DEFENSORES DE LA FE

Las conexiones de Yogi Bhajan

2011-01-29T15:47:00.000-03:00

Las conexiones de Yogi Bhajan

Hace cuatro días, a raíz de un artículo aparecido en Santa Fe Reporter y del debate abierto en los Estados Unidos a propósito de la contratación de empresas de seguridad privadas, el especialista Steve Hassan escribió un artículo en The Huffington Post en relación a Akal Security y sus conexiones con 3HO.

De acuerdo con los datos de la propia empresa, Akal Security habría alcanzado beneficios de al menos 3,5 billones de dólares desde el año 2000, incluyéndose entre sus clientes el Departamento de Seguridad Ciudadana, el Departamento de Justicia y el Departamento de Defensa; y de acuerdo con su web, Akal ofrece planes de seguridad a las bases e instalaciones de 26 Army y Air Force. La empresa Akal Security inició su andadura en 1980, como una empresa que ofrecía trabajo tan sólo a miembros del movimiento de Yogi Bhajan. En la actualidad, se estima que puedan facturar unos 500 millones de dólares anuales y que disponen de unos 15.000 trabajadores, muchos de ellos no vinculados al grupo.

Yogi Bhajan (su nombre real era Harbhajan Singh Puri), líder del movimiento 3HO, falleció a la edad de 74 años en México en pasado año 2004. A su llegada a los Estados Unidos en 1969, aseguró que en la India era considerado un hombre santo, cuando en realidad fue tan sólo un inspector de aduanas. Los miembros del grupo aseguran ser Sikhs, pero de acuerdo a muchos practicantes de la religión Sikh la organización 3 HO no es más que una mezcla de Kundalini yoga, tantra y ciertas prácticas New Age. El propio fundador aseguraba que tenía la capacidad de ver las auras y predecir el futuro. Al mismo tiempo, mantenía que era el líder de toda la comunidad Sikh de Occidente, aunque la comunidad Sikh se haya desligado de estas afirmaciones y otras similares.

En foros como The Wacko World, se pueden encontrar numerosos testimonios de abusos psicológicos y sexuales por parte de Yogi Bhajan, a la vez que han aparecido denuncias públicas de actividades criminales y penas de prisión para personas del círculo más íntimo de Bhajan. Asimismo, diversos ex adeptos que abandonaron el grupo, han señalado las amenazas e intimidación recibidas. La moderadora del foro, Kamalla Rose Kaur, afirma que “la empresa Akal Secutiry deriva de la necesidad del Yogi Bhajan de protegerse”.

La organización 3HO tiene numerosos centros asociados en España, entre ellos los vinculados a la Asociación Española de Kundalini Yoga o incluso los centros de la red de Happy Yoga, que siguen las prácticas de Yogi Bhajan según figura en su propia página web.

Ex miembros de 3HO denuncian los abusos de Yogi Bhajan

2011-01-29T15:43:00.000-03:00

Ex miembros de 3HO denuncian los abusos de Yogi Bhajan

Ex miembros de la organización 3 HO, liderada por el ya fallecido Yogi Bhajan, denuncian públicamente que el líder abusó de su posición de poder, a la vez que económica y sexualmente de sus seguidoras.

Premka Kaur Khalsa, antigua secretaria de la organización durante 20 años, abandonó el grupo en 1984 y asegura que ya no puede volver a colaborar con la organización al haberse dado cuenta de las discrepancias entre las enseñanzas de su gurú y sus comportamientos, que de acuerdo a Khalsa estaban basados en el abuso de poder. En 1986, llevó el asunto a los Tribunales, denunciando al gurú de abusos físicos y sexuales; al parecer, según constaba en los documentos del proceso judicial, Yogi Bhajan se aprovechaba de su posición de poder para mantener múltiples relaciones sexuales y establecía horarios interminables de trabajo sin remuneración alguna. Otro ex miembro, Guru Bir Singh Khalsa, de 60 años y que había llegado a ser “ministro” dentro del movimiento, abandonó al conocer que se habían producido operaciones económicas fraudulentas. No hay que olvidar que en vida del fundador, éste llegó a iniciar 17 negocios algunos de los cuales han resultado ser muy rentables, aparte de los numerosos centros de yoga vinculados a 3Ho o al kundalini yoga por él promovido.

Los ex miembros que han ido denunciando públicamente diversos abusos cometidos dentro del grupo no se muestran sorprendidos de la situación actual de 3 HO, las múltiples escisiones que están sufriendo y el resurgimiento de los abusos que ya fueron denunciados hace años.

Representantes del movimiento niegan estas acusaciones, afirmando que 3 HO es una práctica religiosa y que su tarea es la de ser ministros del movimiento.

El movimiento está experimentando actualmente ciertas dificultades con negocios asociados al grupo, como son los negocios de comida natural Golden Temple en Eugene o la agencia de seguridad Akal Security en México.

EL SIKHISMO Y EL YOGA ¿SON COMPATIBLES?

2009-10-17T07:01:00.004-03:00

El sikhismo y el yoga ¿Son compatibles?

¿Qué es el yoga?

¿Qué es el yoga? Para muchos en Occidente, el yoga es simplemente un sistema de ejercicios físicos, una forma de fortalecer el cuerpo, aumentar la flexibilidad, y aun sanar o impedir varias enfermedades del cuerpo. Pero si investigamos la historia y la filosofía del yoga, descubrimos que “muchos más que un sistema de ejercicios físicos para la salud, el yoga es . . . una antigua senda hacia el crecimiento espiritual”. Es una senda venerada en gran parte de la literatura sagrada de India.Por lo tanto, si realmente queremos tener una mejor comprensión del yoga, debemos excavar bajo la superficie y analizar las raíces históricas del tema.Pero antes de comenzar a excavar debemos comprender primero lo que significa en realidad el término “yoga”. “Según la tradición, ‘yoga’ significa ‘unión’, la unión . . . del ‘jiva’ (el yo transitorio) finito con el ‘Brahmán’ (yo eterno) infinito”. El término “Brahmán” suele usarse para el concepto hindú de “Dios”, o Realidad Última. Es una sustancia impersonal y divina que “permea, envuelve y subyace todo”. Con esto en mente, veamos brevemente tres textos clave que nos ayudarán a describir el origen y el desarrollo del yoga dentro de India.Aparentemente uno puede rastrear tanto la práctica como la meta del yoga hasta los Upanishads mismos, que fueron escritos probablemente entre 1000 y 500 a.C.Un Upanishad nos dice: “Une la luz dentro de ti con la luz de Brahmán”. Claramente, entonces, la meta del yoga (es decir, la unión con Brahmán) es al menos tan antigua como los Upanishads.Además, la palabra “yoga” suele aparecer en el Bhagavad Gita, un texto hindú clásico, posiblemente escrito tan atrás como el quinto siglo a.C. En el capítulo 6, Krishna dice: “Así llega el gozo supremo al yogui . . . que es uno con Brahmán, con Dios”.Finalmente, alrededor del año 150 d.C., el yogui Patanjali sistematizó el yoga en ocho “miembros” en sus Yoga Sutras. Estos ocho miembros son como una escalera que supuestamente lleva al yogui de la ignorancia a la iluminación. En orden, estos ocho miembros son: yama (autocontrol), niyama (ritos religiosos), asana (posturas), pranayama (ejercicios de respiración), pratyahara (control de los sentidos), dharana (concentración), dhyana (contemplación profunda) y samadhi (iluminación).Es interesante señalar que las posturas y los ejercicios de respiración, a menudo considerados la totalidad del yoga en Occidente, son los pasos tres y cuatro a lo largo del camino “real” hacia la unión con Brahmán.Vemos que el yoga es una antigua disciplina espiritual profundamente arraigada en la religión del hinduismo. Ante esto, debemos preguntarnos sinceramente si es realmente prudente que un sikh esté involucrado en la práctica del yoga. A continuación, seguiremos nuestra discusión estudiando algunas de las importantes diferencias doctrinales entre el yoga y el sikhismo.

El yoga y el sikhismo: ¿Cuáles son las diferencias?

Muchas personas hoy (incluyendo algunos sikh) están dedicándose al yoga. Más adelante consideraremos si la filosofía del yoga puede ser separada realmente de la práctica del yoga, pero primero debemos establecer que hay diferencias doctrinales cruciales entre el yoga y el sikhismo. Consideremos brevemente algunas de estas diferencias.Primero, el yoga y el sikhismo tienen conceptos muy diferentes de Dios. Como hemos dicho antes, la meta del yoga es experimentar la unión con “Dios”. Pero, ¿qué quieren decir los yoguis cuando hablan de “Dios” o de Brahmán? Precisamente, ¿a qué se nos alienta a “unirnos”? La mayoría de los yoguis conciben a “Dios” como una sustancia impersonal y espiritual, coextensiva con toda la realidad. Esta doctrina se denomina panteísmo, el punto de vista de que todo es “Dios”. Difiere marcadamente del teísmo del sikhismo de acuerdo al SGGS. En el SGGS, Dios se revela como el Creador personal del universo. Dios es el Creador; el universo, su creación. El SGGS mantiene una cuidadosa distinción entre ambos.Una segunda diferencia entre el yoga y el sikhismo tiene que ver con sus visiones del hombre. Dado que la filosofía yoga enseña que todo es “Dios”, se deduce necesariamente que el hombre también es “Dios”. El sikhismo, sin embargo, hace una clara distinción entre Dios y el hombre. Dios es el Creador; el hombre, una de sus criaturas. Por supuesto que el hombre es único porque, a diferencia de los animales, fue creado a la imagen divina. No obstante, el sikhismo difiere claramente del yoga en su insistencia absoluta en que Dios y el hombre son distintos.Finalmente, consideremos brevemente cómo el yoga y el sikhismo conciben de forma diferente el problema fundamental del hombre, así como su solución. El yoga concibe el problema del hombre principalmente en términos de ignorancia; el hombre simplemente no sabe que él es “Dios”. La solución es la iluminación, una experiencia de unión con “Dios”. Esta solución (que es la meta del yoga) sólo puede ser alcanzada a través de un gran afán y esfuerzo personal. El sikhismo, sin embargo, considera que el principal problema del hombre es el pecado, el no conformarse al carácter y las normas de un Dios moralmente perfecto llamado Waheguru. El hombre, por lo tanto, está alienado de Dios y necesita reconciliación. La solución es el Naam, el Verbo.

A diferencia del yoga, el sikhismo considera a la salvación como un regalo gratuito. Sólo puede ser recibido; nunca puede ganarse.Claramente, el sikhismo y el yoga son puntos de vista mutuamente excluyentes. Pero, ¿son iguales todos los tipos de yoga? ¿Acaso no hay al menos uno que se ocupa exclusivamente de la salud física y el ejercicio? A continuación consideraremos más detenidamente el hatha yoga, el tipo de yoga que suele considerarse puramente físico en su naturaleza.
¿Qué es el hatha yoga?En este artículo aprendimos que el yoga es una antigua disciplina espiritual arraigada en un sistema de creencias que es completamente incompatible con el cristianismo. Pero, ¿se cumple esto en cualquier tipo de yoga? ¿Acaso el hatha yoga no se ocupa simplemente del desarrollo físico y la buena salud?El hatha yoga se ocupa principalmente de dos cosas: los asana (posturas físicas) y los pranayama (ejercicios de respiración). Pero es importante darnos cuenta de que tanto el asana como el pranayama juegan un papel importante en el raja yoga (o “yoga real”) de Patanjali. En los tradicionales ocho “miembros” del sistema de Patanjali, asana y pranayama son los miembros tres y cuatro. ¿Cuál es, entonces, la relación entre el hatha yoga y el raja yoga?Un ex practicante de yoga, Dave Fletcho, dice que las posturas de yoga “evolucionaron como una parte integral del raja . . . yoga”. Él señala que el autor del famoso manual Hatha Yoga Pradipika “presenta al hatha . . . pura y exclusivamente para el logro del raja yoga”. También cita a un estudioso del yoga francés que dice: “el único propósito del . . . hatha yoga es suprimir los obstáculos físicos en el . . . camino real del raja yoga, y el hatha yoga es llamado, en consecuencia, ‘la escalera hacia el raja yoga’”. Fetcho está de acuerdo, y señala que las posturas físicas están “diseñadas específicamente para manipular la conciencia . . . hacia la experiencia consumada del raja yoga, el samadhi: una unión indiferenciada con la esencia primitiva de la conciencia”. Estas afirmaciones deberían dejar bastante en claro que el hatha yoga, o yoga físico, ha sido considerado históricamente como simplemente una forma de ayudar al yogui a lograr la iluminación, el miembro final del raja yoga.Esto se confirma adicionalmente al considerar el iyengar yoga, tal vez la forma más popular de hatha yoga en EE.UU. El sitio Web para el Instituto de Iyengar Yoga de San Francisco dice: “BKS Iyengar estudia y enseña el yoga tal como se desarrolla en los yoga sutras de Patanjaili [sic] y el Hatha Yoga Pradipika, entre otros textos clásicos. Por lo tanto, los asana, o posturas, son enseñados como uno de los ocho miembros . . . del yoga definidos por Patanjali”. De hecho, el fin último del iyengar hatha yoga es precisamente el mismo del raja yoga de Patanjali. Ambos buscan experimentar la unión con “Dios”, Brahmán, o conciencia universal.Si todo esto es así, parece cada vez más evidente que el hatha yoga podría terminar por involucrar a sus participantes en algo que es mucho más que el ejercicio físico. Si bien tal vez no sea obvio inicialmente, la meta final del hatha es la misma que toda otra forma de yoga: la unión del yo con una conciencia impersonal y universal. Debemos recordar que el SGGS nunca exhorta a los sikhs a buscar una experiencia así. En todo caso, nos advierte acerca de los peligros potenciales de hacerlo. Ahora consideraremos si la práctica del yoga podría ser en realidad peligrosa, y por qué.¿Puede ser perjudicial el yoga?A pesar de sus pregonados beneficios para la salud, hay numerosas advertencias en la literatura de yoga acreditada que previene que el yoga puede ser perjudicial físicamente, mentalmente y espiritualmente, si no se lo practica correctamente.Por ejemplo, Swami Prabhavananda advierte acerca de los peligrosos efectos físicos que pueden resultar de los ejercicios de respiración del yoga: “A menos que se hagan correctamente, hay una buena posibilidad de dañar el cerebro. Y las personas que practican este tipo de respiración sin una supervisión adecuada pueden sufrir una enfermedad que ninguna ciencia o médico conocidos pueden curar”.Además, muchos yoguis advierten que la práctica del yoga puede poner en peligro la cordura de una persona. Al describir el despertar del “kundalini” (el poder de la serpiente enroscada), Gopi Krishna registra su propia experiencia de la siguiente forma: “Fue variable durante muchos años, dolorosa, obsesiva... He pasado por casi todas las etapas de ... tipos de mente: mediúmica, psicótica y otros; durante un tiempo estuve alternando entre la cordura y la locura”.Sin embargo, finalmente, desde una perspectiva sikh parecería que el yoga también podría ser perjudicial espiritualmente. Para entender por qué, volvamos a la experiencia del “kundalini”. El erudito de yoga Hans Riecker dice: “El kundalini es el fundamento de todas las prácticas del yoga”. Pero, ¿qué es exactamente el kundalini, y por qué es tan fundamental para la práctica del yoga?Swami Vivekananda resume la experiencia del kundalini de la siguiente forma: “Cuando se lo despierta a través de la práctica de disciplinas espirituales, sube por la columna vertebral, pasa a través de los distintos centros y llega finalmente al cerebro, en cuyo momento el yogui experimenta el samadhi, o la absorción total en la Deidad”. Y el investigador John White lleva la importancia de esta experiencia aún más lejos al decir: “Si bien la palabra kundalini proviene de la tradición del yoga, casi todas las principales religiones, caminos espirituales y auténticas tradiciones ocultistas del mundo consideran que algo similar a la experiencia de kundalini tiene importancia en la “divinización” de una persona. La palabra en sí tal vez no aparezca... pero el concepto está allí... como una clave para logra la condición divina”.Al leer descripciones de este tipo sobre el kundalini, o el poder de la serpiente enroscada, un cristiano casi puede oír el siseo de “la serpiente antigua . . . [la cual engaña al mundo entero”. En Edén, aduló a nuestros primeros padres diciéndoles: “Seréis como Dios”. Y, si bien el cristianismo y el yoga tienen conceptos muy diferentes de Dios, ¿no es esto, en esencia, lo que promete el yoga?Swami Ajaya dijo una vez: “La principal enseñanza del yoga es que la verdadera naturaleza del hombre es divina”. Obviamente, esta no es la visión cristiana del hombre. Pero, si la meta de yoga es que uno realice su divinidad esencial a través de la unión con “Dios”, entonces ¿no debería el cristiano considerar la práctica que conduce a esta realización como algo que potencialmente es dañino espiritualmente? A continuación, concluiremos nuestra discusión preguntando si realmente es posible separar la filosofía del yoga de la práctica del yoga.
¿Puede separarse la filosofía y la práctica?Hemos visto que el yoga es una antigua disciplina espiritual cuyas doctrinas centrales son completamente incompatibles con las del sikhismo. Aun el hatha yoga, que suele considerarse que se ocupa exclusivamente del desarrollo físico, se entiende mejor como un mero medio para ayudar al yogui a alcanzar la meta de samadhi, o unión con “Dios”. Además, hemos visto que todo yoga, incluyendo el hatha, tiene el potencial para ser dañino físicamente, mentalmente y espiritualmente.A la luz de esta evidencia, podría parecer que la pregunta: “¿Puede separarse la filosofía del yoga de la práctica del yoga?” ya ha sido contestada en sentido negativo. Y este es, por cierto, el punto de vista de muchos estudiosos del yoga. Dave Fletcho, que perteneció a la Sociedad de Yoga Ananda Marga, ha escrito: “El yoga físico, según sus definiciones clásicas, es inherentemente y funcionalmente incapaz de ser separado de la metafísica religiosa oriental”. Es más, las autoridades en yoga Feuerstein y Miller, al hablar sobre las posturas del yoga (asana) y los ejercicios de respiración (pranayama), indican que este tipo de prácticas son algo más que sólo otra forma de ejercicio; por cierto, son “ejercicios psicosomáticos”. ¿Significa esto que separar la teoría de la práctica es simplemente imposible en el yoga?Al recorrer cuidadosamente un texto introductorio sobre el hatha yoga,uno ve que se ilustran muchas posturas. Varias de estas podrán ser similares, si no son idénticas, a ejercicios y estiramientos que uno ya está haciendo. Por cierto, si uno participa en un programa de estiramientos regular, esto es muy probable. Esto planteas una importante pregunta. Suponga que estas posturas de yoga del nivel inicial se hacen en un contexto completamente desprovisto de la filosofía del yoga. En un caso como éste, ¿no nos obliga la sinceridad a reconocer al menos la posibilidad de separar la teoría de la práctica?Si bien detesto estar en desacuerdo con estudiosos que saben muchísimo más del tema que yo, esta distinción me parece válida. Sin embargo, déjeme agregar rápidamente que veo que esta distinción es legítima sólo al inicio de este tipo de prácticas, y sólo con relación a las posturas. Los ejercicios de respiración, por varias razones, siguen siendo problemáticos. Pero esta distinción plantea todavía otra pregunta, porque ¿cuántas personas comienzan un programa de ejercicios con la intención de nunca avanzar más allá del nivel más básico? Y, dado que por la naturaleza misma de la práctica del yoga, esta distinción sólo podría ser válida en las primerísimas etapas, ¿por qué querría un cristiano iniciar jamás este proceso? A mí me parece que, si alguien quiere un programa de ejercicios con beneficios físicos similares al yoga, pero sin el equipaje espiritual negativo, debería considerar el aerobismo de bajo impacto o acuático, el ballet acuático o simplemente el estiramiento.

Estos programas pueden ser igualmente beneficiosos para el cuerpo, sin poner en peligro al alma potencialmente. En mi opinión, entonces, los sikh harían bien en nunca comenzar la práctica del yoga.

3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA Y NEO-NAZIS RSS

2009-02-14T15:17:00.000-02:00

3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA Y NEO-NAZIS RSS

Un grupo "sikh de jovenes" del Reino Unido promueve la

secta 3HO - Kundalini Yoga y RSS & Sanatanist Websites hindús

Viernes 13 del 2009 de febrero

Panthic Weekly News Bureau

editors@panthic.com

LONDRES (KP)— REINO UNIDO un grupo de jóvenes de la secta 3HO-Kundalini Yoga se agrupan bajo el nombre de Proyecto de ‘Naad ' y se ha descubierto que estan apoyandos por el Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, un movimiento nacionalista derechista hindú fundamentalista que planea torcer la historia Sikh y su religión y demanda que los Sikhs son Hindus. Lamentablemente, este grupo esta proporcionando recursos y materiales para promover la religión Sikh a la juventud Sikh y no-Sikhs en las universidades. El mismo grupo está envuelto en el desacreditado el 'Campamento de Estudiantes Sikh ' (Chigwell, Inglaterra) en que el cual año pasado ellos eran los líderes del grupo y también fueron invitados a entregar una charla a los acampadores ingenuos. En julio de 2008, fue expuesto por Naad un proyecto para apoyar a la secta Dera Sacha Sauda que ha asesinado a Sikhs inocentes implacablemente por escribir contra los Sikhs que buscan justicia. Más allá de esto, en setiembre 2008 , Panthic Weekly expuso alguna de la propaganda del anti-Gurmat sutil contenida dentro del Proyecto Naad hojas impresas, artículos y declaraciones por ellos en los foros de Sikh. Esta semana, el semana de Panthic expone y resalta cómo este grupo pequeño de jovenzuelos del REINO UNIDO en la guisa de Sikh se alinea a los elementos anti-Sikh y promueve su ideología vía su website, los foros de internet, redes sociales de computadoras, sociedades Sikh universitarias, y el Campamento de Estudiantes Sikh (Chigwell, Inglaterra). "ellos (el Proyecto Naad) está promoviendo el Sanatan invitando abiertamente a la ideología de sitios RSS en su propio website" La promoción de grupos anti-Sikh por el Proyecto Naad ya se había levantado como una preocupación por Sikhs en los foros de internet en el pasado. El Proyecto Naad en estos foros incluyen una defensa en apoyo de Radha Soamis, Namdharis, Nakli Nirankaris, y el Dera Jhoota Sauda. Ahora parece que ellos están promoviendo el Sanatan invitando abiertamente a la ideología y websites de RSS en su propio website. La pantalla disparó las imágenes del Proyecto Naad Website: el sitio oficial de Naad contiene links al hindú Sanatan y websites de RSS Está ahora claro que ese Proyecto Naad apoya los Sanatan ampliamente desacreditados que se propaga y apoya por REINO UNIDO Nangs (Neo-Nihangs falsos) y el RSS.

3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA MARCHA A LA CARCEL

2008-12-02T13:04:00.001-02:00

3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA MARCHA A LA CARCEL

3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA

Y CHAMAN ESTAFADOR

MARCHA A LA CARCEL EN CHILE

Chamán ofrecía volada terapia con mescalina: "Tengo conciencia tranquila"
Previo pago de 60 lucas por nuca, "pacientes" se entregaban un día entero a la "sanación".
LO TENÍAN EN LA MIRA: Desde septiembre Investigaciones luqueaba las actividades de Ricardo Jiménez Olmos (de barba) formalizado por microtráfico. El chamán quedó con firma semanal y arraigo.
En su currículo en internet el ingeniero civil de la Universidad Católica, Ricardo Jiménez Olmos, detalla que es "sicoterapeuta" y que tiene un postítulo de facilitador del desarrollo personal e interpersonal en la "U" del Mar. Jiménez fue detenido y formalizado por microtráfico junto a la ingeniera agrónoma y terapeuta Loreto Frederick, por organizar en el Cajón del Maipo un ritual para ingerir mescalina obtenida del cactus San Pedro. "Lo importante es que tengo la conciencia absolutamente tranquila", enfatizó el "chamán" y añadió que el alucinógeno era ocupado para "sanación y terapia".
"EXPERTO"
Dijo que aprendió el uso de la mescalina hace más de 10 años en Perú. "Me sometí a terapia y comprobé su eficacia". El "sanador" ha estudiado terapia gestáltica, bioenergética-reichianna, programación neurolingüística, reiki, yoga kundalini, tantra blanco y hasta regresiones a vidas pasadas.Sostuvo que en una dosis adecuada la mescalina produce un "nivel de conciencia más amplio". Aclaró que la gente acude para superar problemas de pareja, estrés y buscar sentido a la vida, entre otros atados. Comparó su uso al del alcohol: "Una copa de vino al almuerzo está bien, pero no es bueno tomarse toda la botella". En la última sesión los asistentes pagaron 60 lucas por nuca para consumir la droga que hace alucinar con onditas como toparse con Leo Farkas y Pepe Nazar mientras le sueltan el tonto billetón. Investigaciones pilló 4 botellas con mescalina, 24 cactus y un revólver. Los sabuesos llegaron a la parcela de Jiménez por reclamos y el luqueo de nuevas drogas en el mercado. El comisario Alex Schwarzenberg precisó que las voladitas duraban un día e incluían caminatas y consumo del alucinógeno. Los imputados quedaron con arraigo y obligados a firmar semanalmente.

EL DESAFIO DE LAS SECTAS ANTI SIKH (3H0- KUNDALINIS,RSS, DERAS,ETC)

2008-11-24T15:45:00.001-02:00

Desafíos del siglo XXI a la Identidad Sikh
(3HO- KUNDALINI YOGA,RSS,DERAS,ETC)
(Editorial del Khalsa Panthic Weekly con aportes de nuestra redacción)
Viernes 21 de noviembre de 2008.

La semana pasada una agrupación de khakhi (militantes) de los radicales Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) marcharon en una función religiosa al Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib y gritaron esloganes de “ Har Har Mahadev, Har Har Mahadev!”. Mahadev es el nombre de un ídolo del panteón hindu. Los fanáticos derechistas fueron invitados por la familia Badal, gobernante del Punjab y psuedo-Akalis (partido pseudo-nacionalista del Punjab) al sagrado sitio del martirio del joven Sahibzadas hijo de Mata Gujri Ji . ¡Este no es tributo digno al martirio de Sahibzada Baba Fateh Singh o a Baba al Zorawar Singh Ji!
( Fotografía de archivo: Parkash Badal con la dirección de RSS)

Yogi Bhajan fundador de la secta 3HO-Kundalini Yoga junto a Indira Gandhi, ambos responsables de las revueltas anti-sikh de 1984

Mientras el Panth (Comunidad) reconoce el Shaheedi (martírio) de Sahibzada como un último sacrificio para la humanidad, el RSS espera reducir el legado del sacrificio a no más que “el Nacionalismo indio.” Los Akalis desvergonzados, deslumbrados por su celo de almacenar votos y quedarse perpetuamente en el poder del Punjab, permiten tales desastres que tienen lugar en nuestras sagradas tierras. ¿Qué será lo próximo, la instalación de ídolos de Mahadev en nuestro sancta-sanctorum? ¿La historia se repetirá?

Después de 130 años, la comunidad Sikh está siendo atacada de la misma manera que estubo durante gran parte del siglo XIX.

Arya-Samaj y Mahants (1875-1920)

Después de la caída del Reino Sikh en 1849, las mayores instituciones Sikh entraron en las manos de los Mahants(autoptroclamados sacerdotes). Se instalaron ídolos de deidades hindúes en el Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar, el Tarn Taran Sahib y otro Gurdwaras.

En 1875, el Arya Samaj (el pre-cursor del RSS) firmemente se estableció en la patria Sikh gracias a Swami Dayanand y sus protegidos. Ellos empezaron a predicar que el Sikhismo simplemente era una rama del Hinduismo, y abiertamente empezó a criticar al Sri Gurú Granth Sahib Ji y las enseñanzas de los Gurús Sikh.

Los estudiosos Sikh se opusieron a la propaganda del Arya Samaj establecido en Singh Sabha Lahore (Cachemira) y Amritsar. Desgraciadamente, los dos Singh Sabhas no tuvieron suficiente visión para mirar en los puntos cruciales. Mientras el Giani Ditt Singh y el Bhai Gurmukh Singh del ‘Tat-Khalsa ' se agrupaban y veían a la Nación Sikh como una única entidad, Amritsar se asoció al ‘Sanatan ' (Fundamentalistas), llevado por Khem Singh Bedi y otros que tenían puntos de vista muy liberales sobre la identidad Sikh. No diferentes de los punto de vista de Dayanand, el ‘Sanatans ' también vio a los Sikhs como una rama del panteón Védico mayor.

Con la determinación y el apoyo eventual de la masa de devotos Sikh, el Panthic Singh Sabha prevaleció en el futuro, mientras llevaba acabo el renacimiento del Sikhi que continuó bien entrado el primer cuarto del siglo XX.

Señalado y marginalizado, el grupo ‘Sanatan ' empezó a hacer alianzas con otros grupos pro-Sanatan que también fueron amenazados por los esfuerzos del reavivamiento enérgico de los grupos de Tat-Khalsa. Ellos incluyeron a los Mahants hereditarios, Pujarees, pseudo-Nihang y las familias de los Sodhi, Bedi, y familias de Dhirmali que en el pasado habían trabajado abiertamente contra los intereses del Panthic y no sentían amor hacia el revivalismo de Tat-Khalsa que amenazó su sostenimiento en Gurdwaras importantes e instituciones Sikh.

A través de determinación, sacrificio y la pérdida de muchas vidas, se limpiaron los sancta-sanctorum de nuestros Gurdwaras de ídolos hindúes y rituales, y se libró la comunidad de los embusteros del Brahmanismo y los Mahants corruptos y sus cohortes.

RSS y Nexo de Sanatan-Akali ( 1925- al PRESENTE)

Parece como que la historia está repitiéndose, hoy en día, los modernos Akalis han reemplazado a los Mahants , el Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ha reemplazado el Arya Samaj, y uniendo las manos con ellos están los modernos políticos Akali y los Sanatanistas seguidores Virsa Singh de Delhi, y sus ‘Nang ' adherentes de occidente como Yogi Bhajan de los 3ho-Kundalini Yoga.

Sus mensajes y sus puestos son designados igual que lo eran hace 130 años. El RSS y los Sanatanistas-Nangs han tomado un papel principal propagando la misma ideología torcida bajo el vestido de Sikhi, Nihang y Gatka utilizando latecnología de los websites. Las denominaciones popularmente acuñadas para estos grupos y sectas incluyen “Sanatan Hindú-Sikh", el "Sanatan Shastar Vidya,” “Shiv-Akhara,” “Shakti-Shakta,” “Tantra Blanco," "Sikh Kundilini”, "Kundalini Yogas", etc.

El Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh y su vástago, el Rashtriya Sikh Sangat es bien conocido por su parchar (prédica) del anti-Sikh continuo. El Rashtriya Sikh Sangat propaga que esos Sikhs son “Keshdhari Hindus” y es una parte inseparable del dharma Sanatan-hindú más grande.

Las tales alegaciones blasfemas eran las razones importantes que llevaron al Sri Akal Takht Sahib a requerir el boicot del Rashtriya Sikh Sangat en 2004. El boicot dijo a la comunidad Sikh que no actuara recíprocamente o apoyara el RSS o cualquiera de sus afiliados de cualquier manera (en occidente 3HO-Kundalini Yoga).

