Spiritually Laid Back

Bob Lazar Series 1 (see all parts please), a six part series on how man was actually created, our creators, our purpose, etc.

Also, see John Lear Treaty,  John Lear sheds further light, John Lear Disclosure (esp see parts 9 and beyond), on God, genesis, and how humankind is being managed/controlled.

I could barely read thru the drivel posted by kalkipraveen, but basically he says that the 6 people who got trampelled to death, died due to their sins. They were sinners. Some "filtration process". Surely will give solace to their families !

 Often I have heard that dying on a pilgrimage is great fortune for a devotee. Those are the stories one reads in India. Since I escaped the Kalki business long back, I don’t know what excuses are being shared in satsangs, but I wonder if the deaths could be ascribed to "great fortune to die on the most auspicious day in the history of the Universe" - when the temple was opened. Would make a lot of devotees feel sad that they did not get crushed to death on that day.

"When, dasaji, is the next great day in the history of the earth ? We’d like to come and get crushed on that day!"

I loved the last line on kalkipraveens post … its a gem.

Irate workers belonging to the CPI(M) and its frontal organisations like the SFI and Praja Natya Mandali on Friday pulled down the huge arches and cut-outs of Kalki and Amma Bhagavan put up here and made a bonfire of them. They were protesting against the alleged callous attitude of the Kalki Bhagavan Trust which resulted in the stampede leading to the death of five devotees and injuries to over 100 persons in the melee on Tuesday.

There was utter chaos in the sprawling ‘Oneness Temple’ complex when some four lakh devotees of the Kalki cult who converged at the complex for the consecration ceremony of the shrine pushed and jostled each other at a water point and scampered around in utter panic when the stampede broke outThey raised slogans against Kalki and Amma Bhagavan and demanded their immediate arrest holding them responsible for the ‘callous handling’ of the arrangements at the complex.

 

Source. Refer link.

A day after the stampede which claimed five lives and left more than 100 persons injured, some of them critically, an eerie calm hangs heavily on the 500-acre campus of the ‘Oneness Temple’ which was due for consecration on April 26.

The tragedy occurred on Tuesday when the preliminary ceremonies for the inauguration of the temple—‘Kalki Bhagavan Deeksha Peetham’–were under way amid a huge congregation of about four lakh followers of the Kalki cult drawn from different parts of the country, including some from abroad, converging at the complex having arrangements only for half the crowd.

Melee at water point

According to initial investigations, the stampede occurred when the thirsty devotees, in the absence of any proper facility for drinking water, pushed and jostled with each in frenzy at a water point.

In the resultant melee, many persons, including women, aged and infirm were pushed and trampled upon by the surging crowd, leaving five persons dead and more than 100 injured. SOURCE.

For more, see  this.  Also, this.

This was just brought to my notice. No end to people being suckered.

Billing business as “sacred pursuit” Vithal C Nadkarni Economic Times February 2^nd, 2008 

For a country like India, the search for spirituality is hardly new. But when movers-and-shakers, bankers and businessmen from around the world, including a Grammy-award-winning pop singer like Noel Schajris (of Sin Bandera) and Bollywood diva Manisha Koirala, begin to swear by something called Oneness Blessing, you become curious.  

Of course, captains of industry running after ‘captains of soul’ aren’t new either. Remember the merchant banker from ancient Magadha, Anathapindika? To please the Buddha, he supposedly bought Jethvana Park by paying as much cash as needed to carpet the vast acreage with gold coins!  

In our own times, we’ve had the Beatles jumping onto Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s TM bandwagon. And celebs like Sting and Madonna going gaga over yoga. Does that make the Oneness Movement the latest spiritual flavour of the month? More pertinent, why is it being called what the California-based aficionado of awakening, Arjuna Ardagh, describes as “the fastest-growing spiritual development in living memory” in his paean to the movement Awakening into Oneness?  

The answer depends on who you are, and where you come from. As Jagdish Capoor, chairman, HDFC Bank, says, “All of us endeavour to approach the Ultimate Truth. But what matters is the way one approaches it. That’s where the guidance provided at Oneness helps."  

What this does not stand for is an eclectic, do-it-yourself sort of spirituality. For one basic tenet of the movement is that enlightenment cannot be "obtained". In an earlier interview, Sri Bhagawan, who founded the Oneness Movement with his spouse Sri Amma, back in the 1980s in South India, says, "Buddha advocated self-effort, whereas we advocate the opposite. We ask you do nothing."  

For some that may evoke visions of mind control and loss of free will. "(However) almost every spiritual tradition has recognised that surrender to divine will, or to a wise guide, may be a saner way to live," assures Ardagh. "`Wash me clean of myself’ says Rumi. `Not my will, but Thy will be done’ says St Thomas Aquinas.”  

Says Samadarshiniji, director, Oneness UniverCity, "Oneness is not a cult or a faith that demands any conversion or change in one’s beliefs or practices; It’s a system that helps you discover the truth of your own faith through a direct personal experience. To quote Sri Bhagawan and Sri Amma: ‘Belief binds. Experience liberates’." That may explain its growing popularity.

For 20 years, soft skills trainer Meera Kotak had been doing Vipassana, Yoga, Reiki and even conducted therapy using past-life memories, hypnotherapy and kinesiology. For all her effort, she could not jettison feelings of being unwanted, unloved and unworthy until she had the Oneness experience. "I feel truly alive, for the first time," she enthuses. "On day two of my first programme at Oneness, I suddenly understood and accepted my parents’ love for me — it was as if a huge iceberg had melted…  

During training programmes throughout India, we meet thousands of individuals," Kotak, who is COO of Energy Centre, adds. "But rarely do we meet people with high self-esteem. We make this the focus of our workshops, since it plays such a crucial role in personal and professional success. At a time when we are growing very fast in our global presence, it is important that we learn to be service-oriented and not servile, self-respecting and not grovelling for respect from clients," she elaborates.  

This can truly happen "when we are able to love and respect ourselves," adds Attluri Subba Rao, president of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FAPCCI), talking about "Himalayan tranquility" coupled with "firmness with human touch", which has come from what he calls transformative experience of the Oneness deeksha.  

The most common effects of Oneness range from reduced mental chatter and heightened awareness to effortless peace and cessation of unwanted habits, says V R Ramesh, MD, DORMA India. And Anil Mathur, COO of the furniture division of Godrej & Boyce, believes that his own experience of the Oneness deeksha may have had a ‘ripple effect’ on the efficiency of his entire division!  

"I know this will be hard to explain to the rest of the world," concedes Jitendra Mohanty, owner of Orissa-based Swasti Group. "But my own experience is that the transfer of positive energy though at the individual level, goes on to help society and business at large."

In the final analysis, business itself can be a sacred pursuit, which in no way is at odds with spiritual life, explains Sri Bhagawan. "Prosperity and poverty are dependent on the mindset of the individual. If your thinking is defective, it will result in failure and disorder.  

