all this talk about cults

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sat nam.

 

dev atma singh here.

 

i want to respond to the thread last titled

" Homosexuality and Yogi Bhajan. " The topic has

veered, and the last response seemed a little " heated "

to me.

 

What Sat Daya is saying is this: there are thousands

of teachings Yogi Bhajan gave us. If one of them

doesn't suit you personally, then ignore it. But if

the rest do, don't let the bad apple spoil the whole

bunch.

 

Yogi Bhajan refused to initiate anyone. he taught

self initiation. he emphasized that on this journey,

we find way to make our own truth manifest itself in

our lives.

 

Sat Daya's suggestion is that we get our ego out of

the way and allow our truth to manifest itself on its

own. it does happen, and we practice yoga so that we

can hold the vibration.

 

We practice, so that projecting our identity as truth,

there is no longer a thought to it. This may seem to

encourage dogma, but if taken seriously, it demands an

incredibly high level of awareness that makes dogma

impossible.

 

Do we judge ourselves by what our bodies and minds are

doing and experiencing? Religious ecstasy and its

impact on the individual conception of life and health

is a well documented phenomenon. (I highly recommend

William James's " On the Varieties of Religious

Experience. " ) It has rarely proven to be detrimental.

But ignorance is bliss, too, so I hear the concern.

 

So the other option is to sit in stillness. If we can

allow our experiences to occur in the part of us that

is neither body nor mind; if we challenge ourselves to

look at each occurence from the perspective our

highest selves offers, then awareness is a given, and

you need not concern yourself whether you are in a

cult. you are you and you are God.

 

The comparison to Jim Jones was meant to be

provocative. But in this light, i think its pretty

silly. No one I know in 3HO-- even if I think they're

a dunce behind closed doors-- is going to drink any

kool-aid. (the elctrolytes at solstice are bad

enough.)

 

The reason I can say all this with confidence is

simple: the teachings of Yogi Bhajan are meant to

bring the practitioner awareness. There is nothing

more to it.

 

So some people have a common experience, if they form

a group, are they a cult? yes!

 

is the catholic church a cult? yes!

 

a cult is simply a group that bonds together to form a

cult-ure.

 

Yogi Bhajan's teachings may bring people together.

But first, it is about individual awareness.

 

sat nam

dev atma singh, santa fe NM

 

 

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