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Jung gelehrt, alt geehrt.Babaji and Jesus as Partners
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| Yogananda presents Babaji and Jesus as partners. |
Contents
- Gossip of the Universe and Guru Circles
- The art of helping if it is too late or a plotted hoax T
- If you don't like the line of argument
- On being very original, in part as taught by Jesus Messiah
- Jesus and the Babaji reform
- Misty Master Lore
| Supporting reservations are presupposed throughout: |
Gossip of the Universe and Guru Circles
The famous book Autobiography of a Yogi, which we bring
on-line, tells of the guru Yogananda's encounters with yogis and others. A personage in the
book is Mahavatar Babaji, a millennium-old yogi it is said. Another is Jesus, son of Mary.
Yogananda claims that Babaji and Jesus are in "constant communion" and "and have
planned the spiritual technique of salvation for this age". A Christian might
find these to be funny ideas, since Jesus said many things that oppose them.
That is what we are going into in the following.The teachings of Yogananda are preserved and propagated by Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF), a California-based cult. "We find his guidelines infallible." - they say about Yogananda's teachings in a notarized letter [LINK].
It can be expensive to be taken in and turn dogmatic about it, maybe for a life-time. But see if that is not happening in SRF, who said they had hundreds of thousands of kriya students the world over in the late 1970s. We have it in writing.
Study or revise, both should foster clarity
Beginners in yoga are favoured by good instructions. Anthropomorphic descriptions creep into Yogananda's writings, and straight points from the narrow way of contemplation are camouflaged there too.A complex goal we all could benefit from, is to present our case in order, with integrity, clarity, simplicity, brevity, interest, and with no trace of pomposity, writes Napley [In Scw 35]. Robert Barrass further says that explanation, completeness, impartiality, order, accuracy, objectivity and simplicity are basic requirements in such as scientific writing, and that considerate authors can be marked by appropriateness, consistency, control, interest, persuasiveness, precision, sincerity, and unity [Scw 35]. These are good ideals.
Barrass also tells us to study published work by others trying to do their best work, for "detecting faults in the work of others should help you to improve your own [Scw 35]." As a result we may revise our own work and arrive at fewer words, and, when necessary, provide observations and reminders that assist the relevance of the message, for example of sections. Bar charts and similar figures have not been used here. But they should perhaps have been used to give clarity.
The art of helping if it is too late or a plotted hoax
Take time to investigate a good hoax to derive benefit from it if you can handle it fairly
It is well to take care in time. Believing as little as you can promotes soundness of mind if you learn to inspect fairly too. It may pay to view beliefs as conform opinions. Some of them may work for good in a life, just as religious membership [Hi]. One needs to be encouraged to let beliefs serve oneself - not the other way round - and to study beliefs through working hypotheses is often fine.Maybe a sound moral for proficient and evolving people is: Not all great-looking men or women are to be trusted, or their views, history shows. Besides, some of them are are very bad story-tellers.A belief comes from what you have heard or read and accepted as fact, but experience is something you have actually perceived. - Yogananda
Some clowns around may play religious to get to benefits or others. Other clowns do not, and some get abused.
Yogananda made his way into the hearts and minds of many hundred thousand Westerners. And his teachings include:
Babaji flies from place to place
to play - is that joking?
"I am convinced that John the Baptist was, in past lives, the master of Christ."
[Pa 328].To Yogananda: "I am Babaji . . . Go to America. Fear not . . . spread the message of Kriya Yoga" [Pa 355].
"Every man may find a way through Kriya Yoga . . . to feel spiritual reverence for all phenomena, whether mystical or of everyday occurrence." [Ha 338].
| "Babaji is ever in communion with [Jesus] Christ; together they send out vibrations . . . and have planned the spiritual technique of salvation for this age. . . . Babaji realises the necessity of spreading the self-liberations of yoga" [Pa 307] ¤ |
"(The one we call Babaji) moves . . . from place to place in the mountains . . . he says "Dera danda uthao." . . . the signal for moving . . . instantaneously to another place." (The method is called astral travel.) [Pa 308].
"Babaji and Lahiri were omniscient . . . play a part in the human drama." [Pa 345]
"Babaji said," I am intending to shed my form (. . .) What's the difference?"
His sister: "Please do not ever relinquish your form."
Babaji: "I shall never leave my body." [He changed his mind. If you do that in a
lot of minor matters it hardly makes a difference. But in matters of life and death it
does.] [Pa 312]
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Yogananda was asked by someone: "Why do you place special emphasis on
Christianity?" "It's the wish of Babaji that I do so . . . He asked me to interpret the Christian Bible and the Hindu Bible [Bhagavad Gita], to point out the basic unity of the Christian and the Vedic scriptures. He sent me to the West to fulfil that mission." [Say 19]. |
How few strong men have
qualified
"Yoga has been known in India for untold millenniums." [Pa
337]
Babaji: "Bestow the Kriya key only on qualified chelas [close disciples]. He who
vows to sacrifice all".
Lahiri to him: "Angelic master . . . increase that benefit by relaxing the strict
requirements . . . Permit me to communicate Kriya to all sincere seekers . . .
tortured men".
"Be it so." [Pa 323]
"Behold a circling mass of mystical light travelling . . . the flaming whirlpool" [Pa 311]
| "Babaji consented . . . to assume life-after-life responsibility for the spiritual welfare of . . . Kriya Yogis . . . initiated by . . . Kriya teachers [Pa 323n] |
The Yogi-Christ Babaji to the master of Yogananda: "You . . . have a part to play . . . Some years hence I shall send you a disciple whom you can train for yoga dissemination in the West . . . I perceive potential saints in . . . Europe" [Pa 343, 345] ¤
Yogi-Christ Babaji to the master of Yogananda: "Will you not write a short book on the underlying harmony between the Christian and Hindu scriptures? Their basic unity is not obscured . . . show by parallel references . . . inspired sons of God have spoken the same truths (. . .) why do you doubt?" [Pa 344, 345]
The scenario called "the cosmos
is the dream" is the thing to dissolve - yet all too few Indians say it that way
Lahiri's stately companion in the Himalayas: "(Babaji) effortlessly dematerialises
the illusion of a cosmic-dream universe." [Think of that.] [Ha
319].This survey also implies: (a) "A dreamt universe is the illusion to get rid of while we live here in this world." (b) "Fancied humbug can be dissolved without effort as it does not quite exist". (c) "The illusion of a dream-universe is the central thing to dissolve to get stately again, says the master." (d) "And so on."
