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In 2004, the BKWSU England bought The Lighthouse property at 98/99 Marine Parade, Worthing East Sussex for approximately $1,800,000. With repairs and restoration in order to make it a retreat centre, the final is - even taking into consideration volunteer labour - likely to be well over £1 Million Sterling.
This raises the question; hardly known as a hotbed of spiritual activity or Hindu religion, just exactly what is Worthing worth to the BKWSU? One of the charity’s objectives, as registered at the Charity Commission, is “alleviating poverty”. Presumably someone else rather than its own. One has to ask, could a cool Million or two not gone a little bit further if put to just that purpose in their spiritual home - the Indian sub-continent - where 34% of individuals live on less than $1 a day, 50% of children, numbering 500 Million, suffer from malnutrition?
The Lighthouse is a commonly used metaphor within BKWSU teaching. Powerful BK Raja Yogis are known as “lighthouses” for the humanity. The “lighthouse stage” is thought to be a high degree of consciousness attained after performing BK Raja Yoga for many years. One would have to guess that the attraction here was the name of the property.
The BKWSU teach that after the forthcoming World destruction, each Raja Yoga centre will become an island in the Golden Age for them to visit. This despite all other continents except for India sinking below the oceans. So at least non-BK Worthing residents can be assured that their property values are not going to be affected by the holocaust!
Having amassed over $28,000,000 in just over 30 years and with over $2,000,000 worth of donations coming in each year “to promote Hinduism” and “alleviate poverty”, as it says on the charity documents, the British wing of the BKWSU are currenting looking for a property to buy in London’s West End. One of the World’s most expensive real estate location.
But with the End of the World so close, one wonders why the trustees of this charity are tying up so much of their wealth in property freeholds?
The English charity also pays itself approximately $40,000 to manage its own publicity wing, Brahma Kumaris Information Service ltd. of which 3 trustees are directors.
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anonymous Says: July 15th, 2007
Should we not concentrate on doing service with the intellect, mind,body and wealth that we been undergoing self-transformation thus world-transformation. Face it, the reality, the facilities that we have, we have to spend time taking care of it, after all it is for service anyway. Let’s say to spend $1 for each one for the world in general, what do we have. Charity begins at home first. Be mindful , many of us who comes to Baba are poor! and innocent. Talk about this is ‘the time for settlement of karmic accounts’!! Still yearning the self to save for a ticket for second trip to madhuban.
Om Shanti.