Dr Jayant Athavale and dominance at Sanatan Sanstha

Dr Jayant Athavale founded Sanatan Sanstha in 1990 with the noble aim of educating people on spiritual issues facing Sanatan Dharma and Hindu Dharma. This concept has attracted many people to its fold. The sanstha has a major presence in Maharashtra, Goa and parts of Karnataka and Gujarat. Many of their followers are spread across several states.

However, over a period of time, the focus has shifted. Sanatan is now increasingly dominated with the concept of Guru-shishya parampara. Sadhaks are now increasingly taught that the Guru is absolute and service to Guru is equivalent to service to God. Hindu Dharma has a totally different understanding. A Guru is required in spiritual practice, but his job is limited to showing the correct path. The student; shishya, has to walk on the path and find his own way. He must surrender himself before the Ultimate Entity i.e. God. Service has God only can lead him to moksha.

Sanatan Sanstha turns spirituality on its head

Ms. Amruta Acharya has rightly identified that Sanatan Sanstha is controlling the mind of its sadhaks. It is using mind control techniques to ensure that spiritually inclined sadhaks follow the Guru’s words. Dr Jayant Athavale is using his experience and expertise to ensure that he gets a very dedicated army of unquestioning followers who will do anything for him. There is no spirituality involved in all this. Dr Athavale is defining his own brand of spirituality; one in which the Guru is everything.

Look at his expertise in mind control. The people accused of bomb blasts and murders are not opening even after sustained interrogation. This is mind control. They are just pawns in his hands to be used as per his whims and fancies.

The focus of Spiritual research is on establishing that the words of the Guru are supreme. They cannot be questioned. If you question them, you are a non-believer. You cannot belong to this group.

Sanatan Sanstha and its front organizations like Spiritual Science Research Foundation and Hindu Janajagruti Samiti have laid a very wide web. Dr Jayant Athavale has translated the techniques of mind control into small processes and implanted spirituality into them. This has three advantages

Ordinary sadhaks can implement these techniques on others. They do not require any specialised training.

Nobody understands that mind control techniques are being used on them. The sadhaks using them are also not aware that they are using dangerous techniques on others; including their near and dear ones, families, relatives and friends.

As the techniques are cloaked with spirituality, there is no resistance. Any resistance of the mind is suppressed by spirituality.

The basic entry point for implanting such techniques is to open the sub-conscious mind and make it receptive to suggestions. The mind should also be wired to accept suggestions from only one set of people. The genius of Dr Jayant Athavale comes into play again here. He uses a very old and nearly forgotten technique, one first suggested by Emile Coue as early as in 1908. This technique was further developed by Milton H. Erickson and is known as Ericksonian Hypnosis.

But, Dr Jayant Athavale knew that the main drawback of hypnosis was that

1. It could be practised on one person at a time. He could not use this on a group of people.
2. The second drawback was that the person had to be present physically in front of him.  
3. And the third one was that it had to be administered by a very skilled person.

Not one to be cowed down by such small drawbacks in his grand master scheme, Dr Jayant Athavale developed a technique of his own, one that would help in creating his own kingdom; Sanatan Sanstha.