Taken and translated from an article by Alexis on his French blog: Le Projet Sahaj Marg
(last updated: Feb., 2010)
Comments and Insertions by 4d-don are in "red italics"
New Presentation for 2010
"New religious movements" for the Anglo-Saxon, "sectes nuisibles" for the French, or "new spirituality" for the Eastern world, the words used to describe the current spiritual wealth shows us how the different apprehensions of this phenomenon may differ.
In this changing context of exceptional mutations of the religious phenomenon, here is the example of the incredible saga of nearly 70 years of Sahaj Marg, a global spirituality of Indian origin, based on the techniques of meditation from a simplification of the ancestral Hindu Raja Yoga. (Which the Founder of Sahaj Marg, Ram Chandra of Shahjahanpur (aka Babuji), experienced from a Naqshbandiya Order Sufi (Ram Chandra of Fatehgarh (aka Lalaji) whom he visited a few times only in his early 20's.) The Shri Ram Chandra Mission, an organization responsible for disseminating this (Sahaj Marg) teaching, claims* three masters, Lalaji, Babuji and Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari, the last, a living master.
* See statement by the Dean of NaqshMuMRa, grandson of Lalaji, Dinaysh Kumar Saxena, from reading the journals of his grand-father, claiming that Lalaji has nothing to do with Sahaj Marg and that Babuji was never a preceptor of Lalaji's organization: Epitome of Sahaj Marg.
This presentation emphasizes a historical perspective to properly highlight the changes implemented within this movement. It has five parts: a) The Epic of Sahaj Marg, b) Personalities and Trends that have influenced it, c) the Totalitarian Temptation of its Guru and his Followers, d) The Resulting Multinational Shri Ram Chandra Mission, and e) its Current Business Seduction.
The French parliamentary report n. 2468 cites the Shri Ram Chandra Mission in its list of "harmful sects", dated December, 1995. What the SRCM does not say is that it practices a very active proselytism, especially among psychologically fragile people. What it also does not say is that there is often a very rapid onset of strong mental dependence on the Guru and distance vis-à-vis those near to the adherents, family and social relationships. What it does especially not say is that it is hungry (desires?) for real estate as well as spirituality.
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The Fabulous Epic of Sahaj Marg
In the late nineteenth century, Lalaji met a Sufi master. Together, they founded a syncretic teaching between Hinduism and Sufism, in northern India. In 1945, (13 years after Lalaji's death...allegedly) on posthumous orders by Lalaji (and others, in dreams), (see Autobiography of Ram Chandra) Babuji founded the Shri Ram Chandra Mission and the Sahaj Marga method which spread gradually to the south of India, once it rid itself of its Sufi (Islam) references. After raising Rajagopalachari (The current president of SRCM(California-1997) on a pedestal, in 1982, Babuji, ill and aging, finally appoints his own son (Umesh Saxena) to succeed him. Immediately after his (Babuji's) death (1983) , Rajagopalachari attempts to place himself at the control of the Society (SRCM Shahjahanpur-1945) with the support of followers from the West, while supporters of the son of Babuji continue to develop the Sahaj Marg from its historical stronghold in northern India, at
Shahjahanpur. In 1999, (after having been refused the Presidency of SRCM (Shahjahanpur-1945), by its Board of Directors, and having re-registered the Shri Ram Chandra Mission) in San Luis Obispo, California, in 1997, and its research arm, the SMRTI in Austin, Texas) Rajagopalachari returns to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Babuji, inaugurating the lavish Manapakkam ashram, near Chennai. Strengthened by his troops of Western followers and the financial power they give him, he (Chari) returns in triumph to his country. But to succeed in this feat, he has generously adapted the Spiritual product of Babuji and exploited without limit the weaknesses of his troops. He has become an autocratic guru, but resistance is increasing ...
First, a Teaching Syncretized From Hinduism and Sufism (1891-1930)
In the late nineteenth century, precisely in 1891, a young Brahmin named Ram Chandra of Fatehgarh , aka Lalaji, meets the master of a Sufi lineage (Naqshbandiya Sufi Order) in India. This encounter between a Hindu and a Muslim is not unique in this northern region of India, Uttar Pradesh, densely populated and heavily Muslim. Their friendship is much more surprising in this politically sensitive time when the inter-communal tensions are exacerbated.
Hazarat or Maulana Fazal Ahmad Shah Khan Raipur (1857-1907), known simply as "Hujur" is the spiritual leader of Tarika Mazahariya. This branch of the Sufi brotherhood of Naqshbandiya created by Mirza Mazhar Zanzana (1701-1781), is permanently implanted in Uttar Pradesh. There is already a kind of syncretism between the major Indian Sufi brotherhoods and certain traditional Hindu teachings. Hujur already taught equally to Muslims and Hindus. But he will go even further in that direction with his disciple, Lalaji. They highlight the equivalence between Hindu and Sufi spirituality and achieve a new synthesis. Their goal, totally against the current of history, dominated by the identity withdrawal in the face of the British invader, is to abolish the inter-religious boundaries.
The fruit of their work establishes that the primary responsibility for the spiritual evolution of the aspirant rests in the hands of his master, provided he comes into daily contact with his guru through meditation. The Master pours divine energy into the heart of his disciple by releasing him from his impure thoughts. One finds some of the foundations of Santmat, as posited by Kabir in the fifteenth century, as elements of the eleven principles of Naqshbandiya already extolling the silent meditation on the heart and the constant remembrance of God's presence.
Following Hujur, Lalaji becomes the first Hindu spiritual leader of the Tarika Mazahariya, but never converts to Islam. His (Lalaji's) teaching is based increasingly on the Santmat of Kabir and his followers over time. Thus, many of Lalaji's disciples founded the Ramashram Satsang, a kind of syncretism between Sufism and Santmat, which spreads throughout northern India.
In 1930, a year before his death, Lalaji appoints his own son, Jag Mohan Narain, to succeed him at the head of the order, contrary to the desire of Hujur who wanted to see Lalaji's nephew, Brij Mohan Lal Dadaji, succeed Lalaji. He (Jag Mohan Narain) creates for the first time in the hereditary Sufi lineage, a lineage called: Tariq Ramchandriya.
NaqshMuMRA (Sufi tariqa Ramchandriya descendants of Lalaji), Golden Sufi Center (Sufi tariqa from Lalaji's nephew), Ramashram Satsang and Akhil Bhartiya Santmat Satsang (ABSS) (two syncretisms between Sufism and Santmat) are still to this day spiritual movements which claim a direct lineage from Lalaji and his family.
The Sahaj Marga, a Refinement of Raja Yoga? (1931-73)
In 1945, not far away from Fatehgarh, Ram Chandra of Shahjahanpur, aka Babuji, claims to be the only truly spiritual successor appointed by Lalaji.
Different personalities long deceased (apparently) come to him in dreams, which he calls "intercommunications", such as Lalaji, the Sufis: Hujur and Baqi Billah, and the Hindus: Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna and Buddha himself. They ask Babuji to create the teachings of Sahaj Marga (easy way, the easy way) (later changed to the "natural path") and to found the organization called Shri Ram Chandra Mission (SRCM) at Shahjahanpur.
Comments and Corretions by Shashwat Pandey:
1. Lalaji was never a part of Sahaj Marg system, nor was he was a brahmin, Lalaji is a title given to "Kayasthya" community in India, and Babuji only claims that he is representing Lalaji, however the authentic lineage of Lalaji and Dinaysh Saxena (Dean of NaqshMuMRA have objected strongly to this publication of yours where you have linked Lalaji to Sahaj Marg. Lalaji does not deserve any mention while referring to Sahaj marg.
You can find an interview of Dinaysh on my site (Freedom from Sahaj Marg) where he has explained the actual teachings of Lalaji, you can download that interview and listen to it for clarity.
Thankfully you have not mentioned Vivekananda in your publications about Sahaj Marg, which is another blatant lie of SRCM.
2. You have also mentioned and have tried to draw a parallel line between Raja Yoga and Sahaj Marg, Raja Yoga of Patanjali is totally different from the practice of Sahaj Marg, and needs not be mentioned, there is no point in promoting a false claim. pls redefine this section.
Babuji physically met Lalaji three times in all, the first time was on June 3, 1922. Everything else is the result of an intercommunication (dreams) that begins after the death of Lalaji in 1931, and then is interrupted to resume in April 1944. Meanwhile, he (Babuji) attended the Ramashram Satsang of Dr. Chaturbhuj in Etah and apparently, that of Shri Krishna Lal Sikandarabad. He also dreams that he went to Kanpur, the seat of the family of Raghubal Dayal Chachaji's brother of Lalaji and father of Brij Mohan Lal Dadaji. According to his diary, Babuji thought that he was surrounded by competitors and enemies. They have (allegedly) even tried to poison and kill him. Reality or paranoia? Enemies maybe, certainly competitors.
At first, the parents of young Babuji are offended that he is frequenting Muslims. He himself then, with his book "Efficacy of Raja-Yoga in the Light of Sahaj Marg" published in 1947, makes a strategic refocusing of his teachings around Raja Yoga and Lalaji alone, thus omitting any reference to Sufism. It is true that the independence and partition are at the heart of the Indian news of the moment. Later, in 1963, he expresses the same opinion that Sahaj Marga has replaced the various Sufi orders that seem outdated.
