== PP ELECTION: MARGIIS NOT HANDICAPPED ==
Note: Here it should be understood that margii means followers of Ananda
Marga, be they householder or whole-timer, as per the dictates of the
Supreme Command.
Namaskar,
In aftermath of PP Dada's demise, and with the upcoming selection of a
new PP, various margiis have been lamenting that they have no voice in
this process, or that this is purely a WT organisation, or that there is
no scope for margiis or general workers to affect the situation.
These are but a few of the things we are hearing.
When actually, Baba's true system is that margiis (family margiis and
general Wt's) are to play a tremendous role in all aspects of the
development and leadership of AMPS, including in the selection of a new
PP Dada.
So we should all be aware about these following ways that we can
positively affect the transformation of our Marga organisation, as in
the coming days a new PP will emerge. As we speak, the various groupists
are plotting their devious course.
FAMILY MARGIIS ARE ALSO PURODHAS
As we know, as per Carya Carya 1, PP is elected by the purodhas. None
should therefore conclude that no family margii gets to vote. Because it
is Baba's distinct system that family margiis are also purodhas. It was
Baba who made the late family acarya Raghunath a purodha; it was Baba
who made the late family acarya Candarnath a purodha; it was Baba who
made family acarya Kinshuk a purodha. So family margiis are meant to
have a distinct voice on the purodha board, and hence in the selection
of a new PP.
However, because since 1990 various groupist, power-hungry Wt's have
kidnapped the organisation, they have isolated and disenfranchised
margiis. And many of those householders whom Baba designated as purodhas
have since died. In result, now the purodha board is dominated by
wholetimers (sannyasis), i.e. ones who totally lust power and control.
So it is just a myth or a mirage, or a factional ploy, that only Wts can
be purodhas and that only Wts will select the next PP. This is all just
a dogmatic scheme put forth by a few power-hunger leaders.
In response, margiis (householders & general wts) must demand the right
to become Purodhas. Remember over the course of history, opportunists
have always railroaded the power into their own hands, and it is the
duty of good people to snatch back their right to also govern.
Now is the right moment to raise the voice that we margiis must also be
included on the purodha board.
LEADERS MUST BE FORCE TO FOLLOW AM CONSTITUTION
Baba Himself created AMPS as a vehicle for promoting and propagating AM
ideology. So any given leader of AMPS must follow our AM constitution
and Guru's teachings. They have no scope to transgress AM ideology or go
against the AM constitution.
So if any factional leader tries to use AMPS to further their own group
cause by fixing a PP election, or by selecting a paper-doll PP, then that
totally contravenes Baba's teachings.
In that case all margiis-- general acaryas and householders-- must raise
their voice, protest, practice silent action, and refuse to cooperate
with such crooked groupists in the guise of purodhas.
Everyone should express their feelings and generate tremendous pressure.
That is enough to create a stir. The group leaders are few in number and
have no moral strength; thus when the general workers and family margiis
number in the thousands, then with our moral conviction we can easily
pressurise those purodhas into following Baba's teachings, or force them
to step-down.
We have great tools like silent action, multimedia communication, not to
mention the ideals as laid down in AM ideology & the AM constitution.
All these things can and should be used to force purodhas to follow
Guru's guideline of coordinated cooperation between wts and margiis.
And if those leaders refuse to accept and follow Baba's teachings, then
they should be subjected to extreme pressure, if not humiliation, and be
forced to leave the post.
THERE IS LOTS MARGIIS CAN DO
Thus there is lots and lots that we margiis can do to remedy the
situation and claim a voice in the election of the next PP.
Should we fail to make a strong stand, then we will be merely extending
the rule & domination of groupist wts.
We must not become spineless victims, but rather must stand up and
demand, nay snatch back, our rights. This is the only option.
AMPS IS NOT LIKE A MUSLIM ORGANISATION
Ours is not a dogmatic Muslim organisation where the Mullahs have the
final say on every decision; our Wts cannot behave like that.
Ours is not a dogmatic Muslim organisation where females are totally
mute and voiceless; we margiis must not allow ourselves to be suppressed
like Muslime women. We have been given a big role in AMPS by Baba.
AMPS is a dharmic organisation given by Sadguru where all margiis have
the God-given right to actively participate in the governance of the
organisation.
MUST NOT SULK OR COMPLAIN
So we must not sulk or complain or sit around and moan, thinking that we
must always be subservient to those groupist Dadas. That is not our way;
that is not our destiny; that is not our dharma.
We are to stand up strong and demand that our voice be heard and make it
completely uncomfortable for those factional heads who try to suppress us.
Because we have a lot to say in the running of AMPS, and in the election
of the next PP.
BABA'S BLESSING
The next PP election is coming very soon, and as margiis we must know
that we have the right and the responsibility to have a deciding voice
in that election. Ours is a position of coordinated cooperation in AM,
not anything else. So when top groupist wts try to suppress us by
shoving the new PP down our throats, we should quickly and mightily rise
up and never let that come to pass. That is what Baba wants us to do.
Baba says, "In every field of collective life there should be
cooperation among the members of society. Where this cooperation is
between free human beings, each with equal rights and mutual respect for
each other, and each working for the welfare of the other, it is called
“coordinated cooperation”. Where people do something individually or
collectively, but keep themselves under other people’s supervision, then
it is called “subordinated cooperation”. In each and every stratum of
life, we should do everything with coordinated cooperation and always
avoid subordinated cooperation." (PNS-14)
Namaskar,
Subhash
Note 1: SOME THINGS SAID BY MARGIIS
Here are some of the things margiis are saying-- tragically a few of our
brothers and sisters are sunk in the murky waters, thinking that they
have no voice in AM. It is our duty to awaken one and all about the
great role we margiis have in the governance of AMPS.
"What can we do? As simple margiis, there's not much to do. The acaryas
hold all the cards...In AM culture, Sannyasis have all the power. It is
a sannayasii order." - Brother J
"According to the rules, the margiis and acaryas have nothing to do with
electing a new PP, that is the job of the purodhas." - Dada V
"As per Baba's system -the majority of Margiis have no say about who
will be the next PP. it is in the hands of few." - Sister H
"...there isn't much most of us can do..." - Margii C
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LONGEVITY
Baba says, "Spiritual practice makes the mind calm and quiet, and
maintains the nerves in a state of equipoise; and thus spiritual
practice increases longevity. Those Vaishnavites who are vegetarians,
who regularly sing spiritual songs, do meditation, perform virtuous
deeds and think pure thoughts, live longer than ninety years." (AV-33,
p. 113)
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