(quote) RSS comments feed: The Sex Lives of Godmen Of spiritual Healers, hypnosis artists and sexual exploiters BY Mihir Srivastava Posted on December 10, 2013 by dialogueireland This essay from Open Magazine/ 5 October 2013 is a very helpful analysis from an Indian perspective of the issues we have been dealing with in regard to both sexual abuse in some Christian contexts, but more di
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"As a hungry street-dog, munching a bare bone, and tasting its own blood, might think the taste is in the bone, so do we assume that the pleasures that we enjoy are in the things that we seek and get hold of. It may be said that desire is the cause of our being exiled from the happiness that is within us, and its momentary cessation just allows us to taste a little of that happiness for
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"What if Ammachi was Texan Man Claiming to Be the Divine Father" article by Julian Walker on Elephant Journal What if Ammachi was Texan Man Claiming to Be ... - Elephant JournalA new Rolling Stone article begins like this "A guru named Amma has drawn 32 ... Via Julian Walker on Aug 24, 2012 ... Picture a 50 year old white guy in a cowboy hat with long grey hair and beard up
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QuoteBy Alexander Karp-Robinson - See all my reviewsAmazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Holy Hell: A Memoir of Faith, Devotion, and Pure Madness (Paperback) I could not put this book down. I was up until 2am last night reading, exhausted, but I needed to find out how it ended. It's well written, heart wrenching, and takes you on a deep journey into the inne
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From "Losing Moses on the Freeway" by Chris Hedges This set of reflections on followers of a rock group may be transferable to the crowd scenes surrounding gurus, whether Ammachi, Sai Baba, Rajneesh, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi,and others less well known, such as Mooji. An idolatrous crowd no matter what the size, turns vicious if someone is skeptical, or worse ye
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QuoteOther Teachers: Mata Amritanandamayi ~ Ron’s Memoirs Posted by Ron Rattner on November 19, 2013in Blessings, Evolution, Faith, Ron's Memoirs, Self Inquiry, Synchronicity Stories, Transformation “Crying to God for five minutes is equal to one hour of meditation.” “The state that we attain by calling and crying to God is equal to the bliss that the yogi experiences in samad
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I got a few hugs over the years ...from Amachi and was touch by her beautiful signing voices ... and the hidden stuff is now coming out ....and its the same reactions as in the scandal of sai BaBa or Swami Nityananda ....or the jehova withness for this matter One one side ...you have the unconditionals... for theses people MOTHER can do no wrong there is no amouth of proof that will change t
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This essay was written concerning another guru. But the authors conclusions can be extrapolated to ISHA Foundation and Jaggi as well. -- Indian Gurus Stifle India’s Chance To Excel Posted by Barry Pittard on October 1, 2007 "Intense and blind faith in gurus, such as one finds endemic in India, shames a great many of her otherwise educated individuals, including scientists. It j
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This article is from a website exposing abuses by the deceased guru Satya Sai Baba. Persons who have exposed the back scenes behavior around Ammachi may note similarities To get the live links at end of this article go to the webpage Dissent From Guru Cults Draws Slander and Harassment Posted by Barry Pittard on November 5, 2007 Discussions with activists from other movements
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57 Reviews 5 star: (29) 4 star: (1) 3 star: (1) 2 star: (4) 1 star: (22) "I escaped the clutches of Amma many years ago, and when I tried to speak out about it, I was harassed and cyberstalked into silence. In this regard, Gail is a far stronger woman than I and she has my utmost respect for risking so much to share the truth." Note how people either lo
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The 'Bad Beliefs and Fraudulent Faiths' Website disappeared suddenly last year. It was a valuable resource, it's 3 investigative chapters are quoted below: Post 1: FRIDAY, 15 APRIL 2011 Universal Medicine (and a world of associations) "Little has been written about Universal Medicine other than by those who lead the movement, or those considered to be part of "
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This is from 2011, from tsukimoto (p. 285), but it's an excellent point: QuoteSGI, likewise, knows its "target market." It's the people who will accept Mentor/Disciple. SGI could change its ways and attract more people -- but too many of them would be people who think and question. SGI doesn't want to attract people like that. As things are -- they're attracting who
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Nad: Yes this is Rick Ross. See See Quite a few contradictions regarding Amma explored at this link. Amma has praised Sai Baba, who is a rather notorious guru, reportedly both a fraud and sexual predator. See Typically, many of the controversial gurus have copied each other and/or earlier more credible gurus. Nothing really new about Amma. And books can be written with qui
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godman’s death brought the shutters down on Puttaparthi. Now, his star devotee is planning a new boomtown. Sai Manish on the enigmatic Isaac Tigrett Music in his veins Isaac Tigrett is the co-founder of the Hard Rock Cafe and House of Blues chain of music-themed restaurants Photo: AP THE DWINDLING fortunes of Puttaparthi, which faces economic distress and demographic declin
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In the west you can belong to a local satsang group and meet every week in some very pleasant upper middle class devotee house filled with Amma pictures, incense and candles and it is all very uplifting and light and social. You bring food to share for prasad and form social networks and have fun together helping with a few fundraisers and some seva in the lead up to Amma's tour. But its al
