At 13.50 Tony states "We are all pathological liars." It is on record: He admits that he is a pathological liar, making it as this is just a joke to be laughed over and not taken seriously as far as including himself in the "we". Would a true sage ever utter such a statement? The show goes on as confusing as it used to be from my current perspective.
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Question: Say i am planning to stay in Sahaja filled with hope to find the Truth dispensed by a great Master according to what i have read on their website, i have heard Sahaja is Heaven on Earth. I approach the holy Land full of expectation. Soon after arrival, i am handed a paper called Non-disclosure Agreement. Suddenly an inner red light starts to bleep disturbing my peaceful state and telli
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A reminder about the non-disclosure agreement to be signed by anyone living in Monte Sahaja. Definition: It is a contract through which the parties agree not to disclose information covered by the agreement. An NDA creates a confidential relationship between the parties, typically to protect any type of confidential and proprietary information or trade secrets. As such, an NDA protects no
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Horowitz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > More about Mooji’s satsang in Lisbon 2019: > “I've Smelt the Rain of Freedom Coming, and I Know > It's Not For Tomorrow”, > : > Sometimes people, who live in a lie for a very > long time, they speak about themselves in an > analogy of the others because they cannot bear the > inner
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Here is an interesting testimonial from an ex-follower of Tony Robbins. Just change name of Tony Robbins in the text below with Moo or any other untrustworthy guru: I recently had someone ask me whether I had received any benefit from my time in Tony Robbins’ cult. My response: people don’t get involved in high-demand groups unless there is some perceived benefit. It’s just that it comes
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Hello "Heather", welcome here. I am glad you are feeling strong enough to write and share your experiences and feelings on this forum. Your story serves as an eye-opener in many ways about modern gurus in general and JS in particular. However, i wonder: so far over 4100 views of this thread and only a few contributors. Obviously those who are interested by this thread must be people
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As per today there has been 3101 views of this forum thread. I think the message of Heather and those who supported her coming out publicly has been heard. There will always be people who hide their head in the sand because it is too much of a discomfort to face some facts, conveniently called "illusory" or "lacking proof". There is a saying: "there is none so deaf
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Very interesting observations indeed, Sahara71 Perhaps we should add a donation button to this forum thread so that the diligent Moo staff & co who are so appreciative of contributions on this forum can make a generous donation for this free seva?!!
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Found on another thread of the CEI: "But the main reason why cult-hopping is so prevalent stems from an extremely common (and incorrect) assumption about cult members: that they’re inherently naive or poorly educated or vulnerable to being duped. On the contrary, Eichel says, most people who become involved in cults come from middle-class or upper-middle-class backgrounds and have higher
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Hello LightWave, welcome and thank you for sharing your feelings and observations so familiar to many of us here, adding further confirmation from your own experiences. "Is Mooji married to one of those three girls who are holding onto his golf cart? Answer: no, they are his personal aids. Me: oh so is he having sexual relations with them? Because it looks like something is happening bu
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From Traveller99 Instead he has remained silent, at least as goes this message board. We can only guess this is due to the power and superior intellect of his wife, who realized that every time James communicates he shows his guilt and instability, as well as his spiritual “wrongness.” Dear Traveller99, i would tend to think likewise. But in case for now we are missing a response from Jam
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Thank you Traveller99 for your messages and the ones from "Heather". That gives more flesh and blood to the human being who is depicted as fictional character in the story; her latest messages is enough evidence for me; i dont need to be further convinced of the veracity of her testimonial. I fully understand that she does not want to get involved in this discussion. She did her part
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reflections on the teaching of Advaita Vedanta by Moo and James Swartz
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There are a lot of various comments on Guruphiliac by people who have known JS.Since zizl mentions a quote with Trump, here is a comment (with also Trump in it) dated 2016: " I have been practicing Advaita Vedanta for about 35 years now. I have a bunch of friends who are acolytes of James Schwarz. I've seen his videos and have endured 2 week long (~30+ hr) satsang rants (one that end
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Interesting insights indeed, thanks corboy. Other quote from this same source: : Denial and bypassing might be synonymous. Members who rush to defend a leader who is obviously causing harm could be a serious example of spiritual bypassing. However, they could also be motivated by other reasons: safeguarding their positions within the community, defending against cognitive dissonance, or pro
