== SEX SCANDAL ==
~ WHY NOT WRITING TO HIGHER AUTHORITIES ~
Namaskar,
Recently a report was posted about the alleged sexual misconduct of some
WTs in GT sector. To read that letter visit:
BABA'S SYSTEM
First off, let us readily clarify that it is Baba's system that we write
our higher authorities to report any wrongdoing in the organisation.
However, Baba's directive is based on the premise that those higher
authority figures themselves are moral and following AM ideology.
Then writing those higher authorities will yield a proper result.
Unfortunately, when our organisational higher authorities are themselves
involved in unethical dealing, groupism, financial swindling, and the
curtailment and elimination of margii rights, then writing the higher
authorities about problems in the organisation will not work.
Rather it will be like an ordinary Chinese peasant writing the upper
echelons of the Chinese government about the ongoing problems in China. In response those government officials will come crashing down on that peasant and the reported injustices will be entirely overlooked.
Unfortunately, similar is the case in AMPS - and here is the proof.
WHY MARGIIS ARE NOT WRITING
Let's take a closer look at the situation as to why margiis choose not to
write higher authorities about the misdeeds going on in AMPS.
When margiis see any WT go against their acarya conduct rules then that
margii has the distinct right to take silent action. And the organisation
and the involved WT are to respect that margii's right
and investigate the situation in a fair manner.
But instead what happens, if any margii takes silent action against a
worker,
then a huge uproar ensues. The organisational authorities become furious
that a simple margii has the audacity to take such action and the involved
WT makes explicit and silent threats towards that margii.
That is the practical result we see happening if and when silent action
is taken.
That is why no margii wants to take silent action against a worker. It
is not that all workers are perfectly adhering to their codes of conduct.
That is not the reason why no margii is taking silent action.
Rather any margii taking silent action will then be looked upon as an
enemy and their existence in the organisation will be scarred for life:
They will lose their post, their friends, their ability to come to dharmacakra etc.
A huge backlash will result - all because that margii exercised their right
to take silent action.
So no margii wants to do that. No one wants to take silent action for
fear of what will result.
Yet now that a huge scandal has erupted in GT sector, one worker is
requesting margiis to write to the higher authorities. But writing the
higher authorities is one step beyond taking silent action. In that
case, who will want to take that big and dangerous step of writing
higher authorities: No one.
Why? Because instead of a proper investigation being put in place
regarding the alleged worker wrongdoing, the innocent margii will be
treated like a criminal and banished from AMPS life.
That is why no margii is writing and that is why the suggestion for
someone to write the higher authorities is foolhardy.
HISTORICAL PRECEDENCE
Who can forget what happened to Respected margiis Bhatji of Sirsi and
Dayananda of Shimoga. They were global ACB members but when they wrote
to the higher authorities of AMPS about organisational impropriety, then
they were kicked out from their post, banished from dharmacakra, sneered
at, spit at, and victimised to no end.
Witnessing that, no margii dared to write higher authorities. Because if
the above abuse and torture could happen to a global ACB member, then
what will happen when a simple margii writes. Will they be killed in the
street?!?
And like this there are so many cases in each and every sector, and each
and every bhukti. When an injustice is done, the margii reporting the
injustice is victimised severely. In that case, everyone understands
that it is organisational suicide to write the higher authorities.
Thus when one respected worker suggests that margiis should write higher
authorities about acarya misconduct in GT sector, who is going to think
that this is a viable solution.
FIRST THE ORGANISATION SHOULD ACCEPT SILENT ACTION
This entire process should proceed in a step-wise fashion.
First the organisational heads should learn to accept silent action in a
cool-headed manner. When it is seen that such authority figures can
accept silent action in a rational way such that no margii is
victimised, then margiis can consider writing high authorities.
Until that time, writing higher authorities will remain nothing but a
silly dream. Margiis will think it is too dangerous to take silent
action, let alone write the higher authorities.
As a reminder, here is a past letter about the problem of writing higher
authorities:
http://am-global-01.blogspot.com/2008/09/dogma-write-to-higher-authorities.html
AMPS IS LIKE CHINA, RUSSIA, AFRICAN WAR-LORDS,
AND THE DOGMATIC CHURCH
The way things stand now, the prospect of writing the higher authorities
is quite grim. Since 1990, with regards to the freedom of expression,
our Marga is little different from communist China, Russian
totalitarianism, African War-Lords, and the Catholic Church.
In all the above mentioned dogmatic and suppressive regimes, no one is
allowed to say anything about any injustices. Doing so is to invite
victimisation and in some cases death.
