Arun1968 wrote:Lots of people are facing same issue. I am sure we will find a solution.
It's a big open question as to how real this particular problem is. One thing, for sure, is that it is NOT unique and exclusive to the BKs.
Yes, many active BKs and some ex-BKs report or believe that BK leaders are, in some way, psychically attacking them but it is also a fair common symptom reported by people suffering from mental illnesses, e.g. "paranoid-schizoid" spectrum, which is characterized by especially strong suspicions of others' motives, and by a sense of being persecuted.
In many case, I would put it down entirely to a latent mental illness encouraged or 'given language to' by the BKs.
By "given language to", I mean that the BKs encourage their followers to believe all sort of crazy things, i.e. that god is speaking to them personally, that their leaders or deceased founders are still alive in an afterlife and active giving instructions and guidance to, even using the physical bodies of BK followers like puppets to do their willing. If an individual has a tendency towards such mental imbalances, BKism can tip them over into abnormality, even rewarding them from doing so.
In short, it encourages followers to say and do all sorts of crazy things on the basis of a belief in that this is what is happening, e.g. they'll talking about "Baba touching the soul", "Baba using the instrument" (the BK or BK's body) in a psychic manner.
Now, some cultures believe in psychicism, spirits, channeling etc more than others - and who can say what the phenomenon is - but we can say for sure that the BKs believe it, & encourage their followers to believe they are subjected to it, e.g. Baba or the Seniors visiting them in a ghost like manner to watch, or guide them.
Your problem then with helping such individuals is to either work out what is going, or work within the framework they present, i.e. if they believe in spirits, use the language of spirits. But what I will tell you is that if the individuals is genuinely mentally ill, even if highly functional, you will have a really hard time getting them to accept it, & seek help on that basis.
Speaking personally, I think Lekhraj Kirpalani was mentally ill, albeit highly functioning, and that BKs evolved as a collective mental illness - a folie a plusieurs - and has evolved as a highly functioning, instituted mental illness to this day ... but that individuals are also subjected to psychic influences beyond their control, however we are to understand that, e.g. on the basis of individual or collective consciousness etc.
What I am absolute sure about is, however, that BK Shivani does not have the special powers that certain people project onto her. It's just similar to the state of mind fanatical followers of movie stars or musical popstars have when they believe their "star" is speaking to them personally etc. Yes, they may appear in dreams etc, due to the media exposure they have had, but at that point you are just into an ordinary level of dream or psycho analysis, e.g. parts of themselves speaking to them symbolically.
For example, BK Shivani symbolises some part of them, or some kind of woman, that they want to be or become, e.g. "spiritual", respected, powerful, liberated etc in the same way as "Mama" Om Radhe, Dadi Janki or some other Senior Sister did to previous generations of BKs. Personally, I don't think Shivani's that clever or insightful at all. For me, she's just like a parrot, or a human tape recorder, i.e. good at memorising & repeating BKism but not thinking or questioning.
What are your impressions?