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Aham brahmashmi

Post31 Jan 2015

Nice article I have read: about who i am? and this is truth for me and every yogi of India want to achieve this. our true god say if you follow me i will make u like me and every one on the earth one day achieve this. world will destroy when every one achieve state of oneness with god. when u really understand this you realize how brahmakumari insult true god.
The Five States of "I am ness"

We can discern at least five different states of "I am ness" in beings (jivas). These states are neither sequential nor consequential. A being may experience one or more of these at different times in its existence or at the same time in different dimensions of consciousness. There may be even divisions and subdivision with in each state. We are confining here our discussion to a general description of the five states, which are explained below.

The first state is the state of "I am not aware that I exist". This is the unconscious state which we experience in our sleeping state and which a recently born baby experiences in its waking state. In the macrocosm, it is also the state of the inanimate objects and many lower organisms.

The second one is the state of "I am aware that I exist but I cannot conceptualize it". This is the semi conscious state which we experience in our dreaming state and the state of a few week's old baby. In the macrocosm it is the state of most of the animals and birds.

The third one is the state of "I am aware that I exist in relationship with things, beings and objects." This is the waking state of our ordinary consciousness. In this state, I have some awareness of myself, which is sufficient enough for me to conduct myself in the world and deal with it intelligently. I can identify myself with my unique features, my individuality, my physical personality, my distinct qualities, my actions, my thoughts, my desires and my emotions. It is also the state of duality and the state of a bonded soul.

The fourth one is the state of "I am aware that I exist. I am also aware that I am existence itself." In this state, I can experience my omnipresence. I can shift my center of awareness at will. I am detached, not bound by the limitations of ego. I am a liberated soul in its state of complete awareness, fulfilled and detached. I exist not in relationship with others but by myself. This is the state of the pure consciousness and of the unlimited self, having the awareness of "I am Brahman" and "Thou art That", not as a mental notion but in a state of self-realization. This is the state of Atman.

The fifth one is the state of "I am I am". I do not know any other than by myself. I am absorbed in myself and exist by myself. I am limitless and absolute except when I am associated with my nature (prakriti). I have no duality. There is no instrument by which I know my existence or my otherness, except in a jiva or in a state of incarnation. I am in all and all are in me. This is the state of the supreme eternal Brahman, the state of oneness, the state of non duality, the indivisible, infinite, immeasurable, unknowable state of Being. This is a pure state of "I am only". This is the indescribable state of Brahman in its absolute aspect.

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Re: The Battle of recovering from Cult Brainwashing Goes On

Post31 Jan 2015

nice article about why god created this world ?
Why god created this world ?

No matter how many times you hear me speak on the subject of why God create the world, you will always find something new; through infinite concentration one receives ever new light on this enigma.

Somehow, God has all the power of the universe at His command; but why does He have this power? Why is God God? Why aren’t you God? You will rack your brain when you try to think in this way. That there is a God, an absolute Intelligence and Power, we cannot rationally deny. The testimony of Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, and the saints cannot be questioned. From the ideals they exemplified and the miracles they performed, we know they were speaking truth. They gave irrefutable testimony that God is; and that He is perfect and almighty. They have told us that God is Joy, and God is Love. But if this be so, why did He create such an imperfect world, and an imperfect body for man? We think that if we had the power God has, we could create a much better body than this, and a much better world—at least in our imagination we think we could!

Jesus said, “He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do.” [John 14:12] How did he know, twenty centuries ago, the “miracles” of modern science that are commonplace today—we see how by radar man can determine the presence and location of things thousands of miles away. A soldier told me that the first time he believed in God was when he saw radar at work. It is the wonders of radio, radar, television, and all the other scientific discoveries that are coming, to which Christ referred when he predicted that we would do even greater things than he had demonstrated. Of course, if each person had radarlike eyese and ears, nobody would have any peace! The thoughts and actions of others thousands of miles away would be impinging on our minds, and there would be no freedom or privacy for anyone. Since there is doubtless some dirt in every home, we have no right to intrude on one another and gossip about our findings. So there is a reason why God threw the cloak of Maya, the limiting power of delusion, upon man.

