Chari's Million Dollar "Western Blue Jeans"

Taken from a speeches by Chari, The current Master of the SRCM (California-1997) in their September, 2009 Newsletter: Echoes of North America

Comments by 4d-don are in "red italics"

"I mean, what are we to think of such a civilization, such a modernization, such a comfort- seeking environment where the bottom end of your alimentary system is more important than the top end? You put in filth through the top end, and worship at the other end. I mean, this is my comment. I mean, I don’t pull punches, as William Waycott at least should know, having given him my address long ago when he tried to twist my tail about the first pair of jeans I ever wore. [Laughter]"

On one of Chari's trip to the USA, a photo of him "sporting" some new "western blue jeans", was posted on the INTERNET and was removed just as quickly .... WHY?? Notice the "blue jeans" issue again and again in other speeches!! So how much to get Chari to promote a "product"...say... "western blue jeans" manufactured in India by the "denim baron", a member of the funding body of SRCM (California-1997) called: Sahaj Marg Spirituality Foundation (SMSF)? How much to have him WEAR some "western blue jeans", that have become a "commercial" symbol from the "corrupt west"?

or...

Everyone Deserves to Become
Talk given by Shri P. Rajagopalachari at Westport, Connecticut, USA on August 31, 2003

"Have we the guts? Have we the love for that man who's leading you to say, "Come with me" and you come. A mere fellow in, shall we say, Armani jeans costing $777, looks at you, winks, and you follow him. Disgraceful! Jeans are attracting, not the man. Do we see the worth of people with whom we are interacting? Do we judge with the heart or with the head? Do we see with our eyes or with the divine wisdom with which the heart is endowed? Our life has become very trivial, very superficial. "Beautiful ice cream!" "Lovely pizza!" [chuckles] I don't know - all these terms, which, we have you know, misplaced. There are no more lovely girls. There are lovely pizzas. There are no beautiful girls, there are beautiful ice-creams. No? Transposition of values in the wrong apertures, avenues."

(Fixated on the "material"?? But targeting Armani jeans "negatively". Some seem to judge with their "butts"!! The "heart" is a PUMP... The Divine is EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, EVERYWHEN ... or NOTHING at ALL ... or ALL!! ... USE your head Chari... as you do to make MONEY!! Don't "dense" our children so as to "control" them and have them obey you and your "clan"!! )

Adding Spirit to Knowledge
A talk given by Shri Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari during the Republic Day Celebrations on 26th January, 2006 at Lalaji Memorial Omega School, Chennai, India.

"We have even received a donation from the U.S.A. for one million dollars—one single donation"

(Putting pressure on other potential "donors"??)

What is it with "Blue Jeans", Chari ?? Are you being "subliminal" in your advertising?


Read this "interview" ...

http://www.fibre2fashion.com/face2face/arvind-mills/interview-sanjay-lalbhai.asp

Interview with Sanjay Lalbhai, Managing Director of Arvind Mills Ltd.

Arvind Mills Ltd is one of India's largest composite manufacturer of textiles, denims, shirting's, knits and khakis. It has today acquired fame and position as one of the foremost denim and jeans manufacturer of the world.

Founded by scion Kasturbhai Lalbhai, the Lalbhai's are one of the leading families of the State of Gujarat, India, and Ahmedabad City, in particular.

If Ahmedabad City was known as 'Manchester of the East,' then it owes a lot to the Lalbhai family. Thus, Arvind Mills Limited has a rich legacy.

Following the rich and checkered tradition, Mr Sanjay Lalbhai, Managing Director, M/s Arvind Mills Ltd., leads the third generation of the Lalbhai family in the business and who has over a quarter century of experience leading the company to its present stature.

Face2Face presents Mr Sanjay Lalbhai, who in his inimitable style speaks about the company and shares its vision.

Who "owns" the Sahaj Marg Sprirituality Foundation (SMSF), the funding body of SRCM (California-1997) beside Chari and his real-estate "developer" son?


Patent Office records. Look under SMSF (Sahaj Marg Spirituality Foundation), the funding body for SRCM (California-1997).

Trade Mark Journal No. 1350, Regular, August 16, 2006. CLASS 9 (page 1502)

http://www.patentoffice.nic.in/tmr_new/tm_journal/journal_1350/class9.pdf

Advertised before acceptance under section(20)1 proviso
1335779 - 02/02/2005

and

1332218 - 14/01/2005

PARTHASARTHI RAJAGOPALACHARI
( A REGISTERED TRUST )
P.R.KRISHNA
SANJAY LALBHAI
U.S. BAJPAI
AJAY BHATTER

trading as SAHAJ MARG SPIRITUALITY FOUNDATION
ASHIRWAAD, 68/ 11, INDRAPRASTHA, STANLEY ROAD, ALLAHABAD - 211 002, ( U. P. ).
MANUFACTURERS AND MERCHANTS.

Address for service in India/Agents address:
AMARJIT & ASSOCIATES.
SUITE 404, LAW ARCADE, 18, - PUSA ROAD, NEW DELHI - 110 005.
User claimed since 01/01/2002
( DELHI )

ACADEMICS (EDUCATION), ARRANGING AND CONDUCTING OF COLLOQUIUMS,
CONFERENCES, CONGRESSES, SEMINARS,
SYMPOSIUM, TRAINING WORKSHOPS, BOARDING SCHOOLS, PUBLICATION OF BOOKS,
TEXTS (OTHER THAN PUBLICITY TEXT),
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, EXHIBITIONS FOR
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, INSTRUCTION SERVICES,
LENDING LIBRARIES, MOBILE LIBRARIES SERVICES, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, LIVE
PERFORMANCES, PRODUCTION (VIDEOTAPE
FILM, RADIO & TELEVISION PROGRAMMES)


From: 2. Master's visit to Kolkata (25th to 30th December, 2008)
http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:tDy5LF3eTv0J:www.sahajmarg.org/web/guest/newsletters/sahajsandesh/2009.1+Sanjay+S.+Lalbhai+srcm&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk
It was a rare occasion when all the five trustees (Br. Ajay Bhatter, Br. Sanjay Lallbhai, Br. P. R. Krishna, Br. R. P. Uma Shankar and Master Himself) were present for an event and Master was quite pleased with this, explicitly mentioning this in His talk and subsequently, even taking a photo with the trustees outside His resting area.

