The Anti-Gurus
Indeed, gurus are the ultimate authority figures. The guru
insists that the path to enlightenment comes through surrender
to him. The guru projects an air of absolute certainty not only
about his enlightenment but about almost all matters. When criticized,
the guru accuses the critic of being mired in illusion and egotism,
which the guru, of course, has transcended. READ
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Cult
Index
Dalai
Lama
The Shadow of the Dalai Lama
CONTENTS
OF THE BOOK
Sexuality, Magic, and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism =
Da
Free John aka Franklin
Jones aka
Bubba Free John aka Adi Da
Sex Slave" Sues Guru
Jones, who claimed to be enlightened, is being sued by a former
member of the sect. And he is being accused by Miller and other
disillusioned former members of indulging in long drinking binges,
public sex and humiliation, assault, and feasts of caviar and
fancy food with his inner circle. Women devotees were dressed
in naughty lingerie for the guru's pleasure and subjected to nights
of psychological and physical abuse, they said. READ
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The
Strange Case of Franklin Jones
Hare
Krishna ISCON
BETRAYAL OF THE SPIRIT BOOK
REVIEW
Harley
Swiftdeer Reagan
The
followers of Harley Swift Deer Reagan call him a lot of things;
a sex guru, a shaman, a Cherokee, a patriot. His critics have
more colorful names for him.
Lucy
didn't pay $1,200 and fly across the country just to watch naked
strangers in cowboy hats probe their anuses.
...After attendees filled out extensive paperwork, including a
nondisclosure clause (Lucy is not her real name), the organizers
spread towels on the floor and placed a pipe and tobacco in the
center of the room. Then, Lucy says, the two female instructors
quickly set the tone for the weekend. One pulled her dress above
her knees, sat on the couch "and totally flashed everything. I
mean everything." The other instructor was wearing a bra with
no cups. Lucy says she didn't know what to think.
... Then came Saturday: Cowboy Day. Lucy and her fiancé
arrived late, with the intention of asking for their money back
and leaving. They walked into a room full of people wearing nothing
but cowboy hats and bolo ties. The instructor from the previous
night's cupless bra had switched to assless, crotchless chaps.
Lucy decided to wait politely until the exercise was over and
then ask for a refund. It wasn't easy, as the exercises were more
intense than the previous evening's warm-up session.
Lucy and her fiancé tried to leave again but were coaxed
into a back bedroom, where they were told they could try the exercise
in private. They also were told that the only way to get their
$1,200 back was to complete the course. Once inside the bedroom,
Lucy and her fiancé were weighing their options when two
bisexual women knocked on the door. "They asked us if they could
do us. They said they really wanted to have sex with us, right
then and there." Lucy declined, only to be scolded by the couple.
"They said, 'C'mon, you have to be more open.' We walked out of
the bedroom, and everyone was naked on the floor with their fingers
inside their butts." Welcome to the world of Harley Swift Deer
Reagan, leader of an international empire of martial arts, guns,
sweat lodges and sacred orgasms, all headquartered in a quiet
business park in North Scottsdale.
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Selling
Native American Soul
How
to Recognize an Exploiter
Kalu
Rinpoche
The Emperor's Tantric Robes
What
might have happened if you had broken the silence?
Well, it was assumed that I wouldn't. But I was told that
in a previous life, the last life before this one, Kalu Rinpoche
had a woman who caused trouble by wanting to get closer to him,
or by wanting to stay with him longer. She made known her own
needs, made her own demands, and he put a spell on her and she
died.
Just the way child abusers deal with their victims: "If you tell,
something bad will happen to you. "
Yes, there are many similarities. It instills fear in the
context of religion. Put yourself in my position. If I had refused
to cooperate I would still have known something that was threatening
to the lama and his followers. Where would I have gone from there?
If I'd wanted to talk about it no no one would have believed me.
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I
Was a Tantric Sex Slave
Osho
aka
Bhagwhan Shree Rajneesh
The
Lost Truth
Rajneesh's
worst personal trait, in my opinion, was that he could dish it out,
but he could not take it. He constantly put his disciples through
great physical hardships which resulted in serious illness and even
death for some, yet he himself lived in luxury and could not endure
physical discomfort without complaining loudly like a baby. After
his arrest on October 28th,1985 at the Charlotte/Douglas International
Airport in North Carolina, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was interviewed
by ABC television news. He began his jailhouse interview by crying
in a shrill voice about his less than royal accommodations in the
slammer. His high pitched whining was so weird and annoying that
a late night comedy television show used the footage sarcastically
as a joke about "God" complaining. READ
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The Ross Institute - Links
for Osho/Bhagwhan Shree Rajneesh
Sai Baba
A Master of Love? A Master of Deception?
DISCERNMENT At this time of transition,
be very careful about who and what you are following. In fact, if you
are following at all, that is the first indication that you are off
track. For those of you who are still students of gurus, we recommend
discernment. This is no longer a time of great spiritual teachers. It
is now the time of great spirits instead. This shift from master/student
to just plain master may cause a temporary unemployment problem in India
and elsewhere, but do not be alarmed. The true masters of light will
make the shift with ease and will welcome your upcoming graduation with
the same relief that they welcome their much deserved retirement. READ
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Divine
Pedophile
The stories about Sai Baba's sexual misconduct are all remarkably
similar. "During my 'private audiences' with Sai Baba, Sai Baba used
to touch my private parts and regularly massage my private parts,
indicating that this was for spiritual purposes," wrote Dutchman Hans
de Kraker in a letter sent to French journalist Virginie Saurel. In
December 1996, when de Kraker was 24, Sai Baba allegedly asked him
to perform oral sex: "He grabbed my head and pushed it into his groin
area. He made moaning sounds," de Kraker wrote. "As soon as he took
the pressure off my head and I lifted my head, Sai Baba lifted his
dress and presented me a semi-erect member, telling me that this was
my good luck chance, and jousted his hips towards my face." When de
Kraker reported to others what had happened, he was thrown out of
the ashram. READ
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Sri
Chinmoy
Celibate spiritual master or the master of sex slaves?
