Our Change.org petition has Top-Ten Google search ranks for Madhusudan Naidu spiritual fraud and subtle body

Last updated on 24th Nov. 2019

Given below are contents of my recent public Facebook post (slightly edited),  https://www.facebook.com/ravi.s.iyer.7/posts/2657854597764434 :

Our Change.org petition now has Top-Ten Google search result rankings for some search terms related to Madhusudan Naidu subtle body claim and Madhusudan Naidu spiritual fraud

Our petition: Declaration by Sathya Sai devotees and alumni & staff of Sai educational institutions, condemning spiritual fraud Madhusudan Rao Naidu, https://www.change.org/p/sathya-sai-devotee-fraternity-worldwide-we-condemn-spiritual-fraud-madhusudan-rao-naidu is now a Top-Ten ranked search result for following Google Search terms (done in incognito Chrome browser window):

1. Is Madhusudan Naidu subtle body of Sathya Sai Baba? - 1st result
2. Is Muddenahalli Madhusudan Naidu genuine or fake? - 1st result
3. Is spirit of Sathya Sai Baba now in Madhusudan Naidu? - 1st result [Same 1st result rank for: Sathya Sai Baba spirit in Madhusudan Naidu? (and search term:) Sathya Sai Baba spirit Madhusudan Naidu?]
4. Madhusudan Naidu spiritual fraud - 1st result [Same for: Is Madhusudan Naidu spiritual fraud?]
5. Madhusudan Naidu fraud - 3rd result [Is Madhusudan Naidu a fraud? - 1st result]
6. Does spirit of Sathya Sai Baba enter into Madhusudan Naidu? - 1st result excluding video results
7. Is Madhusudan Naidu now Sathya Sai Baba? - 5th result (excluding video results)
8. Sathya Sai Baba Madhusudan Naidu - 5th result (excluding video results)
9. Madhusudan Naidu Sathya Sai Baba - 4th result (excluding video results)
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I have attached some screen shots for the 1st result search terms.

[I have put up only one of these pics here below. Rest can be seen on Facebook post.]

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I had not anticipated this outcome from our change.org petition. But as I think about it, it seems sensible that Google Search has given higher ranking importance to a collective petition (now having 396 signatures of which 2 or 3 are test signatures and so 390 odd real persons' signatures). Note that the petition's contents as well as the petition update contents are also on my ravisiyer.blogspot.com blog but change.org petition is preferred by Google search. And, as I said, that makes sense. My blog is my individual view whereas the change.org petition is a view agreed upon by over 390 real persons.

Even though there are many, many Sathya Sai devotees who view Madhusudan Rao Naidu as a spiritual fraud only 390 odd persons have signed our petition with their names being published on the Internet (as mentioned in the petition). I think fear of reaction from Muddenahalli group persons may be an important reason why people are not willing to (publicly) sign our change.org petition. In my considered view, fear is a very big factor in such matters.

But the 390 odd signatures have made a big difference to Google Search ranking for our petition! That has been a wonderful outcome I think as people who search for such matters using Google will now come across our declaration about Madhusudan Naidu being a spiritual fraud with respect to his false claim about Sathya Sai Baba subtle body/spirit.

I view these 390 odd signers of our petition as ***courageous*** people who have stood up for their faith in Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba and his words about how he interacts with his devotees, casting aside any fear of Muddenahalli group supporters. I think they have made a very big contribution to informing the public through the Internet/Google search via our petition about Madhusudan Naidu being a spiritual fraud.
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Given below are some of my comments (slightly edited) on the above mentioned Facebook post:

In response to a comment, I wrote:

Very interesting views --Name-snipped-- sir. While there was arrogance in office bearers/big shots in Prasanthi Nilayam ashram even when Bhagavan was in living body, there is no doubt that after Mahasamadhi their arrogance reached sky-high! I experienced that myself! I think that Muddenahalli was, in significant part, a reaction to this sky-high arrogance.

My study over the past few years (after Mahasamadhi), of the history of political as well as spiritual/religious movements (most of history has religious movements rather than independent-of-religion spiritual movements), showed me that there was lot of commonality between political and spiritual/religious movements of the past, even if there are many great differences too.

One big commonality is that people power is a significant driving force for both political and spiritual/religious movements. Leaders emerge who understand the aspirations of the majority of people and challenge the establishment, in both political field and spiritual/religious field.

Passing away (in bodily form) of political and spiritual/religious leaders like founders of political/spiritual/religious movements leads to a ***great*** realignment of the following.

History accounts which have the great advantage of studying the past from a distance in time and having an overview of events, talk of reactions to establishment problems being a major reason for a new group to emerge which splinters away from the main following.

I do not have any objections to Muddenahalli group being a separate following unconnected to official Sathya Sai organization, but following/attempting to follow His teachings. I think the history of spiritual & religious movements teach us that such splintering is inevitable as an organization grows in size. My personal view is that for Sathya Sai movement in future, a model similar to federation of Protestant churches like in the USA may be preferrable to a monolithic organization like the Roman Catholic Church, as the monolithic organization tends to get trapped in bureaucracy and stifles spiritual growth. Though it must be mentioned that a central monolithic orgn. also has its advantages.

But the big problem with Muddenahalli group is the fake Madhusudan Naidu who is diluting and distorting the memories and legacy of our beloved Lord, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

While Ravana and Duryodhana had their roles to play, if the heroes at that time, Rama, Lakshmana, Hanuman & others and Krishna, Pandavas and others had not risen to the occassion and challenged Ravana and Duryodhana, we would have been living in different and far more unhappier times now. Especially when one is involved in the advent of the Avatar, I think it is vital to be on the right side (Sathya & Dharma) rather than on the wrong side (Asathya & Adharma), even if the whole thing is Maya. I think Bhagavan ***wanted*** and ***taught*** us to be on the right side and not the wrong side of such vital issues.
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I wrote:
As of 18th Nov. 2019, our change.org petition has received 4,648 views, has been shared 431 times and has received 397 signatures. Here's the screenshot with this info.

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Here's the list of signatures I downloaded on 18th Nov. 2019 : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SCHScf-dmc5nQWW214tlpPj6gKi-QzcS.
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Posted (most of above contents as) update on our petition on change.org.
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In response to a comment asking about disparity between 4648 views and only 397 signatures, I wrote (slightly edited):
My quick thoughts on it as points are:
1. Some views may be from Muddenahalli group supporters who want to know about it with an intent to limit its impact on their group. They obviously will not sign the petition.
2. Some may be repeat views from the same person. E.g. somebody viewing petition updates.
3. Some, or perhaps many, may be from fence-sitters who want to enjoy the best of both PTP and MDH, and so don't want to offend either side, but want to know how the wind is blowing so that they can better plan future moves of theirs.
4. Some may be from those willing to sign such a petition but do not want to be seen publicly supporting something that has my name associated with it, as I have been a whistle-blower and have made quite a few powerful enemies even in PTP system.
5. Some may be from those who have not signed as if they sign, given the process that I follow in the petition, their name gets exposed. They may be willing to sign such a petition anonymously.
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Perhaps somebody could create some other petition where the names of the signers will not be exposed. That may get some more signatures both due to the anonymous aspect of it and because my name (whistle-blower) is not associated. I will be happy to sign such a petition so long as I agree with the main thrust of the petition. --Name-snipped-- - Do you want to think about creating such a petition?
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In response to a comment I wrote (slightly edited):
Well, I have chosen to have a transparent model for my activism work in this matter. So I want to have the names shown.

But it is quite simple to create a petition in change.org. By default the names are not shown to users. But the creator of the petition sees it. So you can create it quite easily yourself on change.org.
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