Pink Panther wrote:What next, public baths and true gymnasia (literally, a place where you exercise naked)?
You may have missed it but they already have a "Japanese bath" and health spa up in Mount Abu which is pretty much what you are talking about. It's all pay for extra. I suppose they are targeting pampered middle classes women from the big cities ... "practise soul consciousness while you have your back rubbed and a manicure"?
No pictures, so I don't know how big or what they mean. I mean, with all that solar heated steam they use in the kitchen, it makes sense to re-use the water in a big communal bath. At a cost to the German government who gave them, what was it ... $3m to build it. (Indian government also chipped in and they are still begging for another $5m to finish it all ... right before Destruction one presumes).
BKWSU wrote:BK health-field-newsOur Ayurveda Panchkarma team is also looking forward to serving you. In addition to popular therapies Shirodhara, body massage and steam and acupressure, you can enjoy a Japanese bath this season!
The
Peace Garden, 8 km away, is looking pretty rich considering it is in the middle of a desert.
If right from the beginning they are presented and marketed themselves as a "co-prosperity" club offering shared or collective ownership of all these luxuries ... and that is what they all are, space - even water - is a huge luxury in India ... then it would have been harder to criticise them. How much of
"the experience" is really just the experience of the luxury of wealth and wealth accumulation? At the end of the day, that is what Lekhraj Kirpalani knew best. Better than all of us. How to make money, and how to use the power and influence of it.
I see on that "Peace of Mind Retreat" web link, run by BK UK and BK Oz, they are still rolling out the old BS about, "The Brahma Kumaris research and teach the ancient art of Raja Yoga Meditation".
Can you tell us any more about BK Germany? How many regular BKs are there? How often do they attend?
Yes, I'd like to see a total account of all of the Brahma Kumaris real estate acquisitions. I would agree it has been a miracle of wealth creation, but not a "miracle from god". Just decades worth of exploiting vulnerable individuals and squirrelling away the proceeds. It's like investing in a "time share" scheme but without any rights.
In another scheme in Putrajaya Malaysia, they built
another luxury retreat centre building, complete with gardens, a concierge transport and a bookshop as a "
community project". 196,000 square feet, 4.5 acres.
Looking at
another land sale in the area, 6.7 acres is going for $2,701,000 USD, so you've got over a $1,000,000 bucks there in land alone. And take a look at how they utilise their
air conditioned space. It's all space, space, space ... to create an effect. And sponsored by non-BKs, note that their bus is "in partnership" with some other
rich businessman's charity.
They took
at least $110,000 from Tan Sri Vincent Tan.
The thing is, all this wealth and property just doesn't "happening" spontaneously. There has to be someone in middle laying down the policies and giving directions ... "accumulate money, squirrel it away and don't spend it on any silly charity or the poor, buy land and build properties to accumulate more, apply for charitable donations/grants, keep it in our name and don't give any rights or memberships away to anyone, retain total control" etc. That is the true religion of BKism but it's not written down anywhere.
While gaining material wealth is often a priority for many people, Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga Malaysia Foundation spiritual counsellor Datuk Bridget Menzes also stressed the importance of attaining inner peace, describing it as one of the secrets to success.
“Positivity is a natural outcome of someone who is stable. Tan Sri (Vincent Tan) knows all this. And that is why he is donating, while others with wealth can be blind to the poverty of others,” she said.
Bridget said the RM500,000 received will be used to set up the first-ever Yoga retreat and community centre for inner learning in Malaysia.