Man’s Power Is Nothing Compared to God’s

It seems that as soon as man gains power, he misuses it. Already they are speaking of push-button war, in which one has only to press a button and atomic bombs will destroy nations. Just imagine, New York City with all its millions of people, can be finished with one bomb! God has given great power to man that he might use it rightly. Even so, man’s power is nothing compared to God’s, because this whole world is an atomic bomb that God holds in His hands. If any individual, or the leader of any nation, thinks he can get away with using bombs, he is very much mistaken, for the words of Christ are still true: “…all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.” [Matthew 26:52] If aggressive countries fight one another, they shall be wiped away, and the meek nations shall inherit the earth. We must use spiritual force, not atomic bombs, or we are going to perish.

It is evident that in the storehouse of nature are hidden many secrets. Though the atomic bomb is a terrible thing, still it shows that there are inconceivable powers locked in the heart of nature—powers that man has yet to discover. And behind all these is a God. There is an Infinite Intelligence that governs all creation. That Intelligence works through divine law that cooperates with good and punishes evil. Why else is it that Hitler, who first had the secret of building the atomic bomb, lost it, and it came instead into the hands of America? Even though America used it, I don’t think she will do so again—I pray she will not.

Politicians in their blindness start the whole world fighting. But since man didn’t create this world, he has no right to destroy it. Why, then, did God in His almightiness create such an imperfect world, and give man the power to destroy? If you were God, you would know exactly what is going on, and why this universe was created as it is.

When you are reading a very interesting novel, you see good and evil contradicting each other, and you think it is terrible when evil is winning. For instance, in one chapter the hero is about to be killed, but in the next, everything is straightened out and he is saved. You must understand that each life is a master novel written by God. It is not up to you to try to fathom it; you will be defeated by the limitations of your maya-deluded intelligence. First conquer delusion and become one with God; then you will realize why He created this world.

But we do have a right to ask Him why. And there are many, many reasons. First of all, it could not be that this earth is a necessity to Him, because in that case God would be imperfect; He would have something to attain from it. But we have the testimony of the saints that He is perfect; and I give testimony from my own experience, for I have communed with Him. Even though I had had visions and other spiritual experiences before I met my guru, Swami Sri Yukteswarji, I told him I wouldn’t talk about God to others unless I knew Him. When I saw those visions I had experienced coming true, I knew that a Being was guiding me, and I began to see Him in all things.

This World Is God’s Hobby

Since God is perfect and this earth is not a necessity for His evolution, it is therefore a sort of hobby to God. For example, there are two kinds of artists: one type is the commercial artist who makes art pay; and the other type is one who creates gossamer wings of art with no market value, simply for the personal enjoyment of it. Now we cannot think of God as commercial, for He has nothing to gain from His art of creation. Similarly, wealthy people sometimes take up special hobbies that are expensive, because they can afford them. I met such a man in Cincinnati; he had a big farm as his hobby. When I visited there as his guest, I said, “Your farm is not paying for itself, is it?” He replied, “That’s right. This egg I am eating cost me ninety cents. I could get one in the market for a few pennies.”

So this world is God’s hobby. But it is not any fun for those who are suffering in it. I often say to the Lord, “If You wanted a hobby, why did You create pain and cancer and terrible emotions as part of it?” Of course, I am not in the world to dictate to the Lord. I know that. But I humbly fight with Him.

He laughs at me, and says, “In the last chapter, all will know the answer to these questions.”

Well, I know the answer, but I argue on behalf of those who don’t: “It may be a play to You, Lord, but it is misery and death to those who don’t know it is just a play. Two people marry and think they have found the perfect love, and then one of them dies —what a tragedy! Or someone who has made lots of money thinks he is happy and then sees the stock market crash, and in despair jumps out the window—how terrible! And in the sense traps of sex, wine, and money there is temptation not only from the outside, but from within. How is man going to justify all this? And why are there gangsters, and persons who are insane, and all kinds of dreadful going-ons, Lord? Why are there germs that kill so many people every year? If the bones of those who die of disease were heaped together, the pile would be as high as the Himalayas; and yet it is a hobby to You, God. What about those who are victims of Your hobby?”

