Quotejust-googlingYes, I'm sure SOI (Science of Identity) has done this as well. I bet they would like to try. Don't forget I lived with the tech guy there :wink: One day he gave me a tutorial in how to get things ranking on Google while he was trying to satisfy his boss by getting Firm-n-Fold to no.1 so thanks Bren Ex-SOI are doing pretty well google wise. For 'Siddh
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Siddha's criticism of ISKCON is certainly well known to all his present and past followers. The main basis for this criticism is the assertion by Siddha that ISKCON are disobeying the directives of ACB by having many spiritual masters. His followers commonly refer to changes being made in the Baghavad Gita 'As It Is' where references to a spiritual master have been made
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Jules I don't think that Dharam Rakshak is this person's name - I have certainly never heard of any disciple named this. It is a Vedic term that means 'protection of religion'. It was the name of an organisation in Australia in 1999 that spoke out against Sydney gay and lesbian mardi gras use of Hindu deities and symbols in that years theme. At that time (and it appears th
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Here is a bit of Siddha history, the article he published in Back to Godhed magazine when he joined ISKCON. Been reseaching this lately and found out some pretty interesting points that I would like to write more about later. :?: Anyone know any details about Siddha and Tusta selling the temple in New Zealand? :arrow: Anyone who would like a copy of the three CD lectures I have (one is pa
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When I first started talking to other people about cults, having just gotten out of one myself six months ago, I was actually suprised to hear that practices such as offerring free meditation and yoga classes is rather common. This is the main point of recruitment for the cult I was involved with Science of Identity which runs schools of meditation around the world. I have heard it referred to
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Firstly I really like Robbie Williams but... The heartthrob singer hopes his bizarre alien faith will be as big as celebrity favourite, Scientology, which counts A-list stars like Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its followers. He came up with the plan after reading about the late L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology - which teaches that aliens created the world. He told BBC Radi
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A little while ago Zelig published an excerpt from Sai Speaks : QuoteSai along with Swamis Ma Devashakti and Tejo Mayananda (Sivananda Ashram) established the Haiku Meditation Center, which eventually evolved into Krishna Yoga Community. I have not been able to find anything about Swami Ma Devashakti yet but the name and ashram of Tejo Mayananda has turned up the following : He left Si
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TruthAsItIs - you have made a lot of posts to me and as I have acknowledged previously you have said a lot of nice things which have been appreciated. It seems to me that you respect that enquiring minds need to know and my curiosity is attracted to your more recent posts and the inkling that you sound very familiar to me. I do recall someone that I knew very well on the Gold Coast that used t
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QuotequotesmanThere is a special type of thermos used, the most expensive kind on the market. One day while cleaning the thermoses I noticed the cap has two parts. No one ever actually took the two pieces apart. So I struggled for awhile and finally unscrewed one. They were really stuck together. Inside the cap was scum that had been their for who knows how long. I am talking about the grossest
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Quotesman : QuoteI can understand the desire to get into politics to change things for the better. But all Siddha did was start acting even more deceitful than the politicians he was trying to replace. Even advocating our godless war in Iraq. THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A WAKE UP CALL FOR MANY. Now that we are learning the truth about the war we would have to ask the question: If Siddha is so fixed u
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Hi Guys, Been away for a few days and just catching up on the thread. I have just been up to Queensland talking with the police. I really do not want to say much about it at the moment because to the best of my knowledge they are regarding the information that I have given them seriously and I don't want to write anything that might jeopardise that. I can say that it seems that I
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Quotesman : QuoteI used to laugh with Symasundara das about the SIF CREDIT CARD STING.. What a scam. Perhaps you or anyone else may be able to shed some light on what I heard about devotees scamming other devotees - I don't think that it is the same scam but I wasn't able to get the complete background details. I heard a CD lecture where Siddha was chastising his devotees for not
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QuotekathQuotecultreporter Well in perspective we have the person who started the whole thread casting very unempathetic and quite odious judgments on how people who have been sexually abused should act. I don't know what you are on about ere. I support people who've been sexually abused 100% and I haven't said they should act any particular way. Please point out anywhere whe
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QuoteJoe KQuoteRama Das (slave name)congratulations on knowing everythingWow, in the absence of counter-arguments we are resorting to flaming. Kath was simply expressing her opinions, as the people arguing against FMS here have certainly felt free to do. Well in perspective we have the person who started the whole thread casting very unempathetic and quite odious judgments on how people who ha
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Ok, I will admit that I only really followed Rama in because I enjoy intelligent conversation and I felt certain that he would show me the way. If I may try to contribute something... In the initial question Kath said : QuoteIt's also dubious in that she was not guarded about discussing it, she mentioned it within a few times of chatting to me on msn, even though she had to 'ch