Listen Imbibe and Follow

A talk given by Shri Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari partly in Hindi and Gujarati on 11th July 2006 at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.


"So I have especially to bring our Gujarati brothers and sisters to some state of awakening, that unless you are able to give, not your money, not your house, not your flat (because flat you are only giving to your children), you must give your heart. And I must say that I am proud to have a brother in Sanjay Lalbhai, and a sister in Jayshreeben, who have given so much to make this ashram a reality. Without them this ashram would not be here. Because I have been hearing and talking of an ashram even when Babuji Maharaj was with us, twenty-five years ago, thirty-five years ago. We have seen pieces of land—but there it remained. Nobody wants to bell the cat, because they say, “If I put my foot forward first, I will have to give the first donation.” And then they will proceed with all sorts of excuses: “We have a big room at home,” “We have Surajbhanji who has provided a subterranean, magnificent meditation hall, which we used for many years. So what is the need for today?” With the result that what was one rupee per square foot or whatever, today has become a lakh of [hundred thousand] rupees per square foot."



In a Speech on Dec. 29, 2008, at Kharaghpur, India, called: Love Alone Prevails Chari says:

"And I have pleasure in saying that all the five trustees of the Foundation will be here. Four are already here, the fifth is on the way. Brother Ajay Bhatter, brother Sanjay Lalbhai from Ahmedabad, brother Umashankar from Allahabad, P.R. Krishna from Madras, and myself."


Now everybody in Sahaj Marg or the SRCM (California-1997) go out and buy some "western blue jeans" and hang around their "SPURS" ranch, so as to look like "Chari", and the other "inner circle" members of your Master clan !!

Ah!! The power of "COMMERCIALISM"... is that not of the MATERIAL? ... not of the SPIRITUAL! Are all other "RELIGIONS" so corrupt? Will there now be a "dress code" for Sahaj Marg? Denim or khaki??

Does the POPE sell himself and/or his "blessings" (or indulgences) as a "commercial pay back" for donations? Yes!! ... but that was in the 14th century ... and that brought about the "Protestant REFORMATION"!! Do other "Masters" of religion sell themselves to promote consumer "products"? Does the Dalai Lama?

Religion and Business as "strange bed-fellows" is not "NEW"!! Nationalists doing business in (or invading) a foreign market where the "consumers" are first made "obedient" and called "serfs" and where the Master and/or his "Master clan" is manufacturer, advertiser, promoter and salesman of the consumer products, is like having a license to print money!! ... How "convenient"!!

Sahaj Marg's Reformation is at Hand!! REPENT!! REPENT!!

When one donates to SMSF, one donates to the equivalent of a "PRIVATELY" owned foundation. SRCM (California-1997) claims to be a charity registered under the "societies" act, and is claiming "tax-exempt" status in many other countries. The SRCM (California-1997) "charity" with "tax-exempt" status is to build Ashrams to spread Sahaj Marg (tm), and to build "private schools" in some other "foreign" country (India) for the children of the "well-to-do", not as charity for the "poor". The poor can't afford "private school" fees.

Sahaj Marg as a Spiritual Natural Path? It's all about MONEY, and MARKETS!! See where the "inner circle" is doing business and you will see where the next "ashram" will be. They will be near a "technical school" or a "University", and some "student" will become "preceptor" and cast the "spider's web" (Chari's metaphor). Babuji would weep! But you won't see that in the "whispers" channeled daily by the anonymous French Lady Medium who's messages from "beyond the grave", are to be used to write the NEW SAHAJ MARG BIBLE!! What a joke!! A Master who can't get his messages directly from either the Founder of the "unique" system or the Divine, and a Master (founder) who has attained such a lowly status in their "Brighter world" that he is now reach-able by an anonymous French Lady MEDIUM, who can't be a Master in Sahaj Marg because she's a woman.  That is according to the current Master, Chari!!  What a farce !! Their Founder has obviously not reached the "un-attainable" Central Region but is on a lowly "ghostly plane" ...  so lowly that when he chose a wife for his son, the stipulation (in letters to Chari) were that she not have "slava" (dark) complexion and be of the right "height and cut" (not too tall, and not too "fat").  They are making it up as they go along ...

It would be funny if it wasn't so sad!! Some poor "westerners" are so desperate that they actually believe that spiritualist "fairy tale". They believe that they are going to "heaven" or the "Brighter World" when they (75% are middle-aged women) die ... so they too can send messages to the Sahaj Marg MEDIUMS ... lol lol ;-)) Baa! Baa! The poor lost sheep from other RELIGIONS !! Supporting and even worshiping foreign businessmen as they invade their domestic markets, and continue their developing (increasing their carbon footprint) as the planet "weeps" and the (judas goat) abhyasis try to have our national "carbon quotas" reduced !! ...

Don't ask questions, little "serfs" (using your head), or you will be called the "enemies of Spirituality" as Chari has done with anyone who leaves his "herd" and questions his "divine wisdom". Just bring the Master and his "Master clan" (caste) some more "NUMBERS" ... use his SPIDER's WEB on your friends and family and compatriots !!

As with the old philosophical question: "Would you rather be a "contented pig" or Plato?"

In Sahaj Marg, the answer is a "resounding": OINK, OINK!!

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Alexis's (Europe) Comments on Clark Powell's Distancing from SRCM!!

Excerpt (continuation) taken from an Article by Alexis, on Elodie's Blog: Pour Que Vive le Sahaj Marg (Clark Powell reprend de nouveau ses distances...)


Alexis said:

(...)

