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02 Jun 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: Messenger vis a vis Message: the Seed and the Fruit
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Messenger vis a vis Message: the Seed and the Fruit

Messenger vis a vis Message: the Seed and the Fruit - posted by: gyaniwasi on April 13, 2004 This submission is closely related to the question ‘Who is Shiv Baba’ but is posted separately because it develops into a different dimension: the question of the declared mission of the BK’s message and th...
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02 Jun 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: Source of Love
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Views: 2152

Source of Love

Source of Love - posted by: wahl on January 22, 25 and 26, 2005 Since ‘distancing’ myself from the BK organisation about two years ago, after 8 years in Gyan, I initially experienced a sense of relief and then some guilt and then the ‘coming down to terra firma with a heavy bump’ as I let go (not t...
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02 Jun 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: Help! [2]
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Views: 2318

Help! [2]

Help! [2] - posted by: hanuman on June 29, 2004 I was banished from Gyan in 1990. I did feel some form of guilt. The guilt did not last long. Why did it not last long? Because I understood that in the unlimited world Drama each soul plays a special role in each incarnation. God the Father/Mother of...
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02 Jun 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: Help!
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Views: 2287

Help!

Help! - posted by: anova on May 11, 2004 I am in a relationship with an ex-BK man. The reason I am writing is because of the profound effect his by experiences are having upon him and our relationship. I need help and advice ... badly! I am bearing witness to a man who is being tortured by fear. Th...
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02 Jun 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: Why I Left the Brahma Kumaris [2]
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Views: 2327

Why I Left the Brahma Kumaris [2]

Why I Left the Brahma Kumaris [2] - posted by: Paul on April 1, 2004 The feeling of superiority is a part of the bliss or “intoxication” that people feel when they first “come into the knowledge”. You feel special and very smart, because you think you understand something very important and very tr...
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02 Jun 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: Why I Left the Brahma Kumaris [1]
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Views: 3135

Why I Left the Brahma Kumaris [1]

Why I Left the Brahma Kumaris [1] - posted by: Isabel on March 24, 2004 I just stumbled accross xBKChat, never expecting to run into something like this! By way of introduction I’ll share a bit of my story. I feel a bit as if I’m in some sort of netherworld - unable to give my heart fully to the BK...
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02 Jun 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: A Tribute to a Great Brother
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Views: 2783

A Tribute to a Great Brother

A Tribute to a Great Brother - posted by: Khurra on August 13, 2004 Title of this article: “A Voyage of Discovery” I was born in Guyana or, to be more accurate, British Guiana, in 1957 - in the final decade of the colonial era. Even then, Eurocentric values were dominant in the society, and there w...
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02 Jun 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: Behind the Veil ...
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Behind the Veil ...

Behind the Veil ... - posted by: gyaniwasi on July 14, 2004 PARABLE OF THE DREAM MAKER Once there was an old man who dreamed an old dream. And it came to pass one day that in deep reverie he saw a new world descend and displace the old. And the old world was tired and slept a deep sleep. All slept ...
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02 Jun 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: 5000 Years Drama - Deja vu Feeling
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Views: 2348

5000 Years Drama - Deja vu Feeling

5000 Years Drama - Deja vu Feeling - posted by: ifegenia on April 30, 2004 I was a BK for a few years. Went to Murli every morning, meditated at 4:00 am, went to India a few times, did a lot of service at the center and stayed long enough to see and experience much hypocritical and cruel behavior e...
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02 Jun 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: The Raja Yoga Caste Syste
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Views: 2403

The Raja Yoga Caste Syste

Abuse within the Brahma Kumaris - posted by eromain on June 17, 2004 The Raja Yoga Caste Syste Another component of the Raja Yoga ideology – indeed cosmology too - which shapes their thinking on all manner of subjects is their metaphysical caste system. Each soul is forever a member of particular c...
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02 Jun 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: A Response to Child Abuse in Brahma Kumaris
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Views: 3128

A Response to Child Abuse in Brahma Kumaris

A Response to Child Abuse in Brahma Kumaris - posted by: gyaniwasi on June 20, 2004 Eromain: A warm welcome to xbkchat Your insightful post is profoundly disturbing to one who has been acquainted with the BKs for almost as long as you have and has even played the role of teacher. It is quite possib...
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02 Jun 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: What did XBKchat Do for You? & God has Some Serious Issues
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Views: 2248

What did XBKchat Do for You? & God has Some Serious Issues

What did XBKchat Do for You? & God has Some Serious Issues - posted by Kikas on January 17 and 21, 2005 Wow! I am really glad to find such a website. It’s like some of you have been saying, good to find that I was not the only one feeling that anger and confusion and that I wasn’t crazy to susp...
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02 Jun 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: Rakshabandhan and the Importance of Purity
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Views: 1976

Rakshabandhan and the Importance of Purity

Rakshabandhan and the Importance of Purity - posted by Kevin on August 31, 2004 AIDS is a huge “mistake”. It’s the best business drug companies can dream of. Read people like Duesberg. Also, BK Neville, who lives in GRC Oxford, has done years of research and has written a book on AIDS after visitin...
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02 Jun 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: Who is Shiva Baba? A Question of Faith
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Views: 2146

Who is Shiva Baba? A Question of Faith

Who is Shiva Baba? A Question of Faith - posted by gyaniwasi on April 1, 2004 A review of the postings on xbkchat indicates that we exist on a spectrum of Faith ranging from cynical doubt to passionate or naive faith. It is not always easy to recognize or acknowledge ourselves on this spectrum, esp...
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02 Jun 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: Excuses, Misery & the BK Laity
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Views: 2314

Excuses, Misery & the BK Laity

Excuses, Misery & the BK Laity - posted by proy on 30 May 2006 As I am a slow typist and have a lot of work on just now I have decided to publish my details about stopping morning class Charles Dickens style, in instalments. This is part one and is about excuses, more to follow. EXCUSES “Excuse...