Think Before You Click
Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamay:
Think Before You Click
We need to keep in mind that in the days of "Googling" whatever we put on the web sites, will be viewed not only by fellow swadhyayis but also by various Religious, Govt and NonGovt agencies. There is a danger that many of them will base their opinions re. our work, regarding people like you and me, not based on the facts of transformations of countless people but based on what few Self Proclaimed Krutishoonya intelligent people have to say.
I am sure you are aware regarding difficulties that Catholic Church, Swaminarayan Sampraday, Islam etc. have faced by the actions of handful of their followers. Have you seen any bashing by any of their own followers that we have experienced? This is precisely the "Internal Vighna in Yagniya Karya" that Pujya Dadaji forewarned us against many years ago.
The swadhyayis who took the law in their hands have done enough damage to our work. However, the people who try to philosophise without their own conviction under the title "Someone Else's Fight", are doing equal and possibly even greater damage to our noble work by making it just one click away for the whole world. If you believe that Swadhyay is trash and Pujya Dadaji has not accomlished anything, than I rest my case. If you are a believer that this is a great work than you have to stop this kind of ***** [EDITED for content violation].
Let us pray to God "Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamay"
He Yogeshwar: Please keep us away from the Tamas of Krutishoonyata, Skepticism, Ego and from harming the divine work because of my narrow visions and limited intelligence.
posted by Love Swadhyay at 1:21 AM
2 Comments:
You make some very good points, but not putting things on the Internet because you are fearful of what others may read only suggests your attempts to suppress what people are feeling. If we don't show how we are a thinking parivar, anyone else who searches the web will think we are a murdering one.
Why is it so troubling to you to be honest and transparent? Do you REALLY believe that no "true" Swadhyayees are asking questions right now?
I suspect the person who wrote the article you cite has more real conviction than you do - have you read it? It ends by saying we must come back to the things that make Swadhyay so amazing for us - doesn't sound like he/she is trying to be negative or bash Swadhyay - it is realistic: I, for one, have seen the same progression.
Read the articles for what they say and not for the negativity that you are looking for to support your own position of "everyone is out to get us". Go read some of the other sites if you want to see what bashing is about. This one, at least, is trying to get people to think and share aloud.
Why does it sound to me like you are trying to control how people think. Is that just a natural response to being hurt? Or is it something more?
1:37 AM
I'm not sure how this fear of expression slowly crept into Swadhyay, but it is the most blatant oxymoron to what Dada taught us all. We need to remember that Swadhyay is a process and not an end result. Dada never claimed to have assembled a group of individuals that were perfect and never questioned anything. Instead, Dada devoted his life to the process of development. Swadhyay is a group of people who are dedicated to that process of becoming closer to that inner voice (God, Allah, Christ, the supreme power...call it whatever you may).
I'm not sure how fear of what others think (a fear Dada never had) holds you back from asking questions. I'm not sure how you equate "asking questions" with "anti-Swadhyay" or "anti-karya"?
If you have studied history, it will be evident to you that this very fear of asking questions has led to most of the problems. Even in the examples you give - the debacle with the Catholic Church, Swaminarayan Sampraday, Islam, etc. - this is evident. They are facing problems because their constituents never asked questions!
8:33 AM
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