quantum wrote:yes, when they play dressing ups ... it's 'divine & Godly ... but for other religions it's Bhakti!
It's the first rule of starting a religion ... you have to have a funny costume to differentiate your product or team from all the other religions' product or team.
In the case of the Brahma Kumaris, even that is borrowed. The sari was not traditional Sindi garb. Despite criticising Gandhi and Congress as "traitors" to the British rulers, and the Independence Movement in the old days as pointless, I think that's where they took the white sari from. It was Mirabhen (an English woman follower of Gandhi) who started wearing a
white sari and shawl (and took a vow of celibacy), when the BKs were still dressing in fineries or like English private school girls.
I am absolutely sure any enlightened being or beings would not spend all of their lives dressing up, making exaggerated claims about their own importance, and promoting themselves. The stuff I really dislike is where they put themselves before all other religions, like this ... (below).
I mean, basic politeness say, "put other before yourself". Not "stick your guru at the top and in the middle". Note, NO ONE ELSE except the BKs recognises Lekhraj Kirpalani as a great spiritual leader in any way at all, never mind greater than all the spiritual leaders pictured below. Nor does anyone recognise the BK god spirit as the god of all.
They even dress up their scooters ...