Comments on HBOs "The Young Pope" reminds me of some Indian gurusTypePad2017-01-17T04:11:22ZBrian Hineshttps://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2017/01/hbos-the-young-pope-reminds-me-of-some-indian-gurus/comments/atom.xml/John Haggerty commented on 'HBOs "The Young Pope" reminds me of some Indian gurus'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e201b8d2a74ab3970c2017-09-05T00:57:26Z2017-09-10T03:02:42ZJohn Haggertyhttp://www.banneroftruth.orgJude Law's Pius XIII is quite mad and sociopathic, and is indeed reminiscent of authoritarian gurus and religious cult leaders....<p>Jude Law's Pius XIII is quite mad and sociopathic, and is indeed reminiscent of authoritarian gurus and religious cult leaders.<br />
Strange then that both Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II embraced, physically and spiritually, the sociopathic guru Sri Chinmoy Ghose.<br />
You can see the photos on the internet.<br />
Pope Paul told the manipulative Sri Chinmoy, who demanded total and blind obedience from his brainwashed disciples, 'We will meet in heaven.'<br />
Pope John Paul told the self-exalting cult leader, 'I bless your divine work.'<br />
Divine? <br />
Ghose denied the lordship of Jesus Christ, and placed himself on a god-like throne.<br />
Last year Pope Francis blessed the Sri Chinmoy 'peace run', never asking the late guru's disciples why they were not placing all their hopes on Jesus Christ.<br />
I am reminded of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones's remark, that 'the Catholic Church wears a thousand different faces for the world.'<br />
When it is being persecuted the Catholic Church is like a lamb; when it obtains total power it is like a tiger; and when it enjoys a position of equality with other faiths it is like a fox.<br />
As Leonardo De Chirico writes, 'the Catholic Church is programmatically searching outside its circle for whatever can enrich and expand it.'<br />
See a photo online of Pope Francis sharing a platform with the 'hugging guru', Amritanandamayi Amma, otherwise known as 'the Mother'.<br />
This is syncretism by another name.<br />
Maybe one day the Church will turn away from the world's idols and embrace the five great Solas of Christianity.<br />
Sola Scriptura, sola fide, sola gratia, solus Christus, soli Deo gloria.</p>
<p>J Haggerty, Glasgow. Scotland</p>Dungeness commented on 'HBOs "The Young Pope" reminds me of some Indian gurus'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e201b8d25579d1970c2017-01-19T06:12:35Z2017-01-21T02:14:07ZDungenesshttp://profile.typepad.com/6p0120a532f07a970bFor example, in the Radha Soami Satsang Beas literature there is an oft-told story of a guru who ordered his...<p>For example, in the Radha Soami Satsang Beas literature there is an oft-told story of a guru who ordered his disciples to dig a large hole in a field, only to fill it with dirt again. Then the disciple was supposed to repeat the process: dig a hole; fill it back up. Eventually the guru saw that only one person was still digging, as all the others had quit this difficult, meaningless task</p>
<p>Actually that story has its origins in Sikhism... just swap out the "hole digging" for "platform building":</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sikhmissionarysociety.org/sms/smspublications/theteachingsofguruamardasji/chapter1/#Training%20and%20Succession%20of%20Bhai%20Jetha" rel="nofollow">http://www.sikhmissionarysociety.org/sms/smspublications/theteachingsofguruamardasji/chapter1/#Training%20and%20Succession%20of%20Bhai%20Jetha</a></p>
<p>Of course, I think the Sikh tradition might explain that persistence<br />
in carrying out a "meaningless" task as a insightful realization of<br />
its real symbolic objective. The bush leaguers throw in the towel,<br />
er. shovel, quickly. Last saint-wannabe standing gets the gold,<br />
or turban, or what have you...</p>Dungeness commented on 'HBOs "The Young Pope" reminds me of some Indian gurus'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e201b7c8cb5245970b2017-01-19T06:12:35Z2017-01-21T02:14:07ZDungenesshttp://profile.typepad.com/6p0120a532f07a970bFor example, in the Radha Soami Satsang Beas literature there is an oft-told story of a guru who ordered his...<p>For example, in the Radha Soami Satsang Beas literature there is an oft-told story of a guru who ordered his disciples to dig a large hole in a field, only to fill it with dirt again. Then the disciple was supposed to repeat the process: dig a hole; fill it back up. Eventually the guru saw that only one person was still digging, as all the others had quit this difficult, meaningless task</p>
<p>Actually that story has its origins in Sikhism... just swap out the "hole digging" for "platform building":</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sikhmissionarysociety.org/sms/smspublications/theteachingsofguruamardasji/chapter1/#Training%20and%20Succession%20of%20Bhai%20Jetha" rel="nofollow">http://www.sikhmissionarysociety.org/sms/smspublications/theteachingsofguruamardasji/chapter1/#Training%20and%20Succession%20of%20Bhai%20Jetha</a></p>
<p>Of course, I think the Sikh tradition might explain that persistence<br />
in carrying out a "meaningless" task as a insightful realization of<br />
its real symbolic objective. The bush leaguers throw in the towel,<br />
er. shovel, quickly. Last saint-wannabe standing gets the gold,<br />
or turban, or what have you...</p>