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BK websites

• THE GLOBAL LEADERSHIP RETREAT - BKWSU front for corporate evangelism Is a collaborative initiative and partnership among leading transformational corporate facilitators, change agents and executive coaches and The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University.
• BK front Inner Space in Wembley - Opened in 1996. Inner Space is managed and run by Brahma Kumaris Information Services Limited. B.K.I.S. is associated to Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (B.K.W.S.U.). B.K.W.S.U. is an international organisation working at all levels of society for positive change. The University carries out a wide range of educational programmes for the development of human and spiritual values. It has more than 7,000 branches in over 95 countries.
• BK front Inner Space in Cambridge - University recognises the intrinsic spirituality and goodness of every human being and helps people to rediscover that goodness within themselves, encouraging and facilitating the development of spiritual awareness, attitudes, behaviours and skills through a process of lifelong learning. Recognising the importance of understanding the wider context of human existence, the University's core curriculum addresses the spiritual significance of religious and cultural traditions and explores such themes as life after death, our relationship with God and the purpose of life.
• Images and Voices of Hope - Images and Voices of Hope is an international conversation about the impact of images and stories on people, families, communities, cultures and the world. Our purpose is to strengthen the role of media as agents of world benefit, expanding awareness of the choices those in media make that raise public trust, generate constructive meaning, and amplify human hope, thus enhancing humanity's capacity for life-promoting action.
• Global Executive Retreat - Brian Bacon gets top billing with Janki and Jayanti Kirpalani at the BKWSU's Asia Pacific Global Executive Retreat, a rare opportunity to hit the pause button ... to observe and reflect on your life's impact ... experience [Raja Yoga] meditiation and take time out.
• BK Karuna blog - An eloquent speaker, he has given hundreds of lectures on values and spirituality at conferences, retreats, and training programmes conducted yearly by the Brahma Kumaris at their Headquarters. His life is the epitome of dedication, selflessness and commitment towards self- and world-transformation. His knowledge of balancing Science and Spirituality, and unshakeable faith in the Supreme Being, continues to take him to newer realms of wisdom and experience.
• Just a Minute Celebration - BKWSU celebrity event? Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees; Lynne Franks , author and PR guru ; comedienne Ruby Wax ; the first practicing Muslim Female Band Ulfah Collective ; Michael Timothy of Massive Attack; percussionist David Jones ; TV Presenter Tania Brier
• Inner Space - BK shop /meditation centre in London's West End
• Companion of God Dadi Janki website
• IP Dish TV Om Shanti. - We are very happy that Infinium could participate in the Baba On Line (BOL) event on 31st. Oct 2006 and much happier that we could use our network to broadcast it to hundred centers and on each centre hundreds of Baba's Children watched the divine gathering at Abu on computer or on big screen. OmShanti 24 Hours transmission is also continuously running through the hub on Windows Media Platform and some centers which could not be installed in time will be Getting this once more from the hub. We are now planning for the next lot of supply. Whichever center wants this facility can now send a DD of Rs 20,000/== (All inclusive i.e. includes supply, delivery, installation, Commissioning, Sales tax, DOT charges, WPC charges, Hub Charges and such other things) however it does not include Octroi, Duty, Road permit or any other local levy, which shall be born by the centers. The DD is to be prepared on the name of Infinium (India) Ltd. and payable at Ahmedabad. The DD is to be sent to the following address. Infinium (India) Ltd. 9th Floor, Shitiratna, Panchwati, C G Road, Ahmedabad 380006
• World Wide News Insight - News aggregator run by BK Global Chief of PR/
• You Have Wings - Very discrete holding site for BKWSU Cambridge, UK. Aimed at new agers or children perhaps.
• BK Cambridge, UK Myspace blog - BK Myspace with links to other BKs
• Jewel of light - Dadi Prakashmani memorial site, link to Google video
• Dadi Maa - Dadi Prakashmani worshipper's website
• Anubhuti Retreat Center - Anubhuti BKWSU/BKWSO Retreat Center in San Francisco, CA.
• Global Harmony House - Global Harmony House, BK center New York, USA.
• BK Sewa - Site or service news release of the BKWSU. Requires making an account to log in to.
• Global Harmony House, NYC - Region headquarters of the BKWSU for the Americas and Caribbean.
• Brahma Kumaris Oman - RAJA YOGA EDUCATION & RESEARCH FOUNDATION ... actually a BKWSU center.
• BKWSU Youth Empowerment - The Youth Wing of Rajyoga Education and Research Foundation with its parent organisation Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya has undertaken the uphill task of providing platform to youth for world transformation by self transformation since 1985. It has drawn up a comprehensive plan to bring about a new awakening among the Youth. To achieve its objectives, the Youth Wing has prepared exhibitions, slide shows and brought out several publications exclusively for the Youth. It holds youth training camps, youth festivals, conferences, seminars, competitions, lecture series and cultural programmes. These programmes are arranged in collaboration with other Youth organisations, wherever possible. The services of the Youth Wing are free of charge and any youth can avail of the same without any obligation. The wing works to achieve its aim with the help of thousands of young brothers and sisters. These young people, in addition to performing all their regular duties, observe celibacy, lead a life free from unhealthy habits and spend their spare time and energy in rendering voluntary services for the upliftment of the society. They participate in retreats and meditation camps to develop viceless attitude, strong moral values, divine manners and a well-rounded personality. The Wing has a strong group of well-educated, experienced and dedicated personnel who execute the planned projects throughout India. They are our valued committee members.
• BK GSM SMS service - Welcome to the Website of Brahma Kumaris' Godly Service on Mobiles... Brahma Kumaris' Aim to Extend its Spiritual Teachings to Every Being in Order to Enable People Experience & Embody Peace of Mind and Long-lasting Happiness ...and as per the demand of the present times, Brahma Kumaris' have started using the Powerful Media of SMS Service for its World-Benefiting Activities. More than 35,000 Mobile Users have been taking benefit of Brahma Kumaris'
• BKWSU Business and Industry Wing - Do you wish to climb the ladder of success? In today's world the demand for Indian Motivation Gurus is rising, not only in India, but also all over the world. Some teach you how to succeed in life, while others motivate you to remain physically fit. Let us meet a few of them: Motivation through meditation … In the beautiful, serene Aravalli Ranges is located Mount Abu, the head quarters of a unique organization run by women, the Brahmakumaris. Divine sisters of Brahmakumaris teach the art of motivation at industrial giants like Reliance and Bharat Petroleum to name just a few. Motivation classes are conducted for all kinds of people, from top management to the junior workers, from students to big businessmen. Spiritual motivation plays a major role for success in Business and the Industry
• 3D heartcare BK Abu.org - BK heartcare website for Abu hospital.
• Beyond Leading - BKWSU retreat programmes targeting women leaders.
• BKWSU Scientists and Engineers Wing - BKWSU Scientists and Engineers Wing
• BK Youth - BK service aimed at children and youth workers
• Global Retreat Centre - BK retreat headquarters in Nuneham House, Oxfordshire, UK offering whitewashed introductory courses in meditation, positive thinking, stress free living, self managing leadership and self esteem.
• BK Publications - BKWSU own publishing house and online book/tape store.
• B.K.W.S.U. India - Official website of B.K.W.S.U. India
• BKWSU.Org - Official International B.K.W.S.U. website
• International BKWSU website - Detailed historic timeline (false)
• Rajyoga e-learning - e-learning site by B.K.W.S.U Australia
• Living Values - BK sponsored Living Values Education Program (LVEP) is a character education program offering a wide variety of experiential values activities and practical methodologies to educators, facilitators, parents and caregivers that enable children and young adults to explore and develop twelve universal values.
• BK Texas - BKWSU students learn to be leaders rather than followers. The spiritual education imparted by Brahma Kumaris is offered free of charge.
• Brahma Kumaris Meditation Retreats at Leura - Australian BKWSU Retreat Centre
• The Janki Foundation - The Janki Foundation for Global Health Care is a UK-registered charity supporting research and awareness in the field of spirituality and health. Research findings and clinical experience increasingly reveal that spiritual factors have a part to play in recovery from illness.
• Raja Yoga Brampton Canada - Your thoughts guide you to your destiny. If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got. If you always think the same you will always get to the same place. Think in a new way and you will be a new person. Give happiness to all and you will live in peace. Create peace in your mind and you will create a world of peace around you. interesting multimedia features.
• BRAHMA KUMARIS Centre in Montreal - L'Émergence the BRAHMA KUMARIS Centre in Montreal
• Thought for Today - BK run thought for the day service.
• Brahma Kumaris Educational Society - Formed in 1996 to impart holistic education and integrated knowledge and training in the art, philosophy and science of living beings. Emphasises justice, honesty, integrity, tolerance, and responsibility. Encourages regard for the human individual, universal love, non-violence and the preservation of the environment. Offers integrated and holistic education in moral, human, social, administrative, cultural and spiritual values in a non-competitive atmosphere. Stimulates a person to resolve inner conflicts and face the challenges of life with enthusiasm, peace and happiness. Promotes a scientific temper and a spiritual vision and experience. Re-evaluates current concepts in order to make the world a better place.
• Global Hospital & Research Centre - Happiness is a panacea to all the diseases in the world - a known cure but rarely put into practice. Suffering begins when happiness ends. This hospital gives patients the opportunity to experience physical relief through a unique method; it unfolds a new concept in health care by providing holistic treatment. J. Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre (GHRC) has introduced a novel approach of combining Science & Spirituality, by applying medical practices with spiritual knowledge as the backbone. Patients revere this place since being in the midst of a light and peaceful atmosphere cures half the disease. The mind gains strength to overcome pain and suffering in these lovely and happy surroundings.
• GHRC New releases - New of service coordinated by the BK Global Hospital
• BKWSU France - Les Centres de Raja Yoga rassemblent de ce fait des personnes d'horizons les plus divers et ayant des parcours personnels les plus variés. Ces Centres dispensent partout dans le monde une pratique simple et précise de la méditation, elle-même fondée sur des valeurs humaines, morales et spirituelles universelles.
• Global Forum for Public Relations - India's International Association of public relations practitioners for values and ethics in public relations profession has been registered vide registration no. 924/2006 in April 2006, with headquarters in Hyderabad. It is intended to promote public relations with a mission of Golden Triangle - Professionalism, Ethics and Spirituality - in association with Media Wing of Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, Mt. Abu.
• You Have Wings - BK Cambridge children story site
• Eternity Ink - BKWSU Australia's online book and media shop.
• Global Forum for Public Relations - Global Forum for Public Relations – India’s International Association of public relations practitioners for values and ethics in public relations profession has been registered vide registration no. 924/2006 in April 2006, with headquarters in Hyderabad. It is intended to promote public relations with a mission of Golden Triangle – Professionalism, Ethics and Spirituality – in association with Media Wing of Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, Mt. Abu.
• The Meditation Center - The work of the Brahma Kumaris is inspired by the vision of a world where every individual can develop to his or her own full potential as a human and spiritual being and live in harmony with others and with the natural world. Nationally, the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization has had a presence since 1978 and has 23 centers throughout the U.S. Internationally, the organization was established in 1937, and has a network of 5,400 centers in 83 countries. Website: www.bkwsu.org
• Great Peope of Spirit - Bringing together the great, inspiring and creative talents of many individuals, organisations and communities from around the world.
• BK Front Images & Voices of Hope - Em julho de 1999, um mês depois de Nova York, o IVE chega ao Brasil, com o primeiro diálogo sendo realizado na sede da Brahma Kumaris em São Paulo e o segundo, em agosto do mesmo ano, na sede da Associação de Dirigentes de Vendas do Brasil (ADVB), como uma iniciativa do Movimento Mídia da Paz. Ambos os diálogos foram facilitados por Ken O’Donnell, Diretor da Brahma Kumaris na América Latina, que havia participado da cerimônia de lançamento nos Estados Unidos.
• Scientist and Engineering Wing - Rajyoga Education & Research Foundation is a body registered at New Delhi under Societies Registration Act. It was established in 1982. The parent body, Prajapita Brahmakumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya is a spiritual educational institution which is affiliated to the Department of Public Information (DIP) of the United Nations Organisation as a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO). It has consultative status on the Roster of Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC) and in UNICEF. The University was stablished in 1937 and presently having more than 6000 Spiritual Education & Rajyoga Centres and sub-centres all over India and abroad with its headquarters at Mount Abu (Rajasthan), India.
• Human Greatness - BKWSU USA service front. A series of public conversations are taking place in cities across the United States. These dynamic and life-affirming conversations aim to: Awaken the experience of one's own innate qualities of greatness. Inspire individuals to make human greatness a part of their daily lives. Encourage appreciation of each other's greatness in order to foster the experience of belonging to a united human family. Reveal the integrity and rich tapestry of human greatness in the American character.
• BSES MG Hospital - BSES MG Hospital is the first hospital of its kind, where Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) - a civic body, Bombay Suburban Electric Corporation (BSES) - a co* Healthy Heart Education and Research Foundation - The Healthy Heart Education & Research foundation has been formed by the beneficiaries of the CAD programme with the objective of spreading the awareness about the CAD programme as widely as possible in India and abroad. It has registered with the charity commissner in Ahmedabad (India ) on 8 th January 2004. The foundation aims at seeing that the maximum number of peoples can derive benefits of the CAD programme. Corporate body and Brahma Kumraris` Global Hospital and Research Centre (GHRC) - an Non Governmental Organization have joined hands to implement a humanitarian healthcare project of 100 beds hospital. It has an added spiritual dimension to a modern hospital. GHRC is known for its abiding passion for high quality of medical services and loving patient care. Hospital meets the expectations of patients, such as efficiency, promptness, providing quality management, yet being economical.
• Call of the time - A Judy Rodger's project including Dadis' Wisdom. The Call-of-the-Time Dialogue Series is a living dialogue taking place on all continents, among people of all generations and from many different walks of life. We are scientists and artists, social activists and civil servants, business people and spiritual people, economists and environmentalists. What we have in common is that each of us is somewhere on the field of world service and each of us believes that a spiritual dimension must be central to any serious consideration of world transformation.
• Rajyoga Meditation Yahoogroup - Rajyoga Meditation Yahoogroup
• GHRC New releases - New of service coordinated by the BK Global Hospital
• SCIENCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS WEB SITE - The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University is dedicated to the research and understanding of consciousness since its inception 65 years ago. The University has co-organized the above mentioned Symposia in order to offer some of its understanding and insights on the subject of consciousness and to help bridge the ‘Great Divide’ between science and spirituality.
• SPIRITUAL GODLY UNIVERSITY - An Appeal TO JOIN GREAT Task of World Transformation by GOD for Peace AND BLISS. It is absolutely true &certain that GOD is now establishing a new righteous World Order (Golden Age) of Peace & Bliss after Destroying the present unrighteous & corrupt Iron Age (Kaliyuga)
• Brahma Kumaris Educational Society - Formed in 1996 to impart holistic education and integrated knowledge and training in the art, philosophy and science of living beings. Emphasises justice, honesty, integrity, tolerance, and responsibility. Encourages regard for the human individual, universal love, non-violence and the preservation of the environment. Offers integrated and holistic education in moral, human, social, administrative, cultural and spiritual values in a non-competitive atmosphere. Stimulates a person to resolve inner conflicts and face the challenges of life with enthusiasm, peace and happiness. Promotes a scientific temper and a spiritual vision and experience. Re-evaluates current concepts in order to make the world a better place.
• Global Hospital & Research Centre - Happiness is a panacea to all the diseases in the world - a known cure but rarely put into practice. Suffering begins when happiness ends. This hospital gives patients the opportunity to experience physical relief through a unique method; it unfolds a new concept in health care by providing holistic treatment. J. Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre (GHRC) has introduced a novel approach of combining Science & Spirituality, by applying medical practices with spiritual knowledge as the backbone. Patients revere this place since being in the midst of a light and peaceful atmosphere cures half the disease. The mind gains strength to overcome pain and suffering in these lovely and happy surroundings.
• Spirituality and Men - Men constitute half the world's population; they own most of the world's wealth and occupy most of the official positions of power and authority, globally, nationally and locally. Consequently, they are playing a major role in the world - environmentally, politically, economically and socially. At this moment in time, things are getting out of hand as we face the consequences of living in a highly competitive and materialistic world where traditional roles and life styles are rapidly changing. Not surprisingly, men's near monopoly of power and the way they are using it, is being questioned and challenged and many men are confused and uncertain as to how to respond.
• BKIS / Mike George Learn Meditation Website - The purpose of this website is to introduce you to two new resources for learning meditation - the book and the CD entitled In the Light of Meditation. The art of meditation is as old as recorded history. Meditation has been at the heart of living wisely, happily and harmoniously in many cultures for thousands of years. Today, it is like a lost art that is being rediscovered by many but practiced only by a few. In this now small, speedy and often superficial world it is no surprise that levels of personal stress and interpersonal conflict are on the rise. Perhaps this is why meditation has been making a comeback during these last two decades, as more of us seek ways to relax, rediscover the natural rhythms of life and, through the pursuit of enlightenment, try to understand both ourselves and our place in this world. The purpose of this new book and the accompanying CD is to introduce you to a new 10 lesson course in meditation. It is a course from which you can learn and practice meditation in your own time and at your own pace. It is a method of meditation that is currently practised each day by nearly half a million people world wide.
• University for Spirit Forum - BKWSU Associates (both organisations and individuals) participate fully in the Forum through an annual Round Table, email exchange and working on various task groups.
• Rajyoga Meditation Yahoogroup - Rajyoga Meditation Yahoogroup
• Healthy Heart Education and Research Foundation - The Healthy Heart Education & Research foundation has been formed by the beneficiaries of the CAD programme with the objective of spreading the awareness about the CAD programme as widely as possible in India and abroad. It has registered with the charity commissner in Ahmedabad (India ) on 8 th January 2004. The foundation aims at seeing that the maximum number of peoples can derive benefits of the CAD programme.
• The Spirit of Art - These gatherings for artists are held to discuss perspectives, to clarify the spiritual aspects of art, to see how relevant this spirituality is to modern life. Experimenting with ideas that empower the self, creating ways to enrich the mind and heart, participants are able to experience and reflect on their own innate worth and the impact of their contribution on others.
• Images and Voices of Hope - Images and Voices of Hope is an international conversation about the impact of images and stories on people, families, communities, cultures and the world. Our purpose is to strengthen the role of media as agents of world benefit, expanding awareness of the choices those in media make that raise public trust, generate constructive meaning, and amplify human hope, thus enhancing humanity's capacity for life-promoting action.
• Global Executive Retreat - Brian Bacon gets top billing with Janki and Jayanti Kirpalani at the BKWSU's Asia Pacific Global Executive Retreat, a rare opportunity to hit the pause button ... to observe and reflect on your life's impact ... experience [Raja Yoga] meditation and take time out.
• BK Karuna blog - An eloquent speaker, he has given hundreds of lectures on values and spirituality at conferences, retreats, and training programmes conducted yearly by the Brahma Kumaris at their Headquarters. His life is the epitome of dedication, selflessness and commitment towards self- and world-transformation. His knowledge of balancing Science and Spirituality, and unshakeable faith in the Supreme Being, continues to take him to newer realms of wisdom and experience.

