Monday, December 23, 2013

Sahaj Marg's Gift of Ten Million Dollars

Taken and Translated from an article: "Un Cadeau de Valeur de Dix Millions de Dollars" by Alexis, on Élodie's Blog in Europe: Pour Que Vive Le Sahaj Marg.


December 20, 2013 

  
A Gift With a Value of Ten Million Dollars 

Dirty money recycled through SMSF? 

In 2012, the equivalent of $ 10 million was offered (as a donation?) to the Indian Sahaj Marg Spirituality Foundation (SMSF) by Mentor Financial Ltd from the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands. Behind this offshore company hide Viktor Gushan and Ilya Kazmaly, two former officers of the Soviet intelligence services and the co-founders of the no.1 corporation in Transnistria. When he implemented ​​this donation, Kazmaly (a preceptor of Sahaj Marg) had recently left his country for an unknown destination after resigning from the Supreme Soviet and abandonning the head of Sheriff Holdings ...

Clean money or dirty money? I do not know, but the question needs to be asked. So that everyone can have an idea,
(what is known of) the history of the enrichment of these two businessmen is assumed to have been told in detail. It is worthy of the best spy novels of Gérard de Villiers or John le Carré: a phantom state, a geopolitical context with Cold War overtones, political corruption and collusion with the world of finance, wild (frontier?) capitalism and mafia practices, shell companies in tax havens, organized crime laundering money in offshore front (or "shell") companies ... 


Do you know Transnistria (or Transdniestria) or DMR (or MRD Moldavian Republic of Dniestr)? 

A Breakaway region of Moldova, Transnistria is a small strip of land, less than 25 miles wide, on the eastern bank of the Dniester River, marking the border with the Ukraine or an area equivalent to that of the Oriental Pyrénées region (department?), making it a sort of Russian enclave between the Republic of Moldova and the Ukraine.

"A trans-border black hole of organized crime, notably in drug trafficking, human trafficking and arms smuggling," according to Mircea Geoana, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania. A country of the former soviets, "Transnistria is a territory of geographical Europe where the USSR, its system, its administration, decorum and methods are still in place: a truly historic conservatory" said Jean- Baptiste Naudet of the Nouvel Observateur (New Observer).


Still called the Moldavian Republic of Dniestr, Transnistria was created on the ruins of the Soviet Union. Neither recognized by the the international community nor by Russia, this phantom state from one of the last conflicts of the Cold War has been presided with an iron hand for 20 years by Igor Smirnov, who is closely linked to the Russian oligarchic interests. 



Perhaps you are more familiar with the football (soccer) club: Sheriff of Tiraspol? 

The largest corporation in the region, Sheriff Holdings is known to be the owner of the football team of  Tiraspol, where it built a sports complex of more than 200 million dollars. Much is being said about the Sheriff group: a front for money-laundering on a large scale at the heart of a pseudo state which is nothing but a partnership for smuggling.

“(…) often using the violent “gangster capitalism” tactics prevalent throughout the post-Soviet region in the1990s to do so, allegedly racking up dozens of economically motivated killings along the way (…). according to Michael Bobick (Article of September 30, 2010, in Transitions OnLine: In Transdniester, One Company Is a Law Unto Itself).

Created from scratch with the privatization of the Soviet economy in 1993, the holding company today allegedly control about 50% of the real estate market and 90% of the fuel (energy) in the country.  Sheriff soon took advantage of the political isolationism of the country to build its monopoly in many sectors of the regional economy. Thus, Viktor Gushan and Ilya Kazmaly, former officers of the Soviet secret services and co -founders of the holding company, are employing more than 12,000 people in a dozen companies and various industrial plants.  According to the newspaper "Adevărul" (The Truth ) quoted from article in  Moldova Azi, Sheriff's turnover would have exceeded 4 billion lei in 2010 [Romanian currency, or 900 million euros], up 300 million compared to 2009 [67 million euros]. 

The group also owns a chain of supermarkets, food processing plants, the main network of service stations, car dealerships (Mercedes), an advertising agency (Klassika), a television Network (TSV), a mobile telephone operator (Interdnestrcom), a brandy factory (Kvint), etc...  

