Nice to read your comments Traveler99, thank you One must wonder why someone who claims as follows: By the way, I am not, and have never been, a part of Shiningworld. I have never met James Swartz in person, nor over a video call... I've never attended one of his satsangs, whether in person or online. seems to be so dedicated to defend JS or even be the right person to trust about t
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Wouah! Really incredible to read what James Swartz writes about David Godman.I have great respect for the work done by David Godman; his personality (in my eyes) is just the opposite of that of James Swartz whose nature is again so obvious to anyone with eyes to see in this slander article. That Swartz would speak of David Godman in such a manner just confirms what we have known about Swartz c
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Dondrup is powerhungry imposter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi guys, > > I just want to say this: > I dont think Mooji has, or is a cult. > I've seen lot of videos from him, and as far as i > can see he seeks to direct people towards the > Consciousness of "being", that we truely are. > > If anyone thinks o
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Byron Katie like Mooji and all the other popular leaders in that field do attract people who have emotional issues dating back very often to dysfunctional childhood experiences.It is a huge potential market as huge is the number of potential customers! How many people have you met who had not had such wounding experiences? Tell me how many people who are on a genuine spiritual quest but are st
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zizlz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for sharing that review, Earthquake. People > like me who owe their vedanta knowledge (in part) > to reading JS's books need breakdowns like this > one to help weed out JS's distortions. Last year I > threw away all my JS books. I didn't sell them or > give them away because I did
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The teacher wrote ... " I'm also delighted with the US presidential election results. It restores my sense of hope for the future." What?? A dharmic president with high suspicion of election fraud? In which world is this teacher living? Ah yes, in the world of James & Sundari Swartz. That shows how much he is influenced by the "opinions" of James on that parti
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Earthquake's comment: "The other thing, is the Gurus do not provide enlightenment. It is the student and effort, among other things. You are both so far away from actual Vedanta, I could write a book about your inaccurate teachings. Only someone egotistical would try to claim ownership over another's freedom! It is typical cult behaviour." As per words from Ms Swartz: “ …y
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Now, after we have heard/read/acknowledged/overcome the shocking chilling revelation/testimonial of what X experienced with Mr & Ms Swartz (who have now thanks to X a beautiful home in Spain), let us read what Ms Swartz herself had to say about it to their online audience: Quote taken from “Sundari” message: “After five years of searching, I found the perfect place near Malaga, Andalucía,
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Good questions above, Earthquake. This article may be useful for our understanding: 6 Things the Most Dangerous Predators Already Know About You Basic principles of social influence can be twisted for malignant purpose. Source: Charlotte Purdy/Shutterstock Social psychologist Robert Cialdini has examined hundreds of research studies about compliance and conformity to identify key it
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After reading testimonial via EQ about the being called "X", can anyone still doubt what Heather warned us about via her "story" and posts on this forum? I would say this makes her story even more credible; you can detect similar patterns and parallels in both cases. What is being reported in this latest testimonial did not happen decades ago like in the case of Heather whe
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Reflecting on the last posts: There are people who are very smart but that is not at all a sure sign of wisdom and compassion, usually the contrary...I would say beware of smart people. Some of the smartest people have led the world into the current chaos through long-planned hidden strategy that is slowly being revealed. If i had to choose to have dinner between Trump and James, without he
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Hello Stan, welcome and thank you for sharing openly your testimonal and experience as a now ex-shiningworld endorsed teacher. I see they have added more "endorsed teachers" on their list of teachers on their website. I wonder: why do not more of those "endorsed" teachers come forward like you do or do they look the other side when they hear the way seekers/ex-students o
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Dis-illusioned Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I see that reply is better than just posting. I > posted above, but you may not see it as your post > is so long. > > I’ve only just seen that you’ve had a tragedy in > your family. Sorry to hear that. Wise not to be > putting energy into this pointless debate here. Indeed, and let us
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For all i know about Tony Parsons it is that he DOES attract spiritual seekers. I had a spiritually-oriented friend of mine who was a fan of him for awhile, she even went to the UK for a seminar of his. His main mantra is : "you are not a person", "you don't exist" and this friend repeated me that so often, like that is the door to enlightenment or at least should solve a
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When you know that someone has proven to be a liar in several occasions, will you trust any of his further words or denial of this or that?
