[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well for both Muktananda and Swami Rama, I see it as their willful ignorance of western mores or outright superiority complexes in regards to how others live. They most likely DID get away with their exploits in India

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 23, 2008, at 3:27 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: Opening chakras in another person does not require touching them. It doesn't even

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 23, 2008, at 4:04 PM, Bhairitu wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: Opening chakras in another person does not require touching them.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-24 Thread ispiritkin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ispiritkin wrote: But, for God's sake, he put his penis inside your vagina. What the hell did you think was going on? Well, duhh, loving me, guiding me, helping me along my path because

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-24 Thread Vaj
On Apr 24, 2008, at 2:48 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Most westerners have little understanding or appreciation of Paganism, period. Simon Magus and all that. Let's face it, if you're in the US you're in Jesusland. Worse, you're in Paul-land. Or in Luther-land or Calvin-land. Way different set of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-24 Thread Michael
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 23, 2008, at 11:22 AM, radha30327 wrote: Georg(yes it is Georg no e) Feuerstein,Ph.D is a yoga researcher, he compiles for all of us. . Holds degrees i n Indology and the history of Religion. Author of 30

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
Michael wrote: He was, he isn't anymore. I didn't follow up on the whole discussion here, but if its about his book on crazy wisdom, at that time it was written as sort of a defense of Adi Da. He once wrote a beautiful experience report on his visit to Mother Meera in WIE, but you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-24 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ispiritkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ispiritkin wrote: But, for God's sake, he put his penis inside your vagina. What the hell did you think was going

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-24 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is *by definition* a touchy subject. It brings up all of the programming that each of us got growing up snip Me, I just find it fascinating that many of the Maharishi defenders who have no problem with him

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: This is *by definition* a touchy subject. It brings up all of the programming that each of us got growing up snip . . . Me, I just find it

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-24 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 24, 2008, at 2:12 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: I've been at a safe distance for many years now, so little of it affects me personally. But IMO one of the biggest instances of bad behavior was the Recert thang. That's a way of saying to the people who paid your bills for many years, We don't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 24, 2008, at 2:12 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: I've been at a safe distance for many years now, so little of it affects me personally. But IMO one of the biggest instances of bad behavior was the Recert thang.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-24 Thread Vaj
On Apr 24, 2008, at 3:03 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: That's true. Look, I don't want to get into a long, Judy-like defense of things here. All I'm sayin' is that my experience has led me to believe that there are two basic approaches to the performances of and the teaching of siddhis and other

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-24 Thread ispiritkin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk wrote: I understand that you don't want to get into more detail about the incident but, really, it's all to vague to comment further. You're right, I don't want to get into details, so for my issue, yes, I agree it's too vague to comment. No

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: You're preachin' to the choir here, girlfriend. I bailed in 1977. :-) Maybe monkeys will fly out of my butt. Maybe, is that why you paid over $5,000 to learn the TM-Sidhi program just before you bailed in 1977? I'd say that bucks flew out of your butt, not monkeys.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Allen deSomer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander mailander111@ wrote: Why are we assuming she is still a victim and unable, therefore, to hear the truth? How can we assume she is not? To do so is to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Allen deSomer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander mailander111@ wrote: Why not? Healing would, sooner or later, involve that recognition. That is for the victim to decide. Do you find my POV

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread ispiritkin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Allen deSomer wrote: I believe that enlightened people know when it is time to chuckle and when it is time to shed a tear. -Allen This topic can be very sensitive, Allen, and I appreciate your concern to have an appropriate touch. Maybe you and Angela

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ispiritkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Allen deSomer wrote: I believe that enlightened people know when it is time to chuckle and when it is time to shed a tear. This topic can be very sensitive, Allen, and I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Allen deSomer wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Speaking of common sense, since this thread was started by someone who writes about being a victim of sexual abuse, I strongly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread radha30327
People do odd stuff when under the sway of a guru. That's a factor to be reckoned with here. They are parts of social organizations to which they have dedicated their lives, and without which they would feel empty and purposeless. And so when they are told to do things that cut against the grain,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, radha30327 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People do odd stuff when under the sway of a guru. That's a factor to be reckoned with here. They are parts of social organizations to which they have dedicated their lives, and without which they would feel empty