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Here is a response by James Swartz regarding the "allegations" for anyone's appreciation. Let us hear what he had to say two years ago - published on Facebook: "It should be obvious to anyone with a modicum of discrimination that the unwillingness of the 'victim' to reveal his or her identity and involve law enforcement in the 'case' indicates that the
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Earthquake, thank you for bringing a Vedantic point of view in the matter of teachers and their relationship with students. I hope this will be heard and taken seriously by anyone concerned! Welcome Chrissy, thank you for sharing your experience on this forum. I hear you and how you may feel about sharing this publicly. Such testimonial should be known by anyone following Moo, but unfortuna
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To your question Traveller99, i may add to other members' comments a few more: Most people who come to Anthony Moo (Mooji) are good decent people who would not see and later on believe anything could be evil or questionable in someone who claims to bring them Truth and Advaita Vedanta; many like myself had no idea about what Advaita Vedanta was. Many find his online videos at a moment of
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It is Sunday, you may find time to view this very informative documentary on Advaita Vedanta. Then see where we are now and put into that perspective a "guru" ( unfortunately, the times of that quaint definition of that term "guru" are long past, quote from Guruphiliac) like JS or Anthony Moo, keeping in mind for the latter that Papaji's words according to David
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I have done some research and found the date of birth of JS given by no other than his current wife; found on their website so i consider it to be public accurate information for she would have no reason to lie about it: 2nd of February 1941 in Butte, MT, USA around 4 PM I must say what i saw does correspond pretty well to what i have now come to discover about the personality of JS and thi
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corboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Satsang. > > Truth assembly in Sanskrit. > > IMO these discussions on CEI appear to be closer > to the sat sang ideal than most of the teachers > and groups claiming the moniker. Totally agree with you, corboy, association with true people who discuss, debate, search for what is true, not jus
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Call for integrity Following recent discussions and my own research thanks to valuable contributions made on the Cult Education forums I make a stand that i will stop following any spiritual teacher who does not pass the test of integrity. I rather die ignorant or with the knowledge i found so far rather than follow a human being who calls himself or herself a spiritual teacher but does not pa
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Sahara71, Indeed the question you raise is worth examining. I share your sentiment regarding reading the "story" of Heather. This is a serious case to say the least! Here excerpt from words of Heather: "As we have seen in very public fashion, it is extremely difficult for victims of abuse, like myself, to expose their identity and come forward, largely because they wan
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For educational purposes here is excerpt of an article on DARVO (deny, attack, reverse victim offender): "In other words, by reframing the events through a DARVO lens, our fictional perpetrator was able to stack the deck in their favor by casting doubt on the credibility and blamelessness of the victim. As a result, participants perceived the victim more negatively and attributed less res
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I had a dream: i was part of an organization and we were "under attack" by articles that were questioning our way of functioning and particularly our Headmaster's doings. What could we do to counter-attack and not lose our reputation and especially income? First have a brain-storming meeting about our defense strategy with the whole team. Then call our lawyers to do their job agai
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Forgot to say: on same Facebook page NO RAMANA MAHARSHI LINEAGE you will find an interesting excerpt/article from a guy who wrote a book "The Odyssey of Enlightenment" and was amongst Papaji's students supposedly enlightened;
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Today i found two videos: one with a respected Indian late Advaita teacher and another from Moo with entourage. Just observe teaching style, content, personalities and how they express themselves. See for yourself: the second with moo is from a past satsang to be found fresh on facebook page NO RAMANA MAHARSHI LINEAGE
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AnnetteChappelle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That is something that I wrote to James Swartz in > an email exchange I had with him. I have all the > original emails. This news article he has put up I > was never asked if he could use my emails for it. > He’s changed so much content it was initially hard > for me to recognize it as my ex
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In line with the current discussion, here excerpt of a testimonial of a seeker who lived for a while in Sahaja: "I didn’t want him to but he touched me, kissed my check, took my face between his hands and stared directly into my eyes for a long time. I didn’t know what was supposed to happen but I felt a lot of pain. I was always just sitting alone in silence when he would approach me and
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I like to add to the discussion that some people are more susceptible to influence (good or bad) than others because their psychological make-up is more open or fluid (for lack of a better term) than others who are more self-contained so to speak. It does not mean that they are weaker or stupid, they just have that kind of psychological make-up which also has its benefit when around an authentic
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