There is absolutely no way that Traditional Vedanta teaches that empathy and conscience are obstructions. This would be cold land of advaita. but not advaita vedanta. it is more modern spiritual by-passing life crap. Let's look at it. Vedanta is not for sannyas. There is no utility for the world population to take the orange robes. The species would die. So, vedanta is mostly for peo
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In regard to James Swartz' feelings toward homosexuals, I have an interesting true story. Not directly related, nut shows his intolerance. I am going to take out names, etc, but James and Isabella will know what I am saying, as will the students that witnessed this. There has been a very big Shiningworld event recently. The organiser of this event has children. One of the children in
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Hey Rick, you got your work cut out on this topic! Lol.
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Also, Areyuokiddingme. Are you kidding us, again? The fact we can not for sure know who is coming on here flaming, is of course obvious. That has got absolutely nothing to do with the veracity of the abuse people are claiming on here (and the ones who come to us). The two have no correlation. And it is a very poor showing of how another Shiningworld sheep, cannot think for themselves.
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Areyoukiddingme: You havn't quantified that your view has any meaning. Any validity. Either I am blind or you are nuts. But you cannot rewrite history. Not James Swartz, not Vedanta, and not your posts. You have not pointed out any SERIOUS issues in what is being claimed by us. Not one. Are you totally, seriously deluded! I cant stop laughing at you. You made a personal flaming at
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QuoteSattva Sattva S: What James taught me is how full, whole and complete I am, a simple fact that I never knew until I learned this from Vedanta via James as Isvara's instrument. E: Traditional Vedanta does NOT teach this. S: It is too bad that traditional Vedanta does not teach this. This is a super cool idea. You might want to try to apply this idea to your life. This idea m
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Re: Areyoukiddingme. You sound an awful lot like Isabella. If you are familiar with his teaching style, as am I, and you mention derogatory remarks about neo-vedanta (as he does), you are omitting Shiningworld. So, if you really have read all this thread. Then you know my views. Let us, you and I, dissect various satsangs James and Isabella have published, which are just plain wrong.
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That is a brilliant point Corboy. And it supports what Heather and Trav say. That James SWartz does not care about being good, dharmic. So how can he teach others to. Look at the way his sheep come on here. They dont know that he hasnt been abusive to us. Yet they will still come and try to belittle us. For all they could know, we could be victims. But they do not care if Heather is telling t
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QuoteSattva ------------------------------------------------------- > I have not read anything on this forum since I > posted my post many days ago and I am impressed at > the lengthy and immediate responses to my post > when I had a chance to read it just now. Will you just be honest for once? You and I both know the way Shiningworld High Command operates. This reply of '
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Hello, You've included me in your post and I did reply to you through your friend. It is good we can talk direct now. QuoteSattva > > My main reason in posting what I wrote below is to > provide a point of view that is the minority point > of view on this board. The way it is, is that this is a cult educational forum. And what this platform does is provide a
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You need quite a lot of time to see if there is anything negative you can say about James Swartz. And you actually know him well. Yet you need no time whatsoever, to challenge victims here, strangers, on what they are saying. It is back to front, and not quantifiable. I think we are in alternate universes. You think you have the authority to challenge strangers over events in which yo
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QuoteAenes > > This came via email to me by a friend of mine, he > would like me to post it for him: > > "I have been studying with James for eight years.  > I and my friends have hosted and organized James' > classes annually for the past eight years.  If that is the case, we will know one another very well. If I was able to know who you are (and I am n
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QuoteAenes ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you Heather for your reply! > > Is my paraphrasing correct that your reply to my > question, on what motivates you to speak in this > forum, is to see James suffer and receive a > punishment? Am I correct to assume that the > suffering caused therof among those who consider > him a friend a
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QuoteAenas ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you Earthquake, > > I have not been in contact with James since the > middle of October when I attended his event in > Germany. And I have nobody else who supports me in > the way I communicate here in the forum. Two weeks ago a student posted on their site that they were going to post here. Onl
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QuoteAenus > > Thank you for your lengthy reply. It would have been much better if you replied back to it. Instead of waiting for the behind the scenes 'support'. Even now I can hear the whirr of the collective emails being bandied about, between them all, lol. I havn't got a clue why you are thinking that your post to me is valid in any way. Though I do know that th