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Quote"Rama Das (slave name)"Wow, thanks for the link, cultreporter. I have never heard of Robbie Williams, is he Australian? "... I love you, you love my hate..." yeah, that was a great video, the mood and imagery were perfect, and I liked seeing the subject matter coupled with the music style. I liked seeing a smooth pop singer taking a subject like that head on, VER
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In exchange for the seriousness of my last post the film clip of Robbie Williams Sin Sin Sin is sooo funny! I swear if you close your eyes at the start that it is like Wai Lana is talking to you about the perfect teacher that reveals timeless wisdom - it sounds like a spiel for ASM. :lol: :lol: :lol: Will the person that cut the tags out of my shirts come and show me which way to
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QuoteWorried"i asked some of them about "cult reporter " the girl that made the blog the respose was " Shes a slut that didnt get a fuck " i asked them about the forum statments about chris buttler there response was " there proberly the people that are gay or are fags that are writing this stuff" -HOW SPIRITUAL ARE THESE PEOPLE TO DEGRADE
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Quote“Damn it keep your gun in your bead bag. That’s what it is for idiot!! You probably thought you were supposed to keep beads in that bag. Fool!!! I have to teach you guys everything!!!” And here I was thinking we just weren't allowed to have bead bags so we wouldn't be mistaken in public for ISKCON devotees...seems he doesn't mind if some are just like ISKCON devotees aftera
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Wow quoteman that is quite a collection you have there. Seems you have spent a lot of time around Siddha and I would love to have the opportunity to talk to you more if I could. It would seem that the personal on-line guru could get a bit of an update from this :D More about the fines and being ordered off the island. I wonder if anyone ever dared to defy such an order or what they could
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jon, What an incredibly sad story! The more that people are talking about SOI the worse it gets. No wonder they are watching this thread still at a rate of over 400 viewings a day *waves* :twisted: Quotejonfeldmane : I know the media in Hawaii has been after him for a long time and from the sounds of it they are in the land of Oz too!!! Right cult??? I really don't think so, not yet
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Siddha changing a diaper? :lol: I can't imagine that he would even go near Wai Lana unless it was equipped with a complex air filtration system and wrapped in aluminum foil.
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QuoteTruth As It Is - Cult, who has enormous intellect, creativity, imagination, potential love for God, is somehow stuck on this wimp, who should be so lucky to be criminally stalked (the only chance he will ever get in his life to be stalked because no one else would waste their time to do this). Alledgedly criminally stalked. :roll: The latest word from 'the man' is that a few ph
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QuotezeligGreat stuff cultreporter. QuoteNot chanting enough or being serious enough is a burden that all devotees carry - a spiritual self flagellation. Everything good Krishna does and everything bad you do to yourself. Perfect circular reasoning for why there is any sufferring in the world and like a circle it has no apparent end to it. quoted from --- In case anyone has not put this
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Blogger has been mucking around all day. Much as I love that site I was looking forward to getting this up yesterday so I hope no-one minds if I post it here instead. During, and in the years just previous to, 1999 there was a growing trend among the young, 15-20 year old, SOI born devotees to begin engaging in amateur film making and professional 3D Computer Generated Imaging (CGI) techniques
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:!: This thread has had 452 views in the past 24 hours :!: By my calculations this is almost 10 times more than it had per day a few weeks ago. I really do wonder who all these people are who do not seem to be posting??? Anyone care to give me a crash course in free speech and maybe how RR gets to be able to talk about this sort of stuff and name names etc without having to worry about s
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Just back from a little research trip and thought I might share something I found very interesting. I will be writing it up fully for the blog later today as I am doing the new articles but it looks like this could provide a bit of direction for my research for a while yet and as always I would appreciate any info others are interested in sharing. From an article in the Christchurch Press in N
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:?: Curiousity Is it possible for a religion that claims to be a non-religious and non-sectarian organisation to hide behind the rights of religious groups to vilify homosexuals? In Australia there are laws against vilification and by distributing freely or selling or even broadcasting anti-gay sentiments then one can find themselves in serious trouble with the law. Is it against advertisin
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To all the SOI spies.... Quote from Rama's dad which I know to be reiterated widely (has their been an email from Siddha on this I wonder?) The way that you have chosen to publicly criticize us for our choice is indefensible. What you are saying is really completely lacking any basic self-respect for anyone to choose the way they want to live their life. As oppossed to condemni
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We are definitely being watched in Australia as well and I have been brought to the attention of authorities here as a means of intimidation to have me remove my posts from this forum and take my blogs down. How fanatical is that - to try to deprive others who have been there of the right not to wallow glassy eyed in the wake of abuse of Siddha's followers queitly blaming ourselves and stil
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