Pretenders and Imposters
shared by Karuna munshi
"PRETENDERS"
A SHORT PARAGRAPH TAKEN FROM SWAMI'S DISCOURSE
In the Bhaagavatham, there is mention of a certain Poundraka, who sought to become a passable 'imitation' of Krishna. He added unto his name the name of Krishna, viz., Vaasudheva. He announced himself as Poundraka Vaasudheva. He got made an imitation Conch and an imitation Wheel (out of wood) and carried them about, in his two artificial extra hands.
He discovered the style which Krishna adopted while wearing His yellow silken robe and he scrupulously followed the same. He skilfully imitated the gait and gestures of Krishna. Some fools gathered round him, mistaking him to be the Lord they were seeking. His insanity finally brought about his downfall and humiliation.
"Nature is the best preacher in this Kali Yuga. Also such imitations are cropping up just as Poundraka shaped himself into a Vaasudheva."
We have today even Sathya Sai Babas. They get the same type of robe stitched, they strain themselves to cultivate the crown of hair, they study photographs and hold their hands up very nearly like I do and make themselves ridiculous by frantic efforts to imitate Me. They forget that "imitation is only human but, Creation is Divine".
Those who attempt to become Sathya Sai Babas by this ludicrous process of imitation only destroy whatever faith some people have placed in the Divine. They are poisonous pests which injure the peace and harmony of society. They collect around themselves insects of like nature. For only birds of the same feather can flock together.
These 'pretenders' fall into ruin themselves and bring ruin on the society where they operate, as the proverbial horde of monkeys that ruin themselves and bring ruin on the forest which they inhabit. Let me tell you this : "There is no need for you to follow this person or that person in the search for a Guru." The heart full of compassion is the altar of God. Nature is the best preacher. Life is the best teacher.
Fill yourselves with awe and reverence at the handiwork of God, the manifestation of His Power and Glory that is called the World.
THIS IS ENOUGH INSTRUCTION AND ENOUGH INSPIRATION FOR YOU.
Brindhaavan, 14-1-1973
Source : Sathya Sai Speaks, Ch. 2, PRETENDERS, Pp. 4,5,6.
Brothers and Sisters even OUT OF CURIOSITY don't visit any of Madhusudan Naidu's so-called darshan. He is the biggest pretender of this Kaliyuga!
He discovered the style which Krishna adopted while wearing His yellow silken robe and he scrupulously followed the same. He skilfully imitated the gait and gestures of Krishna. Some fools gathered round him, mistaking him to be the Lord they were seeking. His insanity finally brought about his downfall and humiliation.
"Nature is the best preacher in this Kali Yuga. Also such imitations are cropping up just as Poundraka shaped himself into a Vaasudheva."
We have today even Sathya Sai Babas. They get the same type of robe stitched, they strain themselves to cultivate the crown of hair, they study photographs and hold their hands up very nearly like I do and make themselves ridiculous by frantic efforts to imitate Me. They forget that "imitation is only human but, Creation is Divine".
Those who attempt to become Sathya Sai Babas by this ludicrous process of imitation only destroy whatever faith some people have placed in the Divine. They are poisonous pests which injure the peace and harmony of society. They collect around themselves insects of like nature. For only birds of the same feather can flock together.
These 'pretenders' fall into ruin themselves and bring ruin on the society where they operate, as the proverbial horde of monkeys that ruin themselves and bring ruin on the forest which they inhabit. Let me tell you this : "There is no need for you to follow this person or that person in the search for a Guru." The heart full of compassion is the altar of God. Nature is the best preacher. Life is the best teacher.
Fill yourselves with awe and reverence at the handiwork of God, the manifestation of His Power and Glory that is called the World.
THIS IS ENOUGH INSTRUCTION AND ENOUGH INSPIRATION FOR YOU.
Brindhaavan, 14-1-1973
Source : Sathya Sai Speaks, Ch. 2, PRETENDERS, Pp. 4,5,6.
Brothers and Sisters even OUT OF CURIOSITY don't visit any of Madhusudan Naidu's so-called darshan. He is the biggest pretender of this Kaliyuga!
Exposed - The Murk Behind the Muddenahalli Melodrama
An Insider Job
-Smt.Karuna Sarup Munshi
Prashanti Nilayam, Puttaparti (India)
Prashanti Nilayam, Puttaparti (India)
A Big Hurry to Cash in The Gold Rush
Today, the Sai movement is passing through a chapter that history in its perfect hindsight is likely to describe as 'The Sifting Period'. For the millions who pray in the name of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai, there are few others who are preying on the same name, each group according to their motive. In the absence of the luxury to seek clarity and confirmation in person from Bhagavan Baba, the dreamers, the clairvoyants, the unholy as well as the 'light' and 'subtle' impostors are on the loose, spinning myths and lies, alternate realities, half truths, deceptions and distortions for personal gain, and in the process defiling the supreme sacredness that Bhagavan Baba epitomised.