Las imágenes de Distorsión de Sanatan:

Propaganda de Carteles del Nacionalismo Hindú-indio.Observe el saludo nazi junto a nuestras banderas y el EK ONG KAR.

Pintura del grupo de Yogi Bhajan (kundalinis) con un Khanda recubierto con la
imágen de la Virgen Maria (Guadalupe) o 'Shakti' (según la interpretación de ellos)

Un website de Gatka seguidor de Yogui Bhajan que anuncia símbolos y gráficos hindúes.
¿Nota la distorsión intencional de los símbolos.?

Un sitio web del REINO UNIDO, Sanatanist (Hindú-Sikh) de Gatka con imágenes de deidades hindúes

EN LA INDIA DE HOY...

Modelo recientemente erigido de Sri a Darbar Sahib,Réplica en el Circo del Parque Calcuta, con ídolos de Durga en su interior

La réplica de Sri Darbar Sahib en el Circo del Parque, Calcuta

Otra vista de la réplica de Sri Darbar Sahib en el Circo del Parque, Calcuta

Dentro de la réplica de Sri Darbar Sahib en el Circo del Parque, Calcuta

“Como siempre, el Puja de Durga está resultando ser magnífico y el tema de este año es el Templo Dorado, Amritsar. Aunque todavía no está completo, con la ornamentación es notablemente similar a la obra maestra original. Es uno de los Pujas más grande en Kolkata con millones que atestan la feria de Puja que dura casi un mes después de que los Pujas han terminado... "
Extraido de: http://journal.naveeng.com/2007/10/16/golden-templo-venir-a-parque-circo-para-durga-puja /

Idolo adorado en los "gurdwaras" por los 3HO-Kundalini Yogas de EEUU

Hace más de cien años, los Mahants trajeron ídolos hindúes a nuestros Gurdwaras para enredar nuestra identidad distinta y diferenciada y así desencaminar al público inocente. En este tiempo son los Akalis, ellos que una vez echaron fuera a los Mahants quienes estan trabajando activamente para diluir nuestra única cultura y creencias.

La Nación de Sikh debe ser vigilante de los planes nefastos de nuestros modernos Mahants (pseudo-sacerdotes o ministros) y sus simpatizadores de Sanatan o 3HO-Kundalini Yoga en occidente. Requerirá un movimiento de Sabha, Khalsa Diwans Principal, y una R eforma de Gurdwaras para oponerse a los desafíos continuados del siglo XIX.

TERAPIA HOMA EN SECTA 3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA

2008-10-24T23:29:00.001-02:00

SECTA KUNDALINI YOGA EN URUGUAY...PROMOCIONA TERAPIAS DE RITUALES "VEDICAS"

LA SECTA 3HO- KUNDALINI YOGA EN URUGUAY
AHORA PROMOCIONA "HOMA",
UNA "TERAPIA VEDICA" DEL "FUEGO SAGRADO"
Nos envia el Dr. Aramburu (quién también se hace conocer como Jiwan Mukta) la siguiente invitación que basta por sí sola para comprender el caracter sectario y disparatado de la propuesta anti-sikh:
"Hace 5 años nacía Narayan, y en el evento de inauguración fuimos honrados con la venida del "Maestro"(¿?) Gurubachan Singh Khalsa, como respuesta a la invitación cursada a él y al Maestro (¿?)Yogi Bhajan...Tenemos ante nosotros una herramienta de sanación poderosísima, surgida de los Vedas y resucitada en estos tiempos por la máxima autoridad viviente en Ciencia Védica...Más de 35 personas (niños, adultos y mayores), sentados en torno al Fuego todos, cantando un mantra específico de sanación( Om Tryambakan) por una hora, y finalizando con un Ave María ( Madre María es de vital importancia en esta enseñanza sin credo, abierta a cristianos, judíos, budistas, sikhs, musulmanes, agnósticos, ateos).(sic...)
Terapia Homa a sido importante en Chile para gente Sikh (¿?) y de Kundalini Yoga,pueden verlo en un texto que me envío la gente Red Homa de Chile:"Hace unos 3 años Juan enseñó en Chile a la mayoria de las personas Sikh y que practican Kundalini Yoga la Terapia Homa. Aun en la actualidad la mayoria de ellos siguen haciendo Homa.Se le envió un informe completo a Yoghui Bhajan sobre este trabajo con sus alumnos y Yoghui Bhajan le escribió un mail a Juan, y poco despues falleció :27 September 2004My Dear one in Divine:"Sat Nam. I have gretefully received your email. You are here to spread the teachings and give hope to people.Humble yours,( Mi Querido en lo Divino: Sat Nam.Lleno de gratitud he recibido tu carta.Tú estás aqui para difundir las enseñanzas y darle esperanza a la gente.Humildemente tuyo)Yogi Bhajan."Cada año Juan viaja por Chile con algunas mujeres Sikh que hacen Kundalini Yoga. Cada año es invitado a algunos festivales. Hay una invitacion desde Mexico para mostrar alla entre los Sikh la Terapia Homa, invitacion que no se ha concretado por los tiempos de Juan.El 23 de Noviembre en el sur de Chile hay organizadas unas conferencias de Terapia Homa y quien las organiza es una mujer Sikh (¿?) y mantiene desde hace muchos años en su casa un grupo de Terapia Homa."
Realmente parece ser que los kundalinis tienen una carrera hacia el disparate...Ningún sikh participaría de estos rituales sincréticos, el Gursikh sólo confía en el Unico y Eterno Maestro, Dios Mismo, Waheguru.Por esta razón estimamos que se trata de un nuevo intento de la secta 3HO para confundir a la población desprevenida o carente de la información suficiente. Recomendamos visitar:

DEFENSORES DE LA FE

NIÑOS ABUSADOS EN 3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA

2008-09-03T00:58:00.000-03:00

ABUSO DE NIÑOS EN SECTA ANTI-SIKH 3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA

Situación de los Menores Abusados en

la Secta 3HO-Kundalini Yoga
Desde hace unos meses los miembros de la peligrosa secta Anti-Sikh promotora del terrorismo de estado en India desde 1984 y pro Imperio Bush desde hace unos meses viene promocionando sus "kinders" y "escuelas de yoga para niños" tanto en España, México, Paraguay o Chile. Los niños son sometidos a largas horas de posturas corporales y condicionados a las creencias sectarias legadas por el fallecido fundador de la Secta 3ho, el desempleado pakistaní Yogi Bhajan.

Estas pueden ser tan sólo una parte de las consecuencias de pertenecer a una secta...
Situación de los Menores en Sectas y NMR(Nuevos Movimientos Religiosos)

DefiniciónEl Artículo 1º de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño, proclamada por la UNICEF (Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia) el 20 de Noviembre de 1959, dice que:Se entiende por niño a todo ser humano menor de dieciocho años de edad, salvo que, en virtud de la ley que le sea aplicable, haya alcanzado antes la mayoría de edad.Ahora bien, de acuerdo a los usos y costumbres de nuestra sociedad, amén de los aspectos legales respectivos, cambiaremos el término niño por menor, y la mayoría de edad debe ser tenida en cuenta a partir de los veintiún (21) años de edad.

Ingreso a una Secta

Los menores tienen tres vías posibles de ingreso a una secta.Sus padres son miembros y ellos nacen dentro del grupo: Para ellos la doctrina grupal es ‘parte de su vida’. La han mamado desde el inicio. Será muy difícil su recuperación, aunque no imposible. Ingresan allí junto con sus padres: En este caso se trata de niños y/o adolescentes. Adhieren al ser reclutados: Generalmente se trata de adolescentes. Sería difícil aunque no imposible, que el reclutamiento apuntara a niños. Igualmente podemos señalar que se ha conocido sobre la actividad de Los Niños de Dios/La Familia en Jardines de Infantes, buscando lograr la captación de los padres de los alumnos o, al menos, llevar a cabo un trabajo de permeabilización para con sus postulados, en los niños. En los tres casos, el adoctrinamiento será paulatino pero efectivo. Unos, los primeros, ‘mamarán’ la doctrina junto con el alimento de cada día. Los otros, serán sometidos a técnicas despersonalizadoras que poco a poco intentarán borrar todas sus ideas preconcebidas. Todos sus sentimientos de la ‘vida anterior’ serán tildados de malos y pasarán, al igual que sus padres, por un proceso de Reforma del pensamiento y condicionamiento conductual, (denominación científica del mal llamado lavado de cerebro).

Situación Jurídica

En la mayoría de las sectas no se llevan registros de nacimientos, ni de muertes. Esto da lugar a suponer posibles ventas de niños, para adopciones ilegales; para la tan mencionada trata de blancas; para la incitación a la prostitución, o bien para tráfico de órganos.Muchas veces la inscripción de los niños en el Registro Civil, se hace a nombre de otros miembros de la secta o del propio líder, para retener así a los verdaderos padres del menor. De abandonar el grupo, perderían todo contacto con su hijo, ya que legalmente no es suyo (v.gr.: Templo del Pueblo; Niños de Dios/La Familia). Es lógico suponer, que el primer cuestionamiento a lo recién expresado será que, mediante un simple análisis de sangre y posterior comparación de ADN, se resolvería el problema. Sin embargo, la clave de este comportamiento está en lograr la sumisión del adepto a punto tal que, sin dudar, actúe de acuerdo a la voluntad del líder sectario.Los niños integrantes de uno de estos movimientos, así como los adultos carecen de los más mínimos conocimientos sobre sus derechos civiles y/o religiosos, ya que deben someterse sumisamente al líder de turno (v.gr.: House of Judah). Una vez moldeados de acuerdo a las pautas dispuestas por el líder, los adeptos están listos para comenzar a difundir el mensaje o simplemente buscar nuevos reclutas.Situación familiarRealmente no existe un verdadero concepto de familia. El rol paternalista lo ejerce el líder sectario, y el rol materno lo ejerce el propio grupo, que acoge a todos en su seno.Los grupos sectarios no favorecen en general la unión familiar, con lo cual muchos niños son separados de sus padres en temprana edad. Se los considera un bien de la comunidad (v.gr: Hare Krishna, 3HO-Kundalini Yoga). La devoción debe ser exclusivamente para el líder con lo cual queda excluida la relación padre-hijo en sentido tradicional. El líder toma todas las decisiones y los padres (y niños) deben acatar en todo momento. Ya no es papá el héroe, como en el caso de una familia tradicional. Aquí, sólo el líder sectario puede ser considerado como un héroe. Lo otro sería soberbia, o peor aún: insolencia o pecado.Generalmente el cuidado de los niños se brinda a otros miembros de la secta o bien a la escuela (interna).

Educación

Se cambian las pautas culturales anteriores a la vida sectaria. La educación se basa principalmente en sus creencias religiosas. Se inculca una dependencia total hacia el líder y/o el grupo y, como consecuencia de ello, no tienen iniciativa propia. Al respecto, hay dos posibilidades de observación:Si viven en comunidad: Es muy difícil que asistan a escuelas públicas. Generalmente, son educados en un ámbito donde prima la obediencia irracional. Se pregona un total aislamiento del mundo exterior y, en algunos casos, hasta despreocupación por éste. Los bhajanitas de 3ho-kundalini yoga, tienen sus kinderes y clases especiales de "kundalini" para niños. Los Hare Krishna, por ejemplo poseen la Gurukula, o escuela propia. Los Niños de Dios/La Familia, también educan a los niños en sus comunidades.Si no viven en comunidad:El adoctrinamiento se realiza en las reuniones diarias y/o semanales. (Por ejemplo, en los Salones del Reino de los Testigos de Jehová; en las sesiones de auditación que realizan en Dianética, o en las conferencias sobre El Principio Divino, de la secta Moon). Se utilizan básicamente sus textos sagrados y los escritos y discursos de sus profetas, ya que la mayoría de los movimientos edita sus propios materiales de lectura, como para no dejar nada al azar. Por ejemplo Las Cartas de Mo, en los Niños de Dios/La Familia; el plan educativo de Sai Baba, que ya se ha difundido por algunas escuelas y La Educación en la E.C.B., de la Escuela Científica Basilio (espiritistas).Volviendo al tema de la escolaridad, podemos señalar que normalmente las sectas no permiten que los niños asistan a la escuela, con lo que carecen de pautas sociales (en el sentido de ‘la sociedad externa al grupo’) de comportamiento, así como de habilidad para comunicarse en situaciones cotidianas. No suelen saber nada del mundo que les rodea y los años que pasan en la secta lo describen como un vacío emocional y educacional. Les cuesta mucho tomar decisiones y enfrentarse a problemas de la vida cotidiana.

Daños ocasionados

Supresión de las emociones: es parecida en la mayoría de las sectas ya que a los niños no se les permite vivir la infancia en sentido normal. No pueden manifestar sus emociones ni desarrollarse tal como lo harían los niños normales. En algunos casos podemos citar la temprana iniciación sexual. Corrupción de Menores: Algunos de los movimientos que han sido denunciados por estas prácticas son Los Niños de Dios / La Familia; Por un mundo mejor (Las 8 Reinas); y Templo del Pueblo, entre otros.Manipulación de la sexualidad:Ya sea exacerbada o restringida: Niños de Dios / La Familia; Hare Krishna; Rajneesh; Escuela de Yoga de Buenos Aires.Aislamiento total: Del mundo exterior: Niños de Dios/La Familia; Hare Krishna; Asociación Gnóstica de Estudios de Antropología y Ciencias) Tantrismo Blanco en 3HO-Kundalini Yoga.Dependencia total: De los líderes sectarios. No tienen iniciativa propia.Reducción a la servidumbre / esclavitud: Algunos de los movimientos que han sido denunciados por estas prácticas son: Por un mundo mejor (Las 8 Reinas); La Misión; Asociación Gnóstica de Estudios de Antropología y Ciencias. Malos tratos físicos: House of Juda; Templo del Pueblo; L.U.S. -Lineamiento Universal Superior; Niños de Dios/La Familia; Asociación Gnóstica de Estudios de Antropología y Ciencias; Hare Krishna.Maltratos psíquicos / Fobias: Niños de Dios/La Familia; Asociación Gnóstica de Estudios de Antropología y Ciencias; Hare Krishna.Explotación Económica: La Misión; Moon; Hare Krishna; Testigos de JehováIncitación a cometer delitos: Hare Krishna; La Misión; MoonRiesgos de la salud: Testigos de Jehová; Ciencia Cristiana; grupos psicoterapéuticos, pseudocientíficos, y del desarrollo del potencial humano varios.Riesgos por su vida: Al pertenecer a grupos que hacen uso de armas de fuego o blancas (3ho-kundalini yoga), o por otros motivos varios Branch Davidians; Orden del Templo Solar; Templo del Pueblo; Movimiento para la Restauración de los Diez Mandamientos de Dios.}

Efectos posteriores: Varían según la edad, tiempo dentro de la secta, influencia de los padres, etc. Los niños que salen de diferentes sectas manifiestan problemas psicológicos y de comportamiento similares. Estas pueden ser tan sólo una parte de las consecuencias de pertenecer a una secta, y tal vez las mismas deberíamos potenciarlas en el caso de los menores, ya que no siempre tienen la oportunidad de poder defenderse o percibir el peligro.

Menores Muertos en Suicidios Colectivos o Matanzas Masivas Ocasionadas por Sectas

1978 Templo del Pueblo, Guyana. 913 muertos. (276 niños).

1980 Sobrevivientes del Templo del Pueblo, Berkeley, California, EUA. 3 muertos (1 niña, de 16 años de edad).1985 Move, Filadelfia, EUA. 11 Muertos (5 niños).1985 Asamblea de la Fe, Indiana, EUA. 90 muertos por ‘curaciones de fe’ (9 niños).

1989 Iglesia Reorganizada de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días (Mormones disidentes),.Kirtland, Ohio. 5 muertos (3 niños).1992 Identidad Cristiana Blanca, Idaho, EUA. 3 muertos (1 niño de 14 años).

1993 Branch Davidians (Rama Davidiana), Waco, Texas, EUA. 80 muertos (27 niños).1994 Orden del Templo Solar,. Canadá / Suiza. 53 muertos. (1 bebé de 3 meses).

1995 Aum Shinri Kyo, Tokio, Japón. 23 muertos (1 niño).

1995 Milicias, Oklahoma City. 167 muertos (16 niños).

2000 Movimiento por la Restauración de los Diez Mandamientos de Dios,Kanungu, Uganda. 1007 muertos (201 niños).

Tomado de http://es.catholic.net/sectasapologeticayconversos/243/1452/articulo.php?id=23924

SIKHISMO Y YOGA KUNDALINI

2008-08-06T21:48:00.002-03:00

SIKHISMO Y YOGA
"La religión de Sikh fué principalmente establecida para anular todos los Yogas ascéticos"
¡Es muy infortunado que la introducción de algunas de las principales creencias del Sikhismo en Occidente se ha hecho a través del Yoga que es la misma práctica que el propio Guru Nanak denunció al establecimiento de Su religión! .Vea la ironía ¡La religión de Sikh fue principalmente establecida para anular todos los Yogas ascéticos y sin embargo su imagen en América, (y otros países Occidentales) parece ser visto por especialmente los Anglo-sajones- como una religión entrelazada inexorablemente con el Yoga Kundalini! ¡El americano medio puede igualar el Sikhismo con el Yoga Kundalini, porque las personas de 3ho han enseñado que esto es Sikhismo y ellos lo creen! Pero nada podría ser más lejos de la verdad.
¿Por qué las personas de 3ho han enseñado esto a sus hermanos Anglo-sajones? Porque éso es lo que a ellos se enseñaro por Yogui Bhajan. Quién fue de hecho un yogui--a pesar de los accesorios Sikh que él llevaba.
Este Yogui Bhajan ha entrelazado(sincretizado) el Yoga Kundalini con la religión de Sikh que porque él tenía que racionalizar su creación religiosa (3ho-kundalini yoga) con la religión en la que él nació. Incluso parece que su propia familia estaba al principio contra esto y he escuchado de sus propios parientes que renunció a sus propias creencias Sikh para autodeclararse fundador de este nuevo culto.
Todas las personas en Pendjab saben que el yoga está contra de la práctica de Sikh. En mi opinión la razón por qué este Yogui blasfemo mantenía a guardias personales era impedir a las personas confrontarlo sobre la instroducción del yoga en nombre de los Gurús Sikh. Él no escuchaba razones. Además,la fundación 3HO, considerada en la India como parte de la estructura occidental del partido nazi RSS, usa el derecho para torcer la religión Sikh con sus abogados--quiénes amenazan con acciónes legales a cualquiera que dice algo crítico sobre ellos. Uno de tales abogados amenazó al Consejo Khalsa Hispanoamericano . Este abogado dijo, "Usted no puede decir nada sobre nosotros. Nosotros somos una corporación y nosotros podemos hacer lo que nosotros queremos. Nosotros lo demandaremos."
Es verdad que "3HO-Kundalini Yoga" es una corporación, como es el "Siri Singh Sahib” una Corporación y otros bajo la vigilancia y mando de Yogui Bhajan en su momento y luego por sus sucesores. Me parece a mí que los seguidores de Yogui Bhajan se amortajan en las corporaciones legalmente protegidos para que ellos puedan torcer las creencias Sikh libremente sin miedo de responsabilidad personal.
Su secta o culto es diferente de las Enseñanzas Santas de los Gurús. Es una religión mezclada, sincretizada, compuesta, una síntesis de yoga ascético (Tantra, Kundalini, Muntra, Mudra, medicinas Védicas, etc.), lo que yo llamo "Bhajanismo" (su propia filosofía) y algo de Sikhismo. Él mezcla esto, todo junto en algo que debe llamarse "Americo-Bhajanismo" que haría de sus seguidores "Americo-Bhajanitas”
Hay algunas personas buenas ciertamente dentro de 3HO. Quizá algunos son más Sikhs que "Americo-Bhajanitas", pero la mayoría parece seguir a Yogui Bhajan primero y la religión Sikh en segundo lugar. Claro ellos le dirán verbalmente lo contrario, pero si usted observa su práctica la verdad se vuelve obvia
Usted puede ver a los "Americo-Bhahanitas” que usan el cuerpo humano como una analogía. Los órganos interiores son vitales para su existencia serían análogos a la práctica del yoga ascético de Yogui Bhajan . El cerebro consistiría en la filosofía personal de Bhajan expresada a través de tales cosas como sus cursos y los "manuales" de instrucción. Esencialmente, las mentes de los seguidores reflejan su filosofía simplemente. El techado superficial o cosmético sería la apariencia exterior de "Sikhs." Ellos aparecen como "Sikhs"--así las personas que realmente no conocen su historia y el funcionamiento interior real frecuentemente pueden ser engañados por ellos.
Yo no tengo ningún problema personal con Yogui Bhajan, pero si de que su use el nombre "Sikh Dharma" para algo que no es Sikh en su práctica. Es claro también la demanda que viene repitiéndose de que 3HO es una secta o "culto." Yo he visto a muchas personas "lavadas del cerebro" en 3HO. Ellos parecen tener una mente controlada y señales de abuso psicológico han aparecido en rápidos testeos.Parece que casi todos los indios que se involucran en sus "ashrams", rápidamente de apartan de ellos. Hay ramas de 3HO en Los Angeles y Nuevo México. Puede ser algo diferente en otras áreas dónde la influencia del Yogui es quizás menos directa. De hecho, yo pienso sin la influencia directa, hay una oportunidad buena que uno pueda haber encontrando algún Sikhs real que es genuino y no con el cerebro lavado.
Es fácil de descubrir a un miembro de 3HO en Los Anageles. Ellos tienen a menudo esa "mirada perdida" su cara. En mi opinión el "zaat" de "Sikh" pierde incluso por asociarse con un 3HO. El Yogui es su Dios y Gurú para todos los propósitos. Dentro de 3HO hay evidencia clara de culto a la personalidad, prácticas hindús ascéticas y todos los varios "mayas." Yo recomiendo favorablemente a las personas se aparten para cuidar su integridad.
Personas de 3ho están enseñando al público americano que Sikhi es el Yoga, la filosofía de Bhajan, las dietas del yogi, etc.--a través de su red de Centros de Yoga. Muchos angloamericanos piensan ahora que el Yoga es uno y lo mismo con Sikhi, porque las personas 3h0 les han dicho esto. Parece que cuando un caucásico americano me pregunta si yo soy un Sikh invariablemente la próxima pregunta que ellos harán es, usted "¿hace yoga? " O ellos hablarán sobre el yoga que ellos aprendieron y piensan que nosotros somos seguidores de Yogui Bhajan.
Claramente, los Sikhs tradicionales auténticos tienen mucho trabajo para hacer. Toda la desinformación que Yogui Bhajan ha publicado durante los últimos 30 años en América a través de sus enseñanzas necesita ser aclarada por nosotros. Yo pienso que puede tomarnos un par de décadas para separar el palabra Yoga de la palabra Sikh, en la mente del americano medio. La mayoría de los americanos incluso no pronuncia correctamente la palabra Sikh.
Y yo creo que Yogui Bhajan sabía que lo que él ha hecho es equivocado. Prácticas 3ho como entregar el parshad a Hanuman (Dios mono hindú) después de que el karah prashad se presenta fuera de su gurdwara, mientras veneran al hijo de Gurú Nanak como un Sikh alto ideal (cuando él renunció a Gurú Nanak por su práctica yogica por ejemplo, beber orina , etc., qué son prácticas hindúes y realmente anti-Sikh). yo podría seguir sin parar--hay una lista larga de contradicciones entre el Sikh tradicional básico y las practicas dentro de 3HO.
Pero la diferencia principal entre un Sikh real y un miembro de 3HO es que un Sikh genuino tiene su mente enfocada en el shabad, el Siri Gurú Granth Sahi (SGGS) y el Gurbani. Considerando que los miembros de 3HO tienen sus mentes enfocadas en Yogui Bhajan. Ellos deben admitir que él es su gurú real. Yo sé que ellos todos se sentaban a sus pies en privado, y algunos continúan esta práctica con su esposa hoy en día. Cuando Yogui Bhajan caminaba entre ellos todos se sentaban rectos y prestaban toda su atención y reverencia a él. Ellos parecían expresamente devotos a él. Ésa es la devoción exacta que yo sólo doy al SGGS , su lealtad era y es a Bhajan.
Bhajan es su Gurú para todos los intentos y propósitos. Él se sentaba en un palki en sus mentes. Ellos son quizás 80% Bhajanites, y 20% Sikhs. Ellos le dirán, "Ningún Gurú es para nosotros más que el SGGS y Yogui Bhajan él es nuestro maestro espiritual”. Sin embargo, ésto es sólo duplicidad--algo que él ha creado en sus mentes. Un "maestro" "espiritual es un Gurú”. Usted puede tener sólo un gurú y para ellos es Bhajan. Ellos lo aman, le obedecen y se arquean a sus deseos y maneras más que al SGGS.
Cuando los domingos en el servicio de Gurdwara de su ashram y una conferencia de Yogui Bhajan comenzaba la transmisión -ellos los kirtanis deteníanse de tocar en medio del shabad y todos apenas escuchan a su conferencia. Normalmente era sólo basura, él alardeando sobre él mismo y gritándoles a menudo a ellos. Es equivocado detener un shabad para que alguien más tome la "palabra" encima del Gurbani. Esto es otra clara señal de que ellos no son Sikhs. Esto no era sólo una ocurrencia singular, sino algo que ha estado ocurriendo durante tiempo y que el propio Bhajan podría haber corregido.
Las personas 3ho sostienen lo que ellos llaman la "clase" a su Centro de Yoga. Esto es a menudo cuando el Yogui Bhajan venía y hablaba. Las personas pagan dinero para asistir. Y cuando ellos están allí usted puede ver que ellos se comportan como sus discípulos. Ellos se sientan atentamente e intentan aprender de él. La misma cosa exacta que un Sikh (discípulo) hace con un Gurú-darbar gurdwara- que es la "clase" real para un verdadero Sikh. Pero los miembros 3ho son en cambio los "Sikhs" de Yogui Bhajan y no los seguidores del SGGS. Ellos deben cambiar el nombre de su religión a algo más y deben dejar de engañar al público americano. ¡Ellos están deshonrando el nombre de Gurú Nanak en el siglo XXI!
Yogui Bhajan enseña que la palabra "Yoga" en el Gurú Grunth Sahib quiere decir su Yoga de Kundalini. Una vez cuando un amigo mío dejó 3HO yo le pregunté que si el todavía se considerara que un Sikh y el contestaron, "Oh sí, el Yoga Kundalini siempre será el centro de mi religión." El yoga Bhajan adoctrinó a sus seguidores para que ellos realmente crean que el Yoga es sinónimo de Sikhi. De nuevo, Sikhs realmente genuinos tienen mucho trabajo para hacer tratando con toda la desinformación de 3ho. Esto tardará unas décadas, pero es importante. El honor de los Gurús, y los sacrificios de todos los Sikhs y mártires hechos en el pasado estáen juego. Nosotros no podemos permitir a la religión Sikhl una desgracia tan grande. Guru Fateh. La Victoria es del Verdadero Guru.

PROMOCION DEL PENSAMIENTO MAGICO

2008-07-16T17:30:00.000-03:00

SECTA ANTI SIKH

PROMUEVE SUPERSITICIONES Y PENSAMIENTO MAGICO

En el marco de las continuas agresiones y ofensas que promueve el grupo pro norteamericano "3HO-Kundalini Yoga"( acusado de ser agente del partido nazi RSS de India) con bases en Latinoamérica y España nuestra editorial ha seleccionado las siguientes tres páginas web, de las muchas halladas y de los cientos de documentos que implican al grupo.En las mismas son claros los sincretismos foráneos al sikhismo (kabalá, hinduísmo,kundalini,etc).Esta es una más de las caras de esta secta "new age" que ha producido tanta confusión en algunas personas especialmente en países como Mexico y Chile.Dicen por ejemplo:

"Un Verdadero Maestro Espiritual
Del Maestro de la Cábala Universal Joseph Michael Levry (GURU NAAM)
Estimados amigos y queridos miembros,
Leer esta obra con el corazón abierto traerá luz a vuestra mente, paz a vuestros corazones y fuerza a vuestro espíritu. Antes de empezar, debo dar las gracias a los iniciados y Maestros de Cábala rosacruces que me guiaron desde temprana edad y me enseñaron esta vasta ciencia divina espiritual que una vez fue secreta, pues de la Sabiduría Divina Espiritual emana toda la sabiduría, conocimiento y guía. Le estoy tremendamente agradecido al difunto Maestro de Tantra Blanco y Kundalini Yoga, Yogui Bhajan, que me apoyó amorosamente durante muchos años, y me animó a fusionar la Cábala sagrada con el Kundalini Yoga. Fue él quien dijo: “Me llevó (Yogui Bhajan) cuarenta años aprender esta ciencia y te llevó a ti (Joseph Michael Levry) otros tantos escribirla. Esta obra vivirá por siempre”. También le estoy profundamente agradecido a Maharaj Ji por darme el Naam cuando estuve en India. Babaji es un santo de proporciones bíblicas cuya espiritualidad le fue reconocida por primera vez cuando era niño. Fue Baba Siri Chand Ji, el gran yogui del siglo XVI, místico e hijo primogénito de Guru Nanak Dev Ji, el primer Gurú sij, quien se le apareció y le instruyó. No mucho después, Baba Siri Chand regresó con su padre Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Guru Nanak le entregó el Naam. De joven, Babaji comenzó a sanar enfermedades intratables, devolviendo la vida a los muertos y transformando las vidas de las personas. Los aldeanos pronto reconocieron que en él se estaban desarrollando increíbles poderes espirituales. Maharaj Ji es un verdadero símbolo de santidad, humildad y servicio..."

http://www.rootlight.com/lightandhome.htm

En esta otra página simplemente veamos la imagen:

http://kundalinialavanguardia.blogspot.com

Este grupo esta coordinado por el chileno, "Maestro" "S.S" Pritam Pal Singh experto en "sanación" pero sin ningún título médico que lo acredite y que aparenta ser un"sikh".

Este otro grupo promueve otro "nuevo sistema de salud" fundado por Yogi Akal, quien dice ser "Ministro Sikh"(sic ¿?) y es otro discípulo del conocido Yogi Bhajan

http://www.naturalmedicineschool.com/

"ES UNA OBLIGACION DE CADA GURSIKH EN CUALQUIER LUGAR DONDE SE ENCUENTREN DESENMASCARAR A TODO

SIKHI DAY VAY REE"

Para una información detallada visite la web:

SECTA ANTI-SIKH (SIKHI DAY VAY REE)3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA

2008-06-27T14:02:00.000-03:00

MANIFESTANTES ANTI-SECTAS SACHA SAUDA Y 3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA

Excesos Policíacos Contra Protesta Anti-SECTAS

MUCHOS DE LOS MANIFESTANTES LLEVABAN PANCARTAS COMPARANDO AL DERA SACHA SAUDA CON LA SECTA OCCIDENTAL 3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA, FUNDADA POR EL PAKISTANI YOGI BHAJAN PURI, UN DESEMPLEADO QUE SE DEDICO A LA ENSEÑANZA DEL YOGA SINCERTIZÁNDOLO CON LA LLAMADA "NEW AGE" Y ALGUNOS ELEMENTOS DEL SIKHISMO

Ha habido muy poca cobertura de los medios de comunicación, además de muy parcial por las agencias informativas indias en las protestas de Sikh a lo largo de toda la India contra el líder de la Secta india llamado Ram Gurmeet Rahim del Sacha Sauda Culto que es responsable por la violación, asesinato, y odio religioso incitante y recientemente el frío asesinato de un manifestante pacífico en Mumbai. Así mismo la inconformidad del Panth Sikh con la secta occidental 3ho-Kundalini Yoga del Yogi Bhajan, es creciente ante las serias distorciones que realiza de la doctrina sikh y por las muchas denuncias penales que enfrenta.

