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1. Donations are required (see quoted email pg 8 of this forum) there has been a set (suggested) amount of 10% of earnings, and sometimes there has not been a set amount, just the requirement for some kind of donation. If you do not donate you do not have direct interaction with G in what I call the "elite" group.
I've seen this on Guru G's website as well. Specifically
here, where it states
"Any taking Diksha SHOULD be sending in Monthly Donations as a way of honoring what is being given by Guru and as a way to aide in keeping a Community in place... Every spiritual tradition has this admonition of paying tithes - most say 10 % of your salary but here there is simply the admonition to give what you can... Look"Quote
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3. She has revealed personal and intimate information from both "Private" counseling sessions, emails, etc. She claims no sort of confidentiality agreement was signed yet "private counseling sessions" apparently do not equate to private at all.
Are all her followers aware of the nature of these disclosures? I mean are those in "counseling" with her aware of her disclosures? Are others? The way her followers have tried to explain things away on a YouTube video I made regarding this -- they claim that any disclosures were from the yahoo group, or private correspondence with the Guru. Are they dissembling for her, are they simply lower-level members who may not be aware of these practices, or some mixture of the two?
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4. Her system of control revolves around the susceptibility of her followers to be manipulated due to their desire to believe and/or their energetic instability. Also, her teachings start to separate followers from their relationships, families, friends etc.
I've heard some examples of this from others (for example, asking for celibacy from somebody who is in a marriage, then turning around and claiming they never asked anybody to leave their family). Are there other examples of this? Is there a pejorative term Guru G uses for those who are "negative" influences?
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Her control continues to grow as people leave and are used as examples for those remaining, being told it was all mind spin or the individuals projections.
I've heard this term "mind spin" used in a part of the thread that was lost. Are there any other Guru G specific terms you can think of?