yes I know the guy your talking about I think his name was justin but I could be wrong, I get all those guys mixed up as there are alot of them down there in hilo/puna. This guy and his wife, (i think they're married now) just bought a house in hilo and they were planning to start giving meditation classes out of it, when I left he hadn't been initiated but he could be now, which would
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quote/I read in what freeatlast wrote that the police had come on the girls behalf/quote cultreporter I don't believe I ever insinuated that the police had come on the girls behalf, I think what I said was that (I had heard from a student)that the day after she left the police showed up for what reason I don't know. Just thought I should make that clear.
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oh, sorry
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moderator, is there some reason why you didn't post my messages? I submitted them yesterday and since then others have posted.
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nice web sight cara! things are really moving along now, keep up the good work!
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I am thinking of writing about all my experiences at Lotus Garden and Dharma farms, but you guys will have to bear with me because it's hard to find the time since I am working a real job now and actually supporting myself for once, Ido have alot to say and I feel like I have to get it all out.
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I disagree with emntks theory that yoga nidra is a dispicaple practice, I know that at the med centers they use it in conjuction with chanting the holy names which could be seen as a brainwashing technique, putting a person in a state of deep relaxation could deffinately make them way more open to indoctrination, but I had practised this exercise before joining the cult as my younger sister is a
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no you don't have to follow anyone to stay there and it's a fine place for someone to go take some hatha yoga classes and do some gardening and have a little retreat, no one is forced into anything, the real agenda ofcourse is to expose people to jagad gurus teachings however. suzi I can't send private messages but no I do not recall anyone being forced to leave, something strang
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I posted here a month ago but didn’t follow up on my info, the reason being that I still care deeply for the people in Sacramento(Uddhava dasi +). They took me in off the street, when I was addicted to alcohol and going nowhere, they took me into there home and gave me a chance at fixing my life, I don’t follow chris butler anymore, I know that he is a bad guru, he is misleading and way too sec
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I just wrote this really long post and it gets lost when I try to post it, thats happened to we like three times now. what the hell?
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quote/ do you know who the neighbors house is that gatherings were happening?/quote The guys name was Ravi, I don't know if that was his initiated name but he was definately a desciple, he had a 16 year old daughter who was pregnant but no sign of a wife. He lived with a bunch of other students, one a happily married couple with kids, they shared a duplex in carmicheal, I used to walk the
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phenup das is living in Sacramento, he gives lectures once a week at the med center, also holds a gathering at a neighbors house near the med center once a week.
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I just left the noni farm on the bigI after 2 years of involvement with this group, these people are evil, I've never felt more unspiritual than when I was trying to be a fallower of cris butler, I'm SOOO happy to finally be away from all the guilt trips and germaphobes, Its like a breath of fresh air! I've read all 66 pages of this forum and was totally FREAKED OUT about the thing
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