Summary
- Someone flies from place to place to act - could it be joking?
- How few strong men have qualified.
- The scenario called "the cosmos is the dream" is one of the things to dissolve - yet all too few Indian gurus live up to that.
In humans, the skeleton weighs heavily, and neither muscles nor bones are formed
for flying like birds, so one has to look for something other than muscle strength in order
to fly well and with great ease. Interestingly, in some insider tales the right way to fly
is found in dissolving very common notions first. The ancient Taoist Lieh Tzu did it like
that, we are told in the Chuang Tzu:Lieh Tzu could ride the wind and go soaring around with cool and breezy skill, but after fifteen days he came back to earth. As far as the search for good fortune went, he didn't fret and worry. He escaped the trouble of walking, but he still had to depend on something to get around [The Chuang Tzu, ch. 1: Also: LINK.
No need to fly, due to modern equipment
In their London flat one afternoon, the British comic actor Peter Sellers (1925-80) was
busy in his study while his wife was working in the kitchen. On hearing the doorbell ring,
his wife went to the door and was presented with a telegram. The message read: "Bring me a
cup of coffee. Peter."
If you don't like the line of argument
The Babaji related quotations by Yogananda reflect "remarkable popularity" notions that he and disciples developed. Be that as it may for now. In some writings there are nuggets of wisdom that we can learn from, even though we suspect the line of argument to be at fault somehow. If so, we may "set free" those key points and put them to use as is fit. Yuo may find these good points in the "gravy" further down.After five years of effort in America, beginning in 1925 . . . Yogananda began to modify and adapt his teachings to the West . . . to overcome the . . . resistance of Christians who were suspicious of the foreign teachings of a Hindu swami. As a result, Yogananda began to enjoy remarkable popularity. . . . However, in his attempts to attract Westerners to the path of Yoga, he tended to focus on the miraculous, and most readers of his "Autobiography" come away with many romantic notions of the path. They are left with many unrealistic expectations." - Marshall Govindam. [A]
A mature scientist may seem "cold-blooded" and discerning. The latter is more
important.Aim your axe at the root of the problems.
Babaji sent his emissary for the sake of great men of science - "I saw that you are interested in the West," Babaji's face beamed with approval.
Babaji: "I shall never leave my body." But he changed his mind. . . . In matters of life and death it does matter.] [Pa 312]
Babaji was a recluse, a hermit for hundreds of years and more.
Being thrown into hell makes a difference, insists Jesus, whereas Yogananda says the soul is immortal, a part of God and imperishable [Say 23] Who will you trust?
Believe as little as you can.
Buddha was against slavery, and Yogananda hails Buddha too . . .
Change yourself, and you can then live [in] happiness. - [Yogananda, in Ak 77]
Communion is an act of sharing.
Don't freak out: It is better not to be in contact with a crook
Educational authorities and others - if they concentrate on the universal principles of peace, love, service, tolerance and faith - will hasten the progress of true civilization only when they themselves first learn and then teach how to harmoniously develop all the factors of life and of man's nature.
Even the missionary message of Jesus [at the end of Matthew] may be treated with great originality by gurus.
"Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again". [Amos 5:2].
Find your way from inside if you rise to that.
Great criminals can be hard-hearted. A secret mission of Jesus was to make the world a better place for criminals (sinners), but "He that helps the evil hurts the good. [Dp 122]"
How few strong men have qualified.
"I am with you evermore." [Sri Yukteswar to his disciple Yogananda, in Self-Realization Magazine [SRM], Summer 1976, p. 8-9.]
"I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners [Matthew 9:12-13]." This is well implied, then, "If you are a Christian, you are sick."
"I will crush you [Israel]." [Amos 2:13]
" I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel." [Hosea 1:4]
If you say "The time was not ripe" before, go on to prove it.
"Inspired sons of God have spoken the same truths (. . .) why do you doubt?" [Pa 344, 345]
It is well to refrain from hard-headed intrigues.
Jesus knew in advance that Jews would refuse him. He did not obey the authorities at all. But you should, says Paul in a letter.
Jesus or Babaji or both, and others too?
Jesus: "Believe the miracles, that you may know and understand . . ." [John 10;37-8] . . . For the town had one smith and two bakers.
Keeping dead silent is at times only the next wisest thing to do, after panting quite inaudibly.
Lahiri: "Permit me to communicate Kriya to all sincere seekers . . . tortured men". Babaji: "Be it so." [Pa 323]
Learn to go inside away from hankering through health-assisting contemplation
Let gentle clarity see you through.
Let us talk of "good science". It can mean this, it can mean that.
No one should diminish his or her essential worth while trying to please for boons.
One can point out the highway of daily contemplation.
One should have a sound doctrinal basis against onslaught by evil teachings and some soap opera.
One should not tend or cater to humbug.
Original Christianity can also mean to surpass Jesus and his teachings, then, "as taught by Jesus Christ".
Our greatest enemy, could it be bills?
People who have a strong imagination or a very weak nervous system may be susceptible to hallucinations. [Yogananda, SRM, Summer 1976, p. 56]
Priorities may be ranked, and so may goals to attain in a life.
Propaganda is for misfits.
Refraining from gossip should never be taken to be a mistake later on.
Slave-takers are probably far worse than mere thieves.
Some clowns play religious to get to benefits or others.
Some guys get hooked into a faith that works damage.
Some Himalayan visions of the universe as humbug do not quite exist in a likable way.
Some send out healing vibrations, others redemptive ones.
The Christ concept - In the New Testament the essential meaning is enlarged to include sutbler sides of the universe. And the Hindu Yogananda makes 'Christ' correspond to Tat.
The newborn Jesus Christ, the image of God or the highest representation, wasn't found to be quite good enough as a naked baby: To make him socially and ritually acceptable among Jews, they cut off his foreskin. He was sent to be maimed and later was crucified.