The
game has changed for me. I don't obey Sri Chinmoy anymore, period.
I speak my mind and I speak the truth because that's what I am
about. Hiding the truth, deceiving people and using influence
attained to control and manipulate other people's lives, can and
does hurt and interfere with the natural course of God's plans.
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Sri
Chinmoy Cult Articles
Sri
Chinmoy Ex-Disciples Forum
Swami
Muktananda
The Secret Life of Swami Muktananda
The
dissociative contagion that allows the organization to sweep its
history of corruption and abuse under the rug is the means by
which evil has always been perpetrated and perpetuated. It is
the means by which those who participate in Siddha Yoga become
unwitting accomplices to the ongoing deception and exploitation
of its members and of the public. READ
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The
Secret Life of Swami Muktananda
There are
Few Things Sadder than a Good Guru Gone Bad
Sexual Abuse by Swami Muktananda
and other Siddha Yoga Leaders: The
Stories
Swami
Satchidananda
"Cult" leader Satchidananda dead
However,
contrary to the swami's supposed status as a celibate "Hindu monk"and
despite the requirement that many of his devotees not marry and
refrain from sex, Satchidananda was plagued by allegations of
sexual
misconduct. In 1991 numerous female followers stated that
he had used his role as their spiritual mentor to exploit them
sexually. One of Satchidananda's former personal secretaries and
an alleged victim said, "I feel betrayed." READ
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Satchidananda
Links
The
Vatican
Vatican Ordered Bishops Worldwide to
Cover Up Priests' Sex Abuses
The
Vatican instructed Catholic bishops around the world to cover
up cases of sexual abuse or risk being thrown out of the Church.
The Observer has obtained a 40-year-old confidential document
from the secret Vatican archive which lawyers are calling a 'blueprint
for deception and concealment'. One British lawyer acting for
Church child abuse victims has described it as 'explosive'. The
69-page Latin document PDF bearing the seal of Pope John XXIII
was sent to every bishop in the world. The instructions outline
a policy of 'strictest' secrecy in dealing with allegations of
sexual abuse and threatens those who speak out with excommunication.
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Tony
Delevin aka
Gabriel of Sedona
The
Making of a Psychopath
What
Dateline is describing here is the making of a psychopath. Think
about it, Gabriel has had a tough life full of rejection and tragedy.
Then suddenly in the midst of this funk he starts hearing voices
in his head that tell him how perfect and wonderful he is. With
nothing else going for him, Gabriel starts to believe these voices.
Most people would see a shrink and get checked out if this sort
of thing started to happen, but not Gabriel. READ
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An
Evening with Gabriel of Sedona:
The Emperor Has No Clothes and Still Naked
Yogi
Bhajan
S. Premka Kaur Khalsa sues Yogi Bhajan
In the latter part of 1968, defendant
Bhajan entered the United States from Canada. Upon information
and belief, it was his intent at that time to accumulate wealth
and acquire power and influence by posing as a Yoga master and
religious leader, and attracting donations of money, property
and labor from those he could induce to follow him.
The method by which Bhajan induced others to follow him was to
pose as a Yoga master and teacher, and then covertly subject yoga
students to a process of mental and emotional conditioning in
which their personalities are disrupted and ultimately destroyed,
and then are supplanted with a reformed personality (reformed
in this context having its most literal meaning of making over
or forming again). This reformed personality is, by design, intellectually,
emotionally and ideologically committed exclusively to Bhajan
and the service of Bhajan. Once a follower is in this condition,
he or she becomes part of Bhajan's cult following, and is invariably
exploited by Bhajan for whatever Bhajan can get out of the, follower,
be that money, property, sex, labor, administrative or business
skill or assistance, or social or political contacts, prestige
or credibility. This process is, by design, carried out without
the knowledge on understanding of the inductee, and was carried
out upon the plaintiff in this case. READ
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Yogi
Bhajan Links
Zen
Master Rama aka
Frederick Lenz
"Early on, he was trying to make millions of people happy...
He wasn't saying he was a demigod or the Anti-Christ... "That
came later..."
Hughes
absolute faith in Lenz (Rama) as her spiritual mentor was the
leverage he used, against her protestations, to seduce her. She
claims he said "that I would progress at a much, much, faster
rate than if I didn't sleep with him." She said he told her that
he could "empower her with his high vibratory energy" and that
"sex with him was not really sex at all." READ
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The
information on this page may not be infallible, but certainly
where there is so much smoke, there is a fire! Only now, in our
age of instantaneous computer communication, could such a large
amount of information be available to so many. Now it will be
much harder for a bad guru to hide the truth. Woe to the bad gurus!
I would also like to mention that I respect and know
firsthand the validity of many of the spiritual paths represented
above, and this list in no way tarnishes my feelings about the
true teachings. I am concerned with the human element and how
power and desire can lead to corruption. CF
2/5/2004
