Re: James Swartz—What is the Truth?

September 22, 2019, 7:57 am

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How Ironic...

Based on the recent posts, I would conclude:

“For the truth about James Swartz, Ask Heather.”

And also

“For Spiritual Truth, Instead of Swartz, Also Go To Heather.”

Many of Swartz’s students over the years have moved on to better teachers, teachings, and away from his dark energy and foul presence. Some of these fortunate escapees have come to “very good places” spiritually.  

Earthquake is one of these, and more and more it is obvious that Heather herself is, too.

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Re: Be Scofield -- The Truth Is ???

September 22, 2019, 9:08 am

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The Truth About Be Scofield Is the Focus Here.
Right now,
Based On All Credible Evidence,
She Is “Innocent.”

I am not the issue. Be Scofield, and an obvious attack on her by a person she has identified as Alexander Fred, is. Be Scofield asserts that this person Fred is a professional cyber-bully for hire.

A supposed “Erin” made claims. The story included some local color and landmarks, and it placed Be Scofield in Berkeley when she was actually there. However, the accusation’s lies, mistakes, and flaws tore it apart from within. (These are detailed in earlier posts on this forum, and in the retort by Be Scofield linked to above.)

As regards the similarities between pseudo-Erin’s story and Heather’s, if it is correct that the whole drug-hypnotize-rape-threaten scenario is common among bad spiritual teachers, then again my point is proved. All Alexander Fred apparently did was to take a (sadly) common story, insert some stray facts and local color to make it seem real if only viewed superficially, and then put this all together to create Erin’s sad tale. Heather withdrew for a while because of actual PTSD. “Erin” withdrew because Fred saw his fake accusation had been seen through.

Again, I am not the issue here, but I will say that I was sent the link to Be Scofield’s article by a mutual friend. I didn’t even know it was “early.” My friend said the link could be shared, and I went with it (after a careful reading which was quite convincing regarding the ex-con Alexander Fred being the paid attacker and totally devastating the false rape allegation).

In the post above behavior by Be Scofield in a private Facebook group is mentioned that Whoisit19 and Alexander Fred were both members of. Were they coincidental co-members? Plus, if they were both there under aliases to spy on Be Scofield, how would they know the other was there?

The attacker of Be Scofield has lost. She is not perfect, but there is absolutely no evidence she is a rapist, and only vaguely worded assertions and accusations that carry no weight to attempt to prove she is some sort of dangerous sociopath.

That attacker of Be Scofield tries to prove her to be evil and sociopathic with statements which say that this is how she is, but that then give no evidence for it. Be Scofield is mean to people. Who? When? Be Scofield engaged in shocking behavior. How so? When? Where? With whom? There is no meat to those bones.

More accurately someone could write, “Be Scofield revealed truths about some spiritual teachers that really upset them. She is not perfect, though, of course, and might have missed the mark on some others. Plus, sometimes she might go after relatively benign teachers while skipping terrible ones (like James Swartz).”

Of course, Be’s attacker has apparently been well paid by one of the gurus she revealed as being, to put it mildly, terribly abusive, so, having been paid, he won’t ever write the truth.

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Re: Mooji a cult?

September 22, 2019, 2:18 pm

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Maria Lena - good for you! Let hope and pray that you get your money back, as you well deserve and as everyone who has been ripped off by this cult deserves, too.

A document was given to me by a former cult member a few days ago - I will publish it here with their full permission.

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Moo enterprise per year (blue color shows estimation, black shows confirmed numbers)

India:
2000 participants, 25 days
Satsang is free, but from my own seva experience I know how much money people donate.
2000 people giving 2€/day for 25 days = 100.000€
Shop 25 days: 12.500€
India altogether: 112.500€

Zmar retreats:
800 paying participants (375€) 300.000€
856 online participation (115€) 98,440€
7 days shop selling somethink like 50.000€
Income just from one Zmar reatreat: 448.440€
2 Zmar retreats per year: 896,440€

9 Sunday satsangs:
each 650 participants
Satsang is free, suggested donation 5€ per person: 3250€ per satsang
Shop: 3000€ per satsang
9 Sunday satsangs: 30.250€

Lisbon Intensive:
766 participants in person (300€): 229,800€
1000 online (77€): 77.000€
Shop: 30.000€
Lisbon intensive: 336.800€

2 Sahaja retreats
721 participants in person (375€): 270.375€
2000 online (123€): 246.000€
Shop during 20 retreat days: 30.000€
2 Sahaja retreats: 546,375€

One sangha gathering in MS, 7 days:
440 participants, satsang free
Housing and food (35€/day): 107.800€
Donations: 5000€
Shop: 10.000€
One sangha gathering: 123.800€

One being forum, 1 day
2500 participants (30€): 75.000€
Donations and shop: 5000€
Online participation?
One being forum: 80.000€

Madrid sangha satsang, one day
1040 participants (30€): 31.200€
Donations and shop: 3000€
Online?
Madrid sangha: 34.200€

Sahaja express:
Cost: 25€, subscribers: 2500: 62.500€ per month
Sahaja Express subscription per year: 750.000€

Karma yogis staying in Sahaja:
50 people, cost 35€/day= 1750 per day
Karma yogis housing and food per year: 638.750€

Moojis houses/appartments rent:
8 houses /appartments: 500€/month
Rent per year: 48.000€

