Baag gace jo sant radha soami shabad femalae voice

Originally, I would not have said that Sant Mat, the institution, is a cult. The more adherents behave in deluded and unenlightened ways, the more opportunities one has for self-inquiry, self-awareness, enlightenment, developing humility, and all that.

In the end, perhaps the institution becomes the crucible (or part of it) in which self-realization is forged as one encounters the limitations and flaws of the institution and those in it, including oneself. Anyone who questions the institution is a threat, and those who depend on the institution for their livelihood, power, or self-image are likewise threatened and take appropriate action. They take on a life of their own and survival becomes the first priority. Jungian psychology points out that institutions (religious, government, medical, you name it) eventually become obstacles to the very purposes for which they were created. However, sigh, I suppose it would probably ding incessantly for everyone and we would all have to remain in silence forever. Or how about a Dogmameter? You know, something that goes ding, ding, ding, flashes bright lights, and has a dial that indicates how much crap or dogma is being dispensed. The rest is just karmic adjustment РІР‚Вtil youРІР‚в„ўre outtahere. Never mind that you are deeply disturbed, because if youРІР‚в„ўre a vegetarian and wonРІР‚в„ўt even kill a bug, youРІР‚в„ўre swell!. Never mind that you destroy people mentally, emotionally, physically, or financially. If you are a vegetarian, you wonРІР‚в„ўt incur bad karma bad things wonРІР‚в„ўt happen to you. Just do your meditation and all the virtues will appear. But then satsangis donРІР‚в„ўt need to study the subtle aspects of eastern (or western) philosophy, ethics, and morality because we are above all that. ThereРІР‚в„ўs no interest in studying what ahimsa truly is, or any of the other yamas or niyamas. ahimsa is just about being a vegetarian and not killing spiders karma is simply РІР‚Сљwhatever is done to you, you did to othersРІР‚Сњ donРІР‚в„ўt have sex with anybody but your spouse It always bothered me that satsangis often tended to sum up morality as basically: It's all there for you to see when you are ready to see it. Netemara said: The dealings you have with the higher ups in RSSB are because you had dealings with them of a dishonest or whatever type in past life and you are here reaping it and are not being grateful. So much evident thoughtful passion went into the writing of the message, I felt that it deserved a wider audience than just me. With my correspondentРІР‚в„ўs permission I edited the original message, taking out some overly personal content and making a few grammatical changes. Yet these failings are present in all organized religions, as is pointed out by the author. My point is that whatРІР‚в„ўs written below speaks of the failings of RSSB and its members. Instead, IРІР‚в„ўm making the same criticisms of RSSB, because that is the religion IРІР‚в„ўm most familiar with. If I had remained a Catholic, IРІР‚в„ўd be focusing on the rigidity, narrow-mindedness, and self-righteousness of Catholicism right now, because this would be the religion that I knew best. So my personal experience with organized religion stems from this source, as does the experience of my correspondent and quite a few others who visit the Church of the Churchless. Now, I donРІР‚в„ўt want this Church of the Churchless blog to become overly focused on criticism of a single small religious organization.Р”В«ut the reality is that my current preference for churchlessness is an evolution from my previous attachment to a church-the РІР‚СљChurchРІР‚Сњ of RSSB. YouРІР‚в„ўll see that my correspondent begins by quoting an excerpt from that comment and then heads off from there. This person was stimulated to write after reading a comment posted to my РІР‚Сљ Why I embrace unorganized religionРІР‚Сњ post.

A few days ago I got an email from a long-time member of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB), the spiritual group that IРІР‚в„ўve been affiliated with since 1971.

Baag gace jo sant radha soami shabad femalae voice