ex-BK websites

• xBKinfo at infogami.com - A guide to life after leaving the Brahma Kumaris.
• xbkchat photos - Photos of Mount Abu
• Photos from xBKChat.com - Photos from xBKChat.com
• A Spiritual Journey - Christopher Snedden - 'My' ashram - we are all very possessive of 'our' former organisation - was the Brahma Kumaris (the Daughters of Brahma, or BKs), a group led by Indian women (sisters). Men (brothers) do play roles - indeed the founder (Dada Lekhraj, later Brahma Baba) was a man - but the upper echelons comprise women. Possibly once a misogynist, Brahma Baba did this consciously to promote womanhood in India. Now based in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, the BKs began in Hyderabad, Sind, and moved to Mt. Abu in the early 1950s. The organisation arrived in Australia in the late 1970s when a Gujarati sister established a small centre in Sydney.
• XBKchat photos - These are photos submitted by members of XBKchat, which is a website for former members of the Brahma Kumaris. The website address for XBKchat is www.xbkchat.com Enjoy!

PBK websites

• Truth about The Creator and His Creation - Introduction to PBK Knowledge
• Knowledge of New World - PBK website in English and Polish with Murlis
• Advance Party's - Advance Godly Knowledge. PBK Advance Godly Knowledge in English
• Creator Creation in Russian - PBK in Russian

Religion and Spirituality

• Meditation Station USA - Meditation Station feel that one of the main reasons we have incarnated is to grow in consciousness and one of the most important things we can do in life is to share those things that have helped us evolve in consciousness.
• Tell it Often Tell it Well - Mark McCloskey non-BK experience of silence book.
• Pure Silence - Mark McCloskey non-BK experience of silence spoken word recordings.
• Spiritual Competency Resource Center - The Spiritual Competency Resource Center provides access to online resources that enhance the cultural sensitivity of mental health professionals. Spirituality is now accepted as an important component of cultural competence for mental health professionals.
• Religion News Blog - Religion News Blog (RNB) provides religion researchers with expert-selected news items about world religions, religious movements, cults, sects, and related issues.
• Council on Spiritual Practices - The Council on Spiritual Practices is a collaboration among spiritual guides, experts in the behavioral and biomedical sciences, and scholars of religion, dedicated to making direct experience of the sacred more available to more people. There is evidence that such encounters can have profound benefits for those who experience them, for their neighbors, and for the world. CSP has a twofold mission: to identify and develop approaches to primary religious experience that can be used safely and effectively, and to help individuals and spiritual communities bring the insights, grace, and joy that arise from direct perception of the divine into their daily lives. The Council on Spiritual Practices has no doctrine or liturgy of its own.

General psychology

Recovery

• The Cult Hotline Clinic - The Cult Hotline Clinic was founded in 1980 to serve families and friends of cult members, former cult members, and to educate community groups most at risk of interaction with cults. We are a nonprofit, non-sectarian counseling and education organization working with people of all religious, ethnic, and racial backgrounds. The Cult Hotline Clinic is a program of the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, one of the nation's largest and most respected nonprofit mental health and social service agencies. JBFCS serves over 65,000 New Yorkers annually from all religious, ethnic, and economic backgrounds through a comprehensive range of 185 community-based programs, residential facilities, and day-treatment centers.
• Ex-Cult Resource Center - Particular cult groups are named here solely because criticism of their practices has been brought to the attention of the site sponsor, and inclusion does not indicate endorsement of that criticism. Readers are invited to examine the available evidence and form their own opinions about these organizations.
• Freedom of Mind - This site is dedicated to respect for human rights, spirituality, and consumer awareness. We endeavor to be a safe and responsible place where you can turn to for resources, news and information about destructive cults, and mind control techniques, as well as learn how to help yourself and others. Steven Alan Hassan is an expert on destructive mind control issues. He offers a unique method of specialized counseling, called the Strategic Interaction Approach (SIA), which is better than either exit counseling or deprogramming as a way to help people who are negatively impacted by cult involvement.
• Odenwälder Wohnhof - The Odenwälder Wohnhof is a home for people who escaped from cults, satanic groups, and psycho groups. People being in trouble can get help in a non-bureaucratic way there. This was made possible as a model project with financial contribution from federal state, country and a private foundation. The Odenwälder Wohnhof had been situated in the middle of the green forest Odenwald between Würzburg, Heilbronn and Heidelberg in a secluded village. In a ten-room house there were six to seven beds ready for emergency cases. Unfortunately, cuts in government funding forced the organization to give up the house. It now houses clients in an apartment. English site: http://members.tripod.com/wohnhof/odene/indexe.htm
• Wellspring Retreat Wellspring is a fully accredited residential counseling center specializing in the treatment of individuals who have suffered in abusive religious groups, organizations, and cults. Our program is also especially effective for those who have been in coercive relationships as well as those who have experienced professional abuse and/or sexual exploitation from therapists, doctors, clergy, and teachers. We are best known for our intensive two-week, residential program of counseling, education, and care.
• Bill and Lorna Goldberg - Clinical Social Workers specializing since 1976 in working with people involved in cults and destructive groups, they recognize the harm that these groups do to the individuals involved, as well as to their families. They believe that as a result of the cult's use of deception in the recruitment process, a former cult member usually is cautious about turning to strangers for help and understand the natural tendency to be wary after such an experience.
• Ex-Site (Swiss in German) - Sekten & Neue Religionen. info- und kontaktsite von und für aussteiger. Das forum bietet dir die möglichkeit, dich mit eigenen beiträgen einzuklinken.
• Cultic Studies - The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) is an interdisciplinary network of academicians, professionals, former group members, and families who study and educate the public about social-psychological influence and control, authoritarianism, and zealotry in cultic groups, alternative movements, and other environments. Founded in 1979 as AFF (American Family Foundation), ICSA took on its current name in late 2004 to better reflect the organization's focus and increasingly international and scholarly dimensions. ICSA is a leading professional organization concerned about cultic groups and psychological manipulation, is known for its professionalism and capacity to respond effectively to families, former and current group members, helping professionals, and scholars
• Cult Recover Colorado - Helps people evaluate harm in cultic groups, relationships, and potentially abusive organizations, especially those disguised as churches. Understanding how destructive cults gradually and deceptively evolve helps create viable strategies for protection, departure and recovery. She focuses on education about how cults operate, and the highly manipulative environments where mind control occurs. She listens, takes their concerns seriously, and helps them find a safe place to re-evaluate their involvement.
• reFOCUS - reFOCUS is a support and referral network for people who seek healing from adverse affects they're experiencing due to their involvement with a totalist or extremely controlling organization or relationship. Good resource of books and expertise.
• 12 Step - The 12step.org website is about 12 Step programs, which have been widely used in programs of recovery from addictive or dysfunctional behaviors. The first 12 step program began with Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) in the 1930s. The 12 Step approach has gone on to be the most widely used and successful approach in dealing with not only alcoholism, but drug abuse and also various other addictive or dysfunctional behaviors. This web site has no official affiliation with A.A. or any other 12 Step group. We strive only to act as another source for information and tools concerning 12 Step programs.
• Re-Entry Therapy, Information & Referral Network - Since 1983, the Re-Entry Therapy, Information & Referral Network (RETIRN) has been providing counseling, forensic (legal), consultation, information and referral services to individuals and families adversely affected by high demand groups, manipulative and totalistic social, political, transformational and/or religious movements, such as: destructive cults (e.g., religious, political, therapy, marketing cults). mass therapies (e.g., large group awareness trainings). Satanism/Occultism (black magic). certain New Age groups that engage in harmful and/or deceptive practices.
• Dialogue Ireland - DIALOGUE IRELAND - An independent Trust promoting Awareness and Understanding of New Religious Movements and cultism at the service of the churches, religions and Irish society.
• Dialog Center - What is the Dialog Center? The Dialog Center is the name of a nationwide network, founded as a result of the growth of New Religious Movements (NRMs) in Denmark and elsewhere. The purpose of the Dialog Center is to communicate the Christian faith to people of other beliefs and convictions in a dialog. In relation to the neo-religiosity, our intention is to realize a dialog in confrontation. We believe that these two concepts are inseparable, for a dialog without confrontation may easily turn into a conversation without depth or even into syncretism. On the other hand, confrontation without dialog may easily turn into conflict and arrogant rejection of the views of those we differ from.
• WHAT TO DO IF A FRIEND OR LOVED-ONE JOINS A CULT - This material is a summary of personal conversations with three exit-counsellors. It is a FAQ in that it answers a question that myself and many openly anti-cult people are frequently asked: I am worried about a work colleague/friend/parent/child who is showing interest/deeply involved in an organisation which I think is a cult. What can I do? Some of the advice here is relevant to dissuading someone who is just becoming involved. Some of it is relevant if you know someone who is deeply involved. Mostly, the focus is on gentle dissuasion: when someone is involved very deeply with a cult, there is no substitute for an experienced exit-counsellor.
• Dos and Don'ts - Some advice for those with loved ones involved in a religious cult.
• FWBO Files - Culture of Cults - Religious organisations and movements are free to practice their religion as they choose, subject to the laws of the land. In practice, this means that cults, in promoting their religious beliefs and gaining adherents, are free to use deception, misrepresentation, psychological coercion or any other techniques which do not leave physical traces and are difficult to prove in a court of law. Initially using conventional marketing techniques, cults promote their particular belief systems. The trick is that through influencing a person's beliefs, it is possible to influence or indirectly control a person's mind. The actual controlling of mind is done by the person themselves, as they attempt to train and discipline their mind in accordance with the tenets of their new belief system. It is the belief system itself which is the primary active agent in cult mind control. Cult belief systems differ from conventional belief systems in a number of subtle but significant ways, which may not be apparent to an outsider. To understand the nature of these differences is to understand the nature of a cult.
• Triumphing Over London Cults - Education and Counselling on Cults.
• Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance - a multi-faith group consisting of one Atheist, Agnostic, Christian, Wiccan and Zen Buddhist. The OCRT staff lack agreement on almost all theological matters: belief in a supreme being, the nature of God, interpretation of the Bible and other holy texts, whether life after death exists and what form it takes
• Joy of Sects - The earth's spiritual traditions are a rich repository of wisdom, practical advice, and healing knowledge, as well as art, music, and mystery. This site is a place to explore all those dimensions, ask questions, and engage in dialogue.
• Dialogue Ireland - DIALOGUE IRELAND - An independent Trust promoting Awareness and Understanding of New Religious Movements and cultism at the service of the churches, religions and Irish society.
• Dialog Center - What is the Dialog Center? The Dialog Center is the name of a nationwide network, founded as a result of the growth of New Religious Movements (NRMs) in Denmark and elsewhere. The purpose of the Dialog Center is to communicate the Christian faith to people of other beliefs and convictions in a dialog. In relation to the neo-religiosity, our intention is to realize a dialog in confrontation. We believe that these two concepts are inseparable, for a dialog without confrontation may easily turn into a conversation without depth or even into syncretism. On the other hand, confrontation without dialog may easily turn into conflict and arrogant rejection of the views of those we differ from.

