Sexy Yogini Down by the Ganges walks a 12-year old girl Strapped to her is her 10-month old baby Ain't got enough milk yet, she begs for rupee As she scrounges rubbish for a day old roti Yes, yes, swing your hips, sweat your armpits Refresh yourself after with avocado smoothie Think, think, for your 30 dollar Lululemon outfit A dollar was paid to that poor Bangladeshi While t
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SeePony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm worried we lost track ... I see. I apologize if I muddled your thought. This conversation seems to be getting nowhere, but here’s what I want to be crystal clear: I’m more concerned with readers misconstruing the degree of “suggestion” from mantras and mystical meditation as equal to or the same of th
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SeePony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My guess is that for "suggestion" to work you > don't need calmness, you just need a means of > grabbing attention. The original purpose of meditation was to tame the unbridled mind. That is more than walking a mile or buying a refrigerator touted by a half-naked lady. TV ads are bas
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You don’t even need a scientific study to conclude that a calmer mind is more vulnerable to “suggestion”, especially when the mantra being chanted is from and may include the name of a guru. Not that meditation is without a merit — it does calm the mind; it is the “suggestion” that comes with it that is the red flag.
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corboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What Happens When Your Guru Disappears? > > > hat-happens-when-your-guru-disappears.html Gurus are simply pathological narcissists. The problem with narcissists is that they do not know they are. They wake up in the morning with the aim of saving the world – like a mission from God -- having that, they
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Stevie, Maum stands for Maumbo Jumbo. The reason sites like this exist is because of the many victims of cults. People have to live and think within reason; outside that is a free for all. How are we going to communicate with one another or function effectively in society when you speak of enlightenment, euphoria, boundless, etc., as if they are essential in life -- they are not. There are cheape
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Carl Fig wrote: In the 1970s on Kauai, I heard Siddha telling a group that the best a woman could hope for in this lifetime was to be reincarnated next lifetime as a man. So I was pretty surprised to hear there are now females being declared pure devotees. What brought about that change? If you’re a hardcore, the “I am not the body” applies — you become an honorary Brahmin and all the priv
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Gabbard idolizes Narendra Modi, who represents what is ugly and wrong with India. A look at her official web pages is enough to validate this fact. She called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was on a visit to New York on September 28, 2014 and presented him with a ginger flower garland from Hawaii. She also gave Modi her own copy of the Hindu Holy Book "Bhagavad Gita"
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Vera City Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Radhika Bianchi does a great parody of one of the > stories that all Butler devotee kids grow up > hearing. There sure is a lot of homoerotic > liturature in the homophobic cult... > > Lord Chaitanya's Loving Pastimes with His Associates Haha, gay sex among pure devotees. In the Vedas,
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“… we only make fun of scientology because it’s new. It’s no more bat shit crazy then Catholicism. ” — Sarah Silverman. Speaking of bat shit crazy, here’s some Hindu gems from a bat shit crazy guru, AC Bhaktivedanta, the guru of another bat shit crazy, Chris Butler, the guru of Tulsi Gabbard, the clueless Hindu U.S. representative of the people of Hawaii: On Women: As children are very p
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PLEASE HELP TO FREE CHILD SLAVES IN INDIA. Did you know that there are millions of child slaves in India? These are mainly children whose poverty stricken parents have been forced by circumstances to sell them into bonded labour. This is nothing but a form of modern day slavery. These children come mainly from the Dalit caste. A human rights watch report has informed that there are between 60
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... SoInet is TERMINATED. Patience is a brother here. It’s a no contest: wisdom vs. ignorance. Rama if you need a T-800 to face those automatons in New Zealand, bring me along; will terminate them with common sense. I just hope this battle does not end with the Science of Identity alone, but with the whole cult delusion. Cults will never go away, unfortunately, there will always be willing vic
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Chris Butler had three pet peeves: 1. The Homosexuals, 2. ISKCON and 3. The Impersonalists (mayavadis). Not only did Tulsi Gabbard announce her change of heart from hating gays to embracing the LGBT community before running for election; she has gone and worshipped in ISKCON temples , her guru Chris Butler's mortal enemies; now she's hobnobing with the mayavadis (impersonalists), her gu
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Glad to see former posters coming back. Thank you very much. I know it’s difficult to relive the old days; it’s embarrassing sometimes. Decades-old wounds can remain fresh especially when abuses persist, and it doesn’t help when they double dip — bringing it to the congressional level. But we are not doing this for ourselves, but for all the innocent souls and loved ones that are still in there,
