To the Brahma Kumaris, passed down from the inner circle of the Kirpalani Klan to their adherents, Lekhraj Kirpalani was their unqestionable god ... literally ... for the first 20 or more years of their cults history (although they have since "revised" this embarrassing error and invented a new god spirit, taking the Hindu deity Shiva's name and giving it a new twist).
In the past, we've often examined and questioned Lekhraj Kirpalani and his original entourage's original state of mind suggesting that, perhaps, they were all suffering a grand "folie de plusieres" where Lekhraj Kirpalani's delusional beliefs were passed from himself, as the dominating individuals to the not just submissive but utterly dependent women and female children of the Om Mandli. For them, he was their god Krishna, Brahma and Vishnu. (He only become their Shiva too around 1956).
Delusional disorder is a rare condition, a mental illness in which the patient presents delusions, but without prominent hallucinations, thought disorder, mood disorder.
Although delusions also occur as symptoms of many other mental disorders, especially the other psychotic disorders, in Delusional disorder, the delusions can be "bizarre" or "non-bizarre" in content, non-bizarre delusions could include fixed false beliefs that involve situations that could potentially occur in real life. Individuals with delusional disorder may continue to socialize and function in a normal manner and their behavior does not necessarily generally seem odd, however, the preoccupation with delusional ideas can be disruptive to their overall lives.
The delusions cannot be due to the effects of a drug, medication, or general medical condition and a person with delusional disorder may be high functioning in the rest of their daily life. Recent and comprehensive metaanalyses of scientific studies point to an association between a deterioration in aspects of IQ in psychotic patients, in particular perceptual reasoning. Patients with delusional disorder can remain otherwise coherent, sensible and reasonable.
People with this condition will rarely admit that their beliefs are delusions or are problematic, and will therefore rarely seek out treatment.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) defines six subtypes of the disorder characterized as
An example of a minor case, and how it effected children subjected to it, is here; My childhood on the run – and the bizarre truth behind it.
It is discussed futher, here (with links), here (Webmd) and here.
Mental illness is not only a huge taboo in Indian society, let along likely to be grossly misunderstood in the 1930s and 40s but, arguably, is commonly accept as some kind of divinity.
If it turns out that he was absolutely wrong in his predictions ... and the facts are that he was and his errors have been covered up, revised, re-written and whitewashed many times - even by professionals and academics within the cult to this day ... was Lekhraj Kirpalani just suffering from some kind of complex mental illness while being rich enough to indulge in his wildest fantasies, and the community that gathered around him and his wealth shaped by it?
Shaped by it to the degree they were able to turn it into money earner ... literally inducing mental illness in individuals and then exploiting them by claiming to offer the cure for it.
Does the BK leaders "Do more Yoga" maxim (meaning their meditation practise) really not just mean, "make yourself more sick" (so we can exploit it)?
Are the subtle coercions and psychic beatings the BK leadership dole out in order to get young individuals to conform to their world view and act according to their preferences and enslave them, not just getting them to conform, unquestionly, to their own shared delusion?
In the past, we've often examined and questioned Lekhraj Kirpalani and his original entourage's original state of mind suggesting that, perhaps, they were all suffering a grand "folie de plusieres" where Lekhraj Kirpalani's delusional beliefs were passed from himself, as the dominating individuals to the not just submissive but utterly dependent women and female children of the Om Mandli. For them, he was their god Krishna, Brahma and Vishnu. (He only become their Shiva too around 1956).
In induced delusional disorder the symptoms are usually paranoid or grandiose and arise within the confines of a close relationship in two (or more) people who are otherwise socially isolated
Delusional disorder is a rare condition, a mental illness in which the patient presents delusions, but without prominent hallucinations, thought disorder, mood disorder.
Although delusions also occur as symptoms of many other mental disorders, especially the other psychotic disorders, in Delusional disorder, the delusions can be "bizarre" or "non-bizarre" in content, non-bizarre delusions could include fixed false beliefs that involve situations that could potentially occur in real life. Individuals with delusional disorder may continue to socialize and function in a normal manner and their behavior does not necessarily generally seem odd, however, the preoccupation with delusional ideas can be disruptive to their overall lives.
The delusions cannot be due to the effects of a drug, medication, or general medical condition and a person with delusional disorder may be high functioning in the rest of their daily life. Recent and comprehensive metaanalyses of scientific studies point to an association between a deterioration in aspects of IQ in psychotic patients, in particular perceptual reasoning. Patients with delusional disorder can remain otherwise coherent, sensible and reasonable.
People with this condition will rarely admit that their beliefs are delusions or are problematic, and will therefore rarely seek out treatment.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) defines six subtypes of the disorder characterized as
- erotomanic (believes that someone is in love with them),
grandiose (believes that they are the greatest, strongest, fastest, richest, or most intelligent person ever),
jealous (believes that the love partner is cheating on them),
persecutory (delusions that the person or someone to whom the person is close is being malevolently treated in some way),
somatic (believes that they have a disease or medical condition), and
mixed, i.e., having features of more than one subtype.
An example of a minor case, and how it effected children subjected to it, is here; My childhood on the run – and the bizarre truth behind it.
It is discussed futher, here (with links), here (Webmd) and here.
Mental illness is not only a huge taboo in Indian society, let along likely to be grossly misunderstood in the 1930s and 40s but, arguably, is commonly accept as some kind of divinity.
If it turns out that he was absolutely wrong in his predictions ... and the facts are that he was and his errors have been covered up, revised, re-written and whitewashed many times - even by professionals and academics within the cult to this day ... was Lekhraj Kirpalani just suffering from some kind of complex mental illness while being rich enough to indulge in his wildest fantasies, and the community that gathered around him and his wealth shaped by it?
Shaped by it to the degree they were able to turn it into money earner ... literally inducing mental illness in individuals and then exploiting them by claiming to offer the cure for it.
Does the BK leaders "Do more Yoga" maxim (meaning their meditation practise) really not just mean, "make yourself more sick" (so we can exploit it)?
Are the subtle coercions and psychic beatings the BK leadership dole out in order to get young individuals to conform to their world view and act according to their preferences and enslave them, not just getting them to conform, unquestionly, to their own shared delusion?