Snapping-out wrote: “You make such good points about rules and regulations. Those are things you don't think about when you're in this trance. One is only feeling blessed for being "chosen by grace" to be there. It really makes it more of a coming down to earth for me. Thank you!” I find this is a very serious topic most don’t question. Are all the safety requirements me
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Valma Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This lady C. S. is an elderly lady who is one of > the greatest fans of Moo and in total adoration of > him from what i gathered from her very many posts > on the Sangha Facebook group. > > So dont expect her to have an objective view on > the topic. I noticed that she stayed for a little > wh
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> > Charlene Stellamaris writes "I could only > stomach reading a dozen or so of these comments, > because " all the usual suspects" a.ka.a "the > troll patrol" swarmed you. I have been doing some > very cursory research online and got quite the > education on how easy it is to " create > perceptions" by using multiple identities a
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Ananas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Joyfree Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Ananas > > Yes, indeed that is what is being said that the > > actual capacity is around 300 people in Sahaja. > > Although at last years one-sangha-gathering > there > > were over 800 attendees!! Livin
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Ananas Wow! How cowardly of M to threaten people like this!!! This is what an “enlightened” master does? It makes me sick.
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Ananas Yes, indeed that is what is being said that the actual capacity is around 300 people in Sahaja. Although at last years one-sangha-gathering there were over 800 attendees!! Living in Sahaja and surrounding area, all attending satsang and doing work in sahaja. I wonder how that complied with safety regulations!!! Most of the time there are a whole lot more than 300 people. During the sahaja
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Sahara71 About the easter video being taken down: Again an example of how they try so much to polish M image by getting read of all the bs he is spreading. But soon they have to get read of M all together because he has gone bananas all together. The easter video is just an example of his very ill mental state and of the ones still believing in his mambo jambo. I wonder how many hundreds of ho
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Thank you PapajisaysNO for your great help and contribution!!! Be well and all the best for your journey!
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Ananas wrote: “ Just one thing: in Lisbon or any other town, M cannot "keep the crowd together" and brainwash everyone as it was possible in Zmar, so this is a good step so that they didn't want him there anymore! Just the whole scenery in Zmar was so nice, noone could leave the premises, spending all time and meals together and so on created a special atmosphere....it was perfec
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Thank you Valma for your very warm welcome! I agree with you completely that the easter video shows a disturbed man! He is trying very much to convince himself of whatever he would like to be his reality. I find this is the most disturbing messenger so far. But than again, not long ago I was still under “his spell” It is very sad indeed about the guy F. that committed suicide! May his soul
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Corboy, great suggestion! This is a grate article PapajisaysNO! Thank you! I really suggest everyone read it who is still under the impression that M has any special powers! It is great how even the arm-levitation is being explained. The article sheds light onto the makings of M. I find it very useful to have access to this kind of valuable material. It is just awesome how much informat
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Such a clear description of the type of people he is out for! - necessary skills - Vulnerable - Good looking - Subservient - Talented in music - Youthful body - Weak family support Preferably from a western european country, because there is enough financial support even receiving some form of social welfare, you can still pay something to the ashram. And there is no hassle with
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Yes snapping-out. Sadly but true... how convenient to have them at your doorstep...
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PapajisayNO Completely agree with you!!! M is a test by life indeed! A very valuable one I guess. So true: Wild Wild West in Disney Sahaja Land! Thank you! Snapping-out From what I’ve heard is that Zmar has a new management and they raised the prices for M very high. They tried to negotiate but it seemed that the new management doesn’t want to host the M-crowd any longer and they pull
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It seems like a strategy to conquer the world, country by country! How sick... Yes, hitting unsubscribe!!!
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Yes 2cents! Great description! “ the Super Bowl of Intensives” I can hear the cash registers ring and instead of coke and dogs you get a brainwash, blessed malas and pictures by his holiness. The coke & dogs his having behind the curtains and are reserved only for the ones that are RIPE :) What a scam...
