Monday, August 25, 2008

Vishwananda – deliberately courting controversy?

Could it be possible that Vishwananda is deliberately courting controversy? The reason I ask this question is that going back to him being generally young in years and reports of malpractice having widened, could he be intentionally shrouding himself in controversy. I am not adverse to the notion of role-playing although it is very difficult to comprehend this adequately. I am also not adverse to the notion that people who have strayed on the spiritual path can become subject to reformation.

When considering someone like Vishwananda, he appeared to have distanced himself from Sathya Sai Baba in recent years according to reports, only to be seen at the Sai Baba ashram, Prashanti Nilayam, in Puttarparthi this year. Is it possible that he could be on the road to reform or could he possibly be playing some kind of role that encourages controversial behaviour or is it just a simple case of being corrupt. There are more than enough reports of malpractice and if you look at this page, there are more questions surrounding how he is guiding his followers:
http://saicopycats.blogspot.com/2006/01/swami-vishwananda.html#c7348519154527047112

If he has been positively received by Sathya Sai Baba, who knows whether it may be a case of role-playing or a case of reform that is evident? The acts of malpractice have sometimes been blatant so surely Vishwananda himself knows that controversy is likely to surface – if so, this raises more questions as to why someone of his age should not be conforming more to general guidelines of those who in positions of spiritual leadership. Is it possible that he is completely aware of his contentious or debatable acts and is deliberately provoking conflict. He must be intelligent enough to understand the repercussions of blatant contradictory behaviour so is there something more to this? Questions still keep surfacing...
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