People who worship poverty and have a wrong understanding of detachment ruin their lives. (But) to create wealth and to succeed, by itself, is a spiritual sadhana, given it needs a focused mind, creativity, and hard work."

 

I am faced with a readership which wishes to live in darkness and denial of the truth. I get emails regularly denying all the predictions made by the one who calls himself Kalki and Sri Bhagavan. And these are predictions I have heard with these ears from the "holy" orifice of the one who calls himself God.

Either the ones leaving comments are dishonest, or perhaps they are new (joined after 2004), or perhaps not informed. The best i can do for you hypnotised folks is to remove the pictures of VK from here (done that), and remove my comments on him. My comments and analysis. But in the interest of the truth i CANNOT remove what he himself said in the lawn darshans, and what his dasas said. And how they fleeced us. And how they pressurized us to get more people into this MLM (multi-level marketing) scheme, this spiritual AMWAY. These things happened and are not opinion.

No matter how much you scream and shout and defend. The more comments you leave denying the truth, i will highlight  it even more. The predictions of doom are a reality used against us to get more people. The predictions of spreading in the north were spoken in lawn darshans in 2004-5. If you do not know about the above, then you do not know about your so called God. You are in denial or living a lie.

Most of the people i came across in the K cult, were really decent people — some in trouble, some in pain of some sort. Most people in India are poor and suffering anyway — easy targets for someone promising to alleviate their suffering. First for free. Then for donations and paid darshans (when nothing really happens). And then for getting more and more people in. THats where all these Mahadeekshas and their levels come in. You will NOT get your so-called enlightenment even in Level 3 of the MD. then they will invent some other thing. And keep feeding on your hopes.

Those who left the K cult, left not because they got no grace. They left because the true satguru pulled them out, showed them the light. At the right time, God (the Self) rescues us from fake gurus. But you have to be ready for that. Ready for the truth. Acco to Sri Nisargadatta, when the seeker is sincere, the true Guru comes. The fake guru is a sign of an insincere seeker. When we were in the K cult, we too were insincere seekers. Wanting boons, and other material gains. Our bhakti was for our own material gain. It is only when you are fit for bhakti for bhakti’s sake, that the real Guru can appear.

It is precisely the grace of the Lord, that has pulled us out of the K cult. Pulled us out of darkness and ignorance. Perhaps the Lord sent us there to see and recognize the farce, so we could be free of it.

MAY YOU SEE THE LIGHT, MAY YOU SEE THE TRUTH.

Someone mailed this to me. I am no longer adding my comments or thoughts on this cult. Its upto the readers to decide.

Pls do go thro this recent powerful msg of Sri Bhagavan in His third Class recently held in Nemam. Pavitra dasaji has sent across a message that "all those devotees/sevaks who wishes to participate in MahaDeeksha level 1, 2, 3, and move ahead in their spiritual journey leading to enlightenment, OR to get liberated from your suffering, attending / participating Sri Bhagavans classes in Nemam is a must for them".

As Just participating in these classes would lead them to many breakthroughs in their lives. Next breakthrough insight of Bhagavan is on this Sunday 9th Sept at Nemam 9.30 am onwards. Dasaji has asked the participants to stay one day in nemam itself so that the process which Sri Bhagavan and Sri Amma would be doing in the Darshans should sink into us. We can leave for our places on Monday night.

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Hello,

Last Week I went to Sri Bhagavan’s Darshan at Nemam.

Words fail to describe the wonder, power and love of how Bhagavan came and shared his time with us. It is no wonder that the Dasas are so illumined and experience filled, since they are directly been taught by this Supreme Intelligence - Bhagavan.

Once we entered the Darshan hall, we are immediately shown a short film, which describes a few of the various crisis, which can completely eradicate not only mankind, but most of the important species on this planet.

This film and the description of Dasajis confirms that it is almost impossible for mankind to run smooth on this planet unless there is divine intervention or unless something happens on its own accord to set things right.

After this very short film, Sri Yohannan Dasaji explained to us how we are are also indirectly responsible for most of the damages done to this planet. He reminded us how our responsibility as a living being in this planet comes first rather than the citizen of country or a member of a State or family.

Once the film is over, the dasajis present there chanted the Moolamanthra and BANG - Bhagavan was sitting there in front of us. There is a short Bhajan and Bhagavan then opens his eyes and bless us graciously.

There is a sudden silence in the hall and Sri Bhagavan describes how he is revealing the 12 Brahmastras or the ultimate teachings . These teachings are already revealed in various stages in the past periods and past times by Bhagavan through various avatars and manifestations, but not so extensively as now.

I failed to attend the first two teachings as Bhagavan revealed in brief the first two classes for a short period. Then he starts this Brahmastra by describing in brief the secret of creation and how the nature of creation is but joy. This also correlates with our own creativity as we get joy when we create something.

He then goes on and on to describe the Moolamanthra in a very different dimension which has never been explained earlier. The teachings are so liberating as Bhagavan gives them as experience to us while he speaks. Then Bhagavan explains the ways of the unconscious mind and how the conscious, unconscious and super-conscious mind plays their own part in the process of creation.

He then explains the 4 arch types - King, Magician, Warrior and Monk and then installs all the 4 arch-types into us at the end of the session. The two-and-a-half hours moves as if only two minutes are gone by and he closes his session while the Dasas perform Harti to Bhagavan. The whole sessions goes something like Magic making us wonder-struck and joyous. Hearing all these teachings from Bhagavan directly is a lifetime dream for someone like me and I personally take a sankalpa that I’ll attend the remaining 9 Brahmastras without fail.

Thanks,

S.Krishna

It appears that Tapasya dasa has finally left the Kalki cult. At least nothing else makes sense to us. Someone is manically putting in comments pretending to be the owner of this blog, and saying that s/he is actually Tapasya who had psychiatric problems and childhood problems etc.

Now this seems like a very cheap way of hitting at some person. I can hardly imagine anyone announcing such things in a blog about himself.

So it seems Kalki’s stooges are now hitting below the belt, hiiting out at dasas who had the sense to leave, to save their own lives before they were devoured by the dark energy of Kalki and crew.

And if you are Tapasya, which you aren’t, has your dear God Kalki asked you to issue public apologies and run yourself down like this. Tsk Tsk, how shameful. Whether you speak the truth about being Tapasya, or a lie, you shame your own so-called guru. 

One can’t help feel a bit sad for all those devotees of Kalki who are unable to face the truth even after seeing thru the whole scam.

Someone left a large number of comments on a post claiming to be "Tapasya" a dasa of Kalki and Amma. Claiming that she/he was the blog author and had maligned KB all this while due to her own psychiatric problems and was extremely sorry. And ofcourse then saying how great KB was, and he was God blah blah blah. (Why am i even wasting time responding to some nutcase?). 

 If I had to say anything to all readers, I would say so in a blog post (like this one), and NOT in a comment.

 Well, guess what … I knew or remember Tapasya dasa, and I don’t think she was a psychiatric case (who the commenter claimed was not allowed to attend deeksha cos she had psych problems). Or to put it another way, by that logic ALL dasas must be mental in some ways to throw their lives away like this, to fool themselves for so long.

