As soon as Lisa started off with the standard old ND stare-down I thought...yep, the same old absolutist stuff....using the *very teachings* to gaslight the ones reporting on the harm.
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LOL...OK. Had to stop watching Lisa after the first several minutes...too much ND drizzle!! Left a LONG comment. :)
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Oh...thanks for this title. I haven't watched Lisa Cairns for YEARS. Going to watch right now... -Leslie
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Thank you for your comment and for visiting the website/substack. While non-duality is certainly a 'natural truth' there have been, and are, many who are looking to cash-in on this natural state by equating this with God-realization. Slowly-but-surely...especially with all the now obvious cultic controls and gaslighting using the very teachings to silence those reporting on harm.
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Hello Friends… I’ve just posted my latest post on “The Cult of Non-Duality.” Moral-and-just, neo-advaita is NOT. The old patriarchal paradigm of abuse and control-over-others to ‘free’ people from their attachments to a ‘world’…takes the approach straight-out of the ancient Rumi (among others) play-book: "Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field…I will meet you
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“What a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive.” ~Sir Walter Scott The famous words from Sir Walter Scott’s poem are a warning about the consequences of deceptions and dishonesty which, invariably, lead to a web of complications. In some cases, an enormous web. This was, most certainly the case when non-dual teachers made the decision to place the entirety of the burden for thei
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This post discusses the precipitous dynamic of using the cultic practices of imposed suffering and control as THE primary mechanisms to trigger “awakening.” . Approximately a year after leaving Nome, Russell Smith and Candace O’Denver (along with others in the non-dual community notably Adyashanti, Gangaji, Jeannie Zandi etc.) made the decision to place the entirety of the karma for their lies
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Many contemporary non-dual teachers equate radical non-duality with highest Spirituality. Not true. Radical non-duality is NOT the equivalent of ‘God’ nor of true Spirituality. Non-duality is an aspect of such. But NOT the entirety. True Spirituality —The Christ or The Buddha — would never negate the Human nor would they manipulate and control: The Dogma of Patriarchal Control & Oc
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I am so sorry for your experience.Recovering from what is known as "Radical Non-duality" can be arduous and long. Tolle definitely teaches in this mode which, largely, denies our Humanity...like many of the other non-dual teachers. And while there are many beautiful parts to Tolle's teaching...I, too, was deeply drawn in by much of his clarity...there are some significant downsi
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and more specifically The Rush to Transcendence: dot com/the-rush-to-transcendence/
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Thank you for your support ST. I understand the need of the Forum to protect itself from lawsuits. What I've been reporting on is sweeping collusion within the non-dual community...involving a number of very well known teachers including Bentinho, Candace O'Denver, Adyashanti, Gangaji and a host of others who were/are complicit. They *know* I'm telling the truth. The entirety of
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Apologies...for all the links (noted by a square box w/ blue image) which had been removed. To access those links on my website please go to: www dot integrityintruth dot com Warmly, -Leslie Read
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About a decade+ into intense practice at SAT…and coming fresh off a retreat…I was going down-the-stairs to the basement dungeon where I packaged up book orders. I was beyond worried with how-on-earth I was going to do all the tasks that kept piling up. I was SO worried by the time I got down the stairs that I truly felt I would have a heart attack. Right then-and-there, I concentrated on
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Hello, Thank you for posting this important information on the children in the Osho cult. It is my understanding that the link to this video will expire in 10 days? Is this correct? My own former teacher, Nome of SAT in Santa Cruz, was greatly influenced by Osho and while I never heard of the sexual abuse he definiteley adopted the 'wild parties' that ended before I arrived at
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Hello, Thank you for posting this important information on the children in the Osho cult. It is my understanding that the link to this video will expire in 10 days? Is this correct? My own former teacher, Nome of SAT in Santa Cruz, was greatly influenced by Osho and while I never heard of the sexual abuse he definiteley adopted the 'wild parties' that ended before I arrived at