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THIS IS A LETTER FROM AN EXDISCIPLES OF SAI BABA NOTICE THE SIMILARITIES >>>>>BUTLER WANTS HIS DEVOTEES TO MERRY EXCLUSIVELY IN THE CULT >>>SAI BABA >>>MADE IT EVEN MORE COMPLEX AND SINISTER.....as he was a pedophiles that also sexually abuse the ofsprings of his disciples How Sathya Sai Baba entered households Posted on September 20, 2012 by srikanthuppuluri
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Hi JL and Corboy There is no doubt at all that people involved with UM are not responding to evidence based medicine like they should to varying degrees. While Serge often says he supports Western Medicine, conditionally, and has disclaimers on his site- the overall imputation of what he is saying gives a different impression. If he were not setting himself up as an alternative, then why the w
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I too agree that Phowa is not off-topic in this thread. Ole's supposed prowess as a Phowa practitioner attracts the gullible who think he has some sort of paranormal powers. It is complete and utter nonsense. As a dedicated Phowa practitioner myself for many years, I never seen the physical opening on the top of the head either on myself or anyone else. If it exists as a phenomenon it is a m
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Geez, all the sex and weed...maybe SGI isn't so bad after all. (joke). But you really have to wonder about SGI and sex. Example: Those who would invite others to SGI chanting meetings, would usually frame it in the context of "dating". As in...come to our get-together on the weekend...there are lots of singles there, and you should meet so and so. uh...is it a party? yes, its
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Quotes from a blog. Former member comments. All the more valuable. Please thank these former members for stepping forward. You are doing a service. QuoteUniversal Medicine & Serge Benhayon A forum offering an investigation of Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon Feb24 Universal Medicine - Serge Benhayon - Part 3 Part 3 of the blog concentrated on quotes from former members. T
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Wikipedia copied 8:27 PST May 6, 2012 QuoteThis is Google's cache of . It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on May 5, 2012 19:01:46 GMT. The current page could have changed in the meantime. Learn more QuoteMichael Roach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see Michael Roach (disambiguation). Geshe Michael Roach School Gel
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The original blog this came from was taken down. But..this item is from Google cache. In the old days, manuscripts full of important knowledge were preserved by being copied by rabbis, scribes, and monks, ensuring the texts would survive, even if the original book or scroll vanished. Today its Google cache. Quotehttp://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GCao5xLe-2wJ:
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Below are excerpts of a 2003 letter outlining more calculated tall tales from "Gary Smith". "A Letter to Gary Smith from Drunvalo Melchizedek" January 17th, 2003 Notice how "Gary Smith" after making insults, verbals smears, and calls to a violent "duel" closes with "In The Light of God's Unconditional Love". Same techniques as above, f
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wow! thank you this is helping me to see it for what it is. i always got alarm bells even years back when i first read it and he was saying all these sex mad things,and i got creeped out because usually if a "leader" is sex mad or male (not all men im talking about these egotistical sex obsessed leaders being male and usually in it for sex) alot of the time he is after some sort of se
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Pinklilies/Laura, Sorry the link didn't go through correctly. James Randi, who is a former stage magician, says Sai Baba uses tricks most magicians know well: Quote His followers claim that he can produce vibhuti (“holy ash”), gold rings, and even modern Seiko wristwatches for them by simply reaching into the air. There are claims that he has raised the dead, levitated, healed ca
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Thank U penelope..book 3 is the most distrurbing..at first,like yourself i found it amazing and free-ing yet if you read more its all a lie because this god says if we play competetive sports it is "absurd" and seems even more harder than the god of fundamental christianity. also it says these enlightned beings like sai baba would never attack anyone..yet look what sai baba did. I find
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Pinklilies, I read the Conversation With God books and at first they seemed helpful. It was the first time I considered the idea that if God exists, he wouldn't be angry and willing to throw people into hellfire for believing the wrong thing. But the more I read by Neale DW, the more disturbing I found his "God" and the things he promoted. He wants people to question the trad
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Thank You corboy.. Do you think he is just a plaigarizer? I feel i am getting brainwahsed by his work..does anyone have help on how to forget all these enlightnement rules he has taught me? I am in therapy becasue of this and allowed myself to be sexually assualted as his "god" claims "a high evolved being would lay down and let an attacker hurt him" his god says sai baba i
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. ‘The ministers are ours. The police are in our hands. If anything happens to me, the minister calls,’ boasted Sunil. He nodded. “We have powertoni.” From an Australian Journalist--Reflections on Guru Mentality From a Man Born in Mumbai--Reflections on 'Powertoni' QuoteSarah Macdonald, Australian journalist and who lived in India for two years with her husband, also Australia
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This goes to the very beginning of SSB's career. He claimed at first to be the reincarnation of a deceased master, Sai Baba of Shirdi. Recent and careful research has established that Sai Baba of Shirdi was Muslim, spoke the Urdu dialect used in the Deccan, performed the devotions of a Muslim, cooked meat and rice to distribute to the poor on festival days, something a Hindu would never
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