Clearly, it would seem that Clark Powell wanted to address his criticism of the SRCM to his circle of friends on Facebook. As soon as the information filtered beyond his circle, he has removed it and does not appear to want to fuel a controversy abroad.

According to the text provided by Shashwat, he would not be happy that the SRCM and other blogs or websites are disseminating his writings and/or his 14 years of recordings of conversations with Chari. An agreement had apparently been reached with the SRCM on his best seller (Sahaj Marg Companion), but not on his future publications, but the SRCM has continued to disseminate his messages without asking permission. Is it the losses of future expected royalties which got him to react? Or is it the lack of recognition that he is given?

Powell retains his confidence in, and his friendship with his guru, Chari, but he criticizes the current SRCM organization, which is apparently managed by a half dozen people who are imbued with power, such as Santosh Khanjee. According to him, Chari would have even said to him that he felt himself captive to the SRCM organization, but that Babuji apparently refuses him permission to leave the Presidency (of SRCM (California-1997)).

In short, Powell eventually writes to Chari that he left the SRCM because it describes a different Sahaj Marg from that of its' origins.


How much credence can we give this text?

It is already for quite some time that Clark Powell has been expressing doubts about the SRCM, he went away and then he came back so as to better move away from it. In 1997, he resigned from all his functions. In spring 2003, he met again with Chari in the USA when he renews his relationship with him on a trip in the following November to Satkhol, India. During May 2004, he is hosting a website entitled "Invertendo.com" for "spiritual travelers" with a blog and a forum. On July 2nd, Chari orders him to close it: "I have been seeing the emails between you and others proliferating, and this causes me to Disquiet. By this mail I request you to finally stop your website invertendo.com permanently and oblige. I thank you for you obedience. "


Powell immediately complies, but his answer hints at a certain misunderstanding. Not to mention the frustration. ... Until his new resignation in 2009!

Here is what he then published on the blog by Elodie June 16, 2006

ELodie, 4-d Don, Michael, Christian:

I have been reading your blogs with interest. When I discovered a reference to me in this one, I decided to drop a note to thank you and to let you know that I am working on a book that I hope will address many of the concerns expressed and correct a few misconception based on my direct experience and 14 years of recording conversations with Chariji -- I mean recording verbatim, on tape.

I once asked Chari if I could ask him ANYTHING, even those questions some might consider rude or impertinent. He was delighted -- and our conversations ever since have been "no-holds-barred"! I never hesitated to ask the kinds of questions a child would ask, or an enemy -- for enemies are considered valuable gurus to true sadhaks.

Even so, I too once got frustrated with what I thought were the foibles and political machinations of my fellow abhyasis (what group of humans is without these things) and left the Mission to go off on my own to think over some of the issues brought up here, resigned as board member of SRCM USA and as preceptor, and after a spell, returned. I suppose I now have over 200 hours taped of what seems to be a single vast conversation, one in which we have discussed seemingly everything under the sun and maybe a few things OVER the sun as well!

My Master has always insisted that abhyasis think for themselves, and that the REAL "master" is to be found within. There is much I would say about the ancient guru-disciple tradation, beyond what was published in Yoga International or in The Sahaj Marg Companion. But right now I'm amidst the chaos of liquidating all my stuff and moving to India. I'll be offline for a spell but maybe later on I can pick up and clarify.

I'm also supposed to be working on some books, and in the frank and heartfelt discussion on these blogs I find impetus and inspiration -- I thank you all for your courage and honesty!

I don't know how long it will take me to finish the book(s) or video(s) about Chariji and Sahaj Marg but I trust you will stay tuned.

BTW, did you ever hear the one about the demon Ravanna, the sworn enemy of Lord Rama? Seems Ravanna got liberated BEFORE most of Lord Rama's devotees. Chariji told me this was because in
Ravanna's passion, he was in constant remembrance of Lord Rama to a great degree.

"I suppose, then, it's important to hate the right people?" I said.

"Yes," Master replied. "Bhakti is comparatively easy -- many can love half-heartedly. But who can hate with constancy and one-pointed purity of a Ravanna?"

Live, love, and laugh a lot (for God's sake, and your own, and for the rest of us, too)! Well, that's all. For now. Stay tuned...

Cp

Then, the next day, on June 17, 2006, he resurfaces on Wikipedia to complete his message:

"... with apologies for bending Yeats, to Elodie, 4-d Don, Michael, and Christian ~

I have been reading your blogs with interest. When I discovered a reference to a Sahaj Sandesh report I wrote and to my old blog (now closed to the public) in Elodie's, I decided to drop a note to thank you all. I'm also supposed to be working on some books, and the frank and heartfelt discussion on these blogs finally gives me, lazy fellow that I am, impetus and inspiration.

To me, such outspoken honesty deserves sincere and serious consideration!"

"And it is my humble hope that 14 years of recording verbatim conversations with Chariji can address many of the concerns, hurt, indignation, and frankly misconceptions I have read. I suppose there are now have over 200 hours taped of what now seems to be a single vast conversation, one in which we have discussed seemingly everything under the sun and maybe a few things over the sun as well!"

"The Masters have always insisted that abhyasis think for themselves, and that the REAL "master" is to be found within."

"Especially for Westerners, there is much to say about the ancient guru-disciple tradition, beyond what I could write in Yoga International or in The Sahaj Marg Companion."

"Even though I supposedly "knew" this stuff, I too once got frustrated with the 3-M's: the Mission and what I thought were the foibles of my fellow abhyasis -- what group of humans is without these things? -- and doubts about the Master and Method? (But more on this later, perhaps.) For these and other, personal reasons of my own, in 1997 I left the Mission. My idea was to try to see originally, to get some perspective. Master kindly referred to this hiatus as a sabbatical"

"but at the time I felt I would never return, since my temperament tends toward the solitary."