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Hello, Thank you for posting this important information on the children in the Osho cult. It is my understanding that the link to this video will expire in 10 days? Is this correct? My own former teacher, Nome of SAT in Santa Cruz, was greatly influenced by Osho and while I never heard of the sexual abuse he definiteley adopted the 'wild parties' that ended before I arrived at
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Hi newday4U... Thank you for your message in response to my post. I completely agree...and, I feel we are finally seeing the ending of the need for *any* external teacher. No matter *who* they are. There is enough Light on the planet currently that I feel we are entering an entirely new phase. Eventually, most teachings to attain awareness are dogmatized, Yet awareness has no dogma and
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Hello CEI Friends, The following links paint a picture of collusion, complicity and controls over others in the non-dual teaching space: Character Assassination: The two years prior to leaving SAT: Jeannie Zandi, Bentinho and the Adyashanti connection that drew in many connected with them... Adyashanti...the major large-name non-dual teacher covering for Nome, Russell Smith a
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We are now being called to internalize our Authority and to internalize our Sovereignty...The Case for Ultimate Independence We are now being called to internalize our Authority and to internalize our Sovereignty. Not too long ago I sold, or gave away, seven heaping boxes of, primarily, patriarchal non-duality…the spiritual teachings of neti-neti. Those teachings were never my own…they n
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“Byron Katie says, “You are your only hope, because we're not changing until you do. Our job is to keep coming at you, as hard as we can, with everything that angers, upsets, or repulses you, until you understand. We love you that much, whether we're aware of it or not.”” Many of her teachings are, of course, in accord with unified Truth...yet, as with many who have awakened spontane
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Yes...thank you... " "Truthfulness, honor, is not something which springs ablaze of itself; it has to be created between people." -Leslie www.integrityintruth.com
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Cult Behavior in the Non-Dual Sphere… and the Sweeping Dynamic of Control and Betrayal When Nome and Russell Smith of SAT decided to split their teachings…and remove those who might be jealous of the pending marriage of Nome from SAT (Society of Abidance in Truth…Russ was working with Candace O’Denver to establish the relatively new Great Freedom…which later became known as Balanced View.
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While I agree Jac is a decent person and teacher…she *also* is one who is adamant about protecting the non-dual brand…and the teachers associated with non-duality. As arguably one who has been one of the most harmed by the systemic collusion of non-dual teachers I had a chance to meet with her over Skype to discuss the existential harm to this life and the lives of 4-generations of my family a
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Hello Friends… Please join me on Substack for a new post on ‘The Lying Effect’ and how it relates to the deceptive dynamics largely playing out in the non-dual community: and also on my website: Warmly, -Leslie Read@ integrityintruth.com
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Hello Friends, Please join me on Substack for a new post on 'Radical Non-Duality' and the dangers posed by such teaching. Warmly, -Leslie Read www.integrityintruth.com
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Hello... Please join me for the new blog-post on "The Mistake of Equating Non-duality with Spirituality." Warmly, -Leslie Read www.integrityintruth.com ...and now on Substack:
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Hi All, The following is a letter I wrote to the ASI (Assoc. of Spiritual 'Integrity) of which Rick Archer was a founding member and who sits on the board. He is definitely playing both sides of the game. Here is the letter: The following short recording (22 min.) details the occult controls over 4-generations of my family to which Rick Archer suggested I just ‘walk away.’ (The
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Hello Friends, A NEW BLOG-POST: The Existential Danger of Radical Non-Duality Warmly, -Leslie Read www.integrityintruth.com
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Hello... Jac and the ASI is nothing more than a smokescreen for the atrocities occurring within certain radical ND groups. Be very careful...they have ZERO reason to account for the activity of harmful behavior. Ajata (nothing ever happens) is widely used to cover for abuse: ttps://integrityintruth.com/ajata-and-the-wide-open-door-to-abuse/ Continue calling out where such hypocrisy
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Hello... Denial is an active ingredient in all radical non-duality. It's the very thing that allows for abuse to go on, unhindered...UNLESS what makes a stink about it! Which I am glad to see (finally) happening. With regard to Jac and the utter smokescreen of the ASI: And with regard to denialism and ND'ity: AND Ajata (nothing ever happens) ttps://integrityintruth.co
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