Is Sheriff  the cause or a symptom of the ills that plague the Transnistrian society, the poorest in Europe?  That is the question, and opinions are divided ... 


Collusion between Sheriff and President Smirnov?

Vladimir Putin allegedly called Transnistria: "The Republic of Sheriff!".   During the presidency of  Igor Smirnov (1991-2011), the Sheriff group was the main contributor to the state budget, approximately $30 million, almost 30% of the total taxes paid by enterprises, and 17% of the revenues of its annual budget, according to Kamil Calus (Article May 16, 2013, in OSW Commentary: An aided economy. The characteristics of the Transnistrian Economic model) . In return, Sheriff  has handsomely benefited from special privileges ...


Oleg Smirnov, son of the former president would allegedly be one of the top managers of the group, with no one  ever being able to prove it.  Vladimir, the other son of President Smirnov, was the Minister of Customs, and a major silent partner among the company executives.  One thing is for certain, Sheriff and the Smirnov family have maintained a very close relationship. So much so that Lucy Ash of the  BBC writes:


“Organised crime experts in the UK suspect that Sheriff really belongs to the first family of the rogue republic, and claim the Smirnovs use it to launder money.” in: Misery in a pariah state dated 1/04/2004.

So, until the end of 2012, the holding company has received tax breaks, such as tax reductions for import and export, and the right to do business in foreign currencies when other companies had to use the local currency. The organization could export its currency, and without limits or tariffs: one  part was spent on the purchase of property, another part was diverted to tax havens. 


Sheriff, primarily responsible for the fall of Smirnov? 

The two former KGB officers have cleverly taken advantage of the fall of the Soviet Union and the isolationist policy of Pres. Smirnov to build and develop the Sheriff GroupIn the early 2000s, when the country became too small for their appetite, the two businessmen began to demand change. Always in order to serve their interests, they have become strong advocates of a liberal opening. 
Sheriff is taking an active part in the emergence on the national political scene of  Obnovlenye (Renewal), a movement created by liberal leaders of companies. In 2005, haivng meanwhile become a political party, Obnovlenye wins the elections. Yevgeni Shevchuk, former director of a branch of the Agroprombank commercial bank (a subsidiary of Sheriff) , becomes the head of the Supreme Soviet.  Ilya Kazmaly and Ilona Tyuryaeva, the (female) Director of Human Resources at Sheriff, are elected members under the same brand.  In 2011, the old guard, loyal to the Smirnov family loses the presidential election and Shevchuk heads the country. 

Gushan and Kazmaly have shown their limitless ambitions: not only to control the economic life of the region but also the politics, always to extend the economic domination of Sheriff . The effectiveness of their propaganda, particularly through the television networks of the holding company, has paid off.
  
But the influence of this group and its two leaders has become so powerful that it is scary. It even frightens their ally if yesterday, Yevgeni Shevchu, so much so that on December 29, 2012,  the new president put an end to the privileges of Sheriff. Meanwhile, Kazmaly resigned from the Supreme Soviet and left Sheriff, the holding company. Gushan remains alone at the helm of the company ... 


Gushan and Kazmaly in Tax Havens? 

On 10 June 2013, the Moldovan Center for Transparency and Civic Participation (Particip) revealed that Gushan and Kazmaly own several companies in the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands, through the Independent Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and their original revelations about tax havens through its transnational program OffshoreLeaks (article from Particip in Moldovia: Sheriff in Marea Caraibelor).

Within a few days in April 2004, in the Caribbean Sea, the two businessmen became shareholders of four offshore companies. They first created "Vanora Financial Ltd." on April 6th, then on April 20th, they became directors and shareholders of "Civilpark Limited", a company founded in May 2001 by the Cypriot, Stelios Joakim . Three days later, they founded the company "Mentor Financial Ltd " and "Orion Intervest Ltd" . All these companies were registered in Tortola, the Virgin Islands capital, through the "Commonwealth Trust Limited".