Cults & New Religious Movements

• Cult Clinic - If Cults or Missionary Groups Have Disrupted Your Life ... The Cult Hotline & Clinic Can Help! Since 1980, our mental health professionals have worked with thousands of families and former cult members—providing counseling, information, and referrals to people of all religious, ethnic and racial backgrounds. Our outreach intiative has organized events to educate people about cults and missionary groups
• Spiritual Crisis Network - A spiritual crisis can be described as a turbulent period of spiritual opening and transformation. Spiritual crisis is also referred to as spiritual emergency, where a process of spiritual emergence, or awakening, becomes unmanageable for the individual. A person may experience psychological or mental health difficulties. Hence the term psycho-spiritual crisis is also used sometimes. If understood and supported appropriately, these experiences can be deeply transformative, offering the possibility of breakthrough rather than breakdown.
• The Culture of Cults - Cult belief systems differ from conventional belief systems in a number of subtle but significant ways, which may not be apparent to an outsider. To understand the nature of these differences is to understand the nature of a cult.
• The Anti-Cult Movement (ACM) - The Anti-Cult Movement (ACM) consists of individuals and groups who attempt to raise public consciousness about what they feel are extreme danger. As they see it, the threat comes from small, coercive, manipulative groups - mostly new religious movements. Although they have been largely discredited in North America, their beliefs are accepted in many other countries, notably China and some countries in Western Europe.
• Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network - FACTNet is a non-profit organization that defends the most universal and basic freedom --- freedom of mind! Factnet defends freedom of mind from all forms of mind control and unethical influence. Factnet claim to be to psychological coercion, unethical influence and mind control what Amnesty International is to physical coercion and torture.
• Rick A. Ross Institute of New Jersey - A database of information about cults, destructive cults, controversial groups and movements. The Rick A. Ross Institute of New Jersey (RRI) is a nonprofit public resource with a vast archive that contains thousands of individual documents. RRI on-line files include news stories, research papers, reports, court documents, book excerpts, personal testimonies and hundreds of links to additional relevant resources. This database is well-organized for easy access and reference.
• Stripping the Gurus - Armed with wit, insight, and truly astonishing research, Geoffrey Falk utterly demolishes the notion of the enlightened guru who can lead devotees to nirvana. This entertaining and yet deadly serious book should be read by everyone pursuing or thinking of pursuing the path of guru devotion.
• Carol Giambalvo's Cult Information Recovery - Carol Giambalvo’s interest in cults and thought reform began in 1978 when her step-daughter began exhibiting a drastic personality change following becoming a devotee in ISKCON. She began researching cults and thought reform and lectured in local high schools, churches and civic organizations. The more information she gathered on the indoctrination processes and thought reform used in cults, the more concerns arose about her involvement in est and The Hunger Project. In 1983, she and her husband, Noel, left their associations with est, The Hunger Project and Sterling Institute and began a personal search for information to aid their recovery process. Since 1984, Carol has done exit counseling and writing in the field, as well as serving as director with several organization’s boards, organizing and conducting recovery workshops and working with hundreds of people who have walked away from destructive cults.
• Cults Questions & Answers - Cults Questions & Answers by Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. The term cult is applied to a wide range of groups. There are historical cults, such as the cult of Isis, non-western cults studied by anthropologists, such as the Melanesian cargo cults, and a host of contemporary cults that have caught the public’s attention during the past fifteen years.
• Hartford Institute - Many religious sites on the web deal with what are commonly called cults. There are many misconceptions about these religious communities and the dynamics of joining and leaving such groups. Several sociologists of religion have very good sites and articles devoted to educating the public about new religious movements. This section contains links to what we consider to be the best of these sites.
• Nity Gritty on Cults - Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. - Oscar Wilde
• The Religious Movements Homepage Project, Uni. of Virginia - On this extensive Web site you will find detailed profiles of more than two hundred different religious groups and movements. Some of them may be very familiar to you, others not. In addition, there are other valuable resources, including information on cult controversies, essays by respected scholars, and teaching resources on which interested visitors are invited to draw.
• Religious Tolerance - Religious tolerance means to extend religious freedom to people of all religious traditions, even though you may disagree with their beliefs and/or practices.
• The Association of Religion Data Archives - The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) strives to democratize access to the best data on religion. Founded as the American Religion Data Archive in 1997 and going online in 1998, the initial archive was targeted at researchers interested in American religion. The targeted audience and the data collection have both greatly expanded since 1998, now including American and international collections and developing features for educators, journalists, religious congregations, and researchers. Data included in the ARDA are submitted by the foremost religion scholars and research centers in the world. Currently housed in the Social Science Research Institute at the Pennsylvania State University, the ARDA is funded by the Lilly Endowment, the John Templeton Foundation, and the Pennsylvania State University.
• Religion News - Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues
• CultFAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About Cults, Sects, and Related Issues.
• Cultic Studies Review - Cultic Studies Review Magazine by The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA), an interdisciplinary network of academicians, professionals, former group members, and families who study and educate the public about social-psychological influence and control, authoritarianism, and zealotry in cultic groups, alternative movements, and other environments.
• [1] - Cults in France] - The Commission first of all sought to appreciate the current extent of the cult phenomenon and, in the light of some of its characteristics as well as its recent evolution, to release the its probable tendencies of development. In spite of the difficulties which it met to define the phenomenon being the subject of its study and to measure it, it appeared to the Commission that it conceals potentialities of expansion which must justify an increased vigilance on behalf of the public authorities
• Info-Sectes France - Information on cults and sects including French government list.
• Bureau de Documentation sur les Sectes et les Religions - Bureau de Documentation sur les Sectes et les Religions - in French
• French documentation of sects - L’Unadfi, centre d’accueil, d’étude et de documentation sur les mouvements sectaires a été fondée en 1982 et est reconnue d’Utilité Publique depuis 1996.
• Children and sects France - Children and sects France
• Preven Sectes - Prevent sectes - French
• Sex, Drugs &Cults. An evolutionary psychology perspective - Sex, Drugs, and Cults. An evolutionary psychology perspective on why and how cult memes get a drug-like hold on people, and what might be done to mitigate the effects by H. Keith Henson
• Cult Info Books - Information on cults, psychological manipulation, psychological abuse, spiritual abuse, brainwashing, mind control, thought reform, abusive churches, extremism, totalistic groups, authoritarian groups, new religious movements, exit counseling, recovery, and practical suggestions.
• Infosekta Switzerland - Support and info on cults and sects in Swiss.
• Center of Information and Counseling on New Spiritualities - The CICNS is an independent center open to new spiritualities and to everyone seriously wishing to be informed about them. It fills an obvious gap of objective and rigorous information on the question of spirituality in our time. The integration of new expressions of spiritual search represents a challenge for our society. This challenge is at present taken up neither by authorities nor by the public at large. On the contrary, an odious campaign is going on to totally discredit spiritual commitment up to its very roots The CICNS provides a space for information and counseling to every person and movement concerned with freely awakening, nourishing and promoting spiritual search under all its legal forms. It also works on informing authorities and the public, and presents itself as a reliable partner on the question of today’s new spiritualities.
• Apologetics Index - Apologetics Research Resources on religious movements, cults, sects, world religions and related issues
• Religious Movements Homepage at the University of Virginia - This site was originally identified as the New Religious Movements Homepage, but the concept new has always been interpreted rather broadly. At some point, every religion was new. There are no exceptions. And every vital religion is more or less constantly experiencing movement from within and pressures from the outside to change and adapt. Thus, movement activity is ubiquitous to all religions, and the concept religious movement is central to scholarly inquiry about religion. While the focus of this site is on new religions, our concern with the processes of change and development leads us to an examination of groups that are older than the major Western monotheistic traditions, and some that are so new that they have few members and appear to exist primarily as web sites. We also explore groups that are not really religions, but have characteristics that are very much like religions. Scholars typically identify them as quasi-religions, or para-religious organizations.
• Cult Awareness & Information Centre - Both Cults & Isms are listed here. Not every group mentioned on this site is considered a destructive cult. Some are 'benign isms' - different but not emotionally or socially destructive. Even cults vary in their degree of destructiveness. The information about benign groups is provided because we have received more than five inquiries about those groups. There is bound to be information you will not agree with, however it is our conviction that the public should have access to alternative information before deciding whether to participate in any particular group. If they want to know what your group teaches they can ask you directly. Why provide information about cults? A goldfish living in a bowl that is painted black on the outside will never know it lives in a bowl unless someone takes it out and shows it the rest of the world. Mindsets can be like that - locked into a `thinking box', unable to see outside because the web of beliefs is so all-encompassing
• Cult Awareness & Information Centre - Recovery - There is bound to be information you will not agree with, however it is our conviction that the public should have access to alternative information before deciding whether to participate in any particular group. If they want to know what your group teaches they can ask you directly.
• Cultinfo.org.au - We don't intend to re-invent the enormous amount of work done by others - we just want to give our callers a jumping off point for their own research. A link to any of these pages does not imply we endorse or agree with them. Do your own research! Form your own opinions
• MIVILUDES - French language government cult watch - MIVILUDES (an acronym for the French-language phrase Mission interministérielle de vigilance et de lutte contre les dérives sectaires, i.e. Interministerial Mission for Monitoring and Combatting Cult Activities) is a controversial French government agency established by presidential decree on 28 November 2002 to monitor religious groups considered to be dangerous cults by the French state. MIVILUDES was set up as the successor to MILS (Mission interministérielle de lutte contre les sectes), which had itself been set up on 7 October 1998 as the successor to the Observatoire interministériel sur les sectes established on 9 May 1996.
• Family - Action - Information - Resource - F.A.I.R. has had 30 years experience offering advice and support to the families and friends of cult victims. Whether you would like information or would just like to talk, call: T: 01642 898 412
• Fédération Européenne des Centres de Recherche - FECRIS (European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Sectarianism) was founded on 30 June 1994 in Paris following the Congress on Sectarianism in Barcelona in 1993. It is a non-commercial association under French law. It declare itself politically, philosophically and religiously neutral as stated in article 2 of its statutes. Its objectives are: Rally representative European associations concerned with contemporary organisations with sectarian and totalitarian characteristics, whether legally constituted or not, whose practices violate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, European and national laws. Represent the member associations in their contacts with the European institutions in the framework of their defence of families, individuals and democratic societies against the activities of harmful sectarian organisations. Alert public authorities and international institutions in the event of punishable activities. Participate in the creation of a European legal area with regard to sectarian issues. Create an international information network. Research and study the legal field of sectarian deviations.
• Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism - The Demand for Purity In the thought reform milieu, as in all situations of ideological totalism, the experiential world is sharply divided into the pure and the impure, into the absolutely good and the absolutely evil. The good and the pure are of course those ideas, feelings, and actions which are consistent with the totalist ideology and policy; anything else is apt to be relegated to the bad and the impure. Nothing human is immune from the flood of stern moral judgments. All taints and poisons which contribute to the existing state of impurity must be searched out and eliminated. By Robert Jay Lifton, M.D.
• Independent Reachout Trust article - WHY DO PEOPLE JOIN AND WHY IS IT HARD TO LEAVE? People join usually out of curiosity, and lured by claims to provide methods of Yoga, meditation for peace of mind, and general wellbeing. Why is it difficult to leave? First, it must be said that many do leave quite quickly and easily because it does not fit the 'yoga and candles' type of image they may have expected. There is too much study for many, but a long-term student may find it hard to shake off or replace the belief system - it is very convincing. A student believes that to abandon the system will ensure they are trapped in an eternal repeating life cycle of misery and hardship. All other faiths will have been discredited. Hobbies and general interests may have been lost, relationships may have been lost or badly damaged. The student is likely to feel he/she knows a deep dark truth about the immediate future, but has no one to confide in, or even take them seriously.
• Cult News - Rick Ross - This news page is about groups, organizations or movements, which may have been called cults and/or cult-like in some way, shape or form. But not all groups called either cults or cult-like are harmful. Instead, they may be benign and generally defined as simply people intensely devoted to a person, place or thing. Therefore, the discussion or mention of a group, organization or person on this page, is not necessarily meant pejoratively.
• Joy of Sects - The earth's spiritual traditions are a rich repository of wisdom, practical advice, and healing knowledge, as well as art, music, and mystery. This site is a place to explore all those dimensions, ask questions, and engage in dialogue.
• FWBO Files - Culture of Cults - Religious organisations and movements are free to practice their religion as they choose, subject to the laws of the land. In practice, this means that cults, in promoting their religious beliefs and gaining adherents, are free to use deception, misrepresentation, psychological coercion or any other techniques which do not leave physical traces and are difficult to prove in a court of law. Initially using conventional marketing techniques, cults promote their particular belief systems. The trick is that through influencing a person's beliefs, it is possible to influence or indirectly control a person's mind. The actual controlling of mind is done by the person themselves, as they attempt to train and discipline their mind in accordance with the tenets of their new belief system. It is the belief system itself which is the primary active agent in cult mind control. Cult belief systems differ from conventional belief systems in a number of subtle but significant ways, which may not be apparent to an outsider. To understand the nature of these differences is to understand the nature of a cult.
• Triumphing Over London Cults - Education and Counselling on Cults.
• Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance - a multi-faith group consisting of one Atheist, Agnostic, Christian, Wiccan and Zen Buddhist. The OCRT staff lack agreement on almost all theological matters: belief in a supreme be

ing, the nature of God, interpretation of the Bible and other holy texts, whether life after death exists and what form it takes

