I just pull this out of terry's posts because I think it is important to look at. In a way it fits in with our discussion of different psychotherapies and soul, and could be merged with either.
Putting aside any faith elements of Brahma Kumarism, there seems to be a basic dichotomy between those therapies or "paths" which encourage a separation of "the head" from the body versus those paths that encourage an integration of the head with body. Obviously, by "body" I also mean emotional, sensual, erotic etc.
Investing oneself in Brahma Kumarism, one invests far more time and energy that most religions in "detaching" the head from the body, even the basic practise might include 2 hours plus a day of sitting detaching (or hoping to) plus the rest of the day affirming detachment and how bad, impure, delusional "the body" is. Many religions or "ways", including many therapies, do not even believe in the separation of existence or of a part to separate.
Exiting the BKs, you must surely be stuck with either the results or the habit of this. How does or could reintegration take place? Should reintegration take? What is individual's experience of this?
Some similar experience is also described by cult related therapists and activists, they call the tendancy towards "floating" ... drifting off or drifting away from the real world. Here on this forum, terry has questioned the nature of seemingly BK related suicides on January the 18th by hanging as an example of this.
Personally, I am not labelling this as "soul consciousness" or not but, obviously, the question of just what that does arises. I am just asking the question. Would a "post-BK therapy" involve looking at this?
Putting aside any faith elements of Brahma Kumarism, there seems to be a basic dichotomy between those therapies or "paths" which encourage a separation of "the head" from the body versus those paths that encourage an integration of the head with body. Obviously, by "body" I also mean emotional, sensual, erotic etc.
Investing oneself in Brahma Kumarism, one invests far more time and energy that most religions in "detaching" the head from the body, even the basic practise might include 2 hours plus a day of sitting detaching (or hoping to) plus the rest of the day affirming detachment and how bad, impure, delusional "the body" is. Many religions or "ways", including many therapies, do not even believe in the separation of existence or of a part to separate.
Exiting the BKs, you must surely be stuck with either the results or the habit of this. How does or could reintegration take place? Should reintegration take? What is individual's experience of this?
Some similar experience is also described by cult related therapists and activists, they call the tendancy towards "floating" ... drifting off or drifting away from the real world. Here on this forum, terry has questioned the nature of seemingly BK related suicides on January the 18th by hanging as an example of this.
Personally, I am not labelling this as "soul consciousness" or not but, obviously, the question of just what that does arises. I am just asking the question. Would a "post-BK therapy" involve looking at this?