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by pilatus
11 Apr 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: Try to find the right way.
Replies: 4
Views: 3978

Re: Try to find the right way.

Dear peterbindi, enlightened and yogi108, While I share some of your concerns, for me it's a necessary outcome of the way this forum is organised, somewhere between a loosely-knit community and a bunch of strong-minded individuals. We aim to come together with mutual respect and understanding, shari...
by pilatus
11 Apr 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: Remove the Spinter Groups
Replies: 2
Views: 2552

Re: Remove the Spinter Groups

Hello yogi108, Did you mean the sphincter groups? :P I used to feel a bit like you and then moved on to being a bit bemused by it all. However, I only have to follow the latest contributions on the Mr Green Kumaris or BK DimOK's thread to cheer me up, so please let's keep them (and anyway the rest w...
by pilatus
11 Apr 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: The Tao of the Traveller
Replies: 245
Views: 195050

Re: BK info balance

Hello ms orange, please don't give up on the forum. We especially need input from practising BK's to balance the sometimes very strong and direct ex-BK tendencies. Hello ex-lady, please, please don't (even implicitly) lay the blame for the various deficiencies which you (and we) see in BK-land at th...
by pilatus
09 Apr 2008
Forum: Ex-BK
Topic: Having a partner, getting married & becoming a mum, dad etc
Replies: 68
Views: 71095

Re: Having a partner, getting married & becoming a mum, dad etc

Hello enlightened, Welcome to the forum and thanks for your open and honest sharing. My BK story is quite different from yours, so I wouldn't presume to advise you. However, I've picked up two key points in what you have said: 1. God and your intuition saved you from the BK-life. He/she is always th...
by pilatus
03 Apr 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: Was I imagining it?
Replies: 9
Views: 8515

Re: Was I imagining it?

Well done and congratulations Sarah - you're moving on, have had a real learning experience regarding (BK) detachment AND are still engaged with the forum! The other replies have given you the input and support you needed to get back over the threshold, so I don't feel the need to add anything to th...
by pilatus
20 Mar 2008
Forum: Admin back up
Topic: Karma - is it all so bad? - moved
Replies: 17
Views: 27644

Re: Karma - is it all so bad?

Dear Sarah, (Copied from other thread to give it emphasis) Please don't let the actions and words of one idiot affect your decision whether to engage with the forum or not. I know very little (and care even less) about the mechancis of moderation. However, no-one could have really read your initial ...
by pilatus
20 Mar 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: A witch hunt
Replies: 28
Views: 20492

Re: A witch hunt

Dear Sarah, Please don't let the actions and words of one idiot affect your decision whether to engage with the forum or not. I know very little (and care even less) about the mechancis of moderation. However, no-one could have really read your initial set of postings on the forum and concluded that...
by pilatus
25 Feb 2008
Forum: Newcomers backup
Topic: Feeling a bit lost
Replies: 37
Views: 40427

Re: Feeling a bit lost

Hello again Sarah, I am glad that you're still able to experience a peacful and loving connection with God. And I am not surprised that your BKs did not want to hear about it being better outside Murli class, since for most BKs the Murli is spoken by God. However, many western-bodied souls find the ...
by pilatus
25 Feb 2008
Forum: Newcomers backup
Topic: Feeling a bit lost
Replies: 37
Views: 40427

Re: Feeling a bit lost

Hello Sarah, Like you I became involved with the BK around the time of my mid-life crisis. You will find many references elsewhere on this forum where the BK are less than helpful and sometimes downright harmful to people who are suffering from breakdown/depression etc. This is because they are not ...
by pilatus
22 Feb 2008
Forum: For Ex-BKs & Common Room
Topic: Welcome back on-line
Replies: 10
Views: 10170

Welcome back on-line

Boy, am I glad to see the forum back up and running!

Very best wishes to you all
by pilatus
22 Oct 2007
Forum: Ex-BK
Topic: The power to accept
Replies: 3
Views: 3000

Hello sparkal - welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing some of your thoughts. Both here and under "Who is God to you?" we seem to have similar thoughts/beliefs/experiences 'God does not exist, it is the higher self that we are experiencing '. What of those who experience the higher se...
by pilatus
16 Oct 2007
Forum: For BKs - to discuss BK experiences
Topic: Recent visit to BK centre after gap of 6 months
Replies: 7
Views: 5227

PS ex-I as requested, I will document my experience as I go through this new Christian/Franciscan journey. Perhaps you could suggest the best channel to use within the forum for this - I hesitated before using the BK area for this current posting? :P
by pilatus
16 Oct 2007
Forum: For BKs - to discuss BK experiences
Topic: Recent visit to BK centre after gap of 6 months
Replies: 7
Views: 5227

Thanks abek and ex-I , Sorry for the delay in responding but very busy with a new job and family at the moment. To answer your questions ex-I : 1. I don't feel any need to square BK practice with my Christian "stance". This visit was a test for me and how I'd feel about going back into a B...
by pilatus
13 Oct 2007
Forum: For BKs - to discuss BK experiences
Topic: Recent visit to BK centre after gap of 6 months
Replies: 7
Views: 5227

Recent visit to BK centre after gap of 6 months

Would just like to share that I recently visited a BK centre after a gap of 6 months. It was the Cambridge meditation centre, pitched as Retreat by the River (Cam). I was pleased to find that none of my old anxiety and irritation was present. The meditation wasn't as strong as it perhaps was when I ...