James Swartz, "Dark Powers," and "Hypnotism" Heather accused James Swartz of hypnotizing as well as drugging her (beginning at 14) all in a two year deliberate brain-washing program attempting to turn her, his "spiritual student," into a willing sex slave and sex worker. Swartz's efforts and teachings, in part focused on how "since we know the truth
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James Swartz has Never Truly Taught Advaita Vedanta in his life. His behaviors, his crimes, and his excuses show the sad Truth-- --that he's never been capable of it. Plus... At first, reading Dis-illusioned's post above I was worried. Then, thankfully, as she moved forward and quoted Swami Dayananda, I realized that she'd moved past the evil of Swartz and seen t
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So let me get this straight. There is now an apparent ATTEMPTED MURDER By James Swartz and his Wife? Swartz and Sundari, showing all the compassion inherent to Shining World, Have a guest, an Autistic Man. It seems like they Drugged him, Emotionally and Psychologically Bullied him, After bringing him to a Foreign Country, And then Dumped him in a parking lot While he was experien
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WOW! The last few Posts Illustrate so much of what James Swartz, his spouse Sundari, and all of "Shining World" Exemplify, of what they Stand For. Yes, Close Contact with James and Sundari Results in: Distortions and Lies, Physical Pain, Intense Vomiting, Public Shaming and Blaming, Personal Betrayal, "Disaffected persons" and "Persons feeling a
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My Frantic Friend Writes Again! More about Advaita, Politics, and Choice, Swartz and Trump, (and I'd like this to go away!) My friend who wrote to me frantically saw that I'd used his message as a part of my last Post here. Partly in response, he wrote again. He's never met James Swartz, but he's read the "Heather" book and paid attention to this Forum.
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Two Things-- Absolutely! After reading the accounts of "TheSpare", "Earthquake", "Dis-illusioned", "Valma", and the other SWartz survivors and Commenters (Not even to mention Heather's experiences, or all that has otherwise been found in research) Who could want to have James and Sundari in their lives, let alone have them as Spiritual Teac
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"Black Magic Ram" James Swartz the Necromancer... (According to him) He can read your thoughts, Always knows where you are, And can Appear at any time. "Don't you dare defy me, or else!" This is what he drilled into 14-16 Year-old Heather-- And he's still at it. Hard days for Swartz. Another ex-SW teacher is "coming out" with the truth regard
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Now, time for me (Trav) to Clarify... This bit of info I almost sent to Stan in a PM (Private Message), but just so there's no thought that I agreed with James Swartz on Stan's previous activities, let it be clear: I never meant to infer that Stan had written on this site previously, as "TheSpare" or under any other moniker. That thought, in fact, had not even occurre
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Stan, could you Clarify something, please? Plus, "Thank You!" Welcome, Stan. May I ask for a clarification? In the eight sentences or so that follow "Thirdly," in your post just above, I understood that you were repeating the claims of JS and Sundari regarding the impact of ShiningWorld and of their supposed "Great Legacy." Conversely, another reader to
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Do you doubt HEATHER's story? Do you know someone who does? If so, I recommend watching "THE KEEPERS" on NetFlix. OMG. I should have seen this program years ago when it first came out. As I watched the first few of the seven episodes of "The Keepers" on Netflix I kept thinking, "That's what Heather experienced with Swartz!" &quo
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Yes, Yes, Yes... Dis-Illusioned is correct. This thread is about exactly what it says, "James Swartz--What is the Truth?" It's not about Earthquake or me winning debates with Swartz or his clones. It's about the truth about Swartz, with, to me, always a primary focus being about what happened to Heather. After all, it is what Swartz did to her that started this whol
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A Few Quick Notes on the "Earthquake -- Allowance 'Debate'" (above) regarding the Truth about the sad case of the pathetic James Swartz Regarding the voluminous Posts going back and forth between Earthquake and Allowance above, I'd like to make a few points: --- Allowance, you claim not to be James Swartz. It would be surprising if you're not, or if he
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A Person sent a Message-- "Reading this Forum Almost Makes Me Feel Sorry for James Swartz. Is he really that Evil, and that Stupid? Can't he just shut up and not give you, Earthquake, and the others so much ammunition to hammer him with?" *** Plus, a List! How does Swartz "fit"? Very quickly I wrote back to this person, asking, "Do you really feel
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James Swartz, as "Allowance," Attempts to Disprove Traveler's (my) Assertions. Let's take a look... James Swartz, as "Allowance," tries to counter the Assertions in the above post. For the sake of exposing the superficiality,the total shallowness, of Swartz's analyses, let's go over them one by one. First Swartz writes: You use the word "c
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James Swartz Confirmed: Liar Back-Stabber False "Teacher" Killer of Neighbors' Pet Dog Abuser of Women and Bully of Men Betrayer of Students' Confidences Student (and Practitioner) of Black Magic (Virtually Confessed) Rapist of Under-Age Girl(s) (who were his students) "Cosby, Trump, and Weinstein, all in one package." And more... Damn, James, you
