Baba
Today refugee, tomorrow terrorist
Namaskar,
This letter is comprised of two components. The case studies presented in component 1 are essential to better understanding the Proutistic theory, teachings, and solution given in component 2.
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~ Component - 1 ~
Case study: when refugees overwhelm locals
Now many English speakers are losing their jobs because they are not bilingual. Due to very cheap Hispanic labour, capitalists want supervisors who are bilingual (English / Spanish) in order to control the workforce. This is the difficulty facing the local, English-speaking population in the US.
Hispanic refugees come in huge numbers and do not want to learn the local language. So it becomes the duty of American citizens to learn their language. This is a case where local people became foreigners on their own soil. That is why those in border states (like Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California etc) of the US are feeling overwhelmed by the Hispanic immigration situation.
Capitalists want cheap labor which they get in the form of those migrant populations, but locals are losing their jobs and seeing their own pay cut in half. Side by side, they are witnessing a huge influx of Hispanic students into the US public school system, and that is costing local taxpayers huge money. In some neighborhoods, the Hispanic students are the majority while local children are in the minority or extreme minority. By that way, local kids are forced by that environment to learn the language of immigrants, Why? Because the majority of students speak Spanish, which most local kids don’t speak. That is why local students suffer from an inferiority complex, and, ultimately, lose interest in their own mother tongue, English.
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This is the sad and unfortunate situation. All of these factors make the overall climate and relations between these communities more tense and heated. And while this is the particular event unfolding in the US, this type of scenario could occur virtually anywhere around the globe. So this is verily a universal problem the world over.
Why tension between refugees vs locals?
In this complex, ever-evolving issue, there are some other parameters that demand our attention.
(A) In the US, refugees get free medical treatment while US citizens have to pay costly insurance premiums for medical coverage, and if they do not have insurance then seeing a doctor - and being able to afford it - is basically impossible. For instance, for emergency care, one will have to pay upwards of $50,000 USD or $100,000 USD or more. But if you are a refugee your cost will be zero. Not only that, there have been instances how refugees and undocumented workers have been granted free housing while impoverished US citizens just become homeless. They are not eligible for free housing. As one might imagine, this creates tremendous tension: US citizens resent those refugees.
(B) Many parts of Europe are also beleaguered by immigration / refugee problems. Systems are under duress, especially in the last 20 with the massive influx of Muslims. Followers of Islam have landed on the shores of various European countries and not only do they not want to give up their religious dogma, they want to impose it on the host populations.
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Danger: refugee’s future generation
(C) the overall situation is that victimised people go to new lands for economic reasons but unknowingly they carry their various dogmas and degenerated habits into the host country. And this has a horrific effect which is quite visible and apparent within the next generation of those migrant families. When that second generation cannot adjust with the local population they create dangerous situations and indulge in terrorist operations. And the result is massive bloodshed. The first generation often feels a high degree of appreciation and gratitude towards the host country, but the next generation does not care and conducts terrorist activities in that host country in order to impose their dogma upon the host population. Europe, the USA, Australia, and India are clear examples of this.
(D) A related scenario has been unfolding in India for generations where there is a growing concern amongst the native Hindus that they will one day be living in a Muslims majority nation as those Muslims have four wives. Thus, every Muslims male has the potential to produce four times the number of children as Hindu males.
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Varieties of refugees
Question: Some think that there are various grades of refugees - some are good and some are bad. Economic migrants are looked upon as being worse than those who became refugees due to persecution and war.
Answer: The central ideas regardless of the type of refugee, the end result is the same. With regards to the US, most came from Britain to escape religious persecution. They were refugees, but the end result is that they occupied the country. In various places, due to man-made calamities (war etc) or natural calamities (drought etc) people go to a new land and ultimately occupy the place. With regards to the Gorkhaland problem in India, Baba explains how they were refugees from Nepal and came to India to escape the drought. And now there is chaos and bloodshed and they are controlling that part of India, ie Gorkhaland, and kicked out native people with terror. Sudan is also a current example with its Civil War. Those refugees running from their home due to war or famine, or any other type of calamity, should be provided a place to live in a safe zone near, in or around their country where they are given shelter and food etc. And then return back to their native place when there is peace.