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 22, 2008, at 7:21 PM, Bhairitu wrote: The sexual urge is a very primal animalistic drive to reproduce that all creatures have. The sex drive has nothing at all to do with reproducing, Bhair, it has to do with having sex. There is no reproducing drive or baby drive that *anyone* feels

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, radha30327 radha30327@ wrote: People do odd stuff when under the sway of a guru. That's a factor to be reckoned with here. They are parts of social organizations to which

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, radha30327 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People do odd stuff when under the sway of a guru. That's a factor to be reckoned with here. They are parts of social organizations to which they have dedicated their lives, and without which they would feel empty

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Angela Mailander
Really? Maybe men don't have a baby drive, but I know lots of women who want to get pregnant so bad they can taste it. Me included when I was getting into my late twenties. And for men, don't you think the sex drive was engineered by mother nature to get ladies pregnant? --- Sal Sunshine

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread radha30327
If you read my story, and if you might take the time to read Sex in the forbidden Zone you might begin to understand and yes have some compassion for what went on and goes on for hundreds and thousands of women still to this day. I had never been someone to give into sexual come ons. I was

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Bhairitu
radha30327 wrote: People do odd stuff when under the sway of a guru. That's a factor to be reckoned with here. They are parts of social organizations to which they have dedicated their lives, and without which they would feel empty and purposeless. And so when they are told to do things that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Allen deSomer wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Speaking of common sense, since this thread was started by someone who writes about being a victim of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Bhairitu
Sal Sunshine wrote: On Apr 22, 2008, at 7:21 PM, Bhairitu wrote: The sexual urge is a very primal animalistic drive to reproduce that all creatures have. The sex drive has nothing at all to do with reproducing, Bhair, it has to do with having sex. There is no reproducing drive or baby

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 23, 2008, at 9:32 AM, Angela Mailander wrote: Really? Maybe men don't have a baby drive, but I know lots of women who want to get pregnant so bad they can taste it. Me included when I was getting into my late twenties. Social conditioning, Ang. Why do you think in every single

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 23, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Bhairitu wrote: The sex drive has nothing at all to do with reproducing, Bhair, it has to do with having sex. There is no reproducing drive or baby drive that *anyone* feels because of hormones. If they do, it's primarily because of social conditioning. Not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread radha30327
Georg(yes it is Georg no e) Feuerstein,Ph.D is a yoga researcher, he compiles for all of us. . Holds degrees i n Indology and the history of Religion. Author of 30 books on yoga. Director of the Yoga research Center. Rad --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Vaj
On Apr 23, 2008, at 11:22 AM, radha30327 wrote: Georg(yes it is Georg no e) Feuerstein,Ph.D is a yoga researcher, he compiles for all of us. . Holds degrees i n Indology and the history of Religion. Author of 30 books on yoga. Director of the Yoga research Center. Isn't he a follower of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Vaj
On Apr 23, 2008, at 11:18 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote: The sex drive is, yeah. The baby drive is a product of wishful thinking, a lot of it men's wishful thinking that all women do is sit around and think about having babies. Better think again. Dunno 'bout that. I know quite a few women who

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Bhairitu
shempmcgurk wrote: Here's what I have a problem with: You were in his ashram for 8 years during which time, if I've understood correctly from what you've written here and in other posts, the abuse happened to you and others time and time and time again. It then took almost another 15

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread radha30327
I don't know who he follows, the work is a compilation of ancient texts. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 23, 2008, at 11:22 AM, radha30327 wrote: Georg(yes it is Georg no e) Feuerstein,Ph.D is a yoga researcher, he compiles for all of us. .

