arjun wrote:2. If death is staring at us then why are BKs collecting properties worth crores of rupees in every big and small city of the world? Baba has permitted construction of buildings at Madhuban because children come and meet Father there. But if we collect properties throughout the world and tell the world that death is staring at us, then who will believe us?
Its a fair point to make, e.g. ; how and why did the BKWSU amass £ 15,000,000 worth in the UK with so little fund raising budget? [1,287,262,000 Rupees] Why does the Charity Commission note that there have been large movements of cash now that there are some investigations being made into their activities? Why have the BKWSU changed their principles and guidelines to say that they are promoting Hinduism and celebrating Hindu festivals? But I think it is simplistic argument that might impress individuals with little education and be easily defended by the clever individuals that manage the business of the BKWSU. (
Who are they, by the way?) The answer would be, " a) God comes in Gulzar and b) because it is cheaper to mortgage property than rent it and by purchasing property, it allows the BKWSU to be more free in whatever activities they chose to do without any 'Kaliyugi' landlord or local government interfering ".
BUT as a young and very earnest BK it used to confuse me deeply how certain influential BKs and BK supports could believe that the world was going to end and then engaged in mortgages,
pensions, stocks and shares investments whilst at the other end we were encouraged to give up our lives, education, professional ambition and our money and to do basic service. It was almost as thought they had the ability to believe and not believe at the same time. You might ask, why do the BKWSU ask individuals to donate their properties to them in their Will? They would, of course, say it is to increase the individuals inheritance [ good karma ].
Can I suggest that you research the financial status of the BKWSU in India and other countries? Do you have a Charity Commission there? Is the BKWSU a charity or trust or private business? Or many such organisations? What sort of money are we talking about? Why was there never an annual financial report made and openly published?
There is a very famous book in the West called "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. It is one of our 20th Century 'scripture'. I don't know how widely known it is in India. It was an allegory of Communist Russia in which the animals, led by the pigs, rebelled and threw out the old human farmer - only for the pigs to gradually take over, re-write history and the rules to become exactly like the farmer once again - only this time to treat the rest of the animals even worse. At one crucial stage in the story, the pigs move into the farmhouse, start dressing like humans to be able to do business with human, walking on two legs. There excuse is that it is good for the farm to do the opposite of what the rules they made were. It reminds me a little of the complete and absolute U-Turn the BKWSU are making. They would argue that they need the big buildings and nice environments because of the numbers coming and to impress VIPs.
If it is true that the BKWSU says to the Charity Commission that they are promoting Hinduism and celebrating Hindu festivals, what does it make them? Liars to the Charity Commission and therefore the British State and Crown, or hypocrits to God. Either way, I am sorry to say, it is a religion of hypocrisy. The Seniors are showing the example that to get ahead one needs to lie and become a hypocrit, that it is OK to be a hypocrit.
What does ShivBaba say to the PBKs about "microphone souls"? Is he still so obsessed at PBK to find VIPs to broadcast the message? Or did the BKs misunderstand this? Excuse my lack of precise knowledge of the Murlis but does God not make quite a clear distinction between Raja Yoga and Bhakti and does he not say that BKs should not perform Bhakti rituals and festivals?
I can say that within the BKWSU, this doubletalk and distortion is the norm. That they are experts at presenting a facade or charade to outsiders. Likewise, would one honestly want individuals that were only impressed by material things to be attracted to this path? To me that seems to be the opposite of what you would want. Now, is that justifiable? I don't know ... they obviously see it as a Yukti for infiltrating the Establishment and climbing the slippery pole on their search for a 'microphone' to broadcast their message. If they were honest no one
BUT BK souls would come to them, everyone else would see them as a mad, a threat or a danger and run away. It strikes me that they have given up that deep, simple integrity in order to increase their political power -
and those individuals that rise quickest within the organisation and are externally rewarded as those that are best at playing this game. We are talking good at VIP service, PR, bureaucracy, inflitrating committees, politics, social services or so on.
I have been considering the topics posted by BK sparkal and have to agree to some extent; do I remember individuals being particularly recognised on behalf of their power of Yoga or depth of experience or integrity to the teachings? The attention seemed to be on conforming to the wishes of the Seniors and the status game. I don't blame or accuse the BKWSU here. Personally, I think that they are being misled and seduced into activities that are not entirely Godly by those that are not that Godly themselves - and looking too heavily to the the Kaliyuga world for examples of 'how to do things'. Either these individuals are
NOT actually following princples themselves or are quite new to the organisation and so have not really gone through the transformation process. I would question whether they are transferring their worldly ambitions to institutional ambitions. It is a young organisation and will make mistakes. I just hope that not too many individuals are hurt along the way.