So whoever this bag-of-nuts is, who left 8 comments, you are only showing what fools all devs of K are.

The purpose of this blog was never to bash Kalki, which still doesn’t mean that if some persons (kalki and company) steer people away from the truth, then others will not point this out. The truth remains (as has been said by Sri Krishna in the Gita) that the Lord/Paramatman resides in ALL beings. There is nothing other than God. There is no single person or couple who are God. And we will ridicule anyone claiming to be the only God.

If you wish to know the truth, you have to go no further than Sri Ramana Maharshi. (K has particularly denounced Ramana so that his followers don’t accidentally discover the real truth. Devotees and dasas of K would do themselves a great favor by reading the simple teachings of Ramana Maharshi). Love to all of you.

In response to Why Kalki Bhagavan …, one wellwisher writes in: 

hi sunyata. your name betrays your true identity, your brains are empty. people like you jody, freddy and sarlo have a serious personality disorder. you are suffering from a severe inferiority complex. so much so that you have to keep insulting someone in order to feel great about yourselves. the collective junk in the human unconscious is flowing through you, and thats why you exhibit the qualities of a scizophrenic in every word that you say. a person with a vision and purpose in life would not be doing all that you are doing. in fact i think it is your deepest desire to become a guru and since you do not have that calibre you are trying to become a guru of the negatives by putting down great beings like Sri Amma Bhagavan. You suffer from the Narcissist complex coz every word that you write speaks only about how smart you are in deriding these great beings. Your ideas and concepts are worth nothing and dont mean anything coz they are the rantings of a delusioned mind.
If you truly desire to be sane then please visit your nearest psyciatrist.

From your wellwisher
Shivam

Even Kalki and Amma never wished me so well in all the years i was there, but the dasas certainly cared for my donations and my wallet. Currently, my "wellwisher" is on a comments rampage on this site, defending his God on various posts. We wish him well too. Oh some things you certainly have right, like no caliber to be a guru, brains are empty etc. But friend, i only puts facts across, NOT ideas and concepts. And thanks for not recommending that i visit my nearest dasa, a shrink is far better than your Amma Bhagavan. Heck, AB should be the first ones in line.

An attendee writes in:

"We were given that lehyam in the fisrt processes of 21 days and we really had peak experiences after its process in the intestines. Now, they have stopped to give lehyam before the deekshas, so noone has any more peak experiences, they have psychotic experiences caused through extreme mind brainwashing.They say that that substance was to be eaten to clean the chakras before the deeksha was given. i still remember how the dasas placed buckets all around the rooms ,so that we could bring up that stuff. As with other psicoactiv drugs, once you bring it up ,it gets into the blood and then you think it is like the kundalini working, but actually is nothing but a drug that destroys your physical and subtel bodies.The man who shared the room with me nearly had a heart attack.

It is a shame for India that such organizations and false gurus are still conning people over there just to give them drugs in the end of the processes.Western authorities should take legal steps against this clear unhealthy and dangerous groups which give drugs and abusive mind programmations to cheat people and ban them inmediatly. "

Dear friend: it is INDEED a shame for India that such people can continue to cheat people indefinitely. It is a shame that no amount of warning others has any effect. Educated people are falling for this dope, and defending it DESPITE mounting evidence against Oneness University and "Kalki". People still write in to say they are having "miracles" but no mention (forget proof) of any. See earlier post.

Pseudo-scientist Christian Opitz (featured earlier) comes out with more mind-numbing crap on the effects of the Diksha.

Oneness Diksha and the Hormones

by Christian Opitz

Until now, I mostly emphasized the effect of diksha (Oneness Blessing) on various brain centers in my writings. An equally important aspect of the process of awakening the brain is the change in hormone and neurotransmitter production. I would like to give an overview of some of the significant changes in regards to hormones and neurotransmitters that I have found in people who have been receiving diksha for a while. First, let’s take a look at some of the important neurochemicals and their effect on our experience of life:

Dopamine:

Produced in the substantia nigra in the mid-brain, this important neurotransmitter is almost always out of balance in modern people. We need sufficient dopamine to feel alive, vibrant, to be able to concentrate and have good discernment. Lack of dopamine leads to boredom, depression, brain fog, one merely exists but is not truly alive.  This in turn leads to cravings for dopamine stimulation, mostly through destructive means. Intense but short-lived dopamine stimulants are, for example, cocaine, amphetamines, junk food, aggressive behaviors and conflicts with other people.  Those suffering from ADD are restless and often have hyper aggressive tendencies because they are desperately trying to stimulate some dopamine production.

Too much dopamine at once leads to a dulling of the dopamine receptors and that in turn has undesirable consequences. Delusions, including hallucinations that are mistaken for genuine mystical experiences,
often go together with prolonged overproduction of dopamine. People addicted to computer games have similar dopamine imbalances, which shows an interesting correlation between the addictions to virtual realities, whether on a computer screen or on the screen of one’s own mind. In some people, excessive dopamine can lead to stuttering. People who stutter usually have twice as much dopamine in their system than average people.

It is easy to see that for a balanced spiritual awakening, we want a consistent level of dopamine without the detrimental effects of extreme highs and lows. A consistent dopamine production goes hand in hand with awakened frontal lobes, which Bhagavan associates with God-Realization. Given the fact that dopamine is essential to feel truly alive, it makes sense that we need it to also feel the Source of all life.

Oxytocin:

Oxytocin is the hormone of love, open-heartedness and gratitude. Happily married people produce more oxytocin, but relationship stress severely decreases it. Oxytocin is the neurochemical foundation for compassion, for truly caring for others. When we care for others, we ourselves are rewarded many times over, because oxytocin regenerates the body and induces a very deep sense of well-being. Love is great health insurance because of oxytocin. Indifference and cruelty are accompanied by very low levels of this hormone. I  assume that these biochemical facts are one of the reasons behind Bhagavan’s emphasis on setting right relationships.

The production of oxytocin is severely hindered in most people today and this often starts at birth. In the late 1940s, medicine began to use drugs at birth as if it were some kind of disease. Among those drugs, petocin (synthetic oxytocin) is used to induce contractions and thus birth, on the hospital’s schedule instead of following the natural interaction between baby and mother. Whenever we receive a huge dose of a synthetic version of a hormone, our receptors are overwhelmed and the body’s own production can be compromised. If this happens at birth, there can be permanent damage and a life-long pattern of producing too little oxytocin.

It does not help much that the most important bonding phase between mother and child right after birth has become a medical procedure of taking blood, measuring the baby, cutting the umbilical cord too early and not allowing the baby a direct bonding with the mother and thus a gentle entrance into this world. The combination of petocin and the lack of empathy for the newborn baby in medicalized birth procedures is almost certain to severely compromise oxytocin production.

