SVP CONNAISSEZ-VOUS CES SITES??? MERCI POR FAVOR CONOCEIS A ESTOS SITIOS??? GRACIAS BITTE KENNEN SIE DIESEN WEB SITE??? DANKE PLEASE DO YOU KNOW THESE WEB SITES??? THANX especially this one is from the "family" Mo's brotherhood: http://www.thefamily.org/dossier/legal/spain.htm Is it alright? http://www.movingon.org/category.asp?sID=1&Cat=10 Related Links Child Abuse Lawsuit -- A $400 Million Lawsuit was Filed by Former SGAs Against ISKCON (Hare Krishna) For Child Abuse on June 12, 2000. Children Flogged for God -- An assortment of religious groups who believe in beating children for God. In search of a lost childhood -- horrific accounts of abuse in Hare Krishna schools In the Family: sexual abuse -- Statements from teenagers and young adults under oath of sexual abuse in the Family, summarised by the Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Ward In the Family: Teen Training -- An article from a Sociology Prof. on the detention programs in the Family. In the Shadow of the Moons : My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family -- Book, written by a young woman who grew up in the Moonies and became a 15-year-old bride handpicked by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon for his son. Link is to Amazon.com Information on the cult of Maharaj Ji -- site for people recovering from being involved in the cult of Guru Maharaj Ji/Prem Pal/Rawatt. Followers and their children have suffered abuse and deception, many are still recovering, some have committed suicide, and it's all been ignored or hushed up by the organisation (Divine Light Mission/DUO/Elan Vital/Enjoying Life.) Signs and symptoms of potential child maltreatment -- Signs of maltreatment Silent Lambs -- Children abused in the Jehovah Witnesses Tax-Exempt child abuse -- Accounts (mostly from former FGA) of child mistreatment in Scientology The cult next door: Teen shares chilling tale of alleged abuse inside the Twelve Tribes sect -- From the Boston Herald, Sep. 4, 2001 http://www.nhne.com/specialreports/srsaibaba.html NHNE Special Report Sai Baba Saturday, February 21, 1998 © Copyright 1998 by NewHeavenNewEarth ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo INTRODUCTION David Sunfellow SEX, LIES & VIDEO TAPE G.R.R. Babu MY SAI HISTORY Jed Geyerhahn MORE ON SAI BABA ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo INTRODUCTION By David Sunfellow In SMORGASBORD 6, I wrote an article entitled, "A Power Greater Than Ourselves". Among other things, the article lamented the apparent lack of authentic spiritual masters in the world today. "I have yet to meet or hear of anyone alive today," I wrote, "who embodies the kind of perfection I believe is our birthright. And while there is certainly no shortage of people claiming to be perfect, those who proclaim spiritual mastership the loudest, often turn out to be the least developed and most lost. And this includes many of the eastern world's most celebrated 'masters' who, along with whatever genuine inner strengths and powers they tapped into, frequently demonstrate glaring moral defects and/or an inability to function gracefully in the real world." While many readers wrote back saying that they, too, had grown disillusioned over the apparent lack of spiritual masters in the world today, one reader asked a question that has been nagging me for decades: "What about Sai Baba?" I first encountered Sai Baba over twenty years ago when a friend showed me a book of his. After reading that Sai Baba considered himself the second coming of Christ, I promptly dismissed both him and his claims of spiritual mastership. Eventually, I came across a psychic reading done by Ray Stanford (one of a handful of psychics that I believe was genuinely gifted), in which Sai Baba was described as "an avatar of mind unspiritualized." This particular reading, which was published in 1976 in the Journal of the ASSOCIATION FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF MAN, further accused Sai Baba of sexual indiscretions and said that he had physically beat people who did not do his will. According to the Stanford source, "There is a direct contradiction in the life of the individual involved, between what he claims of himself and what he does in practice. This is exemplified in the sexual life, in the intellectual life, and in the emotional reactions of the individual called Baba. Also is it exemplified in the external form of those attitudes mentioned -- such as the physical beatings which that one has done to individuals who did not do his will." The Stanford source also added this pointed reminder,"Realize that He who is the true incarnation of Love gives evidence of Himself by love. Do not deceive yourself by rationalization into believing that the giving of trinkets is the evidence of love, for love given purely need not conceal itself behind mere trinkets of gold, stone, and tinsel." While I viewed Sai Baba as one more wayward guru, an increasing number of friends continued to sing him