== "EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN" ==
Namaskar,
One of the oldest & on-going slogans for attracting people into any
particular fold is to proclaim: 'Everyone is welcome to join'. By using
this alluring and magical phrase, then innumerable innocent people
invariably get attracted and mistakenly think, 'Such organisers must be
sweet & open-minded, I should certainly join in'.
But what such commoners fail to realise is that either (a) those
organisers are secretly harbouring a deep-seeded narrow agenda, or (b)
those organisers themselves are totally naive and short-sighted. In
either case the ultimate result is dissension, division, and the
formation of one far-fetched breakaway group.
So if in the name of unity and solidarity, one set of organisers states,
'All are welcome to join', then everyone should be alert and keep a
thousand miles away. Because falling into that enticing trap will not
yield beneficial results.
Before writing any more about this let's take a look at a few examples.
SOME WORLDLY CASE STUDIES
Around the globe, communists have tried hard to attract all types of
people: "Everyone". So from India to China to Cuba to Russia-- and in so
many places-- those communist organisers chanted again and again, 'All
are welcome, anyone and everyone can join.'
Hearing this, innocent bystanders and poor workers got duped thought
that these communists want to create a united movement based on equality
and fairness and bring everyone together. So in their innocence those
simple people put their name on the doted line. After all it seemed
harmless enough.
First such new enrollees went to a meeting; then they participated in a
rally; then they were given some 'job' to do; and thereafter they got
involved in some outlandish anti-social schemes, including fighting and
bloodshed. This is and was the natural progression. And in the end those
innocent workers became so brainwashed and so involved in communist
dealings that they became totally separate from the main line of society
until finally-- having no other money and no other resources-- they had
no option but to live full-time within those communist ranks.
This is the deceitful and duplicitous way that communists gobbled up so
many people into their fold. And it all started with the simple
proclamation, 'All are welcome'. Yet instead of creating any type of
benevolent unity, the final result was a close-minded, separatist party
or fascist government that was despised by the rest of the world-- by
all right thinking people.
So this phrase, 'Everyone is welcome' has nothing to do with
consciousness raising or uniting people of diverse backgrounds etc; just
it is one tricky ploy to lure the masses into a particular factional
fold. It is a dirty strategy employed by communists and so many crude
elements in the society.
Indeed the Black Muslims in the US and various labor unions or religious
factions around the globe have used this same approach and always it has
proved disastrous.
Unfortunately, since 1990, this same deceitful tactic has been used
frequently by various groups within our Marga. And always the result has
been the same: Disunity, fighting, and dissension etc.
SOME CASES WITHIN OUR MARGA
In our recent history, various organisers have tried to attract Ananda
Margiis with their charming phrase, 'Everyone is welcome to join'.
Mr. Bhola Shah and his fake AMURT agency in Switzerland did this; Mr
Shyam Sundar (aka Ravi or Ron Logan) and his crude ASM organisation in
USA did this; Vasudeva and his separatist group in SUVA did this;
Pranavananda and his so-called unity team in Himalayas did this. And
various others have tried. They all canvassed around the globe with
their alluring slogan, 'Everyone is welcome'. Yet in the end they
drowned in their narrow agenda of trying to gather innocent masses into
their fold and create their own factional enterprise.
And the proof is this: Never in such cases did unity or a benevolent
outcome arise. Mr. Bhola Shah & Mr Shyam Sundar became so far out in
their ways that they cannot see 'eye to eye' with anyone in the AM
mission. Thus what started out as a seemingly high-minded ideal--
'Everyone is welcome'-- quickly reveal it real colour of being just one
separatist approach. In that case who can say that any consciousness
raising was done. No one. Because their slogan, 'Everyone is welcome'
never had anything to do with bringing greater consciousness within the
Marga; rather it had everything to do with recruiting enlistees into
their crude faction etc.
That is why if the words 'Bhola & AMURT' or 'Shyam Sundar and ASM' etc
are mentioned, then everyone cringes and thinks what a bunch of
separatist elements proved to be.
A FEW MORE CASES IN OUR MARGA
(Part 1)
Then of course there are a few more cases in our Marga that have also
used this ploy, 'Everyone is welcome' and such factions were met with
varying degrees of so-called success.
This is especially going on since PP's passing.
AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
Before mentioning these groups, it should be reminded that the current
Rudrananda led administration is basically a farce and has nothing to do
with the ideals of AM. So the aim of this entire mail is not to defend
the current administration but rather to understand how various groups
get formed and realise that these separatist formations further splint
and divide our Marga. If we were all united yet suppressed by one crude
ruling faction, then that problem is relatively easy to solve. But when
there is division all around and there are vying factions trying to dupe
people into coming into their camp, then that is quite a nightmarish
scene and extremely difficult to resolve. That is the danger of all
these various factions. Yet that is what we are up against in our Marga
today. And here the point is not to let things degenerate any further--
into more groups and factions. That should be avoided at any and all cost.
A FEW MORE CASES IN OUR MARGA
(Part 2)
Here then is a list of others in AM who have also employed the phrase--
'Everyone is welcome'-- in order to form their own group.
Firstly, the NIA captain has tried this technique, although he has
narrowed his welcome to the 8 sectors outside of India. Nonetheless his
basic strategy of bringing unity is to masquerade his factional feelings
and lust for power with the phrase, 'Everyone is welcome'. Though it is
a bit odd to have adopted such a phrase when the very name NIA is itself
racist. But that is what he has done and it is all driven by the grand
ideal of grabbing a Purodhaship or two. Nothing more. Ultimately this
team is mostly just fading away.
Secondly, and more seriously is the case with Sarvatmananda's B group.