La brutalidad policíaca contra el Sikhs no ha sido cubierta por los medios de comunicación indios o se ha investigado parcialmente. Sólo el BBC resaltó los abusos cometidos por la policía india e incluso entonces estaba rascando meramente en la superficie de un problema mayor de abusos de derechos humanos realizados de forma consistente por la policía india contra las minorías Étnicas. Las siguientes fotos y videos de la violencia dirigió por la policía india son elocuentes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWHH6xrzlvI

Aquí están las fotografías tomadas de las palizas públicas por la policía india a individuos Sikhs pacíficos, desarmado por protestar, para crear un clima de miedo y represión.

2008-06-26T19:02:00.001-03:00

SECTA 3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA PROMOVERÍA SUPERSTICIONES

SUPERSTICIONES NEW AGE Y SECTAS ANTI-SIKH
El presente artículo está tomado del blog:
http://www.shindasingh.com/blog/2006/02/07/kookay-gone-wild/ escrito por Shinda Singh.
Podemos ver en la foto al "Guru Viviente" de la secta Naamdhari y a su lado al fundador de la secta 3ho-Kundalini Yoga, el Sr. Yogi Bhajan Puri, considerado por algunos miembros de su grupo como el 12 Guru,en el " New Age Sikhismo"
"Seré honrado, yo no soy un entusiasta de Naamdhari, nunca lo he sido. Ahora antes de que usted piense que yo estoy siendo racista o prejuiciado a cualquiera, usted debe comprender que en Naamdhari yo conozco a personas muy buenas quizás, pero por sus creencias yo no puedo aceptarlos en mi vida espiritual abiertamente. ¡Efectivamente ellos hacen Raag, sí ellos pusieron el énfasis incluso en Raag, y esto es bueno para ellos! Demasiado malo para ellos es sin embargo en que creen en un Gurú del daydhari. Es un insulto y una palmada al Gurú Gobind Singh, a cada minutos cuando ellos nos dicen que su Gurú es el sucesor del Gurú Gobind Singh Ji. Algunos sitios web aceptan Kookay ahora como una rama de Sikhs. ¡Ellos no son Sikhs! Ellos podrían ser personas buenas, pero no Sikhs. Ellos nunca lo serán, hasta el día en que ellos reconózcan a sólo el Gurú Sri Granth Sahib Ji, como el Verdadero e Inmortal Gurú, hasta el día que ellos se arrodillen ante el Gurú Roop, Punj Pyarai ellos permanecerán separados y en su propio camino, descaminado del Gurú Panth. Yo no sé por qué yo soy tan frustrado con Kookay. Yo pienso que es porque ellos están extendiendose allí incluso más allá y más allá la mitología. Akaal Takhat ha rechazado Naamdharis del panth, sin embargo todavía la corriente principal Sikh los aceptan abiertamente en sus casas. Es un día triste, cuando nosotros aceptamos y nos sentamos al lado de aquéllos que abiertamente desafían al Gurú Gobind Singh Ji ,el hukam diario creyendo en su propio Gurú del daydhari. Yo no entiendo honestamente a donde ellos quieren llegar. ¿Cómo las personas les creen? ¿Por qué las personas les creen? Si cualquier cosa buena fuera derivado de ellos, entonces tendría que ser que ellos ayudan sacar a los necios de Sikhi, dejándonos con aquéllos que tienen el sentido común por lo menos para saber que el panth de Naamdhari no es un panth genuino, es una falsedad, mientras chupan la sangre fuera de Sikhi a quienes están más frustrados que nosotros que ya estamos llenos con nuestro propio juego de Alcahuetes (Babbas, Jatehdars, Granthis, Gianis Mahants), quiénes alcahueteando están ocupando nuestro Panth para su propia glorificación y satisfacción. Sólo Gurú que Sahib conoce, pero hasta entonces simplemente sentémosnos cómodos y mirémos al Kookay que va salvaje."

I’ll be honest, I’m not a big fan of Naamdhari’s, never have been, was somewhat cool with them for a minute (the Jagardhang Naghardhang track), but then I snapped back to reality.
Now before you think I’m getting all racist or prejudiced or whatever else, you got to realize that Naamdhari’s for all I know maybe really good people, but for their beliefs I can not ever openly accept them.
Sure they do Raag, yes they even lay emphasis on Raag, and good for them! Too bad they also believe in a daydhari Guru. It’s an insult and a slap to Guru Gobind Singh, every minute when they tell us that their Guru is Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s successor.Some sites now accept Kookay as being a branch of Sikhs. They are not Sikhs! They might be good people, but not Sikhs. They never will be, until the day they recognize only Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, as the true and immortal Guru, until the day they kneel before Guru Roop, Punj Pyarai they will remain separated and on their own path, astray from the Guru Panth.
I don’t know why I’m so frustrated with Kookay. I think largely because they’re spreading there mythology even further and further. Akaal Takhat has rejected Naamdharis from the panth, yet mainstream Sikhs still openly accept them into their homes.
It’s a sad day, when we accept and sit beside those who openly challenge Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s hukam every day by believing in their own daydhari Guru.
I honestly don’t understand where they’re coming from. How do people believe them? Why do people believe them? If any good is to be derived from them, then it would have to be that they help take the fools out of Sikhi, leaving us with those who have at least the common sense to know that the Naamdhari panth is not a genuine panth, it’s a leach, sucking the blood out of Sikhi, which is even more frustrating since we’re already filled with our own set of Pimp’s (Babbay, Jatehdars, Granthis, Gianis Mahants), who are busy pimping our Panth for their own glorification and satisfaction. But then again, in the olden days they used leaches to help cure sicknesses, by sucking out the diseases and poisons, so maybe there could be some good to all this?
Only Guru Sahib knows, but until then let’s just sit back and enjoy watching Kookay going wild.

También en estos días recibimos una invitación de la "tarotista oficial, por ocho años" del Yogi Bhajan, una comprobación más de las supersiticiones sincretistas y anti-sikh de este reducido grupo que tiene la costumbre de usar turbante, bana, kara, etc. Inclusive usan nombres sikh para atraer discípulos a sus clases de yoga, curanderismo y ocultismo.

Cualquiera de estas supersticiones (astrología,numerología,tarot,etc)son consideradas anti-sikh por el Rehat Mardaya (Código de Conducta Sikh) y todas ellas son practicadas por este grupo,ofendiendo de esta manera cada día a nuestro Panth Sikh y a la simple razón humana...

CONTINUA EL DISPARATE

2008-06-17T23:00:00.001-03:00

3HO-KUNDALINI, ANTI-SIKH Y AMIGOS

CONTINUA EL DISPARATE...
3HO-KUNDALINI, ANTI-SIKH Y AMIGOS
LA HUMANIDAD TIENE EL "HONOR" DE RECIBIR AL "GURU":
Al Zahir Sheikh Genizahr Gueburah Khalsa- "Dr". Gonzalo Arturo Guevara Urquizo.Fundador de la "Escuela Iniciática AEROSOMICA" (sic).
Dice él mismo en su blog:
"En el 2001 viaje a visitar a Yogui Bajan y EL me reconoce como Guru Kharma Khalsa, anunciando mi labor en la Agartha Sangha como Comendador de la misma, viajando al Medio Oriente para recibir instrucciones... El "Al Sheikh" Al Nazim de Bokara de Samarcanda me hereda su titulo."
En hispanoamérica nos preguntamos muchas veces; ¿cúal es primero, el huevo o la gallina?. ¿Esto mismo se aplicará a este caso? Querido lector si dispone de algún tiempo y desea un poco de diversión visite este blog:
http://agarthasangha.blogspot.com/2006/06/alta-iniciacion-en-la-escala.html

3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA Y DELIRIO MISTICO

2008-06-04T21:21:00.001-03:00

3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA Y DELIRIO MISTICO

Realmente las imágenes valen más que mil palabras....

Vea como miembros de esta peligrosa secta anti-sikh que colaboró con el gobierno de India en las masacres de 1984 coloca a su fundador "Yogi Bhajan" como el" 12 Guru" http://www.kundaliniyogavalencia.com/sikhdharma.html

Otra página de la "Orden Khalsa Universal" (sic) es una joyita de sincretismo para los psiquiatras y una ofensa para todos los gursikh.Su líder supera todo serio discernimiento...Dice su "curriculum " :

JOAQUIN DE LA CALZADA - JASWANT SINGH KHALSA
Director del Centro de Desarrollo Holístico y la escuela de Kundalini Yoga KHALSA. Dirige he imparte el curso de Maestría en Yoga Kundalini. Es licenciado en dos especialidades de Bellas Artes, Iniciado en el Budismo Tibetano y el Zen, Maestro de Reiki Usui-Tibetano, Karuna y Reiki-Zen. Ha participado en diversos encuentros de Tantra Blanco y Festivales de Yoga. Ha sido reconocido en diversas tradiones espirituales Americanas y Orientales como Guía espiritual. Es reconocido como un miembro de la orden Khalsa en Anritsar (India). Ha practicado y ha sido iniciado en diversas técnicas tantricas de la tradición Taoista. Es miembro de la Orden de Melchisedec como sacerdote Universal y es creador del sistema de ACTIVACION DEL ALMA y presidente de la ARZI. Su plan de estudios Holisticos ha sido nominado a los premios "Excelencia educativa" de la UNESCO." Ver: http://www.yogakundalini.org/

Por otra parte otro de los líderes de la secta Guru Dev Singh Khalsa "recibe esotéricamente" la técnica de curanderismo "Sat Nam Rasayan" para definir a "Guru Dev" dice su página oficial:

" Me gusta mucho recordar la historia de Guru Dev y como fue que ofreció su vida para dedicarse a sanar a otros y a compartir las enseñanzas de la curación. Recuerdo que la primera vez que tome una sesión de Sat Nam Rasayan, no entendí nada de la técnica, pero entré en un estado de meditación y relajación profunda. La sola presencia de Guru Dev me inspiró para adentrarme en mi práctica de meditación y me ha hecho regresar año con año a estudiar con el ya sea en México o en Asissi, Italia, en donde una vez al año, Guru Dev imparte un Seminario de Meditación y Sat Nam Rasayan. "

Definen esta técnica como : "En cualquier tradición espiritual los ritos cobran poder a través de la intención. Con ella, el practicante confiere dirección a esa fuerza o energía que invoca. Las personas pueden rezar, hacer visualizaciones o cantar mantras, pero todo eso tiene que tener una dirección: ha de existir un propósito, una meta, darle una intención curativa. Se establece una intención por el simple hecho de decidirlo. Mantener una intención requiere de un “estado de silencio interno”¨por parte del curador, esta cualidad se puede desarrollar con la propia práctica del Sat Nam Rasayan. El yoga es un apoyo perfecto. Ver: http://www.satnamrasayan.com.mx/

TODA PERSONA ES LIBRE, PERO SU LIBERTAD FINALIZA CUANDO COMIENZA LA DEL OTRO...NO PERMITA QUE LO MANIPULEN...INFORMESE AQUI: DEFENSORES DE LA FE

KUNDALINI YOGA PARA MATAR

2008-06-03T13:55:00.001-03:00

SOLDADOS INDIOS, HACEN YOGA PARA MATAR

Los soldados de la India practican yoga kundalini para ser unas auténticas máquinas de matarAmpliar fotoEl sargento Gurdev Singh enseña yoga, (miembro de la peligrosa secta Anti-sikh, 3ho-Kundalini yoga), a sus soldados. 50 minutos de yoga ayuda a darles más flexibilidad y conseguir la tonificación muscular necesaria para ser buenos militares."El yoga es útil para actividades como el disparo", dice Shirley Telles, principal investigador del proyecto.También favorece a reducir los niveles de estrés en un Ejército que, desde 2005, registra un total de 100 suicidios al año.El yoga como técnica de entrenamiento militar. Los soldados del Ejército de la India están practicando esta técnica hinduista con el objetivo de convertirse en verdaderas máquinas de matar. Y es que, al parecer, 50 minutos de yoga ayuda, además de reducir los niveles de estrés, a darles más flexibilidad y conseguir la tonificación muscular necesaria para ser buenos militares.El 'grupo yoga' ha demostrado mejoras en las actividades"El 'grupo yoga' ha demostrado mejoras en las actividades que requieren coordinación y concentración, así como resistencia y fuerza muscular", asegura Shirley Telles, principal investigador del proyecto.Los soldados que practican yoga son aquellos pertenecientes al Grupo de Ingenieros Bengalíes y con su práctica han conseguido tener unas manos más fuertes, músculos más tonificados y unos movimientos más firmes que los que se someten a 90 minutos de ejercicios militares tradicionales."Esto puede ser muy útil para actividades como el disparo", asegura Telles, en declaraciones al diario británicoAdemás, el yoga contribuye a rebajar los niveles de estrés en el Ejército del país asiático, algo que preocupa a los mandos ya que, desde 2005, se han producido entre las tropas un total de 100 suicidios al año en la región de Kashmir. También se registran numerosos conflictos entre los militares y aunque la actividad de la insurgencia no es muy grave, sí resulta constante.

LA SECTA

2008-05-07T19:48:00.000-03:00

The Evolution of Yogi Bhajan’s Sikh Dharma/3HO by Dr. Connie Elsberg
From “Graceful Women; Gender and Identity in an American Sikh Community” by Dr. Contance Elsberg, page 73:
As the story has been recounted to me by members who joined 3Ho in the late 1960s and early 1970s, some of Bhajan’s students began to attend a Sikh study circle in 1969-70 with their teacher (Yogi Bhajan). Conversion to the religion began within this small group in Los Angeles. The first follower to become a Sikh - a woman - did so in 1970.
When Bhajan led a group of his students on a trip to India in December of 1970, they visited the Golden Temple at Amritsar, and some took amrit there. Bhajan met with leaders of such major Sikh organizations as the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). He returned to the United States using the title “Siri Singh Sahib”, a term of respect which was extended to him by the president of the SGPC. Later further honorifics were added, and 3HO/Sikh Dharma members now render his title as “Chief Religious and Administrative Authority of Sikh Dharma of the Western Hemisphere.”
Ethnic Sikhs, it should be noted, generally recognize this title as relevant only to Bhajan’s organization, not to all Sikhs in the Western Hemisphere.
A short history written as the commemorative volume suggests that Bhajan was initially caution about introducing formal religion to his following:
“Returning to the States, the Siri Singh Shaib remained simply Yogiji to his students, and few of them ever thought of him as a “religious” leader in the traditional sense. He knew that to build a Dharma strong enough to last a thousand years he would have to start with a broad and deep foundation. So he continued to teach about Sikh Dharma in an indirect way, molding the character of his students through yoga and meditation, developing in them the traits that would eventually be necessary for the formation of the Khalsa.”(S Khalsa and G.Khalsa 1979, 119-120)
But if he had doubts, he didn’t hesitate for long. While the adoption of the religion appears to be a spontaneous decision by several individuals, it rapidly became the organizational norm, and Bhajan was quick to encourage, legitimate, and intergrate Sikh traditions into 3HO life.
The first American Sikh gurdwara was inaugarated on November 26, 1972, at Guru Ram Das Ashram in Los Angeles. “Beads of Truth” (an organizational newsletter) reported that members had been learning the language of the scriptures (S. Khalsa, 1973) and now “students who have learned to read fluently in Gurmukhi” were reading from the Sikh scripture and were generally “responsible and knowledgeable on all aspects of serving and taking instruction from the Guru” (ibid, 10).
By 1972-73 Sikh prayers were added to morning devotions and Sikhism was spreading throughout the membership. Bhajan ordained the first Western-born male ministers in January 1972 and the first Sikh women ministers in June of that year.
As previously mention, Punjabi Sikh services are not led by ministers. There is the role of granthi, or lay caretaker of the Guru Granth Sahib, and this position is sometimes expanded in North American sangats (Richardson 1985, 136).
Bhajan incorporated the Sikh Dharma Brotherhood as a religious organization in April 1973. By then translations of the Guru Granth Sahib had been distributed to all (3HO) ashrams, and Western Sikhs were learning to sing the Sikh kirtan.
Conversion to Sikhism offered new identities, for both Bhajan and his students. For Bhajan, it provided a position in the world of international Sikhism and in interfaith organizations in the US: for members it meant affiliation with the Khalsa, immersion in a new culture, the possibility of becoming a minister, and connection with a worldwide community. Soon 3HO members were engaging in Sikh rituals, decoration their houses with pictures of the Sikh gurus and the Golden Temple, taking vows, donning turbans and the five K’s, changing their surnames to Khalsa, and receiving new Sikh first names from Yogi Bhajan.
Each individual was free to accept or reject Sikhism, but people took vows in numbers and were clearly encouraged to embrace the religion. The following quotations from a 1972 issue of “Beads of Truth” captures the thinking at that time:
“You can not take half or part of any of this, using only as much as you choose to and still expect to arrive safely at the destination. The ocean of life is too wide to cross, there is too much maya to delude you, unless you heed all the words of your Guru and follow the true Sikh way of life” (Pond, 2).
Such exhortation paid off. Gardner (a social scientist who studied several communal groups that arose in the 1960s and 1970s) noted a change in an early southwestern 3HO ashram (Maharaj) over a three year period:
“In 1970 the members of the Maharaj ashram retained their English names and did not wear turbans or other symbols of Sikh identity but by 1973…the movement traced its lineage to Guru Nanak…and had by then adopted the Sikh costume, saints, ceremonies, texts and life-style virtually in their entirety. Most devotees had also taken new Sikh names” (1978, 130)
Bailey (who wrote a doctoral dissertation based upon participant observation in several 3HO ashrams) reported that, as of December 1972, Bhajan had ordained 65 ministers with authority “to initiate persons into Sikh Dharma, or Sikh way of life, to perform marriages, and to perform funerals” (1974, 111). Ministers did not, and still do not, have the right to administer “amrit”.
A major (ministerial) function was to perform the general 3HO/Sikh Dharma initiation in which participants take a certain set of vows designed by Bhajan. Initiates agree to earn their livelihood in an honest fashion, to rise before dawn and “chant and meditate on the Nam,” to share their earnings, to “live in service”, to “stand up in defence of the weak or oppressed,” to embrace the Granth Sahib as sole guru, to avoid narcotics, alcohol, and tobacco, and to eat a vegetarian diet, to refrain from cutting the hair and to cover it in public, and, aside from relations with a mate, to live as brothers and sisters (Dusenbury 1975, Bailey 1974). This initiation is a 3HO innovation, quite separate from amrit, although clearly reflective of Sikh principles. Bailey remarks that, although the initiation was not required, “in my experience with selected ashrams, most residents had been initiated” (1974, 112).
The dietary rules, the uncut hair, and the morning practices had been in place from 3HO’s inception. Now these were combined with more explicitly Sikh practices. Since members had a limited knowledge of Sikhism, vows taken in these early years did not have the clarity or the formality that they now have, and some people took on new roles with little understanding or preparation. A woman who took her vows in 1971 remembers:
“Sikhism then, our knowledge of it, wasn’t what our knowledge of it is now…The teacher who administered my Sikh vows was saying that this was a commitment to be a seeker of truth. It was very vaque. You were making a commitment to explore a spiritual lifestyle.”
Bhajan told his students that embracing Sikhism was a natural extension of their study of kundalini yoga. Sikhism would provide a means of channeling kundalini energy. It would further the development of “group consciousness.” Thus in the March 1973 “Beads of Truth” Bhajan is quoted as saying that a Sikh temple “is a symbol of group consciousness” (1973b, 9). And Gardner found that Bhajan was teaching that “the route to God-consciousness is first through individual consciousness and then through group consciousness” (1978, 131). Kundalini has developed the individual consciousness and some sense of group identity; now Sikhism would further prepare the way for first group, and then universal consciousness.
Bhajan also found ways to tie Sikhism to New Age thinking and to members’ counterculture and political concerns. The Aquarian Age was to be an age of God-consciousness. Drug-induced problems and the confusions of counter-culture life were “the price which man is paying in bringing God on Earth” (Bhajan 1973d, 10). As they gave birth to the new era, 3HO members would enact their dreams of reforming society. In time, as members of the Khalsa, they could gain control of institutions, not by seeking to take them over by force, or by political intrigue but by virtue of hard work and God -consciousness:
We will run the factories and establishments…So relax and feel good, and let us not be aggressive or destructive…Are you going to break the glass windows of our universities which are going to run tomorrow? …So calmly and quietly assure your future, work hard, sweat and build and live up to it. You must. Time has given you a call and you must match it” (Bhajan 1974a, 2).
One appeal that Sikhism can hold for counterculture and New Age sensibilities is that it is, in many respects, an experiential religion, and Bhajan portrayed himself as a middleman whose role was to pass on the Sikh experience of the divine:
“I simply feel that God has blessed me to have some knowledge, and if I can share with my brothers and sisters in faith, and they can experience the same ecstasy of consciousness, we all can enjoy the same joy” (Bhajan 1974a, 2).
Initially, Bhajan gave voice to a powerful vision, both of what his hip young followers could become and of the Sikh movement that he might forge. He expressed some of his hopes for the young in an early talk, quoted in an 1973 “Beads”:
“When I came to this country…I saw that the coziness of family was lost and the ego and shallowness rules, then a hope came to me, that if these people, out of this pain, can look to the Infinite and realize it, there shall be a new generation born with new faith” (1973b,11).
As early as 1972 he spoke of a Western Khalsa-to-be:
We will have our own industries, our own busineses, and we will provide our own jobs and our own culture. We will grow to be a nation of 960,000,000 Sikhs in fulfillment of the prophesy of Guru Gobind Singh” (Khalsa 1972, 343).
People who participated in New Age and countercultural activities often had a sense that it was their calling to bring about the new order, or that drastic change was inevitable. Bhajan attached this sense of destiny or calling to the Khalsa.
Throughout the 1970s Bhajan employed New Age and countercultural rhetoric, but he increasingly balanced these with the language of piety and organizational loyalty. The new watchwords were ‘discipline’, ‘grace’, ‘courage’, righteousness’, and ‘commitment.’
Bhajan’s style was changing as he cast himself in his formal role as religious leader. He now had new audiences to consider as he sought to establish his organization within the contexts of North America and Indian Sikhism. If his students were to be recognized as practicing Sikhs, and if he was to be the respected leader of Western Sikhism, then he would have to shape his motley following into a disciplined religious body.
Predictably, older Sikh organizations questioned Bhajan’s interpretations of the religion. The editor of the magazine of the Sikh Foundation (centered in Stockton, CA), Narinder Singh Kapany, and others, criticized is approach (Melton 1986, 185; Singh 1977). Others approved. The director of the Department of History and Punjab Studies Punjabi University wrote approvingly of Bhajan’s innovations, suggesting that Bhajan had breathed life into old yogic systems and had, in fact, “so modified the yogic system as to make it answer to the spiritual, humanistic and theological demands of Sikhism.” (F. Singh 1979, 409)
In 1972 Bhajan announced that he was going to become a more demanding leader. For three years, he said, he had “hugged” his students. Now he would “bug” them (Bailey 1974, 104-105). They would be tested and pushed along the spiritual path. If the discipline was too much, people were welcome to leave. Sounding rather like a Marine recruiter, he announced that his mission was to find a few, pure souls who could become “ten times greater than I am.”
But he also declared that the role of demanding leader was only one aspect of his personality. “There are three in me” he said. There was the Siri Singh Sahib: “He’ll find everything wrong with you, analyze you like anything, shatter you like you are nobody.”
But there was also Yogi Bhajan the yoga teacher, who was compassionate and non-directive, inclined to say, “It is up to you, son or daughter, do whatever you want.”
And then there was Harbhajan, the private individual, inclined to avoid discipline, enjoy God’s creation and say, “There is no problem in the world, everything is all right” (Bhajan 1979b, 15)
All three of those personas could appeal to his students. Each could meet different needs, speak to a particular value set, or be incorporated into a follower’s personality. By claiming each, Bhajan could play a variety of roles in his devotees’ lives and offer a model for linking aspects of personal and social identities.
The Siri Singh Sahib could function as a leading figure in a major faith and as a spiritual guide. As a critic he could mesh with the superego and could spur the individual to ever greater effort.
The yogi could serve as a representation of the realized human being, as a connection to cosmic energy sources and to esoteric traditions, and as an appreciative guide who encouraged the individual devotee to design a personally appropriate path.
The private, less responsible figure could offer acceptance of individuals and circumstances as they were.
All three personas shaped the organization, but with the advent of Sikhism it was the disciplined, and disciplining, face that was more frequently presented.
What there had been of exuberance and hip style appears to have waned as the organization was formalized. Bailey produced a comment analysis of the issues of “Beads of Truth” published between 1970 and 1972. He notes a decline in humor. There had been a “cosmic comic” starring the Kundalini Kid as well as several humorous articles, but by 1972 these seemed to be “almost eliminated” (1972, 94)
One notes a similar trend in 3HO music, an area of considerable creativity. Songs like “Long Tall Yogi” were composed in the early years but later were replaced by Sikh kirtan and lyrics expressive of a more conventional piety. Today there is still a tongue-in-cheek quality to many of Bhajan’s lectures and to much of 3HO life, but this stream of humor runs along side of, rather than being integral to, the formal organizational culture.
It appears that in the 1970s self-expression was also muted in favor of “positive communication.” In a content analysis Bailey looks at regional newsletters and finds that “the news is almost always positive, and there is no mention of such news as a marriage dissolving, a teacher leaving 3HO, or an ashram closing” (1974, 94). In 1974 Bhajan even published a general letter informing all students in 3HO that “in case a teacher expresses any doubt about the teachings or about his own personality to any student, immediately a call may be made to me” (reprinted in p. and S. Khalsa 1979, 80).
At the same time , the students were settling down to married life. Bhajan explained to his followers that Sikhism was a religion for householders, and he arranged marriages for many of his young devotees. Baily estimates that forty marriages were conducted at “3HO Festivals” in 1972, and that half of those were arranged.
As the years progressed the organizational structure of Sikh Dharma was further elaborated. In October of 1974 Bhajan established the Khalsa Council as the central administrative body for Sikh Dharma. In January of 1976 he submitted the Articles of Organization for the Sikh Dharma Brotherhood, and these evidently were approved in Amritsar, as well as in 3HO (see. P. and S. Khalsa 1979, 132-135).
In 1974 LaBrack described Yogi Bhajan’s development:
“His teachings evolved into a hard-line, Khalsa-oriented Sikhism with residual, but strong , emphasis on yoga” (1974, 7). But he found that Bhajan’s teachings were distinctive, for “grafted on to the historically traditional Sikh practices are some which are associated more with the Hindu Renaissance, such as vegetarianism and a tendency to puritanism; or with the Hindu social system, such as submitting to ‘arranged marriages’ with other 3HO members and a definite division of secular statuses and roles along sex lines” (1974, 3-8).
Once he introduced Sikhism Bhajan had new audiences to satisfy in addition to his youthful following. Dusenbury (1990b) found that the original reaction to Sikh Dharma from India was quite positive, but that ethnic Sikhs in North America were from the beginning more restrained in their response. He believes that “the conservative leadership of the S.G.P.C.” were probably more “comfortable” with Bhajan’s group than they were with many of the Indian American groups who were either very activist or quite ready to adapt and assimilate (1975,53).
Thus Bhajan faced considerable criticism within North America. Many of 3HO’s more idiosyncratic practices were questioned. Chief among these, as we have seen, was the practice of yoga. Bhajan also instituted a variety of titles not employed in the Punjab and gave his organization a hierarchical form, unlike typical Punjabi arrangements. This again has met with disapproval, because as “the Guru is the only channel between God and devotee, Sikh worship has generally remained free of an elaborate hierarchy of religious functionaries” (Dusenbery 1989c, 80).
Bhajan was also criticized from within the Sikh community by those who felt that he encouraged student adulation. There were also complaints about the sometimes unkept appearance of the 3HO members and about the assertive behavior of some 3HO women.
One leadership response was to concentrate on appearance. Women were encouraged to be “graceful” in demeanor and appearance, and newsletter articles and workshops featured instructions for attractive dressing and appropriate self-presentation. An ex-member who played a leading role in creating the image of the graceful 3HO woman, offering advice on dress, hairstyles, and manners, says that this effort was inspired by the need to present a favorable image to outside audiences.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s ethnic Sikhs and Sikhs associated with 3HO/Sikh Dharma regularly interacted, but they tended to go their separate ways.
“Sikhs who come in contact with Sikh Dharma are frequently perplexed by it,” McLeod noted, “not knowing whether to embrace its followers as unusually devout or to avoid them as perversely unorthodox…The answer appears to be to let them live their life of obedience, and Punjabis will live another, seldom the twain shall meet in any meaningful way. They (3Hoers) are accepted as Sikhs as long as they maintain a separate existence” (1989c, 118-19).
As they positioned themselves in the international Sikh arena, some 3HO members became quite assertive. They were particularly critical of ethnic Sikhs who had adapted to American ways to the point of cutting their hair or choosing not to follow the practices of the most observant Khalsa Sikhs. As they enthusiastically embraced the Khalsa identity, they sometimes even claimed superior status. Their criticism was not voiced solely within the 3HO/Sikh Dharma fold. Premka Kaur, general secretary of Sikh Dharma, “in a series of letters to influential English-language Sikh journals…castigated the Punjabi Sikhs in North America for perceived deviations from proper Sikh practices” (Dusenbery 1989c, 53). Dusenbery also found that in Vancouver, Gora (white) Sikhs’ “sensitive to ‘the intrusion of politics into religion’ and to ‘caste-consciousness’ and the ’subordination of women’” led to breaches within the local Punjabi Sikh community (1989c, 56). He also found Gora Sikhs pushing “for an expanded role for women in Sikh gurdwaras (e.g., as officiants and participants in Sikh services and as members of the management committees of the temple societies)” (1989c,169).
(Dusenbery borrowed the term “gora” or “white”, which is often used by ethnic Sikhs to refer to people in Sikh Dharma. It does simplify discussion when one wants to distinguish between the two categories of Sikh, but some members of Sikh Dharma view it as a disparaging term. I only employ it here when referring to Dusenbery’s work.)
Fenton, describing 3HO/Punjabi interactions in Atlanta, describes a similar situation, finding that “the American Sikhs came into conflict with Indian Sikhs on practical and theological issues and stopped participating. The Americans complained that Indians allowed people to worship with them who did not observe the five Ks, they allowed non-Sikhs into the fellowship, they served meat and beer at langar…and in the American judgement, Indians emphasized the social character of the event more than the religious” (1988, 148). In their turn “local Indian Sikhs consider American 3Ho people to be more strictly observant, but they also regard them as too fanatic…Questions have also been raised about whether or not they are following a living guru” (ibid.) (as distinct from following the Guru Granth).
At the same time that they were defining an identity vis-’a-vis ethnic Sikhs, 3HO members were adopting a number of distinctive customs and boundary maintenance mechanisms. Bhajan’s adherents were leaving behind their hippie styles in favor of turbans, Indian garb, and all white clothing. Naming practices were institutionalized. Punjabi Sikhs living in North America have adopted the practice of using their clan names as surnames, but members of Sikh Dharma objected to this on grounds that it speaks of “caste consciousness.” Their response was to appropriate “Khalsa” as a last name (Dusenbery 1989c).
Bhajan also gave instruction on how and when to sleep and awaken, on how to greet others or answer a telephone. All parts of the body took on new significance. One member, for example, told Maple that “each internal organ of the body had an affinity for, and a vulnerability to, the influence of a specific emotion” (1991, 103). Food and drink became a preoccupation as women learned to prepare vegetarian meals and Bhajan equated specific foods with particular bodily needs and functions. He introduced a variety of “mono-diets” which required an individual eat only one food for a prolonged period of time in order to improve bodily function or to heal an illness.
Suggestions for managing day-to-day interactions multiplied, as did prescriptions for the enactment of gender. Everyday life became the canvas on which a new identity was drawn.
Snow et al. find that typical frame transformation activities include the alteration of “domain-specific interpretive frames” such as group members’ ways of thinking about food, the body, and everyday routines (1986, 474) or rendering problematic that which is usually taken for granted (475). Such processes were constant in the early years.
Some customs were adopted because the leadership suggested them, or because members of an ashram discussed a practice and decided to follow it. Some, like clothing customs, began spontaneously and were later institutionalized. This process followed a pattern that has been frequently reenacted in the organization. At first there is an element of play and experimentation with styles. Then respected members of the community adopted them. Bhajn saw and approved some innovations and provided a variety of justifications for those he favored. Thus the turban was said to protect the pituitary and pineal glands. It kept the individual “centered.”
Once a custom was approved ashram directors and their wives enthusiastically took it on, and they were imitated by many devotees. Others hung back or resisted and were given time to find their own way to conformity, although those who resisted too long or too hard often found that pressure was applied.
Underlying these visible changes were larger concerns. Members of 3Ho were interpreting Sikh ideals in ways that were congruent with their cultural presuppositions (Dusenbery 1989b, 1989c, 1990b). They were also encountering and making sense of distinctive Sikh and Indian assumptions about groupings, identity, and personhood, and about the connection between thought, senses, and emotion, and the nature of the mind-body connection.
Dusenbery maintains that Gora Sikhs often view Sikhism in ways that are unfamiliar to many Punjabi Sikhs. Thus the 3HO Sikhs distinguish between religious and ethnic traits, believing that they have adopted the pure Sikh religion minus the Punjabi practices based on regional, familial, zat, and gender distinctions;
“They hold that religious identity is essentially spiritual and personal, achieved through a full and conscious doctrinal choice (e.g. through spiritual rebirth, confirmation, conversion) rather than ascribed as a fact of birth. And they regard religious norms as universal, absolute, and inviolable, entailing faithful adherence to some moral code of conduct equally enjoined on all believers and…they hold it incumbent on all would-be Sikhs in all places and at all times consistently to manifest the Sikh identity maintaining identical Sikh religious practices” (1990b, 350-51).
This approach is based on the American understanding of religion as an autonomous institution and a culture-transcending experience. It also legitimates 3HO members’ claims to be Sikhs, even if some Sikhs view affiliation as a matter of birth and custom. “
Dusenbery convincingly argues that ethnic and Gora Sikhs also have different ideas about “the nature of persons and groups” (190b, 335). Dusenbery suggest that “Punjabi Sikhs do not find it problematic to assert their similarities as Sikhs while simultaneously maintaining other diversities among themselves as Punjabi persons” (1990b, 337). This contrasts, he believes, with the North Americans who adopt a stance of “radical egalitarianism” and regard distinctions based on caste and class as inequitable.
My own reading suggests that, in the Punjab, equality takes on a different meaning than it does in North America. Pettigrew, for example, found that, among Jat Sikh males, equality was equated with independence and with maintaining honor (izzat) rather than with formal statuses (1975, 18-19).
Although 3HO women appear to have mostly retained American views of equality, in at least one crucial arena they have modified their thinking. They assume, in the case of gender, that individuals can be different and equal. Men and woman can hold different statuses and can have distinctive talents based upon gender, but none of this implies superiority or inferiority.
This approach only stretches so far, however, before it breaks. Women in 3HO have not abandoned the American concern with rights and opportunities, and they expect their rights as women to be respected
It is my understanding that many Punjabi Sikhs do not necessarily think of their religious affiliation as an all-or-nothing matter. Rather there are degrees of Sikhism, and these, Dusenbery suggests (leaning on the work of McKim Marriot, see Marriot 1976), are tied to an association of Sikhism with the incorporation of “biomoral” substances. Thus “a variety of divine substances constitute the gifts or ‘leavings’ (prasad) of God. These include the words of God (shabad), the sounds of God (bani), the name of God (Naam), the nectar of God (amrit), the sight of God (darshan). Such divine gifts are the most refined and tranformative of all substances” (1989c,66). Those Sikhs who have incorporated all of these represent one sort of Sikh person, the initiated amritdhari. Others have not taken amrit but have taken in sacred sounds, shared in the sangat, and received the edible offerings of God (Dusenbery 1990b, 338).
People in Sikh Dharam tend not to make these distinctions. They do, however, appreciate this approach to the divine - via words, sounds, tastes and sight. Recent work suggests that “in much of India there is no real distinction between mind and body, cognitions and emotions, and asceticism and eroticism.” The senses evoke emotions, including religious emotions, and a variety of “modalities for understanding and expressing emotion create a synaesthetic sense of emotion whose experiences, nuances, and elaborations make those of the West seem impoverished” (lynch 1990,23).
As we have seen, Bhajan and his followers do make distinctions between cognition and emotion, but they also adopt many of the Indian modalities of experience and much of the Indian approach to divinity. Thus, 3HO members have accepted a new approach to language. They speak of the “sound current” generated when chanting or reading Gurmukhi as a material reality and as an aspect of the guru. They readily merge spiritual and physical practices, assuming that there are spiritual effects and identity alterations following from their choice of clothing and food or their decision to don a turban. They assume that they can alter themselves - their personalities, cognitive styles, capacities - via bodily disciplines. They gain an enriched world where senses, actions, thoughts, and feelings entwine in new ways.

