Wow, that makes for some extraordinary reading. It gives a whole mythic structure to the subjugation of women and of nature, to runamuck masculinity both in society and in our spiritual systems, and the fear of the 'shadow' that underscores so much of it. I can certainly see why my brief involvement with Ole and DWB set off alarm bells inside of me. I would also add that this informa
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Karam, Thank you very much for providing the link to the Shamar statement on Ole - before it was edited. That and your comments have cleared up a lot of confusion in my mind about Ole's sexual obsession. When it was publicly revealed what Kalu Rinpoche had been up to with sexual tantra the women who spoke out publicly made it sound very much like she was being used by him in order to achi
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