Papaji's bad apples Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Apparently there has been an attempted suicide at > Mooji's ashram in Portugal. > Details are slim, but it sounds like the person > was taken to hospital, and is still alive. I was a 'follower' between 2008 and about 2013, I observed a few times that Mooji's crowd occa
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All correct. People who attended the Zmar retreats probably had a more helpful experience - the fact that it was rented out and everyone was there temporarily would have helped a lot. One thing to consider regards the acolyte / follower: If they do get drawn into worshippy behaviour, its easy for them to tell themselves that they are being kind towards the 'master' - they can vi
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corboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Brad Warner, a teacher in a non Advaita tradition > wrote an essay entitled More Reflections on How > Spiritual Teachers go wrong. > > > > Part of it is the business model too many of them > follow. > This pretty much nails it - if you think about it it's not that hard to under
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I've also seen that they are now calling Monte Sahaja a 'monastery' on the website. I've been very familiar with the word 'ashram' but I always thought that meant a sort of 'religious centre' or at the most 'retreat'. I didn't realise it means monastery. 'Ashram' has been very casually used term by a lot of modern spiritual group
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Yes he should have nipped it in the bud. Are you aware of any modern spiritual teachers who appear to manage this dynamic in a more ethical way? Personally and I'm just being honest here I cannot begin to imagine what it must be like to be surrounded by worshippers especially if some of them are pretty young women. I don't know of anybody who has fallen into to the guru well and then cl
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Yes he should have nipped it in the bud.
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I was a follower between 2008 and around 2013. This thread has been some tough reading for me but I've read through most of it. I wanted to see people's testimonies. I only ever attended one event - in 2010. At that time the organisation was charging pretty low prices - £90 for a full weekend of satsangs - I felt this was pretty reasonable. Also the staff were all professional in de
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