Christopher Hansard
Date: May 19, 2007 08:21PM
Real-Name-Gone states that the apprentices were all independently skilled in natural medicine. This is true. The fact is they kept the clinic running and maintained it through their hard work and sincerity. They gave years of their time, love, loyalty and devotion because they believed in the teachings and wanted to help others. They were continually promised teaching that did not materialise. The basis of the apprenticeship was to work in the clinic, in return for receiving teaching, making an exchange of energy. Periodically they would become despondent because the promised teachings did not arrive. They were then treated to a display of seduction and illusion, building up their hopes and making them want to keep working, but the illusory carrot kept receding into the distance. Meanwhile Hansard was off gallivanting and jet-setting, enjoying his gigolo lifestyle, not bothering to put energy into the clinic that was his livelihood. The most thanks they ever got, was to be told they had "lost him patients". Were these the same patients that left after being shouted at by Hansard? Or being continually promised one to ones that never materialised?
The fact is that the apprentices were exploited, because of their good nature. But not only this. They were suddenly made to leave, for the sake of pleasing a new love interest. After all their years of dedication and devotion, they were sacked off for a woman who had nothing to do with the teachings. They deserved better than this. Even if circumstances dictated that they must leave, as the empire was crumbling and things had to change, they should have been given the basics of human respect and decency. Any good therapist or teacher understands the importance of ending a therapeutic relationship correctly. When it is cut off with the cold suddenness of a surgeon's scalpel, it can drive people insane.
There were also, it seems, many women who were romantically involved and then cut in a similar way. Some of them became suicidal. The only reason I am sharing this, is that I believe this trait in itself is highly dangerous, and could realistically cause people to jump off bridges. There is no way that this man can continue to practise. I for one could not live with myself knowing what I know.
I believe it is time for justice. Not punishment, or senseless destruction, but some kind of level headed decision that he cannot practise. People have been pushed out, refused resolution and basic human decency. Isolated and divided, some of us have no recourse but to chat on this site.
It appears that he has tried to avoid responsibility by saying he is in a "dark place". What about the dark places of all the people affected? Surely one of the most basic spiritual lessons, is when you realise you have hurt someone, and they are still available, to try to make up for things and speak to them from the heart, so that they know it and they feel it. I am sure he has lost count and memory of all the people affected by this. But has he actually attempted to devote his energies to some kind of rite of forgiveness and making amends? Surely with all his Bon teachings, he would know the right thing to do in every occasion, and would be able to do the right thing by all those people. To simply run off and disappear, is surely to store up more negative karma for the future. Does he really want this?
What about the story of the man who earned a fortune selling drugs, and was apparently made by Christopher to burn his fortune note by note, causing him extreme emotional and psychic pain? Then the story goes, he turned himself in, served time in prison, and then worked as a drug rehabilitator, so turning his karma around and positively making up for the pain he had caused. I wonder what remedy Christopher would prescribe for himself? It would be very interesting to know, and I am sure a lot of people are interested to know.
What is the right course of action to make amends?
Kurukulla