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- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: God has Some Serious Issues [2]
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God has Some Serious Issues [2]
What did XBKchat Do for You? & God has Some Serious Issues - posted by: Uddhava on February 1, 2005 I haven’t been here long but yes, my views changed already. Prior to this forum, it seems that there has been remarkably little about BKWSU available on the internet. There were the official BKWS...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: I Thought I’d left before… & What is the meaning of ex-BK?
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I Thought I’d left before… & What is the meaning of ex-BK?
I Thought I’d left before… & What is the meaning of ex-BK? - posted by: flipper on May 8, 2005 Greetings! Now I can firmly consider myself to be an ex BK. Before, I was just angry with the BK famil and quietly left. My faith in Baba (Dada Lekhraj) was fainter but still, quietly within, I though...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: Enjoy the Beauty of the Present Time!
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Enjoy the Beauty of the Present Time!
Enjoy the Beauty of the Present Time! - posted by Joel on July 6, 2005 Life itself is so much more interesting than any of the descriptions of what it is should or could be. Life is much bigger than any possible description. Life’s deepest joys and satisfactions are open to anyone, not a chosen few...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: End of the World?
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End of the World?
End of the World? - posted by: Atma on August 14, 2005 As anyone who has been here for a while and read my posts would know, I have been an ex-BK for a long time and have been critical of the BKs. That said, it may surprise many to know that I too, like the BKs, believe that this world is heading t...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: After Raj Yoga, Can There be ANY Faith?
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After Raj Yoga, Can There be ANY Faith?
After Raj Yoga, Can There be ANY Faith? - posted by: ex-london on September 17, 2005 That is an interesting question. This post is intended as an open “work in progress” and not as a finished “truth” or thought. This is a fairly in depth response that requires a broad base of spiritual, psychic and...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: The Head and the Heart
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The Head and the Heart
The Head and the Heart - posted by: casy on July 4, 2004 I wanted to start this topic because like most things on the journey to wholeness, there is a point of balance, of integration. In the 12 step programs they say that the longest journey in the world is the journey one takes from the head to t...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: The Head and the Heart [2]
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- Views: 2404
The Head and the Heart [2]
The Head and the Heart [2] - posted by: Isabel on July 5, 2004 What is the role of the doubting, logical mind on the spiritual journey? David Harvey, one of the gurus of critical geography, related an interesting story in the introducation to one of his books. He was at a conference - some critical...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: The Need to Belong
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The Need to Belong
The Need to Belong - posted by: Atma on July 23, 2004 Initially, I was going to title this topic “The attraction of the cult”. Then I thought I would put it in more positive - and broader - terms. Hence, “The need to belong”. That is a deep and fundamental human need: the need to belong to somethin...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: To the Soul using the Nickname Kevin
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- Views: 2477
To the Soul using the Nickname Kevin
To the Soul using the Nickname Kevin - posted by Bhagirath on October 29, 2004 To all those who have submitted their intelligence, their awareness and freedom to another soul for the promise to become a king in the future, I truly wish you to see that it will never happen. You are all imprisoned by...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: The bottom line [3]
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- Views: 2392
The bottom line [3]
The bottom line [3] - posted by Lamk on November 11, 2004 Oh I do get tired of all the usage of ‘He’ and ‘Father’. I know Brahma Baba was a wonderful and inspiring teacher and leader, a great humanitarian, social philosopher and spiritual human being, who did much for female kind in India. However,...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: What did XBKchat do for You? [2]
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- Views: 2502
What did XBKchat do for You? [2]
What did XBKchat do for You? [2] - posted by Kyra This board has given my partner and I many interesting topics to discuss and debate between ourselves. It has provided us a link with other people who have lived the Brahmin lifestyle and then gone on their own way. It has been interesting to read t...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: Destruction Did Not Take Place in 1976
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Destruction Did Not Take Place in 1976
Destruction Did Not Take Place in 1976 - posted by hanuman on December 11, 2004 I remember that time well. I was one year in Gyan. The transformation was scheduled to happen around January 18, 1977. The Divinization Conference was held after the Christmas of 1976. It was a grand affair for the Brah...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: What did xBKchat do for You & Source of Love
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- Views: 2421
What did xBKchat do for You & Source of Love
What did xBKchat do for You & Source of Love - posted by: Babbit on January 9 and 23, 2005 I am new to ex-BK Chat Forum, so hello to everyone. This forum feels like a lifeline because I think I am now an ex-BK, with all the confusion, self-annoyance and baggage that comes with facing that decis...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: Post-BK Spiritual Growth
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Post-BK Spiritual Growth
Post-BK Spiritual Growth - posted by: Atma on April 17, 2004 Isabel and Gyaniwasi, Thanks for sharing some of your Abu experiences. Perhaps, I can share some of mine. To condense things, let me say that I came into Gyan a long time ago. After the initial intoxication and involvement in service etc,...
- 02 Jun 2008
- Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
- Topic: The Indian Mindset
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The Indian Mindset
The Indian Mindset - posted by: Paul on May 5, 2004 “East is East and West is West, and never the two shall meet”† I thought that I would open up this topic, as it actually underlies a lot of the differences of opinion and perspective evident in this forum. Let me say, first of all, that I am mindf...