"The Lord . . . does everything." [The Lord/Yogananda, SRM, Spring 1972, p. 20]
The so-called mission of Jesus changed a lot during his life among Jews.
"The work of these two fully-illumined masters-one with the body, and one without it-is to inspire the nations to forsake [such as] sectarianism. [Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi]
The Yogananda family has instituted roadblocks.
There may be many excellent miracles of guru christs beyond our planet, miracles the gold-craving ones knows nothing about.
Jesus did what was needed to offend God's underhand victims: The priests had to have him executed. As the mighty heinous one of heaven pulled the strings, Jewish leaders and Jesus obeyed.
To get stupidly religious often means getting duped, unprofitably conform and idiotic.
Unlimited resources for yoga schools are not dreamt up.
Was Jesus a son of a fish raised as a Jew?
Choose your company well to avoid great calamity. Buddha shows who are genuine friends and who are not. [LINK]
What happened is what Jesus knew of beforehand.
Yogananda said, "Avoid . . . annual theft of one billion dollars, and use some of those millions for creating "How-To-Live-Schools", where the art of living and a balanced development of all human faculties would be taught . . ."
Yogananda's hopes for spiritualizing the West rested on all-round education for the young. [Kriyananda, The Path, Ch. 17]
"You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against me, against your helper. (. . .) In my anger I gave you a king." [Hosea 13:9,11]
You can become unsound if you believe everything you are told by big guys.
"You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it
is with everyone born of the Spirit." [John 3;7-8] Weather forecasting has improved since
those times, however. It forecasts quite correctly in about 75% of the cases.
On Being "Very Original", in part as Taught by Jesus Messiah
The Grandeur of Going Forth as Very Original and Inventive
Now come deductions from the Yogananda-given Babaji-related quotations further above. The questions that better your life should be given precedence too.
Why did Jesus warn against false Messiahs ahead of time when Yogananda says the yogi-christ Babaji is in constant communion with Jesus and these two have planned a salvation for this age, when Christianity tells that would be unnecessary, that salvation comes only from the Jews, and one is to have only one master - Jesus?
You don't have to be a crook to go against words of the gospels and claim to be aligned with Jesus through your visions of him, distortions of his sayings, etc. To be confused and mad are reasons good enough.
It is important to have a sound doctrinal basis against onslaught by evil teachings and those behind them. The Hindu swami-monk and emissary Yogananda claimed he stood for "original Christianity as taught by Jesus Christ" [Pa 499]. Interpreted in a conventional way it is not true in the light of the sayings of Jesus, his tone and outlook, and it is not in consonance with the first Christianity of the Holy Spirit and apostles, or New Testament letters, or the early Gospel of Thomas.Whoever discovers the interpretation of these sayings will not taste death. - attributed to Jesus in The Gospel of Thomas, logion 1
However, a close inspection of this key phrase reveals plausible or all right alternatives:
'Original' may not be taken to mean anything related to Christianity at all, because 'original' in some of its meanings is "new, not derivate or imitative but independent, inventive'. It must be good to know that.First, in the Old Testament, which Jesus said was to be valid a long time [Matthew 5:18], God called himself "I am what I am" or "I am what I will be" [Exodus 3:14]. That is to be original in a sense too." To grow to become more like God is an ideal for some. The parable of heaven as an impossible and originally conceived tree (mustard tree) backs up that view, depending on interpretations of it, that is. Heaven is inside, and let that tree grow to fulfil its built-in unfoldment pattern, where unfolding your inner sides and uniqueness in suitable ways is OK. Carl Gustav Jung is for it, and Abraham Maslow and many others, Carl R. Rogers included. In fact, if you take 'original' to mean 'unique', and allow yourself to think it is permitted through various gospel statements about the power of faith, belief, and John 14:12, you are in line with good psychologists. Some of them also teach that unless you unfold your latent inner capabilities, something may go wrong inside yourself. Stagnation is not the only problem. You don't want to mess up your inside, do you? At least I won't.". . . as taught by Jesus Christ" above can also be seen in another light: It can be taken to mean: "Be original. That is what Jesus teaches you to be." The question is: Does the gospel's Jesus teach anything like that, or anything that carries or conveys such grandeur?
Just be anchored in John 14:11-12, where Jesus teaches any follower to do greater works than himself, in the right spirit. He says, "At least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these."
Original Christianity can also mean to surpass Jesus and his teachings, then, "as taught by Jesus Christ". Thus, Yogananda's grand statement can be all right. Congratulations.
- To be phrase-independent can show yoga grandeur.
Babaji above or before Jesus - a little faith miracle?
In SRF Mahavatar Babaji and not Jesus is said to be the Supreme Guru in the
Indian line of master who assume responsibility for the spiritual welfare of all members .
. . who faithfully practice Kriya Yoga. It must be good to know that [Pa 501]It seems rather disobedient to the missionary command at the end of Matthew to get another teacher and master than Jesus. He did not happen to advocate that sort of practice either, to my knowing. To the contrary, he warned thoroughly against such as false prophets, false Christs - and here a guru is stated to be the responsible one, Jesus not.
There is another interesting puzzle in this line of thinking. In one place of Autobiography of a Yogi the great avatar Babaji is quoted to say something like "only the Lord is the Doer". And other SRF gurus say similar things: "The Lord . . . does everything," decrees God through Yogananda, [Self-Realization Magazine, Spring 1972, p. 20], etc. Through others, however, God does many mistakes and says an awful lot of wrong things . . .
Could God that Yogananda talks of as the Sole Doer in Man's Eternal Quest [Ak], be the one assuming the final responsibility through such as Babaji - it should puzzle thoroughly in the light that if you mean business and want to gasp quite like fish on dry land through fabled kriya, there is little you can do but sign that you pledge this and that, and God or Lord Sole Doer is not given any chance to be the sole writer of the pledge in your case.
Note this little "unassuming" word: 'assuming'. It may look reassuring to read Yogananda's statement till you realize that 'assume' is not clear-cut either, like 'originality'. The question is what is meant by it here. Here are options for us.
