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2ndcommandment
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(8/29/01 5:06 pm)
Reply 		Substitutes for God
The second commandment deals with people setting up substitutes for God. All through time people have found creating gods here on earth irresistible. It might be the neighborhood saint in India, the golden calf in the story of Moses, the TV evangelist, or latest trendy self-help “guru”, but people seem completely drawn to the trap of seeing their God through something on earth. It has occurred to me that this might be at the core of the problem with SRF. Members seem drawn to think of the central organization as “the path” and its leaders as the one true perfect channel. It is totally unnecessary, but I fell in the trap myself.

We have all heard it was said that Babaji and the Great One’s have selected the leaders of SRF for years to come. But we also know that the current SRF management seems to be filled with people of disappointing character, with flaws obvious to even a beginning Lessons student. How can these two facts both be true? How could people like this have been selected to run SRF?

I would speculate that Master is well aware of two things. 1) Sincere people will be drawn to this work due to its truth and their urge to create “gods” of those running it would be overwhelming; 2) People in positions of power in SRF would be overwhelmingly tempted to assume the god-like mantle if it existed.

I would further speculate that Master has intentionally placed people like he has into these positions to prevent these two problems. SRF is forming its relationship with members and really defining itself now, and will be for the next hundred years or so. A large backlash against the current behavior is going to push that definition, in the long run, more toward pointing members directly toward Master and God and less to a cult-like worship of SRF management as the go between.

The world is still a spiritually immature place. Most of us are not ready for a direct relationship with spirit and many devotees are drawn so powerfully to “false gods” (2nd commandment) that Master had to guide the work and help prevent his devotees from falling into that trap. Is it possible that the most important thing right now is the SRF organization itself not be setup as a “false god” with those being drawn to Yogananda? Is that goal more important than the treatment of monastics and members? I think it might be.

I am imagining I know the mind of a Guru and his plans for SRF! My ego is choking off my breath right now it is so big, but I would be interested in any comments about this just the same. I am sincerely puzzled how Master could let people like this run his organization.

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