Thereafter, the Sheriff group used its offshore company Orion Intervest Ltd to import products into Transnistria.  The company even received a fine for violation of the customs legislation on March 23, 2012. 
According to documents from OffshoreLeaks project, Ilya Kazmaly still has interests in 3 other offshore companies registered in the British Virgin Islands. On May 2nd, 2007, Kazmaly and a Cypriot resident named Branislava Grozdanovic, became directors of offshore "Minos Marketing Ltd", "Morganton Investments Ltd" and "Palac Trading Ltd"; all three created in May 2005 through their company "Eurotrade Nominees Ltd". 


Using Networks of Illicit Activities and Money Laundering?
  
Commonwealth Trust Ltd (CTL) and Eurotrade Nominees Ltd : Gushan and Kazmaly having astutely chosen their intermediaries looking little at their clientelle, in creating their offshore companies.  The success of these intermediaries is based on the coverage of their customers who want to remain in the shadows and opacity which they throw on their financial transactions. They offer an ideal shelter for persons related to political corruption, arms trafficking and organized crime which could not exist without them.

Among the directors of  Eurotrade Nominees Ltd, Stephen Kelly and John Jesse Grant Hester were both pinned by OffshoreLeaks to be part of the hit parade of offshore business owners. Born in 1976 in the UK, Hester alone, runs more than 1,500 offshore companies.  He apparently co-directed a company involving a controversial figure, arrested and convicted for fraud and association with mafia activities in Italy, according to Dandreagalli (Article May 22, 2013, in Economic Crime Intelligence). Previously, he was the director of a company used by the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to circumvent the "Oil for Food" program of the United Nation , according to Gerard Ryle and Stefan Candea ((article du 7 avril 2013, in ICIJ).

Regarding the CTL (Commonwealth Trust Lt.), it has been repeatedly accused of violating the anti- money laundering legislation. It is interwoven with several rogue businesses, but the most iconic of them is the Magnitsky scandal, according to Michael Hudson et al.
(article du 5 avril 2013, in Mail & Guardian) . 

In 2007, three Russian companies held by the investment fund Hermitage Capital are victims of a raid and are rejected by the underworld. The new owners demand 150 million euros (230 million dollars) from the Russian officials, which they get 5 days later.  The tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky denounces a plot hatched by organized crime and Russian officials of the Russian state crime. Victim of arbitrary justice, he dies in prison two years later, at his turn accused of tax evasion.

The money was paid in rubles, converted to dollars and transferred West on the same day through a chain of no less than 40 shell companies so as to cover any traces of the fraudsters, including twenty which had been created by the CTLThe latter (CTL) was founded by Toronto, Canada millionaire Toronto Tom Ward, who declares in  a
written reply to ICIJ  issues ( quoted from CBC News Canada April 5, 2013) reply: " “CTL's problems were, by and large, directly proportional to its market share. (…) I regard myself as an ethical person. I don't think I intentionally did anything wrong (…)”.  Ward and CTL are not accused of having actively participated in the theft of the Russian treasury, but it is thanks to them that such matters can be arranged. 


Who is Kazmaly and Whant happened to him in 2012?
  
According to the website of the Supreme Soviet of Transdniestria, Ilya Mikhailovich Kazmaly is a Russian of "gagauze" origin, born April 7, 1962 (Gagauzia is an autonomous region in southern Moldova, where the Turkish-speaking Orthodox dominate).  Kazmaly worked as an officer of the Soviet intelligence services, then as Chief of the Criminal Brigade of Tiraspol, before founding the Sheriff Corporation in 1993 with Viktor Gushan.  In 2005, he was elected to the Supreme Soviet as a member of the opposition under the Obnovlenye brand, having long been one of the main supporters of President Smirnov.

In April 2012, Kazmaly abandons his responsibilities at Sheriff group, he resigns his position as Deputy to the Supreme Soviet, and maybe even leaves the country for an unknown destination ...


Having just left everything, he donated the equivalent of $10 million in six payments between the 8th and 26th of June, 2012 via his offshore financial company,  Mentor Ltd, to the Sahaj Marg Spirituality Foundation in India. To my knowledge, a preceptor of Sahaj Marg since 2005 at least, he has been a member of the Shri Ram Chandra Mission for over 8 years.  Whatever happened to him?