As a refinement of Raja Yoga, the spiritual teachings of Sahaj Marga eliminates the difficult first (Steps 1 to 6 of the original "eightfold path" that is Raja Yoga, and Sahaj Marg starts at step 7, according to SRCM literature) stages of meditation, making it easier and feasible for our time. The ten commandments given by Lalaji to Babuji specifies that the practice also has a prayer to recite before sunrise, and at sunset, a repentance for sins committed. Remembering to have a heart filled with love and devotion, the aim is to achieve unity with God.
Babuji begins his spiritual teaching in Uttar Pradesh, where he allies himself with Kasturi Chaturvedi which he soon declares "the Saint of Sahaj Marga". But his notoriety overflows quickly from northern India and spreads throughout the country. Men join in the south, such as Raghavendra Rao, the south-west (Raichur, Karnataka), Dr KC Varadachari, the southeast (Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh), and Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari from still farther south (Chennai, Tamil Nadu).
The meeting between Babuji and Dr. Varadachari quickly turns into a deep friendship. Holder of the famous Vivekananda Chair at the University of Madras, and professor of philosophy, he creates the Sahaj Marg Research Institute (SMRI) in 1965, and contributes to the spread of Sahaj Marga to the general public.
Babuji names preceptors, charged with serving as a channel for the transmission between him and his disciples. In the late sixties, some of them go abroad and begin broadcasting the Sahaj Marga. Babuji made his first trip west in 1972, accompanied by Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari. And the Shri Ram Chandra Mission expands.
Dr. Varadachari warns Babuji in 1970, about the risks of the drifting of the teaching, due to its expansion, but he dies the following year. And Babuji is old and tired too, he is 75 years old in 1974 when he is hospitalized in Lucknow. The previous year, Kasturi Chaturvedi, Raghavendra Rao and Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari proposed to him to assist in his spiritual work. Kasturi would deal with the north, in the south would be Rao, and Rajagopalachari would be in charge of "outside India", but Babuji refuses and continues to travel tirelessly.
(See selected excerpts of Autobiograpy of Ram Chandra with comments by Christian (ex abhyasi of 17 years with Chari, and a research psychologist and psycho-linguist), published by SRCM (Shahjahanpur-1945) and compiled by its president: SP Srivastava.)
The Sahaj Marga, the Power Games (1974-84)
Babuji first prepared his great friend, Dr. Varadachari as his own successor. But the latter died before him, on January 30, 1971, leaving him embarrassed. He then draws closer to Rajagopalachari who became his disciple in 1964, appointing him secretary of the Mission in 1970, and everything seems to be going well between them. But suddenly, everything changes in 1982. Babuji makes serious accusations in a letter dated April 6 and appoints another secretary in his place June 28.
In September, very sick and weak, Babuji writes from Paris that some are plotting to take over the assets of the Mission. He accuses Rajagopalachari of trying to poison him repeatedly for eight years. He finally adds that the latter is presenting himself to Western disciples as the future president of the Mission, whereas he has secretly appointed his own successor. Again... reality, paranoia or simply senility?
Babuji was (allegedly) sick, delirious and could not walk alone. The doctor who accompanies him confirms that he should never have undertaken this journey in light of the state of his health. Rajagopalachari, meanwhile, becomes silent and aggressive but the French André Poray steals the show in Paris which does not leave him indifferent, not to mention the accusations of Babuji.
Babuji dies on April 19, 1983. At the gathering held the following July 10, two suitors appear. The eldest son of Babuji, Prakash Chandra, has nominated his son, Sharad Saxena, and Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari presents a copy of his letter of appointment dated March 23, 1974. The working committee defers its decision until February.
February 84, Rajagopalachari takes advantage of the anniversary of the birth of Lalaji and goes to Shahjahanpur, but it is made clear that he is not welcome and must withdraw from the ashram. The committee then meets without his presence. At its meeting on 6 and 7 February, the new Secretary General SA Sarnad suggests that the committee be chaired by the Dean, PC Chaturvedi. (judge and father of Sister Kasturi) Both the candidatures of Sharad and Rajagopalachari are rejected because of deception (forged letters of succession?) . The committee states that the letter of Rajagopalachari was postmarked at an earlier date than that which was inside and that Babuji had once complained (to the police) of the disappearance of four signed blank SRCM letterheads. Sarnad then presents to the committee the secret letter of appointment brought up by Babuji and it designates another of his sons, Umesh Chandra Saxena, dated April 16, 1982. The committee examines it, validates it and declares Umesh Chandra as President. Sarnad is instructed to issue a circular announcing his appointment that is ratified at a general meeting before 982 members on 8 february, 1984.
According to supporters of Rajagopalachari, Kasturi (see interview with Kasturi and/or transcript) and Canadian Donald Sabourin (now deceased) were witnesses to his appointment. The son of Dr. Varadachari, KC Narayana (retired state chief financial officer) said that Babuji announced in 1979 that he should work closely with Rajagopalachari after his death. He (apparently) also said that Babuji declared as late as 1980 in Munich that he would leave him the power. And everyone (many) agrees that the children of Babuji did not participate in collective weekly meditations, and have never shown any sign of interest in things spiritual.
But Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari, a southern man, smoking American cigarettes and very westernized, is not at all appreciated by the senior preceptors. In 1981, two of them, Raghavendra Rao and Ramachandra Reddy, tour the United States in a non-official capacity, accompanied by Umesh Chandra Saxena, who is not even a preceptor. Critics also argue that Rajagopalachari was stripped of all responsibilities by Babuji, and they add that he (allegedly) accompanied Babuji without his consent on his last tour of France, saying to Danish disciples that he would be President before the death of Babuji.
Then, is the letter of appointment of Rajagopalachari a fake (forgery)? Did Babuji dismiss Rajagopalachari of all his functions? Does he rightly accuse him of the worst atrocities or is his letter from Paris the fruit of delirium and senility? Why did his family begin by nominating Sharad July 83 before bringing forward the secret letter of appointment of Umesh Chandra? These questions will probably remain forever unanswered.
By designating his son, Babuji stated that he would become president of the Shri Ram Chandra Mission Shahjahanpur and the spiritual representative in line of succession. In his letter of accusation, he stated that he would be assisted in his task by Narayana, SP Srivastava and two other disciples. But Umesh Chandra temporarily cedes his place to SP Srivastava, the newly elected but not appointed president, to avoid further disruption of the organization. The latter then presides from Shahjahanpur and tackles the publication of the Journal of Babuji.
Rajagopalachari secedes, brings together another committee at Hyderabad, which appoints him the president, then he presides from the Ashram in Chennai in southern India, and travels the world seeking support. Narayana remaining faithful to the request of Babuji of 1979, betrays that of September 82, and he rallies behind Rajagopalachari and refuses to assist Umesh Chandra. It is then the turn of Sarnad to join the clan of Rajagopalachari, thus interrupting the spread of the circular attesting to the appointment of Umesh. Rajagopalachari, meanwhile, contacts the preceptors appointed by Babuji, ordering them to recognize him as President, otherwise he sacks them.
In Europe, some followers of Babuji completely lost, follow Andre Poray, while begins a long legal battle between Umesh Chandra Saxena and Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari for the presidency of the Shri Ram Chandra Mission and control of the ashram of Shahjahanpur.
Sahaj Marg Conquers the World (1984-2004)
Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari, called Chari or more affectionately Chariji by his followers, is seeking the legitimacy that he lacks. He is familiar with the Western culture and masters it perfectly. Graduated with a bachelor of science degree, he spent two years in Yugoslavia and then started to work in chemical engineering (plastics). Soon, he joined the Indian industrial conglomerate TTK Krishnamachari & Co, where he managed its subsidiary Indian Textile Paper Tube until his retirement in 1985. His work has led him to travel the world on numerous occasions, representing his country at an International Conference on ISO in Switzerland among others. A clever entrepreneur, he knows how to lead men and manage his affairs.
Constantly traveling, he travels to all the continents, making the West his bridgehead. He woos his disciples and they are quickly subjugated by this man. They find him charismatic and with a strange look, both penetrating and disturbing, in a word, fascinating. They follow him everywhere, rush to his feet, ask him his opinion on everything and anything and display his portrait in their homes. The seeds of the cult of personality are all there, he will cleverly exploit it to enhance his appeal and the dependence of his disciples who progressively become enslaved followers.
He changes the spiritual practice, its definition and its history and makes it more responsive to his needs. Once he has codified and ritualized the practice, and established the legend and the spirituality as a standardized product, the brand Sahaj Marg ™ is filed with the U.S. Agency of Commerce (U.S. Patent & Trademark Office) July 29, 1997. To top it off, the statutes of the SRCM, a California society, are deposited in his stride.
Rajagopalachari names preceptors with a vengeance, not on their spiritual profile but by their ambition and their pushiness. He practices an unbridled proselytism, asking them to constantly recruit new followers. According to Babuji, the goal was to reach the critical size necessary for the changeover of humanity through spirituality. He galvanizes his forces of preceptors having previously "guilted" them for their lack of results. They must increase the numbers, more and more sales, always the numbers. The preceptors then sink into the fear of displeasing the Master, never able to do enough to win his affection. A permanent malaise that he cultivates carefully.