It is interesting to note that heavy drug use at birth, from petocin to pain killers to even some psychedelic substances that are no longer used, was introduced after WWII. When the first generation of babies who came into this world on drugs had arrived at young adulthood in the 1960s, they where the first generation to seek a deeper meaning of life through drugs. I believe the lack of natural oxytocin caused by drug use at the entrance into life can set up a strong recapitulation pattern of seeking life through drugs.

Cortisol:

The opposite of oxytocin, in terms of effects on our life experience, is cortisol, the stress and death hormone. We need cortisol in life-threatening situations, but, as Dr. Hans Selye discovered, we tend to overproduce it much of the time when there is no threat to survival in sight. On cortisol, all of life takes on the quality of struggle, including relationships and even the spiritual search. Cortisol activates the parietal lobes, which are supposed to give us a sense of our physical boundaries. When overactive, this sense of physical separateness is extended to our general experience of ourselves and we then feel existentially separate.

This is at least part of the reason why Bhagavan emphasizes the deactivation of the parietal lobes. Cortisol makes us walk around with chronically over activated parietal lobes. In that state, we are not able to feel our feelings fully, to embrace ourselves as we are.  Being in the here and now, being in the flow, requires abundant oxytocin, sufficient dopamine and low levels of cortisol.

The Effects of Diksha:

Although it is very difficult to measure hormones and neurotransmitters in the brain directly, electromagnetic signature testing allows for some conclusions about the effects of diksha in this regard.  One of the main effects I have found with people who have been receiving diksha for a year or longer is a regeneration of receptors for both dopamine and oxytocin. This automatically leads to greater efficiency of these neurochemicals and a decrease in cortisol production. Diksha can also regenerate the substantia nigra, where dopamine is produced,and this directly shows up in changed electromagnetic brain patterns.

Many times I have observed a natural release of addictive patterns through diksha that were clearly related to low dopamine levels. Another interesting parameter is the electromagnetic communication between the brain and the heart. This seems to progressively get stronger in people through diksha and is one of the most important energetic correlation’s of the flowering of the heart and true compassion. In some of the Dasas and in Ron Roth, this connection was off the charts when I measured them. Oxytocin is the biochemical bridge between the brain and heart.

From the data I have gathered so far, diksha seems to be effective in strongly enhancing oxytocin in the vast majority of people.  I also believe that this is one of the aspects of birth trauma that can be healed through diksha and that this effect makes diksha so worthwhile for children.  Even though children are not supposed to enter into an enlightenment process, growing up with lots of oxytocin will give them a much more beautiful life experience.

Finally, the neurochemical effects of diksha are one reason why other methods people utilize for inner transformation can become so much more effective when people receive diksha. If someone does not need meditation anymore to lower cortisol, meditation can go to much deeper levels right away. If emotional or physical healing work is done on a person who already has high levels of oxytocin, the receptivity to receive healing is enhanced.

The synergy of diksha with specific methods of inner transformation is a fascinating subject for more exploration and the role of neurochemicals is essential for the effects such synergies produce.

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Maharaja: You have met many anchorites and ascetics, but a fully realized man conscious of his divinity (swarupa) is hard to find. The saints and Yogis, by immense efforts and sacrifices, acquire many miraculous powers and can do much good in the way of helping people and inspiring faith, yet it does not make them perfect. It is not a way to reality, but merely an enrichment of the false. All effort leads to more effort; whatever was built up must be maintained, whatever was acquired must be protected against decay or loss.

Whatever can be lost is not really one’s own; and what is not your own of what use can it be to you? In my world nothing is pushed about, all happens by itself.

Here’s a page to wake up a few people. Talks of mind control techniques, charismatic leadership, deception, exploitation, and more.

I liked the line:
… if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.

Here’s another excellent one on becoming a millionaire guru. I hate to say that Vijay Kumar "Kracki" goes way beyond Steven Sashen’s list. But it will help to get you started.

And finally a few more links: Dick Sutphen’s The Battle for your Mind, and Rick Ross.

Just what is wrong with big time gurus ? Is it just a lust for power (which also implies money, sex, having a nice piece of whoever comes along, whenever you want it, for free, your right in fact). Or is there some serious pathology linked with it … such as NPD (Narcissist Personality Disorder).

Here’s what wikipedia gives as the criteria for judgment:

At least five of the following are necessary for a diagnosis (as with many DSM diagnoses, they must form a pervasive pattern; for example, a person who shows these criteria only in one or two relationships or situations would not properly be diagnosed with NPD):

1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by other special people
4. requires excessive admiration
5. strong sense of entitlement
6. takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy
8. is often envious or believes others are envious of him or her
9. arrogant affect

 Now lets pick any one guru of the many floating around … okay let’s take Kracki the whackie, VK, self declared God, Kalki Bhagavan, etc and check him out point for point. Let’s test drive the bugger.

 MATCHING DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA of NPD with VK (aka Kalki aka Kracki)

1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance - Give him 10 on 10 for this. Thinks he is GOD, the saviour, higher than the Buddha, Ramana, Christ and ALL others. The only liberator etc, etc. Incarnation of "Delusions of Grandeur".
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love - Full marks here too. Wants to take over the world. Has a temple being built for himself so he can be immortalized forever.
3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by other special people - You bet your stinky butt. No one fits this bill better than "Kalki Bhagavan" does. Calls himself God and everything else. Claims on video that he comes from a cosmic conscious whereas all the others come from "some sort of planetary consciousness". To understand him you have to undergo his Mukti Deeksha (brainwashing, paid ofcourse) first. (Guess what, we still don’t understand the old fart)
4. requires excessive admiration - that’s an underrstatement, requires devotion and worship by all, after all that follows if you have declared yourself to be The God.
5. strong sense of entitlement - Yup, he is entitled to everyone’s money, belongings and life
6. takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends - check. takes advantage, take everything in fact
7. lacks empathy - check again. Doesn;t care for followers once they have done him service and spread his crack
8. is often envious or believes others are envious of him or her - well, very envious of Buddha and Ramana, and does all he can to run down truly enlightened people
9. arrogant affect - see previous points.

Now check your Guru out.

See also Guru Phenomenon and How Some Gurus operate.

A. Raman on why people need a guru:

The Guru phenomenon is baffling and mind-boggling because it breaks religious, national, social, racial, linguistic and cultural barriers. The appeal and presence of this global and industrious Guru business seems impressive. In some instances, the mere presence of a guru seems to heal the devotee of his apparent illness or psychological depression because the disciple is desperate for a cure and he will accept any lie to cure himself of his psychological problems. Gurus seem to provide motivation, inspiration, and a purpose or meaning to the lives of their numerous followers. The strong need for this authority and the need to follow, wonder and admire the guru seem deeply seated in the serious and committed followers or disciples. Gurus also seem to provide answers, certainty and security to their faithful flock.

 If one were to develop a strong faith in an idea, a belief, a way of life, a philosophy or in a person, one could, unconsciously or consciously, end up modelling one’s whole life based on this strongly held conviction. This could gradually develop into a passionate devotion resulting in a commitment. Belief in God or a religious faith falls into this category. A committed communist or an atheist could also be committed to his faith in the fundamental principles of communism or atheism, like a believer in God.

