25 May 2006
Why do PBKs just love to quote Murlis whereas the other ex / Brahmin groups often are more interested in “your story” etc?
This is my “unofficial” view.
Just like BKs, PBKs think that they have identified the Chariot of Shiva – ShivBaba; the One who should be remembered 24/7 to create purity and the Golden Age. For most BKs (ie post '69), they never met “their” corporeal Chariot. In any event, most BK teachers I heard talk about remembrance of a point of light in Paramdham and only Sister Jayanti insisted the true way was Shiva in the body of long departed Baba Brahma.
For PBKs, ShivBaba is a real, presently living being whom most of them they will have met. Remembering Shiva through that corporeal body is easy – and the story he is telling is current and evolving as the drama proceeds. So the PBKs have it relatively easy and if they are for real, all they think about is Baba. So they are going to tell you what he says, what he thinks, and maybe if they know it, what he had for breakfast!
The reason why this precludes, or makes irrelevant discussions about ourselves or other people is – well, I’m sorry to have to say – because Baba says “remember me alone”. Because he is training our intellect to be faithful to one; himself at the present time but that sanskar will be created for the future. Whomsoever happens to be our partner in a future birth, we are now being trained to be faithful to that one.
So when a PBK is asked to divert his/her mind away from ShivBaba, he/she is being asked to sow the seeds of adultery and the ensuing breaking of the family path. So unless you are a divorce lawyer, remembering only one has some pretty beneficial effects.
Jim
This is my “unofficial” view.
Just like BKs, PBKs think that they have identified the Chariot of Shiva – ShivBaba; the One who should be remembered 24/7 to create purity and the Golden Age. For most BKs (ie post '69), they never met “their” corporeal Chariot. In any event, most BK teachers I heard talk about remembrance of a point of light in Paramdham and only Sister Jayanti insisted the true way was Shiva in the body of long departed Baba Brahma.
For PBKs, ShivBaba is a real, presently living being whom most of them they will have met. Remembering Shiva through that corporeal body is easy – and the story he is telling is current and evolving as the drama proceeds. So the PBKs have it relatively easy and if they are for real, all they think about is Baba. So they are going to tell you what he says, what he thinks, and maybe if they know it, what he had for breakfast!
The reason why this precludes, or makes irrelevant discussions about ourselves or other people is – well, I’m sorry to have to say – because Baba says “remember me alone”. Because he is training our intellect to be faithful to one; himself at the present time but that sanskar will be created for the future. Whomsoever happens to be our partner in a future birth, we are now being trained to be faithful to that one.
So when a PBK is asked to divert his/her mind away from ShivBaba, he/she is being asked to sow the seeds of adultery and the ensuing breaking of the family path. So unless you are a divorce lawyer, remembering only one has some pretty beneficial effects.
Jim