After enjoying decades of His divine personal attention, love, blessings, rescue operations, infinite acts of His grace as well as some of the most coveted and prime Darshan privileges, some of these VIPs and a few misguided alumni of Sai schools and university have disappeared from the hallowed ashram of Prashanti Nilayam. Once respected and revered in Sai circles globally because of their status in the ashram, or their pedigree as His students, today, they have formed unholy alliances to start splinter groups and parallel missions in competition with their Master's.
Before their reflected glory fades away, they are in a rush to cash in on the name that they are preying upon as their ATM Card, Passport and Visa to unfulfilled desires for power, position, wealth, luxury, bragging rights, spiritual fantasy and personal score settling. It is a perfect example of an insider job par-excellence, planned and executed with a firm grip on the psychology and vulnerability of Sai devotees in the aftermath of Bhagavan Baba's Maha Samadhi.
Strategists involved are individuals of immense experience, sharp thinking and plenty of insider information on the history of various key players in the global Sai family. Their execution of the plan is laudable for its excellence in public relations, hospitality as well as the ego massaging of the high net worth contributors to the Sai humanitarian projects. They have cast their net wide enough to include high-profile artists from the music industry and world famous sports persons and another very important target group – those with grouses against the Puttaparthi ashram.
After enjoying decades of His divine personal attention, love, blessings, rescue operations, infinite acts of His grace as well as some of the most coveted and prime Darshan privileges, some of these VIPs and a few misguided alumni of Sai schools and university have disappeared from the hallowed ashram of Prashanti Nilayam. Once respected and revered in Sai circles globally because of their status in the ashram, or their pedigree as His students, today, they have formed unholy alliances to start splinter groups and parallel missions in competition with their Master's.
Before their reflected glory fades away, they are in a rush to cash in on the name that they are preying upon as their ATM Card, Passport and Visa to unfulfilled desires for power, position, wealth, luxury, bragging rights, spiritual fantasy and personal score settling. It is a perfect example of an insider job par-excellence, planned and executed with a firm grip on the psychology and vulnerability of Sai devotees in the aftermath of Bhagavan Baba's Maha Samadhi.
Strategists involved are individuals of immense experience, sharp thinking and plenty of insider information on the history of various key players in the global Sai family. Their execution of the plan is laudable for its excellence in public relations, hospitality as well as the ego massaging of the high net worth contributors to the Sai humanitarian projects. They have cast their net wide enough to include high-profile artists from the music industry and world famous sports persons and another very important target group – those with grouses against the Puttaparthi ashram.
The Modus Operandi
Headquartered in Muddenahalli, Karnataka, on a SSS Central Trust property that the team is illegally occupying, this modern day Illuminati is growing at a dangerously exponential rate with branch offices in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh and several foreign locales, including Australia, USA, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Fiji, UK, Nigeria, Croatia, Malaysia...
A deadly combination of business savvy, the practice of the mother of all voodoos –vashikaran which is an ancient and highly secretive Indian craft for casting spells through vibrations in the food and drinks so generously offered in Muddenahalli, and the Tantric science of tapping lower disembodied energies for purposes of mind-reading to demonstrate omniscience, is all working like a charm on many.
To fill the void of Baba's physical absence, the team is projecting a young man with a dubious history as a medium for connecting with Baba's devotees. Mock darshans of the invisible Baba, and indirect interviews with Him via the mediumship (intervention) of this so called ‘chosen communicator ’ and translation by his conjurer are just a few of the deceptions they are pulling off to fill their coffers and enjoy their power trips, as they globe trot first class and drive in luxury cars, bought from the financial windfall they are reaping.
A deadly combination of business savvy, the practice of the mother of all voodoos –vashikaran which is an ancient and highly secretive Indian craft for casting spells through vibrations in the food and drinks so generously offered in Muddenahalli, and the Tantric science of tapping lower disembodied energies for purposes of mind-reading to demonstrate omniscience, is all working like a charm on many.
To fill the void of Baba's physical absence, the team is projecting a young man with a dubious history as a medium for connecting with Baba's devotees. Mock darshans of the invisible Baba, and indirect interviews with Him via the mediumship (intervention) of this so called ‘chosen communicator ’ and translation by his conjurer are just a few of the deceptions they are pulling off to fill their coffers and enjoy their power trips, as they globe trot first class and drive in luxury cars, bought from the financial windfall they are reaping.
