ex.Brahma wrote:It is sad to notice the dishonesty of few BK "souls" writting in this forum, who claim in their profiles to be ex-BK, while in fact the cult teachings are deeply rooted in the marrow of their bones.
From personal experience, I would confidently say that the Brahma Kumaris cult is extremely insensitive to human issues and even hypocritical, when it comes to dealing with life daily issues ..!!
I agree entirely. You can take the individual out of the cult, but can you take the cult out of the individual?
To "heal" does not mean to accept the BKs philosophical and organization corruption.
To truly "heal" would be to have the strength to ...
- Question that which should be questioned, and
Condemn that which is worthy of condemnation.
What I see in Patzcuaro's conduct are similarities to what I saw in the BKWSU where certain leading individuals would look to seed doubts in others minds with negativity, without being specific what they were saying.
How on earth are we "confused" just because we have seen through the BKs charade?
For the record, I have on this forum and elsewhere defended cults in the past. Some people, during periods of transition or to escape unhealthy relationships, need somewhere to go and a group to going to sort themselves out. Being a member of a cult gives them a temporary personality that they can wear ... which a happy, smiley, Om Shanti face ... until they do that changing and leave, like you did. This is how ashrams should be.
I just believe those cults should be honest and ethical and where they are not, as with the BKs, they should be made to be honest and ethical. Societies should protect vulnerable individuals, not exploit them as the BKs do.
But the BKs are a kind of business cult. You join them to find peace and then 3 or 6 months later, however long it takes them, you are back out working for them for free, giving them money, running a business front for them and so on.
Naive Westerners are gullible to them because they don't know the Sindhi/Hindi culture ... but it's really nothing new.
Now please keep on topic.