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Sunday, December 22, 2019

Refugee: peril - Prout

Baba


Refugee: peril - Prout

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.


~ Component - 1 ~

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 host country. Hispanic refugees come in huge numbers and do not want to learn the local language. Now it is the duty of host citizens to learn their language. This is a case where people became foreigners on their own soil. That is why those in border states of the host country are feeling overwhelmed by the Hispanic immigration situation. Capitalists want cheap labor but locals are losing their jobs and seeing their pay cut in half. Side by side they are witnessing a huge influx of Hispanic students into the host country’s public school system, and that is costing local taxpayers huge money. That also makes the situation more tense.

At the same time it should be noted that the cause of the Central American refugee crisis is the host country itself. The host country has a long history of never allowing those Central American nations to flourish. Time and again the host country toppled their democratic governments and inserted their stooges as the head of state. Finally, the corruption became so extreme that Hispanic youths formed gangs and started looting etc. That is the reason for all the chaos. In the end the only big winners are the capitalists. Everyone else suffers including the local host population, and refugees who have to leave their homeland etc. Capitalists are the sole victors.


Difference between 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 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.


~ 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 a country

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.
(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 a longtime place of Hindus that Muslims came to occupy. 
(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 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

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 a 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 ~

Historical cases: Sending citizens to overtake countries

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.”
  • “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.”
(Note: The above bulleted points are from discourse - “The Short History of Ireland”, printed in Prout in a Nutshell part 19)

And the same thing happened with in Ukraine. Russians settlers progressively occupied some of the major cities until finally they outnumbered the local population. This as especially the case in eastern Ukraine. That is why civil war erupted as those Russian settled did not want to remain part of Ukraine.

Much of the southwestern region of the US was originally part of Mexico. With the rising immigrant population in that area, Mexico is bound to take it back because so many Mexicans living there. In today’s socio-political climate we cannot think that really this will happen, but by seeing the history it is obvious that the whole situation is moving in that direction.


More case studies

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)

From Wikipedia: “The 19th century saw a dramatic increase in the urban Russian population in what is now Ukraine, as ethnic Russian settlers moved into and populated the newly industrialised and growing towns. At the beginning of the 20th century the Russians were the largest ethnic group in almost all large cities.” (Courtesy of Wikipedia)


References
1. Prout in a Nutshell - 19, The Short History of Ireland
2. Prout in a Nutshell - 19, Talks on Bengal – Excerpt B

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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


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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

MPD of Gorakhpur acarya

Baba

MPD of Gorakhpur acarya

Namaskar,

It is with much sadness that we share the news of the mahaprayan of Ac.' Binod Bihariji of Gorakhpur. Respected Bihari ji's mahaprayan occurred today, 18 Dec 2019 at 5:30 pm at his home. In the months prior to his mahaprayan, Bihariji had been quite ill.

Ac.' Binod Bihariji was a longtime and dedicated Ananda Margii as he became a disciple of Sadguru Shrii Shrii Anandamurti ji very early on. And during those many decades he was perpetually involved in the dharmic ideal of sadhana, service, and sacrifice.

All knew that Bihari ji was a staunch adherent of AM teachings, and he was ever-ready to do anything and everything in service to Marga Guru. With his mahaprayan, our entire Ananda Marga society is losing a very dear and sincere elder brother.

The cremation will be held tomorrow (19th December) at 10am at Sahara Cremation Ground at the bank of Rapti river.

May we all take solace in the fact that Ac.' Binod Bihariji was a bhakta of Sadguru Baba. Certainly he will attain mukti or moksa, accordingly. Baba will lovingly bestow His infinite grace.

in Him,
Haribhakti

Note: Alert for those cremating a dead body in India or Indian managed cremation homes around the world. Their custom is to put the burning fire in the mouth of the deceased to initiate the burning of the body. This is prohibited in AM as it is uncivilised. So watch out do not allow this. If you are not careful they will end of doing it. Make them aware ahead of time.

Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, "The practice of putting fire into the mouth of the dead body is repulsive, it should not be encouraged." (Caryacarya - 1, Disposal of the Dead Body)

~ In-depth study ~


We have seen that when somebody dies then in offering their condolences people say now Mr So-and-so is sitting on Baba's lap. On other occasions when telling a Baba story people also say, "Such and such person sat on Baba's lap." But these days the trend is that "sitting on Baba's lap" is used more in connection with death. And that causes some confusion in reader's mind. To unknot the situation please read below.

Dogma: if "on Baba's lap" only used for death

Here are quoted lines from recently posted emails on various forums, wherein the writer uses the phrase - "in Baba's lap" - with the occasion of death:

- "May Parama Purusa Baba accept her in HIS divine lap"

- "We pray to Baba -please give him shelter in his lap... "

- "May his soul rest in the lap of our beloved BABA"

- "Now she is taking rest in Baba's Lap."

- "May Baba accept him in HIS divine lap....."

- "May he rest in HIS loving lap of eternity."

- "We are sure that Baba has taken him in His loving lap."

- "May his soul rest in Baba's lap forever."

- "Let her rest peacefully in Baba's Lap - which she always desired."

- "now he is in beloved Baba's lap"

- "May his soul get peaceful place in His lap"

- "He is now in Bábá's loving lap"

- "May Baba bless him with a seat in His lap."

- "May BABA accept him in HIS divine lap!"

- "May Baba take him in his eternal loving lap."

- "May his soul rest in peace taking shelter in Baba's lap."

- "Please keep him on Your lap forever."

- "We all collectively pray to Baba to take him on Baba's divine lap forever.”

