bansy wrote:Maybe the question to also discuss is "who is the Murli for" and therefore does it meet the needs for those who vow by it.
What might be interesting is for the BKWSU to publish the uncensored and unrevised Murlis in a book form and then to give copies to leading religion, philosophical and creative writers, and send them to publishing houses, for them to review and see what they say.
Personally, a) I do not think they would get very good reviews at all and b) I don't think they would even find a publisher willing to publish them. I think the "good bits" are often said better and more often by other human authors. They are more like a constant diet of porrage oats or rice gruel served at a poor house or prison in comparison to a well-cooked, balanced and nutritious diet of 3 courses a day varying according to the seasons. An objective view of the Murlis from a literal point of view is possible.
How could we kid ourselves? They are not a very good read at all and in their '5 to 6 page form' only had virtue at teaching the listeners patience and persistence until 8 am came and released them to chatter after class.
What would be an equally valuable experiment, would be to remove the Murlis from BK centers and instead read other works of moral, philosophical, intellectual and even emotionally inspiring greatness for a month ... then check the BK followers for who their stage was.
My guess is that the improvement in BKs' stages would be great, universal and gratefully received ... people would be queuing up in the morning to come.
The Murlis have become the tool of mental enslavement to the Brahma Kumari cult (... and here I am separating them from what would have once been a dynamic and inspiring religion for the 70 or so mainly uneducated women in question whilst Lekhraj Kirpalani was in his prime). They have a purpose only in converting your state of mind back into the state of mind those women were in and socially conditioning you to fit into their world. For some, that state might have a relationship to their current state but, personally speaking, I was an idiot to attempt to invest my intellect in them.
Most Murlis could be reduced down to a paragraph of interesting or worthwhile information ... what is the rest for? How many times does one have to hear that "Krishna is not God" ... especially when one never believed that Krishna was God!?!
Now repeat after me children, "From the long lost now found again ... da-di-da-Dada".