== JUST LIKE MONKEY'S GUIDELINES ==
Namaskar,
Some Dadas are talking around town that it is time to write guidelines
and booklets to elaborate on the systems laid down in Caryacarya. Such
people want to create handbooks that detail the powers and breadth of
our respective committees, boards, offices, and postings.
However, embarking on such a project at this point in time would only be
inviting dogma after dogma, as well as the sheer manipulation of our
entire Marga structure.
Yes, such guidelines need to be drawn up eventually, but definitely not
now by the various groupists & power mongers who are vying to "lead",
i.e. capture, our Marga.
Here is the clear-cut reply about why not to let such greedy teamsters
embark on such a project at this point in time.
HORRIFYING: THE 1997 FAKE BP MANUAL
Firstly, who can forget what happened at the end of 1997 when the B
Brigade-- i.e. Sarvatmananda as ISMUB Secy and Sambhutyananda-- authored
& published the 'BP Election Manual', commonly known now as the Fake BP
Manual. They immediately put in place all kinds of outlandish rules in
order to manipulate the '98 BP elections & every election since. In
their so-called elaboration of Caryacarya, those groupists legalised the
art of blackballing innocent margiis from participating in the BP
electoral process-- all so that B group could fix their own man as BP in
any and all units. All kinds of hazy guidelines based on "one's image"
and "standing" in the eyes of the leaders allow factional heads to
totally control and manipulate the entire margii process of selecting a
BP. First B group was using this to their advantage, and since coming
into power Rudrananda and crew are basking in the same. They have done
zero to refute this Fake BP Election Manual because they also enjoy
ruling over the scene. So from its inception, this Fake BP Manual has
been nothing but a disaster for our Marga.
Here the main point is that we have living proof of what hell occurs
when power-hungry factional leaders create "guidelines" based on
Caryacarya: They railroad all organistaional systems & procedures for
their own groupist advantage and selfish agenda.
Who then can think that we should now give the green light for all such
groupists to create a guidebook about each and every aspect of
organisational life. That would indeed be hell.
EC'S SO-CALLED BY-LAWS IN NY
For another example by a different set of groupist cronies, about how
groupists like to manipulate the structural codes, we need look no
further than the mess that occurred once the EC group grabbed the reins
in NY sector. Then one of the first ventures they did was to "re-write"
the by-laws of NY sector in the favor of their own group. They decided
that they would appoint their own SS, that they need not follow Centre,
that they would be their own bosses, and they formally instituted all
kinds of codes and rules that go totally against Baba's organisational
structural design. All because those EC people wanted to capture and run
the show in NY.
This also shows that today's groupists-- from any faction-- are totally
unfit to draft organisational guidelines. Because rather than adhering
to Baba's system and the spirit of His teachings, they will take
advantage of the opportunity in order to manipulate everything in their
own favour.
PLUS OTHER EXAMPLES
And indeed since 1990, so much nonsense has happened on countless master
units and service projects wherein this or that groupist acarya placed
the MU or the service project in their own name. In some cases they sold
off the entire MU for cash; in other cases they tried to kidnap AMURT;
and we have seen innumerable schools and offices gobbled up by groupist
representatives.
Plus people like Citkrsnananda, who was Central Commerce Secy, ended up
creating his own personal empire by registering a business in his own
name. Citkrsnananda Dada may have thousands of justifications denying
this, but in essence & in practice that is what he did. And there is no
way that Baba approves of such greedy activities. Rather Baba Himself
gave the copyrights of all His books to the organisation-- for the
success and growth of our Marga.
But so many Dadas now do they exact opposite. They do not follow Baba's
selfless example. Instead they seize everything in their own name--
whether it be a service project, a school, an MU, or a business etc. So
they cannot be trusted to create statutes and guidelines for our Marga.
And then there is the whole issue of "expulsion" where every group in
power since 1990 has legalised and used expulsion as their own groupist
weapon-- when in fact Baba has clearly written that expulsion is not
allowed in our Marga.
Baba says, "Harsh social punishment such as creating outcasts...do not
find any place in our society." (AFPS-7, p.6)
Hence Baba's teaching is something and in practice these factional
leaders do something else.
Here the point is that whenever any opportunity arises, these top Dadas
craft things in their own favour-- away from Baba's teachings. This is
the very way things have been unfolding in our Marga due to the group
fight and the selfish lust for power.
And now, without seeing an ounce of rectification by these groupists, we
are going to allow and encourage these same top Dadas to write handbooks
and guidelines about Caryacarya? Never.
Allowing any groupist to now write a so-called handbook about our
organisational posts and systems is only asking for serious trouble as
they will only use it as an opportunity to undermine our AM society and
strengthen their factional ways.
No doubt, such handbooks need to be written at some point in time, but
not now by these greedy groupists.
BABA'S WARNING FROM AM REVOLUTION
Indeed, Baba's clear-cut warning, from His famed AM Revolution
discourse, is that those seeking power and in power will always create
laws for the sole purpose of strengthening their group's grip on society.
