Gross dogma on its death bed: mutilating infants genital then licking blood

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1. PS #3287: Please be compassionate and do not neglect me
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Gross dogma on its death bed:

mutilating infants genital then licking blood

Namaskar,

Baba classifies circumcision as a dogmatic ritual that has no place in our Ananda Marga this as a dogma:

"Certain practices were not originally religious rituals, but traditions or customs. Long ago the Jews started practising circumcision. When Moses converted some of his contemporaries to Judaism, and later when Mohammed converted some local people to Islam, neither prophet dared to instruct their new followers to discard the old customs they followed, consequently the old customs continued after their conversion." (1)

So circumcision is nothing but a holdover custom from thousands of years; it not based on science or rationality. And it was adopted by the Semitic religions. Thus this harmful tradition has just been blindly passed on from one community to the next.

The below article details how some Rabbis are performing suction circumcisions in NYC.  It is a shocking and horrific affair.

Orthodox Jewish tradition known as

oral suction circumcision

NEW YORK (AP) — With a swift swipe of his scalpel, Rabbi A. Romi Cohn circumcises the baby boy, then leans down and sucks the blood from the wound as prayers in Hebrew fill the Brooklyn synagogue.

The Orthodox Jewish tradition known as oral suction circumcision reaches back to biblical times but it has created a modern-day dilemma for New York City health officials, who have linked it to 17 cases of infant herpes since 2000. Two died and two others suffered brain damage.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, which came into power a year ago with a promise to reconsider an existing regulation on the ritual, is now negotiating with a group of rabbis over how to protect children's health while still preserving religious freedom.

"The talks are ongoing but I cannot go into particulars," said Avi Fink, the mayor's deputy director of intergovernmental affairs who has been leading the talks. "Our goal is to achieve awareness of the risks."

...

A 2012 report by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised against the practice, saying it increases the risk of herpes infection in baby boys by 3.4 times that of other male newborns.

Oral suction circumcisions first came under scrutiny during Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, and the city's health board voted in 2012 to regulate the practice by asking a parent or guardian to sign a consent form indicating possible risks.

Health officials point to a number of factors they say have linked the known cases to the ritual. They look for lesions on the genitalia, indicating that's where the virus started. In addition, lab tests have showed that the timing of the infection coincides with the circumcision.

Two cases were recorded after oral suction in 2013 and four last year. In the most recent case, diagnosed in November, a baby boy was found to have lesions on his penis. But of those six cases, parents refused to identify the person who performed the circumcision — called a mohel — in four.
In the two cases in which the circumcisers were identified, both declined to be tested, the Health Department said. They were banned from performing the ritual. (Courtesy of Newsday)

Kind of cannibalism:

The baby is wailing in pain and horror

Here below is a photo of the rabbi performing the oral suction type of circumcision. At present the rabbi is bending over the crying baby (upper right corner) so he (the rabbi) can suck the blood that is oozing out of the baby’s genitalia. The baby is wailing in pain and horror. In this practice, rabbis sometimes infect the newborn babe with their own venereal disease.

This scene is not only gross and brutal but a form of cannibalism as well. It outrightly contravenes the principles of neo-humanism.

See the sickening scene in the above photo. The rabbi is leaning over and sucking the blood that is oozing out of the baby’s genitalia.The baby in the back right is wailing in pain, terror, and horror - and at risk for contracting venereal disease.

They feel that God’s design is inherently flawed

Those strict margiis from a jewish background gave up this dirty practice after joining Ananda Marga. The other two Semitic religions perform circumcision by no this sucking type of approach. So they indulge in torturing the newborn but do not resort to cannibalism

All in all this is completely hypocrisy on the part of those Jewish rabbis. On the one hand they claim all Jews as the “chosen people” of God. Yet they feel that God’s design is inherently flawed and that is why they are cutting, sucking the genital  of the new-born.

All in all, a close medical watch is needed to save the new-born till this practice is eliminated on the grounds of neo-humanism. Our duty is to raise the public consciousness.

Namaskar,
in Him,
Caetanya


Reference
1. PNS-21, How to Unite Human Society

== Section 2 ==

~ Please be compassionate and do not neglect me ~

"A'ka'she a'loke bhese ja'y, tava mahima'ri katha'..." (PS 3287)

Puport:

O' Parama Purusa, You are the most magnificent One. The tale of Your glory and grandeur is floating and permeating throughout each and every molecule of the vast, blue sky and in the effulgence - everywhere.

O' my Lord, Your story, the tale of the ever-present, Ancient One, is glittering in all the realms: in both bhuloka and duloka - in the physical and spiritual worlds. You are so gracious.