"This was also a problem for me during my days in a Soto Zen community, where everything is done as a group, Japanese-style. I stayed alone to think over some of the same issues brought up in your blogs. I resigned as board member of SRCM-USA and as preceptor."

"I kept in touch with Chariji by email, and went to pay my respects when he visited the States in August, 2003."

"I was making rather awkward small-talk about the ashram at Manappakkam when once again, he invited me to visit a new ashram at a place called Satkhol: "You have seen the South Pole already, Clark. Now you must see the North Pole!" I knew what he meant."

"He smiled mischievously: "If it will help I will make it a command!""

"So in November 2003, after seven years away, I was back in India, "

"I felt I would never return".

"as Chariji says, back "with the lion in his own den.""

"In Haridwar in a room crowded with about 200 abhyasis I was playing my comfortable role as journalist, trying to get my new video camera rolling, and you could see that Master was in a mood to talk. Waving off other questions, he looked at me and said, "Well?" As usual I had no questions prepared and not a thing in my head, so to stall for time, I asked Chariji if I could ask him anything, even questions some that were present might consider rude or impertinent. He smiled and laughed the high giggling laugh, one of his three laughs, the kind when he is surprised and delighted: "Of course. Please do!" I immediately asked him about his successor, if he knew now who it was, and off we went!"

"I can say that our conversations and correspondence have been "no-holds-barred" -- about building fancy ashrams, about the parampara or lineage, including Lalaji's Sufi guru (I also corresponded and later met R.K. Gupta in Delhi and recorded an interview with him)"

"but the wonders of those five weeks at Satkhol and later in Chennai were extra special. In Haridwar, after I'd turned off the camera (I was to discover that these moments often happened when no camera or tape recorder was going) Master said something that went right to my core. the conversation got around to why people leave the Mission, and I said that I didn't know about others, but in my case, it was because of the emphasis on buildings and the politics and that I had tried to depart with respect and --

"And I felt a crackling in the air, and the hairs on the nape of my neck tingling."

"The old man was transmitting something somehow in his words, just as I felt the very first time I met him in 1992 and asked him my first question.

He continued, and I have to tell you that these words went right into my heart: "You left because you have a poor self-image and you were afraid to let yourself be loved!"

"So with Chariji I never hesitated to ask the kinds of questions a child would ask, or even an enemy -- for enemies are considered valuable gurus to true sadhaks."

"From the very beginning I always had the feeling that the conversations were meant to be shared, and lately Master has made this fact very clear: "Much of what we just talked about has never been written," he told me after another typically impromptu session last January in Rudrapur. He looked at me and said, "So you better get busy, Clark. You are always recording, recording, and never producing!""

"Yikes. I don't know how long it will take me to finish the book(s) or video(s) about Chariji and Sahaj Marg but it better not be too long!

BTW, did yall ever hear the one about the famous asura or demon Ravanna, the sworn enemy of Lord Rama? Seems Ravanna got liberated BEFORE most of Lord Rama's devotees! Chariji told me this was because in Ravanna's passion, he was in a very intense state of constant remembrance of Lord Rama -- and the central law of raja yoga that we become that which we think in our hearts."

""I suppose, then, it's important to hate the right people?" I said.

"Yes," Master replied. "Bhakti is comparatively easy -- many can love half-heartedly. But who can hate with constancy and intensity of a Ravanna?""

"For all of us,"

"Elodie, Don, Michael, Christian, and if I may include myself, are still thinking of a Master (even if you do not consider Chariji to be one, you are nonetheless thinking of what a Master should be, yes?). Maybe not often, but you think about this enough and with enough intensity to cause you to make blogs about the Master, the Mission, and the Method."

"The hierarchy of the Masters of Sahaj Marg and all Masters teach the obvious, that we are all masters."
"What is it that we can claim that belongs to us? "No, God, you are not allowed into MY private hell, my secret shame!" Nonsense. Not just our virtues, our faith, our charity come from God. Even our "vices," our suspicions, our doubts, our fears belong to God. The difference between us and the greatest Avatars? Babuji Maharaj put it simply: we have more coverings."

"I like to remind myself daily: Why did I get born -- and why am I still here? What's my mission? Questions like these help me sort though what is important and what is not important. Lots of times these questions turn upside-down my notions of what is "good" or desireable and what is "bad.""

"It's good we meditate on the supposition of light -- who can argue with that?"

"So let's lighten up. Live a lot, love a lot -- and for God's sake (and our own, and for everybody else's sake, too) laugh a lot (and especially if we can laugh at ourselves) Simple stuff. Pause. Catch your breath and lower the threshold of your attention."

"Feel yourself widen out like a circle on water, lay back and learn! Joy, cheerfulness, ease, an abiding sense of gratitude -- these are sure signs we're back in close contact with Reality."

"And so to end this meditation, let us say together with the Looney Tunes, Th- th- th-That's all, folks!

Meanwhile, stay tuned... Sakha 22:29, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

cp"

Alexis

Clark Powell Distances Himself from SRCM (California-1997)

Taken from Orkut community: Freedom From SRCM (Sahaj Marg) (Dec. 10/2009)

Clark Powell is an ex-preceptor of Chari's SRCM (California-1997) and the author of: The Sahaj Marg Companion, which has an intro by Chari. Clark has also authored many magazine articles promoting Sahaj Marg and Chari's faction, SRCM (California-1997), headquartered in Chennai, India, and which appeared on this new site but was removed: Sahaj Marg System (Literature) . The site still promotes Sahaj Marg and contains many in-accuracies, but it does not seem to promote the "Sahaj Marg (tm) of Chari or his "SRCM (California-1997) !!

Clark was also the Creator of a Website and Discussion Forum on Sahaj Marg called "Invertendo.com", that Chari had closed, after an on-going "on-line" discussion with the author and "webmaster" of the site, Clark.

For Clark's comments, see the "comments section" at the bottom of this article



Shashwat Said:


Our friend Clark has decided to de-link himself from Chari's Sahaj Marg, and for that unfortunately he has blamed Santosh Khanjee and not Chari, or Babuji for that matter.