• New Cult Awareness Network - The New Cult Awareness Network is a mediatory organization. There are two senses in which we fulfill this role: :i. We gather useful knowledge and the best sources for help and information to freely distribute to the general public and the media --- in other words, we are the go-between for quality professionals, their research and the public; :ii. We are a neutral source of support, compassion and insight standing between conflicting parties --- in this respect, we are similar to professional mediators in the legal & social spheres (except our services are free). While there are an abundance of self-proclaimed anti-cultists and counter-cultists —organizations as well as individuals— with various agendas they try to promote at any cost, our only “agenda” is to help bring people together and keep families, and therefore society strong regardless of religious differences and by any legal, ethical means available to us.
• Cult Awareness & Information Centre - Recovery - There is bound to be information you will not agree with, however it is our conviction that the public should have access to alternative information before deciding whether to participate in any particular group. If they want to know what your group teaches they can ask you directly.
• Cultinfo.org.au - We don't intend to re-invent the enormous amount of work done by others - we just want to give our callers a jumping off point for their own research. A link to any of these pages does not imply we endorse or agree with them. Do your own research! Form your own opinions
• MIVILUDES - French language government cult watch - MIVILUDES (an acronym for the French-language phrase Mission interministérielle de vigilance et de lutte contre les dérives sectaires, i.e. Interministerial Mission for Monitoring and Combatting Cult Activities) is a controversial French government agency established by presidential decree on 28 November 2002 to monitor religious groups considered to be dangerous cults by the French state. MIVILUDES was set up as the successor to MILS (Mission interministérielle de lutte contre les sectes), which had itself been set up on 7 October 1998 as the successor to the Observatoire interministériel sur les sectes established on 9 May 1996.
• Cult apologist FAQ - exposing the cult's willing defenders. In the last few years I had a look at cults and cult members; recently I had a look at the species of the cult apologist. This is a work in progress to expose the arguments, and investigate what drives these unpleasant people.
• Apostates and New Religious Movements - Bryan Wilson has conducted studies of Scientology, Christianity and many other beliefs throughout the years. Wilson chooses Scientology as an example of a new religion and makes a comparison of it to Christian tradition. He accuses western society of having a Christian based culture, intolerant of non-Christian faiths like Scientology. Scientology is not Christian and holds that spiritual benefits may be realized in the present life.
• The Reliability of Apostate Testimony - The above analysis clearly shows that while there is a certain incidence of apostasy in new religious movements, the overwhelming majority of people who disengage themselves from these non-conforming religions harbor no lasting ill-will toward their past religious associations and activities. While they frankly acknowledge the ways their religious needs and hopes were disappointed, they were able to realize some positive meaning and value from their past experiences. By contrast, there is a much smaller number of apostates who are deeply invested in discrediting if not destroying the religious communities that once claimed their loyalties. In most cases, these apostates were either forcibly separated from their religious community through the intervention of family members and anti-cult groups, or soon came under the influence of anti-cult groups and literature after their own voluntary defection from a new religious group.
• Council on Spiritual Practices - The Council on Spiritual Practices is a collaboration among spiritual guides, experts in the behavioral and biomedical sciences, and scholars of religion, dedicated to making direct experience of the sacred more available to more people. There is evidence that such encounters can have profound benefits for those who experience them, for their neighbors, and for the world. CSP has a twofold mission: to identify and develop approaches to primary religious experience that can be used safely and effectively, and to help individuals and spiritual communities bring the insights, grace, and joy that arise from direct perception of the divine into their daily lives. The Council on Spiritual Practices has no doctrine or liturgy of its own.
• Family - Action - Information - Resource - F.A.I.R. has had 30 years experience offering advice and support to the families and friends of cult victims. Whether you would like information or would just like to talk, call: T: 01642 898 412
• Fédération Européenne des Centres de Recherche - FECRIS (European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Sectarianism) was founded on 30 June 1994 in Paris following the Congress on Sectarianism in Barcelona in 1993. It is a non-commercial association under French law. It declare itself politically, philosophically and religiously neutral as stated in article 2 of its statutes. Its objectives are: Rally representative European associations concerned with contemporary organisations with sectarian and totalitarian characteristics, whether legally constituted or not, whose practices violate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, European and national laws. Represent the member associations in their contacts with the European institutions in the framework of their defence of families, individuals and democratic societies against the activities of harmful sectarian organisations. Alert public authorities and international institutions in the event of punishable activities. Participate in the creation of a European legal area with regard to sectarian issues. Create an international information network. Research and study the legal field of sectarian deviations.
• Apostates and New Religious Movements - Bryan Wilson has conducted studies of Scientology, Christianity and many other beliefs throughout the years. Wilson chooses Scientology as an example of a new religion and makes a comparison of it to Christian tradition. He accuses western society of having a Christian based culture, intolerant of non-Christian faiths like Scientology. Scientology is not Christian and holds that spiritual benefits may be realized in the present life.
• The Reliability of Apostate Testimony - The above analysis clearly shows that while there is a certain incidence of apostasy in new religious movements, the overwhelming majority of people who disengage themselves from these non-conforming religions harbor no lasting ill-will toward their past religious associations and activities. While they frankly acknowledge the ways their religious needs and hopes were disappointed, they were able to realize some positive meaning and value from their past experiences. By contrast, there is a much smaller number of apostates who are deeply invested in discrediting if not destroying the religious communities that once claimed their loyalties. In most cases, these apostates were either forcibly separated from their religious community through the intervention of family members and anti-cult groups, or soon came under the influence of anti-cult groups and literature after their own voluntary defection from a new religious group.
• Religious Movements Homepage at the University of Virginia - This site was originally identified as the New Religious Movements Homepage, but the concept new has always been interpreted rather broadly. At some point, every religion was new. There are no exceptions. And every vital religion is more or less constantly experiencing movement from within and pressures from the outside to change and adapt. Thus, movement activity is ubiquitous to all religions, and the concept religious movement is central to scholarly inquiry about religion. While the focus of this site is on new religions, our concern with the processes of change and development leads us to an examination of groups that are older than the major Western monotheistic traditions, and some that are so new that they have few members and appear to exist primarily as web sites. We also explore groups that are not really religions, but have characteristics that are very much like religions. Scholars typically identify them as quasi-religions, or para-religious organizations.
• Cult Info Books - Information on cults, psychological manipulation, psychological abuse, spiritual abuse, brainwashing, mind control, thought reform, abusive churches, extremism, totalistic groups, authoritarian groups, new religious movements, exit counseling, recovery, and practical suggestions.
• Infosekta Switzerland - Support and info on cults and sects in Swiss.

Articles on BK

• Sex Is Not Compulsory - Extracts from Sex Is Not Compulsory by Liz Hodgkinson. Sphere Books, London 1988. It has been said that there is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come, and it seems that celibacy is now due for a reappraisal in a positive light. We are becoming sated with sex, which screams at us from all the media, and are ready to think about relating to people in a different way, which may be non-physical. Celibacy, of course, is not in itself a novel idea. It has an ancient and honourable tradition, and in most societies up until our present times has been held in higher regard than sexual activity, as something people could aspire to. Celibacy was seen in the past as conferring special powers and wisdom on its adherents.
• Spirit of Change on Dadi Janki - A Brief Life History. Born in 1916 to a philanthropic family of very high moral and religious standing, one of Dadi Janki’s earliest memories is of chanting the name of God as she was rocked in her cradle. Her whole childhood reflects a deep love for God, as well as an unswerving desire to serve humanity. From the start, Dadi’s parents were determined to raise her in an atmosphere free of materialism. For the first 10 years of her life, Dadi’s education was through a private tutor and based solely on the study of religious scriptures. Dadi’s formal education — the study of basic learning skills — began only afterwards, when she spent a scant three years attending public school before going, at her insistence and with her parents’ blessings, on an extended tour of India’s many holy sites. She was 14 years old. Traveling with her father, Dadi met with all the foremost gurus, sages and saints of the day. She approached them all with the same query, “Who is God? Where is He? How can I find Him? How can I experience Him?” This intense search for God was relieved only by her intense devotion to charity. Even as a young child, Dadi was always going out to serve to the poor and needy in surrounding villages. Dadi was 19 years old when she met Brahma Baba, the founder of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University. She describes that first encounter as a “recognition.” At first sight, Dadi simply “knew” that here was the instrument of the Divine that she had been seeking. She not only heard the truth from this man but she says she saw in his behavior and felt in his presence the source of truth itself. A few years later, Dadi herself became part of the Brahma Kumaris institution, surrendering her life to God.
• Islamic Voice on BKWSU. Does Islam Permit Meditation? - It is the third stage of meditation that is dangerous. The meditator is brainwashed into believing in the philosophy of the Guru leading him in the meditation. Nowhere is this transformation phenomenon more visible than in Brahmakumari Ashrams who teach meditations, they call Rajyoga. In their meditations, the subject is asked to concentrate on a small red bulb ahead. In the background above is a picture or sketch of Brahmakumari founder Baba Lekhraj referred to as Brahma Baba in their vocabulary. This sketch also resides in the subconscious of the person in trance. There are scientifically designed lighting effects and after a while the whispering suggestions of Didi (the teacher at the Ashram is a lady called Didi) reverberate in the mind of the person in meditation. He listens and takes to the suggestions gradually. Then he is asked and taught to repeat those ideas and suggestions of Brahmakumari faith himself over and over again, while meditating. This is the process of self-hypnosis and autosuggestion. True it gives peace of mind and consequently heals many a disease but I have met scientists and engineers at Brahmakumari centers who start believing absurdities like the life cycle of the world is 5000 years and same events repeat after every 5000 years with same persons. Even the doctors among them start believing that in Kaliyuga (after about 30 years hence, according to them) the conceptions in the wombs will be possible by Yoga-Bal (the power of meditation) and the conjugal relationship or male sperms will no more be needed for childbirth.
• Victoria Mary Clarke on meeting Dadi Janki - Dadi Janki is eighty eight. She's old, she's unmarried and doesn't have any kids. Apart from this, she's penniless, she's short, she doesn't speak English and to cap it all, she has a full moustache. Not simply a few stray hairs in that area, (as many of us have), -hairs that could be bleached,- but a full, black moustache. Undisguisable. In the normal run of things, Dadi Janki would be at the bottom of the ladder of status in our society. Given a choice, who wouldn't rather be young and beautiful than old and grey? In a world where youth and beauty are prized above all other things, most of us (male and female) will definitely dye our hair and will probably give in to Botox. So the very fact that Dadi has the audacity to sit here and be photographed for a newspaper without having made any effort to look glamorous must make her either senile and a bit touched, or totally eccentric.
• The Brahma Kumaris as a ‘reflexive Tradition’ - Raja Yoga was reinterpreted and a milieu of reinterpretation came into being, to ‘suit a world affirming cultic milieu (elaboration), such as the ongoing globalisation, New Age-ification and instrumentalisation of the original, world-rejecting theodicy. As a movement the Brahma Kumaris predate the New Age movement, but over the years the Brahma Kumaris have developed characteristics that link them to New Age thinking proper. Walliss points out in chapter III ‘From World-Rejection to Ambivalence: A Genealogy of the Brahma Kumaris’, how the Brahma Kumaris developed and got their recent characteristics which, in his view, legitimise the choice to designate them as ‘reflexive’. The author gets it wrong next but then he is only an academic. The Brahma Kumaris were founded by Dada Lekhraj, who is considered by members to be ‘the incarnation and descent of God, the World Father, into the corporeal world’ (p. 33). He was born at Sindh in 1876 as a member of the Kripani family, the members of which usually were devotees of the Vallabhasampradaya.
• Ball of Dirt travelogue - One of their beliefs is that before the world gets better, it has to get worse. Whether it be natural disasters and/or a nuclear war, the world has to go through bad times before the 'Golden Age', where there is love, peace and everyone can live in harmony with each other. The stage of life after this one will be the Golden Age. Everyone at this university dresses completely in white. They're not a sect or a cult, just people doing meditation and slowly working towards a peaceful and happy life. Being here makes me feel like I'm in a sci-fi movie, where I'm among all these enlightened beings. People here are very friendly and accepting. It's funny, cuz we came from Australia to learn meditation and our meditation teacher is actually an Australian lady named Margaret, who has been doing raja yoga for over 22 years.
• Kundaliniyoga Tribe - Brahma Kumaris... topic posted Tue, June 27, 2006 - 1:55 PM by Shekinah Does anyone have any experience with them? A very good friend of mine and mentor when I was a teenager (and reiki teacher) is now a Brahma Kumaris. They teach their own version of Raja Yoga (meditation) and run a worldwide spiritual education school. On the outside they seem to be a great group doing wonderful things (and they do) however, my instincts have picked up on some things about them, that have irked me, such as their sense of celibate superiority (they beleive sex is bad, and impure/not innocent) and altho primarily matriarchal in power structure, are patriarchal in their main beleif in deity (altho they claim otherwise...but God is always referred to in the masculine, as God, or Father etc...never Goddess...rarely mother ...tho they may say *mother aspect* or something like that) When I asked them questions on their sex-beliefs they ignored me....same thing when I asked them about their separated mens and womens circles in reference to their belief that the soul is genderless.....I had asked if they would allow a transgender/gender variant person to attend either of the bi-gendered groups...the local SF group said then ones born male should attend the male group...the MAIN organization said they could go to whatever group they felt most inclined towards...) Interesting ... Anyone have an experience with them?
• State of Hinduism today - BKWSU is less controversial than many other NRMs but has been criticized for its evangelical activity under the guise of social work, and for the damaging effects of celibacy upon family life.
• Islamic Voice on BKWSU. Does Islam Permit Meditation? - It is the third stage of meditation that is dangerous. The meditator is brainwashed into believing in the philosophy of the Guru leading him in the meditation. Nowhere is this transformation phenomenon more visible than in Brahmakumari Ashrams who teach meditations, they call Rajyoga. In their meditations, the subject is asked to concentrate on a small red bulb ahead. In the background above is a picture or sketch of Brahmakumari founder Baba Lekhraj referred to as Brahma Baba in their vocabulary. This sketch also resides in the subconscious of the person in trance. There are scientifically designed lighting effects and after a while the whispering suggestions of Didi (the teacher at the Ashram is a lady called Didi) reverberate in the mind of the person in meditation. He listens and takes to the suggestions gradually. Then he is asked and taught to repeat those ideas and suggestions of Brahmakumari faith himself over and over again, while meditating. This is the process of self-hypnosis and autosuggestion. True it gives peace of mind and consequently heals many a disease but I have met scientists and engineers at Brahmakumari centers who start believing absurdities like the life cycle of the world is 5000 years and same events repeat after every 5000 years with same persons. Even the doctors among them start believing that in Kaliyuga (after about 30 years hence, according to them) the conceptions in the wombs will be possible by Yoga-Bal (the power of meditation) and the conjugal relationship or male sperms will no more be needed for childbirth.
• Ball of Dirt travelogue - One of their beliefs is that before the world gets better, it has to get worse. Whether it be natural disasters and/or a nuclear war, the world has to go through bad times before the 'Golden Age', where there is love, peace and everyone can live in harmony with each other. The stage of life after this one will be the Golden Age. Everyone at this university dresses completely in white. They're not a sect or a cult, just people doing meditation and slowly working towards a peaceful and happy life. Being here makes me feel like I'm in a sci-fi movie, where I'm among all these enlightened beings. People here are very friendly and accepting. It's funny, cuz we came from Australia to learn meditation and our meditation teacher is actually an Australian lady named Margaret, who has been doing raja yoga for over 22 years.