That is what practically results when some courageous person steps
forward. And that is how those crude regimes have kept their power
generation after generation.
That is why you will never see a person in Rwanda or Zaire write a
letter to the local general or war-lord about an injustice in their
locale. Because they know that the backlash against them will be extreme
and that in the end nothing will result except the covering up of those
injustices.
Yet this is no way to build a society. Suppression just invites more and
more exploitation by the leaders until finally terrorist or guerrilla
forces take to action and there is fighting in the streets.
So the road that our Marga is presently on is not good.
Rather our higher authorities should learn to accept and respect the
voice of margiis and not condemn margiis to hell for pointing out
injustices.
LEADERS MUST ACCEPT THEIR ROLE
In AMPS, Baba places immense responsibility upon the leaders. And He
also states that the leaders must ultimately answer to every injustice
in that society.
Baba says, "Today there is catastrophe and misery in human society and
there is one reason: the defective leadership of society." (AV-31)
Until the leaders in AMPS understand their vital role, there will not be
justice in the Marga and no one will like to write higher authorities
about worker wrongdoing, such as the recent cases in GT Sector.
Our leaders have immense scope to guide the society, but only if they
themselves are moral and willing to listen to the people, i.e common
margiis. Without that their leadership will just be a misuse of power
where they suppress all expression and hide all wrongdoing in order to
keep the chair.
BABA'S BLESSING
Until the climate changes in our Marga, the suggestion to write the
higher authorities will remain impractical, if not dangerous and foolish.
Baba says, "To take leadership in society you must be established in
yama and niyama in just such a strict way." (AV-31)
Namaskar,
Arjuna
Note: YOU DECIDE DADAJI'S STANDING
The Dadaji who so graciously offered the advice - "write to higher
authorities" - has been working in GT sector for years and years and he
is quite familiar with the wrongdoing(s) going on there.
Please read the following excerpts from a letter written by senior
margiis from Bogata, Colombia to Central Authorities including GS Dada,
CWWS, etc. Their writing clearly shows how Dada Maheshvarananda is "in
the know."
"Since 2007 when the long-lasting immoral conduct of the two dadas
Divyapremananda and Japamantrananda was disclosed before Ananda Marga SS
dada and SWWS didi..."
"Divyapremananda’s case is even worse. He has insulted, verbally abused,
and even threatened the lives of Didi Ananda Shraddha as well as the
margii sisters and brothers who disclosed his reprehensible conduct to
AM authorities. He has gone as far as to filing a penal court case
against these margiis accusing them of defamation (as if everything they
have said were not true)...."
"The only help we have received in this period came from Venezuela. Dada
Maheshvarananda believed us from the beginning. You may or may not know
that he was in the committee that had to decide whether or not to bring
Divyapremananda back to the Region after his time in a Spanish prison
for drug-dealing. So he very well knows Divyapremananda’s past with
drugs and repeated wrongful involvement with women. Without his help, we
wouldn’t have been heard by AM Sectorial and Central Organization."
So, by the above letter, it is clear that Dada Maheshvarananda is well
aware about the sexual misdeeds of these Dadas. After all he was a
member of the committee that reviewed this Dada's wrongful conduct. And
Dadaji is also aware that those margiis who chose to write the higher
authorities faced severe backlash, torture and torment.
Hence Dadaji knows of Divyapremananda's sinful sexual misconduct with
sisters and Dadaji knows what ongoing hell the margiis had to withstand
after writing higher authorities. Furthermore, Dadaji knows the very act
of writing the higher authorities did not sufficiently resolve the matter.
Yet, now in public, Dada Maheshvarananda denies the veracity of the
sexual misconduct claims against various Dadas in GT and he is still
demanding that margiis write to higher authorities, when he is fully
aware that any margii who writes to those higher authorities will be
threatened, abused and victimised. And on the top, justice will not be
served - the conduct of those sinful Dadas will not be rectified nor
properly addressed by organisational heads.
Thus we all have to think.
It is for each one of us to decide the standing our Dear Dada.
Indeed all of the above, not only makes one question the integrity of
Dada Maheshvarananda but we also must ask ourselves what kind of friend
he is, as he is asking margiis to place not just their hand but their
head in the fire by "writing higher authorities."
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Futility of Materialism
Baba says, "Materialism is the sign of shallow knowledge. Due to lack of
proper understanding and ignorance people become materialists. Human
beings should study more and acquire sufficient knowledge. Then they
will understand that in materialism there is nothing." (DMC 84 Delhi,
SS-16 (H))
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