The common wish is that a guru takes upon himself the responsibility. However, it may mean he pretends to take on the responsibility. And this interpretation corresponds better with another statement Babaji makes in the Autobiography of a Yogi: "The divine realm extends to the earthly, but the latter [is] illusory". [Autobiography of a Yogi, ch. 34] A third option is that Babaji supposes he takes responsibility, and if that is a correct interpretation, it is just something flimsical.Does the world teem with pretended, feigned responsibility that fools gullible ones? What do you think?
- Even the missionary message of Jesus [at the end of Matthew] may be treated with great originality by gurus.
External or Eternal Communion: What It Means
Yogananda writes in his Autobiography
The great guru has never openly appeared in any century . . . Babaji works in a humble obscurity. . . .
[Babaji] undertake[s] work which is concerned more with the slow evolutionary progress of man during the centuries than with any one outstanding event of history. Such masters always veil themselves from the gross public gaze, and have the power to become invisible at will. [Autobiography of a Yogi, Chap. 33]
To Your Loss: "Great Slavery Communion"
Yogananda uses the term 'constant communion': The word 'communion' stems from Latin and signals something like 'mutual participation'. But the word has many meanings. (1) Communion is 'an act of sharing'. (2) If capitalized it has to do with a Christian sacrament (holy ritual), but Yogananda does not capitalize the word. (3) Third, communion means 'intimate fellowship'. We will take a look at the first and third meaning here.And the phenomenological "universe" that this guru quotation speaks of, is either a lie or real (It is a Hindu universe at any rate). Unfortunatly, both Yogananda and Babaji teach the universe is unreal - but they also teach some other things - which seem as unreal as they are themselves. Can you trust these things? That is quite a question.
You should ask, "What took Jesus so long to find a suitable partner outside the flock of followers that were allowed to do greater works than himself (John 14:12)? And why did Babaji have to wait till the 1800s before kriya yoga was launched into wider circles? Think of all the lost opportunities for kriya-aided developments in the 1500 years before it. If you say "The time was not ripe" earlier, go on to prove it. Note that Jesus gave the secrets of the kingdom to his disciples, and they were to hand it over for nothing. Also, among the first followers and later, being saved is to be put right with God, to be recognised as God's own, and to have the Spirit of God imparted. That is what Christianity is about. There is no mention of anything extraneous needed. But there is the view - from words of Jesus - that salvation comes only from the Jews, and there are no other masters or Christs to seek favours from either. We should face the scriptural facts: Jesus never said that delicate pranayama was needed; his fame rests on other sayings and doings, especially that of getting killed by the plan of his Father In fact, Christianity speaks of teachings of Jesus, and apostles and letter writers in the Holy Spirit, a gift of heaven. That gift is The Thing in Christianity, even its sine qua non (without which, naught, i.e. what is indispensable). [Mark 14:36, etc.].
In short: Yogananda is playing wild with his cards (sets) of phrases. Thus: Bah! But think as you will.
You should perhaps also note that Jesus never stopped slavery and the gross Law of Moses, which demands execution for those who house eaters of blood food, for example, or Saturday workers. [cf. Titus] And this suggests the two canonized "great guys" deem slavery OK, even though they may be in two minds about it too. Buddha was not: he was clearly against it, and Yogananda hails him as an avatar, too. That is a Hindu look in the matter.
- What took Jesus so long to find out he needed much help, in part against his gospel messages?
Does Babaji need Jesus Christ?
Yogananda writes Babaji is going to remain a long time in the body, and is in constant communion with Christ. Now, things could get better and better if you learn to consider that Jesus came for sick people, and that healthy ones had no need of him or the doctor.This is well implied, then, "If you are a Christian, you are sick." This being so, what if you are in a flock headed by someone in "constant communion with Christ", as Yogananda says? It may also be to your loss, especially if it is a false shepherd that is about, one of those human wolves that Jesus really warns against. At any rate, the healthy ones do not need Jesus, he also states. Then, do healthy ones need a Babaji to co-Christ-lord it over them? You are free to decide for yourself, hopefully. And take a look at how Buddha thought it was best to go ahead in these things, so as to preserve human dignity too. [Kalama Sutta]
Stop hailing slave-takers. They are probably far worse than mere thieves, and they are definitely robbers. Jesus says, by the way,
He definitely does not say no to such activity - but then again, Jesus came for sinners . . . His "tact" is a follow-up from the "tact" of Yahweh, who instituted slavery, a lot of execution reasons, went for genocide of the Amalchites, and let us just say Abraham and his half-sister Sara were lucky to have sex before the Law of Moses came about. Had they been doing it afterwards, both of them were to be executed, instead of being hailed. Times change! But slavery has not been annulled in God's Book, as you may see:
Now, it is generally thought to be better to be a human than a fish or sheep in the herd of others, and far better to be free than taken a slave. You can look up in an on-line New Testament yourself, and think these things through.Slaves are to submit themselves to their masters and please them in all things. They must not talk back to them or steal from them. Instead, they must show that they are always good and faithful, so as to bring credit to the teaching about God our Savior in all they do [Titus 2:9-10.]
- That the Christian is "made righteous" although he was a sinner, may imply that some sorts of grace counteract justice and dwarf it, and good folks as well. Finally, it may be of appearances only, if divine justice is left out or fallen there.
How Long in Illusion?
This is said to be as serious and true as the universe is unreal (?). But what is the world cycle he speaks of? Is it ended? What he means by it has not been made clear in the Quag society. So there may be good reasons to maintain insight and remain non-involved, to be on the safe side till such things are cleared up - maybe and maybe not.
- Learn from this: If it is necessary to explain the key words you use, do it.
- You don't have to succumb to wild guesses if you ask the one who launches terms, to explain them too.
Science of Yogi Christs
Self-Realization Fellowship holds many aims and ideals. Earlier they held different
ones. They were formulated by Yogananda, and are now discarded by SRF, maybe himself too.
That's what the guru's "infallible guidelines" are about . . . [LINK]- To disseminate among the nations a knowledge of definite scientific techniques
for attaining direct personal experience of God.
- To reveal the complete harmony and basic oneness of original Christianity as
taught by Jesus Christ and original Yoga as taught by Bhagavan Krishna; and to show that
these principles of truth are the common scientific foundation of all true religions.