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To the Poor Victims of Tony Parsons He is a money-grubbing fake with occasionally eloquent moments that seem meaningful, but his message is bullfeathers. Sri Ramana Maharshi gave at least ten "things to do" to various seekers at various times. Of course his "Find out 'Who am I'?" is the most well-known. However, there were many others, with each answer at any
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The Wife of James Swartz, Sundari, Is very Scared of Someone... (which means James has needed a few diaper changes) This time it's not EQ, Heather, Me, or any of the other prior Contributors here. It's trembling fear about someone "New" and what He or She Knows. I hope we all get to hear more Facts about Shining World from This "New Person," Their form
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James Swartz and Donald Trump-- Two Peas in a Pod, Both Burning Down Their Houses With Delusions and Lies It is a shame to have a President of the USA who mirrors so much of James Swartz. Both are liars, shameless, and narcissistic. Both claim to be loved by multitudes-- "Look at the 70 million votes I got," says Trump, and (in a recent SW post) "I get 200 likes for every �
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A Compliment, An Insult, Or Something Else? I almost disconnected a call with a good friend this weekend. She said something so horrible sounding, at the outset, that my first impulse was to say, "F--- you!" and to hang up. Somehow, I held back. She said, "Ya' know, you're the best student James Swartz ever had!" As I already said, somehow I didn't sw
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One Paragraph from Sri Ramana Maharshi is enough to show James Swartz for the pitiful fake that he is. Often the question comes, "How do I get to the essence of Advaita Vedanta, especially without a 'real' guru?" The answer I often give is: 'To go to the true Source, to the quintessential essence, to the sages that Ramana Maharshi himself held in the highes
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Hey, EQ. I hope you never felt unsupported by me. I never asked for any "proof" because I never needed any. (Plus...) By my reckoning, EQ, you are a "good guy." When it comes to a contest between who's telling the truth, you or Squirts, to my mind there was never a contest. You certainly see James Swartz and Isabella clearly and accurately (by my reckoning)
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"My biggest concern is saving others from your manipulation, and making sure they aren't misled regarding Vedanta." This quote--- It was Heather about James Swartz, wasn't it?" The words above were almost exactly what Heather said about the false teacher, and, according to her, drugging rapist of at least one underage girl, James Swartz. It is almost the h
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IS THIS TRUE? In a private message a sincere spiritual person sent words which I shall paraphrase: "Trav, just this one verse from Ramana Maharshi below devastates the teachings of James Swartz totally." The writer was referring to verse 113 of "Thus Spake Ramana," a booklet published by Sri Ramanasram, which goes: QuoteRamana Maharshi The undifferentiated Consci
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For their recent Meritorious Service in Revealing the (Sad and Deplorable) Truth About the abominable James Swartz, Kudos to (among others): Earthquake, Dis-Illusioned, Valma, corboy, ziziz and Sahara71. In exquisite detail in recent posts the above-lauded worthies have done a superb job of detailing how James Swartz is: -- a foul human being. -- an execrable "spiritual te
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Thanks for your Perspectives & Questions, And Some Responses When I started this forum I wrote more dispassionately. You can see that in the first post on page one. However, as the months have moved along and more and more tales of Swartz's perfidy and foulness have appeared, I have loosened up the reins a bit, for sure. Rape, hypocrisy and injustice push my buttons like litt
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ME? How I got involved with Heather and in Revealing the Horrors of James Swartz In answer to Dis-Illusioned's questions in a recent post, let me share: Back in the winter of 2017-17 I heard through the grapevine about some very unsettling accusations regarding James Swartz. I'd never met this fellow, but some people I knew thought he was okay. The accusations, though, w
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I've always had Bad Luck With the Hare Krishnas... But is it True that...??? My first experience with Hare Krishna's was with "a right-wing zealot." He was convinced that ONLY the Hare Krishna path was correct, that it was BEST way for EVERYBODY and he meant to argue about this until you were pounded into submission. This Hare Krishna was like John Brown but withou
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You're Absolutely Correct, Dis-Illusioned Just to be clear: First, I agree with you completely. Swartz is "truly mad, manipulative, and unworthy." Second, James is, and always has been, "misguided and desperate." That he is with you, as he tried to with Heather, "resorting to blackmail," is no surprise. The shock would be if he responded (at any
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A Public Note To ziziz and Dis-Illusioned Until you mentioned it, ziziz, I had largely forgotten James Swartz's empty threats regarding Heather, me, and everyone associated with us from back in 2017. As I mentioned in my last post, it became really obvious that Swartz did not want to meet Heather or me in public. Heather's testimony would skewer him, and he knows Heather is a
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JUST FOR THE RECORD "Heather's" Accusations Regarding The Foul One, James Swartz, Were Reported. Plus, About Going Public... And a Note to EQ Strange that there's a question about that. I thought that this had been made clear previously. However, yes, one of Heather's band of friends has a law enforcement background, and this person (with her permission)
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