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~ Component - 2 ~
Nowadays a big crisis is mounting in the US and throughout Europe with regards to refugees and undocumented immigrants. This is a serious issue and people do not know what to do. However, the stand of Prout is extremely clear. Kindly continue reading.
Ways to capture others’ country - 1
First we should understand that history bears testimony that a country can be captured in various ways.
(#1) By Force: The military can be mobilised to fight and capture a foreign land or country and rule over that population.
(#2) By Soft Means: Countries send their own people / population to live in a particular region or foreign land until gradually over time they become the dominant group in that area. This approach was done in the following cases:
(a) The Chinese sent their citizens to Tibet and ultimately captured Tibet.
(b) The Britishers sent their citizens to Ireland, Australia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and the US, and ultimately captured those areas. Similarly, France and Britain both colonized and fought over parts of Canada for over two centuries, and the French imposed their language and customs on numerous West African nations.
(c) The Nepalese sent their citizens to eastern India / Gorkhaland and ultimately captured those regions.
(d) The state of Bengal sent their citizens to Sri Lanka and ultimately dominated Sri Lanka.
(e) The state of Kashmir was the homeland for Hindus for centuries, and then Muslims came to occupy that land, and through various terrorist activities chased away and expelled all the Hindus from Kashmir.
(f) Muslims of Bangladesh left their home country and have occupied bordering states of India.
(g) Spain sent their citizens to Central & South America and ultimately took control over that entire land mass.
In all of the aforementioned cases, those outsiders ultimately outnumbered, dominated, and even killed the local population. The native people were pushed down, beaten, and forced to live in a compromised way whereby they became alienated and depressed, or were killed in large numbers
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This occurs with one country capturing another country, as well as within a given country also. For instance, north Bihariis went south and captured the state of Jharkhand. In all these types of cases, this has a very negative effect on the native people. Those locals are treated as inferior, and they lose their place, status, and culture. They become an outsider in their own homeland. And the peace and tranquility of the society is lost.
Conclusion
The way things are shaping up a similar event will unfold across the entirety of Europe and the US also. We should beware and avert such a disaster.
Question: What then should be done about the current refugee crisis?
Solution: Those refugees and victims of war or natural calamities should be set up to live in a safe zone in their country or nearby. It is the duty of every country to provide those refugees humanitarian relief (food, clothing, shelter, medicine etc) until their problem is solved. Then they can return to their homeland once peace has been restored. Everyone loves their homeland.
In Him,
Viplava
~ In-depth study ~
Ways to capture others’ country - 2
Baba’s following teachings give more in-depth analysis and detail. (Note: The below bulleted points are from discourse - “The Short History of Ireland”, printed in Prout in a Nutshell part 19)
- “Although
Britain recognized the independent status – the state – of Ireland, as
you know the British followed the policy of “divide and rule”.
- As
a result of continuous fighting for over 60 years, Britain recognized
the independence of India, but while leaving the country, Britain
divided India into India and Pakistan, [and Bangladesh]”
- “The case with Ireland was similar. When the British handed over power to Mr. De Valera, they divided
the country into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. Many settlers
came from England and settled down in the extreme northern portion of
the country.”
- “In
the same way the Chinese sent many people to settle in Tibet so that
the Chinese population would outnumber the population of Tibet, and
finally Tibet would become a part of China.”
- “When
Manchuria was occupied by Japan it was renamed Manchu-ko, and many
Japanese settlers were sent there so that the Manchurians would be
outnumbered by the foreigners.”
- “The same thing happened in the case of Ireland. England sent many people to settle in the northern corner of the country.”
Case studies in India
Here are more of Guru’s teaching on this matter:
Prout philosophy states, “In Angadesh, many Bhojpurii speaking settlers have come into Bhagalpur and Purnia Districts, and there is a chance of them becoming the majority community, outnumbering the Angiks. Many Bhojpurii speaking people have come to the Jamui sub-division of Magadh, and there is a chance of the Magadhis being outnumbered by the Bhojpuris. In the Manerampir Thana, Bihar area and Chor area, many Bhojpurii speaking people are coming from Ara and Satra, and there is a chance that the Magadhi people will be outnumbered by the Bhojpuris who may take the area as part of Bhojpuri. Many Bhojpurii speaking people have settled down inside those districts and there is every chance they may outnumber the local people.” (1)
Prout philosophy states, “The Gorkhaland movement, which is demanding a few districts in the northern part of West Bengal, has reached a climax. The Gorkhas, who had settled there from outside the state, are now demanding the formation of a separate state by taking advantage of their Indian citizenship. They have launched regular agitations, called strikes, looted, plundered, burnt property, murdered and virtually brought the law and order situation to a stand still. In fact, the barbaric call for “An eye for an eye” has been the dominant political slogan, and now there is no rule of law in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal. (2)
Here below is a semi-related point.