Apparently, this form of passionate faith offers security and adds a sense of purpose to people’s lives. Most people find it difficult to live without this investment in faith or hope or conviction or an idea or a philosophy to hold on to. The person in question could be intellectually capable and yet may not feel secure without one or more of the aforementioned crutches that offer him psychological and emotional security or certainty.

In my personal observation, I have noticed that in Europe, especially in north-west Europe, people feel lost with the fading away of religion. There is nothing to give them certainty, a sense of belonging or a family feeling. The welfare-state has split the family, the state has taken over much of the pastoral functions of the clergy and terribly failed in providing the pseudo-spiritual cover essential for people to have hope and a semblance of sanity. Gurus from India have taken advantage of this vacuum in the market to make hay while the sun shines.

Kalki Bhagavan (Oneness University), (Sathya) Sai Baba and other numerous Indian gurus claim to be incarnations of the Creator. Few of their disciples seem to doubt their claims. Our world should be such a paradise with so many incarnations of gods on earth or especially in India. What is ironic is, India, the land of these gurus or gods, is rife with poverty, social backwardness, lack of education and religious and communal conflicts! These gurus are busily engaged in exploiting their disciples in different ways (viz. financially, emotionally and sexually).

Politicians, judges, police officers, technocrats, diplomats and people from all walks of life become gullible victims or followers of these gurus and offer protection, cover and credibility to these charlatans. When these gurus or glorified con-artists commit crimes they are not prosecuted because they have all the powerful people in politics, judiciary and bureaucracy ready to bail them out.

A.Raman
Please see this: How gurus operate.

(Note: The predictions stated below are ABSOLUTELY TRUE and have been witnessed by hundreds of partipants to the Lawn Darshans. I am getting many comments that these are false. This only shows that people defending K, are either not informed, or are telling lies to protect KB. These predictions will not be removed). 

Predictions of doom are a great way to augment one’s business. So we learn from correspondent nayanar. In 2004-2005, Vijay Kumar (who claims to be the 10th avatar of Vishnu, and The Kalki Bhagavan/Avatar) predicted disaster for the city of Mumbai (aka Bombay). Kalki predicted (in public darshans) Mumbai would slide into the sea, or crumble like a biscuit dipped in hot tea. And so to save Mumbai it was necessary that a certain number of people (several thousands) from the state of Maharashtra achieve the mahadeeksha. And to achieve mahadeeksha required sending 60 peple for the deeksha (costing Rs 5000), plus of course many paid donations of far more that that sum.

Only then could Mumbai be saved from crumbling into the Indian Ocean. And so crazed devotees, brainwashed and frightened by gory predictions of death and destruction went on a rampage through the state of Maharashtra convincing all and sundry to come for the deeksha to save their relatives in Mumbai, their state and its major city.

Similar targets of several thousand mahadeekshas were laid out for other states, although these were never publicly revealed. For all of these deadlines were also laid out, the penalty of course really being death for that city/state.

In his public darshans, it was also revealed that about 60% of mankind would be destroyed in a mega-tsunami that would come in 2006. A few months later, others gave me a figure of 90% !!! Of course, the only way to prevent all this was those 64,000 people who had to get enlightened, for whom 64,000 times 60 had to have the deeksha. If we go only by Indian costs, at a rate of Rs 41 per dollar, this comes to 470 million dollars. Add to that the donations that must be given for Amma’s darshan, Bhagavan’s darshan (Rs 100,000 then, now far more pricey we hear) and washing her dainty feet for Rs 100,000 (old rates, her feet are more expensive now) and you have a much larger sum.

The above prediction of global doom was carried over to the north by his dasas such as Pavitra and Rupali. In one place the dasa stated (smiling) that the Indo-Pakistan problem would be finished since there would be no Pakistan left.

Of course all this money was not for Krishna, the prodigal son sitting in the US with a real estate business, or for his own future, but for that monstrous Oneness Temple that was to finish by June 2004, which was never to immortalize his name, but only for the enlightenment of mankind.

It makes sense that the public darshans have stopped, for now one can never quote Vijay Kumar (Sri Kalki Bhagavan) as having said or predicted anything. Orders/predictions etc will henceforth spring forth from his enlightened, celibate dasas whose words can always later be refuted.

However, unlike Indian drop-outs who rarely speak out, westerners are vocal, so the truth will come out.

Excerpts from characteristics and psychopathology of spiritual/cult leaders. This is yet another important read for those of you following big-time gurus. Time after time the story repeats itself.

Dr. Robert Hare, one of the world’s foremost experts in the field (of psychopathology), estimates that there are at least two million psychopaths in North America. He writes, "Psychopaths are social predators who charm, manipulate, and ruthlessly plow their way through life, leaving a broad trail of broken hearts, shattered expectations, and empty wallets. Completely lacking in conscience and in feelings for others, they selfishly take what they want and do as they please, violating social norms and expectations without the slightest sense of guilt or regret."

Harder to evaluate, of course, is whether these leaders’ belief in their magical powers, omnipotence, and connection to God (or whatever higher power or belief system they are espousing) is delusional or simply part of the con. Megalomania–the belief that one is able or entitled to rule the world–is equally hard to evaluate without psychological testing of the individual, although numerous cult leaders state quite readily that their goal is to rule the world. In any case, beneath the surface gloss of intelligence, charm, and professed humility seethes an inner world of rage, depression, and fear.

… Two writers on the subject used the label ‘Trust Bandit‘ to describe the psychopathic personality. Trust Bandit is indeed an apt description of this thief of our hearts, souls, minds, bodies, and pocketbooks. Since a significant percentage of current and former cult members have been in more than one cultic group or relationship, learning to recognize the personality style of the Trust Bandit can be a useful antidote to further abuse.

4.Pathological Lying

Psychopaths lie coolly and easily, even when it is obvious they are being untruthful. It is almost impossible for them to be consistently truthful about either a major or minor issue. They lie for no apparent reason, even when it would seem easier and safer to tell the truth. This is sometimes called "crazy lying." Confronting their lies may provoke an unpredictably incense rage or simply a Buddha-like smile.

Another form of lying common among cult leaders is known as pseudologica fantastica, an extension of pathological lying. Leaders tend to create a complex belief system, often about their own powers and abilities, in which they themselves sometimes get caught up. "It is often difficult to determine whether the lies are an actual delusional distortion of reality or are expressed with the conscious or unconscious intent to deceive. These manipulators are rarely original thinkers. Plagiarists and thieves, they seldom credit the true originators of ideas, often co-opting authorship. They are extremely convincing, forceful in the expression of their views, and talented at passing lie detector tests. For them, objective truth does not exist. The only "truth" is whatever will best achieve the outcome that meets their needs. This type of opportunism is very difficult to understand for those who are not psychopaths. For this reason, followers are more apt to invent or go along with all kinds of explanations and rationales for apparent inconsistencies in behavior "I know my guru must have had a good reason for doing this." "He did it because he loves me even though it hurts."

