I was being cynical when I wrote, that but I see the internet is already a flutter with speculation about Trump in that department, and has been for some time in Christian America, so let's keep chat about that on other sites. I think we have to see it as yet another unknowable, well beyond our individual sphere of influence; and accept that Nostradamus's predictions were just as opaque and undecipherable as the BKs' Murlis. Perhaps just from the same kind of source, whether within the individual or from some other 'mystical' source as Lekhraj Kirpalani's?
Was not the ungrounded tendency to accept End Time and Nostradamus's predictions as something worthy of investing oneself in, not part of the same tendency that encouraged us to be open to BKism? I would say in my case it was. In my time, there was a definite buzz about a WWIII or imminent nuclear war with Russia that my psyche latched on to (end of the Cold War) which was exaggerated and exploited by the BKs and BKism. People then were also making much of Nostradamus.
These days, I try to limit myself to wrestle with those things that directly affect me on a day to day basis which I have reasonable chances of changing, overcoming or improving. I've erected a strong filters which dismisses even being swept up and pushed along by, say, political currents and causes.
Mostly that because when I have been, I've found myself just having wasted a whole heap of time and energy and gotten no where; and discovered that there was a heap of shenanigans going on at the top/head of the movement and that, like in the BKs, I was just being used for other interests than my own.
I think we have to see the tendency like an alcoholic would a bottle of strong spirits, and guard against indulging in our addiction for intoxicating other worldly stuff.
We are excited and in that excited state we lose our centre and give ourselves, our energy, our time and money away. We are like drunks gambling one some "sure bet" that ends up in us being taken to the cleaners. Again.
I think about how excited we used to get as BKs over big service events, whichever VIP was being targeted (and the speculations over how they 'must' be a BK), or trying to give meaning about some utterance the god spirit had made ... and how much of a huge waste of time it all was.
You are right, there is no "anti-Christ" in BKism, although if there was, they'd claim Lekhraj Kirpalani was it. They do claim Lekhraj Kirpalani was responsible for the Fall of humanity and for falling the lowest or most vicious of all human beings (no idea how they work that one out). So what if there is an anti-Christ and Trump is it, what would you be able to do about it?
No doubt, some nut job will, and probably take a pot shot at him at some point. Would you want to take the gamble and pay the price for doing so? Would you have the guts to do so?
If not, just move along then I'd say.
I wonder if Ladbrokes are taking bets on it yet?
Was not the ungrounded tendency to accept End Time and Nostradamus's predictions as something worthy of investing oneself in, not part of the same tendency that encouraged us to be open to BKism? I would say in my case it was. In my time, there was a definite buzz about a WWIII or imminent nuclear war with Russia that my psyche latched on to (end of the Cold War) which was exaggerated and exploited by the BKs and BKism. People then were also making much of Nostradamus.
These days, I try to limit myself to wrestle with those things that directly affect me on a day to day basis which I have reasonable chances of changing, overcoming or improving. I've erected a strong filters which dismisses even being swept up and pushed along by, say, political currents and causes.
Mostly that because when I have been, I've found myself just having wasted a whole heap of time and energy and gotten no where; and discovered that there was a heap of shenanigans going on at the top/head of the movement and that, like in the BKs, I was just being used for other interests than my own.
I think we have to see the tendency like an alcoholic would a bottle of strong spirits, and guard against indulging in our addiction for intoxicating other worldly stuff.
We are excited and in that excited state we lose our centre and give ourselves, our energy, our time and money away. We are like drunks gambling one some "sure bet" that ends up in us being taken to the cleaners. Again.
I think about how excited we used to get as BKs over big service events, whichever VIP was being targeted (and the speculations over how they 'must' be a BK), or trying to give meaning about some utterance the god spirit had made ... and how much of a huge waste of time it all was.
You are right, there is no "anti-Christ" in BKism, although if there was, they'd claim Lekhraj Kirpalani was it. They do claim Lekhraj Kirpalani was responsible for the Fall of humanity and for falling the lowest or most vicious of all human beings (no idea how they work that one out). So what if there is an anti-Christ and Trump is it, what would you be able to do about it?
No doubt, some nut job will, and probably take a pot shot at him at some point. Would you want to take the gamble and pay the price for doing so? Would you have the guts to do so?
If not, just move along then I'd say.
I wonder if Ladbrokes are taking bets on it yet?