The strategy of the seduction of Westerners used by Rajagopalachari and his management methods proves effective, if we are to believe the figures put forward by one or the other. Lalaji had 100 to 200 followers, Babuji about 3,000 and 180 preceptors. Rajagopalachari brings that number to 20,000 in 1991, 50 to 55,000 by 1995-97 and 75,000 in 2000 with approximately 1,500 preceptors. Many centers are open in Denmark, France and Switzerland, Canada and the United States, South Africa, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Dubai.
With his Western success, Rajagopalachari is therefore all-powerful in India and able in 1999 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Babuji. On 30 April, he inaugurated the Babuji Memorial Ashram, at Manappakam on the outskirts of Chennai, an ashram on five acres that can accommodate 13,000 people inside the meditation hall.
For its part, the Shri Ram Chandra Mission (Shahjahanpur-1945) has not been as successful. Elected in 1984, and re-elected in 1990 SP Srivastava publishes the second part of Babuji's Journals (May 44 to June 55) in three volumes that appear from 1987 to 89. In 1994, Umesh Chandra Saxena is elected to replace SP Srivastava, but will soon no longer carry unanimous support. He does not work, uses the money from the Mission to support the lifestyle of his family, and invites corrupt politicians for rowdy parties. Raghavendra Rao and Srivastava distance themselves, as well, Andre Poray in France.
The defections have not spared the Rajagopalachari clan. KC Narayana, (son of Dr. Varadachari) who took over the head of the Sahaj Marg Research Institute (SMRI) founded by his father abandons his post in 1991 to found the Institute of Sri Ramchandra Consciousness (ISRC) in Hyderabad. He criticizes Rajagopalachari for letting develop the cult of a (his) personality and refuses to recognize him as the spiritual representative of Babuji. Kasturi Chaturvedi says much the same thing in a memorable speech on 30 April, 1995, before the followers of Rajagopalachari assembled in Chennai. Having never played any administrative role, she takes a little more distance and retires to Lucknow.
In reality, Rajagopalachari was never completely absent from his country, but he was confined to his southern stronghold of Chennai. To establish his legitimacy, he includes on the list of his preceptors, celebrities like Kasturi and the grandson of Lalaji, Dinesh Kumar Saxena, with or without their consent. He develops valuable relationships with prominent Indians. He incorporates his own working committee with representatives of the judiciary, police officers and entrepreneurs.
With his domestic support and the money that comes from his Western troops, he does not hesitate to take by force, ashrams run by his opponents. As early as 1984-85, his henchmen seize the ashrams of Visakhapatnam, Nellore and Vadodara. In 1988 it was the turn of the ashram in Allahabad and in 1991 of Delhi and Moradabad, even to a first aborted attempt in Shahjahanpur in 1997.
If one believes interested persons in the know, the return of Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari to India is an overwhelming success and is crowned by a resounding victory over his rival organization, the Shri Ram Chandra Mission (Shahjahanpur-1945). In 2003, he announces that the number of his disciples has multiplied by three in three years. From 75,000 in 2000, it has passed 200 to 300,000 by 2003-04.
The Dusk of a Multinational That Has Reached its Peak (2005-09)
Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari easily attracts more than 50,000 people during the great annual ceremonies organized to celebrate his birthday. According to my estimates, regular adherents are almost as numerous, but the SRCM registered in California (in 1997) must have more than 150,000 contributors. With the nebula that revolves around the Sahaj Marg, it could well reach some 500,000 supporters around the world.
The Sahaj Marg of Rajagopalachari is also a small empire of land, housing and financial. In 1997, Umesh Chandra Saxena estimated its wealth at some 200 million euros when it declared having 55,000 followers. If the property has followed the same trend as the membership, it is now nearing the billion. Dozens of ashrams, retreat centers, a research and training institute, an international brand Sahaj Marg ™ ... The organization that manages this multinational with the largest opacity is composed of four foundations created between 1994 and 2004: Switzerland, the United States, India and Dubai. To which are added two new societies for managing his school in 2005 and a trust for the publishing of his publications in 2009.
Intoxicated with his power, Rajagopalachari uses and abuses it without limits. Thus in 2003, his minions are trying again to seize the ashram of Shahjahanpur only four days after the death of Umesh Chandra Saxena (poison?). They again attempted with success on April 2, 2006 and also capture the Raichur ashram after the death of Raghavendra Rao. Rajagopalachari went himself to Shahjahanpur in October 2007 to mark his symbolic victory. Billing himself the only living master of the Sahaj Marg world, he imposes his will on the alternate currents as well as on his own followers. (see scans of newspaper articles on Freedom from Sahaj Marg, and interviews with Babuji's Family on Youtube)
Pushing all limits, he no longer asks his followers to obey and serve. In 2005, using only their trust, he launched a campaign of sales of € 250 per practitioner for a book whose content is not disclosed. In 2007, the subscription goes to 1,200 USD for an equally secret gift of which the only beneficiaries will be the first donors. In 2009, he announces the limited release in three new volumes in the three years following the 2005 luxury-version book, that he describes as the New Bible or the Vedas of Sahaj Marg, always at a price of 250 € each, which he prohibits any new issue before 2030. (The books: Whispers From the Brighter World, is a series of channeled messages from beyond the grave by an anonymous French Lady Medium ... The spirits who send the messages are allegedly: Babuji, Lalaji, Chari's mother, Chari's wife and other "elevated spirits")
With his heritage and his power over men, he goes in search of the external recognition that he lacks for certain respectability. To do this, he flirts with the UN on the humanitarian and educational themes. In humanitarian terms, he opens some ashrams in India to providing free care and food distribution, the centers of light. On the education side, from a paper prepared by the institute created by Varadachari, he broadcasts the spiritual values of Sahaj Marg in hundreds of Indian schools in 2005 and then he founds his own school, Lalaji Memorial Omega International School (LMOIS) .
The same year, his organization joined the Department of Public Information of the UN (DPI). In 2009, the SRCM is organizing a national written composition competition in all Indian schools in collaboration with the Information Center of the UN for India and Bhutan (UNIC) on the occasion of the International Youth Day of August 12. This action, undertaken by the SRCM only since 1989, has mobilized nearly 75,000 children and youth participants from 10 to 24 years in 2008. (See template of letter to UNDPI)
All smiles, but suddenly in October 2008 from Dubai, he declares a fiscal austerity and freezes all future projects at the beginning of the global financial crisis. In January, to general surprise, he says that a cancer is eating away at the Sahaj Marg from the interior and that the organization is threatened with disintegration. He thinks his preceptors, imbued with their hierarchical position, do not do quality work. The discipline is everywhere, there are divisions between communities, centers of dissidents who call themselves faithful to Babuji but ignore the Mission. In short, he has nightmares where he sees the SRCM disintegrating into"240 small missions" because of lack of discipline.
Reality, senility, or paranoia? Financial crisis, moral crisis of ego or is there any crisis at all? Has he reached the point of no return? In any case, an atmosphere of "end times" reigns.
Indeed, Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari is aging at his turn. He celebrates his 80th anniversary in 2007, two years after designating his successor, Bengali businessman, Ajay Kumar Bhatter, to quell the internal strife. But this does not mean "entente cordiale" at the top of the hierarchy. All goes well as long as he is there, but tomorrow? His opportunistic lieutenants are biding their time. His only son PR Krishna, the wealthy heir, AK Bhatter, the designated successor, Santosh Khanjee the "eminence grise" or even AP Durai (retired Policeman) U.S. Bajpai and his henchmen, all are biding their time.
Among the followers too, all is not well. In 2005, he eventually triggers a forced reaction by always asking for more money. A book sold at 250 € each, and auctions are held during the group meditation at international gatherings at Vrads Sande, Denmark and Lignano, Italy. This is too much. In January, not able to speak freely internally, a desperate Swiss abhyasi opens a web blog entitled: "Pour que vive le Sahaj Marg, débarrassé des dérives de la Shri Ram Chandra Mission", soon followed by others. The myths that he had built are exposed one after the other.
In January 2007, Navneet Kumar Saxena comes at his turn on the web. He is the son of Umesh Chandra Saxena, grandson of Babuji and president of the Mission, elected after them. He informs that the legal battle brought by his father against Rajagopalachari remains unresolved. He accuses, and presents official documents in support. Disciples of Raghavendra Rao and Kasturi Chaturvedi open blogs and accuse them too. Dinesh Kumar Saxena, grandson of Lalaji, creates a website. KC Narayana, son of Dr. Varadachari, customizes his. SP Srivastava creates an association. In France and Canada, abhyasis who followed Andre Poray and Kasturi reveal on the web that there exists independent communities of followers loyal to the teaching of Babuji, still very much alive today.
(See: Freedom from Sahaj Marg for scans of many "legal documents", newspaper articles, and telephone and video (youtube) interviews, etc...)
The market shares of Sahaj Marg are enormous and they will soon be for the taking. Everyone is excited, and some sometimes say and do anything. As the person who has remained anonymous, but published in September 2007, on the web an accusation of rape, incest and pedophilia without anyone knowing exactly who was involved, all the wildest hypotheses being considered. So why bother? And this is probably not finished ...
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Babuji occupies a good half of this historical epic of more than a century as traced here in its most salient features, while Rajagopalachari dominates the last quarter century unchallenged, despite his opponents. The Sahaj Marg that came out of the confidential teachings of Lalaji is not yet 70 years old, but it has already spread across the globe.
