Taken and translated from an article by Alexis: Ce Qu'ils Disent de Chari, on his blog in Europe: La Fabuleuse Épopée du Sahaj Marg.
Comments and clarifications by 4d-don are in "red italics"
What They Say About Chari
"Let us not commercialize our Mission", by Dr. KC Varadachari, or: "I am away from the Chariji made by his followers", by Sister Kasturi, etc..
The criticisms are strong and are coming from all directions.
As early as 1970, Dr. KC Varadachari (friend of Babuji, preceptor and guru-in-waiting, now deceased) expresses his concerns to Babuji about the commercialization (drift) taken by the SRCM. His son, KC Narayana, (ex-preceptor and board member of SRCM) left the Mission in 1991, accusing Chari of (falsely) proclaiming himself as the spiritual representative of Babuji. In 1995, Kasturi ( the only "Saint" in Sahaj Marg, according to Babuji ... more of interview: here) makes the same complaint, adding that abhyasis are responsible for this cult of personality.
Michael, former American preceptor, (member of editing and publishing team) completes these criticisms with an analysis of the consequences it has produced: an atmosphere of individual competition for the favors of the master Chari, in which all means are good. Jean-Francois (ex-preceptor (with his wife) of Chari, and now with Kasturi, writing) added that Babuji demanded love and trust, while Chari demands blind obedience and service to the Mission. Clark Powell, (ex-preceptor of Chari and writer for SRCM: (Sahaj Marg Companion) like Michael, is frustrated by the power of the inner circle of Chari who took over the reins of the organization.
After 20 years of practice, Madeleine (ex-preceptor with Chari) dismantles the legend of Sahaj Marg which states that the (so-called) transmission exists only within the SRCM, providing evidence that it has existed since time immemorial and now exists in many other spiritual movements.
In 2005, reviving the fears of Doctor Varadachari 35 years earlier, Frank (ex-preceptor, Zonal-in-charge for Chari), Netherlands), Elodie (Switzerland) and Christian (France) are offended by the mad financial quest undertaken by Chari to the detriment of the spiritual quest: sale at auction during satsang, a book sold for 300 € ($250.00 USD) announced as the Bible of Sahaj Marg ...
Links:
- Chari, or the Industrialization of Spirituality in the West
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Sahaj Marg(tm), Religion and Spiritualism Divides; Spirituality Unites (maybe)?
Taken and translated from an article by Elodie: "La Religion Divise, La Spiritualité Unit"?, on her blog in Europe: Pour Que Vive Le Sahaj Marg.
Comment by 4d-Don: Much as Chari insinuates that religions are hypocritical, we can now say the same about his version of sprituality, or should we call that "spiritualism"?? (with an Anonymous French Lady Medium, egregores, Messages or "Whispers" from the spirits of the dead, etc...) ... We could add that "some" spiritualists are also "deceitful" to the point of dishonesty (see the REAL History of Sahaj Marg).
This is what they (Chari, et al) call and register as: Sahaj Marg(tm) or the "Natural Path Meditation"; not the original society registered in Shahjahanpur, India in 1945, by Babuji, but a "trade-marked" (for trade and commerce?) Sahaj Marg(tm), a product, or a "copy" registered with the same name in San Luis Obispo, California, USA, in 1997.
Sahaj Marg teaches this "division" to the children in their curriculum: see Lesson X of their Value Based Spiritual Education (VBSE) ... or See the complete VBSE here.
March 12, 2012
"Religion divides, spirituality unites"?
Here are some excerpts from a speech of Chari entitled "Attach Yourself to the Heart", February 11, 2012 before the abhyasis gathered for an "International Scholarship Training Program":
“(…) In my mind, it is religion that divides people more than any other single force.
(…) All religions claim that God is in their religion.
(…) Then why do we fight about my god and your god?
(…) How can there be religious wars? Because people never thought, you see. They were drunk with their religious fervour, [with] whatever their religious chief or their king said.
(…) Religions have only dogmas, have popes, have priests, have whatever else you call them; they dictate to us.
(…) That is why in Sahaj Marg we have no priest, we have no temple, we have no worship. Only my heart. (…) So spirituality says, meditate.
(…) This is all that Sahaj Marg is, this is all that Sahaj Marg requires, and this is all that is possible to take you to Him who is inside you.
(…) And for that I thank my master. I thank my master who is in my heart, who is my God.”
All religions have the same God, yet there are religious wars. It is religion that opposes most men among themselves, says Chari; because religions have a pope, priests, temples, cults and dogmas. None of this exists in spirituality: Sahaj Marg, it is just meditation, Chari says in all seriousness.
Chari has a God, it is Babuji. Sahaj Marg has a pope, it is Chari. It has its priests, they are the preceptors (and prefects?). (And Sahaj Marg has "spiritual soldiers"... see here) SRCM has temples, these are the ashrams. Sahaj Marg has (or "is") a cult, it is the sadhana and its daily abhyas (practice) (prayer, meditation and cleaning, obedience, service, etc..). It has a dogma, obedience to the Master and service to the Mission.
The best evidence that Sahaj Marg has turned itself into a religious dogma, it is precisely this training undertaken by the abhyasis (International Scholarship Training Program). If it was just about meditation, they would have no need of such training.
