Cohen's flip flop on his relationship with Poonja here Comments here on integral world message board. --------------------------------------- Author Topic: Stas on Andrew Cohen (Read 546 times) loringpalmer New Member member is offline Joined: Feb 2011 Gender: Male Posts: 1 Karma: 0 Stas on Andrew Cohen « Thread Started on Apr 10, 2011, 10:06pm »
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

in m In my opinion, protected by the First Amendment, I would suggest that this is an adroit use of derivative legitimacy. These gurus and teachers are in most cases deceased. RabbiAbraham Heschel fought on the front lines for justice and civil rights[, against the very sort of oppression that has been described for years by Cohen's students. Some had troubled histories (to sa
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Silencing 'the Controller'. QuoteThis might seem bold, this might seem strange," he tells the group, "that you will have in one day -- before lunch actually -- the clarity and experience that a Zen master has. But Zen is seen as the school of sudden enlightenment. And we're just making sure it remains sudden." His technique to temporarily silence the "c
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

QuoteWould it be possible for anyone to chime in with their perspective on whether or not individuals like Gafni and Katie should be allowed to take positions of power given their history of the misuse of power in such intimate circumstances with the most vulnerable of victims? Most of are busy and dont have time to 'chime in' or write articles upon request. If you want lasting s
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Thanks for posting those Gafni links corboy. I had read several of those articles but don't usually have the time to back track to include the links in these forum postings. Given Gafni's high status in Kabbalah and the very open reports of his inappropriate sexual conduct as a spiritual teacher, I was surprised to get no results when I put his name into the rickross forum search engi
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

I just ran across some confusing discussions on a Byron Katie facebook fansite. Same revulsed nausea that I've felt every time I encounter correlations between Byron Katie's The Work and trauma recovery. <Here is a discussion started by someone who is trauma-recovered-through-the-work-and-loving-it! In a different tone, in case it hasn't been shared on this thread yet,
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Quote Integral Abuse: Andrew Cohen and the Culture of Evolutionary Enlightenment Review by William Yenner In late April, I received an email from Be Scofield telling me about his new article “Integral Abuse: Andrew Cohen and the Culture of Evolutionary Enlightenment”, which he said was posted at Tikkun Daily, a blog at Tikkun Magazine which he writes for. Upon reading it, I felt his a
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Years back, Ken Wilber, Dick Anthony, and Bruce Ecker edited a book entitled Spiritual Choices:The Problem of Recognizing Authentic Paths to Inner Transformation (Paragon House Publishers, 1987) The book is the product of a seminar on the subject. The Jonestown massacre was still fresh in everyone's minds. Scandals had happened at various Buddhist centers and Hindu ashrams. One case discu
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A Wee List of Wilber Critiques (In all his studies of gurus and spirituality, KW has never, but ever made any use of Zimbardo's Prison Experiment. Yet, Zimbardo was a participant in a seminar convened in the 1980s by Wilber, Eckler and Dick Anthony, whose findings were published in the book, Spiritual Choices. Yet despite being listed as a participant, Professor Zimbardo was neve
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