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Catholics to Brahma Kumaris	Macky	Saturday, July 14, 2007
Question: Least I expected, One year ago I fell in love with a woman. Not so long I learnt that she is a devotee of Brahma Kumaris (BK) including her family for a long time and guess what... they are catholics. The executive director of our organization is also a catholic and a devotee of BK and he has a brother who is a RC priest. What will happen to them? What is the stand of the Church? I have been praying the rosary, offering masses for her because I love her including her family but it is as if my prayers are not heard. The more I do this the more she becomes devoted to BK. Tried to tell her about the incompatibility of BK and her catholic faith but to no avail. What must I do? Can't leave her with BK? She, well most BK-Catholics (i guess) believe that the two is compatible.
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Macky: Brahma Kumaris is one of the many India Hindu sects. There is no way it is compatible with Christianity. Further, the meditation taught in this "BK" is also incompatible with Christianity. The Church issued a document about meditation called, On Some Aspects of Christian Meditation. It would be good for your friend to read that. It would be nice if a priest could also explain that one cannot be a "Catholic-Hindu". Brahma is the Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. This is part of a theology that is poly-theistic (many gods). Your friend, in essence, is committing idolatry by involvement with this group. This is a grave sin. In addition, the BK teach heresy. They believe that God the Father share a body with Brahma Baba (a.k.a. Lekhraj Kripilani born in 1876), in the same way they believe Christ had entered the body of Jesus. The groups says it was Jesus who suffered on the cross, not Christ, the pure Son of God, but that "Christ" left the body early and went to take rebirth to help guide his fledgling religion into maturity. They claim that many more secrets about Christ revealed by this so-called Baba (Lekhraj Kripilani). This is outright heresy. If your girlfriend believes this then she is risking being a heretic and and thus suffering an automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church. You can try to convince her that what she is doing is contrary to Catholic teaching, try to convince her to return to the Catholic Church, the way one is suppose to be Catholic, but you cannot save her from this. She has to make her own decisions. Not even God will force her to change her mind. She has to change her mind according to her own free will. You can pray for her deliverance from this, of course, but you cannot save her from it. You may not want to hear this, but you may have to leave her behind. You will have no choice. You absolutely should not marry her when she is involved in this idolatry and heresy. If she will not be convinced, then the best thing for her may be for you to leave her. Then she will see how much her errant beliefs are costing her, and you will have stood up for Truth and Christ as you are obligated to do. St. Paul tells us in Titus 3:10-11: "After a first and second warning, break off contact with a heretic, realizing that such a person is perverted and sinful and stands self-condemned." We will be in prayer for her and for all those caught up in this delusion, idolatry, and heresy. God bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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Catholics to Brahma Kumaris

Macky

Saturday, July 14, 2007

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Least I expected, One year ago I fell in love with a woman. Not so long I learnt that she is a devotee of Brahma Kumaris (BK) including her family for a long time and guess what... they are catholics. The executive director of our organization is also a catholic and a devotee of BK and he has a brother who is a RC priest.

What will happen to them? What is the stand of the Church?

I have been praying the rosary, offering masses for her because I love her including her family but it is as if my prayers are not heard. The more I do this the more she becomes devoted to BK. Tried to tell her about the incompatibility of BK and her catholic faith but to no avail.

What must I do? Can't leave her with BK? She, well most BK-Catholics (i guess) believe that the two is compatible.

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Macky:

Brahma Kumaris is one of the many India Hindu sects. There is no way it is compatible with Christianity. Further, the meditation taught in this "BK" is also incompatible with Christianity.

The Church issued a document about meditation called, On Some Aspects of Christian Meditation. It would be good for your friend to read that.

It would be nice if a priest could also explain that one cannot be a "Catholic-Hindu". Brahma is the Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. This is part of a theology that is poly-theistic (many gods).

Your friend, in essence, is committing idolatry by involvement with this group. This is a grave sin.

In addition, the BK teach heresy. They believe that God the Father share a body with Brahma Baba (a.k.a. Lekhraj Kripilani born in 1876), in the same way they believe Christ had entered the body of Jesus. The groups says it was Jesus who suffered on the cross, not Christ, the pure Son of God, but that "Christ" left the body early and went to take rebirth to help guide his fledgling religion into maturity. They claim that many more secrets about Christ revealed by this so-called Baba (Lekhraj Kripilani). This is outright heresy.

If your girlfriend believes this then she is risking being a heretic and and thus suffering an automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church.

You can try to convince her that what she is doing is contrary to Catholic teaching, try to convince her to return to the Catholic Church, the way one is suppose to be Catholic, but you cannot save her from this. She has to make her own decisions. Not even God will force her to change her mind. She has to change her mind according to her own free will. You can pray for her deliverance from this, of course, but you cannot save her from it.

You may not want to hear this, but you may have to leave her behind. You will have no choice. You absolutely should not marry her when she is involved in this idolatry and heresy.

If she will not be convinced, then the best thing for her may be for you to leave her. Then she will see how much her errant beliefs are costing her, and you will have stood up for Truth and Christ as you are obligated to do.

St. Paul tells us in Titus 3:10-11: "After a first and second warning, break off contact with a heretic, realizing that such a person is perverted and sinful
and stands self-condemned."

We will be in prayer for her and for all those caught up in this delusion, idolatry, and heresy.

God bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.