Baba
Economic dogma of India
Namaskar,
In any age or region, those at the helm propagate specific tactics to appease and placate the common people. By this way, those in power can continue to suppress and manipulate the public and enjoy their stature and wealth. And verily, the ruling elites in different parts of the world have their own strategy for quelling the masses.
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Dogma: God made you poor; don’t blame wealthy
Here is how the wealthy assert their leverage and maintain the status quo of economic injustice. In India rich exploiters lay blame that poor people are the cause of their own poverty. Those rich exploiters say that, “Because of your bad actions in your previous life you are poor today, so why are you blaming me for your pathetic condition. God made you poor and that same God made me rich so do not blame me.” This aforesaid rotten justification is very prevalent in India, and it is propagated in the name of the Bhagavad Giita. That is why the exploited masses in India are passive. They believe that poverty is their fate based on their own bad actions, and nobody can do anything about it. Rather they think if they accept their poverty and behave properly then in their next life they will be rich. Baba has condemned this perverted explanation in Prout philosophy.
Dogma: Work harder
In capitalism, those in power lay claim that every person has the opportunity to “pick themselves up by their bootstraps” and become a millionaire. This is how those in power get the common people to blame themselves for their low wages and economic woes, not the exploitative system. Indeed, the claim made by top capitalists presupposes that there is a level playing field and that all have an equal shot at getting financially rich. But nothing could be further from the truth. Those coming from financially challenging backgrounds or working lower-level jobs can work one hundred times harder and still not get ahead financially but instead remain riddled in debt. So the operative factor is not how hard one works, but that the system is rigged to help the rich get richer and keep the poor at the bottom. Even then, those at the bottom of the ladder have been brainwashed to believe that if they work harder then their plight will vastly improve.
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Dogma: You are unlucky
Another tool that capitalists employ to repress the masses is the lottery system. Government leaders quell the spirit of revolution by promoting the sales of lottery tickets. Then those exploited masses think, “Ok, things may not be good for me now, but if I win the lottery then life will be rosy.” By this way the struggling people maintain hope that they should accept the current conditions and system and hold out the hope that their lucky number will be picked next week and they will become super rich. This is the fanciful daydream that keeps them going. But the whole thing is a farce. Rather, those in power are merely dangling a carrot in front of their eyes, i.e. the winning lottery ticket, and befooling those masses into thinking that their golden day is just around the corner.
Certain religious professionals in the west advance the idea that by working hard then you will get rich. This makes the poor accept their plight and puts out the fire of revolution.
Dogma: You are unfortunate
The new age scene in the west also has tools to keep the exploited at bay. Those poor people often seek out astrological readings and palmistry to learn their fate. So rather than raising their voice against the ruling exploiters, they think that their victory lies in the stars. This dogma only promotes the notion that there is nothing to be done until the stars in the universe align in their favour. By this way also, those impoverished people look towards the surreal readings in the sky instead of the reality here on earth for why they are not better off. In a phrase, this also keeps their mouths shut and they calmly accept their plight.
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Conclusion
Around the globe, there are various prevailing techniques and outlooks that get imposed upon the collective psyche. By this way, the masses accept their lowly condition and think that, “Tomorrow will be a brighter day”, when the reality is that the same exploitative forces that are suppressing them today will be suppressing them tomorrow even more. It is our duty to awaken the people to the presence of exploitation so that they can gather the energy to shake off the shackles of economic injustice and bring about the needed changes in society, based on the ideals of Prout.
Namaskar,
In Him,
Liila
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Purchased intellectuals propagate capitalists are fortunate and the poor are lazy and the cause of their suffering.
Prout philosophy states, “In the Vaeshya Age this religious exploitation is more psychic than physical, because the vaeshyas [wealthy exploiters] use the vipras to try to spread intellectual propaganda among the masses to prevent them from finding any philosophical justification for their suppressed grievances against the vaeshya structure. This intellectual propaganda aims to convince people that they are the victims of circumstance. It argues, “Everything is destiny. Everything is preordained.” Such doctrines help the vaeshyas [wealthy exploiters] to perpetuate their structure. They destroy the personal force of people and make them the playthings of fate. People accept the idea that everything is preordained, and support the status quo.” (1)
God save humanity from such perverted philosophies!
Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Any society which accepts inequality, which wants to perpetuate that inequality by spreading false logic, is not a society worthy of the name. The standard-bearers of such false logic masquerade in the garb of righteousness and try to convince the downtrodden members of society that their economic deprivations – their humiliations, their scarcity of food, clothing and medicine, their exposure to the extremes of heat and cold – are decreed by fate, as inevitable reactions to their past actions.”