And the Lord says, “I have made all men in My image. If you know you are a part of Me, you can live in this world and enjoy it as I do.”

That is the ultimate answer. We do not see this world as God sees it.

Seeing With the Open Eyes of Wisdom and Calmness

I will give you and example of how things went wrong in creation. If right now in this room I suddenly close my eyes and start dancing wildly, forgetting everything around me and the limitations of my blindness, you will call out to me, “Be careful! You will fall or bump something!” But I insist, “No, I am all right.” Then I stumble and fall and break my leg; and I cry and ask, “Why did this happen to me?” You will answer, “Well, why did you close your eyes and try to dance in the darkness?” Then I reply, “Oh, my goodness. Why did I dance with my eyes closed?”

Because your eyes are closed, you cannot help thinking this world is terrible. But if you keep open your eyes of wisdom and calmness, you will see there is a lot of enjoyment in this world—just as though you are watching a motion picture.

When you go to a movie, you like to see a happy picture, or one that makes you feel good, because life itself is so troublesome. But according to the cosmic motion-picture theory of this earth drama, the historic revolutions and wars and man’s troubles are justified, because if you go to a picture show every day and see only love scenes, you would get tired of them. You would want to see some action, some contrast and excitement. Therefore, God is justified in creating the dualities of this earth. He didn’t want this drama to be stale. If there were only angels, it would be a very tiresome play; where there is a villain and a hero, it is more entertaining.

The contrasts were made to help us realize that this drama is only a cosmic movie, and that by translating our consciousness into God’s consciousness, we could look upon this earth as He does. But I wouldn’t want to be the villain, for crime doesn’t pay—especially before inexorable cosmic law. I would rather be somewhere sitting under a tree, absorbed in meditation on God, or be busy serving others to make them comfortable with true peace and happiness. For although life is governed by a cosmic plan, we have freedom to change our part in the drama.

The point is, if you learn to see this world as a picture show, you will find nothing wrong with it. The only thing I complain about is that pain makes this picture seem so real. You wouldn’t mind your hand being taken off if you didn’t feel any pain and if you could put it back in place again. Some saints have shown that this is possible. For example, Jesus carried out his prophecy when he said, “Destroy this temple [the body], and in three days I will raise it up.” [John 2:19] And when Peter cut off the ear of the centurion, Christ restored it. By knowing the Lord, Jesus had the power to remake the body.

Science concentrates on making more material comforts for man; but when disease comes, and the doctor says, “It is all over,” you can’t do anything about it. And then how do you feel? Helpless. But the masters say you don’t have to feel that way. This world will seem an unjust creation if you keep your eyes of wisdom closed. You must realize that you are God’s child, and if you are in tune with Him you will see this earth as a picture—as God’s hobby. Then you can live in this world without being affected by it all. It is those who take it too seriously who suffer. And because of that suffering, they don’t understand why God created this earth. When a mother hears of the loss of somebody else’s baby she feels sympathetic. But when it is her own baby, she suffers great anguish. When you transform your consciousness into divine consciousness so that you feel for everyone else’s well-being as you feel for yourself, when all the world becomes your greater self, you will become completely dissociated from the sufferings of your little body. You will behold creation as a sort of dramatic experience in which nothing can hurt you.

Free Choice—God’s Greatest Gift

We can say that God made this earth not only as a hobby, but also because He wanted to make perfect souls that would evolve back to Him. He sent them out under the cloak of delusion, or Maya, but endowed with freedom. That is the greatest gift of God. He has not denied mankind the free choice that He Himself has. He has given man freedom to be good or evil, to do exactly as he pleases—even to deny God. Both good and evil exist, but nobody compels you to be evil unless you choose to practice evil; and nobody can compel you to be good unless you want to be good. God created us with the ability to exercise His gifts of intelligence and free choice, by which we can choose to go back to Him. God certainly means to take us back when we are ready to go. We are like the biblical prodigal son, and God is continuously calling to us to come Home.

The ideal of every human life should be to be good, to be happy, and to find God. You will never be happy unless you do find God. That is why Jesus said, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God.” [Matthew 6:33] That is the purpose of our existence: that we strive to become good, to become perfect, and to use our free will to choose good instead of evil. God has given to us all the power we need to do so. The mind is like an elastic band. The more you pull, the more it stretches. The mind-elastic will never break. Every time you feel limitations, close your eyes and say to yourself, “I am the Infinite,” and you will see what power you have.