PARAPOLICIALES 3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA

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WHO'S Guarding the Henhouse ???
"SEEK and ye shall find."
Matthew 7:7

Sightings from The Catbird Seat
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February 11, 2006
Air Marshals Arrested OnDrug Trafficking Charges
Men Worked At Other Law Enforcement Agencies
www.click2houston.com
HOUSTON -- Two air marshals were arrested in connection with using their positions for drug trafficking, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.
A tipster told FBI agents that the men, whose names were not released, were buying and selling drugs as they flew around the country as air marshals.
The federal government hired thousands of air marshals after Sept. 11, posting the undercover, armed agents on board random airplanes.
Because they carry guns, the marshals bypass metal detectors and X-ray machines.
The air marshals arrested Thursday were scheduled on an overnight flight, possibly to Las Vegas. They were arrested before making it to the airport.
Agents searched the northwest-side home of one of the men. The search warrant, which details what was found, is sealed.
Both men worked with other law enforcement agencies before becoming air marshals, sources told KPRC. One of them was a Drug Enforcement Administration agent until 2002, when he joined the air marshals.
The men's first court appearance is scheduled for Monday.
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February 3, 2004
Airport security firm accused of bribery
By Jeffrey Gold, Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. - A security company with contracts to protect New York-area airports, bridges and tunnels has been charged with paying bribes to get work and hiring dozens of employees with criminal records.
Haynes Security Inc. and its president, John D'Agostino, were charged with theft, bribery and conspiracy in an indictment announced Tuesday.
Among the allegations: Haynes paid more than $1,000 in August 2001 for repairs at the home of a Continental Airlines manager in return for consideration for a contract at the Newark airport. No charges were brought against any Continental employees.
"We need to ensure the highest level of safety, security and service," said Pasquale DiFulco, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees the facilities....
Investigators said Haynes hired 27 convicted criminals - who are barred from holding security posts - to work at the airport and for the state's largest utility, Public Service Electric & Gas....
Also indicted was Benjamin R. Riggi, a former PSE&G manager was accused of accepting a $7,500 bribe in 2002 to approve Haynes' contract with the utility....
... Continued at Haynes Security, Inc.
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October 22, 2003
With U. S. Troops Still in theMideast, Private Firms Must GuardMilitary Bases at Home
From The Daily Misleader
One of George Bush Jr.'s campaign promises was to "rebuild the military power of the United States," which Dick Cheney, his vice-presidential candidate, claimed had lapsed because of "multiplying missions and unclear goals." However, Bush's multiple deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan have overtaxed the military even more and now have led to hiring more civilian contractors for such basic duties as guarding U.S. military bases.
Private security firms have taken over what traditionally was a sole province of the military. In a typical contract, Akal Security has been awarded $70 million to guard eight stateside Army bases.
In Iraq, almost a third of the $4 billion monthly costs are going to private contractors. One foreign policy expert estimates the current Bush Administration has five times as many civilian contractors in Iraq as his father's administration did during the first Gulf War in 1991.
The privatization practice, first explored when Cheney was Secretary of Defense for the senior Bush, led to an $8.9 million logistics contract for Brown and Root, a company Cheney later oversaw as head of Halliburton after he left government....
... Continued at Akal Security
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July 14, 2001
From: Name Withheld (for security reasons) -
Dear Catbird,
At this site http://www.freerepublic.com/ there is a discussion about a security guard company called Akal which owned another security company called Teg.
It turns out that this is the security company that was in charge of the Murrah building in Oklahoma. Evidently they didn't do their job since they allowed trucks with explosives to park outside their building. However, the Freeper sleuths have researched the fact that Teg was run by a Sikh cult with ties to a man called E. Potter who is a heavy contributor to the Democratic party.
This Akal company later won a contract at the airports in Hawaii (quid pro quo?) but Teg is nowhere to be found.
Akal also had contracts with a BATF mission called Dipole Might testing explosives ... prior to OKC.
It looks like a mystery that is up your alley ...
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July 16, 2001
Dear Name Withheld:
Thanks for your note. What say we share some of this intriguing information with our fellow frequent flyers!....
- The Catbird
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From the Free Republic website:
To: Nita Nupress
Let's look at this as taxpaying citizens. What have we learned?
A private security services company named "Teg" was responsible for security at the Murrah Building prior to the bombing of said building.
Security at the Murrah Building was, for all practical purposes, non-existent.
"Teg" promptly disappeared as an entity, if it indeed ever existed, after the OKC bombing.
A private security services company named "Akal" appears to have been in control of "Teg," even sharing a home office address in New Mexico at the time of the OKC bombing.
Akal, a company politically connected to the democrats via one attorney and Clinton fundraiser named Earl Potter, and having never been required to answer for its failings in OKC, is still in the private security services business and raking in some of the biggest security services contracts that the US dept. of Justice has to offer - to the point that duties previously performed by the US Marshall Service are privatized and in Akal's hands.
As a taxpayer, I'm incensed. We can omit from the above synopsis any conspiracy theories w/r to the Clintons and the wars between the Justice Department and the US Marshall Service over the handling of Waco and OKC evidence. We can even ignore the Sikh angle and the Timothy McVeigh connections for the moment.
We seem to have uncovered serious Justice Department patronage contracts going to an inept and possibly unlicensed contractor - culpable via criminal negligence - for the deaths of some 160 Americans. Already, we have enough for our elected representatives to question in open session. Hell, I'd even settle for a Judicial Watch charade of an investigation.
I say we make an issue where we have one and let the conspiracies unfold as they may. That will be the payoff of this investigative effort.
- 58 Posted on Free Republic 07/10/2001 by Harrison Bergeron
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To: philman_36, Nita Nupress, Wallaby, rdavis84, all
Here are some of the things that have been more or less bothering me about the entire Akal story.
Consider each point:
A yoga teacher comes to NM with $5,000 and 11 students, and quickly becomes not only a conglomerate, but a "spiritual leader" for thousands.
The cultish aspects of the group--including accusations of mind control.
Ownership of an ever-growing security company with ties to Democrat leadership, shadowy characters who have appeared in black ops before, and international ties.
Court documents indicating members and employees involved in drug smuggling, arms smuggling, and money laundering, along with a laundry list of assaults and manslaughter.
Court documents indicating that at one time the Bhajans ran a boiler room phone scam.
Protection apparently from federal authorities in some cases, including from a Customs agent who was once BATF.
Anonymity: male members take the name of Khalsa, and return to their regular last names when needed.
Training camps, for yoga, arms, and combat training.
Paradoxically, a large web presence with pages promising love, peace and happiness.
Companies spawned, then dissolved, quickly--perhaps too quickly? TEG being one.
Now holding a large number of federal building contracts, as well as other sensitive contracts, including White Sands.
Maybe it's not so sinister as I'm thinking.
Then again, maybe it is.
- 179 Posted on Free Republic 07/14/2001 by golitely
... Continued at Akal Security
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Now, a closer look at some of the guardians of our national security...

Akal Security - A Sikh-owned security service guarding our nation's airports, courts, and nuclear labs.
October 22, 2003
With U. S. Troops Still in the Mideast, PrivateFirms Must Guard Military Bases at Home
From The Daily Misleader
One of George Bush Jr.'s campaign promises was to "rebuild the military power of the United States," which Dick Cheney, his vice-presidential candidate, claimed had lapsed because of "multiplying missions and unclear goals." However, Bush's multiple deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan have overtaxed the military even more and now have led to hiring more civilian contractors for such basic duties as guarding U.S. military bases.
Private security firms have taken over what traditionally was a sole province of the military. In a typical contract, Akal Security has been awarded $70 million to guard eight stateside Army bases.
In Iraq, almost a third of the $4 billion monthly costs are going to private contractors. One foreign policy expert estimates the current Bush Administration has five times as many civilian contractors in Iraq as his father's administration did during the first Gulf War in 1991.
The privatization practice, first explored when Cheney was Secretary of Defense for the senior Bush, led to an $8.9 million logistics contract for Brown and Root, a company Cheney later oversaw as head of Halliburton after he left government.
Of approximately 3,000 civilian contracts awarded by the Pentagon since 1994, about 2,700 have gone to Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root and one other firm.
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Here are more details direct from the Army:

FOR RELEASE AT
No. 733-03
5 p.m. ET
October 6, 2003
ARMY
Akal Security Inc., Santa Cruz, N.M., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2003, a delivery order amount of $31,791,980 as part of a $102,461,165 firm-fixed-price contract for security guard services. Work will be performed at Fort Campbell, Ky. (45%), Fort Stewart, Ga. (19%), Anniston Army Depot, Ala. (13%), Blue Grass Army Depot, Ky. (13%), and Sunny Point, N.C. (10%), and is expected to be completed by Sept. 29, 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on July 15, 2003, and 20 bids were received. The Northern Region Contracting Center, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (DABJ01-03-D-0038).
Akal Security Inc., Santa Cruz, N.M., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2003, a delivery order amount of $18,872,191 as part of a $61,823,792 firm-fixed-price contract for security guard services. Work will be performed at Fort Hood, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 29, 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on July 15, 2003, and 20 bids were received. The Northern Region Contracting Center, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (DABJ01-03-D-0039).
Akal Security Inc., Santa Cruz, N.M., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2003, a delivery order amount of $12,624,931 as part of a $40,812,110 firm-fixed-price contract for security guard services. Work will be performed at Fort Lewis, Wash. (75%), Fort Riley, Kan. (25%), and is expected to be completed by Sept. 29, 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on July 15, 2003, and 20 bids were received. The Northern Region Contracting Center, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (DABJ01-03-D-0040).
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February 11, 2003
SIKH MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO AIR INDIA BOMBING
The Courier Journal
A Sikh man who acquired the materials for a bomb that killed 329 people aboard an Air India flight in 1985 pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges yesterday and was sentenced to five years in prison.
Originally charged with 329 counts of first-degree murder, Inderjit Singh Reyat, 51, pleaded guilty to the same number of manslaughter charges.
Two other Sikh suspects still face 329 counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy.
Air India Flight 182 from Montreal to New Delhi exploded over the Atlantic Ocean on June 23, 1985. Most of the victims were Canadian.
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From Golden Temple Web Shell -
Work with Us
Golden Temple of Oregon, Inc. is a member of the KIIT family of companies that employ over 4500 different people with international offices in California, Oregon, New Mexico, Germany, the Netherlands and India.
Over the past 30 years a community of people have worked together to build a new type of company. A company whose mission was to serve, heal and uplift humantity (sic). We sought to do this through the creation, production and distribution of quality products and services that reflect our yogic and Sikh lifestyle and promote happy, healthy and holy living. We called this family of companies KIIT. . . .
KIIT serves as an umbrella organization for an international group of varied companies (each defined below). KIIT works as a brain trust which nurtures the expansion of every company under its umbrella. KIIT companies share management, sales and marketing methods and systems while operating individually. It also provides financial planning, strategy and our own diagonal management system. Many of our KIIT personnel have worked in several of our KIIT companies which has allowed them to gain diverse business skills. Our expertise in every field of business allows us to anchor every problem and solve them with our vast resources and experienced personnel. . . .
The following companies are members of the KIIT group:
Akal Security, Inc. is a service company that provides security personnel and alarm services to federal, state and city governments, as well as large corporations, small businesses and homes. Currently Akal employed nearly 4500 security personnel in 40 U.S. states and overseas.
Ancient Healing Ways Catalog markets and distributes Yogi Tea, Golden Temple and Sunshine products as well as books, tapes, and other products for natural and spiritual living. Every year the Ancient Healing Ways catalog is mailed to over 50,000 homes all over the world.
Herb Technology is an herbal education, research and development company specializing in herbal supplements and other healing herbal products.
Golden Temple Bakery is a pioneer in the Natural Foods Industry. Within Golden Temple is Yogi Tea, Sunshine Spa, Soothing Touch, Peace Cereals, Sweet Home Farm, and Wha Guru Chews. Offices for Golden Temple are in Eugene OR, Los Angeles CA, and Española NM.
KIIT BV is located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and produces and distributes Yogi Tea and other natural products throughout Europe. Yogi Tea is currently the market leader in the medicinal tea category for all of Europe.
Khalsa Consultants designs specific applications for personal and professional development based on the yogic technology taught by Yogi Bhajan and leading edge psychological research. They offer seminars and training, executive coaching and consulting programs. They also produce and retail products, including books and tapes, for the same purpose.
SGN Sales and Marketing is a food brokerage company with offices in seven US cities, representing natural food products, covering the East Coast, West Coast and the Northwest. SGN carries 35 lines of products including Clif Bar, Organic Valley Dairy, Yogi Tea and Golden Temple. SGN is considered the premier natural foods broker in the US.
Sun and Son, Inc. is a computer consulting firm specializing in business process consulting and work flow design, primarily using the Lotus Notes development environment.
Yoga West is a center for Kundalini yoga, healing and wellness. Yoga West hosts over 30 Kundalini yoga classes each week, as well as healing seminars, teacher training, prenatal and mediation classes. Yoga West also retails many KIIT products. . . .
- 148 Posted on FreeRepublic, 07/11/2001 by Tarakotchi
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To: Nita Nupress
I'm not well versed in software applications possibilities, but....
Los Alamos National Laboratory hired Sun and Son for a office automation and engineering management system. The engineering management system includes purchase order tracking, order processing, training tracking and work breakdown structures. The office automation system lets researchers and administrators collaborate on projects. All users e-mail, calendars and task lists can be accessed.
....wouldn't this kind of project give an IT contractor with the know-how access to whatever is needed to install a back door?
- 192 Posted on Free Republic, 07/14/2001 by LSJohn
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From: Patterns of Global Terrorism. United States Department of State Publication 10321
SIKH TERRORISM
Description
Sikh terrorism is sponsored by expatriate and Indian Sikh groups who want to carve out an independent Sikh state called Khalistan (Land of the Pure) from Indian territory. Sikh violence outside India, which surged following the Indian Army's 1984 assault on the Golden Temple, Sikhism's holiest shrine, has decreased significantly since mid-1992, although Sikh militant cells are active internationally and extremists gather funds from overseas Sikh communities.
Active groups include Babbar Khalsa, Azad Khalistan Babbar Khalsa Force, Khalistan Liberation Front, Khalistan Commando Force, and Khalistan National Army. [1996 ed. omits Khalistan National Army.]
Many of these groups operate under umbrella organizations, the most significant of which is the Second Panthic committee.
Activities
Sikh attacks in India are mounted against Indian officials and facilities, other Sikhs, and Hindus; they include assassinations, bombings, and kidnappings.
Sikh extremists probably bombed the Air India jet downed over the Irish Sea in June 1985, killing 329 passengers and crew. On the same day, a bomb planted by Sikhs on an Air India flight from Vancouver exploded in Tokyo's Narita Airport, killing two Japanese baggage handlers.
In 1991, Sikh terrorists attempted to assassinate the Indian Ambassador in Romania-- once India's senior police officer in Punjab from 1986 to 1989--and kidnapped and held the Romanian charge in New Delhi for seven weeks.
In January 1993, Indian police arrested Sikhs in New Delhi as they were conspiring to detonate a bomb to disrupt India's Republic Day, and, in September 1993, Sikh militants attempted to assassinate the Sikh chief of the ruling Congress Party's youth wing with a bomb.
Sikh attacks in India, ranging from kidnappings and assassinations to remote-controlled bombings, have dropped markedly since mid-1992 as Indian security forces have killed or captured a host of senior Sikh militant leaders. Total civilian deaths in Punjab have declined more than 95 percent since more than 3,300 civilians died in 1991.
The drop results largely from Indian Army, paramilitary, and police successes against extremist groups.
Strength
Unknown.
Location/Area of Operation
Northern India, Western Europe, Southeast Asia, and North America.
External Aid
[Sikh militant cells are active internationally and extremists gather funds from overseas Sikh communities.] Sikh expatriates have formed a variety of international organizations that lobby for the Sikh cause overseas.
Most prominent are the World Sikh Organization and the International Sikh Youth Federation.
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February 1, 1993
"THE NEW ISLAMIST INTERNATIONAL"
EXCERPTS FROM THE REPORT OF TASK FORCE ON TERRORISM AND UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE
SET UP BY US HOUSE REPUBLICAN RESEARCH COMMITTEE
Dated February 1, 1993.
Sponsoring international terrorism and separatist subversion and insurgency is not new to Pakistan. Since the 1970s, Islamabad has been training Sikh and other Indian separatist movements as part of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's strategy of "forward strategic depth", and also as a part of his effort to gain revenge for India's support of an independent Bangladesh.....
Thus, the further militarization and radicalization of the Sikh armed struggle increased, as larger quantities of high quality weapons became available.
Among the novelties of the revived terrorist campaign were sophisticated bomb making techniques and better training for Sikh terrorists of the Dal Khalsa separatist movement in the Afghan Mujahideen camps. Indeed, Sikh 'trainees' were killed in a Soviet raid on an Afghan training camp in Pakia and their documents were seized......
The extent of the external, that is Pakistani and Afghan, influence on the Islamist transformation of the Kashmiri insurgency is quite clear. Indeed, Kashmir was the only area in India where, as of the mid-]980s, Islamic revivalism had "taken a radical political stance" and where "the slogans of the Islamic state have been publicly raised" and had been received with growing popularity.
The population was increasingly adopting the leadership of Jamaat-i-Islami of Pakistan and Khomeynists representing ihe "following of the line of Imam Khomeyni" as their own leaders. Consequently, by 1984, an Islamic radicalization had developed that saw the rise of such movements as the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Mahaz-i-Azadi and the Liberation League.
Later, by 1985, both the Jamaat-i-Islami and Al-Jihad movements, the latter "a clandestine organization influenced by the ideology of the Iranian revolution,"were becoming highly influential in Kashmiri politics."
Indeed, the Al-Jihad movement publicly raised the issue of an "Islamic Revolution" as "the only way to liberate" Kashmir in the mid-1980s.
Thus, in the space of a few short years, "there was a marked erosion of the secular Kashmiri personality and a Muslim identity with fundamentalist overtones started emerging rapidly". Therefore, it also became imperative for the emerging separatist leaders to "give the struggle a Pan-Islamic character and extra-territorial dimension."
Indeed, as noted, this transformation was assisted and reinforced by an active ISI program. Initially, the emphasis of this program was on using the Afghan-support infrastructure in Pakistan to support Kashmiri militants. Indeed, during the main escalation of Islamist violence in Indian Kashmir in mid-l988, Pakistan provided assistance in the training and arming of Kashmiri terrorists, as well as sanctuaries to Kashmiri insurgents across the border.
At times, the ISI's assistance to the Kashmiri Islamists was even funnelled through Afghan rebel leader Gulbuddin Hikmatyar's Hizb-i-Islami group, thus providing Islamabad with deniability.....
In 1986, with growing experience in training, organizing and running the Afghan mujahideen, and with military supplies available (through US, Saudi, and other foreign assistance), Pakistan began expanding its operation to sponsor and promote separatism and terrorism, primarily in Kashmir, as a strategic long-term program. Among the most crucial activities of the ISI were the following:
* "Religious fundamentalism was propagated in small but lethal doses to promote separatism and communal outlook".
* "Training and indoctrination of selected leaders from the Kashmir valley was arranged to create militant cadres".
* "A large number of youth from the Kashmir valley and Poonch Sector were given extensive training in the use of automatic weapons, sabotage and attacks on security force. Automatic weapons and explosives were now issued to these people".
* "Special teams were trained to organize agitations and hartals, and to engineer incidents to damage the democratic and secular image of India".
Thus the rise of Islamist ideology to predominance throughout Indian Kashmir facilitated the emergence of a tight link between the Kashmiri insurgents, their supporters, and Islamabad. Thus, it was with the widespread adoption of Islamist ideologies that Kashmiri Muslims could not seek ideological sustenance from a transnational Islam, while simultaneously basking in the guaranteed patronage from across the border.
Concurrently, for the Pakistani defense establishment, the Kashmir cause constituted a combination of regional interest and commitment to the global Islamist cause.
"Muslim fundamemalists in Pakistan... see the Islamic surge in Kashmir as the long awaited hour for jihad against Indian infidels, a holy war for which Pakistan must funnel material and moral backing".....
There is a profound difference between support for Sikh terrorism in Punjab, which is a matter of harassing New Delhi, and Islamist terrorism in Kashmir, where there is a genuine whole-hearted commitment to Jihad.
Furthermore, in the increase of support for terrorism in India, Islamabad has been able to find a task for the Pakistani and Afghan cadres that Islamabad had developed during the Afghan War and must now keep from meddling in Pakistani domestic politics. Indeed, to secure that goal, Brig (Rtd.), Imtiaz, head of the ISI Political Section, has developed a long-term program called 'K-2'.
The 'K-2' program is aimed at unifying and better coordinating the Kashmiri and Sikh subversion efforts by "bringing under one umbrella Sikh and Kashmiri extremists and Muslim fundamentalists who would then intensify acts of violence in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, and the Terai region of Uttar Pradesh.
"Indeed, the escalation of terrorism and subversion since the early 1990s is believed to have been a direct outgrowth of the ISI's implementation of the 'K-2' long-term program....
The ISI established and runs its own "Kashmiri organization". The most important among these are the Hizb-i-Islami, which is comprised of former Kashmiri Mujahideen who were trained by the ISI and then fought with Gulbuddin Hikmatyar's organization in Afghanistan. Also, there is Harakat-ul-Jihad another highly professional terrorist group created in Pakistan. It is made up of veteran 'Afghans' from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Kashmir who receive extensive ISI support....
By early 1991, the importance of thc Pakistani-Afghan terrorist infrastructure for the international Islamist movement further increased as a result of changes in Libya in the aftermath of the economic sanctions that were imposed on the country because of Qadhafi's support for international terrorism.
The Libyans assisted in the upgrading of the terrorist infrastructure in the camps of the Afghan resistance both inside Pakistan and just across the border in Afghanistan, because, as Qadhafi pointed out, "Afghanistan is open to anyone who wants to train".
By then, as the fighting in Afghanistan was grinding to a near halt, the Islamist Mujahideen were shifting more and more attention to the training of thousands of "brethren" from all over the Muslim world. Some 2,000-3,000 volunteers were in the Khost area alone in early-1991. The organized transfer of training installations to several camps in Pakistan-Afghanistan began in the summer of 1991 and still continues as terrorist teams arrive from Libya or via other countries.
For example, some 30-35 Libyan expert terrorist trainers arrived in Peshawar in November 1991 with the declared objective "to train national liberation forces" in Mujahideen camps, mainly those of Gulbuddin and Sayyaf.
It is noteworthy that the Armed Islamic Movement also played a major role in the consolidation of the capabilities of the Islamist terrorists. In the spring of 1991,13 Kashmiri Islamists were accepted for about 6 months of highly specialized terrorist training in Sudan under the personal supervision of the Sudanese leaders Turabi and Mustafa Uthman.
By then, AIM's leader, al-Turabi, had already visited Pakistan and Afghanistan in September 1991 to coordinate terrorist support activities.
Indeed, Jam'at-i-Islami (Pakistan), Hizb-i-Islami and Jamiat-i-Islami (Afghanistan) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (Kashmir) had all bccome members of the Turabi-led Popular International Organization (PIO), and, in this capacity, provided assistance to, and closely cooperated with, Islamists from Egypt, the Hizbullah in Lebanon, FIS in Algeria, and NIF in Sudan. PIO members exchanged experts and cooperated in joint support and training activities.
In the early-summer of 1992, some 200 highly-trained and well armed Afghan Mujahidcen infiltrated into Indian Kashmir in order to assist in what was by now a full blown armed struggle. They are directly responsible for the increase in violence in Kashmir, in itself a part of a concentrated effort sponsored and backed by the ISI.
Another group of 300 Arghans in command of a larger force of Pakistani- trained Kashmiris are waiting in Pakistani Kashmir for the opportune conditions in order to infiltrate into Indian Kashmir and open a new terrorist front.....
ISI's vast and highly experienced terrorist support infrastructure, tempered by years of assistance to such regional armed struggles as those in Afghanistan and India, is increasingly expanding its operations to include and sponsoring of global Islamist terrorism.
At present, the Armed Islamic Movement supports and trains Islamist terrorists and fighters for Jihads throughout the world from centers in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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INDIA ABROAD, DEC. 1, 1995
(BY AZIZ HANIFFA)
Washington - In a letter that is likely to ignite yet another controversy in Indo-U.S. political and diplomatic relations, President Clinton has said that he shares the concern of several pro-Khalistani legislators over the abduction of a Sikh human rights activist.
In a missive to Rep. Gary Condit, Democrat from California, who has publicly endorsed the concept of a separate state of Khalistan, Clinton said, `I, too, am concerned by the reports regarding Jaswant Singh Khalra,' the general secretary of the Human Rights Wing (Shiromani Akali Dal).
The President, while thanking Condit `for sharing with me your recent letter to Prime Minister (Narasimha) Rao of India regarding the situation in Punjab,' said that `the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi has already made inquiries into these allegations with various Indian government agencies, and Ambassador Wisner has raised the issue with high-ranking Indian officials.' `We will continue these efforts,' Clinton promised Condit, and informed the legislator that he appreciated `your interest and concern on the issue.'
Last month, Condit initiated a letter to Rao that was co-signed by a bipartisan group of 64 other legislators that demanded that Khalra be released.
The letter to Rao, a copy of which was sent to Clinton, said that according to Amnesty International's `Urgent Action' bulletin issued on Sept. 7, Punjab police had abducted Khalra from his home in Amritsar on Sept. 6, and his whereabouts were unknown.
The letter, written at the urging of the Council of Khalistan, the leading pro-Khalistan lobbying group in the United States, headed by Dr. Gurmit Singh Aulakh, noted that Khalra had published a report showing that the Punjab police have arrested more than 25,000 young Sikh men, tortured them, murdered them, then declared them `unidentified' and cremated their bodies.
The letter by the 65 legislators to Rao said, `These atrocities are intolerable in any country, especially one that calls itself a democracy.'
It said that after Khalra's report was published he had been told by the Amritsar district police chief, `We have made 25,000 disappear (and) it would be easy to make one more disappear.'
The lawmakers told Rao that `this abuse of police power is inexcusable.'
`The right to speak out and expose atrocities is one of the most fundamental rights of free individuals,' they said and asserted that `as long as Mr. Khalra remains in detention, how can anyone in India feel secure exercising his or her democratic liberties?'
They noted that several of them had written to Rao previously urging that the passports of Sikh leader Simranjit Singh Mann and Dalit leader V.T. Rajshekar be restored.
The letter to Rao, which was then passed on to Clinton, carried more signatures than any previous letter the Council of Khalistan has been able to muster in its over 10 years of lobbying Congress, and included members of the leadership of both parties such as Reps. Gerald Solomon, Republican from New York who chairs the House Rules Committee; Robert Livingston, Republican from Louisiana, chairman of the Appropriations Committee; Christopher Smith, Republican from New Jersey, chairman of the House International Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights; Ronald Dellums, Democrat from California, ranking minority member of the National Security Committee; Donald Payne, Democrat from New Jersey, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus; Philip Crane, Republican from Illinois, chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade; and Vic Fazio, Democrat from California, chairman of the Democratic Caucus.
Aulakh was elated over Clinton's expression of concern in his letter to Condit, saying, `President Clinton's letter once again exposes the Indian regime's true face and explodes the myth of Indian democracy.'
`We appreciate the support of President Clinton in this issue,' Aulakh declared. `India cannot withstand this kind of pressure. This scrutiny should make the regime release Mr. Khalra soon.'
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US CONGRESSMEN RECEIVED ILLEGAL CONTRIBUTION FROM KHALISTANI GROUPS
Republican Congressman Dan Burton and others who champion the cause of Khalistan in the US Congress have received campaign contributions from the Council of Khalistan -- a Washington-based organisation established 10 years ago by some militant Sikhs.
The council has funneled at least $65,000 to the Republican Party and several congressional candidates, including Burton, in an apparent violation of federal tax laws because the money was collected by a charitable non-profit group, says the weekly newspaper, Hill.
An investigation by the Hill has also revealed that Burton, who is heading the house investigation into campaign finance abuses, has received illegal campaign contributions directly from at least two Sikh temples.
The newspaper quotes Burton's personal attorney Joseph Digenova as saying that Burton ''does not personally review each and every cheque and if there is any problem with a cheque, it will be returned.''
Other members of Congress who have benefitted from the Sikh contributions include Gary Condit (Democrat-California) Gerald Solomon (Republican-New York), Dana Rohrabacher (Republican-California), Vic Fazio (Democrat-California), Amo Houghton (Republican-New York), Edolphus Towns (Democrat-New York), Senator Bob Torricelli (Democrat-New Jersey) and former senator Bob Dole, who unsuccessfully ran against Bill Clinton in the last presidential election.
However, the largest recipient of funds was the Republican Party, whose various campaign committees received more than $ 22,000 in contributions bundled by the Council of Khalistan.
Most of the recipients of this money have been allies of Burton in pro-Khalistan causes, says the newspaper.
Over the past decade, Burton has been the chief congressional proponent of the Council of Khalistan, the group whose campaign donations has helped generate growing support in Congress for a separate Sikh homeland in India.
The Hill also reveals that Burton, at the behest of the council, urged the state department to revise the extradition treaty with India, which would have the effect of making it more difficult to extradite to India terrorists arrested in the US.
It recalls that Burton's crusade grew from his personal ties to Dr Gurmit Singh Aulakh, a gregarious and persistent Sikh lobbyist whom he met in 1986.
Dr Aulakh was appointed by militant separatists the following year to be president of the Khalistan government in exile. He draws a salary of $59,000 as president of the council, a $ 250,000-a-year-operation, according to the newspaper.
It says at least five of Dr Aulakh's 10 co-founders, many of whom have since been killed in clashes with the Indian police, represented some of India's most notorious terrorist groups. They have been blamed for killing of hundreds, if not thousands, of civilians, and helped foment widespread violence by police and Sikh militants that led to the more than 100,000 deaths.
Dr Aulakh received contributions from Sikhs and, on behalf of the council, handed them to congressional campaigns.
This point is significant because the council is operationally indistinguishable from the International Sikh Organisation, a registered religious charity, which is prohibited by federal law from engaging in partisan activities. And taking money from such organisations is an offence.
Copyright 1997 Rediff On The Net - All rights reserved
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March 19, 1997
Pakistan Lobbyist's Memo Alleges Shakedown by House Probe Leader
By Charles R. Babcock, Washington Post Staff Writer
An American lobbyist for the government of Pakistan complained to his client last summer that he had been "shaken down" for campaign contributions by Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), who now is heading a House probe of alleged Democratic campaign fund-raising abuses.
Mark A. Siegel, then a lobbyist for the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, said he was approached by Burton early last year to raise "at least $5,000" for Burton's reelection campaign. When he was unable to do so, Siegel said, the congressman complained to the ambassador for the Bhutto government here and later threatened to make sure "none of his friends or colleagues" would meet with Siegel or his associates.
"I should tell you," Siegel wrote on July 25, in a two-page memo to a Bhutto aide in Islamabad, "that I worked in Washington for over 25 years and have never been shaken down by anyone before like Dan Burton's threats. No one has ever dared to threaten me into contributing money, and no one has ever followed through on such threats by contacting one of my clients."
"Despite what you may see in the movies," Siegel wrote, "this isn't the way most U.S. politicians conduct themselves."
The memo was made available to The Washington Post by a Democratic source in Congress. Siegel, a longtime Democratic activist, confirmed its authenticity in an interview yesterday.
Burton declined to be interviewed yesterday.
Kevin Binger, a top aide, said the congressman asked Siegel in early 1995 if he could raise $5,000 in campaign funds from Pakistani Americans and confirmed that Burton had mentioned Siegel's failure to do so to the Pakistani ambassador last year. But Binger said the memo "is full of egregious exaggerations and untruths," and he took issue with most of the quotes attributed to Burton.
The disclosure of Burton's complaints last year to Siegel and the Pakistani ambassador comes at an awkward time, as the congressman is taking the spotlight as chairman of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, which is investigating alleged fund-raising abuses in last year's election campaigns.
Siegel's unusual memo was written in response to a faxed message from a top Bhutto aide, Zafar Hilaly, earlier that same day. Hilaly wrote that "we were distressed to know from the embassy that Congressman Dan Burton says that you were unable to keep certain promises regarding fundraising for his reelection campaign and that you were also very unhelpful in other matters. So much so that you are no longer `persona grata' in his office. This is most upsetting as he is good friend of Pakistan."
Rifaat Hussain, minister of information at the Pakistani Embassy here, said yesterday that senior officials at the embassy had no knowledge of the communications between Hilaly and Siegel and no record of Burton contacting the embassy about campaign donations. After Bhutto was removed from office late last year, following a corruption scandal, the ambassador involved, Maleeha Lodhi, returned to Pakistan.
Burton is a longtime member of the House International Relations Committee who co-chairs an informal caucus on U.S.-Pakistani relations. The congressman has regularly backed causes of importance to Pakistan and is a longtime recipient of campaign donations from the Sikh community. He was a key supporter of a bill that would have blocked $25 million in U.S. aid to India because of its refusal to allow human rights investigations of alleged atrocities in Punjab state, where Sikh separatists seeking a homeland they call Khalistan have battled New Delhi's security forces.
Two years ago, Burton also backed an effort to lift a long-standing ban on aid to Pakistan that cleared the way for delivery of $368 million worth of U.S. missiles and other military equipment for which it already had paid.
According to Siegel's memo, in conversations last year about fund-raising efforts, Burton said that he was "owed support" and that "he had been there for Pakistan and he expected me to be there for him."
Siegel, who represented the Bhutto government in Washington for several years until her government fell, was paid $452,941 for his services for the year ending July 1995, according to his filing at the Justice Department as a registered foreign agent. A longtime Democrat, Siegel was executive director of the Democratic National Committee in the 1970s and served as a political aide in the Carter White House.
According to the memo, Siegel told Burton he "would do [his] best to try to identify Republican Pakistani-Americans who might contribute to his campaign." But it soon became clear, the memo continues, "that it was impossible to raise the funds he was asking for without the congressman's attendance at an event. When I informed him of this, he said he wouldn't attend an event for less than $10,000, and added that if I `were smart' I'd put together that much or more for him."
Siegel said he tried to organize a fund-raising event for Burton on July 15, but the plans fell through. "When I informed Congressman Burton of this he became extremely agitated and in fact abusive," Siegel's memo states. "He said if `I knew what was good for me' I'd deliver the money."
Burton contacted Lodhi directly last year, according to Siegel, to voice his complaints about the lobbyist's failure to raise money for his reelection campaign. The congressman told the ambassador, according to Siegel's memo, "that I wouldn't support his campaign . . . and she twice warned me that he was `really hot' and going after me."
Burton, through his aide, denied making any of the threats quoted in the Siegel memo or that he had "shaken down" the lobbyist. The congressman did tell Siegel, his aide said, that "if you make a commitment you should keep it."
Siegel said in an interview yesterday that he was surprised that Burton solicited him because of his background in Democratic politics. "I don't usually get fund-raising solicitations from Republican members of Congress," he said.
Asked if he would have written a similar memo about a Democratic member of Congress, Siegel said, "Yes, and I would have said, `Cool it.' "
Burton called several times early last year to check on his fund-raising efforts in the Pakistani American community, Siegel recalled in the interview, adding that "it got rough and tumble" after he told the congressman he couldn't raise the money.
Kevin Sailer, an associate of Siegel's, confirmed last night that Burton told him -- as the Pakistani aide's message suggests -- that Siegel was "persona non gratis" in the congressman's office and that "none of his friends or colleagues" would meet with Siegel or his aides. "It was an unfortunate and extraordinary circumstance," Sailer said of the confrontation with Burton.
Binger, the Burton aide, took exception yesterday to the timing of the disclosure of the congressman's conversations with Siegel and the Pakistani ambassador.
"I really think this demonstrates how far people on the other side are willing to go to call into question Dan Burton's integrity because he is the chairman of the committee doing this investigation," Binger said.
"It's probably not a coincidence that this came to you a couple of days before our budget is voted on."
© Copyright 1997 The Washington Post Company
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July 30, 2001
JOHN FUND'S POLITICAL DIARY
THE CONDIT CASE ISN'T JUST ABOUT ADULTERY. IT'S ABOUT PUBLIC TRUST AND NATIONAL SECURITY.
Last week, I asked a senior House member why Rep. Gary Condit was still on the Intelligence Committee. Mr. Condit himself describes the committee as concerned with "very sensitive issues of immediate and long-term national security." I reminded the lawmaker that Mr. Condit's behavior has clearly made him a prime candidate for blackmail. "Well, with all this coverage he no longer looks to be blackmailable," this Condit colleague said before quickly changing the subject.
That abdication of responsibility won't do. Mr. Condit has more to hide about his double life. That became clear when, just hours before police were to search his apartment, the California congressman was spotted throwing away a watch case another erstwhile paramour had given him. Presumably Mr. Condit's affairs are no longer news to his wife, so from whom was he trying to hide?
It's true that whether Mr. Condit can continue to be an effective representative is for the people in Modesto to decide. But it's clear he has abused the public trust in the course of a criminal investigation by withholding evidence and allowing himself to be compromised in ways that are far more serious than having a discreet affair.
Mr. Condit should resign his membership on the Intelligence Committee. If he won't, it's up to House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, who named the Democratic members of that committee, to remove him. But there's "no reason to act now," Mr. Gephardt says.
Victoria Toensing, who served as chief council for the Senate Intelligence Committee in the 1980s, begs to differ. Mr. Condit is a "classic national-security risk," she says. There must be "a marriage-like trust" between the intelligence agencies and congressional intelligence committees.
Back in 1995 President Clinton made known his concerns about the danger of blackmail against high-ranking officials. In August of that year he signed Executive Order 12968, which states that individuals eligible for access to classified material must have "strength of character, trustworthiness, honesty, reliability, discretion, and sound judgment, as well as freedom from conflicting allegiances and potential for coercion."
Of course, three months later Mr. Clinton began his relationship with 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. He later told her he feared their phone sessions had been monitored by a "foreign embassy."
In the end the president escaped accountability for his reckless disregard of national security. But that bad precedent is no reason for Congress to let Mr. Condit off the hook, as some of his colleague appear more than willing to do.
The House Ethics Committee has already received two separate complaints asking it to look into Rep. Condit's behavior. The first was by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group. The second was by Rep. Bob Barr, the Georgia Republican who was the first member of Congress to call for an impeachment inquiry of President Clinton.
Mr. Barr's complaint notes there is "already substantial evidence" that Mr. Condit obstructed a law-enforcement investigation and has brought discredit to the House. He clearly misled police during their first two interviews about Ms. Levy's disappearance, confessing to their relationship only when cornered.
In addition, stewardess Anne Marie Smith claims that Mr. Condit pressured her to deny their year-long affair. Mr. Condit's law firm has admitted it e-mailed a "draft" statement to her that claimed she had not had a "romantic relationship" with him. If Mr. Condit encouraged perjury, that alone merits the close attention of the House Ethics Committee.
Unfortunately, the committee has a spotty reputation. Mort Kondracke of Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, calls it a "Keystone Kops outfit" that too often will "take endless years to come up with a conclusion."
Certainly, neither the committee nor House leaders are eager to act. Ethics Chairman Joel Hefley, a Colorado Republican, told National Public Radio: "Far as we know, Congressman Condit has not violated any laws. . . . I would hope I wouldn't have handled it quite that way, but who knows?"
Just last Wednesday, Mr. Gephardt actually told Alan Colmes of Fox News Channel that "Gary, as far as I know from reports I've read, is cooperating fully with the police." Lanny Davis, an erstwhile Clinton spinner, was "just dumbfounded. . . . He now knows that for two months, Mr. Condit misled and withheld material evidence from the police concerning his relationship, including that his wife was in town the last weekend."
Congress is allowing its desire to protect one of its own to override its responsibility to police its own ranks. Obviously, some members of Congress have strayed from their wedding vows. Mr. Condit, though, has engaged in reckless behavior and compromised the public trust.
It's imperative that the House remove him from the Intelligence Committee and initiate an Ethics Committee probe that doesn't interfere with the police search for Chandra Levy.
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August 26, 2001
Lowell: Condit has no reason to quit committee
WASHINGTON (AP) ---- Rep. Gary Condit has no reason to quit the House Intelligence Committee, his lawyer said Sunday, despite concerns by colleagues about his relationship with Chandra Levy and his actions since the former federal intern disappeared.
Condit may be the only committee member without any secrets left and "he's probably the person on the Intelligence Committee who can't be blackmailed anymore," lawyer Abbe Lowell said on NBC's Meet the Press.
"If it's not punitive for some reason, there's no good reason" for the California Democrat to leave the committee, Lowell said. "He's served very well, as colleagues will tell you."
House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., has criticized Condit for failing to be "candid and forward" in an ABC interview last week about his relationship with Levy, a Bureau of Prisons intern who disappeared four months ago.
Asked repeatedly if he had a sexual affair with Levy, Condit said only that they had a "very close" relationship but sidestepped questions about its nature. He offered no apologies for his involvement with Levy or his level of cooperation with police.
Gephardt characterized Condit's answers as "disturbing and wrong," and said he would talk to House Democrats about possible action against Condit, including his removal from the committee.
Rep. Scott McInnis, R-Colo., said Gephardt "has an obligation that's inherent to his responsibilities to immediately remove Condit."
Service on the committee "requires very high integrity," McInnis said on CNN's Late Edition.
"Certainly any kind of indication that someone has not been forthcoming or truthful when put under pressure should not be in charge or sitting on the committee that oversees central intelligence and our spy networks throughout the world."
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., said Condit's behavior was "embarrassing."
But, Rangel said on Fox News Sunday, "there's nothing that we can do in the Congress. Unless there is something to take before the Ethics Committee, I don't see how we can do anything."
Later, on CNN, Rangel added: "What is it that we could possibly charge him with in the Ethics Committee? Not one thing."
Lowell asked that Gephardt consider comments Condit made in other media interviews last week before determining any possible action.
Asked by Newsweek what message he would have liked to have relayed during the ABC interview, Condit said he would have made it clear "how disheartened and heartbroken I am that it's been four months and we haven't been able to find Chandra."...
Several Republicans have said Condit should resign from office because they said he has not fully cooperated with authorities searching for Levy.
"I think that his conduct is inappropriate and it brings discredit to the institution of the United States Congress," McInnis said Sunday....
Last month, Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., requested an ethics investigation into Condit in a letter he sent to the House Committee on Standards and Official Conduct.
"The evidence is more than sufficient that there has been an effort by a member of Congress to impede a lawful investigation," Barr said at the time. "That warrants an official inquiry."
Copyright 2001 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS ???
September 22, 2001
CONDIT NAMED TO SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY
News10.net
Rep. Gary Condit has been named to a House subcommittee on terrorism and security. His first move was to send a letter to law enforcement agencies to ask their thoughts on improving homeland security.
Condit, who represents Modesto and other communities in the Central Valley, is now a member of the House Permanent Select Committee's newly formed Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, according to William Russell, Condit's legislative correspondent.
Condit has been a member of the House Intelligence Committee, but there was talk the Democratic leadership would have him removed because of his involvement with a Modesto woman who disappeared from Washington in May. Condit is not a suspect in her disappearance, but he has come under fire for remaining largely silent on the matter....
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SIKH SECURITY
by Andrew Hay
In the late seventies, Gurutej Khalsa, a member of the Santa Cruz Sikh community, went through the state police academy. His turban and long beard meant he could not get a job as a state trooper. He and Daya Khalsa, another member of the community, decided to start a security company. They called it "Akal," an Indian word for "deathless" or "undying."
Akal started out by "cleaning up" Santa Fe's wild bar scene. The company got a reputation for pulling pistols and slapping handcuffs on bar patrons, a reputation that has stuck. Khalsa says 80 percent of New Mexico's private security companies are now made up of former Akal employees.
Around two thirds of Akal's 1996 revenues of between $30 million and $40 million came from contracts with the federal government. Nearly 1,000 of the company's officers work for the Justice Department. . . .
Akal is among the top three largest companies in the state's private security industry. Leading the field is Day and Zimmermann, an international security company that runs Protection Technology Los Alamos (PTLA), the security contractor for Los Alamos National Laboratory.
PTLA employs around 400 people to guard the lab as part of a security contract worth approximately $26 million a year. Day and Zimmermann also has the security contract for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in southeast New Mexico....
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An Introduction to some cited in a drug-related federal indictment - once, or currently involved in 3HO
By Siri Scandal Singh, S.S.S. - a former member of 3HO
"Gurujot Singh Khalsa" aka Robert Alwin Taylor
Guru Jot Singh is an important follower and "left hand man" to Yogi Bhajan. He was the head of a 3HO ashram located in Herndon, Virginia during the 70's and 80's. Guru Jot Singh was sentenced to Federal Prison regarding his indictment for related illegal drug related crimes. But upon his release he was welcomed back to 3HO by Yogi Bhajan. He now resides in the Espanola, New Mexico 3HO compound. His current title is "Adviser of International Affairs" to Yogi Bhajan and 3HO. Guru Jot Singh's daughter is now married to the son of Al Ellis, another person named in the same federal indictment that sent him to prison.
Albert "Al" Ellis
Al Ellis, whose son is married to the daughter of Guru Jot Singh, was also once his business associate. His wife, was also a model for 3HO related business catalogue regarding a cosmetic company in the 80's. Al Ellis and his family were welcomed as guests within 3HO by Yogi Bhajan and were frequently seen as members of his elite inner circle. Al Ellis was never taken into custody regarding his indictment by the federal government and remains at large, as far as we know--today.
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September 6, 1999
AIRPORT GUARDS NOT CLEARED FOR SOME AREAS
by Malia Zimmerman, Pacific Business News
A New Mexico-based company that Wednesday took over armed-guard service at Honolulu International Airport has been denied access to highly secured areas at the airport.
Nat Aycox, port director for United States Customs, confirmed that Akal Security Inc. personnel have neither applied for nor been cleared to guard highly secured areas of the airport under U.S. Customs jurisdiction.
The application and clearance process for new personnel depends on the number of clearances required and can take several days, he said Sept. 1.
The head licensee of Akal in Hawaii, Art McCollough, did not return calls to PBN.
The lack of airport security may leave some areas of the airport under U.S. Customs control unnecessarily in jeopardy, although those areas are limited, Aycox says.
"Really, the seriousness of the situation depends on if there is a problem," he says. "If there is an incident, the Akal security can't just come in and help us fix it without clearing personnel first."
Kazu Hayashida, state Director of Transportation, says he was not aware of the clearance problem at the airport. His only comment was that the department would research the problem and contact PBN. No calls were returned by PBN's deadline.
Federal Aviation Administration officials who oversee the western region of the United States also were not aware of the situation.
Akal took over security at the Honolulu International Airport at midnight Tuesday following its winning a $20.4 million bid, around $300,000 lower than that of the state airport's former security firm, Wackenhut.
Several local and national companies competed for the three-year contract, considered the largest and one of the most coveted in the state. It also is the only state contract where guards are allowed to bear firearms.
In addition to clearance problems from Akal's delays in the application process, the guard firm also may be facing other problems.
Hayashida, the state's transportation director, said a federal investigator is looking into reports of illegal activity by Akal.
Personnel associated with the company and its affiliated companies have been accused of running illegal drugs and illegal weapons into the United States and of money laundering.
If the reports are substantiated, the contract could be pulled and given to the next lowest bidder, Hayashida says.
Earl Anzai, attorney general for the state of Hawaii, says his office had prior knowledge of neither the company's background nor failure to file for the access permit....
... Continued in Part II - The Hawaiian Henhouse
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September 12, 2001
Sikhs become targets of ire in New York
Tanmaya Kumar Nanda in New York, www.rediff.com
Following Tuesday's terrorist strikes on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, Sikhs in New York have come under suspicion and attack, for no fault of theirs.
On Tuesday night, the Richmond Hill gurdwara [a Sikh place of worship] was attacked when miscreants in a car who drove by firing what were believed to be rubber bullets at the building.
Ranvir Singh, who was at the gurdwara when the incident took place, told rediff.com that the attackers failed to inflict any damage. The police precinct, confirming the incident, said the miscreants had only thrown rubber balls at the gurdwara.
In a more gruesome incident, however, an elderly Sikh gentleman was attacked with baseball bats and seriously injured as he walked down the street.
Both incidents have left the Sikh community shaken.
According to a member of the Richmond Hill gurdwara management, who did not identify himself, instructions have been sent out to the Sikh community to stay indoors as much as possible and not take any 'unnecessary risks'.
"There is not much we can do except take whatever precautions we can," he said.
The reason for the incidents is believed to be misunderstanding about the appearance of Sikh men. To the lay American, the Sikh with his turban and flowing beard looks very much like Saudi millionaire turned terrorist Osama bin Laden, who is suspected of being behind the attacks on the US and whose images are being telecast regularly on all the news channels.
Confirming the attack on the gurdwara, India's Consul General in New York Shashi Tripathi told rediff.com that one of the miscreants had been arrested when the group went back on Wednesday morning for another attack.
She said she had spoken to the diplomatic police, the New York police department, and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to sensitise them to the Indian community's vulnerability.
"If any Indian(s) feel insecure in their neighbourhoods or if they face any threats, they can alert their nearest police precinct immediately," she said. "But there are a lot of rumours floating, and the Indian community should guard against that."
Tripathi said the consulate was contemplating issuing instructions to the Indian community. "Ideally, they should stay home for a couple of days, or if they have to go out, carry some ID with them," she said. "We are also considering asking Indian women to wear a bindi as a distinguishing mark. Right now, everybody should be careful."
Following Tuesday's attack, the gurdwara management committee called a meeting on Wednesday afternoon to decide a further course of action. At the time of writing this report, they were still in a huddle.
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September 26, 2001
Bush appeals for tolerance during meeting with Sikhs
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Bush appealed again today for greater religious tolerance, saying his administration will not allow hateful mistreatment of Muslims or others targeted for rage after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"We're all Americans, bound together by common ideas and common values," Bush said as he met with a group of American Sikhs in the White House Roosevelt Room.
He planned to meet in the same room later today with Muslim leaders.
Bush noted the death of Balbir Singh Sodhi, an Indian store owner killed in Mesa shortly after the terrorist attacks because, police say, he wore a turban in keeping with his Sikh faith. The president said his administration would seek justice in Sodhi's case, and wants to ensure that everyone is treated with respect, "particularly during this time."
"These citizens bring their hearts with them," Bush said. "I can assure them that our government will do everything we can ... to treat every human life as dear, and respect the values that made our country so different and so unique."
Afterward, Bush toured the Central Intelligence Agency to encourage employees who are working on the terrorism case. He said he is satisfied with the intelligence the CIA provides and defended CIA Director George Tenet.
"I've got a lot of confidence in him, and I've got a lot of confidence in the CIA," Bush said. "And so should America. It's important for America to realize there are men and women spending hours on the task and making sure our country remains free."
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October 26, 2001
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY NORMAN Y. MINETA MEETS WITH LEADING SIKH ORGANIZATIONS
Real Solutions to Stopping Racial Profiling and Turban Searches Discussed by Participants
WASHINGTON, DC, October 26, 2001 -- In the wake of the tragedy of September 11 and concerned by repeated incidents of religious profiling and continued civil rights violations taking place on the national transportation system, top representatives from four of the nation's leading Sikh organizations and two Arab American organizations held an unprecedented meeting today with US Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta.
The meeting touched not only on the urgency of the situation and the types of violations taking place but it focused on some possible solutions and suggestions put forth by the group.
Meeting with Mineta today in Washington DC were the Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE), The Sikh Coalition, Sikh Mediawatch And Resource Task Force (SMART) and Sikh Communications Council.
"I think that we had a very productive meeting and commend Secretary Mineta on the good work that he is doing in trying to keep air transportation safe while at the same time ensuring that the civil liberties of individuals are not violated," said Amardeep Singh, Director of Legal Affairs for The Sikh Coalition.
"The challenge before us is to safeguard the security of passengers and the public but also protect the very foundations of our democracy. Unfortunately we have too many cases of airline and security personnel crossing the line and illegally profiling and violating religious rights," added Dr. Rajwant Singh, President, SCORE.
"Secretary Mineta was well informed and concerned that Sikhs are being subjected to improper orders to remove their turbans when going through airline security checkpoints," said Tejpal Singh Chawla, SMART Attorney, Civil Rights.
"Secretary Mineta recognized that these incidents are taking place even after Sikhs are successfully passing the already heightened metal detector scrutiny," added Chawla.
Nearly all people wearing turbans in the U.S. are Sikhs. A turban is not a hat, but a mandatory requirement of the Sikh religion. For many Sikh men, and some women, a turban is as essential to their personal dress uniform as undergarments. The group asked for Mineta's assistance to ensure that Sikhs are not singled out and asked to remove their turban without some specific justification.
"We're encouraged that Secretary Mineta responded positively to solutions that included the implementation of airport security guidelines and procedures relating specifically to the appropriate search of turbans," said Harmeet Dhillon, Legal Counsel, Sikh Communications Council.
The groups are also requesting DOT and FAA to distribute information on Sikh Americans and other targeted communities and call for mandatory cultural and religious sensitivity training of all airport security personnel.
About the Organizations: http://www.sikhcoalition.org/ ; http://www.sikhmediawatch.org/ ; http://www.sikhcommunications.com/
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February 6, 2002
Government bucks
Akal Security has become the nation's largest provider of security for U.S. courthouses, netting more than $133 million in federal contracts
By Shea Andersen, Tribune Reporter
It's no secret that security is a booming business in the post 9-11 environment.
What has been a well-kept secret is that a little-known company in New Mexico has all but cornered the federal security market nationwide.
Akal Security of Espanola is the nation's largest provider of security for federal courthouses. It's also one of the largest providers of security officers to the federal government, period.
Data from the federal General Services Administration obtained by The Tribune show that Akal Security is one of New Mexico's largest federal contractors, garnering more than $133 million in hundreds of contracts in fiscal year 2001 alone.
"Most people, when they realize that a company of our size is located in Espanola, their jaw drops," says Daya Khalsa, senior vice president and a founder of Akal Security.
The company had humble beginnings in 1980, but now counts revenues of between $200 million and $300 million annually, according to Khalsa. More than 7,000 people work for Akal nationwide.
The company employs about 65 people at its Espanola headquarters. Because of modern business technologies, including the Internet, e-mail and Federal Express - which makes two deliveries a day to the Espanola office - the company can afford to keep its out-of-the-way location.
"Overall, government contracting is over 90 percent of our business," says Khalsa. That includes contracts with state and local governments. Just last year, the company won a five-year contract from the U.S. Marshals Service to provide courthouse security in three states. The contract is worth $88 million to Akal and covers the 5th U.S. Judicial District, which includes Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Growth at the company has been steady, he says, and spiked after Sept. 11.
"The focus on our business has increased dramatically since September 11," says Khalsa. Examples include the Honolulu International Airport, which doubled the number of Akal Security officers, from 175 to 350, after Sept. 11.
Likewise, the federal courthouse system went from Level Three to Level Four security restrictions, requiring that every person entering the building be screened by a metal-detection device and that every exit be staffed by security guards.
Khalsa says the nation's new focus on security can only benefit a company whose primary focus is federal security-officer work.
Focusing on snaring federal contract dollars has its ups and downs, says Khalsa.
Government contracts are handed out according to a strict, and sometimes byzantine, set of regulations.
"You have a giant set of regulations with an effort to level the playing field for everybody," says Khalsa.
A corporate client might allow more flexibility in how a contract is fulfilled, says Khalsa.
Funding, however, tends to be consistent with federal jobs. And security is rarely seen as an expendable budget item in the federal government.
The security industry isn't an easy one. A recent study by the Service Employees International Union, the nation's largest union of security officers, states that turnover and a lack of training continue to plague the industry.
The SEIU study also points out that four in 10 private security officers report no new security procedures at their buildings since Sept. 11.
Akal Security has no SEIU representation among its employees, Khalsa says.
Khalsa says his company tries to buck the turnover trend by paying guards above average. He says the average security guard can expect to make between $7 and $10 an hour. Akal officers working on federal contracts are paid between $10 and $25 an hour, depending on the location, says Khalsa.
"Turnover is a huge problem that plagues the security industry," says Khalsa. "It's not an issue on these government contracts."
And being a company run by Sikhs (Khalsa and the other co-founders are Sikh) does have its challenges when working with a increasingly paranoid federal government.
The company is kept separate from the religion, and no formal connections exist, says Khalsa. But Khalsa points out several core values of the Sikh religion that carried over into the corporate philosophy, he says.
"Sikhs are known as `soldier saints.' You maintain your values, but you defend those who can't defend themselves," says Khalsa. "Sikhs have a reputation of being leaders in the military, of being very fierce warriors when they were protecting the innocent. That spirit has certainly stayed with the company, and attracted all kinds of people who find that unique."
The name of the company comes from a language based in Sanskrit of northern India. The word can be translated to mean "deathless" or "undying."
Nonetheless, Khalsa says, because many of the al-Qaida terrorists are Muslim, he's had to educate people who perceived a connection between Sikhs and Muslims.
"We understand people's reaction and concern," says Khalsa. "It's just a matter of being able to identify who's who. There are a lot of people who wear turbans in the world."
Khalsa wears a beard and a turban, and says the visual effect of a turban-wearing executive of a major federal security contractor can be unsettling.
But, says Khalsa, the company isn't necessarily about its founders.
"We're able to provide very qualified and well-paid officers under government contracts," he says. "That's really who we are."
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January 4 - January 10, 2002
THE YEAR IN REVIEW
By AsianWeek Staff
2001 started out with Asian Pacific Americans infiltrating a Republican administration ---- Norman Mineta and Elaine Chao were appointed and confirmed into top positions in the cabinet---- and ended with months of the most extreme, violent anti-immigrant backlash this country has seen in years.
In less than a week, after one fateful day in September that changed world history, hate crimes rose dramatically in number. Some parts of the country recorded increases in thousands of percent from the beginning of the year....
Alert: Attack on Pearl Harbor
The 3-hour, $140-million epic movie Pearl Harbor swept box offices during its first-week run to become the No. 1 movie in the United States. But along with heavy-handed clichés and simplistic dialogue, the movie displayed an utter ignorance of the existence and struggles of entire communities of people. Asian Pacific American leaders in San Francisco were less critical of the movie than they were concerned about reactions to it. JACL National Director John Tateishi said his organization received hate mail with references to the movie soon after it was released. (May 31)
Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism
The National Japanese American Memorial was unveiled to the public, featuring sculptured cranes holding barbed wire in their beaks, soaring to the sky. The memorial honors the 120,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during World War II. About 300 people were on hand for the opening ceremony, including Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, Sen. Daniel Inouye and Rep. Bob Matsui. (July 5)
San Jose to Name Airport After Norman Mineta
Hundreds of people gathered at San Jose International Airport to dedicate San Jose's new $65 million airport runway ---- and also to hear a surprise announccement. After dignitaries, including Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta and Rep. Mike Honda, etched their names in cement, Mayor Ron Gonzales told the large crowd, "I am pleased to announce that I will be asking the San Jose City Council to rename our airport in honor of Norman Mineta." (Aug. 23)....
For more on the honorable Norman Mineta, GO TO > > > Year of the Dragon

Argenbright Security - Another major guardian of our national security....
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October 23, 2000
Airport Security Co. Fined $1.5 Million
Pleads Guilty to Hiring Criminals as Guards
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- An airport security company was fined more than $1.5 million for allowing untrained employees, some with criminal backgrounds, to operate checkpoints at Philadelphia International Airport.
Philadelphia employees of Argenbright Holdings Ltd. had backgrounds that included drug dealing, kidnapping, aggravated assault and theft.
The company pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of making false statements to the Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. District Judge Marvin Katz on Friday fined Argenbright $1 million, the maximum possible under federal law.
The company had agreed in April to pay $1.2 million in fines and costs for falsifying training and background checks.
Argenbright also must pay $350,000 to 38 airlines and will be on probation for three years, during which time inspectors will conduct audits of its hiring and training, and $200,000 to reimburse the U.S. attorney's office costs to investigate and prosecute the case.
"Argenbright is deeply embarrassed by this situation," said Edward S.G. Dennis Jr., the company's attorney. "This does not represent the way they do business."
Three employees also charged
Argenbright's 25,000 employees work at all major U.S. airports, but company officials said the fraud occurred only in Philadelphia. Prosecutors said there was no evidence that the scheme, which ran from 1995 through 1998, harmed passengers, equipment or facilities.
Three former Argenbright employees have also pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud-related charges.
Sandra H. Lawrence, 61, the firm's former administrative manager in Philadelphia, was sentenced to five years' probation and fined $15,000.
Steven E. Saffer, 50, Argenbright's former district manager, and Helen Fields, 56, the company's local personnel recruiter, will be sentenced next week.
Prosecutors said Saffer devised the scheme to increase the Philadelphia office's profit margin and his bonus....