“Some time ago I heard a millionaire speak at a meeting. He was arguing that in modern society the karmaváda [doctrine of action and reaction of the Giitá] should be more widely propagated, because he thought that if people could understand this doctrine of action properly, the countless shrivelled-up human beings languishing in the dustbins of society would no longer blame the capitalists for their miserable condition. They would accept their misfortune with equanimity. Just imagine what a dangerous idea this is! What a wonderful capitalistic argument! Perhaps some academic stooge on the payroll of these self-seeking capitalists may even try to concoct a philosophy to support this proposition. God save humanity from such perverted philosophies!”
“People's physical longings are not satisfied until they come in contact with a truly great ideology. Till then, people's wolf-like hunger is insatiable, as if they are incessantly repeating, “I am hungry, I am hungry.” Their jaws are always open, and the foolish people of this world resign themselves to their own fatalistic beliefs and fall into them. The ferocious wolf-pack devours their flesh and blood and casts away the unpalatable bones. Should we support this wolfish philosophy? The day-labourers, porters and gate-keepers around us who wear dirty rags and have fatigue etched on their faces are not considered human by those who are rolling in luxury.” (2)
References
1. Human Society - 2, The Vaeshya Age
2. Human Society - 1, Social Justice
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== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==
Note: Only those bhaktas who feel a devotional vibration in their heart can understand this song in the depths of their core.
"Tumi, álo jhalamal úśáy ele, ándhárer jál chinŕile..." (Prabhat Samgiita #3983)
Purport:
My Parama Purusa, You have come while the blissful dawn was glittering in refulgence and torn away the net of cimmerian darkness of degenerating tendencies from my mind. In a flash, You have also removed the dogma of geo-socio-humanistic sentiments which had accumulated since ages, filled my core with bhakti and supreme love, and made my life meaningful. You are so beautiful.
My most Adored, You know how to make such a divine, magical display. You have created a heavenly panorama - complete with the beauty and grandeur of colour, by Your eternal play. In the blink of an eye, You bring lowly and depraved persons close to Your bosom, without making any differentiation or disparity about who is virtuous and who is sinful.
Baba, my Supreme Entity, You are my beginning as well as my end, my Goal, my everything. My whereabouts, name, place, address, and verily my everything have become one with You, by Your grace. I offer my heartfelt surrender and sastaunga pranam thousands, millions, and an infinite number of times, again and again.
Baba, You have graciously come in my inner being and showered me in Your endless compassion. You are my own; You are my everything…
== Section 3: Important Teaching ==
Key points about pratiika
Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, “A triangle with one vertex up superimposed on another triangle with one vertex down, with the rising sun having a swastika inside. These are symbols of energy, knowledge, advancement and permanent victory, respectively.” (1)
#1: This rule of wearing pratiika began during the dharma samiiksa period.
#2: Everyone witnessed that Baba was very strict and told that if anyone is not wearing a pratiika that person would get kicked out from reporting etc.
#3: Baba has informed kapalikas that the pratiika is considered as a part of the body and should not be removed.
#4: Those days to see Baba for PC or meetings etc, then it was mandatory to wear a pratiika. If anyone was not wearing a pratiika then Baba would strongly rebuke those in-charges.
#5: During dharma cakra, it is mandatory to have the pratiika in full display on the puja table.
#6: Whenever Baba sat on the dais at DMC, a large pratiika banner was always hanging directly behind Him. And when Baba sat down in the car then a large pratiika cloth was always placed on that portion of the seat where Baba was going to sit.
Reference
1. Caryacarya -1, Treasures of Ananda Marga
== Section: Important Teaching ==
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Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Those who were decent human beings and deeply spiritual, and used to collect money for a noble cause, but in the process of fund raising forgot Parama Puruśa and attached greater importance to their fund raising at the cost of Parama Puruśa – that is, they remembered Parama Puruśa as part of dharma sádhaná and collected money for a great cause, and although Parama Puruśa was the goal collecting money became the dominant desire – attain the state of yakśa devayoni after their demise. In feminine gender, yakśa becomes yakśinii...as the dominant spiritual sentiment became secondary, they are negative microvita.” (1)
Note: Some margiis and Wts collect money for various projects. By involving in the project they think about money, money, and money. And they forget Parama Purusa. In consequence, they become negative microvita. That is what is explained above.
To save oneself from this tragedy, money collectors should think, “This project is not my project. I am working for Parama Purusa Baba. It is His project and my duty is to serve Him. That is why I am doing A to Z.” With this type of thinking, the mind will not get degenerated by focusing on money, and they will get salvation.
So one way of thinking makes the Wt turn into negative microvita and another way of thinking helps that sadhaka attain ultimate salvation.
Reference
1. Microvitum in a Nutshell - Disembodied Souls and Microvita – Excerpt B
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