Kenyan starvation cult’s worldly attachment leads to over 300 deaths, and counting
Fasting has been linked to many spiritual benefits, including but not limited to; a closer relationship with GOD and mental clarity, and health benefits. Starvation however offers zero benefits. In advaita vedanta and other branches of Hinduism, many take detachment too far. In fact, krsna was right, in the age of Kali yuga karma yoga will be extremely difficult. Because it’s not what you do but the intention behind what you’re doing. Two people can physically be doing the same thing, but someone practicing karma yoga will internalize what their doing differently. Vedanta stresses the life of householders and Buddhism laypeople. It’s essential for people who want something more spiritual out of life to understand that they don’t have to move to a forest, or cave in a mountain to be spiritual. Running away from the world physically is still an attachment despite not physically being engaged in city life.
“Great is the tenacity with which man clings to the senses. Yet, however substantial he may think the external world in which he lives and moves, there comes a time in the lives of individuals and of races when, involuntarily, they ask, “Is this real?” To the person who never finds a moment to question the credentials of his senses, whose every moment is occupied with some sort of sense-enjoyment — even to him death comes, and he also is compelled to ask, “Is this real?” Religion begins with this question and ends with its answer”
Swami VIVEKANADA
if your thoughts and emotions are so engaged and entangled in the web of Maya that you have to run away, you’re essentially running from your own ideas. While we can’t change the world, we can change how we perceive and think about the world. Furthermore, we can avoid likes and dislikes to the extremes where we develop hate and zero tolerance. How attached to the world does one have to be to allow their children to starve to get closer to GOD?
CNN ARTICLE
Mackenzie is noted by surviving followers as being passionate and enthusiastic during his sermons. As we’ve discussed in our Cult of trump book review;
“Persuasion is all about the tools and techniques of changing people’s minds, with or without facts or reason”.
“An emotional speaker always makes his audience feel with him, even when there is nothing in his arguments, which is why many speakers try to overwhelm their audience by mere noise.”
In conclusion, the Kenyan starvation cult received no facts that the world was ending or any reason to. There have been many end-world prophecies during my lifetime that obviously hasn’t come to pass. The Kenyan starvation cult members could have read the cult of trump book and a book review on our website. CNN states it “will take months at least to deprogram the surviving members”. Many are still refusing food even after being rescued in our eyes but to them maybe they’re captured.