3. Grandiose Sense of Self
The cult leader enjoys tremendous feelings of entitlement. He believes everything is owed to him as a right. Preoccupied with his own fantasies, he must always be the center of attention. He presents himself as the "Ultimate One" enlightened, a vehicle of God, a genius, the leader of humankind, and sometimes even the most humble of humble. He has an insatiable need for adulation and attendance. His grandiosity may also be a defense against inner emptiness, depression, and a sense of insignificance. Paranoia often accompanies the grandiosity, reinforcing the isolation of the group and the need for protection against a perceived hostile environment.

7. Incapacity for Love
As the "living embodiment of God’s love," the leader is tragically flawed in being unable to either give or receive love. Love substitutes are given instead. A typical example might be the guru’s claim that his illness or misfortune (otherwise inconsistent with his enlightened state) is caused by the depth of his compassion for his followers, whereby he takes on their negative karma. Not only are devotees supposed to accept this as proof of his love but also are expected to feel guilt for their failings! It becomes impossible for members to disprove this claim once they have accepted the beliefs of the group.

14. Lack of realistic life plan/parasitic lifestyle
… the illnesses they don’t get are due to their powers, while the ones they do get are caused by their "compassion" in taking on their disciples’ karma or solving the group’s problems. This of course is another guru trick.

For the full article, kindly see this and also a previous post. I was linked to this article from the TM-Free Blog.

Q: It is easier said than done. A man comes to you with stomach-ache and you advise him to disgorge his stomach. Of course, without the mind there will be no problems. But the mind is there–most tangibly.

Nisargadatta Maharaj: It is the mind that tells you that the mind is there. Don’t be deceived. All the endless arguments about the mind are produced by the mind itself, for its own protection, continuation and expansion. It is the blank refusal to consider the convolutions and convulsions of the mind that can take you beyond it.

Q: Sir I am an humble seeker, while you are the Supreme Reality itself. Now the seeker approaches the Supreme in order to be enlightened. What does the Supreme do?

M: Listen to what I keep on telling you and do not move away from it. Think of it all the time and of nothing else. Having reached that far, abandon all thoughts, not only of the world, but of yourself also. Stay beyond all thoughts, in silent being- awareness. It is not progress, for what you come to is already there in you, waiting for you.

Q: So you say I should try to stop thinking and stay steady in the idea: ‘I am’.

M: Yes, and whatever thoughts come to you in connection with the ‘I am’, empty them of all meaning, pay them no attention.

I met the Guru Klucks recently at his coop in Madderass, quite a jolly old codger. He was at his chirpiest when i met him that morning over a cup of south Indian filter coffee. Quite an early bird he, gets up at 4 am. We got along really well from the start. Birds of a feather, you could say. He said that to me as the proverb occurred to me. Psychic, I thought.

"Did you find the place easily?", he asked, perhaps trying to break the ice. Yes, i responded, i just followed the signs saying "Golden Egg Foundation". "About 90 miles from the airport, as the crow flies", he said. I nodded respectfully.

Rotundamma wasn’t around so he was feeling relaxed. She’s always trying to clip my wings, he laughed. We sipped coffee, he pulled out his laptop and fired up Thunderbird to check emails and was loading Jody’s site alongside on Firefox. Jody’s site! You read that, i gasped? "Sure", he said, "i have my daily cuppa with it. Quite entertaining."

When are you coming over to the States, Sir?, i asked. "Never", he replied sadly. "I have a fear of heights, can’t fly."
I felt sorry, I should have guessed looking at him. Insensitive of me.

He said softly, "Look at me". I looked intently at his face … Sharp features, I thought, No way Jody could match that mouth. That’s a pecker for a mouth! i thought. A human came in asking if more coffee was required. He dismissed the human with a wave.

"You realize this is the first time someone is interviewing me, don’t you?" My mouth became bone dry at the thought of this. This was history in the making. The first interview of the one true liberator.

I fished in my pocket for the list of questions I had for asking His Holiness.
My pocket was empty. My mind was empty. There were no questions any longer.

The questions had vanished. The questioner had vanished.

"So that is how it is", he clucked, his eyes gleaming. "Thou art that".
Tears of love and gratitude rolled down my eyes. I prostrated, lying there for a minute.

Presently I heard a flutter, and looked up. He was perched quietly on the window sill, eyes closed in samadhi. I saw something beneath him, gleaming, golden, almost spherical.

I swallowed, as I realized that I Was That, and I had always been That, for there was nothing else to be.

Compassion and humanity do exist in this cruel world, as I was pleasantly surprised to find last night. But in the hearts of ordinary people, not the Vijay Kumar/Kalki Bhagavan’s and Ammas of this world.

Accident found us watching a movie about a medical student who goes on a tour of South America. The tour takes him through lands impoverished, to the San Peblo leper colony where he spends several weeks as a medico-volunteer. Ernesto is a regular guy, falling in love with girls, having fun, not a stuffy spiritual type. The movie shows his love for the inmates of the leper colony whom the nuns refuse to touch. He refuses gloves and shakes hands with lepers breaking the rules laid out by the nuns, which include not giving food to those who don’t attend mass.

His parting with the inmates is especially touching. It is to be seen. Made me feel ashamed, being such a spiritual type myself, it brought tears to my Kalki-hardened heart. The movie is "The Motorcycle Diaries".

Thank God there is love and compassion in our world, and it doesn’t require a Kracki and his fat-as-a-tick gluttonous wife to awaken.

Q: There comes a point in a person’s life when it becomes the witness.

Maharaj: Oh, no. The person by itself will not become the witness. It is like expecting a cold candle to start burning in the course of time. The person can stay in the darkness of ignorance forever, unless the flame of awareness touches it.

Q: Who lights the candle?

M: The Guru. His words, his presence. In India it is very often the mantra. Once the candle is lit, the flame will consume the candle.

Q: Why is the mantra so effective?

M: Constant repetition of the mantra is something the person does not do for one’s own sake. The beneficiary is not the person. Just like the candle which does not increase by burning.

Q: Can the person become aware of itself by itself?

M: Yes, it happens sometimes as a result of much suffering. The Guru wants to save you the endless pain. Such is his grace.

Even when there is no discoverable outer Guru, there is always the sad guru, the inner Guru, who directs and helps from within. The words ‘outer’ and ‘inner’ are relative to the body only; in reality all is one, the outer being merely a projection of the inner.

Awareness comes as if from a higher dimension.

Q: Before the spark is lit and after, what is the difference?

M: Before the spark is lit there is no witness to perceive the difference. The person may be conscious, but is not aware of being conscious. It is completely identified with what it thinks and feels and experiences. The darkness that is in it is of its own creation. When the darkness is questioned, it dissolves. The desire to question is planted by the Guru. In other words, the difference between the person and the witness is as between not knowing and knowing oneself. The world seen in consciousness is to be of the nature of consciousness, when there is harmony (sattva); but when activity and passivity (rajas and tamas) appear, they obscure and distort and you see the false as real.