- To point out the one divine highway to which all paths of true religious
beliefs eventually lead: the highway of daily, scientific, devotional meditation on
God.
- To unite science and religion through realization of the unity of their underlying principles.
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| ". . . for he was helped by Jesus." |
- There are many good primers in how to conduct science along general lines. They can be bought and maybe downloaded too.
Babaji on pangs and yogic science in return
Babaji sent his emissary for the sake of great men of science in the West, the Autobiography informs. The one that speaks first is Yukteswar:The apostle Thomas was allowed to doubt, and basic research may be understood as doubt or questioning put into a system of hypotheses and means to test them out somehow, more or less, within bounds. A mature scientist may seem "cold-blooded" and not likely to be publicly fond of faith in his specialist domain. One of his desires or needs is more clarity through discerning underlying factors, perhaps.
"I saw that you are interested in the West, as well as the East." Babaji's face beamed with approval. "I felt the pangs of your heart, broad enough for all men . . .
India has much to learn from the West in material development; in return, India can teach . . . yogic science.
You, Swamiji, have a part to play . . . I shall send you a disciple whom you can train for yoga dissemination in the West. The vibrations there of many spiritually seeking souls come flood-like to me. I perceive potential saints in America and Europe, waiting to be awakened. [. . .].
Please undertake another task, . . . Will you not write a short book . . .?"
"Maharaj [great raja, great king, an appellative, or title given]," I answered . . . "Shall I be able . . .?"
"Babaji laughed softly. "My son, why do you doubt?" he said reassuringly. "Indeed, Whose work is all this, and Who is the Doer of all actions? Whatever the Lord has made me say is bound to materialise as truth." [LINK]
Yogananda formed "aims and ideals" that incorporated the thoughts that I have shared now. His aims and ideals are presented as the public policy of SRF (Self-Realization Fellowship) too. Babaji sent guru Yogananda to the West in 1920 to spread kriya yoga, and then it took off. "Aims and ideals of SRF" may be studied on an Internet address, or on one of the Autobiography's last pages. Here are two of them - a sample:
To reveal the complete harmony and basic oneness of original Christianity as taught by Jesus Christ and original Yoga as taught by Bhagavan Krishna; and to show that these principles of truth are the common scientific foundation of all true religions. [. . .].Hence, Yogananda seeks to unify or blend religion and science though a medley of words. In yoga it is still possible to study tenets and practice teachings as something like working hypotheses, in a faith-based and dogmatic religion of the West it may not be welcome at, and therefore quite impossible. It could be vital to understand that.
To unite science and religion through realization of the unity of their underlying principles. [LINK]
So far as "original Christianity" is concerned, we have to give the guru the benefit of doubt or interpretation, but remain free inside to tackle it to your own advantage too. The latter is far more important.
Jesus, later called the Christ, is taught to be a person in the Christian churches. Now, to try to come to terms with a group of Yogi-Christs, as Yogananda calls them, is quite a bit.
- There are some things India should not learn from the West, such as corporate greed put into system as almost-above-the-law mercantilism, one of the greatest plagues of tomorrow. It consolidates abuses and dwarfs and limits the earth's resources. Watch out for it.
Jesus Warns Against False Messiahs
Jesus definitely warns against false Christs.
- There may be many excellent miracles of guru christs beyond our planet, miracles the gold-hungry ones knows nothing about.
Barabbas was chosen, not Mary. Why?
The rather enigmatic mission of Jesus changed a lot during his life among Jews. This we can inspect for ourselves by looking up in the Bible and read the first three gospels. We read his unseen father (that he was one with, he said) had planned to sacrifice him to free crooks and bandits that had him crucified - they were supposed to be God's chosen and stubborn people by themselves, but not according to Amos and Hosea, who said God had utterly destroyed his people already (!). Jewish authorities never wanted to have Jesus for their Messiah. Instead they had God the Son crucified as a lunatic blasphemer, much as their Law demanded.You know that you are not popular the next time that happens to you. On the other hand, what happened is what Jesus knew of beforehand, and what God in part had chosen him to do. It matters to inspect that a bit.
They shouted back, "No, not him. Give us Barabbas." [John 18;39-40].
- The enigmatic "king" was not popular enough to be deemed worthy of a life among "God's people".
The failing mission ran along as it should in the hands of God - think that
After the crucifixion God's heaven-nets were cast elsewhere. A main thing to see is that the Father's Jesus-declared save-the-Jews mission failed. So did major decrees uttered by his own son. His doctrine was reserved for the Jews, he confided in Samaria. We also know that teachings of Jesus took off from rigid Judaism, if that matters. He denounced hypocrites with religious facades and morbid rigmarole, but did it help him?Much faking makes cramped. Despite what Jesus had vouched for in Matthew 5;17-20, he waived ritual slaughter of animals that the Bible tells God Father had instituted by the Law. And Jesus waived the cramped and rigid Sabbath rules that his Father had intended to be a main token of the right belonging. Apostles of Jesus and the Holy Spirit soon followed up and waived the need to be circumcised too [Acts 15], the other key criterion for being God's own. Later much else was waived too as the reached out to Gentile followers. The rules for Jews weren't exactly in operation for Gentiles, but there were many severe difficulties to settle. In the end it stood out that eating blood food was perhaps just as bad as kingly adultery - and so on. [Acts 15].
And still we are told that commands Jesus addressed to Jews only, had to be obeyed by Gentile Christians too.
Jesus was circumcised as was the ritual custom. It looks greatly bizarre: The Christ, the image of God or the highest representation, wasn't found to be quite good enough as a naked baby: To make him socially and ritually acceptable among Jews, they cut off his foreskin. And then he was maimed to be one of them. Now, in the end they got rid of him anyway: Jewish leaders had him executed.
- The cramped "God's people" found their "sure schemes"
"Fallen is Virgin Israel" - destroyed, and never to rise again
From the earthly ministry of Jesus,However, God had already crushed and killed them all, say Amos and Hosea, and they were never to rise again - the Jews, that is. It is in the Bible.
