Chariji était-il à Shahjahanpur en février 1984 ?

Bonjour Alexis,
Bonjour à toutes et tous,

J'ai cru comprendre qu'Alexis se remettait à écrire une nouvelle présentation de la Shri Ram Chandra Mission et du Sahaj Marg. Après les nouveaux témoignages de Navneet et de Shashwat, sans compter ses interviews, il est probablement nécessaire de faire une sérieuse mise à jour. Bravo Alexis, quel courage !

En lisant "La fabuleuse épopée du Sahaj Marg", j'ai été soudain prise d'un doute sur les événements qui ont suivi le décès de Babuji. Chariji était-il présent à Shahjahanpur lorsque le comité de travail s'est réuni pour élire Umesh Chandra en février 1984 ? Alexis n'en parle pas du tout. D'après les documents fournis par Shashwat, il ne fait pas partie du comité. Mais je me suis vaguement souvenue de certaines choses que disait Michael et je suis allée vérifier sur son blog.

Babuji était décédé quand Michael est allé en Inde assister à l'anniversaire de Lalaji à Shahjahanpur avec Chariji qui n'était pas vraiment pas le bienvenu :

" (...) I made one trip to India to where Lalaji’s birthday was to be celebrated in Shahjahanpur. Chari choose to be there, although he was clearly not invited. A large group of Chari supporters arrived with Chari a week before the celebrations. Chari stayed in Babuji’s cottage, and kept Babuji’s Chair empty and visible as a symbol. I had married an Indian and spent my time with the Indian contingent and was asked to help with nighttime security, walking the compound. On the third night, an Indian friend told me that my help was not needed and that I should do and sleep. A jeep had pulled up and there was lots of talking going on. Clearly some sort of incident was about to happen, and the Indians were trying to protect me from it. That morning, I awoke to find gates locking the entrances to the dormitory. The water shut off, and all the staff who ran the Ashram were gone or hiding.

People were able exit from small doors from the dormitory, and eventually it was decided that we were to all move to the farm next door run by the Tandon family, who were loyal to Chari. We stayed in tents and camped there in view of the Ashram. I was delegated as the Western Representative as I had recently had a suit tailored in India and had it with me. Chari seemed to like my innocent, and sincere way of explaining things. I was asked to have my account typed up by a typist, but in fact Chari dictated the entire account himself while I was present. I was sent to speak with the local magistrate and gave interviews to the press about the “international incident” that had occurred in Shahjahanpur. I took a letter signed by US abhyasis to the US embassy to file a formal complaint about our treatment there. This gained me lots of favor from Chari and allowed me a peek into his Inner Circle. The next year I was made Preceptor."
Références : LESSONS IN POWER Part 2: Death Of The Master - Chari's Early Days
http://innercircleofsrcm.blogspot.com/2006/06/lessons-in-power-introduction-after-my.html

Je ne sais pas si c'est utile, mais cela me semble important si l'on veut en faire une présentation historique complète et objective.

Bien affectueusement,

Elodie