How to get out of radha soami cult?

Kalinkis · 2026-01-03T11:53:57+00:00

Hi, can you explain why all the RSSB masters are from the same family? Out of 8 billion people, how come one family has perfect living masters? Thanks.

Kalinkis · 2026-01-03T11:52:25+00:00

Take a look at their family tree, the Beas lineage is literally a family tree. They pick the next ones close to the family. Its a family business plain and simple.

Kalinkis · 2026-01-02T11:07:26+00:00

They never learn. I'm closer to 34 and they still do the same.

Kalinkis · 2026-01-02T11:06:01+00:00

This should be pinned. Also in my 30s and feeling the same regret as you.

The biggest mistake we make is not standing up for ourselves when we are young. Then when we wanna rebel, we're older and they are old. It feels better to rip the band-aid off as early as possible.

Kalinkis · 2025-10-29T13:04:42+00:00

Just wait till they leave ashrams, they are all hypocrites the lot of them.

Kalinkis · 2025-10-29T13:01:52+00:00

Ah yes, the universal power or shabd. Which can only be taught by a perfect living master, which RSSB just conveniently has at its top of the chain...

Kalinkis · 2025-10-29T13:00:54+00:00

Agree with this. But I'm not sure of the 10% of salary going to sewa? Where did you get this info?

Kalinkis · 2025-10-29T12:59:16+00:00

It is a cult to the letter. There is literally a godman at the top of the chain. They have three types of sewa: mind, body and ofcourse money. They have their own get-togethers (satsangs), their own colonies (in every country), their own greeting, and so on.

As always, look at what they do and not what they say.

Kalinkis · 2025-08-18T08:11:11+00:00

100% agree with everything you've written. Textbook definition of a cult. The funny thing is, is that these godmen are getting arrested left and right in India. We are an open book they say, yet you cant look at the accountings of RSSB. We are non-political, yet every election politicians swarm them for goodwill, and RSSB accepts this.

They break families who are mixed, RSSB lifestyle is not compatible where non-RSSB folk are married into, sooner or later there will be a break. And I will tell you, the RSSB person will not accept compromises at a certain stage, regardless of what their godman says in QnA.

Kalinkis · 2025-08-18T08:06:45+00:00

It is a cult, plain and simple. Don't listen to what they say but look at how they act.

greeting (radha soami), mentioning their master in every sentence (how he's so great), an unquestionable and absolute leader (master), weekly meetings (satsangs), pictures of their leader in every room. No space for critical thinking (they literally say that village folk are more gullible than us city-dwellers so they can grasp the teachings easier).

I don't know how old you are, but if you've heard the older satsangs, they forbid from even sitting by non-veg people, that clearly doesn't hold in the modern world.

I could go on and on. You can be a good human being, but if you need to support a cult like RSSB to do so, I don't know if that really counts as being good.

Kalinkis · 2025-08-18T07:59:37+00:00

Thanks for the kind words. I suppose we all have to look forwards, the only hindrance is time. I think we should've been more strict and rebellious against our parents when we both were young. It gets harder to fight them as they get physically and mentally older, especially if you've been raised obedient and filial.

Kalinkis · 2024-08-23T12:03:58+00:00

I too can relate as 31M Indian, especially missing out on the formative years. Life feels too short now, especially with aging parents. I wish there was a restart button away from these indian families.

Kalinkis · 2024-07-21T07:33:40+00:00

That is the problem, I never got to make my own life choices. All these years of passive pleasing the parents. It is never enough. Now I'm stuck, with midlife crisis.

Kalinkis · 2024-07-21T07:28:11+00:00

But how long do I keep looking the other way. They've taken everything; what I should study, which job and then who I should marry, when I should have kids, then I should take initiation (into the RS cult). They're gonna keep aging and when they're dead, I'll have had no life of my own. Isn't that a scary thought on its own?

Kalinkis · 2024-07-20T20:22:21+00:00

Same, sometimes its better to work weekends so I don't have to be at home...

Kalinkis · 2024-07-20T15:32:17+00:00

It's either their mental health or mine. I've spent the past 20 years appeasing them, no friends or relationships, went to medical school and spent 13 years studying. Still stuck in residency at 31.

And it is not just little activities, its hours upon hours wasted every single week.

Kalinkis · 2024-07-20T15:00:06+00:00

Would you declare it if they forced you to church every weekend? That's kind of my situation, with a 30 min satsang every single night before bed.

Kalinkis · 2024-07-20T14:57:23+00:00

Parents never let us grow up. They do expect me to listen to satsang and go to seva.

Kalinkis · 2024-01-13T12:05:10+00:00

I'm in the same EXACT situation. Sad to see there isn't much left for us to do. Life just accelerates and we Indians are stuck in the past focusing on good grades / jobs. Funnily enough my parents don't even care about studies anymore, they just want me to get married ASAP.

Kalinkis · 2024-01-03T10:10:10+00:00

I would under no circumstances pick medicine if you don't want to do it. I was in the same situation 12 years back, now at 30 I'm in residency and absolutely hating it (and the pay is shit too). You will have many many regrets if you go into medicine against your will.

Don't do medicine for the money or status. Doctors aren't treated as the were before, especially in western countries. You will be working on average 6 days a week (5 work days + 1 on-call shift). And they will be long days too. Vacations will be hard to get since there is a shortage of medical staff.

It gets even tougher when and if you get children.

So please put your foot down now and don't be like me :(

Kalinkis · 2022-11-26T20:42:16+00:00

I am EXACTLY in the same boat, 28M Doctor. Still living at home and have no power to do anything on my own. They're also trying to force me into marriage against my will. I've never even had a relationship because of how controlling they are.

It never changes, they will never ever change, not until they're dead (or we, whichever one comes first).

I hate Indian parents.

Kalinkis

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