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 23, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Vaj wrote: Dunno 'bout that. I know quite a few women who when they fall in love they want to have their man's baby as if it's some obsession-- in some cases multiple babies to multiple men over time. Some I also know hoard food instinctively when going thru

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread radha30327
Good points, Shemp and exactly what I was thinking. Unfortunately they only half read what I wrote and misconstrued things. I even asked my guru yesterday if Muktananda was a monk and he said probably not. If so he was not bound by any vows of celibacy. Muk was a monk from the Sawaswati order,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 23, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Vaj wrote: Haven't you ever heard the female saying I want to have your baby? Sure, but what they're really saying is, I want *you* to stick around, and if having your baby will get you to, then that's what I'll do, by golly. Manipulation, IOW. Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hanging out at spiritual events one will notice very often that western women will proudly have relationships Swamis who are not from renunciate traditions. Of course when things go awry or the Swami tires of them

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Angela Mailander
In my case, the social conditioning was against having a baby. I notice, too, among some animals that the females will fight against having sex, but they sure like having babies and will grieve if they can't have them. --- Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 23, 2008, at 11:18 AM, Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Duveyoung
What's not to love about a baby? Who can resist them? Who can keep themselves from kissing the tops of their heads a zillion billion times? The allure of their innocence is probably one of the most powerful spells that can be cast upon an adult mind. A whole nation will stop until a single

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Vaj
On Apr 23, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote: On Apr 23, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Vaj wrote: Dunno 'bout that. I know quite a few women who when they fall in love they want to have their man's baby as if it's some obsession-- in some cases multiple babies to multiple men over time. Some I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Vaj
On Apr 23, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Bhairitu wrote: Good points, Shemp and exactly what I was thinking. Unfortunately they only half read what I wrote and misconstrued things. I even asked my guru yesterday if Muktananda was a monk and he said probably not. If so he was not bound by any vows

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vaj Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 11:55 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru In the case of Muktananda, when the NY state officials investigated his death

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Vaj
On Apr 23, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Rick Archer wrote: In the case of Muktananda, when the NY state officials investigated his death they found the gynecological stirrups Mukti used for women. From the accounts I've read it does appear, if I'm objective, that he was practicing a form of tantra

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread radha30327
The actual yogas to do so are quite strenuous and not necessarily the same as reproductive or recreational sex. And just because the practices involve sex does not make them 'black magic'. Puritanical westerners have a real hard time getting this, but at the same time, such practices are also

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vaj Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:47 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru So do you think any of this may legitimize what MMY allegedly was doing? Not from what

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Vaj
On Apr 23, 2008, at 2:20 PM, radha30327 wrote: The actual yogas to do so are quite strenuous and not necessarily the same as reproductive or recreational sex. And just because the practices involve sex does not make them 'black magic'. Puritanical westerners have a real hard time getting

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Bhairitu
Sal Sunshine wrote: On Apr 23, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Bhairitu wrote: The sex drive has nothing at all to do with reproducing, Bhair, it has to do with having sex. There is no reproducing drive or baby drive that *anyone* feels because of hormones. If they do, it's primarily because of social

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Bhairitu
And (as I knew already) a spectator. Tantra is not a spectator sport. I have read some of his books and he is a bit of a blind man describing an elephant. radha30327 wrote: Georg(yes it is Georg no e) Feuerstein,Ph.D is a yoga researcher, he compiles for all of us. . Holds degrees i n

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hanging out at spiritual events one will notice very often that western women will proudly have relationships Swamis who are not from renunciate traditions. Of course when things go awry or the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Bhairitu
radha30327 wrote: Good points, Shemp and exactly what I was thinking. Unfortunately they only half read what I wrote and misconstrued things. I even asked my guru yesterday if Muktananda was a monk and he said probably not. If so he was not bound by any vows of celibacy. Muk was a monk from

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: Bullshit. History proves you wrong. The enlightened have no more clue than you or I do. Uh that's my experience, Turq. You're mileage may vary which is too bad. There is a stark contrast between the way I experience the world now and 10 years ago. I'm sure there

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Bhairitu
radha30327 wrote: The actual yogas to do so are quite strenuous and not necessarily the same as reproductive or recreational sex. And just because the practices involve sex does not make them 'black magic'. Puritanical westerners have a real hard time getting this, but at the same

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread radha30327
-- Unequal partner,means power over another, of courseI nor any of the young girls knew anything about what he was doing. BTW MUk had Diabetes,flacid due to sickness not mastery. - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 23, 2008, at 2:20 PM, radha30327

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread radha30327
He is listing the great texts on the subject word for word.. why don't you read it before you make such blanket statements Rad --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And (as I knew already) a spectator. Tantra is not a spectator sport. I have read some

