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Re: Christian hate literature on Hinduism
Atmanah (atmanah@aol.com) wrote:
: Fortunately these hate filled missiles can do no real harm to God.
: atmanah
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Dear Sri Atmanah:
Thank you for your confidence.
One gospel of Sri Ramakrishna is about a serpent, who was in the habit
of biting every passerby, was forbidden by a sAdhu. The serpent did not
bite anymore, and the boys made life miserable for him. When the sAdhu
came back, he asked the serpent, why do you look so lame? The serpent
said, since I do not bite anybody, they attacked me. The sAdhu said to
the serpent,"But I did not ask you not to hiss!"
When I read such statements as I quote under here, it seems to me that it
is time to hiss.
>From "The facts on Hinduism" by John Ankerberg and John Weldon, Harvest
House Publishers, Eugene, OR. page 35.
"Ramakrishna
During his duties as a priest in the temple of Kali, Ramakrishna went insane:
kali was waiting for him. Hardly had he crossed the threshold than
divine delirium in its most violent form was rekindled.....The legion of
Gods swooped upon him like a whirlwind. He was torn into pieces....His
madness returned tenfold. He saw demonic creatures emerging from
him...Horror paralyzed his limbs...Two years went by in this orgy of
mental intoxication and despair.
Ref: Romain Rolland. The life of Ramakrishna (Calcutta, India: Advaita
Ashrama, translation from the original french by E.F. Malcom-Smith, 1979)
p41.
The commentary that accompanies this quote is:
The gurus themselves frequently admit their own spiritual (i.e. spirit)
possession. They also confess that this is their desire for their
students. Characteristically, however, such spirit posession is defined
in more "spiritual" terms, in light of the respective tradition. For
example, it is interpreted as a spiritual manifestation of "enlightenment",
as kundalini arousal, as possession by their own gurus' "spiritual form"
as "God-possession" as "union with the Divine". etc.
Nonetheless, in the light of the historic and biblical demonology, not to
mention the guru's own experiences, it is impossible to classify such
experiences of possession as divine or spiritual. They are clearly
demonic. All the data suggest possession by an evil spirit.
Unfortunately for the guru, the phenomenon of possession is often
accompanied by temporary insanity, usually, involving what can only be
described as terrible states of madness. Here is one of the many links to
the tradition of shaman (and occult magic as well), where the adherents
typically encounterpossession/insanity as themeans to spiritual
"enlightenment" and/or authority.
In essence, we believe that the guru is characteristically a type of
revolving door for an invading spirit or spirits who come and go as they
please, inducing whatever physical, mental or spiritual phenomena suit
their purposes.
With best regards,
Dhruba.
