Gulzar was (is?) a much more compassionate less doctrinaire person than those who have been promoted above her - Manmohini, Prakashmani, Janki.
Remember it was she who said , based on her own ”manmat”, that of course procreation in Stayuga would be through sexual intercourse. I had a few sessions with her in small groups and found her quite pluralistic and non-judgemental in her outlook. That accepting approach has the downside of allowing things to happen or continue, it’s all Baba’s plan/responsibility etc.
If I was to hypothesise why she was somewhat different in her attitudes and beliefs, it may be that, as ”the Chariot”, her role was fixed and, if you like, guaranteed, so she could afford to think more qualitatively rather than hierarchically or linearly. Whereas with the rest, there was always an ambitious jostling for the few positions of favour and nomination as worthy of being in "the rosary”.
With Lekhraj (Baba) Om Radhe (Mama) Prakashmani, Manmohini, Gulzar pretty much philosophically (in BK terms) unambiguously of the 8, that leaves only three positions. Janki has openly stated it was her motivation to get to the top that drove her ‘efforts”.
We know that in the 1940s and 50s, those 8 positions were allocated and even shown in some pictures and posters but it seems they became unfixed because, well, people died, destruction did’t happen and all bets were off. As the monster grew, with the influx of more important people (in BK terms) like Nirwair, Ramesh, Nirmala Kajaria, etc the focus shifted to the 108 and that bit of latitude, (gee if i don’t make the 8, the 108 is pretty good) gave breathing space and flexibility.
Does the library have a copy of that old picture of the 8 as believed back then?
Remember it was she who said , based on her own ”manmat”, that of course procreation in Stayuga would be through sexual intercourse. I had a few sessions with her in small groups and found her quite pluralistic and non-judgemental in her outlook. That accepting approach has the downside of allowing things to happen or continue, it’s all Baba’s plan/responsibility etc.
If I was to hypothesise why she was somewhat different in her attitudes and beliefs, it may be that, as ”the Chariot”, her role was fixed and, if you like, guaranteed, so she could afford to think more qualitatively rather than hierarchically or linearly. Whereas with the rest, there was always an ambitious jostling for the few positions of favour and nomination as worthy of being in "the rosary”.
With Lekhraj (Baba) Om Radhe (Mama) Prakashmani, Manmohini, Gulzar pretty much philosophically (in BK terms) unambiguously of the 8, that leaves only three positions. Janki has openly stated it was her motivation to get to the top that drove her ‘efforts”.
We know that in the 1940s and 50s, those 8 positions were allocated and even shown in some pictures and posters but it seems they became unfixed because, well, people died, destruction did’t happen and all bets were off. As the monster grew, with the influx of more important people (in BK terms) like Nirwair, Ramesh, Nirmala Kajaria, etc the focus shifted to the 108 and that bit of latitude, (gee if i don’t make the 8, the 108 is pretty good) gave breathing space and flexibility.
Does the library have a copy of that old picture of the 8 as believed back then?