It all boils down to "Indian morality" which is not what westerners
think it is nor comes anything close to "western morality" and things we
would not tolerate. It's very "funky" to say the least.
On 11/16/2013 01:00 PM, indifferent_netizen wrote:
Hi thank you Eileen for your comments.
I had a chance to read your journey and experiences at Sai Baba's
ashram online and they were very interesting. Thank you for taking
such a courageous stand against the pedophile Sai Baba.
Interestingly some like Rick Archer talk against Maharishi and Sai
Baba and give an absolute free pass to Amma. Gotta protect the current
cult you are in :-)
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <eileenweed@...> wrote:
"Holy Hell" is a totally valuable book, because how often do we get an
insider view from someone who was actually the personal assistant of
such a big-name guru, and for two long decades? So often these gurus
are two-faced hypocrites, presenting a smiling, benevolent persona to
the general public, then changing into their true colors in private
behind closed doors. People like Sathya Sai Baba (much of my two
decades inside Indian ashrams were spent at his ashram in Puttaparthi)
and Mata Amritanandamayi no doubt inspire their devotees through their
idealistic teachings, but part of that inspiration always lines the
guru's pockets with more wealth.
The fact is, as revealed in Gail's book and backed by a number of
others who were close to the 'Hugging Amma', Amritanandamayi is
violent with uncontrollable anger and harshly beats her attendants,
she has sex with some of her top Swamis (who control the finances of
the ashram empire - and who are also rapists), she orders murders of
various people who come in her way - including her own brother
(several police cases were halted by the powerful ashram authorities),
she has made her family members multimillionaires (and then goes on
record to say she gave them nothing and it is all due to the success
of their local fishing business!). So many details backing Gail's
experiences in her book, are available online - including financial
reports that show less than 10% of donations help the poor.
So many parallels between these reports and what I personally
experienced in sai baba's ashram! They are greedy rotten apples,
preying on our naive devotion. :-(