The legend of the transmission of spiritual power that Rajagopalachari put in place occults the power struggles of succession between the Masters, that have afflicted the movement at every moment. The spiritual derivative product has evolved considerably. De-cultured, de-territorialized and standardized, it retains not much more now than the mere characteristics of a meditation technique. The initial attraction of Westerners for real Indian spirituality will not resist the general trend towards globalization and individualism. The Indian and Western followers are increasingly individualistic, not really looking for more spirituality, but only a tool for personal development, such as meditation or yoga.
From Spiritual Master to Totalitarian Guru
The master transmits the divine energy to the heart of his disciples. He holds a central role in what makes the specificity of Sahaj Marg by Rajagopalachari. He is the sole repository of a considerable "spiritual" power. History shows that every change of master has been accompanied by a rough period of transition where the suitors have all shown their audacity to seize this unique spiritual power.
We know little about the events that followed the death of Lalaji but Babuji in his diary records that he is surrounded by "competitors and enemies" who attempted on his life. Obviously, they must be Masters of Ramashram Satsang or family members of Lalaji, among whom he spent time between 1931 and 44. Much later, he claims that Rajagopalachari has made attempts on his life on several occasions between 1974 and 82, that is to say since he came into possession of his letter of appointment as "president of the system of Sahaj Marg ".
Babuji's paranoia? Political history teaches us that a man of power is figuratively a true professional killer, paranoid out of the necessity and to survive, when that paranoia does not end by devouring him. Would spiritual power obey other laws than political power? The capture of power by Rajagopalachari, is it spiritual or political? Sahaj Marg begins to "drain" (to attract like a sewer drain) a large number of disciples and Rajagopalachari is not immune to the allure of power over men. Similarly, today is the economic power that seems to animate the current contenders. Paranoia always?
Narayana and Kasturi establish a difference between the President of the Mission (as an organization) and the spiritual representative of Babuji. Navneet Kumar Saxena, himself, strongly reaffirms the statutes of the Shri Ram Chandra Mission as decreed by his grandfather, namely that a spiritual representative is established in Shahjahanpur in direct line of succession. He recalls that Lalaji preferred his son to his nephew, and that Babuji preferred Umesh Chandra Rajagopalachari. Babuji and Rajagopalachari have interpreted the spiritual lineage or the hereditary blood ties, so as to achieve their own ends. So, will Rajagopalachari eventually succumb in turn and appoint his son, PR Krishna, or his grandson?
Spiritual power, political and economic power, all tangled in Sahaj Marg as everywhere else . Only the shape of the power evolves from one capacity or spiritual competence towards always more seduction, even to the cult of personality, whether it passes through the related bloodline, as in a monarchy, or not.
Fame, power and money fuel the greed, and complicate the successions. It is a law of history, perhaps even a law of nature. Spiritual gurus are not exempt. The greater the leader, the more difficult it is to succeed him. Lalaji was not a giant, Babuji was not a dwarf. And Rajagopalachari, a totalitarian autocrat?
The history of Sahaj Marg is virtually nothing more than the history of its leadership.
Sahaj Marg ™, a Standardized Spiritual Product
Lalaji and Hujur showed syncretism by going to the sources of Sufism and Hinduism. The teaching that follows was coherent, innovative and not without courage in those troubled inter-religious times. Conversely, Babuji rehabilitated it as a method that incorporates only the last stages of Raja Yoga with undeniable Hindu origins. He showed a formidable simplistic reductionism, and a morbid reluctance (caution) by succumbing to a nationalist ambience. In his contacts with Westerners, Rajagopalachari still more profoundly transformed it.
Of the spiritual practice described in the ten commandments of Babuji, Rajagopalachari retains only certain aspects which suit him more than others. In a slow but permanent shift, he gives the practicant a preponderance that enhances the dependence of the followers, and their adoration of the master. Thus, he reminds his followers that they must keep a daily diary, but says that they must send it to him regularly. Correspond and meet with the teacher are strongly encouraged, as is the group meditation and constant remembrance.
The followers are increasingly dependent on their guru and they adore him. But the ultimate goal remains the merger with the divine. For that to hold, Rajagopalachari then develops an intellectual confusion between the master and the divine. The total abandonment of the follower becomes total surrender to his master, to the sole desire of the guru. Is the "constant remembrance" that of the master or of the divine? The fusion of the believer with the divine transforms itself into the adoration of his guru, he must make him (guru) happy at all costs.
Not content with having changed the spiritual practices and the very definition of Sahaj Marg, Rajagopalachari also revises its history, creating a legend that is simplified and easy to remember. Lalaji invented ex nihilo Sahaj Marg, Babuji his successor has perfected it and Rajagopalachari succeeded him as the last living master, all in a straight transmission line.
The "ten commandments" of Babuji are un-christened, and become mere "maxims". The Sahaj Marga of Babuji, translated as "easy path" (easy way), becomes in the Sahaj Marg of Rajagopalachari, the "natural way" (natural path). The transmission of divine energy by the master to the heart of the believer is built in as a unique specificity, despite its ancient origins. One has pased from a path of easy access (easy way) to a narrow delicate passage (natural path) to which access is restricted to an elite.
Where Babuji said that spirituality begins where religion ends, and that divine love begins where spirituality is completed, Rajagopalachari replies with the caricature that religion divides whereas spirituality unites. He adds that no knowledge is necessary and that reflection (thinking) hinders the meditation.
Trademarked, the Spiritual Product of Sahaj Marg™ has been standardized. Its objective has been redefined, its history rewritten and its practice codified and ritualized. Decultured, it requires no knowledge or no religion. Dislocated it is accessible to Westerners as well or better than to Indians.
From the teachings of Lalaji, it has passed to the method of Babuji to achieve the extreme oversimplification of the meditation of Rajagopalachari, namely one yoga technique among many others. But it is unique, and difficult and reserved for the elite, says he.
Hyper Individualistic Followers In Search Of A Tool Of Personal Development
The Hindu and Sufi mystics have developed that it was important for a disciple, if he wanted to grow spiritually, to follow the teachings of several masters, as there was so many of them in the past in the districts of northern India. This approach of Eastern spirituality, made up of contemplation and meditation, has attracted many Westerners who reject the traditional religions in their search for meaning and emotional and social ties against the materialism of this dehumanizing society. But India has in turn entered into the global marketplace also, and incorporates Western values even if to a "forced march".
The Swiss preceptor, Wulliemier Ferdinand, the precursor of "spiritual psychiatry", described the Western followers of their meditation as psychologically fragile, "borderline" in psychiatric jargon, often in mid-life crisis. And indeed it is very often women alone, vulnerable in their personal and family life. He added that the occupational categories most represented are medical or paramedical, and to a lesser extent, the education or artistic professions. These followers are of a sociocultural and economic level that is higher than the average, still professionally engaged in often difficult human relations. Fragile, often in psychotherapy, they are navel-gazingly focused on their own egotistical problems.
Thus, these individualistic Westerners, weakened by modern life, succumb to the charm of meditation, a yoga technique, a tool for personal development and well-being among many others. The more easily when a charismatic guru tells them that this spiritual product, unique in the world, is a difficult path reserved for the elite. They are offered what they need most, they are offered a purpose, a community and a Truth. The Sahaj Marg of Rajagopalachari is for them a refuge that traditional religions do not provide them any more, a soothing balm on their more open-face wounds in the face of the most glaring hardships imposed on them in their social and professional life by society.
Not content to find a relative and uncertain psychological balance, the followers of Sahaj Marg are transformed in turn into prescribing therapists with their contemporaries. They combine the techniques of meditation of Rajagopalachari with the most disparate picks in the current esoteric mystical new age and alternative medicine, as well as with the tools of personal development and well-being. Setting themselves up in turn as psychotherapists - one is never better treated than by one's own - they become promoters of psychological genealogy, of gestalt therapy or even coaching.
These mixtures are dispensed by people who are frail and maladjusted, to others just as mentally unbalanced, are sometimes explosive and highly dangerous.
* * *
A French parliamentary report in 1995 compiled a list of "harmful sects" which features prominently the Shri Ram Chandra Mission, while other countries have chosen to declare them of public utility and exempt from taxes.
French Rationalism, often atheist or agnostic, imagines cults everywhere. Conversely, the Anglo-Saxons dominated by born-again evangelicals or New Agers, baptize anything and everything with the symbol of New Religious Movement. Between these two radical conceptions, the traditional Eastern approach of a sensitive and emotional spirituality has re-taken on an air of modernity. But the East of today has little to do with the archetypes that are Auroville or the Buddhism of the Dalai Lama. Globalization, immediacy and individualism has taken them over. The Bollywood of Mumbai and the Indian Silicon Valley of Bangalore have passed by there. Rajagopalachari is the product of the confrontation of traditional Indian values with Western values.
Well beyond its irrational aspects that can tend to lead one to chuckle, it is the finality of Sahaj Marg ™ itself that carries the totalitarian danger the farthest. Self-transformation through meditation, an altered state of consciousness, sublimates the feelings to the detriment of reflection and transports the solution of changing one's self instead of social change and/or civic engagement. Finally, to seek at any price the merger with the divine which is too often confused with the guru, Rajagopalachari is ultimately the greatest danger to his followers. It means the renunciation of one's individuality so as to blend into an ALL that is completely unknown.