Q: What can the person do to prepare itself for the coming of the Guru.

M: The very desire to be ready means that the Guru had come and the flame is lit. It may be a stray word, or a page in a book; the Guru’s grace works mysteriously.

(From I Am That - Sri Nisargatta Maharaj, p 341)

This piece came to us from an insider in the Kalki/Amma Oneness University maha-scam:

I have been associated with the cult of Sri Kalki Bhagavan (Vijay Kumar and his wife Padmavathi Amma), who positions himself as the Vishnu Avatar, and a God - although in recent years he has made his claims a little indirect, perhaps due to media criticism, and fear of ridicule.

I have served this cult for 2 year[s], attended their Deekshas, darshans and made large donations. I would like to bring to your notice that this cult is pressurizing its INDIAN devotees to donate large sums of wealth, if they want to remain in the good books of the disciples (dasas) who run the show, and progress further. We have even been told that if we don’t have the money we should take loans (the last case was Rs 100,000 [$2,220.50 US] which is a huge amount) , and donate the same to them. We have been told that we can repay the loans over a few years!

From the day we join we are pressurized to bring in new people and send them for the initial 3-day deeksha (costing Rs 5000 [$110 US]). This is because to qualify for the higher level we must send 60 (now 30) people for the program. First we are told that the 3-day program will enlighten us (for only Rs 5000!), then we are told - sorry the higher process will enlighten you. So we have no option but to talk others (family, friends etc) into joining and going for the 3-day program.

Once we have sent so many people, and we find no change in us, it is very difficult to step out. I have still not told my family that I have left, for loss of face. In order to convince 60 people to go, we have to exaggerate and make tall claims. We have to create a miracle out of each little incident that happened to us (such as getting a green light on the way to work) etc. We have to keep talking of unending grace, and say things like "our whole life has changed". We are all basically sincere people, but we start telling lies without realizing it, and a time comes when we are stuck.

New people are lured in by promises of unending "grace", and then after we tell them lots of stories (most of them are just heard from others, no one has any evidence of them actually happening.), then the disciples ask them to make donations, or go for paid darshans in order to get that "unending grace". These darshans are expensive and the latest one is that we can touch Amma’s feet for Rs 100,000. Prior to going for the higher process we were all told that in order for the higher process to be a great success we should make this donation. Many of us are very ordinary people, some have left our jobs to pursue a spiritual goal, so the amount is no small order.

Even the higher process (known as Mahadeeksha, for two weeks) has made no difference to anyone. Although it does seem to us, that the program for foreigners (21 days, USD 5500) has resulted in some enlightened people (such as Freddie Nielsen and Kiara Windrider - we are told by the dasas that they are enlightened), however in India there is not even an attempt at spiritual growth of devotees. It is only talk of great "celestial miracles", and enlightenment is always round the next corner, after the next darshan (read: donation).

Because of all the stories we perpetuate, the number of devotees has really gone up dramatically, each wondering when his turn for endless grace will come. They claim over 30 million devotees, although I don’t know how this figure has been computed.

Sarlo, I write this to you primarily because I am concerned that large numbers of poor and low-income people in India are being fleeced by this cult, each hoping that his string of problems will magically vanish after a darshan or deeksha. When nothing happens their suffering increases.

We actually convince ourselves that we are happier than even before for a while after the deeksha. In that short period we are pushed to recruit more people and share our great experiences with others.

The experiences we narrate are always the tales we were told by the disciples about others who got great grace.

"If you trust me, believe when I tell you that you are the pure awareness that illumines consciousness and its infinite content. Realise this and live accordingly.

If you do not believe me, then go within, enquiring ‘What am I?’ or, focus your mind on ‘I am’, which is pure and simple being."

Contrasting this are teachers such as J Krishnamurthy who ask us not to believe anything. To start with an unconditioned mind. Which makes sense too. But how do you get that unconditioned mind? JK speaks of meditation, but as yet (I have read half of The Awakening of Intelligence), he hasn’t yet explained his form of meditation. JK talks about this and that, good and evil, the problems of the world, religion, you name it … IMO well suited for intellectuals.

Ramana Maharshi did not spend his life talking about good and evil, and other philosophical topics. Bhagavan Ramana always pointed us back to the "I", the direct path. Ramana’s advice was for each person who came, not restricted to the privileged class.

Severe Depression after Oneness University Deeksha/Oneness Blessing 

After the 21 days processes (of Vijay Kumar aka Kalki Bhagavan of Oneness University), many went into a deeper depression than they ever had had before. To explain why the majority got into deep depressions, Bhagavan introduced a great concept: “The dark night of the soul”. The deeper you went into the dark night of the soul, the more profound would your enlightenment be once Bhagavan had given it to you.

Psychosis after Oneness University Deeksha 

Even after local deekshas, in Europe as an example, there are people who have become psychotic. Some have to be admitted to mental hospitals, a few have even committed suicide. How many, I do not know.

The officials of Chennai airport soon began to complain about Bhagavan. They contacted Golden City wanting to know what they do to all these Westerners who come to the airport in psychotic states after going through the 21 days process.

 
New ways to save the world

This is a pattern I have seen many times during my 15 years of being Bhagavan’s disciple. Bhagavan comes up with new ways to save the world. When one “experiment” doesn’t work, or the temporary results fades away in people, he quickly starts a new project with full enthusiasm and new extreme promises. The fervor he and his disciples have for every new “infallible” approach to give mass enlightenment is so intense that the old failures are easier to forget. Why should we think about the past when THIS TIME Bhagavan will definitely make mankind enlightened?

— Narrated by Freddie Nielsen here

Kiara trying to be a Carl Sagan

Now that the book "Fire from Heaven" is out, I guess Kiara Sagan, oh sorry, Kiara Windrider, cannot back off from Kalki Bugwan. Carl, er Kiara, talks of the usual pseudo-scientific crap, Violet children, indigo children, super-races and now something called Ilahinoor. I never knew fecal matter could be so smelly. It’s basically more of that deeksha crap with some pseudo-astrophysics thrown in to improve credibility.

 Much like they tried to bring in the pseudo-neurobiological angle using Christian Opitz. Hold your nose and click on this.

Kiara quotes a "scientist" named Paul LaViolette (who from whatever i can find on the net seems like another Von Danikin), here’s a tidbit that hit me:

 Ilahinoor is a cosmic evolutionary energy. Like many other such energies sweeping the planet today, its purpose is to help humanity awaken to its infinite potential. Astrophysicist Paul LaViolette refers to a “galactic superwave”, emanating from the super-charged center of our Milky Way galaxy that pulses through our solar system every 13,000 years or so. Although this superwave, traveling close to the speed of light, has not reached us here in our solar system yet, it seems that we could be in the preparatory phases for it. Our bodies, hearts, and minds are being gradually re-wired in anticipation of the rather sudden evolutionary energies that may shortly be coming our way.