praises. Some of these friends actually visited him in India. Their first-person impression of Sai Baba was that he was, indeed, the high-powered spiritual master he claimed to be. Others, who spent years in close association with Sai Baba, swore that they personally witnessed many "miracles" that could not be explained by ordinary means. In addition, Sai Baba is well-known in India, and often visited by Indian government officials and world leaders -- in part because of his supposed powers, and in part because of his reported good works, which, among other things, includes building hospitals and helping poor villages. So is Sai Baba a genuine master, or another charlatan? To get to the bottom of this, I contacted officials connected with THE COMMITTEE FOR THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF CLAIMS OF THE PARANORMAL (CSICOP), based in the United States, India and London. One of these gentlemen, G.R.R. Babu, the Executive Director of INTERNATIONAL HUMANIST & ETHICAL UNION in London, faxed me an article he wrote that itemized many disturbing events associated with Sai Baba, including faked materializations, murders, corrupt government officials, money laundering, and other scandals. Since CSIOP and their affiliate organizations are staunch humanists, they have a vested interest to discredit all claims of supernatural and/or divine interventions in the affairs of humanity. Babu's report cannot, therefore, be viewed as an objective overview of Sai Baba. In addition, Babu's article has a sarcastic edge to it that compromises normal journalistic standards. It does, however, detail events that should cause any seeking person to seriously question Sai Baba, as well his claims of mastership. With permission, I have included a copy of Babu's report on Sai Baba in this NHNE Special Report. I have also been in touch with Jed Geyerhahn, a past devotee of Sai Baba. With his permission, I have included a letter that describes his relationship with Sai Baba. Previously published on THE NEURAL SURFER (http://www.mtsac.edu/~dlane/saiessay.html), Geyerhahn's letter supports and elaborates on the accusations presented in Babu's eye-opening overview. While Sai Baba may not live up to his "perfect master" billing, it is worth noting that many of the people who have been drawn to Sai Baba are sincere spiritual seekers. As David Lane, the creator of THE NEURAL SURFER points out in picking Sai Baba as one of his top ten "Scum Bag Guru's" (http://www.mtsac.edu/~dlane/gurumay.html), "I hesitated putting this Gumby blessing Avatar on my list for over a year because his followers can be (at times) so downright sweet." Being a sincere, even a "sweet" spiritual seeker is, of course, no guarantee we won't be duped. Indeed, some of the most sincere, sweet, and discerning spiritual seekers I know were reeled in by Sai Baba -- or his devotees. But as increasing numbers of spiritual seekers mature, and our global network of ears and eyes expands, I believe it is going to be increasingly difficult for the Sai Baba's of the world to work their magic on those of us that really want to know the truth... ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo SEX, LIES & VIDEO TAPE: RETELLING THE SATYA SAI BABA STORY By G.R.R. BABU General Secretary, RATIONALIST ASSOCIATION OF INDIA THE SAI AVATAR When a luminescent ball of light entered Easwaramma while she was bathing, little did she or Pedda Venkappa Raju, her illiterate husband, realize that the Lord had chosen her surrogate womb for His next parthenocarpic incarnation. Official literature enlightens us that the Lord's coming was anticipated long ago by Jesus and Mohammed. For those who cannot find the relevant passages in their version of the Bible or Koran, a more contemporary declaration was made by the Lord Himself. In 1918 during His earlier incarnation as the Sai Baba of Shirdi, He had revealed that 8 years after leaving the Shirdi body, He would be reborn in Puttaparthi village of Easwaramma, "as the moon grows in the sky," and a male child was born on 23 November, 1926. To mark the momentous significance of the event, musical instruments in the house played by themselves at the time of the birth: the air, and a cobra, lord of reptiles, wailed in attendance to protect the Lord. It is fair to assume that just as with the birth of the Buddha, elephants trumpeted in joy, peacocks danced and the gods rejoiced. Despite His omniscience, Satyanorayana Raju -- for that was his given name -- went to school where the playful display of his miraculous powers was soon recognized by all. Friends came to love him for his magically created gifts and teachers feared his just wrath: one of them would not come unstuck from his chair, unless he begged for forgiveness and expressed remorse at ill treating the children! In 1940, after tortuous treatment by doctors for suspected mental illness, at the age of 15, Satyanarayana Raju revealed His avatarhood to the world and identified Himself as Satya Sai Baba.