No joy of the senses, no joy of possession, can match the joy of God. Though He had everything from eternity to eternity, He began to think, “I am all-powerful, and Joy itself, but there is no one else to enjoy Me.” And He thought, as He began to create: “I will make souls in My image, and clothe them as human beings with free choice, to see whether they will seek My material gifts and the temptations of money, wine, and sex; or whether they will seek the million million times more intoxicating joy of My consciousness.” The point that gives me the most satisfaction is that God is very just and fair. He gave man freedom to accept His love and live in His joy, or to cast it aside and live in delusion, in ignorance of Him.

Though all created things belong to God, there is one thing God hasn’t—our love. When He created us, He did have something to attain, and that is our love. We can withhold that love, or give it to Him. And He will wait endlessly until we are ready to offer our love to Him. When we do, when the prodigal son comes Home, the fatted calf of wisdom is killed and there is much rejoicing. When a soul returns to God, there actually is rejoicing among all the saints in heaven. This is the meaning of the parable of the prodigal son as told by Jesus.

Watch Yourself From the Balcony of Introspection

There is so much to life than what you think. Since everything earthly seems so real, how much more so must be the Reality that creates this unreal reality! But the unreal reality makes you forget the Real. God wants you to remember that you wouldn’t mind this earth if it were like a motion picture. Even if the brittle bones of the body break, you would say, “Well, look at those broken bones,” and not feel any disturbance or suffering. You can say that when you are anchored in the Divine Consciousness. You will make fun of your habits, and you will be intensely amused at your distinguishing characteristics, as from a balcony of introspection you watch yourself perform in the motion picture of life. I do that all the time. When you know this world to be God’s lila—His play—then you aren’t upset by the contrasts in this drama of good and evil.

In a dream you can behold rich people, poor people, someone strong, someone else groaning with disease, someone dying, and someone being born. But when you wake up, you realize that it was only a dream. This universe is God’s dream. And when I ask Him, “Why do You not dream only beautiful dreams? Why must your play be fraught with nightmares?” He replies, “You must be able to enjoy both the nightmares and the beautiful experiences for what they are—dreams, only dreams. But if you dream only beautiful dreams, you will be drowned in that beauty, and never wish to wake up.” That is the answer. So you must not be frightened when nightmares come, but say, “Lord, it is a passing dream. It has no reality.” And when you are smiling with health and happiness, say, “Lord, it is a beautiful dream, but do what You like with my dreams of life.” When you are neither touched by nightmares of disease and suffering and worries, nor bound by beautiful dreams, then God says, “Wake up, now! Come back Home.”

So watch the universe like a picture-play, as do the masters who are awake in God. They are very much interested in those souls who try to escape this dream. God wants everyone to get out of this nightmare, and watch this cosmic motion picture as an entertainment. He wants you to know that you are one with Him. That is why from time to time He sends God-realized souls to earth to help mankind. When people get too groggy with nightmares, these souls come to wake us up, to shake us and say, “What is the matter with you? You are dreaming.” And you cry, “No, no, my leg is broken,” or, “I am suffering with disease,” or, “I am drowned in poverty.” But when, through the blessings of the great ones, you open your eyes, you see it as a dream.

Separate the Unreal From the Real

As a little boy, I used to dream that a tiger was after me; I would cry out that the tiger had caught my leg. Mother would come and shake me from my dream and say, “See, there is nothing wrong. There is no tiger. Your leg is all right.” As a result of that childhood dream I had the first wonderful experience that God gave me: the last time I had that dream, I said, “That is an old trick. There is no tiger after my leg.” And I quickly jumped out of the dream. It went away and never returned. From that time on I was watchful, even in dreams, to separate the unreal from the Real.

Saints are those who are half awake and half dreaming: on one side awake in God, and on the other side dreaming the dream of incarnation. But they quickly get out of this dream. When my body feels some hurt or pain, I focus my eyes and my mind here at the Kutastha, or Christ-consciousness center, between my eyebrows, and then I feel no pain; and in a little while I don’t even see or feel the body.