They also proclaim, 'Everyone is welcome' and to that end they have
secured various non-Bengali speaking and a few overseas margiis into
their fold. Various margiis-- in their innocence-- have been allured by
the slogan 'Everyone is welcome, we are just doing Baba's work'. But in
getting such people from different lands the B brigade is not one step
closer to achieving unity-- just they have a broader political base to
support their groupist stand. So the deeper reality is that instead of
establishing a united our AM mission, after court cases, on-going
fighting, and murderous killings, we are witness to nothing but a vying
political faction that has put a wedge into our Marga.
So B group's slogan, 'everyone is welcome' has nothing to do with unity
and consciousness raising and everything to do with joining a separatist
group. And the proof is that, after so many attacks and counter-attacks,
their approach leads to disunity and division and this is marked by the
fact that it would be absolutely impossible to put Sarvatmananda and
Rudrananda in the same room and expect there to be good feeling. Rather
there would just be hatred and contempt. So who can say that the slogan
'everyone is welcome' is an act of consciousness raising.
Hence today, when the EC team has also been adopting this narrative,
'everyone is welcome', then none should get allured and lulled into
their false invitation. Because the end will only be more division and
scorn, not a unified AM.
EVEN INNOCENTLY DONE
Side by side, there are various innocent-minded citizen groups in the
general society around the globe as well as many well-intentioned
margiis who truly think the way to overcome the ruling exploitative
forces is to invite everyone to join a new forum-- but that ultimately
becomes one competing parallel structure. So even in their innocence
many form a group when using the phrase 'everyone is welcome to join',
even if that was not their intended practice.
ACCEPTING ALL, NOT PUTTING ANYONE DOWN
ONLY GROUPISM IS THE PROBLEM
Here it should be said that this letter is not aimed toward any
individual-- not Rudrananda, nor Sarvatmananda, nor anyone. This is a
message against groupism itself. Because groupism is the problem not
anyone individual per se. Irregardless who one is-- whether they be a
thief, gangster, billionaire, or pseudo-culture star, as soon as one
adopts the ideals of AM in their heart then they become an apostle of
unity and peace. Whereas, as long as one adheres to any fissiparous
tendency then they are an agent of groupism. So all have the inherent
capacity to bring forth positive change to the world-- it just depends
upon the approach. Groupism is the problem not any individual per se.
BABA'S METHOD: THE WAY TOWARDS UNITY
Baba's prescribed method for bringing unity then is NOT to invite
everyone into a particular fold in order to grab the power, as many are
doing today. Rather Baba benevolently guides us to raise the social
consciousness. Through songs, dramas, writing, speeches, debates,
emails, and so many other avenues we are to raise consciousness by
discussing and pondering the issues, not grab enlistees in a new forum
or group.
By making all aware of the curtailment of margii rights, the existence
of fake Ananda Vaniis, and by raising consciousness about so many
unideological things like expulsion, Fake BP Manual, dogmatic tiirthas
such as the Memorials etc, scriptural distortions, vicitimisation of
innocent margiis, destruction of the ACB, and countless other important
issues, then surely the ideological consciousness will rise in AM. And
that will bring unity.
baba says, "Without arousing social consciousness, it is next to
impossible to bring about social welfare. It may not be possible to
bring about social welfare through constructive programmes and through
the struggle against injustice alone; social consciousness is
indispensable." (NKS: Disc 26)
Hence, Baba's guideline is that only by raising everyone's awareness and
by addressing and solving the aforementioned issues that unity will
result, not by inviting everyone into a particular forum or camp per se.
So our approach must be issue oriented because that is the seed for
bringing unity. Where all rally around the saffron flag of AM and for
the divine ideals that our flag represents. That is our calling, not
getting duped into joining a particular faction just because they are
saying, 'everyone is welcome to join'.
'EVERYONE IS WELCOME' IS JUST LIKE CAPITALIST BEFOOLERY
Ultimately, saying 'everyone is welcome to join' is no different from
the cheating tactics employed by capitalists when they announce, 'Sale!'
or 'Discount Prices' or 'We want to serve you' or 'Rebate!' etc. All
these slogans are just ways that capitalists try to allure people into
their shop. And by this way the common people get duped and cheated and
the capitalists fatten their wallets and snag more clout in the society.
Similarly when so-and-so organiser in AM says, 'All are welcome to
join', there is no benefit for the common people or the mission. Only
the devious interests of the party concerned are served-- not anyone or
anything else.
BABA'S BLESSING
By Baba's grace unity is on its way in our Marga. All around town more
and more are raising ideological points and when that social
consciousness reaches a critical threshold, then we will have a united
Ananda Marga centered around Baba's divine teachings. And that is the
only unity. So all should beware of any false attempts shrouded in the
words, 'Everyone is welcome'-- such a shallow phrase can never bring
welfare to our Marga.
Baba says, "Human unity is purely an ideological unity, which means
unity in the psychic sphere. Where there is psychic unity, physical
unity will also occur. In the realm of unity, unity is always psychic –
ideological unity means unity in the subtlest level of the mind.
However, psychic or ideological unity may be affected if we encourage
the exploitation of one group by another. So to avoid this there should
not be any scope for exploitation in society. And to ensure this we have
to start a new order to safeguard the interests of the exploited masses.
So for a proper social synthesis what we require is a common philosophy
of life; that is, ideological unity." (PNS-15)
Namaskar,
Paramatma
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Baba's Mudra Photo is a Unique Gift...
Baba says, "The Sadguru is saying something, and the deaf or dumb man
wants to hear it but cannot. If one concentrates the mind on Vara'bhaya
Mudra', there will be the direct effect of positive microvita on the
auricular or other nerve cells and also on the controlling cells, and it
may be that all of a sudden he may get back the power of hearing. One should look towards this mudra' and not to anything else. Microvita are radiated through this mudra'. This is the inner secret." (MVNS, p.65)
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