 

Blowing a Kiss From Cyprus? 

Following the scandals surrounding the CTL, Gushan and Kazmaly repatriated all their offshore companies in the Virgin Islands to Cyprus, via the "Christabel Corporate Services Ltd " in Limassol. 

Cyprus: the "Island of the Russians ", the "Russians' private Switzerland",  the "Russian rear guard in the Mediterranean", the qualifiers don't lack to describe this country which counts from 35 to 50 000 Russian-speaking citizens, so much so that Limassol has been nicknamed: "Limassolgrad" . 

Like the Virgin Islands, Cyprus is another tax haven for Russian "banksters" where shell companies remain anonymous because taxes regulations are weak and banks are discrete. In the report released in November, 2012, the German intelligence believed that the Russians hold approximately 25 billion euros on the island. 

Small paradise island of the European Union where the Russian Mafia rubs shoulders with the Moscow secret services. This is the washing machine of dirty money-laundering for Russian criminals and the country of tax-evasion for the Moscow oligarchs, through tax agreements between the two countries.  It is also a starting point for all of the mafia's arms trafficking and for the new Tsar of Russia for destination to  Syria, Lebanon and Iran. 

Limassol is a familiar environment for Kazmaly who is right at home in the aphrodisiac of this seaside resort of southeast Cyprus.


A long chain that ends in the pockets of Chari?

Recall the context : a fortune built on the dismantling of the Soviet economy, wealth, political and financial corruption, the use of money-laundering establishments, of illicit arms trafficking and organized crime. All this in the poorest countries in Europe (GDP less than 1,200 euros per capita, an average salary of not more than 115 euros per month). "The many young people who can not afford to continue their studies, are often condemned to unemployment or a low-paying job ... at Sheriff ." According to Judith Sinnige (Article 26/01/2012, in Cafébabel).


Legally, this money is it clean or dirty?  I do not know! Morally that's another story ... The origin of the $10 million is it ethically acceptable? Chari has been concerned about the provenance of the money? Just recently he said: " (...) I always thought that having too much money tainted our understanding of these finer values ​​of life (...) . We have these maxims , the Ten Maxims we have the discipline of Sahaj Marg, the moral code of Sahaj Marg, all designed to make us perfect . "( Speech by Chari on 10.21.2013 ). The moral code of Chari and the values ​​of the Mission (VBSE ) have they crumbled? Nothing is less certain!  Has Chari even questioned himself?


Money has no smell and Chari is recycling some morally dubious money in the low-level plateau of spiritualism. 
These people are made to understand one another.  (Birds of a feather flock together) .

Alexis 



Additional references:

 Transdniestria: The Country That Did Not Come In From The Cold
 Financial Times, by Thomas Escritt , June 23, 2011 
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/cb3fb4b4-9ccb-11e0-bf57-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2mhzmpU8t


In Sliver of Old U.S.S.R., Hot Soccer Team Is Virtual State Secret
New York Times, by James Montague, 19 août 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/sports/soccer/soccer-team-of-post-soviet-transnistria-dominates-moldovan-league.html?_r=0

Vie, mort et résurrection de la controversée Commonwealth Trust Limited
Le Monde, by Stéphanie Chayet, Michael Hudson et Marina Walker Guevara, 6 avril 2013
http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2013/04/06/vie-mort-et-resurrection-de-la-controversee-commonwealth-trust-limited_3155292_3234.html

Chypre: base arrière russe en Méditerranée ?
Atelier Europe, by Camille Roux, 19 octobre 2012
http://www.atelier-europe.eu/blog/2012/10/chypre-base-arriere-russe-en-mediterranee.html

Donations étrangères effectuées à la SMSF indienne
FCRA, Ministry of Home Affairs, India 2012-2013
http://fcraonline.nic.in/fc3_verify.aspx?RCN=075900957R&by=2012-2013




Sunday, December 15, 2013

Sahaj Marg 2014 Celebrations

Taken and translated from an article by Élodie: "Les Célébrations 2014 du Sahaj Marg", on her blog in Europe: Pour Que Vive Le Sahaj Marg


4d-Don's Comments: Ka-ching, Ka-ching (the sound of MONEY) ...  When there's a party at SRCM (Sahaj Marg), it's to sell iconography and material STUFF  (real estate, gasoline (travel, spiritual tourism), books, jewelry, trinkets, photos, food, shelter,  etc... etc... , and to hand out "titles" (positions)  in exchange.