Dissenters & Disgruntled Unite in Greed and Deceit
What a razor thin path spirituality is because an attempt to compile a composite profile of a typical dissenter throws up a male who began as a spiritual seeker, has had much direct experiences with Baba, someone who harboured grandiose spiritual aspirations, has suffered calumny of various types – personal disrepute, financial losses or painful ego bashing, someone whose hunger for power and position in the affairs of the Sai mission has remained unfulfilled, mostly due to being sidelined in Prashanti Nilayam ashram for a number of reasons, including financial misappropriation and other acts of misconduct and misdemeanour. The typical dissenter is a fallen tyagajeevi.
On the other hand, their followers include emotionally and spiritually confused alumni (both male and female) with a long list of unfulfilled desires. They are seekers with a track record of frequently shifting loyalties and a need for attention and authority.
Others following the splinter group of make belief darshans and interviews include those who had difficulty in connecting with the Sai within and those who always wanted to get close to His Divine Self in person but could not. Some others, much like the 'pretend Baba' are looking for financial quick fixes in life. A few are finding the easy discipline of the 'clone' establishment that encourages unholy alliances very welcoming – moves that would never be permitted in the sacred precincts of Prasanthi Nilayam.
Many of them are falling for the public relations and politeness at MDH as well as the leadership roles accorded to them. As a nascent organisation, the rules and routines in MDH are still evolving and thanks to the bumper harvest of monies, the budgets are flexible. Others are hungry for phenomena in absence of their faith in their own inner connection with God incarnate they so dearly loved.
The personalised attention and acknowledgment of those who are moving their loyalty to the new movement is also helping cement the relationship. The desire for Baba's physical attention and personal interactions is drawing spiritual weaklings to this alternate-pseudo reality. The luxurious hospitality is further tempting many wealthy families to the five star destination experience which offers valet parking, air-conditioned accommodation and automatic laundramats, not to mention the 7 course meals and drinks spiked with the spells. A person of modest means does not exist within a mile of this spiritual spa for the rich and the comfort loving seekers.
On the other hand, their followers include emotionally and spiritually confused alumni (both male and female) with a long list of unfulfilled desires. They are seekers with a track record of frequently shifting loyalties and a need for attention and authority.
Others following the splinter group of make belief darshans and interviews include those who had difficulty in connecting with the Sai within and those who always wanted to get close to His Divine Self in person but could not. Some others, much like the 'pretend Baba' are looking for financial quick fixes in life. A few are finding the easy discipline of the 'clone' establishment that encourages unholy alliances very welcoming – moves that would never be permitted in the sacred precincts of Prasanthi Nilayam.
Many of them are falling for the public relations and politeness at MDH as well as the leadership roles accorded to them. As a nascent organisation, the rules and routines in MDH are still evolving and thanks to the bumper harvest of monies, the budgets are flexible. Others are hungry for phenomena in absence of their faith in their own inner connection with God incarnate they so dearly loved.
The personalised attention and acknowledgment of those who are moving their loyalty to the new movement is also helping cement the relationship. The desire for Baba's physical attention and personal interactions is drawing spiritual weaklings to this alternate-pseudo reality. The luxurious hospitality is further tempting many wealthy families to the five star destination experience which offers valet parking, air-conditioned accommodation and automatic laundramats, not to mention the 7 course meals and drinks spiked with the spells. A person of modest means does not exist within a mile of this spiritual spa for the rich and the comfort loving seekers.
Sheeple People – Follow the Herd
There is also a group of genuine seekers who are caught in this illusion because they believe that if 'so and so' is going and so many are going, then there has to be something to it. Their faith in the drama at MDH is based more others' recommendation and on the lofty image of the key players in their minds, and the large numbers that are showing up there for each day's 'performance' where one moment the 'communicator' walks behind the invisible Baba and the very next minute he becomes Baba and starts accepting flowers, blessing devotees and cutting cakes. Often many curious seekers go for this imaginary sighting of the invisible Baba because some former well-respected devotee invites them. Once they fall prey to the tantra and the vashikaran, they are sucked into its vortex and can't extricate themselves without serious inner will and clarity.