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Thank you everyone for your contributions to this conversation to which i would like to add my 2 cents! As spiritual seeker seeking Truth and knowing nothing about Vedanta, you may find Shiningworld site, which sounds shiningly attractive with lots of knowledge available. You may have no clear idea about the role of ethics in spiritual life (as explained in the interview shared by zizl with Ri
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For the record the "denial newsletter" mentioned in this earlier post IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE on their website. You wonder why eh?? Dis-illusioned Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > zizlz Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Whoa, good find, Sahara! > > > > Sahara71 Wrote: > > >
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Dis-illusioned Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Could you add the link to the book you’re > referring to please Valma? Here you go. Thank you for sharing your unfortunate experience with J. Swartz, Dis-illusioned. You are not the first one to report what you describe in your other post. I would have thought that he had at least realized that hi
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Hello Sevenhorses, Thank you for your fresh testimonial and sharing your experiences with the Shining World group. I appreciate your enquiring spirit that inevitably leads to the truth of things. Yes it can be confusing when we are around people who are themselves still confused/unclear/unfinished even though they deliver interesting spiritual information and think that because of that they ha
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Anyone who had been following Mooji for a while remembers we were told "ego-self" is the enemy no 1 to spiritual life, that we should get rid of this ego and become "nobody"... Here below another perspective to ponder over: "Why seek to deny or annihilate “self” (which is ultimately an individuation of a level of Divine Intelligence)? How are such teachings about
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Sahara71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi too many suicides, > > That's quite interesting... I took a look at > Micheal Soham on social media - I've noticed he is > friends with Shree's ex-husband and also with > Khrishnabai, but other than that, he doesn't seem > to have a lot of obvious cult members as contacts
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Heythere1010101 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > wow, I just read Abdias824 posts, those are > hilarious, similar to what I am trying to convey, > and had experienced there, > and probably a bit more insightful about the > sexual exploits than I. Laughing out loud to > these posts Thanks Heythere1010101, indeed it is worth reading Abdia
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Welcome Leavingmooji, thank you for sharing the place where you are right now. Indeed you are not alone in what you go through. Many of us here have been in a similar difficult place before we made it out of this cult and also found great relief that we were not alone in our observations. I can assure you it is worth the current discomfort and struggle you are going through. It will take its o
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Thanks for the update, Traveller 99 But honestly, if anyone needs urgently donations it is those people who are doctors and nurses who are in dire situation at the moment and lack tools, masks, beds, etc. it is hospitals and all doctors who do not follow the official rigid line and are banned or threatened for helping their fellow beings. Those need help and support before anyone else in these
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The other day i landed on the site of Shiningworld and read with fresh eyes an “e-satsang” by J Swartz. What I found in this text was a mixture of correct statements with untruths as well as red flag statements that should alert anyone. I am sure there are plenty examples of this in his “satsangs” and I won’t mention this particular text as I want to focus on the mechanism at play. This is ver
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Birds of a feather flock together Amma & Co - Human Worshipping Organization Unlimited
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Horowitz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mooji has arranged five satsangs in Tiruvannamalai > to attract the attention of Ramanashram visitors, > tourists, and some communities that temporarily > live there, in spite of the fact that Mooji was > banned from Tiruvannamalai 8 years ago, after > Hindu marriage with Radha there and wild partie
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> > Eventually, a middle-aged woman takes the > microphone and shuts Moo up, because he's making > himself look rather guilty. The middle-aged woman is one of his long-term devotees: She stops the discussion before it gets to any satisfactory resolution. Moo could have invited the man to see him later to talk about this troubled girl. But he didn't, he angrily s
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Thank you so much clearvision, that is a long but worthwile read! I can't resist quoting some of it further: "A student of Mooji’s expressed shock when he discovered Mooji was having sex with very young female students at Monte Sahaja ashram as well as during retreats in India. In response to this concern, Mooji whispered, "Hush, this is fine, this is fine, guru may share lov
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Pema Chodron, a Buddhist nun resigning from her Buddhist organization: "In a letter released yesterday, she states that she was ”disheartened” by news that Shambhala leader Sakyong Mipham may resume teaching this year with the approval of the organization’s board. Sakyong Mipham has currently “stepped back” from his roles in the community after allegations against him of sexual assault an
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