Known BK Supporters

• Springattractor.com - BK follower Marc Fourcade and another BK + corporate consultant spin off
• Worthwhile Projects Michael Timmins - One of two twins and amongst the first of the Western BK followers. Meditiation class for business etc.
• Imperishable Jewels of Knowledge - A compilation of articles and Murlis by BK Khem Jokhoo.
• Godrej.com - Interview with BK PR officer for inhouse magazine of large technology company and donor.
• Virus Myth - Critique of high profile BK journalist Neville Hodgkinson.
• - Wellness and Cheer BK Warren Carey - As a Raja Yoga teacher, Warren Carey has taught meditation to all age groups and to a wide variety of people, including: students, business people, house wives, nurses, doctors and the terminally ill. He has conducted many seminars and retreats around Australia, on subjects, such as: Meditation techniques, Qigong for self-healing, Discovering the True Self, Stress Management, Positive Thinking and more. Warren is an entertaining, knowledgeable and intuitive teacher, so students find it enjoyable and easy to learn from him. Also, he’s a powerful yogi (meditator) who “practises what he preaches” so his words and presence can uplift the students to a higher level of experience. In 1994 he opened the Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga Meditation Centre in Essendon (Melbourne). Many times, people would come to the meditation centre who had been suffering from depression or were depleted due to severe illness. The meditation helped these people, but he knew they could do with specialized help to relieve their problems. Sadly there was rising numbers of depressed and ill people coming to the centre.
• Relax7 - Don't get mad, get wise. Website of BK Mike George, sold as being a spiritual teacher, author and motivational speaker. Mike George is a best selling author, management tutor and motivational speaker who, for the past twenty four years, has been coaching, guiding and facilitating the personal and executive development of people in companies, corporations and communities in over 30 countries. He is founder of The Relaxation Centre and Director of the Spiritual Intelligence Unit. Mike has teaching Raja Yoga for 24 year and is a high profile BK who has great influence is rebranding the BKWSU.
• Seminars and retreats organised by BK Mike George - Commercial seminars and retreats based on a lightweight version version of Raja Yoga mixed with New Age and motivational concepts.
• Spiritual Intelligence Unit - Another BK Mike George connection, e.g. 4. Connecting : There is a higher source of spiritual power and it is possible to connect with that source and empower oneself. where Here best selling author Mike George examines deeper psychological reasons behind human behaviour.
• Blissful Music - Blissful are BK Lucinda Drayton and BK Andrew Blissett. Both have been practicing BK Raja Yogis for more than 10 years and are fairly unique to a degree that they make a living out of selling BK knowledge based work.
• Doctor Jitendra Patel's Homepage - Audio-visual slideshow in Hindi but interesting for images used.
• [2] - BK follower's blog containing articles written by BKs.
• Healthypages - Website of BK follower, pro-BK.
• Tao of the the traveller film - Film being promoted as independent but promoting BKWSU Knowledge. Producer/director BK Robin Ramsay, BK Clarke Peters, BK Lucinda Drayton of BK Bliss, and Robin Ramsay's younger daughter BK Tamasin Ramsay in the lead role, written by wife BK Barbara Ramsay.
• The Phoenix Retreat - Low key BK run healing center
• Four Faces of Woman - Caroline Ward BK Australia
• Desktop Meditation - General mediation practises written by BKWSU follower
• Teacher of Teachers - Dadi Janki worshipper
• Society for Organizational Learning - Dr. Peter M. Senge is the founding chairperson of SoL and a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Senge is the author of The Fifth Discipline: the Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. He has lectured extensively throughout the world, translating the abstract ideas of systems theory into tools for better understanding of economic and organizational change. He has worked with leaders in business, education, health care and government. The Journal of Business Strategy (September/October 1999) named Dr. Senge as one of the 24 people who had the greatest influence on business strategy over the last 100 years. Lectures with Brian Bacon and Senior Sisters
• David Jones Drums - Australia percussionist and BK David Jones. Performs at many BKWSU public events.
• Calm and Creative - Carmen Warrington has been studying the art of meditation since 1984, through the Brahma Kumaris, and has developed her unique and subtle art of transporting audiences to a higher plane of consciousness. She has released a dozen meditation CDs and cassettes for the Brahma Kumaris. As a meditation guide she has helped millions of people throughout the world find inner peace and power. She frequently conducts guided meditations at public events.
• Susie Nelson-Smith Karyna Center - Susie Nelson-Smith
• Peace Pulse - PeacePulse is inspired by, supports and builds on just-a-minute – taking a minute of silence to take Pressure Off and turn personal Power On. Our vision for PeacePulse is of millions of people with different beliefs, mindsets and attitudes choosing to share silence, hourly, around the world.
• My Raja Yoga - Welcome to my blog about Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga Meditation. First of all, I was a depressed person before. It is my pleasure to share with you what I have experienced about the good things that changed my life and my way of thinking. And, I really enjoy the teachings very much.
• Leadership and Love - Leadership and Love are a project that has its roots in Chile, but with the vision to inspire globally. strategy is to nourish the seed of this new type of leadership in each home. Our goal is to the 2010 to have arrived at each home in Chile with the experience from “Fullness and Hope”.
• Flying for Peace - Flying for Peace Retreat was initiated by airline cabin crew for crew in 2001 and has been held once a year since then. Staff from nine airlines and eleven countries on five continents have attended, sometimes bringing parents, brothers and sisters or friends along too! The retreats allow time and space to relax, refresh and recharge body, mind and spirit and workshops and meditations are conducted by experienced teachers of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University.
• Lighthouse Studio - BK Sound studio used by Bliss, Mike George, Relax Kids, BKIS and other BKs and BK supporters. Light House is a term often used by ShivBaba.
• The Harmonic Structure of Time - The Harmonic Structure of Time, plus ; The materials found in the teachers' guides were collected from different unpublished monographs, and published articles and books on Raja Yoga Meditation over the years since the start of service in the foreign lands. The aim is to have a comprehensive collection of reference materials for teaching the Raja Yoga courses.
• Cycle of Time - BK Simone Boger - BK usual suspect such as Janki Kirpalani and Neville Hodgkins amongst luminaries such as James Lovelock.
• Brother Khem - This site is a compilation of published articles written over the last few years. This collection of articles and commentaries was written as stand alone piece for different occasions at different times. As such, there is some repetition. This repetition was necessary as these articles are used extensively in schools and in the print media in isolation. I Eventually hope to edit to reduce the repetition. The author is pleased to share these articles which are intended to generate peaceful dialogue, but certainly not religious or academic debat
• Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group - Royal College of Psychiatrists group chaired by BK Dr Sarah Anne Eagger which then supports another BK Front called The Janki Foundation the important educational initiative called ‘Values in Healthcare’.
• BK Supporter Gina Lazenby - This web-site is designed to support you in making your own changes and is based upon material in The Healthy Home book. Click here to order your signed copy of the book today. Copies of The Healthy House (USA Edition) can be obtained by clicking on Recommended Reading and then Books from USA. We look forward to receiving your views and comments on the site and on your experiences in developing your own healthy home. If you would like to find out about more about the healing power of silence then I encourage you to check out an incredible organisation called the Brahma Kumaris which runs the World Spiritual University. It's a global, women-led spiritual organisation with over 7000 centres in over 90 countries. As a multi-faith education network they teach people of any religion spiritual knowledge helping them to discover inner peace and joy in an increasingly stressful and peaceless world. This year the BKs celebrate 70 years of work and are launching a worldwide campaign called just-a-minute (j-a-m) a dynamic new campaign to create personal peace in an ever-increasing global climate of chaos and change. It's an initiative to show people the power of having regular one minute periods of silence throughout the day. Watch a delightful animated movie www.just-a-minute.org/movie.html then go to the website homepage to book a place for the huge, free event on September 17th that the BKs are staging at Wembley Arena, London. 12,000 people together for a global link-up with millions to celebrate the power of silence. See you there! Gina
• BK supporter PR Guru Lynne Franks - Seed Network - SEED is the recognised authority on the feminine way to do business. Through learning programmes, support network, events and unique tools, SEED enables women to live and work according to the feminine principles of community, connection and collaboration. Founded by PR Guru Lynne Franks, famously characterised by Jennifer Saunders as Edina in cult sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, SEED is based on her international best-seller, The SEED Handbook, the feminine way to create business.
• Raja Yoga taught at Royal College of Psychiatrists - Newsletter No. 5; Sitting comfortably I begin to observe my mind. I can see many thoughts coming into my mind: thoughts about the day, thoughts of other people, and thoughts about my own activity. Now I begin to step back from these thoughts and watch them. I then choose to let these thoughts go. Each one is not important to me at the moment - they are just passing through. Gradually they slow down. My mind begins to be quiet. The quiet spaces between each thought grow. I become more aware of the silence that there is before a thought even begins. In this silence I begin to experience a deep sense of peace. Peaceful thoughts and peaceful feelings come into my mind. I am aware that I am peaceful energy, a peaceful being. As I focus on myself I begin to feel very relaxed and light. I am just flowing peaceful energy. I am very still… floating away…like a tiny star in a sea of peace. Waves of peace wash over me and through me… I feel I have reached a very quiet and still place, the home of the mind. This place is like a beautiful silent room where I can just slow down, be myself and be free. This is a very special room because it has no walls, or ceiling or floor … it is just light and peace. This is my home where there is no fear, just peace. As I feel comfortable here in silence, I may become aware of another presence. This is a very benevolent, loving presence that is filling me with beautiful good feelings and refreshing my tired old thoughts. I come to know this supreme energy as my friend, a constant source in an ever-changing world.
• Relax Kids - Here are some positive affirmations to use with your child.

I am a Super Star

I am a Special Star

I am a Clever Star

I am a Loving Star

I am a Peaceful Star.

":BKWSU, Global Retreat, Living Values and Mike George makes for 4 BK links. Relax7 and Bliss co-promoted BK businesses.

