Cult of Butler - Jagad Guru Writes

JAGAD GURU WRITES

Who are you? Is the fundamental teaching of Science of Identity and the first thing that you are taught at SoI introductory classes. The teaching is that you are not your body or mind and you are not your roles such as career, race, religion, gender or social/family member. In fact the only person who knows you "real" identity is Chris Butler.

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Above is the polish cover of "Who are You?"

Letters

Letter to the Philippines Board of Directors
Chris Butler instructs his followers on their sex lives, co-wives, condones domestic violence, criticizes women and children and more...

A Confidential Message for Disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Months after AC Bhaktivedanta passed away Chris Butler produces an edition of Haribol Special regarding appointed acharyas. This is the accompanying letter sent with HS to Butler's godbrothers in ISKCON.

Mahabhava Das Leaves Science of Identity Foundation to be Initiated by Another Guru
A letter exchange that took place between SoI members and Mahabhava das (Krishna Karunya) after they received news of his leaving. Includes two letters by Chris Butler.

Newsletters

Haribol Special
This edition was produced in early 1978 and consists of edited transcripts from Chris Butler's lectures and talks regarding appointed acharyas. Link at bottom of article.

Newsletters

Chris Butler Talks on Education
In front of an audience of devotee children and Headmaster Krishna Katha das (senator Mike Gabbard) at the wahawai Ponomauloa School Chris Butler Jagad Guru gives a lecture on how the school should be run.

Books

Who Are You? - Discovering Your Real Identity
Published to explain the "Science of Identity" by the "World's Foremost Authority on the Science of Identity" Chris Butler. Credited to the Identity Institute. Who Are You contains no references to Krishna Consciousness, referring instead simply to "God" - designed to appeal to a Christian audience

Reincarnation Explained
Published to educate on Re-Incarnation by disciple of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda. Credited to the Science of Identity Foundation - designed to appeal to a devotee audience.

Sai Speaks - Pleasure is the Goal
Read the Chris' first book which he ordered burnt - Includes notes and further references

Jesus Loves Krishna - by Siddha Swarupa Ananda Goswami
The elusive and often denied book

Booklets

Abortion
Discussion of how not realising one's eternal identity as spirit soul and desire to enjoy leads to killing those who might impose on enjoyment - not just babies but old people, disabled people and racial minorities

Beyond Psychic Powers
Chris Butler claims that psychic powers are real but asserts that they are not spiritual. Quotes extensively from his book "Are Mystic Powers perfection?" and sings his song "Mystic Yogi Man".

Beyond Sectarianism & Religious Fanaticism
Chris Butler explains what 'real religion' is, how his teachings are not within the usual understanding of religion and his definition of fanaticism - trying to convince others that they should follow certain beliefs.

Commercialized Christmas - A Gift Wrapped Emptiness
A summary of Chris Butler's philosophy related to Christmas including that those who give and receive gifts are 'anti-christ'.

Conquering Death
Explains how if you accept the 'science of identity' you will realise your 'eternality' and that you do not really die, that you will either be reincarnated or enter into the abode of Krishna (as long as you accept the 'science of identity')

Danger: Child Porno (1982)
Chris Butler's attempts to convey that the world is perverted and motivate an imperative for accepting his "truth". Very graphic sexual content and may be upsetting.

Dear Friend, You Are Not God
"Life Force Series, then, takes a stand and aims to educate people of the stupidity of impersonalism. We hope that with this understanding, people may recognize such a philosophy even in its disguised forms to be foolish and absurd."

Death of a Loved One
How to cope with the death of someone you care about by accepting that your relationship with them was just an illusion based on false identification.

Drugs
Discussion of Hippie culture, flashbacks of his own youth and where it all went wrong (by not realising real idenity as spirit soul and becoming more interested material enjoyment and sense gratification)

False Identity Equals Bad Economy
How false identification leads people to try to find satisfaction in consumerism, smoking, drugs, over-eating which they can never find because they are not seeking the desires of their 'true self'.

God: Supremely Lovable
Discussion about how most people fear God while what he is teaching is how to love God. "Santa Claus and God are more or less the same guy to most people." "Chaitanya Mahaprabhu teaches that in this world, the highest pleasure is sexual love between woman and man."

Homosexuality - The Identity Crisis
Discussion of how homosexuality is the ultimate expression of not realising that one is spirit soul and seeking to enjoy in this material world. Claims that homosexuality is caused by wanting to enjoy as a woman trapped in a man's body or vice versa as the result of past life karma and could be cured by meditation.

Is Jesus Your Doormat?
Chris Butler addresses 'so called Christians' and explains why he is justified in vilifying the beliefs of everyone who is not his follower - that noone has an understanding of how to relate to Jesus Christ except himself.

Is God Your Servant?
Book which describes a hungry person praying to God for food or for the health of a sick loved one as "not a christian". This book also suggests that serving God is more important than maintaining your health through eating.

Jagad Guru Speaks - A Philippine Interview
Rare publication which is the basis of the official biography of Chris Butler distributed by Science of Identity.

Mantra Meditation & Self Realization
Explains the central philosophy of the 'science of identity' and what "real meditation" is.

Nervous Breakdown
Claims that a nervous breakdown is not a bad experience and is the 'gateway to spiritual life'.

Nuclear Power
"Jagad Guru tackles this very important question by digging into the deeply-rooted philosophical, moral, and spiritual issues involved in the controversy. He then proceeds to give the ultimate solution"

Riding Transcendental Waves
The 'science of identity' related to surfing. "generally the surfer goes into the water to forget his miseries and get away from it all -- to get away from the hassles. But even in the water there are hassles; the waves break on you, the water is cold, all the other people around out there are hassling you, and so on."

The Holy Name: Real Protection
Introduction to spiritual life "In this condition of feeling lower than maggots in stool, lower than the straw in the street, the devotee is at the feet of God and he is tasting the nectar of love for God." "Go deep with the Holy Names of God and the instructions of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He'll take you deep. He'll take you to the lowest point and, once tasting the nectar of that lowest point, you'll never want to leave it"

The Imperishable Self
Discussion of the Bible and "Real Chrisitianity" leading to the conclusion that the 'science of identity' is correct.

The Reality of Reincarnation
"Some people find it really hard to believe in reincatrnation. JAGAD GURU: There is no question of belief. It´s not very difficult to understand. It´s very scientific. Just try to understand this one simple point, that the body which you have on today is not the same body you had on 1o years ago or 20 years ago......" How the 'science of identity'proves reincarnation.

The Root Cause of Crime
How failure to realise true identity is the cause of crime and other issues attributed to causing crime, such as poverty and drugs are irrelevant.

The Root Cause of Divorce
How attatchment is the root cause of divorce, compares marriage to a man having a prostitute.

Understanding Karma
Chris Butler's perspective of karma "there must be appreciation of the reality that your situation is due to your own making. It's your fault."

Who Am I? - (1975 no longer in production)
An earlier and more concise presentation of the subject matter in the 473 page book "Who Are You - Discovering Your Real Identity" published almost a decade later.

Who Controls You Mind?
An interview with Chris Butler where he refuses to answer any questions and launches into a diatribe against the media cultivating degraded consciousness.

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