Haynes Security, Inc. - No connection with the underwear company, as far as I know.
February 3, 2004
Airport security firm accused of bribery
By Jeffrey Gold, Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. - A security company with contracts to protect New York-area airports, bridges and tunnels has been charged with paying bribes to get work and hiring dozens of employees with criminal records.
Haynes Security Inc. and its president, John D'Agostino, were charged with theft, bribery and conspiracy in an indictment announced Tuesday.
Among the allegations: Haynes paid more than $1,000 in August 2001 for repairs at the home of a Continental Airlines manager in return for consideration for a contract at the Newark airport. No charges were brought against any Continental employees.
"We need to ensure the highest level of safety, security and service," said Pasquale DiFulco, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees the facilities.
Haynes no longer handles airport passenger screening, which is now overseen by the federal Transportation Security Administration. But the company's unarmed guards still provide security in other parts of the airports, including patrolling parking lots and checking the identification of vehicles entering runways.
Haynes lawyer Seth T. Taube said the company has cooperated fully in the investigation.
"This is nonsense. The state is desperate for political corruption cases, and this is their way of squeezing Haynes Security to make up stories about politicians," Taube said.
Investigators said Haynes hired 27 convicted criminals - who are barred from holding security posts - to work at the airport and for the state's largest utility, Public Service Electric & Gas. After learning of the investigation, the company sent thousands of fingerprints to state police for review, authorities said.
Also indicted was Benjamin R. Riggi, a former PSE&G manager was accused of accepting a $7,500 bribe in 2002 to approve Haynes' contract with the utility....
Haynes provided security at the utility's Newark headquarters, and for workers at street-repair sites.

Los Alamos National Laboratory - The top-secret national laboratory where national security is paramount.
November 18, 2002
Report: $3 Million in Lab Property Lost
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - (AP) - Nearly $3 million worth of items owned by Los Alamos National Laboratory have disappeared or were reported missing over a three year period, according to a published report.
The lab's system of reporting lost items "is conducive to covering (up) for items that are actually stolen," said the internal report, prepared within the lab's Office of Security Inquiries in March.
The author's name was not on the report, which was obtained by the Albuquerque Journal for a story in yesterday's editions. It outlined missing items ranging from computers to a fork lift that disappeared between 1999 and 2001.
Lab spokeswoman Linn Tytler said it goes through a rigorous accounting process each year by both lab officials and the Department of Energy.
A U.S. House committee is investigating allegations that Los Alamos employees used lab credit cards to make illegal purchases....
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June 14, 2002
SIX SUSPENDED IN LOS ALAMOS SECURITY LAPSE
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The Los Alamos National Laboratory has suspended six employees as the FBI intensified its investigation into the disappearance from the lab of two computer hard drives loaded with nuclear secrets.
Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, under fire from Republicans for insufficient security at the laboratory, launched a bipartisan probe on Tuesday into the loss.
He said espionage was not suspected, but vowed to take disciplinary action against those responsible.
Republicans said Richardson was ultimately to blame.
An Energy Department official said six managers at the lab were put on paid leave for failing to immediately report the disappearance of the hard drives when it was discovered May 7.
The managers said they were unable to get back into the vault where the hard drives were kept until May 24, when the facility reopened after wildfires that caused over $300 million in damage. Coming up empty-handed after an intensive search, the managers notified the laboratory's security chief on May 31, and a day later word was passed to Washington.
Richardson said he was outraged by the incident.
"I will not tolerate security lapses and I'm outraged at what happened," he said in a written statement, announcing his appointment of former Tennessee Republican Sen. Howard Baker and ex-Indiana Democratic Rep. Lee Hamilton to perform a "thorough investigation and assessment" of the loss.
Baker and Hamilton are to recommend security fixes for Los Alamos, the nation's premier nuclear laboratory.
Energy Department security chief Eugene Habiger said the hard drives were probably misplaced, not stolen, and he defended those with access to them as "dedicated, loyal Americans" who were not suspected of spying.
FBI TO START POLYGRAPH TESTS
But he said FBI and department investigators plan to start using polygraph tests on Wednesday in questioning employees. The roughly 85 people with access to the area where data were stored, including 28 with unescorted access, already have been interviewed as part of the investigation, he added.
Security at Los Alamos was thrust into the spotlight in March last year when one of its researchers, Dr. Wen Ho Lee, was fired for allegedly copying nuclear weapons secrets and storing them on an unclassified computer network.
Lee's lawyer, Mark Holscher, on Tuesday said the incident involved "far more sensitive" classified materials than the files Lee allegedly transferred to another computer. He said he plans to show evidence of "much more egregious incidents of people mishandling computer files" than in Lee's case.
A U.S. citizen born in Taiwan, Lee has been charged with 59 criminal counts, but not espionage, and the lab came under fire for the ease with which he was allegedly able to download and copy sensitive information. Lee has pleaded not guilty.
Republicans are furious about the latest flap.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, urged Richardson and other officials to explain what happened at a hastily-called hearing on Wednesday, but Richardson decided to send his deputy instead.
Shelby, an Alabama Republican, told MSNBC it was time the Energy Department got a new leader.
"I think it's time we have put in place a Secretary of Energy who's going to be accountable to the American people, and I submit to you that Richardson is not that man," he said.
Rep. Porter Goss, a Florida Republican who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, said panel members will be briefed by Energy Department officials on Wednesday. The House and Senate armed services committees are both planning their own hearings into the matter.
"You can point the finger at one man," said Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, a Virginia Republican, of Richardson. "He gave us the assurance that everything was under control."
SENATE TO VOTE ON NEW NUCLEAR SECURITY CHIEF
Senate Republicans said the latest security snafu showed the need for immediate Senate confirmation of Air Force Gen. John Gordon to head a new nuclear security agency, whose creation Richardson had opposed, and with Democratic agreement a vote on his nomination was quickly scheduled for Wednesday.
White House spokesman Joe Lockhart said Clinton was pleased about Richardson's probe and expected it to be "thorough, expeditious and conducted in a manner that does not interfere with the FBI's investigation of this very serious matter."
"The president has full confidence in Secretary Richardson and his ability to get to the bottom of this," Lockhart said.
Richardson, often cited as a potential vice presidential running mate for Democrat Al Gore, was brought in two years ago to help beef up DOE's flawed security network.
The hard drives, about two-thirds the size of a deck of playing cards, were housed in locked suitcase-like "kits" that are used by the department's Nuclear Emergency Support Team, which responds to accidents and any nuclear terrorist acts....
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Posted on Free Republic, 06/18/99, by Thanatos:
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/library/opinions/saffire/061799safi.html
'CULTURE OF ARROGANCE'
by William Safire
Computers at our nuclear laboratories are again being ordered to "stand down." Our most secret work on our most powerful weaponry is coming to a screeching two-day halt.
That's because of a line in a report issued this week by "Piffiab," the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board:
"A nefarious employee can still download secret weapons information to a tape, put it in his or her pocket, and walk out the door."
This despite Energy Secretary Bill Richardson's previous public assurances that the barn door had been locked, now that China has our warhead secrets....
Poor Richardson. He is Clinton's designated punching bag, held out front to absorb the punishment properly belonging to Sandy Berger, who didn't want to upset his "strategic partnership" with China, and Janet Reno, who didn't want to investigate espionage at Los Alamos or Chinese influence-buying at the White House....
Two listening devices - bugs - were discovered planted in one of our nuclear research facilities. Although the date of this penetration is classified for no good reason, I believe it to be before 1992.
Was this investigated, and if not, why not? Richardson's top counterspy doesn't know; it's up to Congress to find out.
More recently than 1995, an illegal telephone wiretap was found installed in a national lab. "The employee who installed it confessed," reads the cryptic line, "but was not prosecuted by the government."
Was some guy spying on his girlfriend? Was it a Los Alamos scientist playing a prank behind top-secret doors? Who took the confession?
"I have no idea," says Piffiab's Rudman. "But the fact is there was no reaction. When listening devices or wiretaps are found in such a secure place, the hounds of law enforcement should be unleashed the moment they are discovered."
"But the F.B.I. was never told."
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STATEMENT BY WARREN B. RUDMAN,
CHAIRMAN OF THE PRESIDENT'S
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD (PFIAB)
In response to the President's request for the PFIAB to undertake a review of the security and counterintelligence threat to the Department of Energy's weapons labs, I am pleased to announce that I have asked PFIAB Members Ms. Ann Caracristi and Dr. Sidney Drell to join me on a special panel of the Board to conduct this inquiry.
In addition, the President (Clinton) recently has announced his intent to appoint Mr. Stephen Friedman to the PFIAB, and I intend to ask Mr. Friedman to become a panel member immediately upon his appointment.
Ms. Caracristi, as esteemed intelligence veteran, was Deputy Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) from 1980 to 1982. . . . She currently serves on the Board of Visitors of the Joint Military Intelligence College and as a Consultant to the NSA Scientific Board. Ms. Caracristi also sits on the Intelligence Oversight Board, a standing committee of the PFIAB that advised the President on the legality of US foreign intelligence activities.
Dr. Drell, a world-renowned physicist and arms control specialist, is Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics at the Stanford University Linear Accelerator Center and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute, Stanford University....
Mr. Friedman, a highly-respected and successful businessman, was for years a General Partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co., and retired as its Chairman in 1994. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Columbia University, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Brookings Institution, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Mr. Friedman served on the Commission of the Roles and Capabilities of the US Intelligence Community and on the Jeremiah Panel, which reviewed the National Reconnaissance Office. He currently is a Senior Principal of Marsh & McLennan Capital, Inc ....
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Securicor - Sleep well tonight, WORLD.
October 11, 2001
South African government will not ban foreign security companies
BBC News
Foreign companies have been given the green light to continue investing in South African security firms, after the government threw out a controversial plan to block overseas investment in the sector.
Fear had existed that a foreign presence in the booming domestic security firm market was a risk, particularly in the light of the recent attacks in the US.
By some estimates, the security industry employs almost 300,000 people in South Africa, enjoying strong demand for its services from customers who distrust the local police service and are unnerved by the high crime rate.
Foreign companies have invested some 3bn rand or $327m (£210m) in the sector.
Chubb , Securicor Gray, Group Four and ADT are already active in the South African market and had faced the prospect of having to sell their holdings there.
"It was felt it was a security risk that such a strategic industry was left in the hands of foreign investors," Sven Lunsche, editor of Jonik Online, publisher of Business Day and Sunday Times, told the BBC's World Business Report.
"They also felt that strong foreign investment would hinder black empowerment."
In practice, it could have been difficult for black-controlled companies to make huge-scale investments to buy out foreign investors.
The proposal was put forward two weeks ago by members of the African National Congress (ANC) on the parliamentary committee for safety and security.
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January 23, 2002
Press Release from HK SARICAL ( www.icac.org.hk/ )
Former security guards received bribes to smuggle $2.7m mobile phone
Two former employees of a security company today (Wednesday) admitted that they had accepted bribes to help smuggle mobile phones and phone batteries worth $2.7 million to the Mainland, using the company's armoured vehicles for delivery.
Hui Ping-kee, 51 and Sze Ho-chun, 54, respectively former Security Guard and Crew Commander of Securicor HK Limited (Securicor), today pleaded guilty at the District Court to three charges of conspiracy to offer advantages and export unmanifested goods.
Judge Peter Line adjourned sentencing, pending the completion of the trial of two co-defendants. Hui and Sze were each granted bail of $20,000 in cash and were ordered not to leave Hong Kong.
Hui pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring with Sze, Chau Sau-kit, Chow Cho-fung and Wong Man-sau to export unmanifested goods, namely mobile phones and accessories.
Chau Sau-kit and Chow Cho-fung were respectively owner and employee of Shing Fat Trading Company, while Wong, now deceased, was a Securicor staff while the offence took place....
The case originated from a corruption complaint, alleging that some crew members of Securicor might have bribed their crew controller for favourable postings. However, ICAC investigations later revealed the graft facilitated smuggling activities....
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March, 2000
From Prison Privatisation Report International No. 34:
More penalties for Securicor
Securicor has been penalised £199,950 for contract failures at HM Prison Parc in Wales for the period 1 March 1999 to 31 December 1999.
This brings the total of Securicor's penalties to £999,163 since the prison opened in November 1997.
The reasons for the most recent penalties include:
211 incidents of prisoner self harm; 29 incidents of concerted indiscipline; 19 assaults on staff and others; 13 assaults on prisoners; 39 failures to complete 90 per cent of mandatory drug tests; 17 incidents involving class ''A'' drugs and opiates; 165 incidents involving other drugs; one escape; 65 failures in procedure [in the category Keep Prisoners in Custody]; 178 failures of prisoners seeing a medical officer on arrival; 122 failures to respond to prisoners' complaints; 44 failures to deliver required hours of activities; 158 failures to provide sentence plans; 80 failures to start visits within 30 minutes of an appointment; 20 failures to provide pre-release job searching; 18 failures to provide prisoners with a discharge report; nine failures to implement [Prison Service] audit report recommendations; and eight failures to report on performance measures.
Significant shareholders in Securicor include Deutsche Bank, Mercury Asset Management, Royal & Sun Alliance Group, Morgan Grenfell, Warburg Dillon Read, Prudential and Standard Life....

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PARAPOLICIALES FASCISTAS DE 3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA

2008-05-05T17:12:00.000-03:00

LA SECTA ANTI-SIKH 3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA Y SUS PARAPOLICIALES
UNIFORME PARAPOLICIAL DE FUERZAS FASCISTAS DE CHOQUE DE LA SECTA 3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA EN U.S.A
Akal Security finds itself in hiring modeThe Albuquerque Tribune By Sherry RobinsonThe Web site of Akal Security Inc. is almost prophetic. Its slogan, "for a changing world," now seems like an understatement.
The company, headquartered at Santa Cruz, near Espa§ola, has been a respected security operation for 21 years. But after the Sept. 11 attacks, Akal has added 500 employees to its existing 7,000, and it's still hiring. "It's been very, very busy, yes," said Daya Khalsa, senior vice president. Akal provides security for government and businesses all over the country. As calls come in, the company is trying to respond first to the most critical needs. For example, Akal (pronounced a-CALL), provides all security except passenger screening for the Honolulu airport. "We've added over 100 security personnel to that contract alone," Khalsa said. And the cruise-ship industry has new screening requirements for passengers. "We're doing all of that in Hawaii," he said, which meant adding another 50 employees. Akal provides security to one of the nation's largest rail carriers. "They've added service to increase security levels," he said. He couldn't disclose either the carrier or the locations. "The largest portion of our work is federal government facilities - courthouses, offices, military, NASA," he said. "Most of those agencies have increased staffing, so we've added several hundred people to those contracts." And because of the time lag in gaining clearances for new employees, existing employees are working long hours, he said. "This is especially true for the federal courthouse in Manhattan, a few blocks from the World Trade Center," Khalsa said. "We expanded to protect the perimeters. We're working very long hours. There are about 150 court security officers at that courthouse." Akal, in fact, is the largest court security officer contractor to the U.S. Marshals Service. Recently the company received a five-year, $88.2 million contract to provide federal court security services within the Fifth Judicial Circuit, which includes Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. In New Mexico, Akal provides services at the Santa Fe airport and to railroads and utilities. Presently the company is fielding a lot of phone calls from organizations wanting to know Akal's capabilities. "We've had people fly to New York, Washington and Los Angeles to look" at potential assignments, Khalsa said. Fortunately, the company already had a number of new hires in the pipeline before the attacks."We're always recruiting and training people," Khalsa said. "Some are law enforcement officers who don't require as much training. They're highly qualified to begin with." As Akal recruits still more people, "we've tried to double our efforts to make sure hires are well screened and well trained." According to its Web site, Akal also has an elite force, called Phase 4, "known for their effective action in the most volatile situations." Akal is in demand now, too, because it had also developed, before Sept. 11, one of the nation's most advanced training programs for entry x-ray screening. "That course has become very applicable to the concerns that exist out there," Khalsa said. The company's mission hasn't changed since the attacks. "What we're really finding here is that our corporate mission has a spotlight on it," Khalsa said. The mission is to provide the highest quality personnel and to increase the safety of facilities, employees and the public. "That was always our mission, but it's now more important to millions of Americans." Akal means "undying" in an ancient language of India. Launched in 1980, it's one of many companies operated by Yogi Bhajan's Ministry of Sikh Dharma. (The 500-year-old Sikh religion teaches devotion to God, truthfulness and equality.) While Sikhs have been attacked in other places by vandals who mistake them for Muslims, they haven't been bothered here. "We're pretty widely known here and in our industry," Khalsa said. "People have a good understanding of who we are and who Sikhs are. I was part of a group of Sikh leaders who met with President Bush. He spent an hour with the group to express his unconditional support for religious freedom and his intolerance for threats to people because of their religious practice or cultural background. "We've been working hard to educate people to address that concern and be as visible as possible."
From.http://www.rickross.com/reference/3ho/3ho92.html

CONOCER LA VERDAD TE HARA LIBRE

2008-04-29T20:31:00.000-03:00

PARA CONOCER LA VERDAD DE KUNDALINI YOGA

El chiflado mundo de Yogi Bhajan es una red de amigos de Internet co- creado sobre Yogi Bhajan, Sikh Dharma, 3HO, seguridad de Akal, Yogi Teas etc. donde los ex- Bhajanitas, ex-miembros de la secta Kundalini comparten nuestras historias y testimonios importantes, documentos judiciales, e información anti- sectas con el público en general. Ataque personales y difamación y no son admitidos. Visita estas web e infórmate si es que aún no lo has hecho de la realidad de 3h0 y el kundalini yoga creado por Yogi Bhajan, un ex- empleado sin trabajo en USA.Quizas tengas un familiar atrapado por el grupo,comunícate con nosotros.Debes entender que recibimos continuas presiones para que esto no salga a la luz. INFORMATE.

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SECTA DE KUNDALINIS EN CHILE

2008-04-29T18:37:00.001-03:00

La genesis de las sectas en chile:

KUNDALINI YOGA-3HO

Les aporto algunas referencias de este grupo de opinion y sobre el trasfondo de sus posiciones, que creo es muy necesario de conocer bien porque responde a un fenomeno que se ha dado, especialmente en otras latitudes y donde las tendencias escepticas han sido una respuesta. Para entender este circulo de opinion, es necesario partir por referirse al esoterismo que surge en la decada de los setenta en occidente. Partamos del principio: "en el principio era el verbo y...", bueno eso ya lo saben ustedes. Despues vinieron los dinosaurios y blablabla. Pienso que es orientador situarse en la decada de los sesenta, por mediados en el estallido social que se empieza a dar tanto en Inglaterra, como en la gran California. En el ano 1963 ocurre un hecho historico: el 17 de noviembre dia domingo nazco yo juajua! Bueno pero partamos de una buena vez! Visualicemos que estamos en oriente en un monasterio, donde en una biblioteca se encuentra un estudioso calvo, de mirada un tanto critica con ojos dificiles de ver, que se llama A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. El trabaja traduciendo los escritos en sanscrito hacia otros idiomas, incluido el ingles. Dispone de todas las comodidades y una enorme respetabilidad, la de todo un sabio. Un buen dia este senor decide o mas bien como el relata, "siente internamente" que su mision esta en otra parte y que debe salir de las comodidades en las que trabaja en el momento. Es asi como toma una decision que manifiesta claramente su consecuencia entre discurso y accion: llevar lo que el considera un verdadero tesoro -los Vedas- hacia occidente, donde ellos son casi completamente desconocidos... Pero eso significa perder su sitial y su vida alejada de mayores limitaciones materiales. Y es asi como emprende un viaje en un barco de carga desde la India, hacia N. York solamente equipado con un bolso de mano y una maleta. Llega a New York como un turista exotico y en menos de seis meses, es reconocido gracias a la cultura de algunos docentes de una universidad que ahora no recuerdo, que lo invitan como profesor invitado en religiones orientales. Es asi como B.S.P. inicia su exposicion academica de los escritos Vedas, que llaman cada vez mas la antencion y convocan a un publico mas hetereogeneo, desde auxiliares a doctores en ciencias. Como todo esto va in cressendo, el decide darle un caracter mas formal a sus actividades y como academico que es, ademas de un hombre de gran cultura e interes en las ciencias, en vez de fundar un templo de oracion oriental, funda una sociedad de estudios vedas que llama Sociedad Internacional para la Conciencia de Krsna. Lamentablemente B.S.P. fallece a mediados de los sesenta y su organizacion no alcanza por ello, a ser dirigida por algun discipulo formado por el a su sombra y que haya madurado lo suficiente. Y ocurre el primer hecho de lo que yo llamaria, la tendencia oriental de los occidentales. Su organizacion pasa a ser dirigida por norteamericanos que se rapan el pelo, se visten de blanco y pretenden pasar por orientales abandonando su propia identidad y confundiendo, el fondo con la forma y en vez de aplicar algunos principios vedas en occidente, de acuerdo a nuestras costumbres y epoca, ellos pasan mas bien a cambiar de identidad en la forma pero pensando igual en el fondo como occidentales capitalistas. Asi nace el movimiento Hare Krishna que desvirtual el proposito original de B.S.P. y pasa a comportarse como una secta fanatica, en busca de adeptos entre jovenes desorientados y desencantados de la sociedad. Este no es un hecho aislado sino que es un excelente modelo, para comprender el grueso del impacto de la cultura oriental en occidente. Lo primero que ocurre cuando desde aca nos interesamos en las visiones trascendentes de Oriente, es que su impacto es muy grande en nuestra cultura de corte materialista y centralista en cuanto a religion -Vaticano-. Los enfoques orientales en cambio hablan de una trascendencia impersonal, de una esencia mas que de un ser divino y reniegan del concepto de "infierno eterno" propio de la religion Catolica -la unica que lo contiene en todo el mundo-. Ello nos lleva a idealizar la cultura oriental, sus costumbres, sus formas de vida e incluso sus vestimentas. Y ademas empezamos a renegar de todo lo occidental, partiendo por la ciencia y terminando en querer finalmente como interpretacion global de todo lo que nos ha llegado, pero que no hemos internalizado ni madurado ni filtrado... A QUERER SER ORIENTALES!!!!!!! Esto ustedes lo pueden ver cuando por ejemplo asisten a clases de Reiki o bien, de Kundalini Yoga. Casi sin excepcion veran a los monitores o maestros o lo que sea, vestidos a la usanza oriental con nombres orientales y hasta gestos orientales. Pero son tan chilenos como los porotos con rienda y con longaniza de Chillan!! Recuerdo a una conocida valdiviana que es hoy dia una discipula del Yogi Bajhan. Yo la conoci usando blue jeans en la decada pasada hace diez anos mas o menos. Entonces asisti a unas clases de yoga, pero me intrigaba en ese tiempo por que ella usaba vestimentas orientales para las sesiones, a las 4 am, cuando andaba como todo el mundo despues. Finalmente ella se cambio de nombre a uno oriental y su vestimenta con togo de pano, de color blanco y sandalias fue diaria un par de meses despues.

2008-04-24T14:10:00.001-03:00

PAGINA SIKHDHARMA BHAIBANDI: ATACADA POR SECTA 3HO-KUNDALINI

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA DE MISION SIKH HISPANOAMERICANA- SIKH DHARMA BHAIBANDI

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NUESTRAS PAGINAS Y CASILLAS DE CORREOS DONDE MAS DE 7.000 HERMANOS, MENSUALMENTE, DE HISPANOAMERICA, ESTUDIAN,COMPARTEN,REFLEXIONAN Y O SE INFORMAN HA SIDO ATACADA POR MIEMBROS DE LA SECTA PELIGROSA ANTI-SIKH 3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA, QUIENES DISPONEN DE SERVICIOS DE INTELIGENCIA Y ESPIONAJE DESDE EE.UU.ESTE PEQUEÑO GRUPO DE PERSONAS ESTA DIRIGIDO EN AMERICA DEL SUR POR EL DELIRANTE GURUBACHAN SINGH "KHALSA". ESTE COMERCIANTE DE LA FE, HA PRETENDIDO SINCRETIZAR LA NO MENOS DELIRANTE NEW AGE CON UN "SIKHISMO" ADAPTADO AL KUNDALINI YOGA(IDEA FORÁNEA AL MISMO).

GRACIAS A LA BONDAD DE WAHEGURU, LOS DAÑOS HAN SIDO REPARADOS INMEDIATA Y SATISFACTORIAMENTE.PUDIMOS TAMBIEN RAPIDAMENTE REESTABLECER NUESTRO SERVICIO DE ENVIO VIA MAIL DEL HUKAMNAMA TRADUCIDO AL ESPAÑOL Y AL PORTUGUES.

DESDE HACE AÑOS , NOSOTROS TRABAJAMOS ABIERTAMENTE, EN SERVICIO A LA SANGAT VIRTUAL, ESPERAMOS QUE QUIENES SE OCULTAN EN EL ANONIMATO SEAN MUY PRONTO SACADOS A LA LUZ...CONFIAMOS EN QUE LA LEY Y LOS VALORES DEMOCRATICOS PREDOMINARAN PARA QUE CONTINUEMOS EJERCIENDO NUESTRO DERECHO A LA LIBRE OPINION.

PARA INFORMARSE AL RESPECTO DE ESTE CULTO PELIGROSO VISITE: DEFENSORES DE LA FE

SIKHDHARMA BHAIBANDI WEB PAGE: ATTACKED BY SECT 3HO-KUNDALINI
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF PRESS OF HISPANOAMERICAN SIKH MISSION - SIKH DHARMA BHAIBANDI
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OURS PAGINATE AND ADRESS MAIL WHERE MORE OF 7.000 BROTHERS, MONTHLY, OF SPANISH AMERICA, STUDENT,VIRTUAL ENCOUNTER, REFLEXION AND OR they are INFORMED it has BEEN ATTACKED BY MEMBERS OF THE DANGEROUS SECT ANTI-SIKH 3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA WHO HAVE SERVICES OF INTELLIGENCE AND SPAYWARW FROM USA
THIS SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE ,IS DIRECTED IN SOUTH AMERICA FOR THE DELIRIOUS GURUBACHAN SINGH "KHALSA". THIS MERCHANT OF THE FAITH, MIXING HAS NOT SOUGHT THE LESS DELIRIOUS NEW AGE WITH AN ADAPTED "SIKHISMO" TO THE STRANGE KUNDALINI-YOGA(IDEA TO THE SAME ONE).
THANKS OF THE GRACE OF WAHEGURU, THE DAMAGES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED IMMEDIATE AND SATISFACTY. CAN ALSO QUICKLY TO REESTABLISH OUR SERVICE OF SENDS VIA MAIL FROM THE TRANSLATED HUKAMNAMA TO SPANISH AND THE PORTUGUESE.
FOR YEARS, WE WORK OPENLY, IN SERVICE TO THE VIRTUAL SANGAT, WE WAIT THAT WHO HIDE IN THE ANONIMITY THEY ARE TAKEN OUT VERY SOON TO THE LIGHT... WE TRUST IN THAT THE LAW AND THE DEMOCRATIC VALUES PREVAILED SO THAT WE CONTINUE EXERCISING OUR RIGHT TO THE FREE OPINION.
TO BE INFORMED IN THIS RESPECT OF THIS DANGEROUS CULT IT VISITS: DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH

LAS FALSAS ENSEÑANZAS DE 3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA

2008-04-23T15:38:00.000-03:00

LAS FALSAS ENSEÑANZAS DE YOGI BHAJAN

Sikhtimes.com
Las falsas enseñanzas de Yogi Bhajan
Por AMAR PRAKASH Singh

Amar Prakash Singh fue un seguidor de Yogi Bhajan durante aproximadamente quince años (de aproximadamente 1975 a 1989). Dejó a Yogi Bhajan cuando se dio cuenta de que Yogi Bhajan estaba "Distorsionando" el Sikhismo. Puede ser contactado vía (http://www.prismnet.com/~khalsa/index.html) sitio web o vía el correo electrónico en khalsa@prismnet.com o amarprakashs@yahoo.com.

