Sahaj Marg(tm) Membership... The Hoax was Colossal!

Taken and translated from an article by Alexis: "Effectifs...L'intox était Colossale"  on Élodie's blog in Europe: Pour Que Vive Le Sahaj Marg.


4d-Don's Comment:  Could we be witnessing the dis-integration or the "break-up" of SRCM (California-1997), into "240 pieces" as Chari's nightmare warned about just a few short years ago?  Maybe most "objectors of conscience" simply leave and don't look for other "factions" of Sahaj Marg to fit into.  The trade-marking of Sahaj Marg(tm) by Chari, has made it difficult, if not impossible,  for dissenters to form their own "group" and call Babuji's (un-trade-marked) system by the name he called it and registered in his 1945 Constitution and By-Laws.  

It seems that if one believes these numbers,  telling the truth about the membership numbers of spiritualist SRCM(California-1997)  is not part of "finding" the TRUTH of spirituality!  Where are the "standards of Spiritualism" mentionned in the Constitution and Bye-Laws of Chari's SRCM (California-1997)



October 1, 2012  

Sahaj Marg(tm) Membership: the Hoax was Colossal! 
 
While some were putting forward the membership numbers from 500 to 600 000 abhyasis, the German SRCM (Shri Ram Chandra Mission- California-1997)  announced 200,000 followers in India, including 25,000 from elsewhere, of which 3,500 were from Europe and in 2007, it (SRCM-California-1997)  had a presence in over 90 countries. 

More recently, on November 25, 2011, before the Arbitration Commission for Indian web, SRCM said it had 150,000 registered members, 3,014 preceptors, about a thousand meditation centers in India and 102 abroad, and about 200 ashrams in India and 13 abroad. 

According to the latest information on the Meditation Centre in Chennai (one of the largest Indian centers) with nearly 7% of the Indian preceptors, there would be 38-39 contributors (paid up members) per preceptor, but regular practitioners would not  constitute more than 29% of them.  Finally, according to Ajay Kumar Bhatter, it takes three new introductions to Sahaj Marg to hold one contributor.  

Extrapolating to the whole of India, it would therefore give 11 practitioners per preceptor, 39 contributors and 115 persons if one adds supporters.

On the outside (of India)  it is clearer, we observe an average of 9 practitioners per preceptor, 12 contributors and 15 people if we add the supporters. 

In 2007 with 2,377 preceptors in the world, we therefore get the following results: - 24,000 regular participants in Sunday satsang - 65,000 contributors to the national association - 175,000 people who are supporters but who have not continued the practice after their introduction.

It is far, very far, from 200 to 300,000 abhyasis commonly cited.  

The strategy of intoxification (hoax)  worked well, I was myself taken in for a long time, at least in part ... 

Alexis
 

For more information [on the website of Alexis]  

- Abhyasis practitioners, contributors and supporters 
- The Multinational Sahaj margTM  


Coming soon [on the website of Alexis]  

- Kamlesh, a Plenipotentiary Vice-President

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