• Desktop Meditation - Graham and Julie's unbranded Raja Yoga meditation lessons. Think of yourself as a soul. I, this soul am a very tiny point, etc.
• In the Light of Meditation - Mike George has been practicing and teaching meditation for over twenty years. Within his commercial work he is a tutor, trainer and coach for companies and corporations worldwide in the field of management and leadership development. In his non-commercial community service capacity, he is a teacher of meditation and spiritual intelligence, and a retreat leader for the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University. As a best selling author his other books include Discover Inner Peace, Learn to Relax and The 7 AHA!s of Highly Enlightened Souls. He is also the Managing Editor for Heart & Soul magazine.
• BKIS / Mike George Learn Meditation Website - The purpose of this website is to introduce you to two new resources for learning meditation - the book and the CD entitled In the Light of Meditation. The art of meditation is as old as recorded history. Meditation has been at the heart of living wisely, happily and harmoniously in many cultures for thousands of years. Today, it is like a lost art that is being rediscovered by many but practiced only by a few. In this now small, speedy and often superficial world it is no surprise that levels of personal stress and interpersonal conflict are on the rise. Perhaps this is why meditation has been making a comeback during these last two decades, as more of us seek ways to relax, rediscover the natural rhythms of life and, through the pursuit of enlightenment, try to understand both ourselves and our place in this world. The purpose of this new book and the accompanying CD is to introduce you to a new 10 lesson course in meditation. It is a course from which you can learn and practice meditation in your own time and at your own pace. It is a method of meditation that is currently practised each day by nearly half a million people world wide.
• University for Spirit Forum - BKWSU Associates (both organisations and individuals) participate fully in the Forum through an annual Round Table, email exchange and working on various task groups.
• SPIRITUAL GODLY UNIVERSITY - An Appeal TO JOIN GREAT Task of World Transformation by GOD for Peace AND BLISS. It is absolutely true &certain that GOD is now establishing a new righteous World Order (Golden Age) of Peace & Bliss after Destroying the present unrighteous & corrupt Iron Age (Kaliyuga)
• David Jones Drums - A BK Raja Yoga practitioner for 21 years since 1984, ... in this lifetime that is! ... , creates and perform ambient meditation music.
• British Holistic Medical Association - The BHMA was formed in 1983 by a group of medical doctors and students as an organisation for professionals and members of the public who wanted to adopt a more holistic approach in their own life and work. Twenty years on, the Association is just as determined to play a major role in ensuring that a whole person approach is central to the effective practice of healthcare. To achieve our core purpose, the Association will reach out to decision makers and those working in healthcare to demonstrate the added value that holistic practice brings to patients and practitioners alike. Through a significant nationwide membership of influential and like-minded individuals there is no doubt that the BHMA can help to shape the future of healthcare in the UK. We have, therefore, developed a programme of activity that is designed to enable the dissemination of information, and to create opportunities for people with an interest in whole person care to share their experiences and ideas. Trustee BK Dr Sarah Eagger.
• Royal College of Pscychiatry Spiritualist Interest Group - The Special Interest Group was set up in 1999 to provide a forum for psychiatrists to explore the influence of the major religions, which shape the cultural values and aspirations of psychiatrist and patient alike. The spiritual aspirations of persons not identifying with any one particular faith are held to be of no less importance, as well as the viewpoint of those who hold that spirituality is independent of religion. The meetings are designed to enable colleagues to investigate and share without fear of censure the relevance of spirituality to clinical practice. The Special Interest Group aims to contribute a framework of ideas of general interest to the College, stimulating discussion and promoting an integrative approach to mental health care. For patients, there is the need to help the service user feel supported in being able to bring spiritual concerns to the fore.
• Mark Windows - Actor, Film maker and Mick Jagger impersonator. BK filmmaker
• Desktop Meditation - Graham and Julie's unbranded Raja Yoga meditation lessons. Think of yourself as a soul. I, this soul am a very tiny point, etc.
• In the Light of Meditation - Mike George has been practicing and teaching meditation for over twenty years. Within his commercial work he is a tutor, trainer and coach for companies and corporations worldwide in the field of management and leadership development. In his non-commercial community service capacity, he is a teacher of meditation and spiritual intelligence, and a retreat leader for the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University. As a best selling author his other books include Discover Inner Peace, Learn to Relax and The 7 AHA!s of Highly Enlightened Souls. He is also the Managing Editor for Heart & Soul magazine.
• Google Video of BKWSU clips - BKWSU video clips including descent of God into Dada Lekhraj, Destruction and creation of Heaven.
• Brother Khem - This site is a compilation of published articles written over the last few years. This collection of articles and commentaries was written as stand alone piece for different occasions at different times. As such, there is some repetition. This repetition was necessary as these articles are used extensively in schools and in the print media in isolation. I Eventually hope to edit to reduce the repetition. The author is pleased to share these articles which are intended to generate peaceful dialogue, but certainly not religious or academic debate.
• Cycle of Time - BK Simone Boger - BK usual suspect such as Janki Kirpalani and Neville Hodgkins amongst luminaries such as James Lovelock.

Academics & papers

• Surviving transplantation PDF - PDF download
• University of Harvard Positive Psychology Leactures - The course focuses on the psychological aspects of a fulfilling and flourishing life. Topics include happiness, self-esteem, empathy, friendship, love, achievement, creativity, music, spirituality, and humor.
• The Brahma Kumaris as a ‘reflexive Tradition’ - Raja Yoga was reinterpreted and a milieu of reinterpretation came into being, to ‘suit a world affirming cultic milieu (elaboration), such as the ongoing globalisation, New Age-ification and instrumentalisation of the original, world-rejecting theodicy. As a movement the Brahma Kumaris predate the New Age movement, but over the years the Brahma Kumaris have developed characteristics that link them to New Age thinking proper. Walliss points out in chapter III ‘From World-Rejection to Ambivalence: A Genealogy of the Brahma Kumaris’, how the Brahma Kumaris developed and got their recent characteristics which, in his view, legitimise the choice to designate them as ‘reflexive’. The author gets it wrong next but then he is only an academic. The Brahma Kumaris were founded by Dada Lekhraj, who is considered by members to be ‘the incarnation and descent of God, the World Father, into the corporeal world’ (p. 33). He was born at Sindh in 1876 as a member of the Kripani family, the members of which usually were devotees of the Vallabhasampradaya.

Hindu

• Sadhu Vaswani Mission - Sindhi holyman figuring in the Om Mandli story. The Sadhu Vaswani Mission was started in 1931 in Hyderabad-Sind (now part of Pakistan) by Sadhu T. L. Vaswani, whose universal outlook and philosophy of life revolved around the supreme ideal of reverence for all life, service to suffering humanity and cultivation of the soul. After the partition of India, the Headquarters were shifted to Pune in 1950. After the passing away of Sadhu Vaswani (in January 1966), it was felt appropriate that the Organization be re-named after the Founder. Originally, it was called the Brotherhood Association
• Congress of Arya Samajs - Arya Samaj was founded on April 7th, 1875 at Bombay, India, by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati. What was the purpose of Arya Samaj? Arya Samaj was founded in the pre-independence era of India. The purpose was to move the Hindu Dharma away from all the fictitious beliefs, and go back to the teachings of Vedas. What is the primary goal of Arya Samaj? The goal of the Arya Samaj has always been, Krinvanto Vishvam Aryam - Make This World Noble.
• Mahatma Gandhi - A Place to learn about Gandhi, his life, work & philosophy. This comprehensive site is regularly updated & maintained by non-profit Gandhian Organizations in India & has a wealth of information & material for researchers, students, activists & anyone interested in Gandhi.
• WESTERN PSYCHIATRISTS APOLOGIZE TO HINDU PEERS - A web archive of a news story regarding the controversial interpretation and condemnation as cults of the American Psychiatric Association towards general Hindu beliefs.
• Celibacy - A non-BK article on Brahmacharya (Celibacy) by Sri Swami Sivananda. Brahmacharya or spotless chastity is the best of all penances; a celibate of such spotless chastity is not a human being, but a god indeed... To the celibate who conserves the semen with great efforts, what is there unattainable in this world ? By the power of the composure of the semen, one will become just like Myself. - Sri Sankaracharya
• Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit and English - The traditional Gita not BK version

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• My Raja Yoga - Welcome to my blog about Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga Meditation. First of all, I was a depressed person before. It is my pleasure to share with you what I have experienced about the good things that changed my life and my way of thinking. And, I really enjoy the teachings very much.

• Re-Entry Therapy, Information & Referral Network - Since 1983, the Re-Entry Therapy, Information & Referral Network (RETIRN) has been providing counseling, forensic (legal), consultation, information and referral services to individuals and families adversely affected by high demand groups, manipulative and totalistic social, political, transformational and/or religious movements, such as: destructive cults (e.g., religious, political, therapy, marketing cults). mass therapies (e.g., large group awareness trainings). Satanism/Occultism (black magic). certain New Age groups that engage in harmful and/or deceptive practices.

• Call of the time - A Judy Rodger's project including Dadis' Wisdom. The Call-of-the-Time Dialogue Series is a living dialogue taking place on all continents, among people of all generations and from many different walks of life. We are scientists and artists, social activists and civil servants, business people and spiritual people, economists and environmentalists. What we have in common is that each of us is somewhere on the field of world service and each of us believes that a spiritual dimension must be central to any serious consideration of world transformation.

• Center of Information and Counseling on New Spiritualities - The CICNS is an independent center open to new spiritualities and to everyone seriously wishing to be informed about them. It fills an obvious gap of objective and rigorous information on the question of spirituality in our time. The integration of new expressions of spiritual search represents a challenge for our society. This challenge is at present taken up neither by authorities nor by the public at large. On the contrary, an odious campaign is going on to totally discredit spiritual commitment up to its very roots.

The CICNS provides a space for information and counseling to every person and movement concerned with freely awakening, nourishing and promoting spiritual search under all its legal forms. It also works on informing authorities and the public, and presents itself as a reliable partner on the question of today’s new spiritualities.

• Apologetics Index - Apologetics Research Resources on religious movements, cults, sects, world religions and related issues

• The Meditation Center - The work of the Brahma Kumaris is inspired by the vision of a world where every individual can develop to his or her own full potential as a human and spiritual being and live in harmony with others and with the natural world. Nationally, the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization has had a presence since 1978 and has 23 centers throughout the U.S. Internationally, the organization was established in 1937, and has a network of 5,400 centers in 83 countries. Website: www.bkwsu.org

• Great Peope of Spirit - Bringing together the great, inspiring and creative talents of many individuals, organisations and communities from around the world.

• BK Front Images & Voices of Hope - Em julho de 1999, um mês depois de Nova York, o IVE chega ao Brasil, com o primeiro diálogo sendo realizado na sede da Brahma Kumaris em São Paulo e o segundo, em agosto do mesmo ano, na sede da Associação de Dirigentes de Vendas do Brasil (ADVB), como uma iniciativa do Movimento Mídia da Paz. Ambos os diálogos foram facilitados por Ken O’Donnell, Diretor da Brahma Kumaris na América Latina, que havia participado da cerimônia de lançamento nos Estados Unidos.

• Scientist and Engineering Wing - Rajyoga Education & Research Foundation is a body registered at New Delhi under Societies Registration Act. It was established in 1982. The parent body, Prajapita Brahmakumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya is a spiritual educational institution which is affiliated to the Department of Public Information (DIP) of the United Nations Organisation as a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO). It has consultative status on the Roster of Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC) and in UNICEF. The University was stablished in 1937 and presently having more than 6000 Spiritual Education & Rajyoga Centres and sub-centres all over India and abroad with its headquarters at Mount Abu (Rajasthan), India.

• Human Greatness - BKWSU USA service front. A series of public conversations are taking place in cities across the United States. These dynamic and life-affirming conversations aim to: Awaken the experience of one's own innate qualities of greatness. Inspire individuals to make human greatness a part of their daily lives. Encourage appreciation of each other's greatness in order to foster the experience of belonging to a united human family. Reveal the integrity and rich tapestry of human greatness in the American character.

• You Have Wings - BK Cambridge children story site

• David Jones Drums - Australia percussionist and BK David Jones. Performs at many BKWSU public events.

• Calm and Creative - Carmen Warrington has been studying the art of meditation since 1984, through the Brahma Kumaris, and has developed her unique and subtle art of transporting audiences to a higher plane of consciousness. She has released a dozen meditation CDs and cassettes for the Brahma Kumaris. As a meditation guide she has helped millions of people throughout the world find inner peace and power. She frequently conducts guided meditations at public events.

• Susie Nelson-Smith Karyna Center - Susie Nelson-Smith

• Peace Pulse - PeacePulse is inspired by, supports and builds on just-a-minute – taking a minute of silence to take Pressure Off and turn personal Power On. Our vision for PeacePulse is of millions of people with different beliefs, mindsets and attitudes choosing to share silence, hourly, around the world.

• Photos from xBKChat.com - Photos from xBKChat.com

• [3] - Cults in France] - The Commission first of all sought to appreciate the current extent of the cult phenomenon and, in the light of some of its characteristics as well as its recent evolution, to release the its probable tendencies of development. In spite of the difficulties which it met to define the phenomenon being the subject of its study and to measure it, it appeared to the Commission that it conceals potentialities of expansion which must justify an increased vigilance on behalf of the public authorities

• BKWSU France - Les Centres de Raja Yoga rassemblent de ce fait des personnes d'horizons les plus divers et ayant des parcours personnels les plus variés. Ces Centres dispensent partout dans le monde une pratique simple et précise de la méditation, elle-même fondée sur des valeurs humaines, morales et spirituelles universelles.

• Global Forum for Public Relations - Global Forum for Public Relations – India’s International Association of public relations practitioners for values and ethics in public relations profession has been registered vide registration no. 924/2006 in April 2006, with headquarters in Hyderabad. It is intended to promote public relations with a mission of Golden Triangle – Professionalism, Ethics and Spirituality – in association with Media Wing of Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, Mt. Abu.

• Info-Sectes France - Information on cults and sects including French government list.

• Bureau de Documentation sur les Sectes et les Religions - Bureau de Documentation sur les Sectes et les Religions - in French

• French documentation of sects - L’Unadfi, centre d’accueil, d’étude et de documentation sur les mouvements sectaires a été fondée en 1982 et est reconnue d’Utilité Publique depuis 1996.

• [http://www.attention-enfants.org/modules/news/

Children and sects France] - Children and sects France

• Preven Sectes - Prevent sectes - French

• Eternity Ink - BKWSU Australia's online book and media shop.