O' Ancient, Divine One, You are eternally, ever-new. You are always, intrinsically with everyone - just like their vital force, just like their pra'na. You always remain present in my feeling, ideation, and     intuition. For that reason this eternal longing of my heart is for You and You alone.

O' Parama Purusa Baba, with festivities of light and the flow of effulgence, please colour my mind, and sit in the depths of my ideation - dhyana. Please grace me by playing Your divine flute in the deep core of my heart - be compassionate and do not neglect or overlook me. Graciously goad my mind towards divinity and show me that path which leads to immortality.

O' my Lord, O' Baba, please shower Your causeless grace; I surrender at Your lotus feet...


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== Section 3 ==

Links

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/02/why-wts-should-or-should-not-engage-in.html

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/01/longevity-of-ananda-marga-threatened.html

Not limited to Hong Kong only

Baba

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Not limited to Hong Kong only

Namaskar,
Here is a recent case of abuse where one young, Indonesian nanny was tortured and tormented by her host family in Hong Kong. But this case is not an isolated problem specific to Hong Kong. Rather, this is a pervasive issue around the globe: The vulnerable are exploited.

We must all also abide by and preach this following teaching of Caryacarya to one and all.

Look after your assistants as your own children

and help for their all-round development

Sadguru Baba says, “No one in Ananda Marga is anyone's servant. Use terms like “agricultural assistant” or “family assistant” according to the nature of their work. Look after your assistants as your own children and pay attention towards their all-round development. Fix the time for their Iishvara prańidhána and help them to acquire social status. Never be an impediment their progress.” (1)

Now first see below news: Saudi employer ‘pours boiling water on Filipino maid’

(Courtesy of Gulf News Report)

Must help those manipulated and besieged

As Ananda Margiis, we must help those from being manipulated, taken advantage of, and besieged by the dominant group or individual.

Every Ananda Margii must be alert and treat everyone in accordance with neo-humanistic values. We must help others understand that just as they value their own life similarly those who are vulnerable and prone to being exploited also cherish their lives. So every Ananda Margii must not allow anyone to exploit or take advantage of others - not under any circumstances.

Slur on Ananda Marga

Here is Baba’s teaching.

“One who does not come forward to help when seeing a person in distress is unworthy to be called a human being – he or she is a slur on Ananda Marga.” (2)

Hong Kong woman guilty in Indonesian maid abuse case

(Courtesy of Yahoo News)

A Hong Kong woman was convicted Tuesday of beating and starving her Indonesian maid and keeping her prisoner in a case that sparked international outrage and highlighted the plight of migrant domestic workers.

The verdict, read out to a packed courtroom, was met with cheers by activists and supporters of Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, a former domestic helper who has become the face of a campaign for improved workers' rights in the financial hub.

Pictures of the injuries sustained by the 24-year-old, who was admitted to hospital in her home country emaciated and in a critical condition after being abused by mother-of-two Law Wan-tung, fuelled anger in Indonesia and shocked Hong Kong.

Sulistyaningsih hailed the ruling but called for reforms to ensure Hong Kong employers no longer treated domestic workers "like slaves".

She said that while she forgave her abuser, she hoped Law would receive the maximum seven year jail term when sentencing is announced on February 27.

"She was, for want of a better word, a prisoner in those premises," Judge Amanda Woodcock said, referring to Sulistyaningsih.

"She was completely isolated, and (this) helps explain why this abuse could go on for so long without her retaliating or anyone knowing."


A group of protesters gather outside the courthouse in support of Indonesian former maid Erwiana Sul …

"When Erwiana left Hong Kong she was a shadow of her former self."

Law, 44, was found guilty of 18 of the 20 charges laid against her, including grievous bodily harm, assault, criminal intimidation and failure to pay wages.
She lowered her head but appeared to be calm as the verdict was announced, while a jubilant Sulistyaningsih, clad in a black T-shirt with her face and the word "justice" emblazoned on it, hugged activists.

"I am happy that she was found guilty," she told AFP in an interview.

- 'Still not enough' -

"Myself, I can forgive her. But Hong Kong has a justice system, because of that, justice must be upheld."

Demonstrators pump their fists at a 'One Billion Rising for Justice' rally in Hong Kong, on  …

At a separate news conference, she called for reform in Hong Kong, and said her native Indonesia must not shirk its responsibilities to protect its citizens who travel abroad to work.
"I hope they will start treating migrant workers as workers and human beings, and stop treating us like slaves," she said.

Sulistyaningsih said she hoped her former employer would receive the greatest possible sentence, "even though for me, that is still not enough compared to what she did to me and other victims".

During the six-week trial, prosecutors said Law turned household items such as a mop, a ruler and a clothes hanger into "weapons" against her maids.