The God of Chari, it is Babuji, and it is he who says it (see above for his own words). I can not believe that other religions share the same God with him. Besides, it is also Chari who opposes religions and spirituality, and turns his followers against religions.
Is he then trying to create a new war between religions?
Elodie...
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Comment by 4d-Don: Much as Chari insinuates that religions are hypocritical, we can now say the same about his version of sprituality, or should we call that "spiritualism"?? (with an Anonymous French Lady Medium, egregores, Messages or "Whispers" from the spirits of the dead, etc...) ... We could add that "some" spiritualists are also "deceitful" to the point of dishonesty (see the REAL History of Sahaj Marg).
This is what they (Chari, et al) call and register as: Sahaj Marg(tm) or the "Natural Path Meditation"; not the original society registered in Shahjahanpur, India in 1945, by Babuji, but a "trade-marked" (for trade and commerce?) Sahaj Marg(tm), a product, or a "copy" registered with the same name in San Luis Obispo, California, USA, in 1997.
Sahaj Marg teaches this "division" to the children in their curriculum: see Lesson X of their Value Based Spiritual Education (VBSE) ... or See the complete VBSE here.
March 12, 2012
"Religion divides, spirituality unites"?
Here are some excerpts from a speech of Chari entitled "Attach Yourself to the Heart", February 11, 2012 before the abhyasis gathered for an "International Scholarship Training Program":
“(…) In my mind, it is religion that divides people more than any other single force.
(…) All religions claim that God is in their religion.
(…) Then why do we fight about my god and your god?
(…) How can there be religious wars? Because people never thought, you see. They were drunk with their religious fervour, [with] whatever their religious chief or their king said.
(…) Religions have only dogmas, have popes, have priests, have whatever else you call them; they dictate to us.
(…) That is why in Sahaj Marg we have no priest, we have no temple, we have no worship. Only my heart. (…) So spirituality says, meditate.
(…) This is all that Sahaj Marg is, this is all that Sahaj Marg requires, and this is all that is possible to take you to Him who is inside you.
(…) And for that I thank my master. I thank my master who is in my heart, who is my God.”
All religions have the same God, yet there are religious wars. It is religion that opposes most men among themselves, says Chari; because religions have a pope, priests, temples, cults and dogmas. None of this exists in spirituality: Sahaj Marg, it is just meditation, Chari says in all seriousness.
Chari has a God, it is Babuji. Sahaj Marg has a pope, it is Chari. It has its priests, they are the preceptors (and prefects?). (And Sahaj Marg has "spiritual soldiers"... see here) SRCM has temples, these are the ashrams. Sahaj Marg has (or "is") a cult, it is the sadhana and its daily abhyas (practice) (prayer, meditation and cleaning, obedience, service, etc..). It has a dogma, obedience to the Master and service to the Mission.
The best evidence that Sahaj Marg has turned itself into a religious dogma, it is precisely this training undertaken by the abhyasis (International Scholarship Training Program). If it was just about meditation, they would have no need of such training.
The God of Chari, it is Babuji, and it is he who says it (see above for his own words). I can not believe that other religions share the same God with him. Besides, it is also Chari who opposes religions and spirituality, and turns his followers against religions.
Is he then trying to create a new war between religions?
Elodie...
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Monday, March 05, 2012
Sahaj Marg(tm) and Whispers From the Brighter World No. 4!!
Taken and translated from an article by Alexis: "Whispers 4", on Elodie's blog in Europe: Pour Que Vive Le Sahaj Marg.
March 5, 2012
Whispers 4
Chari & the SHPT (spiritual hierarchy publication trust) are preparing to release the fourth volume of Whispers, scheduled for April 30, the anniversary of the birth of Babuji.
80 euros or $100.00 USD or 3,000 INR. Remember the price of the first volume: 300 euros! What deflation ...
What a tumbling too! They told us that it cost them dear (to manufacture), but in fact they put at least 220 euros aside for each copy sold ... and probably even more since there is no reason to believe they are selling the 4th (Whispers) at a loss or no profit.
We suspected it a little, here's proof!
Still, the SHPT (spiritual hierarchy publication trust), the publishing arm of SRCM, puts an end to their lifetime subscriptions effective March 31, 2012. One way to get people to subscribe in the last few months they have left??
And still not a single word on the death of Kasturi, the Saint from the great Babuji's Sahaj Marg.
Alexis
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March 5, 2012
Whispers 4
Chari & the SHPT (spiritual hierarchy publication trust) are preparing to release the fourth volume of Whispers, scheduled for April 30, the anniversary of the birth of Babuji.
80 euros or $100.00 USD or 3,000 INR. Remember the price of the first volume: 300 euros! What deflation ...
What a tumbling too! They told us that it cost them dear (to manufacture), but in fact they put at least 220 euros aside for each copy sold ... and probably even more since there is no reason to believe they are selling the 4th (Whispers) at a loss or no profit.
We suspected it a little, here's proof!
Still, the SHPT (spiritual hierarchy publication trust), the publishing arm of SRCM, puts an end to their lifetime subscriptions effective March 31, 2012. One way to get people to subscribe in the last few months they have left??
And still not a single word on the death of Kasturi, the Saint from the great Babuji's Sahaj Marg.
Alexis
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