When emotion is primary, manipulation is not far. In a world of loss of bearings where there is uncertainty, the temptation to follow a community, its prophet and his messianism is strong. The need for certainty is deeply rooted in us all. Therefore we must learn to keep a critical mind and our free will.
The modern mature individual is one who is autonomous and responsible, who chooses his path and builds his own benchmarks, without any certainty, but with strong convictions.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Who Is Alexis? Why His Focus On Sahaj Marg?
Taken and Translated (With Google Translate) from Alexis' s French Blog: Le Projet Sahaj Marg,
Alexis Said:
To answer all the questions, here are the reasons that attracted me to the Shri Ram Chandra Mission ...
As a young student, I was part of a small group of friends and with them I discovered Sahaj Marg. It was, it seemed, a classical (spiritual) path made up of collective meditation and sittings with a preceptor. I even met Chari, at the occasion of a large celebration. But I obviously do not have the same need of the spiritual quest as my friends, and I did not invest as much of myself (time) as they. My contacts with the SRCM have remain quite distant, and then, they ran out of steam until I finally abandoned the practice altogether. All in all, my adventure did not last two years. Spirituality is not my thing ...
Fifteen years later, a colleague from work during this episode of my life, contact me. He was alarmed, his wife was beginning to meditate in the SRCM. I hasten to reassure him: "This is not a cult, it is not dangerous, it is just meditation, go and see". But his family life was changing very fast. Although he tried to accompany his wife to meditation, she moved away from him, they live in separate rooms. Despite his efforts, the family atmosphere deteriorates. Separation and divorce follow.
Surprised, I resume contact with my old buddies, life having separated us. And I see a bleak picture: they are all divorced, except a couple of followers married by Chari and a friend who has left the SRCM. I am not able to talk about anything with them except Chari, as they all continuously have his name on their lips. They follow him throughout his travels in Europe, they are regularly in India and I see they take no personal decision without first talking to Chari. Finally, they are constantly attempting to convince me to start meditating again, until I'm annoyed. Very disturbing!
My certainties crumble. What then is hiding behind this movement? I thought it trivial, but now, I'm not so sure. I try to learn about it without much success. Although it was declared a "harmful secte" in a parliamentary report, the SRCM is too small and not dangerous enough to alarm and mobilize the government and associations. My friend who has left the SRCM does not want to hear about it, she has turned the page with difficulty, and wants to move on. My colleague is trying to maintain a close relationship with his ex in order to preserve his relationship with his children who have become teenagers. This is a situation that I will find continuously thereafter in my contacts with former members or their family, nobody can or want to testify ...
In contacting these different people, I ended up accumulating a certain amount of disturbing information about this movement. This is what I would have asked for, when I first began to learn about this group. The SRCM presents itself innocuously as yoga and meditation, I have long believed this, and yet the damage is undeniable. What to do? Then in 2000, I threw myself into the water, I gathered the info I had collected in a file that I sent to charities helping victims of "harmful cults". I created a website to try to provide information that was different from the version distributed by the SRCM, the other side of the mirror.
In 2005, Chari slips up. The SRCM, seeking money, multiplies its mistakes and makes errors of communication among its members. The yoke cracked, the tongues are loosened and gradually some outraged followers begin to leave the mission, and dissidents create blogs to express themselves because they are not listened to inside the SRCM. Parents and family members also ... Our knowledge of the SRCM has now considerably increased. Today, I present here the results of our exchanges, research and information. Other blogs express different sensitivities. Discussions are focused on Elodie's blog: Pour Que Vive Le Sahaj Marg.
Everyone is free to make their own choices, but it is preferable to make them when one is well informed.
However, contrary to popular belief among the "abhyasis", I have other interests. The changing world and society has always fascinated me, and we can say that I'm well served at the moment. Even if they have no great rapport with Sahaj Marg, I would therefore invite you to visit my other blogs Transformations and Free Thought. At the crossroads of change and of Sahaj Marg, I am proposing a third and last blog on Spiritual Mutation, now in progress.
Happy Reading!
Alexis' Blog: Le Projet Sahaj Marg
See also for Legal Documents, Interviews of ex-members, and Newspaper Articles, see:
Freedom From Sahaj Marg
Alexis Said:
To answer all the questions, here are the reasons that attracted me to the Shri Ram Chandra Mission ...
As a young student, I was part of a small group of friends and with them I discovered Sahaj Marg. It was, it seemed, a classical (spiritual) path made up of collective meditation and sittings with a preceptor. I even met Chari, at the occasion of a large celebration. But I obviously do not have the same need of the spiritual quest as my friends, and I did not invest as much of myself (time) as they. My contacts with the SRCM have remain quite distant, and then, they ran out of steam until I finally abandoned the practice altogether. All in all, my adventure did not last two years. Spirituality is not my thing ...
Fifteen years later, a colleague from work during this episode of my life, contact me. He was alarmed, his wife was beginning to meditate in the SRCM. I hasten to reassure him: "This is not a cult, it is not dangerous, it is just meditation, go and see". But his family life was changing very fast. Although he tried to accompany his wife to meditation, she moved away from him, they live in separate rooms. Despite his efforts, the family atmosphere deteriorates. Separation and divorce follow.
Surprised, I resume contact with my old buddies, life having separated us. And I see a bleak picture: they are all divorced, except a couple of followers married by Chari and a friend who has left the SRCM. I am not able to talk about anything with them except Chari, as they all continuously have his name on their lips. They follow him throughout his travels in Europe, they are regularly in India and I see they take no personal decision without first talking to Chari. Finally, they are constantly attempting to convince me to start meditating again, until I'm annoyed. Very disturbing!
My certainties crumble. What then is hiding behind this movement? I thought it trivial, but now, I'm not so sure. I try to learn about it without much success. Although it was declared a "harmful secte" in a parliamentary report, the SRCM is too small and not dangerous enough to alarm and mobilize the government and associations. My friend who has left the SRCM does not want to hear about it, she has turned the page with difficulty, and wants to move on. My colleague is trying to maintain a close relationship with his ex in order to preserve his relationship with his children who have become teenagers. This is a situation that I will find continuously thereafter in my contacts with former members or their family, nobody can or want to testify ...
In contacting these different people, I ended up accumulating a certain amount of disturbing information about this movement. This is what I would have asked for, when I first began to learn about this group. The SRCM presents itself innocuously as yoga and meditation, I have long believed this, and yet the damage is undeniable. What to do? Then in 2000, I threw myself into the water, I gathered the info I had collected in a file that I sent to charities helping victims of "harmful cults". I created a website to try to provide information that was different from the version distributed by the SRCM, the other side of the mirror.
In 2005, Chari slips up. The SRCM, seeking money, multiplies its mistakes and makes errors of communication among its members. The yoke cracked, the tongues are loosened and gradually some outraged followers begin to leave the mission, and dissidents create blogs to express themselves because they are not listened to inside the SRCM. Parents and family members also ... Our knowledge of the SRCM has now considerably increased. Today, I present here the results of our exchanges, research and information. Other blogs express different sensitivities. Discussions are focused on Elodie's blog: Pour Que Vive Le Sahaj Marg.
Everyone is free to make their own choices, but it is preferable to make them when one is well informed.
However, contrary to popular belief among the "abhyasis", I have other interests. The changing world and society has always fascinated me, and we can say that I'm well served at the moment. Even if they have no great rapport with Sahaj Marg, I would therefore invite you to visit my other blogs Transformations and Free Thought. At the crossroads of change and of Sahaj Marg, I am proposing a third and last blog on Spiritual Mutation, now in progress.
Happy Reading!
Alexis' Blog: Le Projet Sahaj Marg
See also for Legal Documents, Interviews of ex-members, and Newspaper Articles, see:
Freedom From Sahaj Marg
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Iranian Woman Held by Police While Attending Sahaj Marg Program
Taken from Express Buzz at expressbuzz.com., thanks to an e-mail from Alexis.
Inserted comments by 4d-don are in "red italics"
More allegations of "counterfeit and forgery" around the SRCM (California-1997) !! The "Natural" path to the ONE, the GREAT MORALITY is apparently fraught with allegations of "illegalities" from all quarters !! ;-)) But just wait!
That should stop once the "all-new" Sahaj Marg Bible is completely channeled by the anonymous French Lady Medium (with messages from the SPIRIT of Babuji, Lalaji, Chari's mother, Chari's wife, and "other" (don't ask... lol, lol... ;-)) ) spirits, (allegedly) from beyond the grave), and is finally written !! NOT!!
Apparently Babuji did not make it to the un-reachable "CENTRAL REGION" and is now communicating with a lowly "MEDIUM" (not even the "pseudo-living Master", Chari) from his lower "Brighter World" (one of the heavens??), which is apparenly "up there", and not "inside" (notice Chari pointing "up" in the video of his New Year's speech) ... Meditating on the LIGHT apparently does not take one very "high", as Babuji is reachable by a lowly "medium" (who is not a professional, according to Chari). Spiritualism or Spiritism is not SPIRITUALITY!! It certainly is not Raja Yoga!!
It seems that Religions with their "religious pilgrimages" are a good "cover" for money laundering schemes, and the police are keeping an eye on the "pilgrims"!! ...