Problem with Clark is, as with most of the victims of Sahaj Marg, they fail to recognize the root cause of the problem and get infatuated by the symptoms of the disease, we cannot assume that an individual who is at the center is (an) innocent victim of the situation created by himself, Sahaj Marg today is that what it has been made by Babuji and Chari combined, all the criminals who have become part of Sahaj Marg, would not have come there if these two people were honest in their approach, in my opinion, Babuji was not a criminal minded person, but a hallucinated mental patient, whereas Chari in my opinion is a criminal minded beast, for me, there is no difference between Osama bin laden and P. Rajagopalachari. (These are the opinions of Shashwat and not of the author of this blog)

Now coming back to Clark Powell, his writings about Sahaj Marg became a center point in advertisement of Sahaj Marg, (with which he is de-associating himself now) for as long as a decade, after his difference with Sahaj Marg and people running it, now he claims that people around Chari are not good and Chari himself is victim of those people, which is incorrect, Chari is not a child that he can be fooled by those whom he only has harbored in past and is continuing to do so...

Clark is equally responsible for destruction of numerous families, relations and individuals as Santosh Khanjee is, Chari is, A.P Durai is, or Uma Shanker bajpai or AK Bhatter is...

They all are part of the same criminal gang called Sahaj Marg, one cannot be pardoned just because s/he has decided to move out after causing un-speakable damage to the society by advocating a criminal concept.



Clark in a different post on Facebook, has spelled out (the) reasons for his departure from sahaj marg... below is what he has written on Facebook..


For more than a decade, this article appeared on the official Sahaj Marg and SRCM websites with some of my other published work. These re-appeared (without permission) in various websites and blogs not related to SRCM. I didn't care, as long as they were re-produced accurately and someone found them useful. At the request of Santosh Khanjee in representing the Mission, the rights to this were signed over to SRCM and in a subsequent, much more restrictive legal instrument, he apparently included anything I might write or produce in the future writings.

On 11/3/2009, I requested that my published writings be removed from the SRCM websites, and I am grateful that this request was immediately enacted. For five years, beginning with my return to active participation in February 2003, I began to see something that had not been so pronounced in 1997. The group of less than a half-dozen men that Chariji chose to run SRCM and surround himself had grown more and more powerful. From my own unique vantage point of outside-insider (and this personal relation with Chariji caused considerable jealousy and consternation with some of the insiders) I saw some of the private in-fighting within this group first-hand, and also the power plays and arrogance of certain people. of trying to point out the arrogance and insularity of the circle of powerful, wealthy individuals he had chosen to surround him, especially Santosh Khanjee of Austin,Texas, who reads every email addressed to Chariji before it is forwarded to him. Though I never saw the final version of the DVD set, I was present for most of the tapings, and I hear that some of my questions were included. I find it sad that Cahriji himself is aware of the politics and power=plays, and even spoke of it at his son's farm on the videos. But Chariji has told me on several occasions that even he is captive to the organization he has created.

"If I had my way, I would never leave Satkhol. I would let others run the Mission. But my master would not allow this." I felt I should add a personal clarification to my guru, the gist of which follows:

Sir: No explanation has been asked nor is one needed. Still, after all these years, etiquette seems to suggest some sort of explanation would be right. My esteem for my friends in Sahaj Marg, and to my great Freind, has not lessened. Nor will my gratitude - for everything, even that which was not best for me personally - ever go away. Just so, I remain grateful to professors and grade-school teachers and old friends who taught me things I need at the time - this gratitude will never go, even years later, when you may have moved on to other things. As you remember, on many occasions I did attempt to make these and other views known in private to those who make decisions. I meditated for months and now years over some things, and held my silence. But now I can no longer put off what must be done. I hope you will appreciated, even if you do not agree, that for me This is a matter personal truth, integrity, and responsibility - my own sva-dharma, [the truth of the heart, "one's own way/dharma."] It would be false and wrong to allow the use of my name and my writings to support and to promote SRCM to others when I see that these writings describe a different Sahaj Marg, a Sahaj Marg that no longer exists.
- cp


Shashwat Said:

Clarks testimonial can be found on facebook here:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=196871267526

(Link does not work ... Must be a member of (or have an account on) Facebook)


This is no surprise that all of Clarks article which are removed from the official website of Chari's SRCM has found place in a new website run by one of his follower who belongs to a town near Shahjahanpur and is an active visitor of Shahjahanpur Ashram which was captured by Chari's goons some time back.
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SRCM(California-1997) and Sahaj Marg's "Inner Circle"

Taken from Article Alley and Erzine Articles, where AP Durai, , Preceptor, Joint secretary for SRCM (California-1997) and placed in charge of Babuji Memorial Ashram in Shahjahanpur, India, has written 12 articles promoting and selling everything from Holiday and Honeymoon destinations, to Water Filters, Yoga Poses, Detox Recipes, Retirement Funds, and Bad Breath cures. ( ... after much research... of course...TRUST ME!! ;-)) )


A.P. Durai bio on these articles:

A.P. Durai, after his retirement from the Indian Police Service, is a full time worker of a worldwide spiritual organisation which trains spiritual seekers in meditation. Himself an authorised trainer in meditation, he spends most of his time on it. Having been the Director of the National Police Academy in India, he often lectures to police officers under training on holistic development. He is deeply interested in human development and transformation through a spiritual approach.


Self-promotion in Article Alley article: Yoga Poses: "Please do not learn from the books. One should not be one’s own Guru (Teacher) in matters of Yoga asanas, pranayama or meditation and one might end up worse than before. Look for qualified, committed, professional teachers."


Self-promotion, as with Sahaj Marg(tm) and SRCM (California-1997) and their "self-appointed" Master.


