Why Unity Fails
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 09:02:37 -0500
To: am-global@earthlink.net
Subject: Why Unity Fails
From: CJ Phillips
Baba
PS #3002
Cir ka'le-r bandhu---------
Nikat'e- ese--- ghu-m bha'ungio---,
Ghu-m bha'ungio---
Jad'eri bha'vana'y yadi mete-
Tha'ki-, ja'gie di-o
Nikat'e- ese--- ghu-m bha'ungio---,
Ghu-m bha'ungio---
Kichui toma'r aja'-na' na'i,
A'---------------------------------------a'
Kichui tomar a'ja-na' na'i,
Randhre ra'ndhre a'cho- sa'dai
Toma'y bhu'le- jad'e- harai,
T'ene- pa-the a'-nio---
Nikat'e- ese--- ghu-m bha'ungio---,
Ghu-m bha'ungio---
Ana'di ashes'a e- liila'-y,
A'-----------------------------------a'
Ana'di ashes'a e- liila'-y,
Toma'y khonja'- hoye ut'he da'y
Bhra'nti kichu- dekhate na' dey,
Tumi- diipak jva'-lio---
Nikat'e- ese--- ghu-m bha'ungio---,
Ghu-m bha'ungio---
Cir ka'le-r bandhu---------
Nikat'e- ese--- ghu-m bha'ungio---,
Ghu-m bha'ungio---
Purport:
O' Parama Purusa, You are my Bandhu [1]. Your and my relation is not
just of this life. Since the dawn of creation, You were with me when I
was in various shapes and forms. How far I was aware or not, but You
were with me. Since the beginning of this life also, You have been with
me - whether I always realised it or not. My and your relation is beyond
time - You are my eternal companion. O' my eternal Bandhu, by coming
close, please break my slumber. By Your grace awaken me from any psychic
or spiritual stupor. If I am intoxicated in crude, mundane thoughts,
please arouse me. If I give up sadhana and get attracted to the material
world, please wake me up and bring me at Your feet.
By coming close please break my slumber, O' my eternal Bandhu.
Baba, You are omniscient and omnipresent. Nothing is unknown to You.
Past, present, and future all lie within You. Baba, You are ever-present
in each and every pore - You are everywhere throughout this entire
universe and the expressed and unexpressed worlds - everywhere. What I
do and don't do, You always see. You witness everything. O' my Dearmost,
You are my Polestar, if ever I am oblivious of You, and get lost in this
crude world, please pull me back onto the path of dharma. If I give up
my Sixteen Points and get drowned in sensual pleasures, then please pull
me back to the path of Ananda Marga.
By coming close, please break my slumber, O' my eternal Bandhu.
Baba, in this beginningless and endless divine liila, searching for You
becomes hard and painful. Doing sadhana and completing all the lessons
is not easy. Following dharma is very difficult. All kinds of avidya
maya come and disturb me.
The illusion created by maya obscures the vision. There are so many
material allurements that divert me from the Goal - that draw me away
from You. O my Dearmost, please grace me by lighting the lamp - diipak
jva'lio [2] - of divine knowledge, filling my heart with devotion, and
bringing me at Your alter.
By coming close please break my slumber, O' my eternal Bandhu, arouse me
and bring me at Your lotus feet...
NOTE FOR PRABHAT SAMGIITA #3002:
[1] Usually people think that the term 'Bandhu' means 'friend', but in
our AM devotional life the term Bandhus means something much more.
Baba says, "'Bandhu' means 'those within the bondage of love'. That is when
one can not tolerate the idea of separation it is called 'Bandhu'. Now you
see in this world have you got any Bandhu? No. Even your friend, your best
friend-- he also did not come at the same time as you and after leaving the
cremation ground, there is permanent separation. He will be with you up to
the cremation ground. After your cremation he won't be with you. So he is
not Bandhu-- he is not friend for he can tolerate the idea of separation."
"So who is the real friend? Parama Purusa. When you are in this physical
framework-- in this quinquelemental framework, He is with you, with your
body, with your mind and with your spirit. After death, He will be with
your mind, with your soul. When the body will be lost, the body will become
one with the earth but mind and spirit will remain, He will be with you. So
He is the real friend, He is the real Bandhu. And there cannot be any
mundane friend, mundane Bandhu." (AV-12)
[2] Diipak Jva'lio = 'Please light the lamp of divinity and remove the
darkness of ignorance'. As a Sadguru Baba graces us with true, inner knowledge by
lighting our lamp within. And that is one of the main messages of this
particular Prabhat Samgiita. By His grace an idea similar to the one
expressed in the above Prabhat Samgiita is expressed in our Guru Puja.
