Letter to Kapilnath & MAGIKOS of 12 September 1989
Please Note: This post from the Open Door category, “INO Schism” contains the views of Shri Gurudev Mahendranath regarding a schism within the INO which culminated in the appointment of a new leadership in 1989. This category is included in our archives as testament to the specific issues and time line of events. These posts are critical of the views and behavior of several people and do not reflect the uplifting concepts and ideals of the INO as a whole. Read on only if you are seeking accurate and reliable information regarding the specific issues involved. A document clearly explaining these issues is under development and will use these letters to validate its accuracy and time line.
Dearest Kapilnath & MAGIKOS,
Thank you for your nice letter of 21st Aug. which came yesterday with the lovely Stonehenge pic at the top. Also a package from someone named Lokanath with a copy of his missile to you. I have not read the 3 pager as the print is too small, but I gather it has been copied and sent to several people so it is not really a letter but a circular.
He still wants to be a disciple but that is not possible unless he can be modest enough to ask and act on advice. If he can clean up the mess about the Adi-Nath Sampradaya and also clarify the exact position about all initiations in UK the situation will be different. I can do nothing unless he destroys his colossal ego and need to be the No. 1 Leader. I am sorry for him because what was intended to restate the correct position has turned him into a mental panic and even his friends write asking me to do something to end his suffering. But what can I do if a fool wants to play a serious part?
But I still see the humour of his three page [expletive deleted] swill. But his letter to you about the 30–40 minutes chew on the phone and his demand that you pay £25 to meet the cost made me roll on the bed and I could not stop the laughter. I’m laughing now when I write about it. It’s the jackpot in hate missiles. He must be in a pathetic state but it can be cured only by himself.
I won’t reply to English mail or Mike until some wish is made by Mike or others to cure this mess. I know the real solution—it is to cease from all activity & phone calls and spend 3 years devoting his spare time to meditation, contemplation and relaxing the mind and body. He has the potential to make it and contemplation of the 5 kleshas will help him. The three years will transform his life for the better. Then he can help other people to overcome the same defect.
I am sorry that he has blamed you and involved you when you are quite innocent of any feeling against him. He might well follow your example and get down to reality, but what is amusing to others seems to be too too serious to Lokanath the Great.
Because of some insulting remarks and expressions I cannot write to Michael, but if you think it will serve any useful purpose you can type a copy to him if you have occasion to write. Certainly I want to find out the exact position and WHO has given initiation into the Sampradaya of Adi-Naths. If UK Naths have not had this ordination as sadhus, what initiation have they received? He can clear this up or be left to sink.
Prem & Ashirvads to All in America,
Gurudev M xxx