GuptaRati 6666 wrote:It can, in spite of the hammering by BK abuse, go on to love, be loved and have fun doing activities it loves for its benefit and that of the world.
That's a very positive, heartening response.
I often think how, during my BK times, I became a fabulist and they encouraged in me, - and they encouraged in me fabulism.
The entire BK culture from the deeply and spiritually dishonest and manipulative Dadi Janki, augmented by the even more fabulistic Jagdish Chander -
who at that time provided the so called intellectual dimension of BKism (as the Sisters basically had none) was fabulistic. I often wonder how on earth I came to be spouting, and enjoying spouting, all of that nonsense -
with full faith - that I actually did not believe. I often check myself and ask, "did I really believe
x ... y ... z?" at the time and my conclusion is, no. I did not. But I was enjoying the freedom of their fairy stories, and my mini-guru status, and making up more of them. That's what we did as Western BKs ... "polishing their turd" as I call it now ... like Robert Shubow taking their Adi Dev story and re-making it up all over again to sell to other Westerners and make up look good.
Therefore, I recognise this tendency to space right out, go cosmic and make crap up that I also see in others ... those making a business out of Conspiracy Theories being prime candidates.
It's not to say there are not truthful nuggets in them, because usually there are. It's just to recognise that indulging in them is probably just feeding unhealth aspects of my personality. I think honest, old fashioned fairy stories and classic legends have more value as psychology archetypes etc, and I consider these as new ones to match a New Age.
For example, in the old days, psychic mediums always used to have "Chinamen", "Tibetans" or "Red Indian Chiefs" as their spirit guides. Now we know that the Chinese and the TIbetans are just like us or less well developed and Native Americans all just broken drunks (
exaggerated) ... so our seers have to invent even more distant guides; Venusians, interdimensional beings, or advanced techno-aliens from the Planet Zorg.
In the past, China was the old "Planet Zorg". I even tend to think "Venus" is a bit old fashion and belong with Flash Gordon comics, as we've been there now and are pretty confident the atmosphere etc could not suport humanoid life.
I am crashing right into Thor to test you ... but I have seen before a tendency within ex-BKs to replace BKism with some other kind of fabulism, perhaps just for entertainment value or to make one's life more interesting?
Pink makes an interesting conclusion re the loss of control though ...
As a BK, I met one of the key "NWO" Conspiracy guys ... Lord Peter Carrington and his wife. He was visiting the BKs. To be honest, I did not notice any reptile scales. He was perfectly gentlemanly and took an interest in the ordinary people around him. Despite me being nothing more than a driver for the BKs, and he a leading statesman, he even invited me in for a cup of tea when I dropped him off.
I've also met David Icke in person and, given a choice between the two, I'd say Carrington was more together and grounded. Icke was scary "out there".
Fabulist
A person who composes or relates fables.
A liar, especially one who invents elaborately dishonest stories. a born fabulist, with an imagination unfettered by the laws of logic and probability.