Sahaj Marg is not a "natural path", it is not a "Raja Yoga",  but it is SPIRITUALISM (medium's messages from the spirits of the dead), sold under the name of  "SPIRIT-uality" !!  Their "Whispers" is written by an anonymous French Lady Medium (AFLM).  


The "carbon footprint" on the environment  gets larger at the SRCM,  as the spirituality at Sahaj Marg becomes more "SPIRITUALISM" ... all to find a GOD which is EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, and EVERYWHEN (the E-Trinity) !! 


December 14, 2013


Sahaj Marg 2014 Celebrations

Kamlesh Patel informs us in a circular published in SRCM Sahaj Sandesh of December 1st,  that Abhyasis of the world can go to three international celebrations in 2014:
 

-  Lalaji's Anniversary at Tiruppur, from February 1st-4th  
-  Babuji's Anniversary at Tiruppur, from April 29th to May 1st  
-  The Anniversary of Chari's new Ashram at Tiruvallur (46 km from Chennai), July 23rd to 25th
 

Chari has agreed to give his permission, and according to the tone of Patel, all must rejoice:
  
“Rev. Master has kindly consented (…).We are indeed fortunate that Rev. Master has been very kind to us to let us host 3 International Celebrations in a Single Year.”


The SRCM revives an abandoned tradition. Chari had limited in recent years the number of international celebrations to one, his birthday.  But Chari is still alive, everything continues to happen near Chennai. There is no question of moving away from the guru and organize anything abroad, as was the case until 2005 (France, Denmark, etc..).
 

The warning of Patel at the end of this invitation is interesting and revealing, not so much by what he said as in what is implied in these few sentences. He invites the Abhyasis to take in consideration their professional, financial and family life and their holiday situation, before deciding to participate in these events. 


“It is but natural for all abhyasis to have an inner desire to attend all the birthday celebrations and be in the presence of our Beloved Master. While such a desire or longing is natural, abhyasis must also take into consideration several factors like Holidays & also their Professional, Financial and Family situations before deciding on their participation.” 

As I understand it, some Abhyasis are in such idolatry they would do anything to be in the presence of the Master, even jeopardizing or sacrificing their professional, financial and family life.

Patel also reminds the supervisory staff of the organization that the final decision whether or not to attend the celebrations should be left to the Abhyasis as the last resort.
 
 



“The Prefects or Functionaries of the Mission must not put any pressure on abhyasis' participation and must allow it to be a natural "Heart Based Call" from the abhyasis' side. There should be a sense of joy when abhyasis come forward on their own accord and attend the celebrations, the final choice being left to the abhyasis.”

As I understand it: some executives are too zealous to ingratiate themselves to the Master by putting pressure on the abhyasis, so much so, that they (the "disciples") find no joy in participating in these events against their will.

The public who attends these celebrations, is it composed of people who are forced to participate, and of fanatical idolaters?

This double recommendation sounds like a warning to the Abhyasis, the preceptors,  and the staff of the Mission, an exhortation to use a little more restraint, symptomatic of the excesses observed for several years at the Mission.
 

Elodie

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Monday, December 09, 2013

A New Sahaj Marg, A New Emblem?

Taken and translated from an article by Elodie (from a comment by Alexis) : "Un Nouveau Sahaj Marg, Nouvel Emblème?" on her blog in Europe: Pour Que Vive Le Sahaj Marg.


December 8, 2013  

A New Sahaj Marg, A New Emblem?
 
First, a re-founding of Sahaj Marg in the spiritualist fashion of the medium (Anonymous French Lady Medium... (AFLM)) of Whispers.  There is now a re-dressing of the website of the Mission in a New Age look.  Then today, creating a new emblem?  But what will be left of the  Sahaj Marg of Babuji (1945) tomorrow?
 