(A.P. Durai was appointed Preceptor and "Joint secretary" of SRCM (California-1997), headquartered in Chennai, India, and placed in charge of an ashram (the Babuji Memorial Ashram) which was allegedly taken by force, according to the family of Babuji (see Youtube and Newspaper Reports) (Translations) by a group of Chari followers.)



From a Speech by Chari about Friendship: Master, The Only Friend:

So you see, Sahaj Marg does not recommend friendship. He travels fast, fastest, who travels alone. Friendship is all right when all of us have the same motive. Like if I am going to Delhi, and she's going to Delhi, and he's going to Delhi, we can travel by the same train. But somebody going to Amalner, somebody going to Jaisalmer, somebody going to Wankaner, we cannot travel in the same gaadi [train]. So you see, forget friendship. If you are serious about Sahaj Marg, you'll lose old friends because they have to be lost. Everything old has to go. Before Makar Sankaranti, you destroy all old stuff - kooda [rubbish]. Before Holi you burn everything that is old -

(That philosophy not only destroys societal ties but also "family ties" ... Does that not sound like a "Cult of a Person" as many wise men, including Buddha and Krishnamurti warned about? Who is the Master? An engineer (plastics) and retired CEO for the largest consortium in India. Not very "spiritual" credentials but very "materialist" and marketing credentials ...

Life is not a RACE!! How "engineer" of you!! The mentality of going "fast and fastest" is the same mentality we find on our streets by "un-civilized" juvenile delinquent who have not realized that one can "slow down" and enjoy one's family and friends, nature, "one-ness", and one does not have to go "fast and fastest" to be "SPIRITUAL". And one does not have to leave them behind in one's "tragic" and lonely dust of accidental horror, while we race "fast and fastest" towards your "imaginary or delusional goal". No matter how "fast or fastest" one goes, one is never "alone" and will never BE! ... Even the lowly material "electron" carries its virtual cloud of offsprings (virtual particles) in a "field" around itself. Nothing GOES ALONE... Not even ONE which becomes ALL !!

ONE means "together with", not "ALONE"!! One is pregnant with ITS offsprings! We are FREE in our ability to "feel alone" but even in one's illusion of "alone-ness", one is in BLISS with ONE and ALL ... Not "alone"! If one finds one's self ALONE then one is DAMNED to one's own magalomaniacal and illusive UNIVERSE, that must be outside from the one UNI-VERSE created by ONE, and/or of the Universe of one's family and friends ... Where is the BLISS in your illusion of "ALONE-ness"?

But Feel free to go "fast and fastest" towards ALONE-ness, but we (meaning more than one of us in our society) want to BE with our families and friends until LIFE and/or ONE decides, not YOU !! And we will progress together, and in UNION with them. You go ALONE by yourself if you so desire!! None of your "inner circle" nor yourself will leave their "family and friends". But you want the "lowly" abhyasis, the members of our family and our friends in our society, to be alone, but you want them to chase you around the world so you are never really "alone", but they who obey you will live and die alone!

Like the "snake-oil" salesmen of old (or like some above "article writers"), they will sell anything for anything that ails any and/or everyone ("one cure fits all"), and "friends and family" are simply "numbers" to be manipulated and used to grow the business or to "make money". And then, they are discarded, unless of course, they can be made to lure their "friends and family" ... specially the children... sort of like a "Judas goat"!!

But they call themselves: "Brothers and Sisters"!! But only to themselves and/or for themselves ... not to and/or for the rest of Mankind (us), as mentioned eloquently in Frank's Blog (ex-Preceptor, and ex-Zonal-in-Charge for SRCM (California-1997) for the Netherlands.

Name of Frank's Blog: The Pitfalls of Spirituality

Can an organization claim to promote "Brotherhood" of man and make such statements against: family and Friendship? Should United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI), not be made aware of this "contradiction" ? Are there any "moral" and "ethical" people left in Sahaj Marg? Stop dividing our families and our societies in the name of ONE!!

From Chari's book: Heart of the Lion

"So I repeat, the Guru is the only friend. In fact, I have said this so often, that in the Sufi philosophy, the Guru is called Friend. "The Friend is coming".

Chari is obviously not a Sufi nor a "guru" as he is a "friend" to no one! Chari does not even serve his "professed" Master, Babuji ... as all can see him destroying the "Spirit" of the Mission founded by Babuji. Chari serves Chari!! At his death, we will write his epitaph: HERE LIES CHARI!! At the SRCM (California-1997) and its trade-marked "Sahaj Marg(tm)", the Spiritualist ritual of the "autonomous Egregore" created by Chari is in control. (or there is no control, as the "inner circle" (the triumvirate) at SRCM (California-1997) seems to be making it up as they go along, including the philosophical, moral and ethical issues.)

Mr. Chari... TEAR DOWN THIS "autonomous" EGREGORE!!

Another Schism or a Ploy by SRCM (California-1997)?

Taken from Orkut Community: Freedom From SRCM (Sahaj Marg) ... section called: "A New Sahaj Marg"


Shashwat Said:

A new sahaj marg

Well well well... like mushrooms, there are plenty of sahaj marg's popping up every now and then..

Now we have a new sahaj marg, which is not related to chari's SRCM, nor it is related to Navneets SRCM neither it is related to any of those 5 known sahaj marg's that we are aware of..

This is a brand new sahaj marg inviting legal action from Chari and his goons..

Here is the new sahaj marg website:-

http://www.sahajmargsystem.com/


Cyril said:

Hi Shashwat...

You gotta love it ... Isn't this fun??

There may be (we know there are) some other brave people out there!! Thanks to ONE !!

But there are some inconsistencies in this site, so it could be a "ruse"!

I notice that the contact address is with "UNICODE" in Lucknow (Kasturi's home).

And I also notice that "Sahaj Marg Companion" (by Clark Powell) is on their reading Material ... Hmmm!! The article: "Western Mind, Eastern Heart" is also by Clark Powell. Hmmm... As well, the article: "Living Tradition of Sahaj Marg" is by the same author... Hmmm.

