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We've covered much of this although it may be scattered over numerous topics. I am sorry if it is not clear.
In short, there was no God Shiva in Brahma Kumaris until after 1955. No mention of him at all. It seems even the famous "Shivoham, Shivoham ..." episode is false.
And, strangely, despite much activism both within and without the BKWSU, there has been no disclosure of how and when he finally "manifested". It's hard to believe that there was not a memorable moment when they said, "this is going to be The Knowledge now" ... but, that's Dadi Janki and the BK inner circle for you; as dishonest and controlling as they are manipulative. They are not telling.
Therefore, you ask a very good question ... how were the Om Mandlites "purifying" themselves for 20 years ... when they did not know god to have Yoga with?
Prior to the introduction of "ShivBaba", they worshipped Lekhraj Kirpalani as "Prajapati God Brahma" and considered the Brahm to be the supreme light.
Except that the Adi Dev story is utterly exaggerated and bogus. It is. It seems the chanting was to induce trances in which various "spirits" "possessed" community members after which they had seances in which they spoke to the community in much the same way as in a spiritualist church.
It's a wonder what they actually did with all the rest of their time except for do the housework, hang out together and be spoilt by Lekhraj Kirpalani until the money ran out.
Strangely, for such an important event there is no documentation existing (there is documentation up until 1955 proving there was no god Shiva. Partly, because by doing so they would have to admit they have extensively lied and fabricated and that begs the question, how can you make an Age of Truth (Sat Yuga) out of lies? In the West, they have quietly admitted Adi Dev is not factually accurate and, in some places, it has been withdrawn, however, in India they are still peddling the bogus version.
Please, if you have good relationships with the BKWSU ask them and find out ... but don't expect a straight and true answer.
Roughly, it seems they went from worshipping Lekhraj Kirpalani as God, to "superior to god (meaning the "Divine Light"/Brahm element), to being confused by visions of another Lekhraj Kirpalani seen by their psychic mediums, to deciding there was another light which was not him, to seeing it as a lingum or thumb(print) shape, to see it as a dot and being separate from Lekhraj Kirpalani.
The real question is was how on earth could Lekhraj Kirpalani allow women and children to think he was God, or "Superior to god", for so many years, and what sort of state of mind was he in?
There are some BKs within the organization, and some PBKs, trying to unearth a bigger picture. We broke the ground for them here, but a few have taken it even further.
It seems the fantasist Jagdish Chander was a key figure in the revision of BKism having come into Gyan a few years before hand ... from memory, in 1952.