Gangaji is a she, not a he. The he in question is her husband, Eli Jackson Bear. Both are advaitic spiritual teachers in the lineage of Ramana Maharishi through Papaji.
--- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Who is Gangaji...is he somehow connected to Amma? > > > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Dear Gangaji Foundation Community, > > It is possible that you have already heard > about a > heartbreaking > > disclosure within our community. As the Executive > Director and a > Board > > Member of the Gangaji and Leela Foundations it is > essential that > I share > > with you, in brief, what has happened and the > response that is > emerging. > > On Sunday, October 1, 2006, Eli Jaxon-Bear, > founder of the > Leela > > Foundation and Leela School as well as Gangaji¹s > husband and > partner, > > revealed to the entire Board of Directors that he > breached the > sanctity of > > the teacher/student relationship by initiating an > intimate > relationship > > with one of his students, who is also a teacher > in the Leela > School. This > > relationship lasted for three years. > > Eli told Gangaji about the relationship in > October 2005. At > the > > student¹s request, neither Gangaji nor Eli > disclosed the > relationship. > > Recently, Eli encouraged the student to disclose > the true nature > of the > > relationship to people in our community. > > What was initially seen as a matter between > adults is now > recognized to > > be a betrayal of the teacher/student relationship > and an abuse of > power. A > > trust with the larger community also has been > broken. This is an > important > > revelation as real harm is being experienced by > the student and > is being > > fully acknowledged. The repercussions of this > betrayal are > reverberating in > > ways that were never imagined, but are very > painful. > > Eli takes full responsibility for his actions > and the harm he > has > > caused. In response, he is willingly stepping down > from teaching > > immediately. > > The student is receiving qualified > professional support. We > are > > heartbroken by the transgression she has suffered > and her healing > is of > > utmost importance to all. > > Since hearing this news, the Board of > Directors has met > intensively > > coming together in earnest, offering full > support. The desire and > intention > > of the Board is to serve the healing of this > community to the > best of their > > ability, and to see what must be seen. > > In this spirit, the Board accepted Eli¹s > resignation from all > formal > > roles in the organization. > > The Board also determined that the Foundation > will offer > professionally > > facilitated meetings, with Gangaji and Eli > present, to support > healing in > > the larger community. These meetings will create a > space in which > questions > > can be asked and answered. There will be an > opportunity for > anyone to speak > > and express their feelings and experience. We > will announce by > email and on > > the website when and where these meetings will > take place. > > Gangaji and Eli will write a letter directly > to the community > > addressing their roles in this situation. These > letters will be > sent out to > > our email list as well as posted on the website. > > The Board intends to create a Foundation code > of ethics, or > similar > > document, to address the teacher and student > relationship, as > well as other > > pertinent issues. > > The deepest truths do not excuse or justify > our failures and > betrayals > > as human beings. Gratefully though, without > minimizing or > spiritualizing > > the damage done, love remains and sustains all. It > is only in > love that we > > can truly meet the pain that comes with being > human. Ever more > so, we can > > commit ourselves to the compassion that love > provides and to tell > the truth > > more clearly and honestly to others and > ourselves. > > My prayer is that all the hearts affected by > this including > the > > student, the staff, the community, and Eli and > Gangaji can heal > the pain > > that is present and over time rebuild the broken > trust. As > students, we can > > all come together as beginners, to expose the > betrayals and to > see the > > heartbreaking consequences of our actions. We > have the > opportunity to share > > our true feelings, experiences and realizations, > to meet our own > and > > others¹ pain and humanity, and to offer and > receive our apologies, > > condolences, and gratitude. In the realization of > our true silent > nature, > > we can gather with compassion for all the harm we > received and > all the harm > > we have caused, and then see what comes from that > meeting. > > May we all be blessed with courage and > honesty. As always, I > look > > forward to meeting with you in satsang. > > In deepest gratitude and love, > > Barbara Denempont Executive Director > > The Board of Directors approved this letter. > To write to the > Board > > please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your > correspondence is welcomed. > > > > > > > > The Gangaji Foundation > > 2245 Ashland St. > > Ashland, OR 97520 > > > > News from The Gangaji Foundation > > The shadow strikes the Gangaji world. > > > > To no longer receive our emails, click to > unsubscribe. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! 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