December 27, 2017

Shift II - A Heart-Based Think Tank

December 27, 2017/ General

What is The Shift? You could say that Shift is a grassroots movement or a spiritual Think Tank made up of Raja Yogis who have learned knowledge, disciplines, and practices through the Brahma Kumaris path. These Raja Yogis are experimenting with how to implement the learned spiritual endeavours, in ways that are increasingly meaningful, non-religious and transformative in their lives. This experiment, the meetings and conversations, and the non-hierarchical support structure that is driving them is The Shift

March 21, 2017

Is consuming animal products spiritual laziness?

March 21, 2017/ General

One of the main lessons in the BKs is soul consciousness. This less encourages deep self-reflexive inquiry into one's mind and one's heart. The life aim for BKs is, with the support of Raja Yoga meditation, to clean the self inside and out, and to cultivate the deepest levels of purity. Purity in the BKs is understood as a return to what is innate, true and original. A restoring of spiritual consciousness or 'soul consciousness'.

February 09, 2017

Be Kind

February 09, 2017/ General

When the Dalai Lama says his religion is kindness, I really do think this is the spiritual technology that trumps all others. Celibacy, veganism (or lacto-veg for some) and early morning meditation all pale in the face of the human who can be truly kind, gentle and loving to all who continue to blame, belittle and bemoan. There is no power like kindness, there is no strength like gentleness and there is no might like love.

January 30, 2017

The Evolution of Knowledge is Now

January 30, 2017/ General

When researching the Brahma Kumaris history, it becomes easy to think of the evolution of knowledge, as something that occurred in the remote past. Indeed the knowledge was in a state of great flux between 1932 and 1964. However, there have been further refinements since then.

January 20, 2017

The French Revolution

January 20, 2017/ General

For the first time in Brahma Kumaris history, there is a country without leaders, where teams are appointed by common vote, and each vote counts as equal. The Brahma Kumaris in France have become a democracy! This is a radical change for the Brahma Kumaris organisation, but one that is welcome as many BKs are seeking a more integrated and less cloistered life.

January 16, 2017

Hermits and Mystics

January 16, 2017/ General

The Brahmin World is much like an old Christian Monastic Order. The new Monks or Nuns are nurtured in the group gatherings but at some point years down the road some need to distance themselves to develop further, and those ones become Hermits - living in isolation but within the grounds of the Monastery. As BKs, they move a bit further away from their Meditation Centre to...

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