I wish it was possible to delete posts on this website. I have a lot of regret. I would like to delete the question mark in the post title. And I think that xivoparig knows full well that the details of their post are verifiably false.
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Wowsers! So happy that people are speaking out, and also interesting to see how these other voices are jumping in and muddying the waters of the thread. Just last week I saw a quote by Moo saying: "you don't need to strategize your life". So I assume it can't possibly be any of his supporters doing it. Although I hear you can also get round anything you did on purpose
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Mooji's latest book is grandiosely called "Immediate Awakening for Everyone", which seems as definitive as the lengthy medical disclaimer now on his website to keep anyone away that might become a liability. This post here on another discussion on Played the crowdTuesday, March 27, 2018 at 9:41:00 AM PDT I'm very happy to read this. The line "playing to the cro
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I understand now you are talking about your own subjective experience. Thanks for the quote regarding the censorship, that is of course what any corporation aims to do. There is no critical voice in that ashram, and that cannot be healthy. Through their english or portuguese charity status, I'm pretty sure that in some way many people are subsidizing their Tony fan club. So we should
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zizlz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Still I'd recommend anyone to watch a Mooji video, > they contain truly valuable pointers in my > opinion. You can meditate daily for decades > without ever realizing that the self you thought > was doing the meditating is in fact merely a > mental habit and all that meditating has
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A few late thoughts on that London Real interview. 1. If you look at the rest of the channel, mooji's videos come alongside government conspiracy videos and a whole array of dodgy looking geezers. 2. He talks... and not for the first time... about how he admires the outlook of one his followers called Lakshmi, who says that they do everything with full passion, even when they're
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Wowzers! Bringinthecat thank you for speaking out personally though I have recorded the basics of this already earlier in the thread. Starting over this sounds much more serious do you have proof? I know from that osho documentary that calls and conversations were being recorded.
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Isn't there a quote about the fearful building walls? You now need to sign a form in triplicate to visit the ashram at all, even for their open day free events. Complete with photo. If your name's not on the list, you ain't getting in.
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Unlike "insta-enlightenment", which of course wakes up EVERYBODY instantly when they hear it (and if it doesnt work it's YOUR fault so please sign up for the next satsang), I suspect "recovery from insta-enlightenment bullshit" requires a committed and gentle few years of satsang-free healthy living.
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It's all about big juicy steaks
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Here is an article discussing the distinction and overlaps between hypnosis and meditation. I've copied and pasted the abstract and linked to the rest of the article "Meditation and hypnosis might be regarded as involving similar processes and skills. For example, both meditation and hypnosis are associated with high levels of absorption and imaginative capac- ity, and both can be u
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"the 'walking on water' intensive was completely sold out. There was some space left on the 'water into wine' five day, but only for shared accommodation or camping. I'll catch the next one. I hope no one crucifies him before October". Said no one ever.
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I finally got round to watching the interview on London real. Very slick. I guess it's only a matter of time before Oprah comes calling. Mooji is asked by the interviewer if he's a cult leader, and mooji responds by asking what is a definition of a cult, and wouldn't Jesus be considered a cult leader? This struck me as ridiculous, since everyone knows Jesus only charged two s
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Alex45, assuming what you wrote is serious: 1. Everybody seeks knowledge to find happiness. - Do they? Or do happy, and sad, people enjoy exploring the world and its knowledge? 2. When there is light, how can there be darkness? -Any non-dual type will tell you that light and darkness co-create each other. By mentioning light, you've created the idea of darkness. Is this perhaps anoth
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In a bizarre turn of events, mooji is doing an interview tomorrow (1/22/18) with "London Real Academy" owner Brian Rose, a self-help be-all-you-can-be type with a lot of internet stink, for example: Mooji says you can "Ask him anything"!
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After a year in which a young French man took his own life whilst in the "grace field" of mooji's ashram, the following week the google search term "mooji cult" spiked in France
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étaphysique-et-de-lhypnose/ A discussion on a hypnosis website (in French) discussing mooji's techniques.
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Anytime anyone tells you to choose to love instead of being negative, they're probably abusing you. Everything you feel and experience, negative & positive, it's all gravy. It's all valid. In the words of Leah remini: don't be culty
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A double bind is a kind of baited trap. It is like a lobster pot or a similar type of animal trap - the trap is initially attractive and easy to get into, but then turns out to be much harder to get out of. Unlike an animal trap, a double bind works on a psychological level rather than a physical one. A double bind tricks a person into doing what the controller wants, while giving an illusion of
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A great article explaining how cults use double binds, and how they affect people The Effects of Double Binding upon Cult Members & Treatment Thereof
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He just fled sedona with his girlfriends to some undisclosed location, according to his Facebook page. That article really made a difference!
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I finally got around to buying this. This really made me laugh: "The Dalai Lama uses the same exterior of being academically-oriented when he gathers intellectuals around him... where he talks about "science" and scientific research on the benefits of mindfulness meditation and its proven connection to universal happiness. Then he goes back to Dharamsala and consults a demon
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Taken in the context of mystical manipulation, where one is being deliberately distressed in an enclosed ashram context (ex-members I have spoken to confirm this is going on), we can see how the below quote plays into the messaging that equates obedience with the removal of pain: "As your satsang deepens, debris starts floating to the surface bringing much discomfort in the body-mind. Now
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According to chi-ting apocalypse (a satirical Facebook page that calls out gurus, apparently run by a man who has known mooji for a long time) there have been two suicides this year, although no news reports about it at all. There was a fire in their center last month and the Portuguese news report indicates there are 150 people living there now
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"Until then, when your guru chairs a board meeting and it becomes obvious that he has no clue about an issue, as a prudent member of that board you shouldn’t hesitate to supply him with the information he needs. At the same time, as a Vajrayana student, you must skilfully remind yourself the guru only looks clueless to you because of your own impure perception, and that by appearing to need
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That's an offensive pdf. It's implication I guess it that you can't set things in stone. But err... y'kinda can. Just don't molest people who can't make a consensual decision because you've convinced them they need you.
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Is nobody moderating this forum? This is a duplicate, please delete (or tell me how to)
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"Imagine the outcry if the Western press were to report every Muslim bombing and massacre under the heading ‘Islam!’" This misses the point of it being a systemic problem, not a practice of some fringe extreme, a fact only further confirmed by this article.
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Hi Misstyk- I double posted by mistake and this thread is the not-updated version. Can you move your comment to the other thread? And then this one can be deleted?
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DKR is a well known Tibetan Buddhist lama, nicknamed 'The Assassin' by his students. He has directed movies like "The Cup" (1999) and was the subject of the very interesting 2004 documentary "Words of My Perfect Teacher" (link at the bottom) Below are his astonishing comments from August 2017 regarding Sogyal Rinpoche: ***************************************
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