36 years as a BK and no claims of his being karmateet then? Sounds like an untimely death to me.
So was he only a 83rd birth soul ... or how is he going to finish completing himself now?
Or does it all matter any more ...
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Ken O'Donnell wrote:Today unexpectedly the soul of a very near and dear friend, Anthony Strano, left his body after a massive heart attack and flew to God's lap. He won the hearts of so many wherever he went and must be riding on their good wishes. He had accumulated so much positive credit from the life of serving others that he led that wherever he has gone too will be the best..
Mr Green wrote:... privileged enough to live on a freebie!
I met him a few times, usual mixed up personality, very aloof
B.K. Nirwair wrote:To the powerful lights of BapDada’s eyes in Bharat and foreign lands,
Our divine B.K. Sisters and Brothers,
Please accept hearty Godly love and remembrances from Ahmedabad.
All of you would have heard news of the sudden departure of our very beloved Brother, BK Anthony Strano on 26 July 2014, in Salvador (Brazil). This invaluable angel has flown to Avyakt BapDada and is now resting in the Subtle Region.
From the very beginning of his spiritual birth, Br Anthony played a very, very important and enlightening role in serving innumerable souls around the world, while being responsible for service in Greece, in particular. His nobility, solemnity, gentleness, depth of connection with Avyakt BapDada, attention towards his own spiritual well-being, and loving interactions with the divine family as well as Contacts and VIPs/IPs have endeared him to One and all in every corner of the world.
His love for Madhuban, the Dadis and Seniors would always remain in our hearts. We are sure most beloved BapDada would bestow a very special crown of responsibility on Br Anthony, for his onward journey and service within the Advanced Party.
Our respected Dadi Jankiji, Dadi Gulzarji, Dadi Ratan Mohiniji and Madhuban Niwasis family, join me in extending our love, affection and salutations to this beautiful jewel of Baba’s unlimited family.
In the remembrance of BapDada,
B.K. Nirwair
Dear beloved Dadi Janki, Nirvair Bhai, Nirmala Didi, Mohini bhen, Jayanti bhen and divine family around the globe, specially Sothiris, Maria and divine family of Greece.
Om Shanti and loving greetings from Brazil.
After a wonderful retreat in the Serra Serena Retreat Centre, last weekend, where Br. Anthony took us into deep experiences of soul consciousness and companionship with God, he travelled to Rio de Janeiro where he had lovely days, sharing on the angelic stage experience – in Subtle Regions, at the Confluence Age and the Golden Age.
Last Thursday he went to Salvador, in the Northeast of Brazil. After a public talk in the evening, he felt very tired.
On Friday he had a lighter day. In the afternoon he went to the hotel where 80 BKs were gathered for a retreat with him.
Today, during breakfast, he had a massive heart attack and went to Baba’s lap.
Sister Lenora ( she is a nurse ) is currently at the hospital trying to get the death certificate.
Brother Charlie in Australia is in contact with his family to decide if they want us to send the body to Australia for the funeral to happen there. If so, the body will be embalmed and we’ll follow the procedures in order to send the body to Australia.
I am also in contact with the BK family in Athens to keep them informed as well with NY and London.
We’ll keep all of you updated. Ida bhen and BK family from the Northeast of Brazil kept silence and remained meditating in the retreat at the hotel. At lunch time they would leave the hotel and go to the BK Retreat Centre in Salvador, where the retreat would continue with meditation.
All the BK centres in Brazil are maintaining introspection to honor the soul of this messenger of Baba.
While in Brazil Bro Anthony came to know that there is an excellent iridologist (doctor that diagnoses through the eyes) and was very keen in having an appointment with her next Tuesday. He said that since he got a heart virus while in India some years ago, which no doctor could diagnose and treat him properly.
He was keeping very light meals, mainly of fruits and fresh juices, no dairy products, no sugar, no white flour or oily food.
We had a lovely walk in a rain forest in Rio last Wednesday. He was shinning and in high spirit during the week he was here ( he arrived in São Paulo on the 17th July).
May it be a great practical lesson for all of us ~ we must be ready ... NOW.
In Baba’s love
Luciana and Ken for the Brazilian family
jann wrote: ... went to Baba’s lap.
The message about death comes with a threat which is called "peer pressure". " You better be ready NOW ... or else ...".
Mr Green wrote:... privileged enough to live on a freebie!
I met him a few times, usual mixed up personality, very aloof
ex-l wrote:Did Strano make it onto the payroll of the BKWSU? I cannot remember him ever having a proper job. Did he have his flights and accommodation all paid for? I was thinking of my encounters with Anthony Strano and I would have said the same thing too ... a little bit stuck up and pretentious.
He was certainly intelligent and well read, far, far more than the BKWSU Seniors and most BKs ... but I don't think it was really that appreciated by them nor that he was sufficiently challenge by their company to rise to great works....
However, I never heard of him taking any strong ethical position regarding the controversies that have emerged in recent years which leads me to think he just quietly enjoyed his position and having an audience and playing the role of a philosopher soul. Ultimately, I think he leaned toward being poetical rather than philosophical, as to have been truly philosophical he would have had to have been, at times, far more tough and critical than he ever was (at least in public).
Did he really go "on the books" as early as the 1970s or 80s?
Do you know for a fact Adriana Huffington was financially sponsoring him? (Sorry, but we have to be sure of your facts here otherwise they will use the smallest of blots on our record to discredit us).
I don't think he quite made it into the ranks as a "Bishop" of the BKWSU's Vatican. I'd say more like a slightly oily courtesan good at flattering (read 'not questioning') the local Dons, and feeding them quality lines to bolster their status.
Therefore, he saw where his bread was buttered ... and sucked up to it unquestioningly.
Intellectually, a very small fish in the even smaller goldfish bowl that the BKWSU world is. And it says a lot he has no challengers or heirs to follow him.
I can remember when reading other philosophies or religious works was forbidden for BKs. He must have been deeply bored by The Knowledge™ on an intellectual level. I had no insights into his relationship with the Kirpalani Klan elite. Did you? What I've read of his work it was vague and cloudy, poetic and misleading rather than clear and defined. It was typically misleading as is the BK habit.
Like a boy who discovers wanking and thinks he invented it, then when he sees chimpanzees doing the same at the zoo, is amazed that they have copied him!