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- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: To my Sisters my Heroes
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To my Sisters my Heroes
To my Sisters my Heroes - posted by: hanuman on December 6, 2004 About three decades ago, a young man from South America sought spiritual awakening before the age of twenty one. He got more than spiritual knowledge. The knowledge and his interactions with the mediums of the knowledge would transfor...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: The Detachment Paradox
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The Detachment Paradox
The Detachment Paradox - posted by: Atma on July 29, 2004 A paradox is basically a contradiction; usually in a statement, but it can also be in a situation, practice or belief system. In the context of the BKs, there is what I would term the “detachment paradox”. The BKs list attachment as one of t...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: Power
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Power
Power - posted by: Paul on August 13, 2005 Remember Lord Acton’s dictum? “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” That maxim is the springboard for this brief ‘meditation’ on power as it relates to the BKs. There are several aspects to this : * Power that springs from that ‘holier ...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: How I Benefited from the BK Raj Yoga Experience
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How I Benefited from the BK Raj Yoga Experience
How I Benefited from the BK Raj Yoga Experience - posted by: Kyra on August 5, 2004 I have benefited by : * gaining a closer relationship with God . * can better understand myself as a soul first. * can see the good in other people amidst the negative. * I look for the good in everything around me ...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: Dharamraj
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Dharamraj
Dharamraj - posted by: Joel on November 24, 2004 I don’t think about Dharamraj † much, but I do think that by being afraid that you aren’t doing enough in your life, or being afraid that you aren’t doing enough right, the being afraid part is more destructive in many cases to the person than the pe...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: The Bottom Line [2]
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- Views: 2152
The Bottom Line [2]
The Bottom Line [2] - posted by Paul on October 11, 2004 It is inexcusable that I started this thread way back in May and am only now giving the answers to the questions I posed. Here are the questions with my answers below them: Q. In spite of everything - the doubts, dissatisfactions, criticisms,...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: Anomalies and Inconsistencies
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Anomalies and Inconsistencies
Anomalies and Inconsistencies - posted by Jim Brady on August 18, 2005 A word of thanks firstly to those who set up this much needed site and also to the many inspiring contributors. Came into Raja Yoga back in 1983. Why did I join? Probably for some of the same reasons as you all did. The philosop...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: Psychic Illness after Leaving the BKs
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- Views: 2138
Psychic Illness after Leaving the BKs
Psychic Illness after Leaving the BKs July 2nd, 2005 Email this post Posted by: double_light On July 7, 12, 13, 27, 2005 Forum: “ex-BK issues…for ex-BK’s ONLY” I wonder if someone has the experience of psychic illness after leaving the BKs. I understand that many have suffered from confusion, proba...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: Relation with God after BK?
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Relation with God after BK?
Relation with God after BK? - posted by: marq on May 31, 2005 Yes, it is possible! In 1988, I joined the BKs in Holland. I thank God for that. It was a wonderful time. I enjoyed every minute of it. I was working at a school for little children and I could not handle them. I was only one hour a day,...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: Reasons to Follow such a Religion
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- Views: 2178
Reasons to Follow such a Religion
Reasons to Follow such a Religion - posted by: gyaniwasi on March 6, 2005 First, about the attraction; I was spiritually in need and wandering in a sort of desert, moving from oasis to oasis as I read books and sought for a deeper experience of ‘God’. When I came across Raja Yoga through a friend, ...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: The Song of Uddhava
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The Song of Uddhava
The Song of Uddhava - posted by Uddhava on January 30, 2005 I was feeling some dissatisfaction with material life, reading books about Yoga, saw an ad for meditation classes, went along, did various courses (self esteem etc) then the Brahma Kumaris seven day course (actually one day a week, so it w...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: The Bottom Line
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- Views: 2391
The Bottom Line
The Bottom Line - posted by Joel on November 11, 2004 It’s definitely sad when a person is still obsessing about Raj Yoga this, BK that, ten years after leaving the Yagya. I remember, at the time I made up my mind to go, I had the benefit of the support of another BK who was just deciding to leave ...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: Concept of the Egregore & its Relevance to the ex-BK
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Concept of the Egregore & its Relevance to the ex-BK
Concept of the Egregore & its Relevance to the ex-BK - posted by: gyaniwas on August 18, 2004 I first came across this term “egregore” in my search for a non-sectarian form of meditation to sustain my spirituality. I tried to find the word in a dictionary but couldn’t, so I used a very effectiv...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: The Tao Of Raja Yoga
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The Tao Of Raja Yoga
The Tao Of Raja Yoga - posted by: hanuman on July 2, 2004 Baba is the Great Magician. I do not like to tell too many stories about my relationship with Baap-Dada However, what good are the experiences if they are not shared. I sometimes tell some of these stories to my lokik students and they enjoy...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: The Tao Of Raja Yoga
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- Views: 2240
The Tao Of Raja Yoga
The Tao Of Raja Yoga - posted by: hanuman on July 2, 2004 Baba is the Great Magician. I do not like to tell too many stories about my relationship with Baap-Dada However, what good are the experiences if they are not shared. I sometimes tell some of these stories to my lokik students and they enjoy...