So remember, God is dreaming this world. And if we are in tune with Him, we will live in a divinely intoxicated life and nothing will disturb us. We will watch this cosmic picture as we watch the films in a movie house, without being hurt. God created us that we may dream as He does, enjoying this dream, and all its contrasting experiences, as an entertainment, without being affected by it, absorbed in His eternal joy

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Re: The Battle of recovering from Cult Brainwashing Goes On

Post31 Jan 2015

Real god will wait endlessly until we are ready to offer our love to Him .not like brahmakumari's god who will wait till just Confluence Age and will give heaven only few souls.

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Post31 Jan 2015

enough

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Post01 Feb 2015

my life stuck by brahmakumaris's bogus theories .but i have not stopped my journey finding truth.and i thankful to Einstein, bohr ,david bohm, braine greene ,Leonard Susskind ,for helping me in my journey.

“If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet. Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.” – Niels Bohr

"I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details."- einstein

“As a physicist, that is, a man who had devoted his whole life to a wholly prosaic science, the exploration of matter, no one would surely suspect me of being a fantast. And so, having studied the atom, I am telling you that there is no matter as such. All matter arises and persists only due to a force that causes the atomic particles to vibrate, holding them together in the tiniest of solar systems, the atom. Yet in the whole of the universe there is no force that is either intelligent or eternal, and we must therefore assume that behind this force there is a conscious, intelligent mind or spirit. This is the very origin of all matter.”- max planck

we can understand how this universe is movie or just illusion bu understanding universe as hologram theory.i m giving some link
http://www.collective-evolution.com/201 ... is-energy/
http://www.hiddenmeanings.com/body.html
http://www.holographicuniverseworkshops.com/
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Post01 Feb 2015

Are you a physicist?

Please don't copy and paste long non-BK related articles. A link and an introduction is enough.

How long were you in the BKs? Why did you leave?

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Post01 Feb 2015

if You want understand what is god ? how he created this world? how all religion giving same knowledge ?. i suggest you to read "Autobiography of yogi"
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I am not interested any more.

Tell us about your BK experience.

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no i m mechanical engineer and and i want to find truth. i have seen one symbol which is used by brahmakumari in autobiography of yogi book.i think brahmakumaris is modified version of Indian yogi philosophy.my two cousin throw their life to brahmakumaris.i also brainwashed by brahmakumari but i have not joined them because i can not find my all answer in brahmakumaris.i m sharing all above things because i believe people can not leave brahmakumaris because they can not find any alternate knowledge.

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Post01 Feb 2015

No one needs all this 'junk' profusely spewed at them here for any constructive purpose. This is a real turn off. It merely serves to show the viewer that you are trapped within the tangled webb of your own mind/ego. You can search in knowledge/information/ideas/paradims/mind constructs etc ... but, as a wise man (Muktananda) once said, all this knowledge/information etc, is merely 'Gymnastics' to occupy the Mind ...

This is what Mind craves, until one is ready to give it up and let go ...

God & the Self are beyond info. They are holy subtle & sublime. All things become known in that state.

That we are ALL One, and we are ALL ONE with the Divine ...
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quantum wrote: ... all this knowledge/information etc, is merely 'Gymnastics' to occupy the Mind ...

That an interesting view.

I also heard it described as, "bubble gum for the mind" ... something to occupy it chewing it over, but ultimately not nourishing.

But such ideas also have a social value to bring together and hold together people like a kind of mental glue. And both aspects are ways in which the BKs trap people.

There is really no "knowledge" in the BKs except how to play a mini-guru, fit within their corporate guru system, trap people and exploit them.

Yoganada is dead. Who knows how much of his myth is real. The community of people attracted and surround it and him have not replicated it and gone through all the usual human politics. In the old days, most Western BKs would have read 'Autobiography of Yogi' on the way in to BKism and come searching for that myth.

I am sorry to read of how the BKs are parasiting off your family. I expect to read all the same problems of money and property, and family conflicts. BKism has a 'drug addict' effect on some people. Once they are hooked, it almost impossible to discuss with them rationally or philosophically as BKism teaches them so many mental tricks and considers itself so superior to all other religion.

