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Preface to The 'Birds Colony'

Namaste, Dear Seekers of The Truth.

I would like to offer you a few pages, from a personal perspective, of my own experiences in one of many contemporary huge ‘spiritual’ organizations, one of a vast, multi-specialty, multinational ‘charity’ – a ‘spiritual’ business empire. For obvious reasons actual names of characters have been changed to names of Birds. It may be confusing as I am using a name together with a character function. It does not matter as readers should rather try to understand the hidden teachings in the described events and ignore the characters which in most cases are symbolic. Please forgive me for venting sarcasm here and there. Anger and frustration mounted steadily because the contrast between my inherited from my family code of ethics and the ‘reality’ I faced there was overwhelming. I still cannot fully understand the motives of the leader called in my story White Eagle - Guru Bird, as there are many contradictions, which cannot be logically combined, like fire and water. It is possible that He arranged this grand theatrical performance for a very few who had to be given an opportunity to make, in real life, ultimate choices in situations where all the odds were against them. I also doubt this, but I must say simply that I do not know so I prefer not to judge. Still, I value very much what I learned and have no regret that I invested my money, time and energy in this exercise. Yes, this was an excellent exercise and an opportunity to test myself. I do not claim to know the truth, do not claim to have all the answers but I also do not like to base my life on blind beliefs just because they are commonly accepted as valid. I like to dig into the facts, find answers but I am, besides this, aware that my interpretations of facts are tainted by the filters of my mind which store memories of the past and often attach readymade ‘labels’ to new situations. Instead of answering my questions I am, rather, accumulating more and more questions which I would like to be answered by someone who knows. This would be beneficial, but more for others than myself as this period of my life is now a ‘closed book’ for me and I do not dwell on it. So let it be clear: I have no agenda of my own, do not want to prove anything, do not want to take revenge on those who opposed me or who were not ‘walking their ‘spiritual’ talks’ only pretending. I just want to share my, often hurt, feelings and often amazing, perhaps occasionally inaccurate, observations. I still love this Guru Bird and many other birds with whom I interacted, often being on opposite sides of the ‘playground’ as we all are close relatives in Totality of Existence bound together perhaps for many incarnations. However, I completely disagree with many of White Eagle's ways of conduct, with His hypocrisy and His using lies to control Colony members. I am disappointed also with the spiritual progress of a few of His Condors whom I was supposed to imitate but whom I found having personal issues and who attempted to mislead and manipulate me. The slogan, ‘See no evil, speak no evil and hear no evil.’ is not applicable in all life situations. How can it be good for our own morality and spiritual growth, to keep quiet in the face of plain lies, false claims and evident manipulations; and at the same time enable others to hold on to faith in a false guru or politician? So many things which a guru’s followers repeat like parrots, eg the miracles [which no one witnessed], the purity of the guru, are nothing but fairy tales and myths. So many empty promises by politicians are never mentioned by their fans. So many uplifting spiritual possibilities were told to disciples, when the teacher was not experiencing them himself. It is not honest to keep quiet when a situation is muddy. That is why Albert Einstein said: "The world is a dangerous place to live not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who don't do anything about it." Birds and people never voluntarily give up their freedom and liberties, except under some delusion, for example, in the case of a guru’s promise of liberation or birds' government's security. This is commonly happening in all birds and human cults and countries. Sometimes fear of a perceived, outrageous and ugly truth takes on the form of obsessive neurotics, giving up all dignity, renouncing all common sense, denying the obvious, setting taboos and system of the keepers of taboos, and the phenomenon of shutting up for years the ability of discriminating between valid evidence and myths and, by so doing, cultivates self-denial in full swing. The truth is not that which anyone, even a person claiming to be an incarnation of God, no matter if he or she is in spiritual organization or in government, what might say it is. To find the truth a seeker of the Truth must collect all evidence from all available sources; to look at the evidence from all angles; to find a way leading to lesser known evidence or hidden evidence and only after, without taking as valid the statements of others, dive inside of his being where truth is, always was and can be found when needed. This book is dedicated to all who, one day, will understand what I say. But let us make it clear: There is none more evil or immoral a deception than that which is perpetuated under the shield of acted love, and on the basis of fake spirituality in the name of compassion. This story is also a warning for hot-headed human and birds. Please assess if You are ready for a similar challenge, ready to cross the boundary of Your safety zone and enter the Unknown, to have a ‘litmus test’ of integrity in what I often call ‘pure paranoia of controlled madness’. Those who join such cults and dedicate their money, time and energy must be aware that after a few years they may see a different picture than at the very beginning when the desire to participate, to be part of something imagined to be great blinded reason and prevented the use of discrimination. Also, backing down is not always easy as most are programmed to depend on organization and Guru, and often energetically deteriorate to the point that breaking from the cult is almost out of the question. Each person/bird has a right to make choices but none is free of the consequences. If the cult is based on false foundations people/birds sooner or later ‘wake up’. For the ‘more intelligent’ this process of realizing what is really going on can take in some cases twenty plus years of swimming in paranoia of madness, internal conflict and condemnation of obvious facts as time does not heal inborn qualities. Also often in such ‘colonies’ there is a lot of competition, pushing around and even hostilities. Decent people/Flying Birds should never get into a wrestling contest with those who are corrupted/Piggy Birds because there is mud and only the real pigs like it. Dear Brother and Sister humans, Birds and snakes both legless and two legged be careful, be very careful, check the depth of the ‘pond’ before You Ducks and all others jump into its waters to have a ‘spiritual’ dip because it isn’t just a black and white issue. So, good luck ‘birds’’ co-travelers. I salute you all with both of my wings.

Namaste.

Andrew Bukraba - Woodpecker