So many disregard this still. Even Jesus. According to two prominent prophets of the Old Testament, he had no sheep in the flock of Jews. Israel was fallen long ago, destroyed, says Amos and Hosea, so you can understand why someone called the king, did not cite them - even though he here and there called on prophet words to legitimize his "business" by claiming they had to be fulfilled in him and so on. These words by Amos and Hosea absolutely did not fit his "trade" and take away from his credibility. And 1 Samuel 8 describes the king as an enemy of his people. So why hail Jesus as a king? And how could salvation come from the Jews when the God of the Old Testament had not only discarded them, but crushed and destroyed them, to never let them rise again?"I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel." [Hosea 1:4] "I will crush you". [Amos 2:13] "Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again". [Amos 5:2].
"You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against me, against your helper. (. . .) In my anger I gave you a king". [Hosea 13:9,11]
- Don't always be deceived by religious and murky propaganda.
- You can study to search out what is right, instead of getting tamed and over-servile by the god-boss.
Tricky salvation
Jesus on tour in Samaria:Well, well. Jesus should have refrained from something in that connection. Jesus held for a long time that his mission lay in reserving his efforts and so on for Jews. That failed. In the light of the Amos and Hosea passages above, should it surprise anyone?
Even neighbours of his and his own family wanted him stoned. That failed too. In the end even the Father saw that his plans floundered, and then "the net" of Christianity was cast on Gentiles to make them followers. That's how terrible things started to happen. Murders, Colosseum, millions killed with a firm faith that the end time was near.
Was Jesus a son of a fish raised as a Jew? Do others than God himself bring on salvation? Did Jesus the half-Jew bring only half-salvation? The Holy Spirit needed to be activated too, we read.
- The end time that was near was a misconception among early Christians, and it stemmed from sayings by Jesus.
- It is said it was the blood of the martyrs that built the church, not the blood of Jesus, interestingly.
Will all our ritual prayers go unheard since God refused to answer Jesus in the olive grove and on the cross?`
Heh! But let us be fair and inspect the gospel evidence as it is found in the very best translations. Thus, towards the end in Gethsemane Jesus said,Choose your company much better to avoid similar calamity. Align with staunch ones. They won't betray you as easily as sluts.
In anguish he prayed, his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. [Luke 22;44]
He prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him. "Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me." Later: "The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed". [Mark 14;35-41].
The betrayer Judas was hand-picked by Jesus Christ himself, and Jesus never set him to task like an expert mind-reader and future-seer should. He never sent him to Madagascar either. Nor did he dispense with him in other ways when there was plenty of time. These things were arranged by the much-seeing one.
"You did not choose me, but I chose you". [John 15;16]
Do not ask me why Jesus chose largely illiterate persons and a deceiver to follow him around, with all his foreknowledge and mind-knowledge.
- Bid the betraying agent to leave: then, what next?
Don't freak out: It is better not to be in contact with a crook
We should feel free to do a lot better than Jesus according to such as John 14;12 - and maybe it is too difficult:These are important sayings aligned with:
"If you love me, you will obey what I command. I will ask the Father will give you another Counsellor to be with you forever - the Spirit of truth." [John 14;12-3,15 - Excerpts].
Believes what? Let us be no freaks here: Even though Jesus attested to these things, Jesus also said:
Luke: "Nothing is impossible with God." [Luke 1;37].
Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes." [Mark 9;23]
Speaking of miracles, it was outright impossible for God to help his Jews by having Jesus sacrificed. Even though "all is possible with God", the near-death prayer of Jesus in the olive grove Getshemane was denied too. And his prayer for the Jews while hanging on a tree (cross). Thus, ardent prayers of Jesus were done away with; he was to be slaughtered, sacrificed for the sins of others. Interestingly, that is a dismal, corrupt take, probably. The Norwegian poet Johan Herman Wessel (1742-85) wrote a poem about a much similar event: The people of a town executed an innocent baker instead of the smith who had killed someone. For the town had one smith - none to spare - and two bakers.
- Things are finally clearing up, after all.
Those who hail corrupt ways, stay away from them
Normal people know that if a father loves his fairly all right son or is just, or both, he won't have his son slaughtered for the misdoings of others. We can see that Jesus prayed to the Bible God as "righteous Father" [John 17:25]. But see through the demagoguery: God of the Old Testament (and Bible) instituted not only slavery, but also a hard a scapegoat religion with heavy butchering of innocents. In fact, the Law instituted that prime cattle, other animals and birds were to be killed for sins, neglects and gross offences of others, namely guilty Jews. This went on year by year by year with no reneging. "Sin but let animals pay and feed priests!" In psychology, those who succumb to primitive scapegoating may turn into hard mental cases in time. It is good to be warned.The Bible's God kills innocent ones to favour "criminals" that are often hard-hearted. God frequently complains about the hard hearts of Jews, without thinking that his own laws are part of their mental horizons, it seems! Or he is of two minds, as when he wants mercy, but without doing away with the butchering sides of his instituted religion. The basic scapegoating plot permeates the New Testament too, with some obvious links to mental cannibalism in the sacrament: "eat his body, drink his blood".
- Know and understand that God had Jesus slaughtered because of corruption.
Promoting a Guru Dynasty by Christianity's God
It was vicarious sacrifice (atonement) Jesus was called to, but more than that: The idea was to help criminals on and up. How many criminal activities today are due to that! Have you ever paused to consider whether God and Jesus tried to ransom anyone of those Jesus said he came for ("For Jews only" was a former motto of his)? Very few Jews converted, so don't be taken in. God's plan may seem mysterious, but that's not the end of it. It failed if we think God was out to save his Jews by letting them welcome Jesus in the first place. It did not fail if the secret mission of Jesus was to make the world a far better place for criminals - sinners - a practice that easily suppresses genuine and true righteousness, by the way. And candid talk. As the proverb has it: "He that helps the evil hurts the good. [Dp 122]"We see that God the Father got so angry with his so-called chosen people [Amos and Hosea discards that idea totally - two prophets had voiced doom and death over all Jews long before that. Accordingly, there were no God's people around, to our knowing. The Father refused to make the prayer of the slaughter-ready Jesus on the cross come true. If you learn "Don't pray if you are nailed up," that could be of value to some.