In all the articles, (by Clark??) Chari is mentionned as the Master of SRCM and of Sahaj Marg ... There is no photo of Chari in the HEADER or the Mast head... Hmmm... Is there a "fake" Schism being formed by someone who is PROMOTING Chari?

Whoever it is, they have a lot of photos of Babuji, so they must be connected in some fashion to Babuji or have taken a lot of "pictures"... like a writer or journalist would do!!

And in the section on Our MISSION... there is a section on SMRTI... which is owned by Chari's group... as well, the other Meditation Centres which are mentioned as having preceptors, may all be owned by Chari's Group ... so could this be a "Ploy" or a "RUSE" by Chari's clan to ensnare the un-suspecting? (Sister Kasturi's potential disciples ??)

The whole section on Our Mission seems to be promoting Chari's clan and his "organization"!! And they use the "official" emblem of the Mission (controlled by Chari??) ... SO??

This site is aimed at "Indian" meditators... The style of writing is homogeneous and hence is all from one Writer (for the English part) !!

If you (or any other reader) get any other "inspiration" about who is responsible for this site, please let us know ...

This is getting to be like the fantasy by an "opium smoker", Charles Ludwidge under the aka of LEWIS CAROL called: "Alice in Wonderland".... "Its getting Curiouser and Curiouser!!" lol ... enter the "Mad Hatter "!!

Cyril Borg


Cyril Said:

Shashwat...

Word for word "plagiarism"... by the author of this new SITE:

Look at SRCM Site of Chari's clan at: http://www.srcm.org/welcome/srcm.jsp

And then read "our Mission" on This NEW site: http://www.sahajmargsystem.com/index.php

Just the last sentence has been removed: "The current president of the Mission is Shri Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari, affectionately known as Chariji."

But the author of the new site goes on to PROMOTE Chari is all his articles...
So there is a lot of "confusion" there...

"What a strange web we weave when first we set out to deceive"

Cyril Borg...



On Nov. 13, 2009 Shashwat said: (the content of the link on Facebook seems to be gone)

Our dear friend clark is in trouble again with sahaj marg, this time his trouble is legal in nature.
http://www.facebook.com/notes/clark-powell/sunshine-for-srcm-a-clarification/156561452526

Comparing Lalaji's Sufi Truth With Chari's Sahaj Marg (tm) & SRCM (California-1997)

Excerpts taken articles on NaqshMuMRa Nexus, the site of Lalaji's Lineage, now led by Dinaysh Kumar Saxena, the Dean of the organization and grandson of Lalaji.


Comments by 4d-Don are in "Red Italics"



NaqshMuMRa School of Spirituality (Home page)

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"However, after his departure beyond the veil, this great group prepared by Laalaaji, schism occurred and split into smaller ones, in the absence of written directives. In this denomination, there is no sort of any specific emphasis upon rituals and, therefore, no schism occurred on that basis. Some over ambitious and self-made spiritual teachers established institutions in their own style. Moreover, in order to increase the number of followers and the wealth, they took shelter and the screen of the portrait of Rev. Laalaaji Maharaaj. Since they were not having the required approach towards ‘Esoterism’, they did not follow the rules and regulations of the ‘Path’; to the extent, they ignored even the discipline of following the ceremony of ‘Bay’t’ (mystagogy or initiation) and also the requisites of Khilaafat, which was in the first instance, had to be determined on the basis of some particular internal conditions, and started giving the ‘Ijaazat’ even by some unauthorized and incompetent Spiritual Masters. It was thus imperative to bring the reality of ‘path’ (method of teaching) in front of the elite, which is known, as ‘Naqshbandiya-Mujaddadiya-Mazahariya-Ramchandria’, and the fragrance of each link in succession of ‘esoteric chain’, which was spoiled. But, let us not leave hopes and the faith in God the Almighty."



Naqshbandia Lineage at Fatehgarh

"Some of the Spiritual descendants in the ‘Laalaaji’s lineage’ are neither able to sever their connections with the cloister named as ‘Laalaaji Nilayam’ nor they are able to become an epitome of renunciation of the Laalaaji’s idol. This is because the Mission of the current generation is somewhat else. As a result, the self declared Gurus are standing at a bipartite-road. On the one hand, they have a great empire they have created through their ‘sales and marketing skills’ in the name of spirituality and on the other hand they have magnetism of Laalaaji’s love and its magnitude."

(Does this not sound like SRCM(California-1997) and Babuji and Chari and their trade-marked) Sahaj Marg (the "easy" Path), according to the Autobiography of Ram Chandra (Babuji), ...now called and marketed as the more sale-able: "Natural Path")

The Cleaning

"Any person, whose heart is clear from any other impression of any ‘Idol-worship’ or of the ‘Personality-Cult’ or any Samadhi, can be made to sit upon his knees. Both the Master and the pupil should sit in the same posture, so as their knees are touching each other. Then the pupil should be directed to rest his chin on his chest, waist towards his stomach, chest out and sit with eyes closed. Master should check that when the pupil breathes out, he himself should inhale that air and when the pupil is about to inhale, Master should breathe out.” The internal activity that will be done by the Master is not the subject to be made public. But the result of this action- reaction will be, all of a sudden, the pupil will get soon the similarity and equivalency of his Master and will be a blessed person."

(The Master and the Disciple in Lalaji's Sufism seem to be exchanging their "carbon" through the breath ... Does Sahaj Marg do that? When was the last time anyone had a "sitting" with Chari? Should you not "demand it"? Is Chari a pseudo-Master who does not do his real job, but simply delegates his Spirituality to his sub-ordinates as he did as "CEO" and goes about being a "materialist" developer, and keeping the company of other "materialists" ? )

Importance of ‘Hath Yoga’ in NaqshMuMRa Esoterism

" ‘Hath yoga’ has a great deal of importance, in Sufi theology. "


Laalaaji Nilayam and its Eponym

"The realities of things are permanent, the word is transitory and the reality about Laalaaji is that he is the living example of a Hadith of Holi-Quran, which says-“poverty is my pride.” Laalaaji is epitome of simplicity and sacrifice. Laalaaji is one who preached renunciation to the householders, i.e. guarding one’s self against seeing “other then God”, in this world and the ‘world beyond the veil’. These were his ideals to breathe, which kept his eternal body alive and active, while he was in his physical form and his entity is to the view by the cardiac eye, here in Laalaaji Nilayam even now."

