ex-l wrote:There also seems to have been a lot of whitewashing and removing of details, e.g. the role of The Golden Circle etc. New BK get to hear nothing about these points.
1. So would you call the "corporate" version of the history a cover up or a lie, or what?
2.What option would you suggest?
1. Om Shanti. IMHO, all of this is covering up the truth. Of course, sometimes somebody lies to others also but, in the main, I think it is just covering up. Nevertheless, the only "leg" of religion in Kali Yuga is honesty. So it is not OK if new BKs are kept out of having full information (it means that they are being manipulated). So, of course, teachers must have answers for all questions. Or at least they must have the honesty to say, "I don't know" (especially if they, indeed, don't know).
But there is a some kind of cult of Superiority of the Seniors in the BKWSU. And there is attachment to the result also. Senior Instruments think, "If I say I don't know - they won't listen me any more ... they won't come to class ... Baba will be disappointed in me ... better I say something ...". The other side is that many Seniors do not have answers for questions like, "why were there predictions of Destruction by BB but we all are still here?" or "why was BB was considered to be God before 1949?" etc. So they and their motivation can be understood. And they are not demons as it may seem reading some topics. There is nothing black or white in this world now - everything is grey.
2. There also can be such variants of answer in this poll:
1) Yes, I think they are convinced
2) I think some of them prefer not to think of that
3) I think some of them want to ask some questions, but don't dare
joel wrote:I think this aspect of a privileged group of insiders within a larger group is characteristic of nearly all organizations.
Yes, but some Seniors are TOO high from ordinary BKs. I don't mean the Dadis but some Didis. IMHO, the Dadis have their right on superiority because they don't need it at all. Some Didis are not SO pure, pride can and is coming in.
Nevertheless the main cause of all these tricks with truth, history etc is that Seniors don't have correct answers on this questions or have no time to answer (Dadis), or think that it is not nesessary or don't want to think of answer. But it doesn't mean that all these questions don't have correct answers. Time will come and everybody will be satisfied with truth because honesty is the only "leg" of religion in the present yuga. I hope it will be done before New Year.
With regards, Shankar