Alexis' (translation)  comment ...

 
The esoteric symbol of whispers


"Whispers proliferates in the mind. Whispers, a religion that can permanently change at will, rewritten daily to adapt to the needs of the moment "?

You could not be more right!

Whispers is already replacing the Sahaj Marg of yesteryears, tomorrow a new esoteric symbol will replace the emblems of SRCM and SMSF ...

Change is now underway. Santosh Khanjee of the SMSF in the USA has already been selling this new symbol for 6 months.

It is a star in the middle of a heart, supposedly to represent the "divine light in the heart", sold as a brooch or a pendant, with a whopping price of $108.25 dollars, shipping not included ...

And where does all this come from? I'll give you a "miles" ... From Whispers of course! The symbol appeared in Volume 2 of the Machiavellian works of the medium, on page 458 of  "A second revelation".

As expected, the SMSF reiterates its proven sales techniques: in July we are told: "A very limited quantity of the pendants are available", but in November it is back to: "We-have received a new shipment of the Esoteric Symbol pendants and brooches".

Why change the mind control methods and the business practices that have already succeeded in wonder?


 Alexis


4d-Don's Comment: 

First, Sahaj Marg claimed that the "light" was supposed to be a "flame" or a "fire" ... My Ex-preceptor and physician of Babuji (Don S.)  stated to me, that Babuji said to him: (paraphrase) "...think of "light" as opposed to "heavy" (so a question of "weight" i.e. "light-headed")".  

Then the alleged "fantasy" Light was said to be the IMAGINED "divine light" (a metaphor?? not REAL??)  and it is now a real "star" (which is in reality, a thermo-nuclear furnace).  This star is claimed to represent (imagination?) the imagined "divine light" which they claim is REALLY in the heart (the  pump for blood) ...  There is no scientific evidence (or proof)  of any light in the heart  ...  just a lowly sound (a thump) !!   
  
Coming from  the brain, on the other hand,  is an "electromagnetic" frequency which can be recorded and which has a specific "frequency"!!  It is not a sound, but I am sure that if there is a sound emanating from the brain, it is a "hum" (of the MOTION of electrons?), but certainly not the lowly "thump" of a material PUMP!!  There is no "thump" coming from the brain of most people.... However, the religious make all kinds of unsubstantiated claims about "the divine" and/or about the "light" (the imagined Nature of the DIVINE,  but ... ???  they invent stories to sell  Spiritualism and "matter" (jewelery made of shiny metal) !!   

Ah the Spiritualist Businessmen of Sahaj Marg !!  They sell shiny "MATTER" and dark and "densing" SPIRITUALISM!!  

According the Enstein's E=mc2, Energy and Matter are "equivalent" (the same? or having the equi=same  and valent =value) ...  Science is more accurate and wiser than Sahaj Marg's Spiritualism !!  But Sahaj Marg's Spiritualism makes more money for the top of their Religious Pyramid (or their Inner Circle)  to use and manipulate at their "discretion", so as to milk the "cash cow".

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Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Whispers (From the Brighter World) Has Proliferated in Everyone's Mind

Taken and translated from an article by Élodie: "Whispers a proliféré dans tous les esprits", on her blog in Europe: Pour Que Vive Le Sahaj Marg.

Comments and inserts for clarification by 4d-don are in "red italics"


December 3, 2013  

Whispers Has Proliferated in Everone's Mind
 
From now on, during the satsanghs (meditations), the abhyasis (disciples) "absorb a whisper".
 

Born from out of the blue in 2005, "Whispers from the Brighter World" has become the new Bible of the Mission, relegating to oblivion all the old values ​​of Sahaj Marg.
 

How did this happen and why?
 

Everyone knows today what Whispers is, no one can ignore it any longer. Yet it was nothing at its beginning.  Chari has cleverly maintained the mystery around its output to better arouse the curiosity of the potential customers.  Everything was kept secret, except for one thing: the price to pay.  Because those who did not quickly acquire it (the gift) at this price, would never get it at that price again.  250 euros, that was the price of  one's curiosity, the price of Chari's "gift".
 