God refused to listen. God had planned his sacrifice and resurrection - maybe it was himself in one way or other, as Jesus said "I and the Father are one." [John 10;30]. But the Jews held their ground. And you are luckily called to surpass Jesus. It is permitted, so do it - don't yield to a scapegoating "Yabbik" that is called righteous too. It cannot be, for the Old Testament tries to define righteousness by way of retribution too. [John 14:12]
- He that helps the evil hurts the good. [British proverb]
Jewish authorities were strongly against Jesus
Jesus knew what he was up to. The vast bulk of the Jews were never ever saved, no matter how Jesus yearned like a hen to gather Jerusalem's children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. [Matthew 23;37].
Heart-felt prayers of God [Son] were denied, but a scapegoating killing was welcome, nay, planned. It appears that the father inside Jesus would not miss a "good crucifixion". Later on, many apostles were guided to give salvation to so-called bystanders or heart-warm Gentiles after that, after the staged salvation effort on behalf of the chosen people seemed less in focus.
However, Jesus knew in advance that Jews would refuse him. He could have guessed they would from how he behaved against cornerstones of their law-and-religion. This has to be the sad part in this summary. He surely provoked them. He did not obey these authorities at all. But you should, says Paul later on.
- Jews would refuse Jesus because he "misbehaved" against their Law of Moses with success.
Blaspheming Jesus?
Jesus and his follower Paul trampled on main laws that the religious Jews had to punish by death, and another sect was formed: Christianity. A religion, when very small, is easily scoffed at as a sect that deals with drivel. Jews, however, were obliged by some of the laws handed over by God - or the father of Jesus Christ - Sabbath work was to be punished by execution, as stated somewhere inside the Law. Jesus worked on the Sabbath: it was seen as a "heinous-ritual crime" to the leaders in charge. They were obliged by the word of God to execute a Sabbath worker, not back him up.He also insisted on being God - which marred the handed-over tradition so well that he was executed as a blasphemer.
We have to understand all these victims of God's plot: He did what was needed to offend them - he broke God's major ritual-laws. So the priests had to have him executed so as to to maintain the Law and stay ritually clean - And Jesus had insisted the Law was in full force (See Matthew 5;17-20) and on the other hand he said no to parts of it, including working on the Sabbath.
"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."
Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "He has spoken blasphemy. Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
What do you think?" "He is worthy of death," they answered. Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him [well]. [Matthew 26;63-7]
God the Father and his Son pulled the strings that had him executed in the hands of the notorious-religious men of his day. Jesus made them very, very angry and hateful. It seems God used official Jews as his straw dogs.
- As the mighty heinous one of heaven pulled the strings, Jewish leaders and Jesus obeyed.
Jesus or Babaji or Both, and Others Too?
The Bible teaches:There are limits of sound adaptations, just as there were limits to what God could do - both the father and Jesus nailed up in prayer, or weeping precious blood. So try to stay soundly allied with the major and given tradition you are inside:
Jesus: "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." [Matthew 28; 18-20].
Branches are free to adjust much, but have to have a firm connection deep down. If not they break off a lot:
"I am the vine; you are the branches. [John 15;5].
Of course it can be done:
- Cf. John 14;12 and do as you please.
- The talk is about God and mammon, which means wealth. In the Old Testament there is no particular no to wealth - to the contrary. It is held to be the sign of God's favour. You find specifics too.
- One more thing: Old priorities may be ranked. So may goals to attain in a life. Some may be built up on top of each other. According to Dr. Abraham Maslow you may go for this and that by stages and thus reach fulfilments in a process called self-actualisation. It may be hard, but it can be done, is one message. Thus, much wealth may ease higher attainments as well. There is such a possibility [cf. Pusb; Zun; Rvl]
- Operating contrary to "one master and gate, not two" may slowly be understood as extreme derision.
The Christ concept changed
- Yogi-Christ Babaji in constant communion with Christ
- Can a Christian really serve two master - or six?
- Should many Christians get so sound that they escape God of the Bible and those marring deals, finally?
- What about hundreds of Yogi-Christs Jesus did not raise and throw into hell -?
One should choose one's friends carefully, and try to see why or how Jesus came for sinners, not healthy ones. Stay out of the circles where criminals go and are favoured.
There are certain signs of a culprit in these waters. He deceives and seeks to deceive. False Christs are among them. [Matthew 24;23-6, cf. Mark 13;21-3].
Is the Yogi-Christ Babaji in constant communion with Jesus, then? It is Yogananda who calls Babaji a Christ. Yogananda also defines the term Christ differently than gospel guys. The term stems from Messiah, the anointed one, and refers to an earthly king. In the New Testament the essential meaning is enlarged to include subtler sides of the universe, and the Greek 'Christ' takes the place of the Hebrew 'Messiah'. Yogananda makes 'Christ' correspond to Tat in one of the Hindu trinities, that of Sat-Tat-Aum, or is it Chit in Sat-Chit-Ananda? It could be both.
It shows up from the context of the Yogananda quotation that he refers to Jesus Christ here, not a "Christ Consciousness state". And hence there is reason to think of Babaji as one who is in constant communion with someone (God) that not only agrees to taking slaves, keeping slaves, letting innocent ones bleed and die for the sins of others, but institutes it by Law.
Can a Christian serve two master - or six of them - within that "original Christianity as taught by Jesus" - or another weird dispensation or anachronism for Gentile Christians?
"When in doubt, win the trick," wrote Edmund Hoyle. A way is to study the evidence and not be duped by the shallow appearances. Another and far better way is to stay out of flocks - because cattle are a long way down from being humans. Remember: The healthy don't need a doctor, don't need Jesus. He says it. If so, who needs Babaji who is said to be in "constant communion" with him?
- Whose conscience is cumbered and stands not clean, of another man's deeds the worse will he deem. (British proverb) :)
Jesus and the Babaji reform
WE LEARN from non-SRF sources that Babaji (born 203 AD) also was kidnapped at the age of 5 or so, and is quite young to look at too.Yogananda describes him in his Autobiography of a Yogi as an almighty master, all-knowing and the like, someone who has lived for centuries and more. Judged from this, Babaji found it fit to let many hundreds of years pass before he made his methods known to the public. While there was time, he did not want to interfere as best as he could - is that it?
