Re: Chris Butler, Jagad Guru, Science of Identity

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I was born a Hindu in India, in a traditional Hindu family. A temple offered me some of my earliest memories.

I became a US Citizen many years ago along with my parents. My parents were first generation immigrants to America, who arrived in the 70’s after my father was accepted into a PHD program. I now reside in Houston, Texas along with my immediate and extended family.We have had a long journey and a good life overall. While we are all American through and through, we have remained very traditional in many respects.

My parents always stressed that we should all take the best from two cultures, two countries, while doing our best to keep out the bad. Therefore, I was very fortunate to have been raised in a traditional Hindu family as the son of Indian immigrants who stressed family, education, and traditional Hindu family/spiritual values.

I have watched how the Indian community in the US has grown and changed from the early 1970’s. Our faith is vital to our daily lives and we seek to engage in right action (karma) and to do our duty in life (dharma). Things have changed drastically over the years in the Indian American/Hindu community overall. Many traditional Hindus such as myself find have lived in America for many years. Meanwhile, a wave of “New Religious Movements” (NRM’s) has flooded America. Many of these groups are in fact “destructive cults”, operating fraudulent charities (501c’s) here in the US and globally. Is this Hinduism or any other religion per se? No. Many of them only use the “cloak of religion”. An extreme example is ISIS, which has very little to do with religion at all. ISIS is in fact a destructive cult, with brainwashing as a key ingredient in its power to mold impressionable minds.

Allowing this plethora of destructive “guru” cults has very damaging economic, social, and religious impacts for America and all Americans. They have the potential to lead to a national if not global crisis. These are not just questions of faith. This also has national security implications, especially since criminality is involved. Many of these groups work with criminal elements within the US. Meanwhile, Americans and primarily Indian Americans continue to be harmed and divided. Our society must not allow for such negative influences here in the United States of America. Tremendous negative consequences will ensue if we do nothing and allow this to persist. Even American companies and prestigious academic institutions are being severely influenced by the propaganda and money that is used to fund these operations. Some even have “MOUs” with these destructive organizations or cults. So, there are such business alliances involved. It is a very sophisticated web that has been woven, especially since the late 1980’s. Yet, the roots go back much further back into at least the late 1800’s. There are billions of dollars and deep seated corruption linked to many of these NRM’s/cults. They are receiving assistance from many special interests and political allies.