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QuoteAenas > > I am very happy that you took the time to reply to > my posts thoroughly. This is very kind of you, > thank you! > I will try my best to do likewise, please let me > know if you find this approach helpful. I will be able to read whatever way you post. It's really cute that you have now went away and got some help The posting flow is different fr
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Ahh Panos! I forgot about your post! Before I start, can I say your not so discrete attempt at attempting to initiate direct contact with an anonymous whistle-blower, is noticed. And won't work. This forum is expert in varying tactics. Quote'Panos' I want to start with Heathers accusations for sexual harassment and physiological war she claim that has received from James
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Quote'Aenes' ------------------------------------------------------- > " Though you have not addressed a single point in > the modern vedanta teachings that they teach." > > As far as I understood, modern vedanta is the > personal interpretation of Advaita Vedanta. Modern vedanta is using aspects of personal interpretation. You are going to see how y
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Quote'Aenas' > > I took a look at your posts but I have the feeling > that the James you have met, is a different James > I have met. It's not. It's also the same JS who posts modern vedanta teachings online. Quote'Aenas' > Swami Dayananda, Swami Paramarthananda, Swami TV, > Neema, Radha,... James always pointed out that > th
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Hey Heather! Happy baking! Great to see you and Trav again! Thankyou for your kind words Trav. The support is definitely reciprocated!
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Quote'Aenas' > > I appreciate your post. Indeed I cannot claim to > know with 100% accuracy if my understanding of > Advaita Vedanta is correct, That is because I have > come across numerable ways of teaching it. Every teacher will teach in his own way. However, that doesn't mean anything goes. Quote'Aenas' > Dayananda taught it different
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Here is the link to the recent post, I assume is about this topic. Must be talking about you Trav.
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Quote'Aenas' ------------------------------------------------------- > My name is Aenas and I have been studying with > James for about five years. Hello Aenas, Thankyou for the reply. And also, for your private message dated a couple of weeks ago. I've just read it. In the interests of openness for the forum, there is a stark contrast between your private message
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Hello Everyone, I have been following the great posts again. And the way this topic has been developing is a great benefit to those still stuck in the current format of the cult. Just wanted to say a big shout-out to Isabella. She remarks of why caring what someone in a corner of the internet is saying, seems debunked, for since she has published that remark, and even in a week alone, the
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That is a really good post. And agian, as it's not only the Shiningworld High Command that read this, but more and more of it's members, there needs to be a real warning gave here. I've personally spoke to many people who have contacted Shiningworld teachers in confidence, only to end up having their lives made public. It matter's little if a name is omitted or something c
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The thing is with moksha it is very hard to know at times. However, scripture says that ones own mind can slightly color things once moksha is attained. This goes back to the jnanam carrying on working. And this is linked to whether one has moksha or not. I find it incredible that JS would claim this, whenever SWami Dayananada specifically said he himself did not get it after ten years. In fa
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The authority to teach comes from the guru. This is the guru-shishya relayionship. And there are many various factors involved. I will share some here: 1. Scripture says the teacher should be both srotriya and brahmananista. That is learned in scripture and have attained enlightenment. However there are cavreats here. Someone can teach in manana, supervised, even if they have not attained
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Hello Everyone, Shiningworld has now responded to the movement that Heather's books and this CULT Education Forum has formed. To date this topic has had over 11,000 views, and we are NOT going away James and Isabella Swartz. See: Isabella has wrote a piece that is quite well wrote. The only problem Isabella is that your quasi-psycho babble has not salient retort to the multitude
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I've got to say, missed ya for a few trav. Look, that is the first time i'e actually read those screenshots. Unbelievable, James Swartz is being in a curious manner there. It's highly suspect for one who is supposed to rest as purnatvam, tripti. Total satisfaction. It is hard to know whether someone is enlightened. However, it appears quite clear to me, that he is so full o
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You don't seem to be understanding. Or you are trying not to. A non victim of a sex crime CANNOT say what a victim should and should not do. That is ludicrous. Additionally, the anonymity of this forum is paramount. This is not a platform to try to get one to go public. This is a secure environment where people are able to give a voice where they are not badgered to 'out' thems
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