[FairfieldLife] Confronting the shadow of spiritual dysfunction

[Vaj]

Interesting in contrast to the TM Org, where dysfunction and abuse-- 
the dark shadow--has never been confronted or even acknowledged by the  
org itself. In stark contrast even the Roman Catholic church has begun  
to process it's own shadow. But it's interesting to see how a parallel  
community to the TM Org successfully met and worked through it's own  
shadow:

"When yogi Amrit Desai's Kripalu Yoga community fell apart in 1994, an  
enormous sense of betrayal swept his disciples. A public disclosure of  
the master's secret affairs and manipulation of power and money over  
twenty years disillusioned many. Yet because he was also a creative  
and wise teacher, students were able to use the very practices he had  
taught them--of inquiry, balance, and compassion--to deal with their  
loss. After months of difficult meetings and councils, the master was  
asked to leave and the students were left to work with their confusion  
and despair. Over the years since, the community has rebuilt itself,  
dedicated to the principles of yoga and healthy spirituality that the  
crisis of betrayal taught them. And the master too claims he has  
learned important lessons from this process."

- Jack Kornfield