It's almost better to consider them dead, or infected with a dangerous virus. Accept the old them is gone and protect the rest of your family and community from them.

How are thing at home with them?

Best talk of real things and stick with 'the here and now'.

And, please, write nicely with capitals etc.
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Maybe Aham Brahmashmi doesn’t realise this is an ***EX-*** Brahma Kumaris forum. No need to preach to those who are in agreement with you that the BKs are founded on foolish mistakes and deception (of self and others).

ex-l, Quantum quoted Muktananda not Yogananda but, yes, the idea is similar.

Those who like "gymnastics of the mind" are like body builders who spend day and night in the gym or taking supplements rather than real food, all to exaggerate their physiques but they use none of that strength for real work that does anyone any good. A skinny peasant woman in Laos probably uses more practical strength and more productively in a single day than a professional body builder does in a year.

The BKs are in competition with, other gurus and ashrams, the churches etc all up on a stage flexing and strutting this ‘spiritual concept” and spouting that ”over-abused cliche’, with so much energy & time spent to "look good” and attract prizemoney and sponsors, but who achieve little other than feed their kind of narcissism.

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Post02 Feb 2015

I feel that Aham ... does know who & what this forum is for ... but feels the need to offer extensive versions of his 'jumbo box' kit of spiritual goodies for those BKs who cannot leave because 'they cannot find any alternate knowledge' ... quote.

They may or may not have need of this, but the dominant feature here is Aham's 'need' to express his intellectual endeavours for the 'need of others' ... like a service ...

I have, personally, found his posts to be interesting to a point, and comprehensive and diverse in nature ... which i do like ... but after that, enough is enough. And, yes, as ex-l said, 'bubble gum for the mind' ... 'chewing it over' ... same as 'churning' ...
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Aham, tell us more about how the BKs have effected your life and family, how you see them, how they act and behave in your town. Keep it personal.

Thank you.
aham brahmashmi wrote:I suggest you to read "Autobiography of Yogi"

I understand how aham brahmashmi is thinking because in my pre-BK or BK days, I was impressed by books such as that and it made me want to go and seek "spiritual masters" and explore mysticism. I am also guessing he is Hindu, and so for him, you aham, it is just a cultural norm.

For most people, aligning oneself with spiritual superstars way of saying, "I mean well ... I want to do good". For a minority, it's a way of saying, "I want a cut of that pie ... how do I get some ... what do I have to do to get some of 'that?" What ever "that" is ... money, power, adulation, whatever the specific religion offers. For many young females, I suspect part of it is just escape from family and arranged marriages!

Those books did not prepare me for life though. They did not even give me an accurate understanding of spiritual life, let alone reliable instruction for how to replicate Yogananda's achievements. They led me to unrealistic expectations ... fantasies, and a life based on unfulfillable fantasy. BKism.

Like Adi Dev, I suspect that book is a little exaggerated or polished. Yes, I am sure some of it is true ... I guess I and other ex-BKs are just burnt out by believing and reject "belief wars" ... whose belief is better ... and see religion for what it largely is. A business for a few to live off the many, if you are willing to dress up in a funny team costume, put on a "holy" act, and spout all the usual stuff.

I guess I and other ex-BKs are at a point where we are liberated from having to believe to conform and fit in to any society.

"Aham brahmashmi" is a rejection of the BK god and BK separation. "I am Brahman" or "I am the infinite oneness", we are all one, god nature is in every thing. I guess these days I am happier to accept it is all just life.

I did not mean to insult Aham's ideas ... they may or may not be true, it does not matter for me ... by 'bubble gum for the mind', I referred to BKism and the BK's conceited joke university for the spiritually and mentally challenged.

May be he needs to keep up alternative ideas in his mind to fight off the BKs pressurising his family?

It's an embarrassment to think I tried to fit in there. There is nothing to "churn", i.e. to think about, consider, learn to philosophise and think. BKism is a dumbing down of the mind to a bird like level ... literally cuckoo. All they can really do is keep repeating the same ideas until they are brainwashed and then spend the rest of the time thinking how to market their business.
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