Many of us get involved with meditation* seeking healing.
(Or yoga or "mindfullness").
The problem arises when meditation students are not told fully and beforehand the name of the group, the name of the leader and the actual beliefs of that group.
When we are in crisis, we are in disarray. No matter how street smart and intelligent we are, depression, bereavement, leaving home, will leave
us painfully confused.
We are so glad to encounter anyone or any meditation
that gives relief that we are usually too relieved to imagine investigating
the full beliefs and background of the meditation teacher and group.
Kevin Rowland: Classic Interview
A huge in-depth interview with Dexys' frontman from 1999
Jon WildeNov 8, 2012
[sabotagetimes.com]
Dexys Midnight Runners frontman Kevin Rowland left a religious movement after objecting to apocalyptic teachings.
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(Or yoga or "mindfullness").
The problem arises when meditation students are not told fully and beforehand the name of the group, the name of the leader and the actual beliefs of that group.
When we are in crisis, we are in disarray. No matter how street smart and intelligent we are, depression, bereavement, leaving home, will leave
us painfully confused.
We are so glad to encounter anyone or any meditation
that gives relief that we are usually too relieved to imagine investigating
the full beliefs and background of the meditation teacher and group.
Kevin Rowland: Classic Interview
A huge in-depth interview with Dexys' frontman from 1999
Jon WildeNov 8, 2012
[sabotagetimes.com]
Dexys Midnight Runners frontman Kevin Rowland left a religious movement after objecting to apocalyptic teachings.
[www.contactmusic.com]
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"It was 1991 and I was really down," he tells British newspaper The Times. "I was trying to give up drugs, I was trying to feel better, and then I saw a poster in Willesden (northwest London) offering meditation. I went to a stress management course in this building that seemed really peaceful and clean, which was appealing because I was living in a dump at this point. I was in trouble."
And Kevin says that although the group's focus on meditation was initially helpful to him at a time when he was struggling to quit drugs, he failed to embrace their belief in a forthcoming apocalypse and had to leave.
Kevin adds, "I got some help, and one of the ways I was trying to find help was the Brahma Kumaris. At first I thought it was amazing. I loved the meditation. But then they taught me all this stuff about the world being about to end.
"I don't really want to talk about the Brahmas because they did my head in. I was already a guilt-ridden Catholic and this just doubled the load."
In 2008 the group, whose leaders dub it a 'World Spiritual University', boasted 825,000 members in more than 100 countries