US at fault on Central American illegals
An essential part of this discussion is that the US government has repeatedly undermined the development of those Central American nations. For instance, the cause of the Central American refugee crisis is the US. Specifically, American presidents and their advisors have a long history of never allowing those Central American nations to flourish. Time and again, they took action to topple those democratic governments and inserted their chosen stooges as the head of state. Under such circumstances where the government was not functioning properly and everything was done via payoffs and bribes, the common people suffered terribly in those countries. Verily, the corruption became so extreme that people took matters into their own hands. Most prominently, Hispanic youths formed themselves into dangerous gangs and started capturing territory and controlling the streets etc in their home countries. They threatened, looted, and attacked. This all occurred in reaction to the corrupt, ruling, puppet regime In those nations. That is the reason for all the chaos erupting in those countries.
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So the common people in those Central American countries were left with nothing. The economies plummeted so they lost their jobs and livelihood. Moreover, with those countries in turmoil, basic security was lost. Violence was rampant, and people no longer felt safe in their own communities. With their food, housing, and safety in jeopardy, they packed their bags and left. It was not their inner desire to leave, but the whole situation in their home countries became untenable. So with whatever few possessions they could carry, they somehow managed to make their way north. In huge numbers, they flooded and overwhelmed border crossings and took refuge in the US, legally or illegally. Desperate to get by, they became a cheap labour force for US capitalists took full advantage of the opportunity. They employed these migrants by the thousands and tens of thousands - paying them low wages in cash only (off the ledger books), thereby shirking their responsibility of providing long-term, standard benefits like social security and health insurance which US citizens got. So illegals worked day and night for cheap without receiving any of those benefits. In that case, the wages decreased and jobs became scarce for large sections of the US workforce. So the greater US public saw their own incomes stagnate, or they lost their jobs entirely.
Thus it was a lose-lose scenario for the common people. Those immigrant populations who left their homeland essentially became slave labourers in the US, and working class and middle class Americans felt marginalised, forgotten, and left out. The big winners were (a) top US capitalists who saw their profits soar, and (b) the US government which rode the wave of corporate America. Everyone else - the migrants from Central American countries and the local US population - suffered immensely.
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References
1. Prout in a Nutshell - 19, The Short History of Ireland
2. Prout in a Nutshell - 19, Talks on Bengal – Excerpt B
== Section: Important Teaching ==
Absolute knowledge vs relative knowledge
Ananda Marga philosophy says, “Common people usually live their lives according to absolute knowledge and become noble and great. That is why we see people like Kabir and Ramakrishna, who even without formal schooling, were highly regarded by tens of thousands of people. In fact, it is doubtful whether learned scholars could bring about even a small fraction of the spiritual progress these great people brought to society…”
“Social progress is achieved to some extent through relative knowledge, but here also there is a great possibility of conflict between relative knowledge and absolute knowledge. Relative knowledge often encourages divisive ideas and the propagation of narrow sentiments such as casteism, nationalism, communalism, provincialism, etc., by extolling the greatness of caste, community, creed, colour, etc. It often tends to suppress other castes, communities, creeds, etc., or wants to annihilate them completely. On the other hand, absolute knowledge teaches human beings that the Dharma of all humans is one and the same. The Supreme Entity is the Universal Father. All the human beings of the world are brothers and sisters. All are equal – no one is low, no one is high.” (1)
Reference
1. Tattva Kaomudii - 2, Prápta Vákya and Ápta Vákya
== Section 2: Links ==
Postings to Read
Language reflective of mindset
Ideal avadhuta & for all sadhakas
Growing threat: stampede
Against AM to do dual marriages
Science gone awry
Existence of Prout in everyday life
Satya: for everyone's well-being
