Dear Board Members! Ten years ago I lost love of my life to Master Ching Hai. He is now re-married with the Paris contact center person from the Ching Hai group, left his university cathedra and opened the first vegan restaurant in Paris. I would like some moral support from former Ching Hai initiates or from people who lost a loved one to his meditation group. Please reply to me or se
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Thank you for your reply that you sent me 9 years ago. In order to salvage my relationship with my ex, I did get initiation. I used to follow the Inner Light and Sound path and I did have my own inner experiences regarding light and sound. Ching Hai keeps telling everyone it is because of her initiates experience this. She has a way to have initiates develop an emotional attachment to her
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Hello Richard M Green, I can very much relate to the strained relationships your message describes. My ex made a lifetime commitment to Supeme Master Suma Ching Hai and her meditational path. I could not even present my ex with a chocolate as a present because he would immediately start reading the label. If there was any egg or derivative egg product in the gift, he would give it back to m
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QuoteViola BerryMy husband is in Masterpath. I've put up with it, thinking since he's an adult, he can choose this if he wants. But, it bothers me. It seems like a scam to me. I worry about a Jonestown-like situation, or that Sri Gary will decide that his followers need to give him all their life savings. Also, it's all very secret and it seems like it's coming between my
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Quotequestion ladyI find this interesting article about the role of the spouse who is not in the destructive group. Unfortunately, I probably handled the situation poorly with "information onslaught". :? I would be interested in input from spouses from either side of the experience. Thank you for the article. My brief comment is -- it is easier to be said than done. Irr
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Thank you QuestionLady for your comforting words. I also think that a God-Realized individual would have no need to create dependency in the followers. Lord Buddha always emphasized the fact that "we must diligently work out our own salvation". I find the Supreme Master Suma Ching Hai, a very talented Vietnamese-born master, has a very subliminal way of creating this dependency
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Dear BoardMembers: To begin, it is, of course, taboo to criticize a person's religious beliefs. The problem, however, is that much of what people believe in the name of religion is intrinsically divisive, unreasonable and incompatible with genuine morality. It is very unfortunate that my marriage ended because of my ex-spouse's deep involvement in Supreme Master Suma Ching Hai Med
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