 First reaction: if the superwave is travelling at close to the speed of light, then how on earth can you know it is coming before it does !!!! If it has not even reached the solar system, then how can anyone detect it.
"The energies may shortly be coming our way", at the speed of light, let us not forget.

Thus, i hope readers will forgive me for jumping to the conclusion that "Fire from Heaven" or hell for all i care, and whatever scientific theories are presented in it, are just a crock of shit that should be washed down the toilet with your next dump.

A minor announcement follows. For those of you who have waited thousands of years for the arrival of the Kalki Avatar, and have been deeply and understandably disappointed by various charlatans like Vijay Kumar (Kalki Bhagavan and Amma, aka Kracki, Krapki etc) and a few more we won’t name, your wait could finally be over. Somewhere in the holy land of California sits the real Kalki Avatar biding His time (at Starbucks), waiting for the moment He will ascend His white arabian stallion and fly all over Mother Earth chopping heads off, or whatever. And He promises this will be on TV (Ed: hopefully not a paid channel).

Announcement: The real Kalki Avatar has arrived. Very gently click on this link, don’t break your mouse in trying to be the first to get there. His Holiness speaks at great length about Kalki Bhagavan and Amma. Very enlightening page. You may leave comments on the blog, too. (Yup, he has a blog, and asks for one dollar on his site from viewers to pay his bills). Keep sedatives at hand. Btw, Sri Kalki’s command over the English language is unrivalled, so keep dictionary in hand, too.

Move over, Amma Bhagavan and Orcs, we really believe this guy!

Tiny excerpt:

Fate of False Kalki, False Padma (Amma), his son Krishna, his wife, and his close followers will have such a horrible punishment that the world has never seen before. Everything will be broadcast live on Television. Wait for exciting events coming up soon. Till then let them enjoy royal life.

 

Ed: Hey, Sir Kalki, I hope there won’t be blood and gore all over the planet. I don’t mind if you just give Kalki and Amma a light spanking on their bottoms with a large trout, or even with one of Kracki’s own publications. And an extra 2 or 3 smacks for his indian dasas who extorted money out of us, an extra one from me too. But nothing more, please. No more lynchings, crucifixions, etc, for Christ’s sake. No more Mel Gibson movies. Sorry for being such a damp squib forgiver/pacifist etc. (And please remember that I am NO LONGER a follower. Spare me the whack !!!!)

A regular reader shares with us a miracle of Kalki he experienced once:

"Those were the days when I was following Kalki. We were all forced to celebrate the Anniversary when Vijay Kumar was married off to Padmavati, as this would bring us all untold grace, and them a lot of money and recruits (read: more money). We were told that in India people celebrate the marriage of Krishna and other Gods and get a lot of grace. Grace, grace, grace!

We had to invite a lot of people to the "marriage", we were forced to sell some cassettes of bhajans, and a pearl necklace (which would arrive shortly … it never did, everyone paid for the thing, but none here got it) and also forced to take up and make others take up a fast (vrat) or puja of 21 days which would culminate in a paid darshan of Amma. And that would bring us … you got it, untold grace.

Stories began doing the rounds that there were miracles at the houses of devotees who were celebrating the marriage. Lights emanating from the srimurthy. Everyone who had not conducted a marriage was eager to do so now, hoping to have a miracle in his drawing room. I saw such a miracle. 

 I was at yet another marriage, had seen no miracles, and of course was expecting none. Would God ever shower His grace on an unbelieving shmuck like me. Sure i did the deekshas and paid darshans and all, but was I really dying to suck Kalki and Amma’s toes. Not really, not even for enlightenment. Such an undevoted devotee was I!

Getting back to the story of the miracle I saw, there we were, singing some bhajan in praise of Kalki and Amma, and suddenly I see a shining from the srimurthy.  I can’t believe my eyes! Finally I have grace crashing in on me. Mr. Shmuck gets grace! I stood up and tried to attract attention. No one else could see it. Then some tilted their heads … and could!
I would be forever remembered as the guy who first saw the light emanating from Kalki’s divine mouth. I took pictures and confirmed that it came in camera too. Incontrovertibe evidence, even Jody could not fault!!!

 Then some time later the daughter of one devotee told me rather casually that she had put lip-gloss on Kalki’s mouth. That’s why it was shining! (Well, I give the gal 100 points for honesty.) There went my miracle, down the drain, to the septic tank! Grace sort of just slid off like water slides off a water-proof jacket. So now, i finally knew how the miracles of light all over town were happening. Just a little lip-gloss, that’s all folks. Would a guy even know that such a thing as lip-gloss existed.

 We were all told by Kalki himself of celestial miracles that would happen by the end of 2005. Of course, nothing happened … except all the lip-gloss, kumkum and honey in India was suddenly selling out. Kalki was to "storm" North India by September 2005. Well, he’s pretty much still holed in in the South of India, kicked out of his own state of Tamil Nadu (to Andhra Pradesh) and it’s 2007 now.

 The date for global enlightenment has been miraculously sliding from 2012 to 2018, and by now it could be rubbing cheeks with eternity."

Thanks for sharing the miracle, pal. Back to us.

I am no psychic, but i predict that VK, the Lord of Doom, will be completely run out of business by Jody/Guruphiliac. If you insist on a date I will say "by 2012".  VK’s Oneness Temple, which carries the stench of Mordor will be razed to the ground before it sees the light of day. VK will most likely seek asylum in the US where his son is accumulating land and wealth. Once exposed, he will have not even a rat-hole to hide in, in India. The naxalites and other groups will be after his life for fleecing the poor. And thus, the purveyor of doom will meet his own doom.

This is one of those awful mornings when you wake up to chirping birds, and a cup of steaming strong coffee but you find that there’s nothing on guruphiliac to read with the coffee! Now i suddenly don’t know whether i need the coffee more, or Jody!

So i clicked absently on some of the links which Jody thankfully provides (avoiding my own). The Chi-Ting Guru Gossip really made my morning. I am quite a regular at Tiruvannamalai (seeker, not Guru) and I am often irritated by the stream of funny-named so-called Gurus who land up in winter like an infestation of some vermin, all claiming spiritual connections with Arunachala or Ramana. I was thrilled to see that "Kevinananda" does a nice take on them. Some excerpts, but you must read the full details on this page.

"… I know a thing or two about fraud! Since I relocated to my winter residence in Tiruvannamalai, I have noticed that seasonal trickle of Guru’s on the make, has become a veritable flood. Like a dose of dysentry flushing out the colon, they linger for a short while and then evacuate themselves to more fiscally rewarding pastures, leaving a rank and pungent stench behind them"

[Ed: Yup, he could not have put it better. And one of the places in India they evacuate themselves to is Dharamshala. The others places are the cooler climes of Europe and Southern California. The next one is about a chap called Florian Tathagatha (haha, hilarious name) who claims connections to Ramana. I too saw him frequently at the Seshadri Cafe making silly gestures with the waiters and children nearby, trying to put on the "enlightened" act. How horrible it must be, having to fake being enlightened! ]