It could seem that while there was time, Babaji dropped nearly 1600 years of spreading excellent yoga methods to anyone on earth - being able to multiply his bodies and lots of other things. It appears he did not bid his time. He was a recluse, a hermit for hundreds of years, they hurry to tell you.
If that is all of it, think of all the hundreds of Yogi-Christs he did not raise because he relied on secrecy. See how reluctant his whole attitude was to divulge and share the liberating techniques before Lahiri asked him. He had not even thought of giving the kriya methods to the common people on the market-place, in the streets and further - but Jesus said his dispensation was to be given freely to all sorts of people - the lowest also. There seems to be terrible difference here, even though Yogananda writes these two masters are in communion and have planned the salvation - But does not seem to fit, the salvationist indicators do not match.
Later this master sent Yogananda to spread his techniques among wealthy and not so wealthy North Americans. The key found might be "wealthy". Gurus often enter into wealth, and not a few by unfair and perhaps woman-like methods. They are not heart-melting: Guru Yogananda insisted Babaji was ever in communion with Jesus Christ then, and all we have are tales from that one. But let us look at the fruits of the weird master fiend: Babaji is placed on top, not Jesus Christ. And in the light of the gospel it has to be Jesus.
Further, Jesus insists that salvation is from the Jews, that is Jesus, and no other teachers, masters and saviours are given any room inside his teachings. His salvation is no self-help endeavour in the hands of wolves either, but a mystical gift. Note that well.
Tens of years later, when lots of fallen people of the West did not find Hinduism to be rude and below normal worth, Babaji presented himself as one with Jesus Christ through his emissary Yogananda. He said,
Could Yogananda then go to hell and live there in peace and happiness? According to his own teachings he could, and note that hells are not permanent in his thinking. According to Jesus it seems difficult, to say the least:
In other words, hell makes a difference, insists Jesus, whereas Yogananda overcomes those words by various means . . . Yogananda says the soul is immortal, while Jesus teaches differently [LINK]:It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. [Matthew 5;29]
Get so healthy that you don't need Jesus - Is It Bad?
Saintly folks should know better than leading good men and women astray.Guru Yogananda introduces Hare Krishna too in the master pantheon to offer worship - and a stroll in the zoo may do you more good than believing in every tale you hear from the east of Norway.
Now, we have documented elsewhere that God of the Bible - the one who instituted slave-taking and butchering of innocents - is against idolatry: he wants "all the scene". Refrain from grabbing trust by duping.
After Yogananda died in 1952, Babaji is shown as more on his own than "ever in communion with Christ". Perhaps now Americans were ready to accept Hinduism, so the jargon changed. But this fine point lingers on: If you're in "constant communion" with Jesus Christ, and purports to give "original Christianity", why drop it all of a sudden, unless you get healthier or Jesus worse, or both?
We let Yoganana round off this:
Take the Greatest Heed
When I was younger, I preferred to stroll in the strawberry fields at home instead of puzzling over such delicate lore. I heartily encourage you too to do similar things, provided it all goes well in the right direction. You know it in the light of Yogananda's existentially important counsel referred to by page reference below:Yogananda really advocates lovely scenery, wonderful art, music, and literature."Why gaze down the sewers . . .? One may find some fault in even the greatest masterpieces of art, music, and literature. (. . .) Dwell on evil, you yourself will become ugly" [Say 52]
A spiritual guy can be uprooted unless he learns to take heed, etc. But to get stupidly religious often means getting duped, unprofitably conform and maybe quite idiotic too.
Misty Master Lore
It happens that getting misunderstood brings steady influence in the end.Tease as little as you can. Stay bland and culinary instead.
Let gentle clarity see you through, that inner, guiding light. At the same time and along with it, you could enjoy food and drink and be happy.
Inferior company usually makes us unhappy.
It is best to benefit from a savoury culture and next benefit people in it also. If your achievements amount to benefitting most people near to you, you may be proud, and and even more so if such a good circle of influence widens where it is given good conditions.
One should avoid business failure, Yogananda showed, by abandoning how-to-live-schools: He who openly stated that he planned to work for such schools as far as possible, did not manage to actualise his ideas well enough anyhow. Yogananda said,
In other places he taught that he could call forth anything he willed, but he failed in this anyhow. We think there is a lesson or three to be learnt here.
- Tell the truth and shame the Devil (proverb).
- Unlimited resources for yoga schools are not dreamt up.
- In the light of later happenings: A large organization can act unjustly and highhandedly without fear of being brought to account, imagining it has no souls to lose -
Further documentation
A former vice-president of SRF writes:When I came to the Master in 1948, Mt. Washington Estates was a monastery. At first, however, he had planned to make it a "how-to-live" school similar to his well-known institution in India. For his hopes for spiritualizing the West rested on all-round education for the young. But soon he realized that his educational dreams were premature for this country. [Kriyananda, The Path, Ch. 17]This proves the points, we think. Further suspect: You can become unsound if you believe everything you are told by big guys.
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Adjoined
A. Govindam, Marshall. Who is Babaji? What is his Mission? www.babaji.ca/english/babaji_2.html. Accessed 20 August 2005.Ak: Yogananda, Pa.: Man's Eternal Quest. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1975.
Ap: Mieder, Wolfgang (main editor), Stewart A. Kingsbury, and Kelsie E. Harder: A Dictionary of American Proverbs. (Paperback) New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Pa: Yogananda, Pa.: Autobiography of a Yogi. 11th ed. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1971. – ONLINE 1st edition
Pusb: Maslow, Abraham. Motivation and Personality. 3rd ed. New York, HarperCollins, 1987.
Rvl: Maslow, Abraham. Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences. Columbus: Ohio State University, 1964.
Say: Yogananda, Pa.: Sayings of Yogananda. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1958.
Scu: Barrass, Robert. Scientists Must Write. London: Chapman and Hall, 1978.
Scw: Barrass, Robert. Scientists Must Write: A Guide to Better Writing for Scientists, Engineers and Students. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2002.
Zun: Maslow, Abraham. Toward a Psychology of Being. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1968.
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