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What is so insidious about the speech is how it tries to appeal to the naive and unsuspecting masses, ignoring political analysts, pundits and media heavyweights, thus shows how really vulnerable our political system is to idealogues and to subversive agenda -- through popular voting, anyone, including the naive and useful idiots can enter our political institutions and even the presidency of the
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http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2015/07/29/bangladesh-in-turmoil-must-stop-persecuting-hindus-congresswoman-tulsi-gabbard/ Shameless Tulsi continues to peddle her misleading "I am Hindu" mantra. She is unaware that behind the scene, Washington and the media are starting to look into her scheme; it's just not politically correct to grill the issue openly. The people of Hawaii a
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Rama, it is not very important what result comes up from your chosen life, rather, the more important is that you're living your life authentically. All the kinks they ridicule you for are a part and parcel of a journey. Life is not just a journey, but is also full of suffering. That's exactly what makes us human -- how we pick up ourselves from falls and derailments. Our scars are a ba
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eigenerherr, You absolutely did nothing wrong, it's fine to disagree. This is a public forum, differing opinions are welcome. There's nothing to apologize about. So long as no one gets nasty and tries to monopolize the forum into a one mind -- just like, er, in a cult. If one believes that way, what then is the point of criticizing cults for? Here is true freedom -- variety of minds. Ra
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I agree, Corboy. I've been to India and have witnessed the squalor that will shock the humanity out of you. If only the elite Westerners could see the sadhus who practice yoga there, it is far from the beauty secret they practice yoga for. When a cow enters a shack, the tenants get out -- young mothers, barely in their late teens carrying their malnourished babies. If I have a malnourished c
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Dear eigenerherr, I’m glad you voiced out your mind. In the past, this forum passed through a very challenging transition, probably drove many posters away, including me. I remember it came to the point when posters became suspicious with one another, accusing others they don’t agree with to be apologists or plants for the cult — it was really a dark moment, which I thought the cult had clearl
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Sorry guys, I can't help it. Are those sweats the "If Style is not an Option (Registered Trademark)" brand? I remember in the old days, Chris loved to wear turtle necked, and we all did, haha.
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The problem with most addicts is that they don't think they need help. And if they do, they would think that outside is a scary world. They have invested so much within the four walls they are into, to let go is like to become a child again. So they would rather stick to status quo -- depend on the same drug dealer and other addicts they deal with all their lives, to get along to go along,
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SeePony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A lot of avdertisments for almost all kind of > products are centered around atractive women (or > sometimes men). > > Apparently it's good for marketing. And it's > scientifically proven. > > I'm not sure if actually meditation cults > advertise like this, but certa
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"Gay and Lesbian Rights” are Special Rights by: Allan Tibby Sexual Responsibility Philippines https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0kCeo3FF2r4TGtOT0tvNERGalE/view?usp=sharing It concludes: In such a brief paper it is impossible to examine all of the issues and present all of the complexities, facts and arguments surrounding homosexuality and ‘gay rights’. It has been our
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Why is it that everytime yoga is featured, it's always a picture of a tight-fitting, young, beautiful woman at a scenic spot? There's the manipulation there.
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No one should choose between a cult and a family. You just made me cry. Thank you eigenerherr, you’re a very brave woman. It’s just about time, because unlike in the 70s, no one in his/her right mind nowadays will get attracted to this spiritual fantasy anymore. So they are trying so hard to adjust the brand. Just go visit the Bhakti Yoga Shack site. It’s nauseating how they try so hard to
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That's what the Science of Identity is very good at — creating an illusion. When you speak to a practitioner, you could tell how genuinely they feel they are so true. It's as is if, what you eat is what defines you as a human being. They will not tell you what life really is inside the cult, especially those born in it. That's what Bhakti Yoga Shack is all about — to put blinders o
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Brace yourself. Fighting cults is an uphill battle. The reality is, people join cults on their own volition. As heartbreaking as it is, our children cease becoming our own as soon as they become adults. Do not deplete yourself, financially and most importantly, psychologically. The damage has been done. Just move on, continue loving her unconditionally and preserve whatever little communication i
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PBS: 'Finding Your Roots' Ben Affleck episode violated standards, series put on hold It reads: PBS launched its investigation after it was reported that Affleck requested the program not reveal his ancestor's slave-holding history in the 2014 episode. The Associated Press examined historical documents and found that Affleck's great-great-great-grandfather owned 24 slaves.
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