The simple answer is, the centres-in-charge mostly all live off donations, and the leadership affords their palaces and delusion of grandeur from them ... and they learned from 1950, 1976, 1986 that prediction don't happen - but are good for business - and developed an armoury of get out clauses that are passed down the pyramid of command.
Destruction is always just around the corner. I remember Jayanti Kirpalani telling us "two to three years" back in the 1980s ... and she was meant to be "One of the (top) 108" souls in the world, her advice "Shrimat" and equal to God's!
Such conceited self-delusion.
However, I wanted to add for 'Free Speech' that some BKs and newcomers do have very strong and inexplicable experiences, especially in the beginning (... they wear off) . I know I did, but not as strong as others, even those I was teaching. They included all the usual "religious" experiences; visions of light/s or heaven, bodilessness, floating feelings etc.
But what's the point of them if all they lead to is delusion, a lack of honesty and ethics, and a life of chasing tired old politicians and VIPs?
Destruction is always just around the corner. I remember Jayanti Kirpalani telling us "two to three years" back in the 1980s ... and she was meant to be "One of the (top) 108" souls in the world, her advice "Shrimat" and equal to God's!
Such conceited self-delusion.
However, I wanted to add for 'Free Speech' that some BKs and newcomers do have very strong and inexplicable experiences, especially in the beginning (... they wear off) . I know I did, but not as strong as others, even those I was teaching. They included all the usual "religious" experiences; visions of light/s or heaven, bodilessness, floating feelings etc.
But what's the point of them if all they lead to is delusion, a lack of honesty and ethics, and a life of chasing tired old politicians and VIPs?