Narrow-Mindedness

An anonymous submission:

"My friend, it's easy to setup a blog for a discussion than doing some real constructive work. If you are not happy with current Swadhyay leadership, go on your own way. You have Dadaji's thought with you, why wait..start doing your own work and help others. No one can stop you. If your motive is really good, why hide your identity?

Also, why show the "Anti-" group website which also has nasty/trash talk about Rev. Dadaji? Which is not acceptable to any sensible and real Swadhyay. Don't try to fool with others."

This blog is for Swadhyayees to speak freely:

(1) Many people have consciously given their lives to Swadhyay, they have just are just as much a part of the "Parivar" as the leadership; What are you saying? That if your brothers/sisters don't agree with you than they should go find another family? You don't want to tolerate people that have different opinions in your family? Listen to your statement (paraphrased): "If you don't like it, get lost." So much for our "Divine Brotherhood."

(2) People share because they care, otherwise they would have gone their own way long ago. You are right, no one can stop anyone from doing God's work, but people value the family that Swadhyay provides, believe that it is integral to the philosophy, and would much rather do it together.

(3) You don't know who is writing for this blog (neither do we); so please, do not be so ignorant as to assume that people who write are not being "constructive" or that they have not given as much or more to Swadhyay than others. It is hard to hear things that we do not agree with, but we must tolerate and weather them to get back to a state of compassion. Is there a rule against free speech in the Swadhyay Parivar?

(4) The nature of the submission above is exactly why this blog remains anonymous. We are anonymous because there is a real fear of persecution in Swadhyay - people are not encouraged to share their real opinions for fear of being ostracized, being told to leave, being told that we are not "constructive", or being accused of "trying to fool with others". Read the content on this blog and judge our motive based on what is here rather than your own speculation. If we do not allow our people open spaces to speak without fear, we will ultimately do more damage to our parivar than good.

(5) By not linking to the "Anti-Group" website, the site is not going to disappear. This blog makes it clear that we do not agree with it - it is full of anger, speculation, defamatory comments about Dadaji and Didi, and venomous lies - but we do not believe that we should hide from information or attempt to hide it from others; Learn to kill your enemies with kindness - embrace and love them and they will be overcome. If you never talk to your children about drugs, they will try it. Ignorance is not sustainable.

We should not be fearful of information / knowledge, and must respect the discretion of our fellow brothers and sisters. If we know all that is out there (good or bad) and continue to be a part of Swadhyay, we will be there with our own conviction. At this stage, we cannot expect people to respect Swadhyay because we tell them to - our actions will speak far more than words. We must be open minded in our action, be willing to listen, and recognize the greatness of the Swadhyay work; let that shine. We should provide information, provide stronger viewpoints supporting our positions with more integrity than the critics, and let people make their own decisions. You will find that people will automatically pick the things that are sensible.