as being opposite to "spiritual values" and, if applied sincerely, "spiritual values" almost always question and doubt materialistic comforts and acquisition. Its not that the same is not true of sincerely Indian spiritualists ... its just that for a lower class of individual, contradictory hypocrisy is common fare. Its normal.
Having said all that, I am sure that for the vast majority of Brahma Kumaris, especially the Kumaris, in India, they do not enjoy such luxuries at all and their lives are still very basic.