How Synergetikos played out in real life…
The following is a perspective of how the Synergetikos, written in the mid 1980s played out in real life…
Today we have two gems in the rough from 1989. The first pic was published by some young people in the UK and called the “Weirdglow” newsletter. It appears to report the formation of the Adinatha Community and some list of those holding valid Adinatha initiation. Some of you may find this surprising. Four years earlier Shri Mahendranath had clarified in From the Dark into Light that both the Adinatha and Uttara Kaula initiations could only be passed on to those already initiated as a sadhu or sannyasin. Shri Mahendranath had written in 1985, “I remain today as the Guru of both these sects, and I remain the only and last member and Guru of both these sects”. It must have been a considerable irony for Shri Mahendranath to read that somehow, though only on paper, he had been deposed as Guru while still living. Of course, this was all quite impossible, but the intention is clear as you can read for yourselves.
The second picture is the closing of a letter from Shri Mahendranath to Sri Kapilnath also written in 1989. Here he poses a question which has never been answered in 25 years. “If UK Naths have not received this ordination as sadhus, what initiation have they received?” While silent on this question raised by Shri Mahendranath, the UK Naths have troubled themselves to invent a sad story of Mahendranath’s dementia during his last years. This is not a true story, but a story intended to change the subject. I believe astute readers with a reliable timeline will find their strange canard of dementia best determined: Please return to Sender… Guru Om!
“Because of some insulting remarks and expressions I cannot write to M 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 give 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 & Ashiavads to all in America”
Gurudev M XXX