02 Sep 2008
Putting aside all the rubbish, one can consider if this meditation works. Can thoughts around God, and Godly knowledge, scotch bad karma, and improve good karma, and is this the only way?
I see karma as a pendulum, push it and it swings. Push it well and more harmony results, push it badly and ugh!
BKs would of course say that attention to karma is Baba's teaching. Whilst the meeting with a stranger from the strange land (if Baba exists and good karma is earned by taking people to meet him) exists in BKdom, other systems of thought and meditation also direct one's attention to karma. The BKs are excellent at making sweet milk taste somewhat rank for some. Ex-students can be challenged by the necessity of major forgiveness, even of God.
Standing alone without all the junk of interaction, with well meaning people who consider themselves of superior ilk, does this knowledge really improve ones life? Ex-students who decide to study other knowledge can have their efforts hampered by BK conditioning. The BK are well aware of this. Unfortunately they do little to assist the person leaving, as those leaving are considered lost. So we have superior beings that wish us to obey but if we do not want to play that game, we are not worth helping. Such are the vagaries of childhood.
The junk of interaction with BKs is nothing to do with knowledge. Often, in temples, statues are found sitting in their own niche, alone and meditative. Perhaps there is something good about taking one's time and making everything clear, and instead of constantly spinning The Cycle to bring it to a complete and utter halt.
In that space, it may be possible to consider if The Knowledge works for us and pick and choose our thoughts - and create new ones the world has never heard or felt before.
The BK have all the answers - in theory; though each person works out their karma alone. Whilst the insurance of hob-nobbing with God's Greats for 10% of income may appeal to some; for others, serving humanity is their main concern.
For me, the bottom line is, will this knowledge bring out the best in me or will something else do a better job? Some leave but cannot leave the study so instead of love Baba the game becomes knock the BK. Perhaps the BK deserves it or perhaps they are misunderstood as the pain they dish out is for people's long term good. Say they do deserve it. Then I have to ask myself if I wish to play "knock the BK" or turn to something far more constructive like the something else that will do a better job for me at this time.
Years ago there was a 'ban the bomb' campaign and friends joined it. I never did, though I wore the badge and thought it a good cause. Similarly, I write fairly lightly of my BK interaction as I have never wished to live a life of opposition, choosing not to have my attention arrested by the activity of others. Far better to put my attention where I decide and best in a most constructive place where there is no junk. Of course I did not always and don't always do this, at least I am aware of this possibility. A spiritual life is never a half-hearted life.
In reading the biographies of yogis (Milarepa for example), I notice that some endured terrible hardship that was later understood to be necessary in order for them to progress. Just this thought can give one heart. I am grateful for my interactions with the BK, they have helped me open vistas as they have demonstrated much of what I want and some of what I do not want in my life. For some, the BK are fair weather friends - not much use in inclement weather, that is my experience so far. Shame, they seemed so full of promise many years ago
Having considered if we can use The Knowledge at this time, we can chart the course we choose. Sometimes Dadi Junky is later perceived as Dadi Janki but the real arena is self knowledge.
A brand new start, none of the junk - just ... the bare minimum.
That's all folks!
I see karma as a pendulum, push it and it swings. Push it well and more harmony results, push it badly and ugh!
BKs would of course say that attention to karma is Baba's teaching. Whilst the meeting with a stranger from the strange land (if Baba exists and good karma is earned by taking people to meet him) exists in BKdom, other systems of thought and meditation also direct one's attention to karma. The BKs are excellent at making sweet milk taste somewhat rank for some. Ex-students can be challenged by the necessity of major forgiveness, even of God.
Standing alone without all the junk of interaction, with well meaning people who consider themselves of superior ilk, does this knowledge really improve ones life? Ex-students who decide to study other knowledge can have their efforts hampered by BK conditioning. The BK are well aware of this. Unfortunately they do little to assist the person leaving, as those leaving are considered lost. So we have superior beings that wish us to obey but if we do not want to play that game, we are not worth helping. Such are the vagaries of childhood.
The junk of interaction with BKs is nothing to do with knowledge. Often, in temples, statues are found sitting in their own niche, alone and meditative. Perhaps there is something good about taking one's time and making everything clear, and instead of constantly spinning The Cycle to bring it to a complete and utter halt.
In that space, it may be possible to consider if The Knowledge works for us and pick and choose our thoughts - and create new ones the world has never heard or felt before.
The BK have all the answers - in theory; though each person works out their karma alone. Whilst the insurance of hob-nobbing with God's Greats for 10% of income may appeal to some; for others, serving humanity is their main concern.
For me, the bottom line is, will this knowledge bring out the best in me or will something else do a better job? Some leave but cannot leave the study so instead of love Baba the game becomes knock the BK. Perhaps the BK deserves it or perhaps they are misunderstood as the pain they dish out is for people's long term good. Say they do deserve it. Then I have to ask myself if I wish to play "knock the BK" or turn to something far more constructive like the something else that will do a better job for me at this time.
Years ago there was a 'ban the bomb' campaign and friends joined it. I never did, though I wore the badge and thought it a good cause. Similarly, I write fairly lightly of my BK interaction as I have never wished to live a life of opposition, choosing not to have my attention arrested by the activity of others. Far better to put my attention where I decide and best in a most constructive place where there is no junk. Of course I did not always and don't always do this, at least I am aware of this possibility. A spiritual life is never a half-hearted life.
In reading the biographies of yogis (Milarepa for example), I notice that some endured terrible hardship that was later understood to be necessary in order for them to progress. Just this thought can give one heart. I am grateful for my interactions with the BK, they have helped me open vistas as they have demonstrated much of what I want and some of what I do not want in my life. For some, the BK are fair weather friends - not much use in inclement weather, that is my experience so far. Shame, they seemed so full of promise many years ago
Having considered if we can use The Knowledge at this time, we can chart the course we choose. Sometimes Dadi Junky is later perceived as Dadi Janki but the real arena is self knowledge.
A brand new start, none of the junk - just ... the bare minimum.
That's all folks!
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