About this I think most are aware.
"...Jina'na'injana shala'kaya'..."
Baba says, "You know that an eye ointment is applied with a stick
('Shala'ka' means stick). Now, all the microcosms are parts of that
Noumenal Entity, all are actually parts and particles of that Supreme
Entity, but due to ignorance, due to the darkness of ignorance, they cannot
see what is what and which is which. That is why they require the ointment
of spiritual knowledge. Guru (with a stick) applies the ointment of
spiritual knowledge to their eyes." (AV-3)
== WHY UNITY FAILS ==
Namaskar,
As 2010 reaches its midpoint, there is struggle and strife everywhere
and the theme in so many circles is unity, unity, unity.
Political parties in the general society have been chanting unity;
various groups in AMPS have also been singing the unity song, and
indeed, this unity slogan is prevalent in so many spheres of life.
But, it never works; their call to unity is never achieved; it always
fails. That is the reality.
UNITY IN THE GENERAL SOCIETY
Two smaller businesses merge to form a unified bigger enterprise. Two
politicians join forces in order to unify their party. Countries join
the United Nations or EU as a show of unity.
Indeed there are so many examples of unity. But invariably they break
apart.
Because up till now in this world, "unity" has always been grounded in
the selfishness of two different people or groups. So long as it is
profitable for them, they remain unified, and the moment when that unity
is not meeting their agenda, then they split apart.
So many corporations have unified and divided; so many regions of the
world have reached a temporary unity, only to again divide; and so many
political alliances have been made to gain unity, only to fall apart a
day or year later.
Whether it be the USSR, AOL-Time-Warner, Czechoslovakia, the Catholic
Church, or some political movement in your locale, time and again we see
"unified entities" break apart into pieces.
And the reason is always the same: The small-minded ideal of selfishness
can never stand the test of time-- it can never create a true bond.
THAT SAME UNITY IS SURFACING IN AMPS
Since 1990, that same type of unity has been surfacing in AM. Whether it
be in the name of one group or some new faction, various teams have been
uniting. It is not at all uncommon. And they then call for others to
join them.
But this also never works.
Because when some group or faction is the basis of unity, then that
group's self-interest is the operating agenda. Certain leaders are
desperately trying to gain an upper-hand on the power, and for that they
start chanting, 'unity, unity, unity' in hopes of gathering people to
support their selfish agenda.
That is why we constantly see splits and fissures in our Marga. At first
after 1990 all were united under Sarvatmananda. Then the Rudrananda
group came into being. Then NIA. Then EC. Then...
That is the way it goes. Because no group is operating on welfare motive
so they cannot attend to all. They just focus on their own unit agenda
and others will either join in or break apart based on whether that
agenda meets their selfish needs.
That is why there has not been any lasting unity in AM since 1990.
Through it all, so many good margiis and field workers have sincere
feeling in their heart to see a united AMPS based on Baba's teachings.
ONLY BABA HAS GIVEN REAL UNITY
To date, unity has just been a fleeting thing on this earth. Baba has
come to change all that.
By His grace, He has given teachings on unity that are completely new
and revolutionary.
When Baba speaks of unity it is totally different from the way
corporations, countries, groups or even other gurus speak of unity.
When Baba talks of unity, He is using words like 'ideology', 'cosmic
inheritance, 'common patrimony', 'universal welfare', 'cosmic
brotherhood', 'service motive' etc.
Never will you see or hear mundane words like 'power', 'profit',
'control', 'money', or 'popularity', be associated with Baba's ideal of
unity.
Yet these latter words ('power', 'profit', 'control', etc) are the
driving force behind most, if not all, so-called unity movements on this
earth. Because thus far, unity has always been just a euphemism for
satisfying someone's selfish agenda. And that is why it always fails.
So Baba's guidelines on unity are totally unique-- never before have
they been put forth on this earth. For your review here are some of
Baba's given teachings on unity.