All of the above lines are commonly written in eulogizing the deceased. These days mostly it is used in a eulogy and rarely used to recount one's intimate spiritual experiences - unfortunately. By this way, the phrase "in Baba's lap" is being misused and step by step the real meaning is being forgotten as now people more commonly use the phrase to eulogize those who have died, and much less so to express their inner feelings of bhakti. Unfortunately, the meaning and inner spirit of the phrase is getting lost.


Baba story: "sitting on Baba's lap"

Some time ago after dharmacakra, a senior margii was recounting his experiences of having dharma samiiksa with Baba. He said, "After being lovingly scolded by Baba for my wrongdoings, then He called me close and placed me on His lap - I remained there for some time soaking up His love - and He blessed me."

We all enjoyed hearing about his personal account with Baba during dharma samiiksa. When he finished telling his factual and historical event, there was a call for questions. Various people posed their queries. Towards the end, one new margii raised his hand and asked, "How did Baba bring you back to life?"

Everyone stared at the new margii in amazement. There was a look of astonishment all around - people were really shocked to hear him say this. The new sadhaka sensed that something was wrong He said very matter-of-factly, "I thought that sitting on Baba's Lap means that he (the margii) died - that is why I asked that question."

This was quite eye-opening for those of us in the room: Through our language and expression we had unknowingly taught someone to think that being on Baba's lap is the equivalent of death. Because it seems that nowadays people only use the phrase "Baba's lap" when a person has died, such as "Let him rest peacefully in Baba's lap", as if in order to sit on Baba’s lap one has to die. But that is false. Sincere sadhakas regularly sit on Baba’s lap in their meditation. It is His grace. It is just like a child need not die in order to sit on his father’s lap.

The idea is that this phrase - Baba's lap - has been linked with death due to extreme overuse. So for some time if sadhakas use this phrase exclusively for spiritual purposes, that will be best. The phrase, "sitting on Baba's lap", should not meet a similar fate. It should not lose its pure spiritual quality and just refer to one's death. That will be very negative.

Baba would bless bhaktas and place them on His lap

There are tens of thousands of recorded stories by sadhakas where they use the phrase, "on Baba's lap", when describing their experiences of being with Baba: He used to bless them and bring them on His lap. People should understand the deeply mystical value of this expression, and not just think that Baba's lap means death, i.e. that you can only sit on His lap at the time of death. Still today there are thousands of margiis walking this earth who sat in Baba's lap. And not only that, there are countless more sadhakas who were blessed by Baba in dreams and sadhana wherein they sat in His lap. And still today this deeply intimate experience is attainable by sadhakas, by His grace.

There are so many ways an aspirant can reach unto Baba's lap including in sadhana. That is the main idea that should be preserved. Sadhana is a spiritual practice and one can sit on Baba's lap in sadhana. We should make it cent-per-cent clear to one and all that the phrase, "sitting on Baba's lap", does not mean death.

"Mahaprayan" means death of mortals - confirm for yourself
from the Samsad Bengali-English Dictionary

Mahaprayan (Death): Many are aware that mahaprayan (death) is the common term used in India and especially in our Bengal to describe the death of any human being, even ordinary people. In that way, the obituary columns of the newspapers of Bengal regularly cite the mahaprayan (death) of various persons of society who died or passed away.

Some may get confused and wrongly think that the word 'mahaprayan' (death) is one extraordinarily term of bhakti to be used in association with Parama Purusa. But that is not at all the case. Rather to do so is only to undermine the eternal presence of Parama Purusa. That is why no bhaktas ever use the word 'mahaprayan' in reference to Lord Shiva or Lord Krsna. Because Lord Shiva and Lord Krsna exist eternally. Then there is no question of Their mahaprayan (death).

Baba is Parama Purusa so He is eternal and there is no question of His mahaprayan.

Here it should be known that the convention of an annual death day ceremony (i.e. shraddhainjali or mahaprayan) is a foundation of the Islamic tradition. Muslims are well known for this, and their approach of an annual death day ceremony was adopted by the leader of a particular group in AMPS. So no one should think that mahaprayan is some type of sacred event. It is done on the death day anniversary of Muslims.

And for those who need still more technical proof then all this can be clarified quite readily by referencing the dictionary. Specifically in the Samsad Bengali-English dictionary 3rd edition on page 848. Checking there it will be confirmed that the word 'mahaprayan' means death. Which is why it is used to refer to the passing away of even common citizens. And that is the case in this letter also. The term mahaprayan means death and this is the ideal term for this purpose.

Mahaprayan is only for humans not for Sadguru

Here it should be qualified that there is both real mahaprayan and fake mahaprayan. Real mahaprayan marks the death of any ordinary human being, just like the aforesaid news. This is the proper use of the term: To note a person's departure from this earth. That is the meaning of the mahaprayan term and that is the standard way the term is used in Indian languages.

Then there is the fake, or so-called, or dogmatic mahaprayan. That is when certain vested interests try to apply the mahaprayan term to Parama Purusa. This is grossly inappropriate because when Parama Purusa Sadguru Baba is that Divine Entity who is beginningless and endless and resides always in our heart, then it is entirely wrong to proclaim that He is gone.

That is why rational margiis are protesting; because the Oct 21st program is so-called mahaprayan. So-called means that something is fake. Parama Purusa is eternal, thus for some vested interests to declare "mahaprayan of Parama Purusa" is nothing but so-called mahaprayan.

Mahaprayan only really happens in the case of human beings, not Parama Purusa. Those doing mahaprayan for Sadguru are hypocrites. On the one side in meditation they ask His grace thinking that He is ever-present, and on the other side they think that Baba has passed way. That is their hypocrisy.


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