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: Not from what we know. It's my understanding, rather than having any sort of yogic control over his body, he was a 'Johnny cum quickly' kinda guy (at least that's what I remember hearing). However in Mahesh's favor is the fact that most practicing tantrics, at that level, will

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: Opening chakras in another person does not require touching them. It doesn't even require being within twenty feet of them. Those who claim that they need to touch the person to open their

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: Bullshit. History proves you wrong. The enlightened have no more clue than you or I do. Uh that's my experience, Turq. You're mileage may vary which is too bad. There is a stark contrast

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread radha30327
Oh but he does but when I asked he deducted it from the fact that Muktananda had sex and why he said probably not. That's why I think he may have gone nuts (which is what your group seems to think). Not clear what you mean, but I have had many very old timers, around Muk much longer than

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Bhairitu
You can't learn tantra from a book, Rad. I already said I've read some of his works. We can quote tantric texts around here until the cows come home and you won't learn tantra. BTW, do you read Devanagari? A good example is my guru recommended L. W. Chawdhri's Practicals of Mantra and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: Opening chakras in another person does not require touching them. It doesn't even require being within twenty feet of them. Those who claim that they need to touch the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Vaj
On Apr 23, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Vaj wrote: Not from what we know. It's my understanding, rather than having any sort of yogic control over his body, he was a 'Johnny cum quickly' kinda guy (at least that's what I remember hearing). However in Mahesh's favor is the fact that most

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Vaj
On Apr 23, 2008, at 3:27 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: Opening chakras in another person does not require touching them. It doesn't even require being within twenty feet of them. Those who claim that they

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Vaj
On Apr 23, 2008, at 4:04 PM, Bhairitu wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: Opening chakras in another person does not require touching them. It doesn't even require being within twenty feet of them. Those who

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: Opening chakras in another person does not require touching

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: On Apr 23, 2008, at 4:04 PM, Bhairitu wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: Opening chakras in another person does not require touching them. It doesn't even require being within twenty feet of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread radha30327
-I know you can't learn tantra from a book. Books are just someones minds, but the ancients texts make sense out of direct experince. As you just said about the book you recommneded below I also practice Tantra. I have had a great teacher,but I am clear I don't need a guru'. I have had

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread ispiritkin
Hi Shemp ~ I know you weren't writing to me in this post, but all of your same questions could just as well apply to stuff I've gone through. So for you and Bhairitu, I'll give a shot at explaining this from an angle besides Radha's. By the way, Radha, you have my sympathy, plus kudos for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread ispiritkin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: On Apr 23, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Vaj wrote: Haven't you ever heard the female saying I want to have your baby? Sure, but what they're really saying is, I want *you* to stick around, and if having your baby will get you to, then

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-23 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ispiritkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Shemp ~ I know you weren't writing to me in this post, but all of your same questions could just as well apply to stuff I've gone through. So for you and Bhairitu, I'll give a shot at explaining this from an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread shempmcgurk
For everyone's information, Radha is the person who posted here several years ago telling us about her experience with Muktananda. You can read more about it here: http://www.leavingsiddhayoga.net/Radha_story.htm And if Radha is reading this: most of the links you posted below don't work.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread radha30327
I am trying again,here is the link again for Vimeo. I don't know why they aren't coming throuhg correctly sorry:) Radha http://www.vimeo.com/926483 Here is the youtube link as well: http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=U9GeHa- qkYc - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread shempmcgurk
It's working now. Question to Radha: are you one of the women speaking in the trailer and, if so, which one? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, radha30327 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying again,here is the link again for Vimeo. I don't know why they aren't coming throuhg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread radha30327
I am the first woman on camera. Glad it is working:) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's working now. Question to Radha: are you one of the women speaking in the trailer and, if so, which one? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, radha30327 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am the first woman on camera. Glad it is working:) It's nice to have a face connected to an internet moniker! Radha, I don't know if you remember me; when you brought this subject up before on this forum several

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread radha30327
-Thanks so much, yes in this film we will explain why men of power like Muktananda, are ruled not by divinity but by their individual selves. I have always said the truth is the truth no matter who said it. Men like MUk are not beyond the ego, yet were able to channel the truth, while they