There are even allegations in Europe (see Elodies' blog in Europe: Sahaj Marg, Long Life...Comment by Joelle) of Chari traveling around Europe in 1996, crossing many inter-national borders with (allegedly) undeclared cash collected from European abhyasis, from the pre-sale of Whispers from the Brighter World, (Chari allegedly wanted no cheques) delivered to him in cash in Denmark, by SRCM(California-1997) preceptors and the "zonal-in-charge". (the "zoned out" ones!! lol lol ) If the cash was undeclared at the various inter-national borders he crossed, it constitutes a criminal offense.
Joelle said (1996): (see full comment here)
(...)
At Vrads (European headquarters for SRCM(California-1997), in Denmark. After the sale of "Augerans Castle" (the old Peugeot (automobiles) Castle) in the Jura district of eastern France, where the local villagers and the Media exposed the SRCM and it's practices, their headquarters were moved to Denmark.), Chari thus collected at least several thousands of Euros coming from all the European centres. All that to avoid paying the transfer costs between bank accounts. Then, he traveled across Europe with all that money camouflaged in his pockets, from Denmark, to London, then to the Arab Emirates, before returning to India.
No bank charges, no "duties" declarations either?
That is what our beloved Master has become, a vulgar "transporter of funds", worthy of the worse gangster films. (Did Chari lie about the "cash", at the European borders? What about "lies of omission"? Did others have to "lie" or "omit the truth" for him? Are these (in Machiavellian style) considered "white lies"? How much was saved from such practice?)
It's to cry in disgust.
Soon we will discover that he has accounts in Switzerland or in the Cayman Islands.
(...)
Joelle...
Excerpts from the Express Buzz:
Iranian Woman With Fake Notes Held
First Published: 30 Dec 2009 02:56:00 AM IST
Last Uddated: 30 Dec 2009 06:34:02 AM IST
CHENNAI: The city police arrested a 62-year old Iranian woman, while detaining her daughter for questioning, for allegedly possessing counterfeit Indian currency with a face value of Rs 25,000 here on Monday.
(...)
During enquiry, the two women reportedly told the police that they arrived in the city on December 3 on a month’s visa to attend a training programme in ‘Raja Yoga’ at Shri Ram Chandra Mission in Manappakam. They claimed that they had obtained the seized currency notes from Noor Money Exchanger, ‘under the supervision of Central Bank of Iran’, in Tehran.
(...)
During investigation, it also reportedly came to light that a day or two after their arrival at the ashram, the duo visited Kolkata in West Bengal and returned only on December 27. Since Malda district is used as a conduit by fake currency gangs operating from the State and neighbouring Jharkhand, the police are looking into whether the women had received the fake currency notes there.
(AJ Bhatter, Chari's chosen (hand-picked by Chari... not "elected") successor, is apparently a businessman from Kolkata in West Bengal)
According to the India Times article:
"We are also verifying if she had contacted any other person during her stay in the ashram in Manapakkam. We inspected her room in Manapakkam and collected some documents" .... Mylapore deputy commissioner of police AG Mourya told The Times Of India. .
See full article at: Buzz Express
See Other News Articles at:
Deccan Chronicles on the Web http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/iranian-woman-nabbed-counterfeit-currency-mall-712
Times of India (Chennai) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Iranian-woman-held-with-fake-currency/articleshow/5393665.cms
Chennai Town.com http://www.chennaitown.com/news/1-latest-news/649-iranian-woman-with-fake-notes-held
The Hindu (Tamil Nadu) http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/30/stories/2009123058890800.htm
Zee News.com http://www.zeenews.com/news591112.html
See Blog Article:
Cult of Sahaj Marg (Shree Ram Chandra Mission): Fake Currency in Sahaj Marg
Is the punishment of the father (the Master) visited on the children (the abhyasis) ?
Christian Bible: (Deuteronomy 5:9) - "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,"
Inserted comments by 4d-don are in "red italics"
More allegations of "counterfeit and forgery" around the SRCM (California-1997) !! The "Natural" path to the ONE, the GREAT MORALITY is apparently fraught with allegations of "illegalities" from all quarters !! ;-)) But just wait!
That should stop once the "all-new" Sahaj Marg Bible is completely channeled by the anonymous French Lady Medium (with messages from the SPIRIT of Babuji, Lalaji, Chari's mother, Chari's wife, and "other" (don't ask... lol, lol... ;-)) ) spirits, (allegedly) from beyond the grave), and is finally written !! NOT!!
Apparently Babuji did not make it to the un-reachable "CENTRAL REGION" and is now communicating with a lowly "MEDIUM" (not even the "pseudo-living Master", Chari) from his lower "Brighter World" (one of the heavens??), which is apparenly "up there", and not "inside" (notice Chari pointing "up" in the video of his New Year's speech) ... Meditating on the LIGHT apparently does not take one very "high", as Babuji is reachable by a lowly "medium" (who is not a professional, according to Chari). Spiritualism or Spiritism is not SPIRITUALITY!! It certainly is not Raja Yoga!!
It seems that Religions with their "religious pilgrimages" are a good "cover" for money laundering schemes, and the police are keeping an eye on the "pilgrims"!! ...
There are even allegations in Europe (see Elodies' blog in Europe: Sahaj Marg, Long Life...Comment by Joelle) of Chari traveling around Europe in 1996, crossing many inter-national borders with (allegedly) undeclared cash collected from European abhyasis, from the pre-sale of Whispers from the Brighter World, (Chari allegedly wanted no cheques) delivered to him in cash in Denmark, by SRCM(California-1997) preceptors and the "zonal-in-charge". (the "zoned out" ones!! lol lol ) If the cash was undeclared at the various inter-national borders he crossed, it constitutes a criminal offense.
Joelle said (1996): (see full comment here)
(...)
At Vrads (European headquarters for SRCM(California-1997), in Denmark. After the sale of "Augerans Castle" (the old Peugeot (automobiles) Castle) in the Jura district of eastern France, where the local villagers and the Media exposed the SRCM and it's practices, their headquarters were moved to Denmark.), Chari thus collected at least several thousands of Euros coming from all the European centres. All that to avoid paying the transfer costs between bank accounts. Then, he traveled across Europe with all that money camouflaged in his pockets, from Denmark, to London, then to the Arab Emirates, before returning to India.
No bank charges, no "duties" declarations either?
That is what our beloved Master has become, a vulgar "transporter of funds", worthy of the worse gangster films. (Did Chari lie about the "cash", at the European borders? What about "lies of omission"? Did others have to "lie" or "omit the truth" for him? Are these (in Machiavellian style) considered "white lies"? How much was saved from such practice?)
It's to cry in disgust.
Soon we will discover that he has accounts in Switzerland or in the Cayman Islands.
(...)
Joelle...
Excerpts from the Express Buzz:
Iranian Woman With Fake Notes Held
First Published: 30 Dec 2009 02:56:00 AM IST
Last Uddated: 30 Dec 2009 06:34:02 AM IST
CHENNAI: The city police arrested a 62-year old Iranian woman, while detaining her daughter for questioning, for allegedly possessing counterfeit Indian currency with a face value of Rs 25,000 here on Monday.
(...)
During enquiry, the two women reportedly told the police that they arrived in the city on December 3 on a month’s visa to attend a training programme in ‘Raja Yoga’ at Shri Ram Chandra Mission in Manappakam. They claimed that they had obtained the seized currency notes from Noor Money Exchanger, ‘under the supervision of Central Bank of Iran’, in Tehran.
(...)
During investigation, it also reportedly came to light that a day or two after their arrival at the ashram, the duo visited Kolkata in West Bengal and returned only on December 27. Since Malda district is used as a conduit by fake currency gangs operating from the State and neighbouring Jharkhand, the police are looking into whether the women had received the fake currency notes there.
(AJ Bhatter, Chari's chosen (hand-picked by Chari... not "elected") successor, is apparently a businessman from Kolkata in West Bengal)
According to the India Times article:
"We are also verifying if she had contacted any other person during her stay in the ashram in Manapakkam. We inspected her room in Manapakkam and collected some documents" .... Mylapore deputy commissioner of police AG Mourya told The Times Of India. .
See full article at: Buzz Express
See Other News Articles at:
Deccan Chronicles on the Web http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/iranian-woman-nabbed-counterfeit-currency-mall-712
Times of India (Chennai) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Iranian-woman-held-with-fake-currency/articleshow/5393665.cms
Chennai Town.com http://www.chennaitown.com/news/1-latest-news/649-iranian-woman-with-fake-notes-held
The Hindu (Tamil Nadu) http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/30/stories/2009123058890800.htm
Zee News.com http://www.zeenews.com/news591112.html
See Blog Article:
Cult of Sahaj Marg (Shree Ram Chandra Mission): Fake Currency in Sahaj Marg
Is the punishment of the father (the Master) visited on the children (the abhyasis) ?
Christian Bible: (Deuteronomy 5:9) - "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,"
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Comments to Chari's 2010 New Year's Speech
Comments by 4d-Don in "red italics" to Chari's New Year Speech:
Attend to the Call of the Heart
Jan. 1, 2010, Chennai, India
Dear Brothers and Sisters
Years come and years go, and I wonder how many of us are moving with the time, surpassing time. (or living in the feudal 14th century) You know there is a proverb which says, time and tide wait for no man. There are so many messages which have been given by Babuji Maharaj, and so many messages now, too. (Chari is first and foremost a "salesman" of the Material ... Is this a sales pitch for Whispers, the ALL-NEW Sahaj Marg Bible, to be written by the anonymous French Lady Medium who channels messages from Babuji, Chari's mother, his wife, and other "elevated souls"??)
