Yesterday there was a debate at our monthly gathering.The topic to be discussed was 'Change in self after joining SahajxMarg.' Sahaj Marg is what I practice for my spiritual life.I was not in favor of this topic as I felt that most would just say very superficial things that happened in their lives and also the change cannot be sometimes discussed openly.The center in charge was somehow a curious person and he did not understand my objection to the theme selected for debate.Thankfully there were others who also thought likewise and the topic was debated actually for why one cannot choose that subject.
I now come to the real issue that I feel crops up in such meetings.I do find that many followers are just not amenable for really saying why a thing cannot be called as a regular subject of discussion.Blind following of the Master is there as some feel that it is decided so and hence cannot be discussed at all.For example when the topic for expansion of the system was being discussed I had opined that they find means for increasing 'satsanghs',in different areas and on different days as the present attendance on Sundays can be inconvenient to women especially as women are loaded with house work on Sundays.
The above suggestion was not favorably viewed as the idea was that it was decided by the Master and how can one question it.I had to again clarify that it can be put forward as suggestion by the prospective abhyasis.I am coming to the conclusion that as you progress and the mission grows more and more ritualism like in religious worship does come in organizations too.Though the organization did start as negating system for ritualism still at some point structure implies more orders not to be changed and so rituals again.So the old order of having Monday as special pooja for Lord Siva followed by religious people have manifested here as Sunday satsangh having special significance.
This does not mean that I am opposed to having structures but what I am highlighting is that after all is said and done when an organization grows it exhibits the same flaws that was there in earlier such structures too.It takes some guts to agree that it is so and cannot be helped.Most of the time I prefer a personal God that will be my mainstay so that all such negative elements can be avoided.
I hope I have argued myself out properly.I may have to write again to clarify my thoughts further.
Jayamala.
Blogs That I Follow.
- http://navallanga.blogspot.com
- News Item That touched Me ....There was one article in this month's Reader's Digest about Kamalbhai Parmar who is running a fabricating unit and who runsa school,rather a tution school for the poor students in Ahmedabad.It takes a large heart to start something like this.I do wish I can do something like that too.Atleast be able to teach in such effort .
- Books That I am reading now.....I am reading "Under Orders" by Dick Francis.Just started.Seems to be about issues in racing sport.
- News Items That Touched Me Today----The bicyc;e scores over train and car in a survey conducted for two wheeler travel ina congested metro like New York as the fastest transport..
- Movies That I Liked.....I watched a Malayalam Movie called'Vastu Hara' in Kairali T.V.yesterday.The story touches about losers who migrate abandoning their personal properties during divison of countries and realtes to the creation of East Pakistan called East Bengal dividing Bengalis .Also running underneath the main issue is the personal loss of property which gets rejected by the Mother in the story who is offered the same back by her Husband's relatives.
- Books That Are My Favorites----Somerset Maughm's short stories,Arthur Conan Doyle's 'sherlock Holm mysteries',All of Shakespearian dramas,The Bronte sister's writings,Poems by Mathew Arnold and Tagore's 'gitanjali'.This list is not exahaustive.
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