Whispers is primarily the first commercial campaign of the SMSF, orchestrated masterfully by Chari and his advisers with the ulterior motive of financing the launch of the future school of the children of his followers (LMOIS or Omega School)This perfectly executed commercial operation pushes Chari to renew his feat two years later.  His appetite has become insatiable, so he requests from his followers, $1,200 for his new gift and the opportunity to attend his birthday celebration. This is one step too far that requires him to backtrack in the face of the "pot-shots" of a few bad apples.
 

Whispers, it is ultimately nothing more than a beautiful and very expensive book which Chari's trusting clients have acquired. That's what everyone ends up learning the hard way.  But Chari does not care, according to him, this book has no price, this is the new Bible/Veda etc. of Sahaj Marg. Having extended indefinitely the period of sale, he then prohibits his customers to group together to buy it, he forbids his followers to read excerpts in public during satsanghs (group meditation sessions) and prohibits any person its partial reproduction.  The effect of curiosity peaks.  Whispers is thus the remarkable marketing of a fundraising campaign, but it is also a subtle alchemy to create the maximum effect of curiosity.
 

Whispers is also an energetic and highly effective propaganda campaign.  They send a daily e-mail, "A Whisper a Day" for the followers to meditate on for the rest of the day.  Exit the financial aspect, exit the blackout.  Posts succeed posts, always repeating the same ideas.  And repetition is the basis of education, everyone knows that.  The followers then find themselves at satsangh for their "Absorb a Whisper", as they say. The constant pounding wins over the minds of  the most hermetic consciences.  Propaganda eventually overcomes any resistance. The impregnation (of the disciples) is complete. Whispers has proliferated in our (their?) minds.
 

Whispers, is (allegedly) what will emerge gradually as the new Creed of Chari's followers. Whispers is a new religion.  Even though everyone now knows, it may be useful to recall its salient points.  Humanity is bad and going to ruin, the Apocalypse is imminent.  All the followers of Sahaj Marg will not be saved, but the best of them will be.  The children of Sahaj Marg, brought up according to its values, are the elite who will dominate this new spiritual world to come.  Babuji and all the Great saints of all times ensure this from the "Brighter World".  Thus, the followers understand that they are out to conquer the world, a world filled with "beings" not quite worthy of the adjective: "human" beings.
 

Whispers 2005, is a new ideology, an incredible hocus-pocus, a great recycling of Indian spirituality and the spiritualism from a global New Age.  A so-called French medium allegedly receives daily messages dictated by Babuji from the "Brighter World" where he allegedly took refuge since his death in 1983.  A very clever maneuver: the messages come directly from the founder of Sahaj Marg, Chari allegedly can't manipulate them since he is neither the author nor the editor.  No one can oppose him, to doubt would put everything in question.
 

But who is this medium whose anonymity is so carefully preserved? Does she even exist? Who is writing in great secrecy a new constitution for the Mission cut in her own measure?  To question is to answer: again, Chari, supported by his advisers are at the controls. Whispers?  It is the ideology of Chari alone, the Bible of a new religion that is being created from scratch, and which seizes the Mission and conquers the minds of its new and former followers.
 

Of course, not everything is completely new in Whispers. But this is a complete reversal of its past tendencies: Whispers has become the new grid for reading and interpreting the works of Babuji and all other texts of the Mission and not the reverse.  If there are misunderstandings, everything is planned, Babuji regularly repeats: you are not ready to know everything, the time has not yet come, you can not understand everything, you're too limited.  The margin of maneuverability for Chari and his successors is phenomenal.
 

Whispers is "doing a clean sweep of the past".  Whispers is a religion that can permanently change at will, be rewritten daily to adapt to the needs of the moment, without fear of blunders and misunderstandings.  And when there are no more Whispers, new ones comes. "A second revelation", Volume Two of Whispers comes to renew when the stock is down, then comes Volume Three to hammer in again the same psalms (antiphons?), and so on.


Élodie 

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