Baba says, For the unity of the entire humanity, the indispensable
factor is spirituality. This supreme treasure teaches human beings that
Parama Purus'a is the Supreme Father, Parama Prakrti [the Supreme
Operative Principle] is their Supreme Mother, and the entire universe is
their homeland." (AFPS-2)
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)
Baba says, "Along with the theory of spiritual inheritance, one Cosmic
ideology will have to be propagated too, and that ideology is that one
Supreme Entity the Cosmic Entity is the goal of all living beings. This
spiritual sentiment will keep human beings united for all time to come.
No other theory can save the human race." (TTP)
BABA'S BLESSING
By Baba's grace only He has given the practical teachings on unity
wherein groupism, dogma, and exploitation are outlawed and instead the
time-tested ideals of cosmic inheritance, ideology, spirituality, and
one human society are encouraged. All other types of unity based on
selfish interest and the profit motive are doomed for failure. That is
why to date, attempts at unity have failed again and again and again.
Any groupist platform for unity will also fail. Only unity based on the
spiritual teachings of AM ideology can bring lasting peace and welfare
to society. Only then will we have true unity.
Namaskar,
Cinmay
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Who is Greatest Fool
Baba says, "How one person sings melodious songs, how another dances
beautiful rhythmic dances, how another delivers wonderful discourses,
etc. But we cannot see the entity who pulls the strings from behind and
runs the show. And the funniest thing is this: the speaker, the singer,
the dancer thinks that he is the agent, the doer, and takes the entire
credit for the performance. People do not care to think of the entity
that pulls the strings from behind, or if they are even more foolish,
they think that others see them alone, not the entity who pulls the
strings from behind." (NKS, 97 Edn, p.181)
Note: Under the spell of avidya maya many persons think that all credit
goes to them for their great deeds. The number of such persons is huge.
But according to Baba's above guideline in the spiritual way of thinking
they are fools. We should be careful and save ourselves from falling
into this category of fools.
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Easy Money
To: AM-GLOBAL
O' my eternal Bandhu [1], by coming close, break my slumber. If I am intoxicated in crude, mundane thoughts, arouse me.
By coming close please break my slumber, O' my eternal Bandhu.
Baba, nothing is unknown to You. You are ever-present in each and every pore. If ever I am oblivious of You, and get lost in this crude world, please pull me back onto the path of dharma.
By coming close, please break my slumber, O' my eternal Bandhu.
Baba, in this beginningless and endless divine liila, searching for You becomes hard and painful. The illusion created by maya obscures the vision. Please light the lamp.
By coming close please break my slumber, O' my eternal Bandhu, arouse me and bring me at Your lotus feet... NOTE FOR PRABHAT SAMGIITA #3002: [1] Usually people think that the term 'Bandhu' means 'friend', but in our AM devotional life the term Bandhus means something much more. Baba says, "'Bandhu' means 'those within the bondage of love'. That is when one can not tolerate the idea of separation it is called 'Bandhu'. Now you see in this world have you got any Bandhu? No. Even your friend, your best friend-- he also did not come at the same time as you and after leaving the cremation ground, there is permanent separation. He will be with you up to the cremation ground. After your cremation he won't be with you. So he is not Bandhu-- he is not friend for he can tolerate the idea of separation." "So who is the real friend? Parama Purusa. When you are in this physical framework-- in this quinquelemental framework, He is with you, with your body, with your mind and with your spirit. After death, He will be with your mind, with your soul. When the body will be lost, the body will become one with the earth but mind and spirit will remain, He will be with you. So He is the real friend, He is the real Bandhu. And there cannot be any mundane friend, mundane Bandhu." (AV-12) == EASY MONEY ==
Namaskar,
Normally when someone shoots straight up into the sky they are an astronaut on a rocket ship. One could also be on a helicopter as that also rises directly upwards. But that is not what is going on here.
In 2011, a whole congregation of people will be rising straight up into the sky, so they believe.
Welcome to Rapture!! The belief that all "true Christians" will be gathered together in the air to meet Christ at his return. Such Christians believe that the date of the next rapture is May 21, 2011.
This will be a great event as we will see an entire mass of people defy gravity without the use of a single engine. Magically they will rise up into the sky.
Even more hilarious is how another section of society - confirmed atheists - are making a bundle of money off of this rapture mania.
All of this and more is described in the below letter.
CROOKED PSYCHOLOGY OF RAPTURE
The whole entire rapture agenda is based on fear. Namely, if you do not follow the Christian doctrine then you will not rise up into the sky and finally enter into heaven - rather you will be forced to remain on this heinous earth and finally rot in hell. That will be the awful plight of all non-believers and non-devout Christians.
