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| Some Contradictions in Sahaja Yoga{pointed out by a previous forum member}Posted on [talk-about-sy] on 2/2/2004 by Giahn [nutmeg2323@yahoo.com.au]1) You are your own guru, but you are told to follow your leaders. 2) Mataji says that SY can cure all kinds of diseases, but SY's continue toget serious physical and mental illnesses which SY doesn't cure, and mataji herself also goes to various doctors. 3) SY is free and open to everyone, but notice that most of the SY's mataji surrounds herself with are either high-paid professionals or wealthy individuals. Very few SY's of modest means are among the chosen few who get to spend much time with her. If you doubt this, check it out for yourself. 4) The "experience" which is talked about in SY is said to be spontaneous, but if you ask most SY's they rarely experience it spontaneously. In fact, they must follow a formalized meditation routine, repeat mantras, use symbolic props and so forth - all to generate the "spontaneous" experience. 5) SY is a belief system, in spite of how it is presented otherwise. It is a religion with its own inherent beliefs, like other religions. 6) SY is said to unite the religions of the world, but it is predominently Hindu. 7) Mataji's family always gets to sit in the front row at the music programs, even though they are not SY's. SY's are told to forget about their attachments to their families and concentrate only on spirituality. Meanwhile, Mataji travels the world visiting her family and they get to sit up front with her while the SY's sit in the back and watch a video monitor. Why is she so attached to her family if they aren't SY's? As she said, SY is your family now. 8) Listen closely to Mataji's public programs on tape. She has been repeating the same lecture over and over and over for years. This is also true for many puja lectures. 9) Mataji claims to have been Jesus' mother in the past, as well as many other important figures. Yet, she offers very little specific information about the life of Jesus or anyone else. Why does she not set the record straight once and for all about Jesus and his life, what he really did, and so forth? 10) There is very little substantive information given to SY's about the subtle body. Mataji told SY's that she didn't write a book about it because then it would just be mental knowledge and of no use. In addition, she said that all SY's should become experts in the knowledge of "vibrations". Nonetheless, SY's are not experts, there is not a clear understanding of how to actually use "vibrations" to detect or treat serious diseases. SY's don't even know the basics about how chakras function. 11) SY is meant to unite humanity, but because it has set itself apart as a distinct religion it is adding to the division of humanity. By being separate it is divisive. It can only unite humanity if all humans join into it. 12) Mataji says she is God, and that God has no interest in money. Yet she has taken hundreds of thousands of unaccounted "dakshinat" over the years. She has never provided an accurate accounting of where all the collected money goes. 13) Mataji has said that SY is natural and spontaneous, and therefore she never needs to tell SY's what to do because they can feel what is good for themselves. Yet, she is continually telling SY's what to do and what to not do. 14) Mataji says she needs no comforts at all, yet she travels and lives in the lap of luxury. 15) In America all SY's were specifically encouraged to send a letter to their government officials (who had no idea who mataji is) which asked these officials to send mataji a birthday greeting. SY's were given an example of a letter to send out. Later, SY's and mataji proudly exclaimed about how many government officials recognized mataji and sent her birthday greetings. SY willingly participated in this sham. 16) Mataji has been sharply criticising America for 20 years for its social and ethical decline (calling it a "demonocracy"), but she does not mind her grandchildren attending expensive American colleges, and now she herself plans to live here for much of the year. 17) In Mataji's letters to the ex-SY website, she makes a number of errors in her comments about specific individuals involved. She says she is omniscient, but she makes errors. 18) When mataji makes errors she is still considered to be omniscient, because, being in charge of the universe as she is, when she makes errors she is doing it intentionally. That is her maya power, to trick humans. SY's believe this. 19) Mataji says you can't organize God, but she has created a huge organization in the name of God. 20) Mataji and SY's use some photographs which are considered "miraculous" yet are clearly known to be photographic flaws (such as a flashbulb causing a light, which is then said to be light emanting from one of her chakras). 21) Have you ever read her recent book? Some sections are clearly excerpts from lectures, which she has repeated many times. This book was supposed to give humanity an understanding of her vision. If you have read this book you will know that it clarifies very little. It is barely organized. |