Foto: Amar Prakash Singh

1. Yogi Bhajan enseñó que usted tiene que hacer una conexión con un "maestro" espiritual viviente.
2. Yogi Bhajan enseñó que usted debía meditar sobre su fotografía.
3. Yogi Bhajan enseñó que la razón de que los Sikhs llevan turbantes era ajustar las placas en su cráneo y regular su energía electromagnética...
4. Yogi Bhajan enseñó que la razón de que los Sikhs llevan [pantalones cortos] de kachaa era que la presión del kachaa sobre sus muslos estimula su hígado.
5. Yogi Bhajan enseñó que usted debía tener una foto del ídolo de oro de Sri Chand, que está fuera del gurdwara en Espanola, en su casa.
6. Yogi Bhajan enseño que coreando ciertos shabads [ estrofas] causan ciertos resultados: A) man taaee de darshan de gur de lochai de mayraa (mi mente extraña al gurú; Guru Granth, p.. 96): esto causa la prosperidad. B) la 29 [estrofa] de pauree de Japji: esto lo protege de sus enemigos sólo evaporando a aquellos que le desean el daño (a usted). C) el 22 pauree de Japji: esto le trae la victoria (a usted) en las luchas legales. D) el decimotercero pauree de Japji: esto le da los conocimientos ocultos del infinito. E) el 25 pauree de Japji: todas sus necesidades son cumplidas. La prosperidad, las virtud, propiedad, y la riqueza son suyas sin preguntar.
7. Yogi Bhajan enseñó que Gurmukhi era una lengua mágica y mística en lo que respecta a recitar, o cantar, su lengua está presionando ciertos puntos de presión en su paladar superior y por lo tanto, ciertas glándulas en su cerebro son estimuladas segregar hormonas, resultando en un kundalini a gran altura.
8. Yogi Bhajan enseñó que Anand Sahib era la experiencia de kundalini final porque para cada cinco paurees su kundalini pasaría un chakra correspondiente. Cuarenta paurees dividieron los ocho chakras por cinco iguales. Esto también es verdad para Japji.
9. Yogi Bhajan enseñó que el aborto estaba bien si fuera hecho antes del 120 día, cuando el alma entró en el útero.
10. Yogi Bhajan enseñó que usted podía ser liberado en cuarenta días si usted practicara el yoga de kundalini.
11. Yogi Bhajan enseñó que asumiría todo lo «karma» de sus estudiantes y que la razón de que estaba tan enfermo era que sus estudiantes tenían mucho «karma» malo.
12. Yogi Bhajan enseñó que debe nombrar a todos (nombre espiritual), no consultando con el gurú, sino usando astrología y numerología.
13. Yogi Bhajan enseñó que podía leer las auras y leer su destino.
14. Yogi Bhajan enseñó que cuando se murió solamente su cuerpo físico habría desaparecido. Su alma residiría en su cuerpo sutil que se cernería sobre sus estudiantes entonces, todavía enseñaría y llevaría adelante el "tantra". Para sus estudiantes no estaría muerto sino inmortal.

1. Yogi Bhajan taught that you had to make a connection with a living spiritual teacher. 2. Yogi Bhajan taught that you should meditate on his photograph. 3. Yogi Bhajan taught that the reason that Sikhs wear turbans is to adjust the plates in your skull and thus regulate your electro-magnetic energy. 4. Yogi Bhajan taught that the reason that Sikhs wear kachaa [breeches] is that the pressure of the kachaa on your thighs stimulates your liver. 5. Yogi Bhajan taught that you should have a photo of the golden idol of Sri Chand, that is outside the gurdwara in Espanola, in your home. 6. Yogi Bhajan taught that chanting certain shabads [verses] bring certain results: A) mayraa man lochai gur darshan taaee (My mind longs for the Guru; Guru Granth, p. 96): This brings prosperity, multiplied a thousand-fold squared. B) The twenty-ninth pauree [verse] of Japji: This protects you from your enemies by simply vaporizing those who wish you harm. C) The twenty-second pauree of Japji: This brings you victory in legal battles. D) The thirteenth pauree of Japji: This gives you the occult knowledge of infinity. E) The twenty-fifth pauree of Japji: All your needs are pre-fulfilled. Prosperity, virtue, estate, and wealth are yours without asking. 7. Yogi Bhajan taught that Gurmukhi is a magical, mystical language in that by chanting, reciting, or singing, your tongue is pressing on certain pressure points in your upper palate and thus certain glands in your brain are stimulated to secrete hormones, resulting in a kundalini high. 8. Yogi Bhajan taught that Anand Sahib was the ultimate kundalini experience because for each five paurees your kundalini would pass through a corresponding chakra. Forty paurees divided by five equals the eight chakras. This also holds true for Japji. 9. Yogi Bhajan taught that abortion was all right if it was done before the 120th day, when the soul entered the womb. 10. Yogi Bhajan taught that you could be liberated in forty days if you practiced kundalini yoga. 11. Yogi Bhajan taught that he would take on all the karma of his students and that the reason that he was so sick was that his students had a lot of bad karma. 12. Yogi Bhajan taught he should name everyone, not by consulting the Guru, but by using astrology and numerology. 13. Yogi Bhajan taught that he could read auras and even read your destiny. 14. Yogi Bhajan taught that when he died only his physical body would be gone. His soul would then reside in his subtle body which would hover over his students, while he still taught and led tantric. To his students he would not be dead but immortal.

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TAMBALEA EL IMPERIO ECONOMICO DEL YOGUI BHAJAN, CONSIDERADO POR LA MAYORIA DE LA COMUNIDAD SIKH COMO UN ANTI-SIKH

CONFLICTO ENTRE ANTI-SIKHS DE 3H0
México: después de tambalear bajo una controversia sobre la práctica del yoga Kundalini, que no tiene ningún reconocimiento entre los Sikhs y es considerado anti- Sikh por muchas secciones de la comunidad, ahora su familia esta involucrada en un conflicto frontal sobre la riqueza del jefe sij fallecido. La viuda de Yogi Bhajan ,Inderjit Kaur Puri ha alegado que puso su confianza para beneficiar a los ayudantes de Yogi que están sujetando la propiedad y posesiones de millones de dólares que son en realidad por derecho suyas. Pero aún no ha probando los reclamos, según una queja presentada este mes en el tribunal de distrito estatal.
La queja fue presentada sobre 1 de octubre por Norman Thayer del estudio de abogados de Albuquerque de Sutin, Thayer & Brown de parte de fideicomisarios, Sopurkh Kaur Khalsa, Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa y Ek Ong Kar Kaur Khalsa, según un informe en el natural de Nuevo Mexico.
La queja dice que Inderjit ya ha conseguido su acción de la propiedad de su marido que incluye su parte de los bienes gananciales, lo IRAs y ganancias de seguro de vida, y una casa en Nueva Delhi. Pero Inderjit Kaur Puri dice que era inconsciente de las contribuciones caritativas hechas por Yogi Bhajan. Ha insistido en conseguir la mitad de de los bienes gananciales.
Sus abogados dicen que al menos $3,784,863 están faltando del patrimonio de el Yogi Bhajan. Administrados por un grupo de "Personas que eran los ayudantes de Yogi Bhajan durante su vida."
El Yogi Bhajan nació 1929 , y murió hace tres años, era un indio quien cambio sus costumbres sikh y las transformo en una versión new age de yoga original.Vino a los Estados Unidos en 1968 y después, en 1972, fundaron una comunidad religiosa de estilo secta en Española, y usaron para financiar a muchos nuevos políticos mejicanos, incluido el Gov.. Bill Richardson y Rep. Tom Udall de los EE.UU., D - N.M..
El caso ha sido asignado al juez estatal del districto Jim Hall.

Yogi Bhajan's widow fights for property share with his assistants

Written by WORLD SIKH NEWS Bureau
Thursday, December 13, 2007
New Mexico: After reeling under a controversy over the practice of Kundalini Yoga, which has no recognition among the Sikhs and is considered anti-Sikh by many sections of the community, now his family seems to be involved in a head on conflict over the late Sikh leader's wealth.
Yogi Bhajan's widow Inderjit Kaur Puri has claimed that the trust set up to benefit Yogi's assistants is holding on to property and assets worth millions of dollars which are actually rightfully hers. But there has been no substantiating the claims, as per a complaint filed this month in state District Court.
The complaint was filed on October 1 by Norman Thayer of the Albuquerque law firm of Sutin, Thayer & Brown on behalf of trustees, Sopurkh Kaur Khalsa, Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa and Ek Ong Kar Kaur Khalsa, as per a report in The New Mexican.
The complaint says Inderjit has already got her share from her husband's estate which includes her pie of the community property, IRAs and life insurance proceeds, and a house in New Delhi. But Inderjit Kaur Puri says she was unaware of the charitable contributions made by Yogi Bhajan. She has insisted on getting half of the community property.
Her lawyers say at least $3,784,863 is missing from her share of the Yogi Bhajan Administrative Trust for "persons who were the Assistants of Yogi Bhajan during his lifetime."
The 1929-born Yogi Bhajan, who died three years ago, was an Indian customs officer turned yoga master who came to the United States in 1968 and later, in 1972, founded a cult-style religious community near Española, and used to fund many New Mexican politicians, including Gov. Bill Richardson and U.S. Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M.
The case has been assigned to state District Judge Jim Hall.

RESIDUOS DEL IMPERIO SECTARIO DE 3H0

2008-04-23T15:37:00.001-03:00

RESIDUOS DEL IMPERIO SECTARIO DE YOGUI BHAJAN

Asolador escándalo " líder sectario"
anti-sikh honrado con la resolución del Congreso de EE.UU.

Yogi Bhajan dijo a sus seguidores esta fotografía debe estar en un altar.Ahora fallecido "Yogi Bhajan" (Harbhajan Singh Puri), un famoso gurú y "líder de secta", fue recientemente honrado póstumamente a través de una resolución conjunta del Congreso de los Estados Unidos. Los seguidores del hombre que tomó el título de "Siri Singh Sahib" (SSS), ahora cuentan con el mismo honor conferido a Martin Luther King, el Papa Juan Pablo II y la Madre Teresa informó el periódico Indian Express. Este es sólo un reconocimiento organizado por agentes de partidos de ultraderecha y devotos del gurú muerto el 6 de octubre de 2004.
Bhajan fue el fundador y líder absoluto de un grupo relativamente pequeño llamado el "Healthy, Happy Santo Organización" (3HO), con sede en los Estados Unidos con una composición de unos pocos miles de norteamericanos que a menudo usan nombres sij como "Singh", "Khalsa ". Y llevaban ropas de blanco.
El prominente sociólogo y ganador del Premio Pulitzer Richard Offshe afirmó en una declaración jurada que "3HO presenta características comunes a las organizaciones sectarias."
El guión de elogios a Bhajan desde su desaparición incluye no menos que una "proclamación presidencial" de George W. Bush y ordenó bajar las banderas a media asta por el Gobernador de Nuevo México Bill Richardson quien habría sido financiado en su campaña por el grupo.
La resolución del congreso cita al líder sectarios como de "legendaria compasión, sabiduría, bondad, y valor."
Sin embargo, sus antiguos seguidores tienen menos brillantes cosas que decir sobre el fallecido gurú.Muchos sostienen que en 3HO fueron explotados , amenazados, heridos ellos y sus familias. Y algunas mujeres han dicho que el gurú dió atenciones especiales menos que espirituales. Una ex secretaria de Bhajan una vez le demandó por acoso sexual y faltas graves a la moral.
Su demanda judicial declaró: "El método por el cual Bhajan inducía a los demás a seguirle se planteaba como un maestro de yoga y profesor, y luego encubierto con el tema de yoga los estudiantes asistían un proceso de acondicionamiento mental y emocional en el que su personalidad era seriamente perturbada y, en definitiva, son destruidos".
Pero las demandas contra Bhajan y / o sus empresas se asentaron en el silencio y el gurú vivó una vida de lujo, hasta su muerte. Harbahjan Sigh Puri (alias "Yogi Bhajan") emigró a los EE.UU. en los años 1970 y construyó una gran parte de su imperio con blancos, de clase media estadounidenses, desengañados y aburridos del naciente neo-liberalismo opresor. Comenzó como un maestro de yoga, pero pronto se declaró a sí mismo un líder religioso. Su peculiar marca de religión era una mezcla de yoga, meditación y su peculiar filosofía personal. Compuesta por un sistema de creencias que se denuncian con frecuencia y / o critican por incorporar las tradiciones sij.
Bhajan a lo largo de los años reunió un multimillonario imperio financiero, en gran medida gracias a la devoción, las donaciones y el trabajo duro de sus seguidores americanos. Sus intereses comerciales incluyen AKAL Security, una de las mayores empresas privadas de seguridad en América del Norte, que se basó en gran medida en los contratos gubernamentales acreditados por el Sr.Bush. También comercializa tés, hierbas y una variedad de alimentos "saludables".
En la década de 1980 su mano derecha "Gurujot Singh Khalsa" ( Alvin Robert Taylor) fue penalmente acusado de conspirar para importar más de 1000 libras de marihuana en los EE.UU. Posteriormente fue condenado a una pena de prisión federal. Bhajan fue también conocido por sus astutas conexiones políticas y Nuevo México fue su principal ámbito de influencia. 3HO mantiene un gran complejo cerca de Española, NM, donde numerosos programas y retiros son realizados.

Durante la tragedia de 1984 en Amritsar tomó partidopor el Gobierno Indio, declarándose en contra de un Khalistan independiente, y no colaboró en la más mínima acción humanitaria ante los miles de muertos indiscriminadamente por la fuerzas policiales de entonces.
El Gobernador Bill Richardson , durante mucho tiempo apareció en las crónicas políticas, una vez que se apresuraron en un helicóptero de propiedad estatal para llegar a tiempo para su aparición como orador principal en un acto en el ashram del gurú.
Según se informa 3HO se ha extendido al sur de Nuevo México al viejo México, y tiene un pequeño pero fanático grupo en que la capital de la nación.
Los devotps de México suelen llevar el vestido blanco de Bhajan seguidores de la práctica y de su peculiar forma de "Kundalini Yoga" informó de la India en el Extranjero de Toronto. Sus devotos han intentado hindustanizar el sikhismo persistentemente.
SSS puede estar muerto, pero su multimillonario imperio financiero y viejos camaradas políticos siguen adelante. Esto puede ser visto no como un legado de "valor legendario…", sino como la de residuos recogidos de favores políticos, comerciales, continuación de proselitismo, de activos inmobiliarios, simplemente frutos de la edad dura del efectivo, del "capitalismo salvaje". [Posted by Rick Ross at 03:57 PM] [Publicado por Rick Ross en 03:57 PM]

INDIRA GANDHI & YOGI BHAJAN PURI

2008-04-23T15:35:00.000-03:00

FOTOS LIDER SECTA KUNDALINI: YOGI BHAJAN E INDIRA GANDHI

Vea la realidad....

Yogi Bhajan Puri & Indira Gandhi
Estudios de Yoga en India de Yogi Bhajan
Durante toda su vida, Harbhajan Singh continuó su práctica y persecución de conocimientos de yoga. Sus servicios al gobierno de la India le facilitaron viajar a ashrams remotos y a eremitorios distantes para pedir a yoguis solitarios y swamis sus conocimientos del yoga. Yogi Bhajan los encontraría , porque India tenía un exceso de hombres "Sagrados". Otras veces, iría sinceramente para aprender los conocimientos especializados poseídos por este o ese sadhu.En los años 1960, Harbhajan Singh tomó un puesto como instructor en el Vishwayatan Ashram en Nueva Delhi, bajo Dhirendra Brahmachari, su verdadero "maestro" y no el mítico Hazara Singh. Este centro de yoga fue frecuentado por el Primer Ministro, Jawaharlal Nehru, su hija, Indira Gandhi, y diplomáticos y empleados de un montón de embajadas extranjeras.
Yogi BHAJAN EN 1984

Durante el insurgencia cuando en el Punjab la campaña de resistencia pasiva hecha junto a los separtists sijs contra el gobierno central se volvió violenta, Yogi Bhajan aconsejó que al jefe Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale de los separtistas del Khalistan, que la cancelara y reasumiera en otro momento, cosa que no hizo.Varias veces en el a comienzos de los años 1980 durante la sublevación de Punjab, Yogi Bhajan fue y trató de mediar la "paz" entre los miembros del gobierno de Indira Gandhi y los jefes sijs Khalistanis en el Punjab, muchos sospecharon de el como un espía del gobierno indio. Sabían todos ellos que sus esfuerzos eran en vano.Después de la Operation estrella azul (en que el ejército de India dañó el Golden Temple) y los tumultos anti- Sikh de 1984, Yogi Bhajan informó que el Akal Takhat se había martirizado para despertar a la nación sij excepcionalmente. Mientras instaba a los Sikhs a que no pierdan la oportunidad del apoyo del Oeste y a que descendiera la violencia, Yogi Bhajan intentó organizar provisiones de ayuda para víctimas y conciliar lasf acciones en lucha. Animó al presidente sij, lo Zail Singh, a no renunciar en la protesta por el sacrilegio cometido por el Primer Ministro especialmente. De esta forma, Yogi Bhajan creía en que aislaría a los Sikhs Khalistanis más y los conduciría a una espiral de amargura y el derramamiento de sangre.A pesar de los llamados crecientes para la creación de una separatista patria sij, Yogi Bhajan continuó, de 1984 a 1993, insistiendo en la justicia, el perdón y la reconciliación durante toda la crisis, intenciones de las que fundamentadamente dudaban los Khalistanis Sikh.

Hoy: la secta KUNDALINI YOGA -3HO trabaja con el gobierno de Bush....

MUERE EL INSPIRADOR DE YOGI BHAJAN PURI

2008-04-23T15:22:00.000-03:00

MUERE UNO DE LOS "MAESTROS" DE YOGI BHAJAN

Baba Virsa Singh que prevía el futuro de otros no podía ver el suyo propio
Baba Virsa Singh de Delhi a quien la mayoría de políticos y burócratas le buscaron ha fallecido inesperadamente en el mes de diciembre, sin la asignación del nombre de su sucesor. Baba vestido inmaculadamente de blanco y que llevó turbante un turbante en forma de pirámide llevaría a cabo milagros y curaciones según se informa también. Vea su sitio web:-
http://gobindsadan.org/
Hasta el punto de que se alegó en el sitio web que el mismo podía pronosticar fallecimientos con la bendecicion de Baba:Http://gobindsadan.org/library/text/gianiji.shtml
También es alegado en el sitio web oficial de ese Baba que puede hablar a árboles y a plantas.
Cuando menos las damas están dudando de todo esto, en consecuencia habló la directora del Dera (comuna)Bibi Gurcharan Kaur (en el dera durante 40 años) quién el Baba ha nombrado como directora. Tenía presente por completo la angustia como nadie ya que no ha sido nombrado antes de Baba, su sucesor, élla nunca penso que el final sería tan pronto. El Baba fue soltero.
Baba, por lo que comprendemos del sitio web estaba muy cerca con los lídes indios fascitas del RSS. Jefes como Ashok Singhal y MurliManohar Joshi han estado visitando al Dera frecuentemente. El Ministro principal de Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal lo visito a él sobre 20 de nov. de 2007 El Ministro principal atribuía a las bendiciones de Baba un sentido cuasi mágico.
El sitio web afirma que Badal declaró el cumnpleaños de Baba Sri Chand como día feriado debido a la influencia del Baba, el traficante de influencias. Después de la derrota de los Sikhs en el 84 apoyo el Baba a tal jefes como Badal.Empezó a intervenir en los asuntos sijs. Hasta 1990 que fue puesta la marca de intocable por el Akali Sikhs.
Sobre el consejo de RSS empezó a propagar DasamGranth nunca molestando con su mensaje mensaje la interna del RSS fascista(elpartido queordenó matar a Mahatma Gandhi). A pesar de que el escritor de Dasam Granth , Sri Guru Gobind Singh declaró el discontinuation de Gurú humanos, pasó sobre el guruship y sobre el Guru Granth Sahib. Baba Virsa Singh alegó que su estado era igual a los Gurúes y a otros Profetas.Algo más grande que los otros Profetas. Vea su sitio web:-
Http://www.gobindsadan.org/prophets/
Aquí ha proyectado que de los profetas les gusta Cristo, Mohammed,Budha, Sri Krishan, Gurú Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh, SriChand en un círculo y el centro es dado a BabaVirsa Singh. Es un desprecio ofensivo de Guru Sahiban cuando Sri Chand es mostrado igual a Guru Sahiban mientras que en Guru Granth Sahib, Sri Chand no es solamente no aprobado, sino que ha sido condenado, dice:-
"Los hijos no eran leales a su palabra. Éstos deshonestos se rebelar contra el Gurú y estan llendose por lo tanto, con unoa carga de …." (Ramkali de page 967 di var)
Ha afirmado en su sitio web que consiguió el poder de Guru Sahiban y que otros Profetas consiguieron.
Es alegado en el sitio web que cuando Baba había nacido tuvo bhibuti ( cenizas) sobre su cabeza y una oreja era alargada debido a llevar los anillos de oreja de un yogui.Tenía el darshan de Sri Chand en el que es alegado en la Web.
Baba animaría a las personas a hacer tek de matha abiertamente antes de él. Cuando el Tantrik Direndra Brahmchari un traficante de influencias quería acabar con su popularidad, Baba Virsa Singh se puso en pie guerra de la misma manera que un incendio arrasador. Durante los días de la Operación estrella azul protagonizada por Boota Singh el Ministro de casa no haría nada antes antes de consultar con él.
En el sitio web Kuldip Nayyar el columnista famoso ha alegado que ese Baba Virsa Singh recordó los días de la lucha por la independencia del Khalistan con el dolor siempre. Irónicamente cuando los Sikhs inocentes estaban siendo masacrados en Delhi en nov. 1984 el Baba pasó a felicitar a Rajiv Gandhi nombrado Primer Ministro.
El ex secretario de Giani Mohinder Singh del envejecido de SGPC nos decía a nosotros que cómo Yogi Bhajan (a quien en la foto lo vemos arrodillado ante el presidente Bush)e transformó a muchos Estadounidenses para su SECTA: 3h0-kundalini yoga, donde ha sintetizado Gurmat con el yoga fue una vez discípulo de Baba VirsaSingh. Ambos se separaron debido a una disputa de dinero.Yogi Bhajan había dado en mano una cantidad prestada a Baba para construir una casa de huéspedes cerca del aeropuerto de Indira Gandhi en Delhi. Virsa ni devolvió el dinero ni desarrollo ninguna residencia de estudiantes.
Este Baba visitaría países extranjeros especialmente Rusia . La carta que escribió al presidente Bush, esta dirijida a Bush como "el padre de todas naciones de Mundo". Algunas personas alegan que el Baba trabajó para Organismos confidenciales indios.
Recientemente sus intentos estaban estando hechos para popularizarlo hacia dentro del Punjab. El año pasado cuándo estaba llendo para de Delhi a Amritsar muchas personas bloquearon el ShaneTren expreso de Punjab. Sobre la pregunta de que estaba sucediendo aprendi esto...Estaban regresando del dera de Baba. Lo sé por uno de sus muchos cazaclientes, descubrí que estaban en esa multitud. Hablé con algunos y encontre que fueron nombrados antes de Baba comoPastores.
Ya que las cosas están en la mano de organismos de inteligencia indios que haremos...Seguramente veremos el renacimiento de otro Dera por lo tanto, porque estoy seguroRSS verá que un cerebro elegante e ingenioso sea hecho para que suceda al Baba. Pero por la intervención de RSS .Ha partido de muerte natural.
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TESTIMONIOS DE LA FALSEDAD

2008-04-23T15:21:00.000-03:00

TESTIMONIOS:YOGI BHAJAN, FALSO "MAESTRO"

Bhajan no pudo ser "maestro" real de ningún tipo de Yoga, pero él fué un maestro en escoger a estudiantes que él puediera manipular y controlar y quiénes no lo expondrían típicamente a los medios de comunicación. Su equipo legal parece haber encontrado algunas maneras muy eficaces de dejar fuera las historias penosas de los medios de comunicación.

Dando su Cabeza al Gurú.

Febrero de 1999. Por "Respiración de Fuego Kaur"--un miembro anterior de 3HO -

Cuando yo entré por primera vez en 3HO, yo pensé que iba a experimentar la relación de Guru/Discípulo clásica. En la tradición de Sikh, hay un refrán que que dice "de su cabeza (el ego) al Gurú". La implicación en eso es la humildad, el compromiso y la fe, los tesoros espirituales serán entonces su bendición o premio. Me parece a mí que Yogui Bhajan convirtió este concepto en una manera de manipular y controlar a los estudiantes. Pero realmente, muchas religiones parecen usar los viajes de culpa en forma muy similar a mi ex-gurú. Un ex-estudiante de 3ho que fué un contador para el grupo se acercó a los productores de "60 Minutos" programa de televisión para hacer un segmento sobre Yogui Bhajan. Su contestación era que las personas como Yogui Bhajan son simplemente "patatas pequeñas" comparadas al newsmakers grande como el Templo del Pueblo en Guyana y la tragedia de Waco, Texas de los Davidianos. Bhajan no puede ser maestro real de ningún tipo de Yoga, pero él es un maestro en escoger a estudiantes que él puede manipular y puede controlar y quiénes no lo expondrán típicamente a los medios de comunicación. Y su equipo legal parece haber encontrado algunas maneras muy eficaces de dejar fuera las historias penosas del reflector de los medios de comunicación. Mis primeros pocos años de estar en 3HO eran divertidos--todo estaba fresco, exótico, en el desafío de mi educación. ¡Como una mujer joven yo pensé también que yo había pegado el premio gordo, todos que yo vi alrededor de mí eran hombres listos, muchos que eran judíos, con el pelo largo (bajo sus turbantes), quiénes eran vegetarianos y hacían yoga! ¿En mi candidez, que más yo podría querer? Cualquiera de ellos haría una pareja ideal yo pensé. ¡Y a estos hombres no les importó al parecer, considerado que las mujeres llevaban capas sobre capas de ropa innecesaria cubriéndolas totalmente por fuera , ningún maquillaje y tenía las piernas cabelludas! Yo realmente relacioné a los valores orgánicos, hippie y ma sentía privilegiada de ser una parte de esta sociedad utópica en ciernes que ayudaría a sanar el mundo enseñando yoga, meditación, y qué yo pensé estaba viviendo consciente. Con los años llegaron a mí y empezaron a verse muchas diferencias e hipocresía en el estilo de vida. Había demasiados simplemente para listarlos aquí. Pero simplemente un ejemplo: Yogui Bhajan declara en sus conferencias que es desgarbado para una mujer pasar en el público sin su cabeza cubierta. ¿Él cita escrituras que dicen, no hay ninguna diferencia entre un perro rabioso y una mujer con su pelo. Bien, dónde están sus prioridades? Yo dí una vuelta al pueblo que se parece a Pillsbury Doughgirl--mientras mi gurú jugaba a mi alrededor y se comprometió en adulterio después de año. También se hicieron a los padres sentirse como demasiado neuróticos posesivos, si ellos no enviaran a sus niños fuera a las escuelas en India. Pero lo que muchas personas no supieron era que cada vez un grupo de niños se fue a India, el yerno de Bhajan (agente de viaje) había hecho mucho dinero. Estos tipos de cosas empezaron a pesar pesadamente en mi conciencia. Año después de año yo vería a las personas buenas que se volvían frustradas y descontentas con la organización y el propio Yogui Bhajan. Se etiquetaron personas que se ponían de pie a las autoridades dentro del grupo como de "negativo". "Dios"-prohibía a cualquiera decir algo crítico de Bhajan--entonces a usted se le consideraría como un "calumniador de un santo." Aquéllos de nosotros quiénes retubimos un sentido del humor, reconocíamos el forcejeo de poder calladamente. Alguien propuso el chiste--"Cuántos Sikhs se necesitan para cambiar una bombilla"? la Respuesta: "Uno sólo, pero él tiene que preguntar 'el Siri Singh Sahib' (falso y pomposo título de Bhajan) para su permiso primero". Y de verdad, sin la llamada de Bhajan,nada funcionaba, entonces él asignaría uno de su círculo de poder interno para cuidar de una materia. Las personas completamente inhábiles dieron consejo matrimonial o comercial a aquéllos en crisis--como un hospital poblado por pacientes. Hablando del círculo interno, Bhajan siempre se ha rodeado con personas muy peculiares--algunos que parecían racistas u homofóbicos. Éstas son las personas con las que él compartió sus aventuras comerciales , las que le gustó tener alrededor para entretenerlo. Había secretarias que parecían ser parte de su clan sexual, personas que parecían ser su fuerza de seguridad y miembros especiales con el dinero. Parecía que había un sistema de la casta dentro del grupo. Y el "guru" sólo prestó atención especial a las mujeres jóvenes, impresionables y atractivas--- o un hombre con dinero. Yogui Bhajan hizo tal cosa durante años "falsificarlo hasta que usted tenga una nueva hechura "--ese es el motivo del por que muchos de los estudiantes después ellos se volvían materialistis. Ellos manejaron Mercedes viejos sólo para que ellos pudieran parecer "prósperos"--- aun cuando ellos estaban ganándose la vida apenas. Había ejemplos innumerables de tal conducta rara, pero sería demasiado doloroso y muy terapéuticos para citarlos todos. En parte, yo considero mi propia salida un éxito real--porque yo no vivo más en el pasado. Las personas que están en 3HO creen que ésa es su realidad. Parecen tontos, es el gusto del pez grande en un estanque pequeño y el estanque ha crecido estancado más bien--pero ésa es su opción. El punto real de mi contribución a este sitio Web, es ofrecer algunas visiones que ayudarán a alguien esperanzadamente a salir del cerco de 3HO.A que piense dos veces antes de meterse en ese grupo--o cualquier otra "Nueva Era" exclusiva. Muchos de tales grupos parecen tener el mismo culebrón que sigue: gurús que tienen sexo con sus estudiantes, el mal uso de autoridad y dinero, que avergüenzan a las personas, que dejan la organización con partir las advertencias que si usted sale su vida se estropeará. Ninguna de estas retribuciónes amenazantes por dejar un grupo religioso es muy nuevo u original. Pero hay gente que sigue dentro de los varios grupos por miles de años. Yo he venido a entender finalmente que hay a menudo sin embargo una diferencia distinta entre ser espiritual y religioso. Ellos dos pueden ir juntos, pero ellos también pueden ser bastante distintos. Hay algunas personas que son muy religiosas por la apariencia o a través de sus rituales, pero les falta a menudo la visión espiritual verdaderamente significante para tratar a las personas, sus familias, e incluso a ellos propios. Claro una pregunta frecuentemente siempre se levanta: ¿Cómo puede escoger las personas que se involucran en sectas? Por la misma razón que algunas personas que nunca experimentan con las drogas porque consideran la posibilidad que ellos podrían engancharse. Empiezan simplemente dea poco, sólo un poco, pero despacio, pedazo-por-pedazo usted puede engancharse de forma sin igual, realmente conociéndolo. Estando en una secta o culto o grupo destructivo realmente es una tremenda prueba espiritual y una lección personal. Usted puede aprender creer en usted y crecer usted una vez ha reconocido lo que ha pasado a usted. Dejando un culto pueden a ser duro, pero finalmente puede ser un espiritual significante descanso-a través de y la victoria personal. De hecho, cuando yo estaba haciendo mis planes para "quitarme el turbante", yo me preocupé que mis estudiantes del yoga se desilusionarían conmigo. Realmente al contrario, virtualmente todos los que conocen u oyen hablar de mi pasado han expresado el apoyo fuerte por esa decisión en mi nueva vida. Yo me encuentro para comunicarme ahora con las personas más fácil.Hoy que no hay ninguna barrera superficial no les gusta la ropa blanca de la cabeza a los dedos de los pies que me separó de la sociedad , de la corriente principal. Yo todavía creo en y practico un estilo de vida espiritual, pero ahora mi "radar de sectas" ayuda a que yo reconozca la advertencia firme y potencial para el abuso en ciertas situaciones. Yogui Bhajan usó a menudo los viajes de culpa en sus conferencias. Él dijo que las personas dejaron 3HO debido al "sexo, poder, o el dinero". La implicación siempre era que las personas que en su estimación fallaron de algún modo espiritualmente--era débil y no podría quedarse en el camino espiritual debido a las tentaciones mundanas. Pareciendo atrás ahora, me parece a mí, él debe de haber escuchado más estrechamente a su propio consejo.

