tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20670916.post113754846494119755..comments2023-11-17T00:21:43.022-08:00Comments on The Broken Yogi Samyama: Lies, half-truths, and bizarre distortions in the service of the LordBroken Yogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02257804418740860542noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20670916.post-44051446017652445952010-02-17T23:47:09.948-08:002010-02-17T23:47:09.948-08:00Dear Conrad,
You have a great collection of links...Dear Conrad,<br /><br />You have a great collection of links related to spirituality, yoga etc.<br /><br />I would extremely appreciate your providing link to my website that shall provide greater reading to visitors on your website. <br /><br />Essays and articles which you shall find full of wisdom related to Spirituality Hinduism! Since 1997 I am maintaining my web presence... imparting to world community wisdom gained on path to self realization (enlightenment)!<br /><br />My website can be linked as follows -<br /><br /><-- Begin Code --><br /><a href="http://www.godrealized.com" rel="nofollow">Glossary of words Spirituality Hinduism Bhagavad Gita Meditation Yoga</a><br /><-- End Code --><br /><br /><br /><-- Begin Code --><br /><a href="http://www.godrealized.org" rel="nofollow">Essays Spirituality Hinduism Bhagavad Gita Meditation Yoga</a><br /><-- End Code --><br /><br /><br />Thanks for your consideration. God bless you!<br /><br />Two essays you may desire giving reading to-<br /><a href="http://www.godrealized.org/story_of_my_personal_experience.html" rel="nofollow">Story of my Personal experience How I realized God</a>-<br /><br /><br />A must read lesson of life- <a href="http://www.godrealized.org/truce_with_my_inner_self.html" rel="nofollow">Truce with my Inner Self</a><br /><br /><br />Vijay Kumar... <br />(The Man who Realized God in 1993)Vijay Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12528475350867074622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20670916.post-81248763112619296812008-11-30T02:40:00.000-08:002008-11-30T02:40:00.000-08:00Thanks Conrad..I've been surfing the net since Da'...Thanks Conrad..I've been surfing the net since Da's passing and came across your blog... I was a sincere student in the FDC for 7 years in the mid '80's ...and this simple story really describes the Orwellian nightmare that was the ultimate trigger for me leaving...Towards the end of my time in the cult<BR/>I wanted to find out how to speak the "truth" about how I felt, and find out the truth of what was happening re: the inner circle.I left when I realized, after many, many months of trying to do this that there was no way to know what was really going on unless you "advanced" into the inner circle, and the only way to do this, was to lie through your teeth...I experienced cognitive dissonance, was told to "suspend my dis-belief" and felt that I was losing my mind...the "men" told me that this was my ego dissolving...thank Buddha that I intuitively felt "NO! this may be ego boundaries dissolving, but this is not true spiritual life"<BR/>I sat with the "men" and talked about my truth with great openess, vulnerability and feeling. I was torn to shreds by their righteous cultic un-feeling minds.This trust in my own open heart and not the cultic head made leaving the only sane choice. I personally experienced abuse; being locked in a room with BS and JB and shouted at and threatened for hours until I broke down crying, then told, "At last, the real person had been revealed". I knew at the time that this was not the real me but the broken, abused me, but stayed in for more abuse...convincing myself that BS and JB, 2 "priests" may be fuck-head control freaks , but Da was unaware of this abuse in his name. Even after finding out about some of his abuses I convinced myself that this was all divine theatre or crazy wisdom. So powerful is the doublespeak. However, I still maintain that I learnt a lot...I'll never get fooled again, I trust my own judgement and I don't regret my time in the club. I still think the early literature is wonderful, especially before the cultic guru phase really took off e.g. "Method of" and "Gom-Boo" I still miss my cult friends, who, of course, demonized me as soon as I left. I was hounded, be-littled and told I was a traitor and self-guruing.<BR/>Amazing how the abuse from on high filtered right the way down, such is the power of the cultic collective ego! I feel sad for all the well-meaning sincere people still locked into the Wizard of Oz, terrible cultic illusion. Maybe his death will free up some of them! After I left,I shunned spiritual pursuits for years and studied Western psychotherapy and found that life is the best guru there is and self-understanding begins with understanding your self...shadow an'all.If only Da had undergone some therapy! Then, after many years of avoidance, spiritual life began to happen all of it's own accord..evolution is inevitable! As far as Daddy-Da's passing....so sad to see such profound potential thrown away so tragically. Now, the sharks will be circling in for the millions...and the shit will really hit the fan! Be Well! greetings, "Freddy"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20670916.post-1137597247755570682006-01-18T07:14:00.000-08:002006-01-18T07:14:00.000-08:00Hey Conrad,This was a great post and I was very ha...Hey Conrad,<BR/><BR/>This was a great post and I was very happy to find your blog - I stopped hanging out at the Daist Forum after you left, especially after Elias's behavior towards you shortly thereafter. In any case, I couldn't agree more with you about the lies and lack of integrity and it saddens me to no end, especially considering all the time and energy I invested in believing it all. I'm putting my own blog back online and it includes a classic post of yours that describes very well the way Adidam works and why it will never change....<BR/><BR/>cheers!<BR/><BR/>Randog (woof)Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09835050029117336012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20670916.post-1137565778997479722006-01-17T22:29:00.000-08:002006-01-17T22:29:00.000-08:00thanks BY for anchoring your insights with real li...thanks BY for anchoring your insights with real life examples. but like you said, it gets very complicated when you begin to violate others' trust. but if you believe that the truth is more important than others' clinging to deceit, i think the collateral damage involves only minimal karma for you. anyway, great piece! derekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com