Nithyananda

This Self styled god man or swamiji did well for himself when he hit the headlines and attracted thousands of followers by his good vocabulary and hold on the spiritual subjects on which he spoke!  He could easily control human minds and take them all into his fold and making them listen to him and obey his commands at any time.

It must be more than 7 years when I encountered his gang of followers in Gandhi Nagar club, Chennai where Nityananda was invited to speak and given an opportunity to attract the elite club members into his ashram fold and subsequently into a sort of slavery service.  The first floor conference hall was booked by one of the enthusiastic club members who was later seen canvassing friends and people to join the Nithyananda movement stating 101 reasons that convinced many and forced them to leave their family and households in search of long lasting peace!  I heard loud music in praise of the lord and peeped into the conference hall and  to my surprise, I saw many of my club members and their spouses dancing around this swami in ecstasy!  The godman also danced with them and encouraged.  suddenly, from out of nowhere, one of my club members came and pushed me out of the room and closed the door firmly.  I was wondering why he did so and created an element of suspicion about the truth behind such scenes and belief.  As a club member, I have the right to access all the floors and no one could stop me from that.  I enquired with the office as to how the club can permit an activity such as this where a self proclaimed person can dance with the members and spouses when he is supposed to enlighten the audience about Dharma and spiritualism for which entry should not be restricted.  I did not get any convincing reply as the persons who booked the conference room were senior members of the club holding honorary posts in the club.

When the news about the sex scandal broke out last year I heard from other members of the club that the senior members who were supporting the Nityananda movement and were themselves trying to rescue their wards from the Bidadi Ashram where they were living.  One member was in tears when his teen aged daughter refused to go with him and insisted upon staying back in the Ashram and would not believe the media reports about the scandal.  I hear many of the members of the club have had a bitter experience about this and have disassociated themselves from the activities of Nithyananda.

The government must ,monitor and  censor the activities of such god men who mushroom every now and then and cheat people and swindle money.  Any person who follows the path of spiritualism should not have bondage with any physical property and should not be allowed to accumulate wealth and properties.  The role of spiritual leaders is to guide people and show them the right path to be adopted in life.  Money and wealth should not influence the vision and purpose of such self styled god-men!!