• Leadership and Love - Leadership and Love are a project that has its roots in Chile, but with the vision to inspire globally. strategy is to nourish the seed of this new type of leadership in each home. Our goal is to the 2010 to have arrived at each home in Chile with the experience from “Fullness and Hope”.

• Flying for Peace - Flying for Peace Retreat was initiated by airline cabin crew for crew in 2001 and has been held once a year since then. Staff from nine airlines and eleven countries on five continents have attended, sometimes bringing parents, brothers and sisters or friends along too!

The retreats allow time and space to relax, refresh and recharge body, mind and spirit and workshops and meditations are conducted by experienced teachers of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University.

• Sex, Drugs &Cults. An evolutionary psychology perspective - Sex, Drugs, and Cults. An evolutionary psychology perspective on why and how cult memes get a drug-like hold on people, and what might be done to mitigate the effects by H. Keith Henson

• Lighthouse Studio - BK Sound studio used by Bliss, Mike George, Relax Kids, BKIS and other BKs and BK supporters. Light House is a term often used by ShivBaba.

• SCIENCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS WEB SITE - The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University is dedicated to the research and understanding of consciousness since its inception 65 years ago. The University has co-organized the above mentioned Symposia in order to offer some of its understanding and insights on the subject of consciousness and to help bridge the ‘Great Divide’ between science and spirituality.

• The Culture of Cults - Cult belief systems differ from conventional belief systems in a number of subtle but significant ways, which may not be apparent to an outsider. To understand the nature of these differences is to understand the nature of a cult.

• Spiritual Crisis Network - A spiritual crisis can be described as a turbulent period of spiritual opening and transformation.

Spiritual crisis is also referred to as spiritual emergency, where a process of spiritual emergence, or awakening, becomes unmanageable for the individual.

A person may experience psychological or mental health difficulties. Hence the term psycho-spiritual crisis is also used sometimes. If understood and supported appropriately, these experiences can be deeply transformative, offering the possibility of breakthrough rather than breakdown.

• Religion News Blog - Religion News Blog (RNB) provides religion researchers with expert-selected news items about world religions, religious movements, cults, sects, and related issues.

• Global Forum for Public Relations - India's International Association of public relations practitioners for values and ethics in public relations profession has been registered vide registration no. 924/2006 in April 2006, with headquarters in Hyderabad. It is intended to promote public relations with a mission of Golden Triangle - Professionalism, Ethics and Spirituality - in association with Media Wing of Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, Mt. Abu.

• The Spirit of Art - These gatherings for artists are held to discuss perspectives, to clarify the spiritual aspects of art, to see how relevant this spirituality is to modern life. Experimenting with ideas that empower the self, creating ways to enrich the mind and heart, participants are able to experience and reflect on their own innate worth and the impact of their contribution on others.

• Sadhu Vaswani Mission - Sindhi holyman figuring in the Om Mandli story. The Sadhu Vaswani Mission was started in 1931 in Hyderabad-Sind (now part of Pakistan) by Sadhu T. L. Vaswani, whose universal outlook and philosophy of life revolved around the supreme ideal of reverence for all life, service to suffering humanity and cultivation of the soul.

After the partition of India, the Headquarters were shifted to Pune in 1950. After the passing away of Sadhu Vaswani (in January 1966), it was felt appropriate that the Organization be re-named after the Founder. Originally, it was called the Brotherhood Association

• Congress of Arya Samajs - Arya Samaj was founded on April 7th, 1875 at Bombay, India, by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati.

What was the purpose of Arya Samaj?

Arya Samaj was founded in the pre-independence era of India. The purpose was to move the Hindu Dharma away from all the fictitious beliefs, and go back to the teachings of Vedas. What is the primary goal of Arya Samaj? The goal of the Arya Samaj has always been, Krinvanto Vishvam Aryam - Make This World Noble.

• Mahatma Gandhi - A Place to learn about Gandhi, his life, work & philosophy. This comprehensive site is regularly updated & maintained by non-profit Gandhian Organizations in India & has a wealth of information & material for researchers, students, activists & anyone interested in Gandhi.

• Springattractor.com - BK follower Marc Fourcade and another BK + corporate consultant spin off

• Worthwhile Projects Michael Timmins - One of two twins and amongst the first of the Western BK followers. Meditiation class for business etc.

• IP Dish TV Om Shanti. - We are very happy that Infinium could participate in the Baba On Line (BOL) event on 31st. Oct 2006 and much happier that we could use our network to broadcast it to hundred centers and on each centre hundreds of Baba's Children watched the divine gathering at Abu on computer or on big screen.

OmShanti 24 Hours transmission is also continuously running through the hub on Windows Media Platform and some centers which could not be installed in time will be Getting this once more from the hub.

We are now planning for the next lot of supply. Whichever center wants this facility can now send a DD of Rs 20,000/== (All inclusive i.e. includes supply, delivery, installation, Commissioning, Sales tax, DOT charges, WPC charges, Hub Charges and such other things) however it does not include Octroi, Duty, Road permit or any other local levy, which shall be born by the centers.

The DD is to be prepared on the name of Infinium (India) Ltd. and payable at Ahmedabad. The DD is to be sent to the following address. Infinium (India) Ltd. 9th Floor, Shitiratna, Panchwati, C G Road, Ahmedabad 380006

• World Wide News Insight - News aggregator run by BK Global Chief of PR/

• You Have Wings - Very discrete holding site for BKWSU Cambridge, UK. Aimed at new agers or children perhaps.

• BK Cambridge, UK Myspace blog - BK Myspace with links to other BKs

• Jewel of light - Dadi Prakashmani memorial site, link to Google video

• Dadi Maa - Dadi Prakashmani worshipper's website

• Anubhuti Retreat Center - Anubhuti BKWSU/BKWSO Retreat Center in San Francisco, CA.

• Global Harmony House - Global Harmony House, BK center New York, USA.

• Cult Clinic - If Cults or Missionary Groups Have Disrupted Your Life ... The Cult Hotline & Clinic Can Help! Since 1980, our mental health professionals have worked with thousands of families and former cult members—providing counseling, information, and referrals to people of all religious, ethnic and racial backgrounds. Our outreach intiative has organized events to educate people about cults and missionary groups

• BK Sewa - Site or service news release of the BKWSU. Requires making an account to log in to.

• Healthypages - Website of BK follower, pro-BK

• [http:www.taotraveller.com Tao of the the traveller film] - Film being promoted as independent but promoting BKWSU Knowledge. Producer/director BK Robin Ramsay, BK Clarke Peters, BK Lucinda Drayton of BK Bliss, and Robin Ramsay's younger daughter BK Tamasin Ramsay in the lead role, written by wife BK Barbara Ramsay.

• Brahma Kumaris Oman - RAJA YOGA EDUCATION & RESEARCH FOUNDATION ... actually a BKWSU center.

• BKWSU Youth Empowerment - The Youth Wing of Rajyoga Education and Research Foundation with its parent organisation Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya has undertaken the uphill task of providing platform to youth for world transformation by self transformation since 1985. It has drawn up a comprehensive plan to bring about a new awakening among the Youth.

To achieve its objectives, the Youth Wing has prepared exhibitions, slide shows and brought out several publications exclusively for the Youth. It holds youth training camps, youth festivals, conferences, seminars, competitions, lecture series and cultural programmes. These programmes are arranged in collaboration with other Youth organisations, wherever possible.

The services of the Youth Wing are free of charge and any youth can avail of the same without any obligation.

The wing works to achieve its aim with the help of thousands of young brothers and sisters. These young people, in addition to performing all their regular duties, observe celibacy, lead a life free from unhealthy habits and spend their spare time and energy in rendering voluntary services for the upliftment of the society. They participate in retreats and meditation camps to develop viceless attitude, strong moral values, divine manners and a well-rounded personality.

The Wing has a strong group of well-educated, experienced and dedicated personnel who execute the planned projects throughout India. They are our valued committee members.

• BK GSM SMS service - Welcome to the Website of Brahma Kumaris' Godly Service on Mobiles... Brahma Kumaris' Aim to Extend its Spiritual Teachings to Every Being in Order to Enable People Experience & Embody Peace of Mind and Long-lasting Happiness ...and as per the demand of the present times, Brahma Kumaris' have started using the Powerful Media of SMS Service for its World-Benefiting Activities. More than 35,000 Mobile Users have been taking benefit of Brahma Kumaris'

• BKWSU Business and Industry Wing - Do you wish to climb the ladder of success? In today's world the demand for Indian Motivation Gurus is rising, not only in India, but also all over the world. Some teach you how to succeed in life, while others motivate you to remain physically fit. Let us meet a few of them:

Motivation through meditation…

In the beautiful, serene Aravalli Ranges is located Mount Abu, the head quarters of a unique organization run by women, the Brahmakumaris. Divine sisters of Brahmakumaris teach the art of motivation at industrial giants like Reliance and Bharat Petroleum to name just a few. Motivation classes are conducted for all kinds of people, from top management to the junior workers, from students to big businessmen. Spiritual motivation plays a major role for success in Business and the Industry

• 3D heartcare BK Abu.org - BK heartcare website for Abu hospital.

• The Phoenix Retreat - Low key BK run healing center

• Beyond Leading - BKWSU retreat programmes targeting women leaders.

• BKWSU Scientists and Engineers Wing - BKWSU Scientists and Engineers Wing

• Four Faces of Woman - Caroline Ward BK Australia

• BK Youth - BK service aimed at children and youth workers
• Sex Is Not Compulsory - Extracts from Sex Is Not Compulsory by Liz Hodgkinson. Sphere Books, London 1988

It has been said that there is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come, and it seems that celibacy is now due for a reappraisal in a positive light. We are becoming sated with sex, which screams at us from all the media, and are ready to think about relating to people in a different way, which may be non-physical. Celibacy, of course, is not in itself a novel idea.

It has an ancient and honourable tradition, and in most societies up until our present times has been held in higher regard than sexual activity, as something people could aspire to. Celibacy was seen in the past as conferring special powers and wisdom on its adherents.

• Imperishable Jewels of Knowledge - A compilation of articles and Murlis by BK Khem Jokhoo.

• Godrej.com - Interview with BK PR officer for inhouse magazine of large technology company and donor.

• Virus Myth - Critique of high profile BK journalist Neville Hodgkinson.

• Celibacy - A non-BK article on Brahmacharya (Celibacy) by Sri Swami Sivananda.

Brahmacharya or spotless chastity is the best of all penances; a celibate of such spotless chastity is not a human being, but a god indeed... To the celibate who conserves the semen with great efforts, what is there unattainable in this world ? By the power of the composure of the semen, one will become just like Myself. - Sri Sankaracharya

• Global Harmony House, NYC - Region headquarters of the BKWSU for the Americas and Caribbean.

• WESTERN PSYCHIATRISTS APOLOGIZE TO HINDU PEERS - A web archive of a news story regarding the controversial interpretation and condemnation as cults of the American Psychiatric Association towards general Hindu beliefs.

• - Wellness and Cheer BK Warren Carey - As a Raja Yoga teacher, Warren Carey has taught meditation to all age groups and to a wide variety of people, including: students, business people, house wives, nurses, doctors and the terminally ill. He has conducted many seminars and retreats around Australia, on subjects, such as: Meditation techniques, Qigong for self-healing, Discovering the True Self, Stress Management, Positive Thinking and more.

Warren is an entertaining, knowledgeable and intuitive teacher, so students find it enjoyable and easy to learn from him. Also, he’s a powerful yogi (meditator) who “practises what he preaches” so his words and presence can uplift the students to a higher level of experience.

In 1994 he opened the Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga Meditation Centre in Essendon (Melbourne). Many times, people would come to the meditation centre who had been suffering from depression or were depleted due to severe illness. The meditation helped these people, but he knew they could do with specialized help to relieve their problems. Sadly there was rising numbers of depressed and ill people coming to the centre.

• Relax7 - Don't get mad, get wise. Website of BK Mike George, sold as being a spiritual teacher, author and motivational speaker.

Mike George is a best selling author, management tutor and motivational speaker who, for the past twenty four years, has been coaching, guiding and facilitating the personal and executive development of people in companies, corporations and communities in over 30 countries. He is founder of The Relaxation Centre and Director of the Spiritual Intelligence Unit. Mike has teaching Raja Yoga for 24 year and is a high profile BK who has great influence is rebranding the BKWSU.

• Seminars and retreats organised by BK Mike George - Commercial seminars and retreats based on a lightweight version version of Raja Yoga mixed with New Age and motivational concepts.

• Spiritual Intelligence Unit - Another BK Mike George connection, e.g. 4. Connecting : There is a higher source of spiritual power and it is possible to connect with that source and empower oneself. where Here best selling author Mike George examines deeper psychological reasons behind human behaviour.

• Meditation Station USA - Meditation Station feel that one of the main reasons we have incarnated is to grow in consciousness and one of the most important things we can do in life is to share those things that have helped us evolve in consciousness.

• Blissful Music - Blissful are BK Lucinda Drayton and BK Andrew Blissett. Both have been practicing BK Raja Yogis for more than 10 years and are fairly unique to a degree that they make a living out of selling BK knowledge based work.

• Doctor Jitendra Patel's Homepage - Audio-visual slideshow in Hindi but interesting for images used.

• Tell it Often Tell it Well - Mark McCloskey non-BK experience of silence book.

• Pure Silence - Mark McCloskey non-BK experience of silence spoken word recordings.

• Global Retreat Centre - BK retreat headquarters in Nuneham House, Oxfordshire, UK offering whitewashed introductory courses in meditation, positive thinking, stress free living, self managing leadership and self esteem.

• BK Publications - BKWSU own publishing house and online book / tape store.

• B.K.W.S.U. India - Official website of B.K.W.S.U. India

• BKWSU.Org - Official International B.K.W.S.U. website

• Spiritual Competency Resource Center - The Spiritual Competency Resource Center provides access to online resources that enhance the cultural sensitivity of mental health professionals. Spirituality is now accepted as an important component of cultural competence for mental health professionals.

