Perhaps you are already aware of these western gurus of non-dualism as they should perfectly fit your U-turn theory.
http://www.adyashanti.org/
http://www.adyashanti.org/index.php?file=mukti_bio
http://www.thechocolatebuddha.org/event/greg-marian-seattle-satsang/
http://pamelasatsang.com/
http://nevernothere.com/solane-verraine
http://freewatersangha.org/introfreewater.htm
These people come about once a year in the town where I reside.I participated in one of these satsangs and it was quite interesting. Generally these are conducted in someone's house or at times they rent a hall.A lot of the participants have either serious emotional ( like hating their parents etc) and physical ailments. Some participants are genuinely open to learn about eastern traditions. These westerners sit like Hindu Gurus of great equanimity and after the initial talk by the western Guru, the participants approach the guru with their question. There is a donation plate on the front lobby and most times the participants can put whatever they can afford.
In the Satsang I participated, I said that I am not interested in learning about non-dualism as I believe non-dualism is not a view or a doctrine to be upheld in society but is a highest spiritual reality that one experiences by perfecting the Sadhana that one learned at the feet of one's Guru.
I asked the Guru to explain "duality" to me. I was given the most common answers like "night & day", positive & negative" etc. I further asked whether there is duality within one's own body. This question confused them. I tried to explain about "nirguna" and saguna". By then I had supposedly taken too much of the Guru's time and was labeled as a trouble maker.
http://www.adyashanti.org/
http://www.adyashanti.org/index.php?file=mukti_bio
http://www.thechocolatebuddha.org/event/greg-marian-seattle-satsang/
http://pamelasatsang.com/
http://nevernothere.com/solane-verraine
http://freewatersangha.org/introfreewater.htm
These people come about once a year in the town where I reside.I participated in one of these satsangs and it was quite interesting. Generally these are conducted in someone's house or at times they rent a hall.A lot of the participants have either serious emotional ( like hating their parents etc) and physical ailments. Some participants are genuinely open to learn about eastern traditions. These westerners sit like Hindu Gurus of great equanimity and after the initial talk by the western Guru, the participants approach the guru with their question. There is a donation plate on the front lobby and most times the participants can put whatever they can afford.
In the Satsang I participated, I said that I am not interested in learning about non-dualism as I believe non-dualism is not a view or a doctrine to be upheld in society but is a highest spiritual reality that one experiences by perfecting the Sadhana that one learned at the feet of one's Guru.
I asked the Guru to explain "duality" to me. I was given the most common answers like "night & day", positive & negative" etc. I further asked whether there is duality within one's own body. This question confused them. I tried to explain about "nirguna" and saguna". By then I had supposedly taken too much of the Guru's time and was labeled as a trouble maker.
-M
RM comment: Yes I have a whole laundry list of such persons and it keeps growing faster than I can keep up.
The move to accuse Indian gurus went hand in hand with installing new white gurus. Some examples:
1) Yogi Amrit Desai was suddenly replaced by his all-white closest followers whom he had trusted with legal control of everything. So Kripalu Center now run by these white gurus is a new age spa. In fact, even Amrit Desai's own tapes, books are copyright owned by Kripalu and not him.
2) Likewise after Osho died it was found that 20 Western disciples had control over the Bahamas trust that owned all the property worldwide. This includes billions of dollars worth of real estate, all intellectual property and his brand name. I will show how large this scam has been.
Yet, most Indians go gaga over these Western gurus, and all it takes is some Westerner to complement Hinduism and the desis dance like fools and shower their money on them. I saw a line of Indian women in the 1990s in queue to touch the feet of Eckhart Tolle. At that time he was a non entity claiming the same experience as Ramana Maharishi. He used to read the Indian gurus and then started to become one.
RM comment: Yes I have a whole laundry list of such persons and it keeps growing faster than I can keep up.
The move to accuse Indian gurus went hand in hand with installing new white gurus. Some examples:
1) Yogi Amrit Desai was suddenly replaced by his all-white closest followers whom he had trusted with legal control of everything. So Kripalu Center now run by these white gurus is a new age spa. In fact, even Amrit Desai's own tapes, books are copyright owned by Kripalu and not him.
2) Likewise after Osho died it was found that 20 Western disciples had control over the Bahamas trust that owned all the property worldwide. This includes billions of dollars worth of real estate, all intellectual property and his brand name. I will show how large this scam has been.
Yet, most Indians go gaga over these Western gurus, and all it takes is some Westerner to complement Hinduism and the desis dance like fools and shower their money on them. I saw a line of Indian women in the 1990s in queue to touch the feet of Eckhart Tolle. At that time he was a non entity claiming the same experience as Ramana Maharishi. He used to read the Indian gurus and then started to become one.
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