Sulistyaningsih described in vivid detail how she was "tortured", starved, beaten and ritually humiliated by Law, with prosecutors saying she was treated as an "unpaid slave".

"It's a victory for Erwiana," Aaron Ceradoy, programme coordinator for the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants, told AFP.

"It would be good if the migrant community can use this case to strengthen their position on their demands for changes in policies."

The case sparked protests by migrant workers in Hong Kong, and has thrust the plight of migrant domestic helpers in Asia and the Middle East into the headlines after other shocking incidents of torture and even killings.

Sulistyaningsih said she lived for months on nothing but meagre portions of bread and rice, sleeping only four hours a day and being so badly beaten by her employer that she was knocked unconscious.

Law's defence accused the former maid and another two domestic helpers involved in the case of being "opportunistic", and that the injuries could have been caused by accidents. Woodcock in her ruling dismissed those claims as "desperate and fanciful".

"The message should be brought home that if you live in a society where you're fortunate enough to employ a domestic helper, they're still protected by the law," police detective superintendent David Cameron told reporters after the verdict.

Hong Kong is home to nearly 300,000 maids from mainly Southeast Asian countries -- predominantly Indonesia and the Philippines -- and criticism from rights groups over their treatment is growing.

Amnesty International in 2013 condemned the "slavery-like" conditions faced by thousands of Indonesian women who work as domestic staff and accused authorities of "inexcusable" inaction.(Courtesy of Yahoo News)

A pervasive issue around the globe

Again, this is not an isolated problem from Hong Kong. Rather, this is a pervasive issue around the globe: Vulnerable are exploited. As Ananda Margiis, we must help innocent people from being manipulated, tortured, and besieged by the dominant group. Otherwise one is a slur on Ananda Marga.

“One who does not come forward to help when seeing a person in distress is unworthy to be called a human being – he or she is a slur on Ananda Marga.” (2)

in Him,
Prabha'


References
1. Caryacarya-2, Society, pt #32
2.Caryacarya-2, Society, pt #12

== Section 2 ==

Links

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2013/07/animals-are-only-for-my-enjoyment.html

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/01/three-kinds-of-devotees-and-tests-2-more.html

Elder abuse in the United States + 2 more

Baba

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1. PS #3368: I only view the world in my own selfish way without any Cosmic ideation
2. Posting: Elder abuse in the United States
3. Links

Elder abuse in the United States

Namaskar,
This is a topic for us all to reflect upon. Although this  compilation of data is from one specific country, this problem of elder abuse is pervasive around the world. Where capitalism is on the rise, those communities become more selfish and greedy and elder abuse cases become more common.

Sadguru Baba says, "One who does not come forward to help when seeing a person in distress is unworthy to be called a human being – he or she is a slur on Ananda Marga." (1)

Elder Abuse: The Size of the Problem

(Courtesy of National Center on Elder Abuse)

Below is a sampling of findings that show what is known about the incidence and prevalence of elder abuse and neglect:

• The most recent major studies on incidence reported that 7.6%–10% of study participants experienced abuse in the prior year. The study that found an incidence of 1 in 10 adults experiencing abuse did not include financial abuse.

• Available data from state Adult Protective Services (APS) agencies show an increasing trend in the reporting of elder abuse.

• Despite the accessibility of APS in all 50 states (whose programs are quite different), as well as mandatory reporting laws for elder abuse in most states, an overwhelming number of cases of abuse, neglect, and exploitation go undetected and untreated each year.

• One study estimated that only 1 in 14 cases of elder abuse ever comes to the attention of authorities. The New York State Elder Abuse Prevalence Study found that for every case known to programs and agencies, 24 were unknown.   
  

• Major financial exploitation was self-reported at a rate of 41 per 1,000 surveyed, which was higher than self-reported rates of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse or neglect.

Those Who Abuse

In the only national study that attempted to define the scope of elder abuse, the vast majority of abusers were family members (approximately 90%), most often adult children, spouses, partners, and others.

Family members who abuse drugs or alcohol, who have a mental/emotional illness, and who feel burdened by their caregiving responsibilities abuse at higher rates than those who do not.


Abuse of Those with Disabilities

Approximately 14 million U.S. adults aged 65 and over and 19 million U.S adults aged 18 to 64 have a disability.13 Unfortunately, some of these vulnerable adults are abused by family members, service providers, care assistants and others. This abuse places the victim’s health, safety, emotional wellbeing, and ability to engage in daily life activities at risk.

Below is a sampling of research findings relating to abuse of adults with disabilities:

• Institutionalized adult women with disabilities reported a 33% prevalence of having ever experienced interpersonal violence (IPV) versus 21% for institutionalized adult women without disabilities. 
  

