di wrote:Could you good people give me some more information on bhattis, please? I think he went to one tonight. Said it was to go for an hour, he was gone for 6 hours.
Six hours is a long time, Di. To be doing what? That is the mystery. I can tell you we've had many weekend and longer retreats. Often it would be Dr. Nirmala visiting. As BKs I can tell you we were happy to spend our time that way. It was such nourishment for the soul, such deep penetrating truth and love. Yes, that was what it seemed like. All fed by belief in an exclusive possesion of esoteric knowledge.
Destruction is nigh. If there is anything you want to do in your life, do it now. Give up your body, mind and wealth for Baba's service. While puriifying yourself in thought, word and action, practicing the eight powers, inculcating the sixteen celestial arts of living as practiced by the immortal kings of old.
I can tell you, Di, that he will be having classes on all these subjects, to learn the subtleties of having All Relationships with One, somehow less subtle when capitalized. That is a fault of the BKs, living life IN CAPITAL LETTERS. Even PEACE, lol
They definitely shame sex, frown decidedly on intimate relations of any kind. Make you follow ritual purity, you must bathe after poo'ing. I tell you it took me ten years to get through, and I am an intelligent man!! Pretty strange.
I try to practice telling it like it is. BKs generally conceal: reveal your chart only to Baba/Dadis, not to any worldly human beings to whom you want to give the Father's introduction. No, to BKs speaking of inner life (i.e. stuff) is generally verboten. Raja Yoga teaches the supremecy of the intellect.
Unfortunately, the intellect turns out to be none other than a mask for Judgement, a wet bag over any kind of playful creativity. If we begin to filter, we have to know what to look for. A strange second level of supervision over the self, a hypervigilence that can be inhibiting to some, debilitating to others.
I am lucky to know how to let myself out. BKs may hold themselves in out of love for God and for their Seniors. Some are genuinely fulfilled, with careers of decades as
semirenunciates. They believe they are following a legitimate tradition.
They don't think they do harm by preaching celibacy. Sex is so filthy and bad to them, it is inconceivable to them that teaching 'purity' or 'soul-conscious detachment' could be harmful. It was inconceivable to me, too.
We would argue that detachment is necessary by a medical practitioner.
It is a completely self-fulfilling lifestyle. No longer mine. I went to a bar tonight for a couple beers, and feel fine. In front of the world, I am clearly not dying nor crying burning tears of blood. I am just a bloke having a beer with friends after a long day.
For them it is the 22 generations of the double-crowned kingdom that I am getting or giving up based on whether I drink this one beer. The stakes are very, very high for them. That is a con, pumping up the stakes like that. Destruction is coming, sinners will be punished.
We are doing spiritual service, if we can show customers and income. A good Sister will inspire others to 'make their fortunes'. That is what we called getting others to donate. Help them 'make their fortunes.' So this is also high stakes. Multimillion reward for one step here.
As I say, all very big CAPITALS. Cut away attachments with the sword of knowledge. That, I am sorry to say, is the kind of thing your loved one is being continuously urged to do.
The deep sincerity of some offset by the evident cynicism of others.