When we travel by road and we look at the milestone on the side of the road, each time we pass a milestone we know we are nearer the destination. For us every day, every morning when we wake up it should be another milestone in our spiritual progress. (Since Spirit is beyond TIME, there are no "milestones" on the Spiritual Journey ... BE THERE NOW!!) I wonder how many of us are really conscious, are aware that as time passes, we have less and less time ahead of us. (Not true ... Spirit does not run out of TIME...neither does the UNIVERSE, nor does ONE! How Materialist!!) In our material journey as milestones pass, it is good to have less and less distance in front of us to reach our destination. But in the spiritual journey as days pass, and as we become aware that we have less and less time to achieve our goal, we should, if we are sensible, if we have the craving for spiritual growth to reach our destination, we should do everything possible to accelerate our pace so that we can reach the goal within this lifetime. At least by the time we end our mortal life, we should be There. (Like a runner, Chari wants to be "first" but it is not possible ... In the Christian Bible (that "corrupt" religion) : "The first shall be last and the last, first")
(Chari and the Sahaj Marg group are driven and fixated on the "goal", or DOING and achieving, which means: of the "material" and within TIME. There is very little in Sahaj Marg of the Timelessness of "BEING" as in "BEING" Spiritual, or communing with SPIRIT, the ONE-ness and the ALL. They think they can earn their way into the Spirit of ONE-ness, by DOING (physical rituals, prayers, cleaning, etc...) rather that by BEING!! Their "craving" for DOING and developing speaks of there addiction to the lure of the Material. "BEING" is NOW, beyond TIME and speaks to the Spiritual. We are not material humans "doing" Spirituality, but we are spiritual BEINGS ... simply BEING spiritual as we inhabit this temporary carbon body! (some of us anyway) That way, we can commune with all SPIRIT including NATURE, and not dominate or control it.
Those who journey 'inside", in the SPIRIT, do not develop and accumulate Material possessions... and Worldly fame ... and do not spend their time in airports, hotels, parking lots, or in courts, developing the MATERIAL, destroying Nature and leaving less of pristine Nature for the next generations.)
All our (Material?) facilities that are created by the grace of my Masters: ashrams, retreat centres, gatherings which we call bhandaras, sittings, either individual or groups, all these are to promote our spiritual welfare and growth. Are we aware that each sitting that we take, when we close our eyes we should be something, when we open our eyes we should have moved on? (Even "you" are still here!! And the abhyasis of Sahaj Marg are still in the same "STATE", as you so often repeat so as to "manipulate" them some more. They, nor you, will ever reach your "illusion" of a GOAL!! Spiritual Life is not like that!! ) I am afraid that sense of urgency is lacking in almost all abhyasis. (I think the sense of urgency is there in many lost sheep. That is why so many are running around "helter skelter" in all directions, even to the manipulative MATERIALISTS who think themselves enlightened and who think it is their "god-given" duty to preach at other. There are seekers and there are "FINDERS"!! The true seekers and hence the FINDERS, find Spirit and spirituality where it is, which is everywhere, INSIDE and OUTSIDE! Any day now, the "navel gazers" who only search inside themselves will wake up and realize their folly!! To reach the "Brighter World" they will have to go "up" and "outside" as Chari has pointed and continues to point. They will have run out of TIME, as predicted by their MASTER, and will not have reached his "illusive" goal, as it does not exist! Their TIME will have passed them by, or they will have wasted their "precious time". The French say: "Don't search for noon at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon!!") We are prone to pay more attention to our material progress, to our health, to our income, and to so many other things which are part of the material life, the human life: our loves and hates, our aspirations. And sadly, I think, if at all we have any cognizance, any awareness of the spiritual life in which we are involved, it takes last place. It is a sad thing to have to repeat this again and again, day after day, year after year.
(It seems that the abhyasis imitate their Master! ;-)) Do you know how much "carbon" is added to our earthly atmosphere by those who journey in pilgrimages so as to find "GOD" or a Divine spiritual experience which, according to Chari and Sahaj Marg, should be found "INSIDE" and not in the MATERIAL or "OUTSIDE"? Does it not seem strange that those who teach others to turn away from the MATERIAL spend most of their time in the MATERIAL, or OUTSIDE?)
I am happy to wish you all a happy new year, but a happy new year is not enough. Instead of looking for happiness — (I hesitate to say it), we should look to how many problems we have surmounted, how many problems are yet to be surmounted, because the spiritual life, when all is said and done, is not meant to be a happy life. It is meant to be a progressive life. It is meant to be a life of inner awareness and inner growth, of a luminosity arising within the heart of which saints speak that even at night, you should be able to move by the light from your heart, without having to have torch lights and other external aids.
Do we have this craving? I hope it will develop in all of you. We have sufficient literature. We have so many DVDs; even today we are releasing some. But they should not fall on deaf ears. It is like the old Christian saying, ‘Ye have eyes but ye see not; you have ears but you hear not,’ things like that, you see. You have legs but you only go for exercise; not to walk towards the goal. We are too preoccupied with our health, with our gymnasiums, with our health clubs, with our walks, with our diets.
This body is only a vehicle for the soul. The body is given to us only so that we can progress in this life from birth to death, and thereafter we don’t need the body any more. It is like a car or a train or an aeroplane, only to take us from here to there, and after that we abandon it. But spirituality says, yogic literature says, psychic literature says, we come back again and again because, rather than being a passenger in a train who gets in at his beginning and gets out at the end, we seem to be like the drivers and the conductors who go up and down all the time. I can understand the spiritual guide like my Master, condemning himself, though he belongs to the Brighter World; one part of him is here going up and down like a ferry crossing the river, taking more and more passengers to the other side. But we should not be there with him. We should be there with him through the journey, and then with him in the Brighter World (pointing up) where he is, in his divine self.
(So Babuji, according to Chari is "UP" and "OUTSIDE" in the Brighter World, his concept of "HEAVEN", the Brighter World, or the Central Region, are then not "INSIDE". The Scientologists call it "OUT THERE"!! Contradictions and/or flawed theology!! Sahaj Marg is just like most religions, with a MALE God which is outside it's Creation, a heaven which is "up there", and a "special" class of megalomaniacal "saved" who manipulate their compatriots with fantasies and made-up or forged stories about their "lineage" and history. Like most religions, they will fight and kill to defend the "RIGHT"!! They will even attack the family of their own FOUNDER!! )
Exhortations are useless, because people say, “What is this? Again and again.” Yes, of course, again and again! Otherwise we are like the biblical bucket which goes into the well, again and again, and comes back empty.
I know, one part of you, there is this craving — not craving but at least desire. It is perhaps magnified when you come here, and you feel, you know, that there is something in it after all, because it brings you back here, and you are willing to stay here facing all the problems of life: lack of accommodation, lack of facilities. But when we leave the gate again, we are back in that life.
So, dear sisters and brothers: we must pay more attention to the call of the heart, the call of the voice from within. If necessary, close your ears to the outer world. Shut your eyes, don’t listen. (to your families, friends, fellow workers, ??? I would say: "Don't listen to "SPIRITUALISTS"!! ) We have to turn our attention through the five senses which God has given us, from outside to inside. (Chari and Sahaj Marg are not "inside", but they are "outside" ... don't listen to them ...) Without this turnaround, spirituality remains but a subject about which we speak, about which we discuss, about which we undergo training, but to which we pay no heed and therefore we remain where we are. (like most religions, Sahaj Marg will fill the "fantasy" dust bins of history... It is TIME for REALITY ... It is time for "childhood's end" !! There is no Santa Claus!! )
(As I and other SPIRITUAL people, who go inside, not outside for our spirituality, we could not find your "Material" Ashrams so, as you suggest but don't DO, we will remain SPIRITUAL and relate to SPIRIT (inside), not to the MATERIAL and to other Materialist (salesmen, developers, nationalists, imperialists) PEOPLE, which are OUTSIDE!! And we don't believe in a Brighter World that is "OUT THERE" or "UP THERE"!!
Time and life is passing you by, dear "brothers and sisters" ... This is not a "custom" but... BE HERE NOW!!)
As is customary, I pray for all of you. May every day see you in a different position on the spiritual ladder (how physical! "up" is good, "down" is bad ... come now "children"!! You're now adults!!) , going up and up; never coming down, never looking back.
May my Masters bless you with all that is good. ("Good" is what? Sahaj Marg and Chari?? Or is "Pleasant" GOOD? Only what Chari says is "good" can be GOOD in Sahaj Marg!! The abhyasis must simply OBEY. Developing (material) is "GOOD", sex is bad, but "food" is good! And sitting on a "throne" and being adulated by the "commoners" is obviously GOOD!! How controlled are the sheep? Let them run free in their own "experience" of learning and growing, at their own rate, and in their own TIME!!
We don't want "spiritual clones". We want organic, free-range SHEEP!! NOW!!
The capitalist and imperialist "lions" of Sahaj Marg can go back to their over-developed, over-populated and materialist "jungle"!)