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread shempmcgurk
Radha: Are you familiar with or have you ever read Sarah Caldwell's scolarly piece called: The Heart of the Secret: A Personal and Scholarly Encounter with Shakta Tantrism in Siddha Yoga? It is referenced in the footnotes of Muktananda's Wikipedia reference. It is found here:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread Bhairitu
radha30327 wrote: -Thanks so much, yes in this film we will explain why men of power like Muktananda, are ruled not by divinity but by their individual selves. I have always said the truth is the truth no matter who said it. Men like MUk are not beyond the ego, yet were able to channel

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread radha30327
Yes, I read Sarah's article when it came out. We also spoke by phone several times. She doesn't feel he is excused from his behavior. She was trying to make some sense out of why he thought it was ok. She seem to have many conflicted feelings. If you think about it the guru referred to that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread radha30327
Hello, I was involved in SY for 26 years. I met many fine people myself. Your inner experience is your experience. But Muk was a hypocrite that preached celibacy while engaging in sexual practices. If you read my story and the whole leavingsiddhayoga.net website you will see a lot of fine

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread Bhairitu
Was Muktananda actually a monk? Though there are renunciate tantrics in general it is a householder tradition and celibacy is not part of it (especially if you're going to practice the later stage rituals in a cremation ground). My teacher is a householder and doesn't preach celibacy. He is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
Was Muktananda actually a monk? There is some doubt about this; his guru Nityananda was apparently a monk, but did Nityananda give the Mukta the permission to teach in his name? That's the question. Though there are renunciate tantrics in general it is a householder tradition and celibacy

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread Bhairitu
Richard J. Williams wrote: Actually there at least three major tantric centers in your neighborhood. One of the most popular tantric sects in India is the Sri Vidya, a tradition that is very widespread in parts of Kerala and Karnataka - also in Bengal and in Kashmere. But since these

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread Allen deSomer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard J. Williams wrote: Radha doesn't seem to be chukling; she seems pretty serious that there was a sexual offense committed. BTW, I'm not saying because they're head games or illusion one shouldn't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread Angela Mailander
Why not? Healing would, sooner or later, involve that recognition. --- Allen deSomer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard J. Williams wrote: Radha doesn't seem to be chukling; she seems pretty serious that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread Allen deSomer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not? Healing would, sooner or later, involve that recognition. That is for the victim to decide. Do you find my POV too PC? -Allen --- Allen deSomer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Speaking of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread Bhairitu
Allen deSomer wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard J. Williams wrote: Radha doesn't seem to be chukling; she seems pretty serious that there was a sexual offense committed. BTW, I'm not saying because they're head

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread Allen deSomer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (snip) The sexual urge is a very primal animalistic drive to reproduce that all creatures have. Enlightened people will recognize it as such and have a great chuckle as they will not be as swayed by it as the typical

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread Angela Mailander
Why are we assuming she is still a victim and unable, therefore, to hear the truth? --- Allen deSomer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not? Healing would, sooner or later, involve that recognition.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread Allen deSomer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why are we assuming she is still a victim and unable, therefore, to hear the truth? How can we assume she is not? To do so is to violate my view of common sense. Victims deserve the benefit of the doubt. -Allen

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread Bhairitu
Allen deSomer wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (snip) The sexual urge is a very primal animalistic drive to reproduce that all creatures have. Enlightened people will recognize it as such and have a great chuckle as they will not be as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread Angela Mailander
Well, we differ. I am a veteran of two abusive marriages and I was raped by my uncle when I was young. Currently, I'm taking care of a neighbor who's just moved out of the women's shelter. So I am no stranger to victimhood. When all is said and done, getting over it means seeing the truth.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
Richard J. Williams wrote: Actually there at least three major tantric centers in your neighborhood. One of the most popular tantric sects in India is the Sri Vidya, a tradition that is very widespread in parts of Kerala and Karnataka - also in Bengal and in Kashmere. But since

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shadow of the Guru

2008-04-22 Thread radha30327
Don't worry about me I have been on these boards(mostly ex siddha) for 6 years taking hits,my skin is thick LOL.But compassion is the name of the game. It is not illusion or head games if it is your daughter, sister, mother or girlfriend that has been an abuse recipient of a 74 year old man.