A large number of naive alumni were roped in by one of their own - a professional head-hunter currently engaged as a recruiter by the MDH team for brining in the gullible to the location. Another alumna, a head of Public Relations business is in-charge of damage control and advises the group on how to cover everything sinister with such grandiose acts as the Athi Rudra Yagna during Navratri to distract devotees from heading to Prashanthi Nilayam. The confusion thus generated has many sincere and unsuspecting people caught in a web of lies and deceit camouflaged cleverly as a spiritual experience.
A large number of naive alumni were roped in by one of their own - a professional head-hunter currently engaged as a recruiter by the MDH team for brining in the gullible to the location. Another alumna, a head of Public Relations business is in-charge of damage control and advises the group on how to cover everything sinister with such grandiose acts as the Athi Rudra Yagna during Navratri to distract devotees from heading to Prashanthi Nilayam. The confusion thus generated has many sincere and unsuspecting people caught in a web of lies and deceit camouflaged cleverly as a spiritual experience.
Imitate and Outperform the Competition
By Erecting Superstructures on a Foundation of Lies
The core team has been smart enough to replicate the blue print laid out by Bhagavan Baba for projects devoted to social uplift, thus painting their affairs in a kosher veneer. Combined with great marketing, they have pressed all the hot buttons such as their clean energy project, to win the hearts of gullible devotees. In the process, they have pulled off quite a financial coup by tapping into enormous donations that some unsuspecting devotees are making in the name of their beloved Lord Sai without quite realising the intentions of the parallel trust. Some portion of these funds is diverted to build larger and grander institutions in record time, in order to outshine the SSS Central Trust which Bhagavan Baba personally set-up and appointed Trustees to before His departure from the physical plane. The pace at which new MDH multi-crore rupee projects are being announced at every new foreign trip by the core team indicates their hurry to cash in the gold rush while it lasts.
The few grand physical structures that are rising in record time due to free spending is reassuring for the donors who see their monies being utilised before their very eyes. Others claim that the speedy construction of the buildings is enough proof that everything happening in MDH is sanctioned by Baba. What the donors do not know is how much of the monies collected are going towards the external edifices and the real motive behind this display of ostentatiousness. And thanks to their being sucked into the fraud through the use of tantra, their will to question anything has been neutralized.
The hurriedly set-up Trust is using every opportunity to claim that they are the heirs to the throne of a Master who would never have approved such money laundering, extravagance, wastage, or lavish spending. Till such time these super-structures build on the foundation of lies implode, as is bound to happen when motives and methods are as sullied and suspect, the group will continue to prey upon the weak amongst Baba's devotees who will do anything to feel that connection with Him that they sorely miss.
Dubbed the 'fraud squad' on social media, this MDH team is busy cashing in on the confusion they have so deceivingly created by projecting their newly formed trust as the custodians of the legacy of Bhagavan Baba. The operation is perfect example of a spiritual fraud and blackmail in an age where everything and everyone is dispensable and cashable, including one's devotion to God, oaths of honesty, simplicity and spiritual discipline.
The few grand physical structures that are rising in record time due to free spending is reassuring for the donors who see their monies being utilised before their very eyes. Others claim that the speedy construction of the buildings is enough proof that everything happening in MDH is sanctioned by Baba. What the donors do not know is how much of the monies collected are going towards the external edifices and the real motive behind this display of ostentatiousness. And thanks to their being sucked into the fraud through the use of tantra, their will to question anything has been neutralized.
The hurriedly set-up Trust is using every opportunity to claim that they are the heirs to the throne of a Master who would never have approved such money laundering, extravagance, wastage, or lavish spending. Till such time these super-structures build on the foundation of lies implode, as is bound to happen when motives and methods are as sullied and suspect, the group will continue to prey upon the weak amongst Baba's devotees who will do anything to feel that connection with Him that they sorely miss.
Dubbed the 'fraud squad' on social media, this MDH team is busy cashing in on the confusion they have so deceivingly created by projecting their newly formed trust as the custodians of the legacy of Bhagavan Baba. The operation is perfect example of a spiritual fraud and blackmail in an age where everything and everyone is dispensable and cashable, including one's devotion to God, oaths of honesty, simplicity and spiritual discipline.
High Toll of Emotional Scarring Predicted For Those Involved
While personal score settling and bank accounts may be rosy for the core team, sadly, those who have bought into their brainwashing will pay a heavy psychological price once these palaces of illusion crumple before their very eyes. Cults have a history of leaving behind trails of psychological devastation when they disintegrate, which they must, upon the expiry of their shelf life. Many of those who are falling prey to the conjurers' tricks will be scarred and embarrassed deeply once they awaken to the truth, an inevitability lurking in the shadows of time.