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PapajisaysNO wrote: “Oh and by the way leave all your fiends, communities, families and give me all your money and also work night and day and you can trust no one here and you will grow increasingly dependent on me and regress to an infantile state of need and devotion from me and my close associates for our poisoned milk” - sincerely Mickey Mouse M - this is indeed an excellent fitting disclai
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Thank you all for your warm welcome and your and your so valuable contributions! It offers great help! PapajisaysNo: you are so right: “Mooji enslaves and traumatizes people more. It is the opposite of freedom, in the name of freedom. This won’t stand the test of time. Life is already correcting it.” Latest news from M’s most holy Disney-Mountain: M is preparing for a new 5-day i
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Insights about the lates video „this land is a taste of heaven“ Right in the beginning of the video he refers to Monte Sahaja as being a manifestation of god, this blessed place... - is not the entire world a manifestation of god and blessed by god? (If we use this terminology) ...may it continue for long long long to be in service of those who are genuinely in love with god and in search
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PapajisaysNO Thank you for your so compassionate response! I truly hope that this forum does stir something up in others, to give a chance in recognizing that this is a path with devastating results. I find it is our responsibility as human beings and society to care for each other, to meet each other with understanding and compassion, while bringing light into the darkness. And there
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I have been following M for couple of years, attending numerous retreats and staying at his ashram for quite some time. I was fully into him and there was no other reality. Even though in the beginning I had a gut feeling that something isn’t quite right, I still stayed and after I „advanced in the teaching“ I labeled this gut feeling as „the mind“, you know, the one that is trying to keep you aw
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To Opendoor: I too read the entirety of postings re SGI on this forum, spending a whole weekend digesting all of the information and perspectives. I had been practicing for 35 years, and held a leadership position for most of them. I found myself questioning my involvement over a year ago and began gradually disassociating myself from the organization and eventually the whole practice. Readin
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I invited a colleague to one of those big Buddhist pep rallies, in the NSA days. He told everyone at work he had attended a Buddhist hootenanny. I too was always embarrassed but gradually internalized the message that there was something wrong with me for not being able to suspend my critical thinking, or as they frame it, looking outside myself and using intellect, like a "sharihotsu"
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All of the recent posts are so right on. I have experienced every aspect of what's been described here, including the sexual harassment from MD leaders, leaders asking to borrow money, one even slapped my child (age 4), the excessive ridiculous demands at the whim of leaders who want to throw their weight around, the 6 am text messages, the 10 pm conference calls, people "stopping by&
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@leeduffield: congratulations.
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Not sure what I will do with Gohonzon. I have a lot to say to a few leaders, especially the one who stalked me, sexually harassed me, then tried to convert me to a "friend" when I told him to F Off. But then there is the leader who told me I was being replaced by a pot smoking crazy lady after 20 years as a chapter leader because I couldn't get along with a rage-aholic family mem
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And the shoving still goes on, just in subtler forms. I will post some of my experiences with disordered leaders as time permits, but I want to say that the postings on this mb have helped me gather the strength to make the decision to leave SGInsanity! Now I am withstanding the barrage of texts and calls since my disappearing act. The "love bombing" I think you call it, has begun.
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I went to FNCC many times for culture department meetings. A couple years ago it was reinvented as a monument to Ikeda, including two exhibits full of memorabilia. We were honored to be able to tour his private quarters (snide remark). All conference discussion and presentations revolved around master/disciple relationship. One exhibit was the list of honorary degrees from all the obscure un
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Starting to get the inquiries from my "friends in faith". Where have I been, am I okay, etc. since I have not engaged in any SGI contact in over a month. I don't want to rationalize, justify or explain my decision. Plan to just state I no longer care to practice with the SGI. Thoughts, anyone?
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Thank you all for welcoming me. I spent the last 22 years as a leader in SGI. An experience of feeling taken for granted, condemned when I tried to take time for myself to attend to my own life, feeling like I neglected my children but couldn't say no. Was often ostracized when I went against things I didn't like. I also was subjected to sexual harassment from two different men'
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