Online Shop
12.000€ per year

Booksales on Amazon or other platforms
1000 books per year, 15€ per book: 15.000€

Food paid by visitors and workers who live outside
40 people per day: 5€ for one meal, 10€ for 2 meals: 146.000€

Snack Shop and Cafe in MS:
200€ per day: 73.000€

Summed up here we have 3.204.365€, but there is one important source of income still missing:

General Donations:
Moo gets Millions of € per year from donations. This is summed up via small donations from many people and „big“ donators, who spend 100.000€ per year or more.
Estimated: 3 mio €

Alltogether: 6.204.365€ per year
Even if some numbers are estimated too high, there is still a huge gap between the official numbers which can be found here: [beta.companieshouse.gov.uk]

How is Moojis empire structured:

UK Mooji Foundation Ltd : [beta.companieshouse.gov.uk] This foundation has 1 paid employee and is giving money to Associacao Mooji sangha.

Mooji Media Ltd : [beta.companieshouse.gov.uk] All profits are donated to UK Mooji foundation Ltd.

ASSOCIAÇÃO MOOJI SANGHA: Monte Sahaja ashram belongs to this foundation. The foundation gets itsmoney from Mooji foundation Ltd
The land Monte Sahaja does not belong to Mooji himself, close devotees bought it and later it become part of this foundation.

Jai Sahaja—Alojamento e Comercio de Productos Basicos, LD: housing in MS and product selling

Just as s reminder how spiritual teachers-gurus, who charge money, should handle it: (from Rick Ross)

"You are right these are "different times" that require different steps taken to insure integrity and prevent abuse.

When people like Mooji run a large enterprise that has substantial cash flow, but is supposedly for a spiritual nonprofit purpose, there must be meaningful financial transparency and accountability. Otherwise it becomes a cash cow for the guru to milk for his or her own selfish needs.

Meaningful financial transparency includes an annual published budget published publicly and/or distributed to all supporters, which discloses all expenses, salaries and compensation paid out from organizational funds in detail and that is independently audited by a reputable firm.

In addition to meaningful financial transparency there must be meaningful accountability to a democratically elected board
composed of board members that serve fixed terms elected by the general membership of the organization.

There must be organizational corporate bylaws in place that explicitly provide for all of this otherwise the organization is little more than a dictatorship subject to the whims and selfish desires of the leader or guru."

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Re: Mooji a cult?

September 23, 2019, 9:29 am

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I copy the reply about mu complaint ,
Dear Ms

Your complaint about Mooji Foundation Ltd

I am writing further to your complaint dated 22 September 2019 regarding Mooji Foundation Ltd. We have looked at your concerns and for the reasons explained in this email your complaint is outside of our remit.

The complaint

You told us that your complaint is that you want your money back from Mooji Foundation Ltd. To support your complaint you provided a copy of the emails you exchanged with the charity.

Within the attached emails, you said that you would like the money back for the online retreats and subscriptions you purchased as you feel “cheated” as Mooji is not genuine. You also said that your “feeling is that I bought something in poor condition, like when you buy from Amazon and the product does not work out well. In this case worse because it sells something that is very intimate, sells awakening and plays with your heart, love and affection.”

The emails show that you have received a refund for the donations you made to Monte Sahaja but to date, you have not received a refund for the online retreats and subscriptions paid to Sahaja Express.

You have also provided us with links to two websites that suggest that the charity is a religious cult.

Our role

Part of our role is to investigate complaints from members of the public about charitable fundraising practice where these cannot be resolved by the fundraising organisations themselves. We do so by considering whether the fundraising organisation has complied with the Code of Fundraising Practice (the code), which outlines the legal requirements and best practice expected of all charitable fundraising organisations across the UK. Where poor fundraising practice is judged to have taken place, we can make recommendations for remedy and implement changes to the code.

Reasons for our decision

From our initial consideration of your complaint, we note your primary concerns relate to if Mooji Foundation Ltd is a genuine charity rather than fundraising. On this basis, you complaint is outside of our remit.

However, it is our view that your concerns may be of interest to the Charity Commission for England and Wales. The Charity Commission is responsible for ensuring that charities are accountable, well run and meet their legal obligations. You can read more about the Charity Commission via this link to their website: [www.gov.uk]. If you would like to register your concerns directly with the Charity Commission you can do so by completing their raise a concern form: [forms.charitycommission.gov.uk]

You can also report your concerns regarding the products that you believe you were mis-sold to Trading Standards who gather intelligence to protect businesses and consumers from criminal activity. You can find out more about your local Trading Standards office by following this link :[www.citizensadvice.org.uk]

We are sorry that we are unable to assist you with your complaint but we hope we have explained clearly why.

Yours sincerely,

Kind regards

Karen Dempsie

Case Officer

Fundraising Regulator

CAN Mezzanine
2nd Floor, 49 - 51 East Road
London N1 6AH

T: 0300 999 3412

The Fundraising Preference Service is now live. More information can be found here.

W: www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk

Email signature new fundraising code

The Fundraising Regulator is a company limited by guarantee (No. 10016446) registered in England and Wales.

The registered office address is:

2nd Floor, CAN Mezzannine, 49-51 East Road LONDON N16AH

So, next thing to do is write tonthe Charity Comission

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Re: Mooji a cult?

September 23, 2019, 2:49 pm

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Yes, Maria Lena,

I believe that the Charity Commission is the way to go. I think they will be very, very interested in this.