I observed within the SCC cult that there was a lot of manipulation going on.
Whether in Hitler's Germany, or in CKG's SCC, the politically correct thought
and speech came to be well known, and one took risks by being candid, or honest,
or facing issues squarely, or reporting accurately. One small example will
suffice.
 
Whenever there would be an issue raised (by a disciple to either Alo or CKG
himself) about something that needed improving, something that was a concern, or
something that was going on which seemed inappropriate, the person who did the
reporting ran a substantial risk of being labelled (by Alo or CKG) as
"complaining". I often noticed that Alo in particular would have this label
ready for anyone who reported anything but "good news". And I often heard
Chinmoy ask for news, but only "good news" - he did not want to hear reality,
just "good things".
 
(To be honest, Alo would also sometimes see an injustice, feel indignation, and
take it up with the boss, and I saw much more human candour and decency in her
than in him, in this regard.)
 
 I do not have the evidence, but my sense is that Chinmoy himself was even MORE
quick label people who reported difficulties as "bitching and moaning" (to use a
colourful phrase). The idea being: if you don't like what you hear, then there
has to be a culprit, namely a complainer, or a "bitcher and moaner". This
approach of theirs was similar to "shoot the messenger" - but actually a bit
more like "label the messenger"... with a view to dismissing the issue which he
or she raised and incidentally discrediting anyone who was not flattering you or
telling you what you liked to hear. Heaven forbid that Chinmoy would face
unflattering realities about HIS centres that would reflect on HIM.
 
I wonder if any of these bad habits have rubbed off on any of the current
followers, or former followers (ex disciples)? In any situation where one takes
risks by being candid, or honest, or addressing issues squarely, or reporting
accurately, or situating responsibility squarely in the realm of individual
karma, it's tempting to speculate what is at work.  In a cult, it's easy to
trace denial to the leader. In a forum of ex cult members, it would perhaps not
be so simple and obvious.

--- On Wed, 7/8/09, rudratamm@... <rudratamm@...> wrote:


From: rudratamm@... <rudratamm@...>
Subject: [Sri_Chinmoy_Information] Explaining a reference to T.S. Elliot
To: sri_chinmoy_information@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 11:41 AM









 In The Hollow Men (1925), T.S. Elliot wrote:
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
 
As history never repeats itself exactly, so also no analogy, however useful, is
precise in every detail, nor need it be to convey its message.
 
In the early 1940s, belief in the legitimacy and basic justice of Nazi Germany
persisted, despite rumors of death camps on a genocidal scale. For Jews, such
beliefs were shattered, all too often literally with a bang, or a hiss of gas,
or via heroic efforts to hide or survive. For Germans, belief that their Leader
was other than a homicidal maniac were shattered within a few months in 1945 as 
the Third Reich, which was to last 1,000 years, collapsed. Germany, which once
occupied much of Europe, was itself occupied by foreign troops, population
centers were damaged by bombings and street fighting, and photos of the corpses,
the gas chambers, and gaunt survivors were widely disseminated. Admittedly, a
few months is longer than a bang, but still the cessation in belief in the basic
human character of a national leader was sudden and irrefutable, like a bang.
 
In the Centre, from what I have heard, knowledge that serious allegations have
been raised against the basic character its leader, Ghose, is universal, even if
many disciples have not dared to investigate the details of the allegations, and
thus there is an analogy between  early 1940s Germany with the Centre at
present.
    The analogy ends, because in most instances, I do not think the belief that
Ghose was divine, or an Avatar, will end in a bang, i.e. in a satisfying
realization that "he was a charismatic con-man, like most cult masters, I was
taken in, and now I must rearrange my belief systems anew."  Four women have
written that they had mechanical sex with Ghose, or conducted lesbian sex with
him watching. We all witnessed the bogus weight lifting, heard the claims of
Highest Avatar Ever, saw the relentless push for name and fame. For some
disciples, no number of testimonials will suffice to cause a sudden reversal of
faith in Ghose
    I don't foresee a collapse of the organization. There is too much money
there, in the various real estate and in the Jharna Kala Foundation, for those
in charge to walk away. Some group structure will remain, and with it a place
for members to go and partake of activities. It will be just one of the many
oddball churches in Queens. For those in whom faith in Ghose as an Avatar ends,
that belief  will gradually fade away, become irrelevant in the struggles of
daily life. What began years ago an an fervent aspiration to discover God and
save the world will become not worth the effort to attend weekly meetings, or
keep in contact with the Centre for those disciples who move to reside
elsewhere. Thus the reference in my last posting that a person's connection with
the Ghose world will end not with a bang but with a whimper.  
  If a once encompassing faith in a person fading to a whimper sounds a bit
depressing, it is, and that is reality. In the growth of our consciousness, if
we remain fixated in one level longer than we should, depression will set in,
because there is no more progression to a deeper, more fulfilling truth.

      
rudra 
 

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