No, I mean the *original* date, not the revised-revised date, e.g. in the 1960s or 70s. In the old days, the revised Murlis at least had the date of the original spoken version AND the revised date, e.g. 1 April 1969 - 13 Sept 2014. That meant you could go back to the original, check the difference between the two, and work out what had been changed and removed.
For example, the BKs are really upset by the PBKs because the PBKs are very particular about the Murlis and where they believed there were references to Farrukhabad where the PBK head quarters or other issues which they raise ... the BKs would change or remove them. It's that immature!
kumar28061972 wrote:What do you mean by the ‘original form’?
It means that
a) first and foremost, the content of them is not as was originally spoken by Lekhraj Kirpalani, they have had material removed, added and changed ... by unnamed and unaccountable individuals who, arguably, don't know the significance of it and are acting with a primary concern of its PR value.
b) second, the additional parts - which one could argue were contentious BK State Control thought control in action - have become increasingly long and are promoted IN PREFERENCE to the actual content spoken by God Shiva/Lekhraj Kirpalani. By this I mean the Essence, Question, Song ... Essence for dharna, Blessing and Slogan, are all added by Madhuban to suit their own agenda. For a long time, it was ONLY these parts, the human added parts, which were circulated publicly.
c) lastly, the English versions have been "polished" into language they did not originally use giving a false impression and, one presumes, all the non-English/non-Hindi language versions based on translations of the English ones have gone even further from the original.
Loads has been removed or modified. Most of it would be called "un-politically correct", e.g. stuff about Congress, Sanyasis, other religions, dark skinned people, cripples etc; some of it is stuff like direct mentions of individuals who have since left the BKs - so as not to raise questions - or whom the BKs now consider are unimportant. And then there is all the stuff about the 1976 Destruction prediction which went on before 1976 AND after 1976.
Now, here are the paradoxes ...
The BKs claim the Murli is the word of God and we should follow the word of God and not the words of other humans, and yet it is other humans who are doing all this chopping and changing and re-writing "God's" words.
Who knows best, God or humans concerned with politically correctness and public image?
There is another line of thought on all this, which is the PBKs' one. As far as I understand, the PBK accept the Murlis are the word of God and should not be changed, and where there are apparent faults or errors, the problem is with the human misunderstanding of them. They seek a more metaphorically understanding of the Murlis and all their faults and contradictions.
And, overall, it appears their context has been change, e.g. that, originally, they were more of 'question and answer sessions' with Lekhraj Kirpalani, which would explain all their repetitions.
Personally, I think that
a) a great deal has been lost through all this process, not least a truer impression of the nature of the BK god and Lekhraj Kirpalani, and
b) at the very least, the BKWSU Elite should allow anyone access to the original "words of God" so that they can research them and chose which version they prefer. No humans should stand between any individual and their god and interfere in their relationship.
Now, in my view, those opinions are the absolute correct ones to hold and beyond criticism, even according to BK Gyan.
What other religion has invested so much energy into hiding its scriptures and deliberately messing with them ... this to me exposes the true nature of the Brahma Kumari leadership;
i) they think themselves superior to their own god or leader who they often patronise like cruel children to an elderly relative (e.g. "silly Lekhraj Kirpalani"),
ii) they don't value the truth and manipulate it to suit their public image (and income)
iii) they disrespect their following, a following which they have, in essence, subverted from God and towards them, putting themselves above and in front of both etc etc etc
I will avoid making any further obvious criticisms so as not to appear too "negative". I see the above as being very "positive" because it is highly accurate ... and Baba says, "be accurate".
Believe me, this site has remarkably removed my UN-necessary fear of Sister in-charges, Seniors and the whole credit goes to you.
Yes, thank you ... I am thinking of doing seminars called, "
Regaining one's True True Nature; the Spirituality of Disrespect based on Inconvenient Truths™".
Unfortunately, they will only be available to VVIPs, extreme rich industrialists and Bollywood stars at exotic locations to which I will have to be flown business class ...
at their expense ... and be provided with two young Kumari servants to cook, clean and look after my daily affairs, and one Kumar with a car to drive me around.
Does that sound familiar to anyone in the BKWSU you know?