(Applause)
Attend to the Call of the Heart
Jan. 1, 2010, Chennai, India
Dear Brothers and Sisters
Years come and years go, and I wonder how many of us are moving with the time, surpassing time. (or living in the feudal 14th century) You know there is a proverb which says, time and tide wait for no man. There are so many messages which have been given by Babuji Maharaj, and so many messages now, too. (Chari is first and foremost a "salesman" of the Material ... Is this a sales pitch for Whispers, the ALL-NEW Sahaj Marg Bible, to be written by the anonymous French Lady Medium who channels messages from Babuji, Chari's mother, his wife, and other "elevated souls"??)
When we travel by road and we look at the milestone on the side of the road, each time we pass a milestone we know we are nearer the destination. For us every day, every morning when we wake up it should be another milestone in our spiritual progress. (Since Spirit is beyond TIME, there are no "milestones" on the Spiritual Journey ... BE THERE NOW!!) I wonder how many of us are really conscious, are aware that as time passes, we have less and less time ahead of us. (Not true ... Spirit does not run out of TIME...neither does the UNIVERSE, nor does ONE! How Materialist!!) In our material journey as milestones pass, it is good to have less and less distance in front of us to reach our destination. But in the spiritual journey as days pass, and as we become aware that we have less and less time to achieve our goal, we should, if we are sensible, if we have the craving for spiritual growth to reach our destination, we should do everything possible to accelerate our pace so that we can reach the goal within this lifetime. At least by the time we end our mortal life, we should be There. (Like a runner, Chari wants to be "first" but it is not possible ... In the Christian Bible (that "corrupt" religion) : "The first shall be last and the last, first")
(Chari and the Sahaj Marg group are driven and fixated on the "goal", or DOING and achieving, which means: of the "material" and within TIME. There is very little in Sahaj Marg of the Timelessness of "BEING" as in "BEING" Spiritual, or communing with SPIRIT, the ONE-ness and the ALL. They think they can earn their way into the Spirit of ONE-ness, by DOING (physical rituals, prayers, cleaning, etc...) rather that by BEING!! Their "craving" for DOING and developing speaks of there addiction to the lure of the Material. "BEING" is NOW, beyond TIME and speaks to the Spiritual. We are not material humans "doing" Spirituality, but we are spiritual BEINGS ... simply BEING spiritual as we inhabit this temporary carbon body! (some of us anyway) That way, we can commune with all SPIRIT including NATURE, and not dominate or control it.
Those who journey 'inside", in the SPIRIT, do not develop and accumulate Material possessions... and Worldly fame ... and do not spend their time in airports, hotels, parking lots, or in courts, developing the MATERIAL, destroying Nature and leaving less of pristine Nature for the next generations.)
All our (Material?) facilities that are created by the grace of my Masters: ashrams, retreat centres, gatherings which we call bhandaras, sittings, either individual or groups, all these are to promote our spiritual welfare and growth. Are we aware that each sitting that we take, when we close our eyes we should be something, when we open our eyes we should have moved on? (Even "you" are still here!! And the abhyasis of Sahaj Marg are still in the same "STATE", as you so often repeat so as to "manipulate" them some more. They, nor you, will ever reach your "illusion" of a GOAL!! Spiritual Life is not like that!! ) I am afraid that sense of urgency is lacking in almost all abhyasis. (I think the sense of urgency is there in many lost sheep. That is why so many are running around "helter skelter" in all directions, even to the manipulative MATERIALISTS who think themselves enlightened and who think it is their "god-given" duty to preach at other. There are seekers and there are "FINDERS"!! The true seekers and hence the FINDERS, find Spirit and spirituality where it is, which is everywhere, INSIDE and OUTSIDE! Any day now, the "navel gazers" who only search inside themselves will wake up and realize their folly!! To reach the "Brighter World" they will have to go "up" and "outside" as Chari has pointed and continues to point. They will have run out of TIME, as predicted by their MASTER, and will not have reached his "illusive" goal, as it does not exist! Their TIME will have passed them by, or they will have wasted their "precious time". The French say: "Don't search for noon at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon!!") We are prone to pay more attention to our material progress, to our health, to our income, and to so many other things which are part of the material life, the human life: our loves and hates, our aspirations. And sadly, I think, if at all we have any cognizance, any awareness of the spiritual life in which we are involved, it takes last place. It is a sad thing to have to repeat this again and again, day after day, year after year.
(It seems that the abhyasis imitate their Master! ;-)) Do you know how much "carbon" is added to our earthly atmosphere by those who journey in pilgrimages so as to find "GOD" or a Divine spiritual experience which, according to Chari and Sahaj Marg, should be found "INSIDE" and not in the MATERIAL or "OUTSIDE"? Does it not seem strange that those who teach others to turn away from the MATERIAL spend most of their time in the MATERIAL, or OUTSIDE?)
I am happy to wish you all a happy new year, but a happy new year is not enough. Instead of looking for happiness — (I hesitate to say it), we should look to how many problems we have surmounted, how many problems are yet to be surmounted, because the spiritual life, when all is said and done, is not meant to be a happy life. It is meant to be a progressive life. It is meant to be a life of inner awareness and inner growth, of a luminosity arising within the heart of which saints speak that even at night, you should be able to move by the light from your heart, without having to have torch lights and other external aids.
Do we have this craving? I hope it will develop in all of you. We have sufficient literature. We have so many DVDs; even today we are releasing some. But they should not fall on deaf ears. It is like the old Christian saying, ‘Ye have eyes but ye see not; you have ears but you hear not,’ things like that, you see. You have legs but you only go for exercise; not to walk towards the goal. We are too preoccupied with our health, with our gymnasiums, with our health clubs, with our walks, with our diets.
This body is only a vehicle for the soul. The body is given to us only so that we can progress in this life from birth to death, and thereafter we don’t need the body any more. It is like a car or a train or an aeroplane, only to take us from here to there, and after that we abandon it. But spirituality says, yogic literature says, psychic literature says, we come back again and again because, rather than being a passenger in a train who gets in at his beginning and gets out at the end, we seem to be like the drivers and the conductors who go up and down all the time. I can understand the spiritual guide like my Master, condemning himself, though he belongs to the Brighter World; one part of him is here going up and down like a ferry crossing the river, taking more and more passengers to the other side. But we should not be there with him. We should be there with him through the journey, and then with him in the Brighter World (pointing up) where he is, in his divine self.
(So Babuji, according to Chari is "UP" and "OUTSIDE" in the Brighter World, his concept of "HEAVEN", the Brighter World, or the Central Region, are then not "INSIDE". The Scientologists call it "OUT THERE"!! Contradictions and/or flawed theology!! Sahaj Marg is just like most religions, with a MALE God which is outside it's Creation, a heaven which is "up there", and a "special" class of megalomaniacal "saved" who manipulate their compatriots with fantasies and made-up or forged stories about their "lineage" and history. Like most religions, they will fight and kill to defend the "RIGHT"!! They will even attack the family of their own FOUNDER!! )
Exhortations are useless, because people say, “What is this? Again and again.” Yes, of course, again and again! Otherwise we are like the biblical bucket which goes into the well, again and again, and comes back empty.
I know, one part of you, there is this craving — not craving but at least desire. It is perhaps magnified when you come here, and you feel, you know, that there is something in it after all, because it brings you back here, and you are willing to stay here facing all the problems of life: lack of accommodation, lack of facilities. But when we leave the gate again, we are back in that life.
So, dear sisters and brothers: we must pay more attention to the call of the heart, the call of the voice from within. If necessary, close your ears to the outer world. Shut your eyes, don’t listen. (to your families, friends, fellow workers, ??? I would say: "Don't listen to "SPIRITUALISTS"!! ) We have to turn our attention through the five senses which God has given us, from outside to inside. (Chari and Sahaj Marg are not "inside", but they are "outside" ... don't listen to them ...) Without this turnaround, spirituality remains but a subject about which we speak, about which we discuss, about which we undergo training, but to which we pay no heed and therefore we remain where we are. (like most religions, Sahaj Marg will fill the "fantasy" dust bins of history... It is TIME for REALITY ... It is time for "childhood's end" !! There is no Santa Claus!! )
(As I and other SPIRITUAL people, who go inside, not outside for our spirituality, we could not find your "Material" Ashrams so, as you suggest but don't DO, we will remain SPIRITUAL and relate to SPIRIT (inside), not to the MATERIAL and to other Materialist (salesmen, developers, nationalists, imperialists) PEOPLE, which are OUTSIDE!! And we don't believe in a Brighter World that is "OUT THERE" or "UP THERE"!!
Time and life is passing you by, dear "brothers and sisters" ... This is not a "custom" but... BE HERE NOW!!)
As is customary, I pray for all of you. May every day see you in a different position on the spiritual ladder (how physical! "up" is good, "down" is bad ... come now "children"!! You're now adults!!) , going up and up; never coming down, never looking back.
May my Masters bless you with all that is good. ("Good" is what? Sahaj Marg and Chari?? Or is "Pleasant" GOOD? Only what Chari says is "good" can be GOOD in Sahaj Marg!! The abhyasis must simply OBEY. Developing (material) is "GOOD", sex is bad, but "food" is good! And sitting on a "throne" and being adulated by the "commoners" is obviously GOOD!! How controlled are the sheep? Let them run free in their own "experience" of learning and growing, at their own rate, and in their own TIME!!
We don't want "spiritual clones". We want organic, free-range SHEEP!! NOW!!
The capitalist and imperialist "lions" of Sahaj Marg can go back to their over-developed, over-populated and materialist "jungle"!)
(Applause)
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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.
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).
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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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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