With this fear psychology - all done in the name of god - such Christian priests get their followers completely engrossed in the rapture movement. That is how they sell their event. That is why so many Christians are packing bag and baggage and getting ready to make the great flight up into the sky and on to heaven in 2011 - May 21st to be exact.
Even more surprising is that this is going on during the age of science and reason.
In the past, such raptures were declared in: 1772, 1844, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, and 1994. As noted many of the dates have been declared in modern times.
And each time the leaders of the failed rapture were met with ridicule, teasing, critique and embarrassment. Mostly they justified their stance by saying, "Jesus will be meeting us up in the sky, only we made a mistake in the calculation of the date."
And then they promptly arranged a new date - and again all their followers became totally sucked into the frenzy all over again.
WHY PEOPLE BELIEVE
How is it that such people in this modern era get duped by the rapture dogma?
During their childhood they were indoctrinated into the Christian dogma and on those points their mind became inert. In other worldly spheres - with their job, house repairs, education, and food shopping - they can apply their logic and reasoning but not in the field of religion. On that subject their brain is totally frozen. They are unable to think - just they follow blindly. Such is the power of dogma.
And it is for this reason that modern day people get captivated by the rapture dogma.
HOW TO MAKE EASY MONEY
Seeing all this, one group of confirmed atheists have come forward to make bundles of money off of the rapture program. Here's how they do it.
In the west - and in particular in the US - where the rapture dogma is at its height, people love their pets. They are alienated from other human beings and pour all their heart's longing into their pet.
Believers know that Christ has come only for them - not their pets. That means during rapture, when they get magically pulled up into the sky, then their pets remain on earth.
Hence, confirmed atheists capitalised on the situation.
Such atheists proclaim: "I am an atheist - I will be stuck here on earth after the rapture - so, my dear Christians, I will take care of your pets. After you make it up into the sky, I will be here on earth to ensure your beloved pet (dog or cat etc) is not left uncared for. Start paying me now - reserve your place - and I guarantee I will care for and feed your pet after the rapture for the next 10 years. Since I do not believe in Jesus I am bound to be here after the rapture. So put down your payment with me and invest in the welfare of your treasured pet."
This is the scam confirmed atheists are doing. There are thousands of such websites right now. And they are all collecting huge money from the rapture seeking Christians. So many believers have enrolled and deposited money for the care of their pet.
So atheists are making piles of easy money from the rapture dogma. Why easy? Because they need not invest any money and they will not have to care for those pets after the rapture. Because those pet owners will still be on earth as the famed rapture is nothing but one big sham or hoax.
Thus it is easy money and many, many atheists are taking full advantage. But don't take my word for it. Go on-line and check out all the websites.
CHRISTIANS NOT THE ONLY ONES INVOLVED
Actually, none should think that only Christians are involved in this kind of rapture dogma.
As Baba points out in various discourses, numerous other religions and sects prescribe to the doomsday theory. Viprans in the form of religious thinkers and priests have and continue to preach that the world will be destroyed.
Certain Hindus also fall into this trap. To prevent the destruction of the earth they perform all kinds of yajinas and the businessmen sell truckloads of rotten ghee. This yajina (sacrifice) is all done to prevent the destruction of the earth.
So it is a similar mentality as the rapture but a slightly different outlook.
The Hindus do not believe that through their yajina they will rise up into the sky. Just they think that they will have averted disaster by saving the earth from destruction. And they will thus continue to live on earth.
In contrast, the Christians feel that during the rapture they are on their way to heaven and that they will be leaving this earth. That is the central difference.
Here the point is that many subscribe to various theories of this nature, but only certain radical Christians think that they will actually rise up magically into the sky without the use of a rocket ship.
THE MENTALITY OF SUCH PREACHERS
Baba describes the mentality of such rapture & doomsday preachers perfectly in the below citation.
Baba says, "Hypocrites’ dogma is embraced knowingly by those with vested interests, although most people follow dogma unknowingly. Ordinary people are told by their priests, “You should not do this or that because it is a sin and is forbidden by the scriptures. If you do not follow the path that we have suggested, your family will be ruined.” If rational people challenge these illogical ideas, a priest may retort that he had a dream in which the Divine Mother appeared before him and said many things to justify his position. This is all hypocrites’ dogma." (PNS-16)
NO GOD CAN DO LIKE THIS
If truth be known though, no god can do like this. No god that is all-powerful and all-loving will senselessly destroy and ruin his creation. Nor will any god favour some and hate others. That is the loophole and hypocrisy of such rapture beliefs.