Baba says, "Laws have been framed from time to time by the ruling class.
On examining these laws it is evident that the ruling class framed them
keeping their own interest as the uppermost consideration in their
mind." (PNS-11)
And indeed this is what we have seen in our Marga from 1990 up till now.
Whether we are speaking about the Fake BP Manual, expulsion, MU's,
service projects, schools, Purodha Board Elections, court cases, or the
creation of a separate structure, always there are top Dadas in all the
camps who try and create laws in the favour of their faction.
And the ones who suffer most are the common margiis-- because that is
who the various groupists are trying to capture, control, and manipulate.
Thus allowing the reigning groupists to draft guidelines and handbooks
expounding on Caryacarya is only to invite the very same problem which
Baba describes in detail below.
Baba says, "Laws have been framed from time to time by the ruling class.
On examining these laws it is evident that the ruling class framed them
keeping their own interest as the uppermost consideration in their mind.
For instance, in Manusmrti, the text of laws framed by Manu, it is
stipulated that if a Brahmin boy marries a Shudra girl, he is punished
by shaving his head and taking him around the town seated on the back of
a donkey. The punishment of a Shudra boy marrying a Brahmin girl is
death. The laws were accepted only as long as the Brahmin supremacy
remained, and were questioned the moment the Brahmin supremacy was
removed. After the Brahmin supremacy, there have been numerous
law-givers who have all framed laws and rules to suit their own
convenience. Some have declared that allegiance to the king is the
supreme duty of every member of society; others have placed the country
or state above the sovereign; while others have considered their
religion more important. There is no single common bond in any of the
numerous societies to unite them. The laws for ensuring security are
framed in such a way that equal security is not provided to all the
members of the different strata of the society: there are differences
between the Brahmins and Shudras or the white Americans and the black
Americans. Such laws lacking a common bond cannot lead to the existence
of a peaceful and everlasting society. Unfortunately all that the
lawmakers have done so far is to frame laws which have caused immense
social unrest." (PNS-11)
Similarly, to allow any of the groups to write up their own elaboration
of Caryacarya and put that in an organisational handbook is basically
giving them scope to legalise their groupist power code, nothing more.
When neo-humanism comes in vogue in our Marga, then all kinds of
detailed handbooks can be published. That will be wonderful. But to
allow groupists to embark on this same project now is tantamount to
binding up our Marga in dogmatic chains for generations and generations
to come.
JUST MONKEY'S GUIDELINES
Here is a short parable that further describes the situation.
One day two cats found a chapati that had been soaked in milk. Each had
a strong desire to eat the entire thing. Needless to say, they could not
agree upon how to divide it up. Thinking that a monkey would have a
high-minded solution, those two cats naively asked one monkey to solve
the matter. Immediately, that monkey took on the air of a distinguished
judge and spoke as if he was giving a great sermon about ethics and
morality. The cats were impressed. And little by little that monkey
would break away a piece of that tasty chapati, discuss in detail about
the mores of the land, and elaborate on which cat should get how big a
piece. However, in that process that monkey devoured the entire chapati
all by himself.
Likewise, if we were to let the Sarvatmanandas, Rudranandas, and
Citkrsnanandas etc of the world-- or any of their stooges-- write
handbooks or guidelines on Caryacarya, they would merely create laws
that satisfied their own ravaging hunger to grab the power. Not so much
as one ounce of good would occur to our Marga. The whole thing would be
a disaster.
That is why any attempt now by any groupist to create a guidebook would
be nothing but a monkey's guideline. Just as in the above story that
monkey befooled and exploited those cats and ate the entire chapati, the
same thing would happen if any factional representative(s) were to write
up guidelines on Caryacarya. All the power would go in their favour and
the common margiis and field wts would suffer.
I think by now this entire chapter is quite clear.
BABA'S BLESSING
By Baba's grace, He has given us sadhana as well as the tenets of
neo-humanism. As we follow these teachings we will certainly be able to
expound upon His teachings in a proper way that will bring about human
welfare. So it is not that forever and ever we will have unworthy
groupists dominating our Marga. Soon we will have proper persons in
place-- and at that time they should certainly elaborate upon Baba's
organisational guidelines. But to allow any groupist to do so at this
point in time is sheer lunacy.
Baba says, "There are many persons in this world who think of themselves
as civilized but mercilessly crush the helpless and the innocent...It is
the bounden duty of the leaders of this world to form a strong society
of human beings on the basis of a constructive ideology and to spread
civilization in them. If this is done, cultural development will
automatically occur." (AFPS-6)
Namaskar,
Indrajit
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Process of Channlisation
Baba says, "If people have a healthy body and mind their glandular
system will remain balanced and they can easily channelise their
physical energy into psychic and spiritual activities. This process of
channelisation is the only way to check the mental flow towards crude
propensities." (AFPS-9, p. 35)
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