• When considering lifetime abuse by any perpetrator, a sample of 200 adult women with disabilities indicated that 67% had experienced physical abuse and 53% had experienced sexual abuse.

• In a study of 342 adult men, 55% of men experienced physical abuse by any person after becoming disabled. Nearly 12% of these men stated they experienced physical abuse by a personal assistance service provider over their lifetime.

• In a comprehensive review of literature published from 2000–2010, lifetime prevalence of any type of IPV against adult women with disabilities was found to be 26–90%. Lifetime prevalence of IPV against adult men with disabilities was found to be 28.7–86.7%. It was concluded that, over the course of their lives, IPV occurs at disproportionate and elevated rates among men and women with disabilities.

Dementia and Elder Abuse

Research indicates that people with dementia are at greater risk of elder abuse than those without. Approximately 5.1 million American elders over 65 have some kind of dementia. Close to half of all people over 85, the fastest growing segment of our population, have Alzheimer’s disease or another kind of dementia. By 2025, most states are expected to see an increase in Alzheimer prevalence.20 One 2009 study revealed that close to 50% of people with dementia experience some kind of abuse. A 2010 study found that 47% of participants with dementia had been mistreated by their caregivers.


Abuse in Nursing Homes and other Long Term Care Facilities

Elder abuse occurs in community settings, such as private homes, as well as institutional settings like nursing homes and other types of long term care facilities. 3.2 million Americans resided in nursing homes during 2008.

Below is a sampling of research findings relating to abuse in long term care facilities:

• Of all complaints regarding institutional facilities reported to long term care Ombudsmen were complaints of abuse, neglect, or exploitation. 
  

• In 2000, one study interviewing 2,000 nursing home residents reported that 44% said they had been abused and 95% said they had been neglected or seen another resident neglected.
  

• A May, 2008 study conducted by the U.S. General Accountability Office revealed that state surveys understate problems in licensed facilities: 70% of state surveys miss at least one deficiency and 15% of surveys miss actual harm and immediate jeopardy of a nursing home resident.

More About Elder Abuse

Elder mistreatment (i.e. abuse and neglect) is defined as intentional actions that cause harm or create a serious risk of harm (whether or not harm is intended) to a vulnerable elder by a caregiver or other person who stands in a trust relationship to the elder. This includes failure by a caregiver to satisfy the elder’s basic needs or to protect the elder from harm.

Unfortunately, we simply do not know for certain how many people are suffering from elder abuse and neglect. It appears that female elders are abused at a higher rate than males and that the older one is, the more likely one is to be abused.

Signs of elder abuse may be missed by professionals working with older Americans because of lack of training on detecting abuse. The elderly may be reluctant to report abuse themselves because of fear of retaliation, lack of physical and/or cognitive ability to report, or because they don’t want to get the abuser (90% of whom are family members) in trouble.

(Courtesy of National Center on Elder Abuse)

REFERENCE
1. Caryacarya-2, Society, point #12

== Section 2 ==

~ I only view the world in my own selfish way without any Cosmic ideation ~

“Kakhano a’mi prabhu d’a’kini toma’y, tumi bha’lobesecho more...” (PS 3368)

Purport:

Baba, O' Prabhu, You are so gracious on me. I never call You and in my heart I do not have such a strong feeling of longing or devotion, but You are always loving me. O’ my Lord, even by mistake, I do not spend any time doing Your work. Neither do I do any work nor do I allocate any time to follow Your commands and orders to satisfy You. Even then You go on looking after all my needs and caring for me. You are so gracious.

O' Parama Purusa, all in all, my situation is like the dust lying on the floor of the earth. I involve in all kinds of worldly, material pursuits – all the while plunged in mean and lowly thoughts. I never think about You. I do not understand how even a blade of grass does not move without Your approval – if You do not desire. This eternal truth I do not understand. My situation is like one particle of dust that is lying on the ground. I only view the world in my own selfish way without any cosmic ideation. Just I go on degrading myself by this approach. O’ Lord, You are always gracious. I never call You with deep longing, yet You always love me.

O’ Parama Purusa, O’ Baba, the dawn of the day comes by Your grace. The smile of the moon in the night is the expression of Your compassion. Baba, this whole created universe is filled with Your divine vibration and that takes expression in the form of everyone’s love and affection.

Baba, You are so gracious on me. Without my calling You, without my remembering You, without my following Your commands & directions, You always care for me and love me. Baba, Your grace is causeless...

== Section 3 ==

Links

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/02/land-sale-habitual-liars-tell-truth-also.html

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/02/ignorance-of-purodha-board-and-avadhuta.html