YOGI BHAJAN PURI EL "FALSO" MAESTRO

2008-04-23T15:19:00.000-03:00

YOGI BHAJAN EL "MAESTRO"!!!!!!!

Yogi Bhajan: El "Maestro" Maha Tántrico
Por un ex miembro de 3HO -

En 1971, el fallecido líder anti-sikh Yogi Bhajan, experto en sincretismos foráneos al sikhismo tradicional, alegó que un Lama tibetano de nombre Lo Lian (del que no existe dato alguno en ningún registro budista monástico tibetano) había muerto. Según Bhajan, Lo Lilan, fue hasta ese momento, el "Maha Tántrico" y "cuando él murió le otorgó el título. Bhajan(un ex-inspector de aduanas indio, profesor de yoga de la controvertida ex-Primer Ministro Indira Gandhi, agente de los servicios de Iinteligencia indios durante 1984) reivindicó ser su sucesor. Según la reclamación de Yogi Bhajan, sólo puede haber un "Maestro Mahan Tántrico" en el planeta a la vez.
Yogi Bhajan dijo a sus estudiantes que pusieran su fotografía en un altar .

Durante una de sus conferencias, Yogi Bhajan se preguntó: "¿Por qué sólo puede existir un "Maestro Mahan Tántrico" a la vez? Él contestó: "Le pregunté esta misma pregunta a mi 'maestro' y él dijo, 'Voy a pedir a Dios después de mi muerte por la respuesta'. ¿Por qué no pueden ser dos al mismo tiempo? ¿Quieres dos soles saliendo cada mañana? No, no se puede. Y es correcto, debe ser sólo uno para abordar el estado de pureza de la energía ... " (Winter Solstice, 1973) .

En todos los comunicados de relaciones públicas de 3HO (la secta fundada por él),colocan a Yogi Bhajan como el "Maestro Maha Tántrico ", dicen:" Tántra Blanco es una tradición que se transmite de maestro a alumno de una manera mística y selectiva. Interpretando esta' tradición '," Yogi Bhajan decidió enseñar Cursos de Yoga Tántrico a los occidentales como su manera de abrir ... la experiencia de yoga tántrico blanco a todo el que quiera comprometerse a la disciplina ". (Disciplina definida como "el control adquirido por la obediencia").
Nunca el "Maestro Mahan Tántrico 3HO" dió un curso sobre "Cómo llegar a ser un Tántra Yogi" Yoga Tántrico o como enseñarlo a los demás. Así que, ¿cómo puede cualquier persona "sin control de disciplina" saber cuando o donde los antiguos conocimientos han de ser adquiridos o están escritos - esto sólo es "ganando por obediencia" mística con la práctica de Maha Tántra. Yogi Bhajan afirmaba ser el único en el planeta, el más avanzado encarnado, el "maestro de Energía Tántrica" en ese momento -, pero¿ realmente sería así? .Parece que sus seguidores no se cuestionan esto...puede ser más fácil no pensar...

Article based in the original in english

Yogi Bhajan: The Mahan Tantric Master
June 1998By a former member of 3HO--AKA Siri Sorry Singh, S.S.S.

In 1971, Yogi Bhajan claimed that a Tibetan Lama by the name of Lo Lian was dead. According to Bhajan, Lo Lilan, was up to that point, the "Mahan Tantric" and "when he passed, he bestowed the One." Bhajan claimed he was now Lo Lilans successor. According to Yogi Bhajan’s claim, there is and can only be one Mahan Tantric on the planet at one time.
Yogi Bhajan told students toplace this photo on an altar .
During one of his lectures, Yogi Bhajan was asked, "Why can there only be one Mahan Tantric at a time?" He answered: "I asked this very question of my teacher and he said, ‘I’ll ask God after my death and reply back’. Why not two can be at the same time? Do you want two suns to rise every morning? No, it can not be. And it is right should be not. When you deal with the state of energy of purity, it comes..." (Winter Solstice, 1973)
In all of the 3HO public relations releases on Yogi Bhajan as the ‘Mahan Tantric’, they state: "White Tantric was a tradition passed on from teacher to student in a mystical and selective way. Interpreting this ‘tradition’, Yogi Bhajan decided to teach Tantric Yoga Courses to westerners as his way to...open the experience of White Tantric yoga to anyone who wanted to commit to the discipline". (discipline defined as "control gained by obedience").
Neither The Mahan Tantric nor 3HO have ever given a course on "How to become a Tantric Yogi" or teach Tantric Yoga to others. So, how does anyone "commit to the discipline" if one does not know when or where the ancient knowledge is to be acquired or written--or who is "gaining by obedience" from the mystical practice with the Mahan Tantric? Yogi Bhajan claims to be the only one on the planet, the most advanced incarnate, the Master of "Tantric Energy" at this point in time--but does that make it so?

CARTAS ABIERTAS

2008-04-23T15:18:00.000-03:00

CARTAS ABIERTAS SOBRE SECTA 3HO

"Jathedars" evitan la Sangat y asisten a establecimientos anti-Akal Takhat:

Autor: ssingh@aol.com

Me alegro de que haya expuesto a los Jathedars. Ellos están arruinando el Maryada sikh.Lo único que hacen es cobrar dinero en EE.UU. En cuanto a la organización del Yogi Bhajan, ellos están violando el código de conducta sikh maryada.El Yogi Bhajan fue la primera persona en utilizar el título de Siri Singh Sahib y declararse "JEFE" de los sikh en occidente. Ahora están utilizando el título de Siri Sikdar Sahiba utilizado por Guruamrit Kaur Khalsa. Asimismo, la esposa de del Yogi está utilizando el título de Bhai Sahiba, pero no hay tal título como Bhai Sahiba. Ella ha utilizado estos títulos del Panth Ratan pero ¿que hizo para ganarlos? Los seguidoires del Kundalini Yoga y pseudo-sikhs utilizan todos gayatri mantras hindúes, la esposa de Yogi hace puja hindú, de hecho hay todo tipo de dioses hindúes en su casa mientras ella los adora. ¿Qué está pasando? Esos pseudo-sijs han utilizado el título de Sahib Singh y Singh Sahiba.Estamos hastiados de la organización del Yogi en occidente. Esto tiene que acabar. Usted debe hacer un esfuerzo colectivo para escribir a todas las autoridades superiores de la India y para que tomen medidas con 3ho-kundalini yoga. No tienen derecho a violar el sikh maryada. Por favor, haga algo sobre esto. Que la gente tome conciencia de las actividades sectarias en curso en Nuevo Mexico. Por favor, coloque mi dirección de correo electrónico y la información de contacto en su sitio y por favor dígales a todos que tomen este asunto en serio.
"Jathedars "evitan la Sangat y asisten a establecimientos anti-Akal Takhat

Autor : kamalsingh@yahoo.com

Estoy tan feliz de leer que Prabsharan Singh ha expuesto a los jathedars. Estos jathedars debería estar y ser prohibidos de ir a EE.UU., ya que sólo van por dinero. Cada uno de ellos recauda de 25ooo dólares a 50000 dólares, ya que van de casa en casa para recoger dinero. Hace varios años visité Nuevo Mexico y en el cumpleaños de Yogi Bhajan. Él es el más grande fraude en los Estados Unidos. Ahora, después de él, su esposa y su personal se burla de los sikhs. Deben ser cuestionado sobre todas las violaciónes del código del conducta sikh reyat marayada. Los jathedars en cuestión deben de saber que:

1. Los títulos que se está utilizando en 3ho-kundalini yoga, por ejemplo, Siri Sikhdar Sahiba, Bhai Sahiba, Sahib Singh, Sardarni Sahiba, etc Se trata de una secta peligrosa y la práctica de yoga tántrico-kundalini, no tiene ningún lugar en nuestra religión sikh. La esposa de Yogi Bhajan esta enseñado yoga tántrico ahora.

2. Ellos rinden culto a todos los dioses hindúes.

3. Ellos no siguen debidamente las tradiciones sikh y el protocolo en su Gurudwaras.

4.Ellos han hecho su propio Consejo Khalsa y Sarkare Khalsa, que no tiene lugar en el sijismo

5. En sus Gurudwaras han colocado imágenes del Yogi como si fuera un Gurú, y otras hindúes (Baba Siri Chand, Ganesha, Shiva) e imágenes cristianas (como la Virgen de Guadalupe).

6. Todas sus organizaciones están reuniendo enormes fondos en nombre de "espandir el sikhismo", pero todo ese dinero se gasta en el suntuoso estilo de vida de todos los secretarios del Yogi, que se mantiene a costa de la ignorancia de sus discípulos.

7. Ahora un montón de americanos "sikh" se cortan el cabello, en especial los estudiantes que provienen de sus escuela en Amritsar.

8. Por favor, que estos amercanos sikhs dejen de violar nuestros valores sikh. Muchas gracias por su acción en el mencionado asunto. Por favor, después, coloque esto en su sitio web para que el público en general pueda ver todo esto y las violaciones que se están cometiendo.

Traduccion basada en articulos de http://www.panthic.org/discussion.php?id=2410
Jathedars and SGPC reps avoid Sangat, attend anti Akal Takhat establishments

Author : ssingh@aol.com

I am glad you have exposed the Jathedars. They are ruining the Sikh Maryada. All they do is collect money in USA. Regarding Yogi's organisation, they are violating all sikh maryada and code of conduct. First the Yogi was using Siri Singh Sahib title. Now they are using Siri Sikdar Sahiba title-used by Guruamrit Kaur Khalsa. Also Yogi's wife is using Bhai Sahiba title; there is no such title as Bhai Sahiba. Also she has been awared the Panth Ratan title-what did she do to earn this? The American Sikhs use all Hindu gayatri mantars, Yogi's wife does Hindu puja, infact there are all kinds of hindu gods in her house as she worships them. What is going on? These American Sikhs are using the title of Singh Sahib and Singh Sahiba-they should be stooped from using this. We are disgusted with the Yogi's organisation. ***** This must stop. You must make a collective effort to write to all higher authorities in India and have them take action agaist 3ho and American Sikhs. They have no right to violate sikh maryada. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN NEW MEXICO. Please post Prabsharan's email and contact info. on your site and please tell him to take this matter up seriously.
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Jathedars and SGPC reps avoid Sangat, attend anti Akal Takhat

Author : kamalsingh@yahoo.com

I was so happy to read that Prabsharan Singh exposed the jathedars. These jathedars should be banned from coming to USA as they only come for money. Each one of them goes back with $25 to 50,000 dollars as they go from house to house to collect money. Several years ago I visited New Mexico and had actually met the Yogi Bhajan. He is is biggest fraud in America. Now after him, his wife and his staff is making a mockery of the Sikhs. They should be questioned on all the violations of the Sikh code of Conduct and reyat marayada. The jathedars should question them on : 1. Titles being used, e.g. Siri Sikhdar Sahiba, Bhai Sahiba, Singh Sahib, Sardarni Sahiba, etc. They are a cult and practice tantric yoga which has no place in our Sikh religion. Yogi's wife teached tantric yoga now. 2. They worship all Hindu Gods. 3. They do not follow proper Sikh traditions and protocol in their Gurudwaras. 4. They have made their own Khalsa Council and Sarkare Khalsa which has no place in Sikhism 5. Their Gurudwaras have Yogi's pictures as a Guru, and other Hindu and Christian pictures. 6. All their organsations are collecting huge funds in the name of speading Sikhism, but all that money is spent on the lavish lifestyles of all of Yogi's secretaries, who were his keeps. 7. Now a lot of American Sikhs are cutting their hair, particularly the students who come from their scholl in Amritsar. 8. Please stop these Amercan Sikhs from violating our Sikh values. Many thanks for your action in the above matter. Please post all these violations on your website so that the general public can see all of this.

ADORADORES DE IDOLOS

2008-04-23T15:17:00.000-03:00

ANTI SIKH 3HO-KUNDALINIS YOGA ADORAN IDOLOS

LOS SEGUIDORES DEL ANTI-SIKH :
3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA ADORAN IDOLOS
LA BLASFEMA ORGANIZACION 3HO-KUNDALINI YOGA ES SACADA A LA LUZ...
Guru Ram Das Ashram y Gurdwara
El entorno en el gurdwara vale la descripción de las diversas novedades con respecto a un tradicional punjabí gurdwara. Había una mujer asistente a la entrada con un gran tazón de agua para ayudar a los fieles con el lavado de las manos y los pies antes de entrar en la sala principal. Ninguno observó la utilización del servicio. En el salón principal hay grandes cuadros enmarcados de Guru Nanak, Guru Ram Das, y Yogi Bhajan (esto está absolutamente desestimado en el sikhismo, este tipo de uso de imágenes, excepto las de los 1o Gurus ) en las paredes. Además de punjabí kirtan jathas, varios caucásicos kirtan jathas realizaron cantos en Inglés con el acompañamiento de tablas (bongo ), guitarras, sitars , pero no harmoniums (acordeón-como instrumentos) que son el alimento básico del kirtan punjabí. La oferta de alimentos sacramentales eran significativamente diferentes de los ofrecidos en karah parshad punjabí gurdwaras debido a la sustitución de la miel más saludable por el azúcar blanco refinado. El brillante langar (comida comunitaria) hall, ubicado en la planta principal, aparece con una hermosa brisa que fluye a través de la puertas y las ventanas. Elaboraron el programa de los actos y se procedió con la regularidad de un reloj, los baños estaban limpios, y las mujeres eran muy bien representadas en todas las esferas de actividad. Sat Hanuman Singh Khalsa , jathedar ("jefe oficial"), es la principal fuerza detrás de la organización del evento. Se estableció contacto con los jefes de la policía de Millis y Milford y se obtuvo su apoyo, sin el cual el evento no se habría realizado. Su labor en los medios de comunicación dio lugar a una historia independiente en The Boston Globe unos días antes del evento, si bien nadie de los medios de comunicación no sikh cubrió el evento. Hanuman, un veterano de guerra de Vietnam, cuya vigorosa personalidad es fiel a su antigua carrera en ventas, es un gran fan de Boston Red Sox. Él atribuye la obtención de la Serie Mundial béisbol, título y victoria el 27 de octubre de 2004, después de una larga improductividad de ochenta y seis años, a un levantamiento de todas las maldiciones, luego del fallecimiento de Yogi Bhajan . Durante el procedimiento en el gurdwara Millis, Hanuman dio lectura al siguiente poema, escrito por Yogi Bhajan, originalmente publicado en el Sikh Dharma "Perlas de Verdad" (verano de 1983, de abalorios # 10, Tomo II). Hanuman realizó la lectura del original en Inglés que fué seguida de una traducción punjabí, leída por un sij del Punjab.
Encarnación de Dios Baba Nanak es el Señor Supremo Avatar
Manifestación del Inmanifiesto Creador
Su primer hijo, Baba Siri Chand,es la encarnación de Shiva
De todos los peligros uno puede ser salvado por él
os saludo Manifestación de Vishnu,
fue Lakhsmi Chand, su segundo hijo
Para el desarrolo de la línea de la familia, fue el elegido
Escuche el mantra del Gurú con profunda concentración
Su hogar puede ser bendecido con la riqueza, la prosperidad, la paz,
y en esta misma vida, con la liberación
Angad, el Segundo Nanak, que es las extremidades de Dios;
Amar Das, el Tercero, es el imperecedero espíritu del Conocimiento
Reconocido como el Rey del Raja Yoga, Ram Das, es el cuarto en la línea
cualquiera que ofrece su oración en el Trono del Raja Yoga
Se le concede el fin a la ronda de 8,4 millones de vidas,
en el Creador y Señor, él encuentra su verdadero hogar
La luz a través de Guru Gobind Nanak, en el Granth se ha fundido
Leyendo, cantando o escuchando sus palabras, con el poder de Dios está imbuido
Quien se acerca recibe una bendición sólo por escuchar, cuando se cuenta la historia de un Gurú
Usted experimentará la Corrientede sonido, la Divina Kundalini
Luego,oh Yogi Oh, será un compañero dee Sri Chand Sri Chand
La referencia a Guru Nanak como «el Señor Supremo el Avatar" o "encarnación de Dios" me parece absoluta violación de la doctrina básica sikh. El Japji, ampliamente considerado como la parte esencial del Gurú Granth y escrito por Guru Nanak , señala que "Dios Nunca ha encarnado ". Paradójicamente, el poema reconoce esto a través de su referencia al "Inmanifiesto Creador." Este poema, con referencias elogiosas a los disidentes como Sri Chand, no fue observado por los participantes kundalinis, bhajanitas como que pueda interpretarse ofensivo para la sensibilidad sikh. En un momento dado, Hanuman mostró con orgullo a la recientemente adquirida estatua de tamaño natural de Sri Chand (ver foto arriba), fundador de la orden Udasi caracterizada por la renuncia y el ascetismo, ambos rotundamente criticados por el fundador del sikhismo, Guru Nanak. Hanuman enfrente de la estatua, tocó con su frente la base de la misma. Los Punjabí sikhs estrictamente se oponen los ídolos, y a cualquier forma de culto de ellos y el Gurú Granth, ni siquiera acepta las estatuas (o representación en películas) de los Gurús Sikh. Por otra parte, Sri Chand no era uno de los diez Gurús Sikh. Sri Chand había creado una corriente principal disidente del sikhismo para formar su propia secta, cuando su padre, Guru Nanak, eligió a Guru Angad como su sucesor.Mrigendra Singh , un miembro de la antigua familia real de Patiala, es el hijo de Bhupendra Singh y tío de Amarinder Singh, el ex- ministro jefe del Punjab. Hanuman le honró con un siropa, una pieza de tela blanca o azafrán colocado alrededor del cuello como una bufanda. Varios miembros de 3ho-kundalini yoga también fueron honrados con siropas por sus contribuciones a lo largo de EE.UU. como el congresista Barney Frank y Malkit Singh Gill, presidente de Milford gurdwara . Los niños corrían alrededor de los dieciocho acres de exuberante vegetación de la instalación de la secta . Los residentes entraron y salieron de sus cuartos en el ashram en el campus que alberga a casi cien bhajanitas-kundalinis. Punjabís y caucásicos sikhs entremezclados. Ancianos sobre césped o en sillas, tomando sol. Los aficionados comprando CD en la tienda mientras que la música de los "ragis" occidentales suena de fondo. ..
Basado en el artículo del SIKH TIMES http://www.sikhtimes.com/
As any casual observer will note, no Sikh celebration equals the vigor with which Vaisakhi, marking Guru Gobind Singh's 1699 inauguration of Sikhism's militant Khalsa order, is observed. Vaisakhi celebrations typically involve nagar kirtans (religious street processions), organized jointly by the gurdwaras (Sikh places of worship) in the area. However, this year's celebration in New England was an unusual partnership. Sikh Dharma In 1971, Harbhajan Singh Puri, popularly known as Yogi Bhajan, founded the Sikh Dharma of the Western Hemisphere, headquartered in the United States. The majority of Sikh Dharma's membership consists of Caucasians, mostly Americans, who wear all white apparel, including turbans for both women and men, and lead a rigorous life of Kundalini Yoga and meditation. The group is also known by the title of its educational branch, 3H.O. (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization). In the words of the eminent scholar Hew McLeod, 'Punjabi Sikhs who come in contact with Sikh Dharma are frequently perplexed by it, not knowing whether to embrace its followers as unusually devout or to avoid them as perversely unorthodox.' McLeod adds, 'The answer is evidently to let them live their life of obedience and Punjabis will live another, seldom the twain meeting in any meaningful way' (Sikhism, Penguin, 1997, p. 203). One significant meeting of the twain occurred during an unprecedented nagar kirtan organized by New England Sikhs on April 10, 2005. The day's ceremonies and parade commenced at the Punjabi Sikh gurdwara (New England Sikh Study Circle, Milford, MA; founded in 1968) and concluded at the Sikh Dharma gurdwara (Guru Ram Das Ashram & Gurdwara, Millis, MA; founded in 1970). Nagar Kirtan After a commencing ardas (petition-prayer) at Milford, the procession took the form of an over one hundred strong motorcade (see picture above), headed toward the neighboring town of Millis, accompanied by police escorts on motorcycles. Mini nishans, saffron-colored triangular Sikh flags embossed with the khanda emblem, fluttered proudly from nearly every vehicle in the motorcade. Many onlookers enthusiastically exchanged greetings with hand waves and, occasionally, folded hands. The motorcade came to a planned halt about a mile from the Millis gurdwara. Passengers disembarked from their respective vehicles, which were then driven to a large makeshift parking lot beside the Millis gurdwara. Drivers either walked back or were shuttled back to where passengers had assembled and commenced their gradual march toward the Millis gurdwara. Well ahead of the procession were fifteen World War II veterans and a Military Order of the Purple Heart. At the head of the procession were two Caucasian Sikhs (including a woman) and a Punjabi Sikh putting up a demonstration of swordsmanship in the gatka tradition of Sikh martial arts. Behind them was a Punjabi Sikh beating a huge nagara kettledrum hoisted onto the back of a truck flying two large nishans. Following that were two Punjabi Sikhs hoisting a large banner proclaiming the Milford gurdwara. Next came five amrit-dhari (initiated) Sikhs, representing Guru Gobind Singh's panj pyare (five beloved), including a female Caucasian at the extreme left position, marching in a single file, each carrying a large nishan. Then came a truck towing a large flatbed carrying the Guru Granth, the primary Sikh scripture and eternal guru, its attendees, and a kirtan jatha (hymn-singers) comprising both Punjabis and Caucasians. Hundreds of Sikhs, mostly Punjabis, followed closely behind, making up the bulk of the procession, chanting hymns and shouting slogans such as 'raj karega Khalsa' (the Khalsa shall rule) and 'panth ki jit' (victory to the Sikh community). Chilled sodas and small ziplock bags packed with mixed nuts were provided as refreshments along the way. On arrival at its Millis gurdwara destination, the procession gathered around the Guru Granth, still on the flatbed, for a concluding ardas, after which everyone assembled in the main prayer hall for further proceedings. Guru Ram Das Ashram & Gurdwara The milieu at the Millis gurdwara is worth describing for the various novelties with respect to a traditional Punjabi gurdwara. There was a female attendant at the entrance with a large bowl of water to assist worshippers with the washing of hands and feet prior to entering the main hall. None was observed making use of the service. The main hall displayed large framed pictures of Guru Nanak, Guru Ram Das, and Yogi Bhajan on the walls. In addition to Punjabi kirtan jathas, several Caucasian kirtan jathas (see picture above) performed in English to the accompaniment of tablas (bongo-like set of drums), guitars, and sitars, but not the harmoniums (accordion-like instruments) that are the staple of Punjabi kirtan. The sacramental food offering tasted significantly different from the karah parshad offered at Punjabi gurdwaras due to the substitution of healthier honey for refined white sugar. The delightfully bright langar (community meal) hall, located on the main floor, featured a lovely breeze flowing through the door and windows. The elaborate schedule of events proceeded like clockwork, the washrooms were clean, and women were extremely well represented in all spheres of activity. Hanuman Singh Sat Hanuman Singh Khalsa (see picture above), Millis gurdwara's mukhia jathedar (chief official), was the primary organizational force behind the event. He contacted the police chiefs of Millis and Milford and got their backing, without which the event would have been a non-starter. His efforts to involve the media resulted in a freelance story in The Boston Globe a few days prior to the event although no one from the non-Sikh media covered the actual event. Hanuman, a Vietnam War veteran, whose forceful personality is true to his former career in sales, is a huge Boston Red Sox fan. He attributes the Sox's baseball 'World Series' title run and victory on October 27, 2004, after a long drought of eighty-six years, to a lifting of all curses following Yogi Bhajan's demise on October 7, 2004. During the proceedings at the Millis gurdwara, Hanuman read out the following poem, authored by Yogi Bhajan, originally published in the Sikh Dharma mouthpiece Beads of Truth (Summer 1983, Bead #10, Volume II). Hanuman's reading of the original in English was followed by a Punjabi translation, read by a Punjabi Sikh. God's Incarnation Baba Nanak is the Supreme Lord's Avatar Manifestation of the Unmanifest Creator His first son, Baba Siri Chand, is Shiva's incarnation From all danger one can be saved by making unto him a salutation Manifestation of Vishnu, was Lakhsmi Chand, his second son For carrying on the family line, he was the chosen one Listening to the Guru's mantra with deep concentration Your household may be blessed with wealth, prosperity, peace, and in this very lifetime, with liberation Angad, the Second Nanak, is God's very limb; Amar Das, the Third, is the imperishable spirit of Him Acknowledged as the King of Raj Yog, is Ram Das, the Fourth in the line Unto whosoever offers his prayer at the Raj Yoga Throne Is granted an end to the round of 8.4 million lifetimes, and in the Creator Lord he finds his true home The light of Nanak through Guru Gobind, in the Granth has been fused By reading, singing or listening to its words, with the power of God you're imbued One about whom it's a blessing just to hear, when telling the story of such a Guru You'll experience the Unheard Sound, the Divine Kundalini Then, Oh Yogi, God will be a companion to you Sri Chand The reference to Guru Nanak as 'the Supreme Lord's Avatar' or 'God's Incarnation' seems in utter violation of basic Sikh doctrine. Japji, widely regarded as the gist of the Guru Granth and authored by Guru Nanak himself, points out that God is 'never incarnated.' Paradoxically, the poem acknowledges as much via its reference to 'the Unmanifest Creator.' This poem, with flattering references to the dissident Sri Chand, wasn't all one observed at Millis that could be construed as offensive to Sikh sensibilities. At one point, Hanuman proudly showed off the recently acquired near-life-size statue of Sri Chand (see picture above), founder of the Udasi order characterized by renunciation and asceticism, both of which were roundly criticized by Sikhism's founder, Guru Nanak. Hanuman bowed to the statue, touching his forehead to its base. Punjabi Sikhs strictly oppose idol worship and bow only to the Guru Granth, not even to images of their Gurus. Furthermore, Sri Chand was not one of the ten Sikh Gurus. Sri Chand had dissented from mainstream Sikhism to form his own sect when his father, Guru Nanak, chose Guru Angad as his successor. Mrigendra Singh Mrigendra Singh (see picture above), a member of the erstwhile Patiala royal family, is the son of Bhupendra Singh and uncle to Amarinder Singh, the current chief minister of Punjab. Hanuman honored him with a siropa, a turban-length piece of saffron or white cloth placed around the neck like a scarf or garland. Several Sikh Dharma members were also honored with siropas for their contributions along with U.S. Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA; see picture above) and Malkit Singh Gill, president of Milford gurdwara's executive committee. 'Raja Mrigendra Singh' was introduced, inaccurately, as holding a 'Ph.D. from Yale.' Mrigendra started his college education by attaining the 'giani' (Sikh preacher) designation at the age of 37. At 44, he earned a Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.) specializing in world religions and ethnomusicology from Yale University's Divinity School, during which time he taught Indian music at Yale. Eight years later, he received his Ph.D. in world religions from Guru Nanak Dev University (G.N.D.U., Amritsar), not Yale. Most of his career was spent as an assistant/associate professor at New York's city and state universities. In an impassioned speech on the relevance of Vaisakhi, Mrigendra, who sat on a chair due to poor health, spoke of the time when he divested S. Radhakrishnan, India's first president, of the idea that Guru Nanak was a pacifist and that Guru Gobind Singh (actually Guru Hargobind) was the first to sanction the use of righteous violence. This anti-climactic thesis was supported by just one line from a hymn by Guru Nanak. In the hymn, Guru Nanak acknowledges that the will of God dictates all human action. In that context, he writes, 'When it pleases You, we pick up swords and chop off heads' (Guru Granth, p. 145). Guru Nanak, he said, wrote of the need to offer one's head to the guru well before Guru Gobind Singh gave it expression during the Vaisakhi of 1699: 'If you desire to play the game of divine love, then step onto my path with your head in the palm of your hand' (Guru Granth, p. 1412). He said, the Sikh gurus are 'worshipped' because they lived their teachings. Guru Hargobind, he said, is the only spiritual ever to have built a place of worship for another religion when he constructed a mosque in Hargobindpur for the Muslim mercenaries in his army. He said a letter from Maulvi Nur Mohammed to Aurangzeb, stored in the archives in New Delhi, states that 20,000 Sikhs were initiated during the Vaisakhi of 1699. The volunteer army allowed Guru Gobind Singh to eliminate his dependence on mercenaries who demonstrated little loyalty to the cause. The practice of Sikhism, Mrigendra insisted, involves no ritual, only sacrament. This is so because sacrament is distinct from ritual in that sacrament involves God. And, entry into the Khalsa involves initiation, not baptism, since baptism may be administered to a newborn. A Unifying Experience Well after the conclusion of the formal program, the facility continued to buzz with a variety of activities. Kids ran around the eighteen-acre lush green facility. Residents entered and exited their quarters at the on-campus ashram that accomodates nearly one hundred. Punjabi and Caucasian Sikhs intermingled. Elders lounged on lawn chairs, soaking in the sun. Enthusiasts bought Dya Singh C.D.s at the store while the music of Grammy-nominated Snatam Kaur Khalsa played in the background. New England Sikhs have reason to be proud of the statesmanship demonstrated by their leaders in facilitating this unique and unifying experience.