Such Christians preach that their god is great and all-loving and then in the next breath they attach all kinds of crude-negative actions to their god.
But who can accept such a personality as being god if that god abuses and harasses innocent and helpless beings. No all-loving god could also be so crude-minded and malicious.
That is the main defect of their rapture and doomsday agendas. By this way such Christians expose their own mentality.
Their situation parallels that of Freud. Freud super-imposed his own crude sexual lust on all human beings.
Baba says, "Those psychologists that give undue importance to sexual lust, betray their own vulgar and licentious mentality." (SS-3)
Thus by his theory, Freud merely exposed his own dirty outlook - nothing more.
Similarly, such crude Christian propagandists are putting for their own faulty ideas in the name of god. They are merely exposing their own mean-minded manner. That is all that is going on when they that that their god will damn and punish all non-believers etc.
Here it should be made clear that Parama Purusa is all-mercitul and there is no need for anyone to worry. He loves and looks after all.
Baba says, "His grace is for all – both for virtuous and non-virtuous. All are His children. Nobody is unimportant, nobody is insignificant...You spiritual aspirants, you should remember that Parama Purus'a is always with you and His grace is always with you, and you all are His loving children. You need not develop any fear complex regarding the Supreme Father. You should remember that He’s the Supreme Father." (SS-19)
NEO-HUMANISM NEEDED
Now in this modern era where still people's intellects are being captured by religious dogma, the only way out is to propagate neo-humanism.
People must be made to understand that whenever their mind is not allowed to think beyond the confines of a particular boundary line, then that idea is dogma. For instance, in the rapture agenda, no one is allowed to think beyond the confines of the rapture model. No logic or reasoning is allowed. Just one is forced to follow the mandate of rapture blindly.
Our job is to calmly and rationally convince people not to worry about nor get caught up in or duped by any type of rapture propaganda. We should encourage open and free debate on this matter and see the facts.
Side by side we must always remind everyone that Parama Purusa does not have any imperfection. He does not hate or curse anyone; He showers equal love upon all. He does not judge anyone based on whether they are a "believer" or not. He watches over all: the virtuous and the sinners, margiis and non-margiis.
Parama Purusa loves all - in that case all talks of doomsday and rapture are nothing but a farce.
BABA'S BLESSING
Baba says, "He is everyone’s shelter, everyone’s refuge. Thus, human beings are never helpless, neither individually nor collectively. Always remember that He is with every individual. Some philosophers, quoting the scriptures, say that a day of final doom will darken the Earth when the dead will rise from the grave. Others predict that a doomsday (pralayá in Saḿskrta – “pra” means “complete” and thus pralaya means “complete destruction”) will obliterate all forms of life. One should laugh at such illogical doctrines. According to Ánanda Márga philosophy, this doomsday or pralaya will never occur....the flow of creation will continue...There will never be a complete thermal death. of the universe. Thus, predictions of an imminent doomsday should be of no concern to you. It is nonsense; pralaya will never occur." (AV-17)
Namaskar,
Purusottama
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Definition of Ideology
Ideology is any teaching that is beneficial to one and all: Humans, animals, plants, animate and inanimate objects, and the whole creation. Ideology is any theory or philosophy that works in 360 degrees and aims towards universal welfare.
The theory that is only for the benefit of a particular race, caste, group, clan, community, religion or nation is not ideology in our view. Theirs is just a narrow agenda. The term ideology means being concerned for everyone and everything: flora and fauna.
In addition, those drowned in personal problems who do not think about the suffering of others are living a life based on selfishness.
In all such cases, their approach is diametrically opposite to what what we mean by the term, ideology. We should help such persons give up their narrow boundaries and selfish agendas and live a life based on the tenets of universal benevolence. Then theirs will be a life based on ideology.
To do and die for ideology means working tirelessly for the service of all: To commit one's life, i.e. every waking moment from childhood up to the last breath, to this high ideal of universal welfare. That is the spirit of doing and dying for ideology. To do something selfless that is beneficial for all, not one particular group, always harboring the idea that everyone is my kith and kin.
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