(Where is the "poverty is my Pride" in Sahaj Marg or the SRCM (California-1997) ?)

Lalaji's Teachings:

1. Engage your self in practice of listening to every heartbeat, super imposing there with the nomenclature of the Lord (AJAPA JAP).

2. Keep your heart pure, away from the corrupting influence of undesirable things and undesirable company.

3. Always keep attuned to the Lord; your attention should never for a moment deviating there from.

4. Concentrate your attention on the heart and keep your heart centered in the Lord

5. Endeavor to attain kin-ship and attachment to the Eternal truth, the Lord of Universe

6. Gradually erase the identity of self, try to merge in, and attain oneness with God.

7. Sacrifice life in the grand endeavor.

(Notice: No imagined "Light", No Guru, No Religion, No Master, No Method, No Mission, No Material Ashrams, no generic Prayer, no "development", no cancerous "GROWTH", No "Undesireable" corruption!!

But I notice that the CREATOR of ALL, or "ONE", as Vivekananda and Plato called the CREATOR, is still called by the Gothic or Germanic word: G-O-D or L-O-R-D, and "IT" is referred to as a "HE" (masculine) ... Oh well!! The roots of Sufism are in Islam and Judaism or in the offsprings of Abraham, after all! Let us pray that all the women (and girls) outside of SRCM and/or other RELIGIONS, will forgive them all, "for they know not what they do" ... or say !!

In SRCM, women can't be "Masters" as they are not capable of the needed "destruction" which is part of the job description of a "Master", according to Chari!! ;-))

There's that Religious "fear and temptation" mechanism again!! Sahaj Marg is not "unique" after all!! It has become just another destructive Spiritualist and "corrupt religion" with a flawed theology (Male God) and a questionable or no philosphy! )

The Bay’t

“But my sat guru’s style was that he never gave ‘Bay’t or deekshaa’ to the learners; rather did not even talk about it for a long time. For months and years together he used to teach happily and never discriminated between the disciples who had undergone “Bay’t” and those who did not receive “Bay’t”.

I request you to read this work not once but many times, you’ll not be benefited if you’ll read it like a novel. Read each chapter slowly, everyday. ‘Bay’t’ means the ritual of maintaining the teacher-student relationship, but it should not be done in a hurry. ’Bay’t’ also means to be the disciple of some saint, which is derived from Arabic word “Bai” meaning “to sell “. Unless the person is in this particular frame of mind, ‘Bay’t’ will just be a formality; it will be of no use."

"If you wish to be a disciple of the seat of Sufi Sant Mat (NaqshMuMRa) at Fatehgarh- U.P (INDIA) it is mandatory that-"

1. Your age is 18 years.
2. You are in the mindset of ‘wait no longer’
3. You have been in the company of the head of this institution and had personal-sittings of meditation for three days continuously with gap of 12 hours minimum.

Babuji also warned about the dangers of "transmission" to the heart. Babuji also has an age limit in his books, for meditation on the heart: 18 yrs!! Chari and his gang are cavalierly targeting children as young as 9 years old, according to their own "promotional material". (read on this blog, the testimonials of ex-abhyasis who attribute their subsequent emotional and "mental illness" to Sahaj Marg meditation!)

It seems from these few excerpts, that Sufism could be for the more "serious", and politically aware seeker, as it seems to have historically deep roots in Islam and may even precede it. Lalaji and Huzur, his master, a Muslim, were attempting a "synthesis" by using the scriptural roots of Islam and Hinduism. It is difficult to separate the politics from the religion, as Religions are part of the "expansion" of one group into another territory, as sometimes also dictated by population growth, and the production and distribution (sale) of food products and commodities (economy). Religion also demands "expansion".

The "trade-marked" Sahaj Marg is more a commercial product that much resembles the "snake oil" sold by traveling salesmen (charlatans, and con-men) of old, with their "one cure fits all" potions. SRCM (California-1997) sells "a cure for anything that ails you". It seems to be the "easy" path, or what I call, the "MacDonald's of Spirituality" for the "jet-setters". And in the case of Sahaj Marg, under the guise of being a "Raja Yoga", they sell a trade-marked product which is processed and injected with a heavy dose of Spiritualism or Spiritism, and is not a "fix" for anything, but it is meant for "mass consumption". Being based in "Materialism" (light), and Spiritualism or Spiritism (egregores, channeled messages from a Medium), and led by "materialists" businessmen and salesmen, it will eventually cause more of the PROBLEMS we are now witnessing! (family divisions and societal schisms, emotional and mental problems, etc... ).

The focus on the Material that is their METHOD (imagining LIGHT (or Matter) in the heart), will not deliver the claimed REALITY of the realization of SPIRIT or of ONE-ness but will DIVIDE family and society for the illusion focused on, that is MATERIALISM (light or heat ).

The trap that Sahaj Marg has become will also not deliver the claimed access to the (invented) Central Region ... it did not for Babuji, who is now allegedly being reached regularly by a lowly and "anonymous" Medium, so as to write the NEW Sahaj Marg BIBLE. And it will not deliver access to the Central Region for Chari who is allegedly busy with the "material" tasks of "development" and growing the "business". And it will not deliver access to the Central Region for YOU who believe their fantasies, as it did not for them, your Masters !!

It's High Time to get on the "GOOD ROAD"! A Spiritual road with less "cancerous" and corrupt Material Growth, and more SPIRIT or SPIRITUALITY, not spiritualism and/or spiritism!!