• xBKinfo at infogami.com - A guide to life after leaving the Brahma Kumaris.

• Truth about The Creator and His Creation - Introduction to PBK Knowledge

• Knowledge of New World - PBK website in English and Polish with Murlis

• Advance Party's - Advance Godly Knowledge. PBK Advance Godly Knowledge in English

• Surviving transplantation PDF - PDF download

• University of Harvard Positive Psychology Leactures - The course focuses on the psychological aspects of a fulfilling and flourishing life. Topics include happiness, self-esteem, empathy, friendship, love, achievement, creativity, music, spirituality, and humor.

• International BKWSU website - Detailed historic timeline (false)

• Rajyoga e-learning - e-learning site by B.K.W.S.U Australia

• Living Values - BK sponsored Living Values Education Program (LVEP) is a character education program offering a wide variety of experiential values activities and practical methodologies to educators, facilitators, parents and caregivers that enable children and young adults to explore and develop twelve universal values.

• BK Texas - BKWSU students learn to be leaders rather than followers. The spiritual education imparted by Brahma Kumaris is offered free of charge.

• Brahma Kumaris Meditation Retreats at Leura - Australian BKWSU Retreat Centre

• The Janki Foundation - The Janki Foundation for Global Health Care is a UK-registered charity supporting research and awareness in the field of spirituality and health. Research findings and clinical experience increasingly reveal that spiritual factors have a part to play in recovery from illness.

• The Anti-Cult Movement (ACM) - The Anti-Cult Movement (ACM) consists of individuals and groups who attempt to raise public consciousness about what they feel are extreme danger. As they see it, the threat comes from small, coercive, manipulative groups - mostly new religious movements. Although they have been largely discredited in North America, their beliefs are accepted in many other countries, notably China and some countries in Western Europe.

• xbkchat photos - Photos of Mount Abu

• Just a Minute Celebration - BKWSU celebrity event? Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees; Lynne Franks , author and PR guru ; comedienne Ruby Wax ; the first practicing Muslim Female Band Ulfah Collective ; Michael Timothy of Massive Attack; percussionist David Jones ; TV Presenter Tania Brier

• Inner Space - BK shop /meditation centre in London's West End

• Companion of God Dadi Janki website

• The Cult Hotline Clinic - The Cult Hotline Clinic was founded in 1980 to serve families and friends of cult members, former cult members, and to educate community groups most at risk of interaction with cults. We are a nonprofit, non-sectarian counseling and education organization working with people of all religious, ethnic, and racial backgrounds.

The Cult Hotline Clinic is a program of the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, one of the nation's largest and most respected nonprofit mental health and social service agencies. JBFCS serves over 65,000 New Yorkers annually from all religious, ethnic, and economic backgrounds through a comprehensive range of 185 community-based programs, residential facilities, and day-treatment centers.

• Desktop Meditation - General mediation practises written by BKWSU follower

• Teacher of Teachers - Dadi Janki worshipper

• Ex-Cult Resource Center - Particular cult groups are named here solely because criticism of their practices has been brought to the attention of the site sponsor, and inclusion does not indicate endorsement of that criticism. Readers are invited to examine the available evidence and form their own opinions about these organizations.

• Freedom of Mind - This site is dedicated to respect for human rights, spirituality, and consumer awareness. We endeavor to be a safe and responsible place where you can turn to for resources, news and information about destructive cults, and mind control techniques, as well as learn how to help yourself and others. Steven Alan Hassan is an expert on destructive mind control issues. He offers a unique method of specialized counseling, called the Strategic Interaction Approach (SIA), which is better than either exit counseling or deprogramming as a way to help people who are negatively impacted by cult involvement.

• Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network - FACTNet is a non-profit organization that defends the most universal and basic freedom --- freedom of mind! Factnet defends freedom of mind from all forms of mind control and unethical influence.

Factnet claim to be to psychological coercion, unethical influence and mind control what Amnesty International is to physical coercion and torture.

• Rick A. Ross Institute of New Jersey - A database of information about cults, destructive cults, controversial groups and movements. The Rick A. Ross Institute of New Jersey (RRI) is a nonprofit public resource with a vast archive that contains thousands of individual documents. RRI on-line files include news stories, research papers, reports, court documents, book excerpts, personal testimonies and hundreds of links to additional relevant resources. This database is well-organized for easy access and reference.

• Odenwälder Wohnhof - The Odenwälder Wohnhof is a home for people who escaped from cults, satanic groups, and psycho groups. People being in trouble can get help in a non-bureaucratic way there. This was made possible as a model project with financial contribution from federal state, country and a private foundation.

The Odenwälder Wohnhof had been situated in the middle of the green forest Odenwald between Würzburg, Heilbronn and Heidelberg in a secluded village. In a ten-room house there were six to seven beds ready for emergency cases. Unfortunately, cuts in government funding forced the organization to give up the house. It now houses clients in an apartment. English site: http://members.tripod.com/wohnhof/odene/indexe.htm

• Wellspring Retreat Wellspring is a fully accredited residential counseling center specializing in the treatment of individuals who have suffered in abusive religious groups, organizations, and cults. Our program is also especially effective for those who have been in coercive relationships as well as those who have experienced professional abuse and/or sexual exploitation from therapists, doctors, clergy, and teachers. We are best known for our intensive two-week, residential program of counseling, education, and care.

• Bill and Lorna Goldberg - Clinical Social Workers specializing since 1976 in working with people involved in cults and destructive groups, they recognize the harm that these groups do to the individuals involved, as well as to their families. They believe that as a result of the cult's use of deception in the recruitment process, a former cult member usually is cautious about turning to strangers for help and understand the natural tendency to be wary after such an experience.

• Ex-Site (Swiss in German) - Sekten & Neue Religionen. info- und kontaktsite von und für aussteiger. Das forum bietet dir die möglichkeit, dich mit eigenen beiträgen einzuklinken.

• Cultic Studies - The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) is an interdisciplinary network of academicians, professionals, former group members, and families who study and educate the public about social-psychological influence and control, authoritarianism, and zealotry in cultic groups, alternative movements, and other environments. Founded in 1979 as AFF (American Family Foundation), ICSA took on its current name in late 2004 to better reflect the organization's focus and increasingly international and scholarly dimensions.

ICSA is a leading professional organization concerned about cultic groups and psychological manipulation, is known for its professionalism and capacity to respond effectively to families, former and current group members, helping professionals, and scholars

• Cult Recover Colorado - Helps people evaluate harm in cultic groups, relationships, and potentially abusive organizations, especially those disguised as churches.

Understanding how destructive cults gradually and deceptively evolve helps create viable strategies for protection, departure and recovery. She focuses on education about how cults operate, and the highly manipulative environments where mind control occurs. She listens, takes their concerns seriously, and helps them find a safe place to re-evaluate their involvement.

• reFOCUS - reFOCUS is a support and referral network for people who seek healing from adverse affects they're experiencing due to their involvement with a totalist or extremely controlling organization or relationship. Good resource of books and expertise.

• Stripping the Gurus - Armed with wit, insight, and truly astonishing research, Geoffrey Falk utterly demolishes the notion of the enlightened guru who can lead devotees to nirvana. This entertaining and yet deadly serious book should be read by everyone pursuing or thinking of pursuing the path of guru devotion.

• Carol Giambalvo's Cult Information Recovery - Carol Giambalvo’s interest in cults and thought reform began in 1978 when her step-daughter began exhibiting a drastic personality change following becoming a devotee in ISKCON. She began researching cults and thought reform and lectured in local high schools, churches and civic organizations. The more information she gathered on the indoctrination processes and thought reform used in cults, the more concerns arose about her involvement in est and The Hunger Project. In 1983, she and her husband, Noel, left their associations with est, The Hunger Project and Sterling Institute and began a personal search for information to aid their recovery process. Since 1984, Carol has done exit counseling and writing in the field, as well as serving as director with several organization’s boards, organizing and conducting recovery workshops and working with hundreds of people who have walked away from destructive cults.

• Cults Questions & Answers - Cults Questions & Answers by Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. The term cult is applied to a wide range of groups. There are historical cults, such as the cult of Isis, non-western cults studied by anthropologists, such as the Melanesian cargo cults, and a host of contemporary cults that have caught the public’s attention during the past fifteen years.

• 12 Step - The 12step.org website is about 12 Step programs, which have been widely used in programs of recovery from addictive or dysfunctional behaviors. The first 12 step program began with Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) in the 1930s. The 12 Step approach has gone on to be the most widely used and successful approach in dealing with not only alcoholism, but drug abuse and also various other addictive or dysfunctional behaviors. This web site has no official affiliation with A.A. or any other 12 Step group. We strive only to act as another source for information and tools concerning 12 Step programs.

• Hartford Institute - Many religious sites on the web deal with what are commonly called cults. There are many misconceptions about these religious communities and the dynamics of joining and leaving such groups. Several sociologists of religion have very good sites and articles devoted to educating the public about new religious movements. This section contains links to what we consider to be the best of these sites.

• Nity Gritty on Cults - Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. - Oscar Wilde

• The Religious Movements Homepage Project, Uni. of Virginia - On this extensive Web site you will find detailed profiles of more than two hundred different religious groups and movements. Some of them may be very familiar to you, others not. In addition, there are other valuable resources, including information on cult controversies, essays by respected scholars, and teaching resources on which interested visitors are invited to draw.

• Religious Tolerance - Religious tolerance means to extend religious freedom to people of all religious traditions, even though you may disagree with their beliefs and/or practices.

• The Association of Religion Data Archives - The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) strives to democratize access to the best data on religion. Founded as the American Religion Data Archive in 1997 and going online in 1998, the initial archive was targeted at researchers interested in American religion. The targeted audience and the data collection have both greatly expanded since 1998, now including American and international collections and developing features for educators, journalists, religious congregations, and researchers. Data included in the ARDA are submitted by the foremost religion scholars and research centers in the world. Currently housed in the Social Science Research Institute at the Pennsylvania State University, the ARDA is funded by the Lilly Endowment, the John Templeton Foundation, and the Pennsylvania State University.

• Religion News - Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues

• CultFAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About Cults, Sects, and Related Issues.

• Society for Organizational Learning - Dr. Peter M. Senge is the founding chairperson of SoL and a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Senge is the author of The Fifth Discipline: the Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. He has lectured extensively throughout the world, translating the abstract ideas of systems theory into tools for better understanding of economic and organizational change. He has worked with leaders in business, education, health care and government. The Journal of Business Strategy (September/October 1999) named Dr. Senge as one of the 24 people who had the greatest influence on business strategy over the last 100 years. Lectures with Brian Bacon and Senior Sisters

• Cultic Studies Review - Cultic Studies Review Magazine by The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA), an interdisciplinary network of academicians, professionals, former group members, and families who study and educate the public about social-psychological influence and control, authoritarianism, and zealotry in cultic groups, alternative movements, and other environments.

• Wembley Inner Spiritual - Opened in 1996. Inner Space is managed and run by Brahma Kumaris Information Services Limited. B.K.I.S. is associated to Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (B.K.W.S.U.). The BKWSU is an international organisation working at all levels of society for positive change. The University carries out a wide range of educational programmes for the development of human and spiritual values. It has more than 7,000 branches in over 95 countries. For 70 years, the University has offered all its courses free of charge, as a service to the community. Only experienced teachers, lecturers, trainers and presenters run the courses.

• David Jones Drums - A BK Raja Yoga practitioner for 21 years since 1984, ... in this lifetime that is! ... , creates and perform ambient meditation music.

• Victoria Mary Clarke on meeting Dadi Janki - Dadi Janki is eighty eight. She's old, she's unmarried and doesn't have any kids. Apart from this, she's penniless, she's short, she doesn't speak English and to cap it all, she has a full moustache. Not simply a few stray hairs in that area, (as many of us have), -hairs that could be bleached,- but a full, black moustache. Undisguisable. In the normal run of things, Dadi Janki would be at the bottom of the ladder of status in our society. Given a choice, who wouldn't rather be young and beautiful than old and grey? In a world where youth and beauty are prized above all other things, most of us (male and female) will definitely dye our hair and will probably give in to Botox. So the very fact that Dadi has the audacity to sit here and be photographed for a newspaper without having made any effort to look glamorous must make her either senile and a bit touched, or totally eccentric.

• Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit and English - The traditional Gita not BK version

• Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism - The Demand for Purity

In the thought reform milieu, as in all situations of ideological totalism, the experiential world is sharply divided into the pure and the impure, into the absolutely good and the absolutely evil. The good and the pure are of course those ideas, feelings, and actions which are consistent with the totalist ideology and policy; anything else is apt to be relegated to the bad and the impure. Nothing human is immune from the flood of stern moral judgments. All taints and poisons which contribute to the existing state of impurity must be searched out and eliminated. By Robert Jay Lifton, M.D.

• Independent Reachout Trust article - WHY DO PEOPLE JOIN AND WHY IS IT HARD TO LEAVE?

People join usually out of curiosity, and lured by claims to provide methods of Yoga, meditation for peace of mind, and general wellbeing.

Why is it difficult to leave? First, it must be said that many do leave quite quickly and easily because it does not fit the 'yoga and candles' type of image they may have expected. There is too much study for many, but a long-term student may find it hard to shake off or replace the belief system - it is very convincing.

A student believes that to abandon the system will ensure they are trapped in an eternal repeating life cycle of misery and hardship. All other faiths will have been discredited. Hobbies and general interests may have been lost, relationships may have been lost or badly damaged. The student is likely to feel he/she knows a deep dark truth about the immediate future, but has no one to confide in, or even take them seriously.

• Cult News - Rick Ross - This news page is about groups, organizations or movements, which may have been called cults and/or cult-like in some way, shape or form. But not all groups called either cults or cult-like are harmful. Instead, they may be benign and generally defined as simply people intensely devoted to a person, place or thing. Therefore, the discussion or mention of a group, organization or person on this page, is not necessarily meant pejoratively.