The Brahma Kumaris teach that making love
is like throwing oneself off the 5th floor of a building and that was
exactly what Ranjana did.
Ranjana Patel RIP London 1993: Ranjana was a strong, alive, creative
spirit from Gujerat. She was a ’surrendered’ sister – to newcomers she
was one of the inner sanctum, part of the establishment.
Ranjana had
been “in gyan” (knowing the Truth) for about 7 years. Ranjana was a
young woman. She fell in love with one of the other members. However one
of the main tenets of the Brahma Kumaris is celibacy and she and he
broke that vow. She was devastated by a profound sense of guilt and
failure, the wanton loss of her eternal fortune, and now to spend
eternity among the lower castes. This, because she had fallen in love.
Ranjana was so devastated by her feelings of guilt and loss she jumped
off a four story building. Unbelievably she survived, although
sustaining significant injury. Later she disappeared. Someone randomly
identified a photo of her in a local paper. It was a mortuary photograph
of an unidentified body that had been lying on a cold slab for three
months unasked for. This time she had succeeded by jumping off a five
story building. The Brahma Kumaris teach that making love is like
throwing oneself off the 5th floor of a building and that was exactly
what Ranjana did. And she was right, nobody cared. Not even the BKWSU
Seniors with whom she had lived and worked for years, the very people
who had preached to her about love and kindness, and enlightenment and
service. BKWSU’s management were so indifferent to Ranjana’s death that
no effort was made to ensure that others of their membership did not
suffer so badly. Shockingly and incomprehensibly Ranjana’s brother
Sharad threw himself under a train a few years later. He was a member
for many years but always believed himself not good enough – not pure
enough, not yogi enough – the stress of the unreasonable expectations
that had been imposed on him by the teachings of the Brahma Kumaris had
killed him. The BKWSU have no duty of care policy or exit strategy.
After 70 years of enculting genuine, well-intended and intelligent
people they have devastated thousands of lives whilst preaching the same
spiritual rhetoric that killed Ranjana and Sharad and many others. Our
reason for being here is to attempt to persuade the management of the
Brahma Kumaris to introduce an effective duty of care policy and exit
strategy to transition and help existing and departing members. Their
official line, in keeping with the Founders’ teachings, is that anyone
who leaves is a traitor and should be treated accordingly. Thus far we
have been ignored, as were Ranjana and Sharad.
The BKWSU actively seeks to increase the number of “students”
who study their teachings, adopt their lifestyle and have full faith in
their belief system. However the BKWSU has never developed a capacity
to assess or assist those followers who become psychologically affected
as a result of their involvement. This is evidenced by the fact that the
tragedy of what happened to Ranjana and Sharad has never been
addressed by the BKWSU management.
https://hiddendoctrine.wordpress.com/brahma-kumaris-suicide/
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