To keep their narrative alive longer, the 'fraud squad' is spinning tales to keep the gullible engaged, be it of their exclusive ownership rights to the Prem Sai Avatar or their sole copyright to connect with Him or predictions about the end of Kali age and what not.
Despite the 42 volumes of Sathya Sai Speaks based on Baba's recorded discourses during His Avataric mission and the 15 volumes of Vahinis penned by Him in person, the pretend Baba at MDH is busy churning out spiritual-babble which his marketing team is aggressively pushing forward as the ultimate divine word. These are a few of their not-so-subtle strategic plans to extend the gold rush. If only they adhered to the amply available Sai teachings, they would not be drowning so deeply in this quagmire of deceit, fraud and illusion.
History will look back at the MDH team as a perfect example of how lust for power, position, money and personal vendetta pervades all domains of human affairs, including the spiritual. Today, the unholy alliances formed by a disgruntled few are preying on the very name that gave them their identity. They are cashing in on their once physical closeness to the Lord to grab as much as they can, while the sun shines on the hills of Muddenahalli, the headquarter of the charlatans' Illuminati of our times.
Their short, medium and long term goals are designed to keep the gullible glued and the monies flowing. Sifting of the chaff from the grain is the churning process currently in place. Time, the great leveler is witness to many such bubbles that must burst at the right time. And who knows better timing than the Master of Time, the Eternal Witness to this play of pray and prey, between the see-saw of Prashanti Nilayam and its wannabe clones set up by a group of greedy conjurers. Apart from the willing participants in the fraud, the silent witnesses are also adding to the shelf-life of the illusion, which essentially is a carefully crafted business plan.
The alumni who have chosen to fall in this trap have only to turn to their conscience, look past the generous material bonuses they receive for their defection, seek Baba's forgiveness and find Him where He is – in our own hearts and in every heart that beats. What Bhagavan taught us during His 85 years on earth is good for the next 85 thousand years to come. He did not ever say that His gospel of a direct and heart-to-heart connect with Him or of love, simplicity, sacrifice and compassion had an expiration date! Nor did Lord Krishna when He delivered the Gita. That is why millions still find their guiding light in it.
Truth can never fail, falter or expire. Sai is Truth and Truth is Sai. To not lose track of this reality is the test of every spiritual seeker. Whoever said that spirituality was an easy path!
To keep their narrative alive longer, the 'fraud squad' is spinning tales to keep the gullible engaged, be it of their exclusive ownership rights to the Prem Sai Avatar or their sole copyright to connect with Him or predictions about the end of Kali age and what not.
Despite the 42 volumes of Sathya Sai Speaks based on Baba's recorded discourses during His Avataric mission and the 15 volumes of Vahinis penned by Him in person, the pretend Baba at MDH is busy churning out spiritual-babble which his marketing team is aggressively pushing forward as the ultimate divine word. These are a few of their not-so-subtle strategic plans to extend the gold rush. If only they adhered to the amply available Sai teachings, they would not be drowning so deeply in this quagmire of deceit, fraud and illusion.
History will look back at the MDH team as a perfect example of how lust for power, position, money and personal vendetta pervades all domains of human affairs, including the spiritual. Today, the unholy alliances formed by a disgruntled few are preying on the very name that gave them their identity. They are cashing in on their once physical closeness to the Lord to grab as much as they can, while the sun shines on the hills of Muddenahalli, the headquarter of the charlatans' Illuminati of our times.
Their short, medium and long term goals are designed to keep the gullible glued and the monies flowing. Sifting of the chaff from the grain is the churning process currently in place. Time, the great leveler is witness to many such bubbles that must burst at the right time. And who knows better timing than the Master of Time, the Eternal Witness to this play of pray and prey, between the see-saw of Prashanti Nilayam and its wannabe clones set up by a group of greedy conjurers. Apart from the willing participants in the fraud, the silent witnesses are also adding to the shelf-life of the illusion, which essentially is a carefully crafted business plan.
The alumni who have chosen to fall in this trap have only to turn to their conscience, look past the generous material bonuses they receive for their defection, seek Baba's forgiveness and find Him where He is – in our own hearts and in every heart that beats. What Bhagavan taught us during His 85 years on earth is good for the next 85 thousand years to come. He did not ever say that His gospel of a direct and heart-to-heart connect with Him or of love, simplicity, sacrifice and compassion had an expiration date! Nor did Lord Krishna when He delivered the Gita. That is why millions still find their guiding light in it.
Truth can never fail, falter or expire. Sai is Truth and Truth is Sai. To not lose track of this reality is the test of every spiritual seeker. Whoever said that spirituality was an easy path!
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