She seems to be head down - I don't know what her response will be. You could really see the shift when her followers 'decided' that it made no sense to post on FACT - after declaring their right to a personal 'truth,' their positive experiences with Uma, their refusal to respond directly to specific questions or address specific claims against their teacher, and their attempts at targeted unmasking of others behind the report. I was particularly surprised by the non-denial of some of the extreme claims made, and the lack of introspection around them. But I was in the group for a while and it took me a while to get out and to think for myself again.
It really is amazing that this all is possible, given the construction of the human psyche. The bond of romantic love, family bonds, and the bond for group identity, all combined, co-opted, and blended into one relationship. The cult is a jealous god - it demands sacrifice. Uma did it, so can you...and it's obvious that Uma has been through a lot of pain, and kneaded that into her yoga - never being enough for her teacher, who was himself physically, psychically, sexually, and emotionally abusive, until she left on her own. The psychological gymnastics of reconstituting that behavior as a 'blessing' were incredibly difficult - probably took a lot to internally shift that narrative within her and adopt a 'no pain no gain' mentality. I wonder if she's seeing this exposure as a 'blessing' - that would be consistent with both her philosophy and reality. It is a blessing for all involved.
There are ways to cultivate spiritual depth without repeatedly bringing a battering ram to the psyche. Furthermore if you can choose your 'truth,' then that degrades the validity of any 'truth.' It just comes down to feeling, to an addiction to chemical and energetic changes within the self, and the means of attaining that state. And if that requires a bond with one specific person, as it did with Uma, adn the expenses of maintaining that relationship keep growing and growing over time, it becomes a huge expenditure of resources for less and less incremental beneift to the self or humanity - and often, more and more cost.
That's where cults are most unethical...when the 'liberation' and gifts to humanity are outweighed by the costs of group membership. When the narrative of helping the world outweighs the actual help given. It becomes another extreme thrill - a drug state, which addicts defend to maintain the fix - the fixation - the connection to the projection of the highest self in an external authority figure.
Anyway, whatever is happening next, the results are weak because an entire part of the narrative is simply being ignored, given the cold shoulder, not responded to. As FACT posted, the 'silent treatment' is one of the chief responses of those suffering from narcissistic personality disorder in response to a situation that doesn't match their view of themselves. And Uma is a self professed master of 'freezing out' 'programs' - IE, sub-human behavioral patterns which do not align with her version of reality - one with her unquestioningly in the center, love her or hate her, so long as the field is getting fed with the life-energies of attention.
Will be good to put this one to bed, knowing that a more balanced truth and a real warning are both available for public consumption.
It really is amazing that this all is possible, given the construction of the human psyche. The bond of romantic love, family bonds, and the bond for group identity, all combined, co-opted, and blended into one relationship. The cult is a jealous god - it demands sacrifice. Uma did it, so can you...and it's obvious that Uma has been through a lot of pain, and kneaded that into her yoga - never being enough for her teacher, who was himself physically, psychically, sexually, and emotionally abusive, until she left on her own. The psychological gymnastics of reconstituting that behavior as a 'blessing' were incredibly difficult - probably took a lot to internally shift that narrative within her and adopt a 'no pain no gain' mentality. I wonder if she's seeing this exposure as a 'blessing' - that would be consistent with both her philosophy and reality. It is a blessing for all involved.
There are ways to cultivate spiritual depth without repeatedly bringing a battering ram to the psyche. Furthermore if you can choose your 'truth,' then that degrades the validity of any 'truth.' It just comes down to feeling, to an addiction to chemical and energetic changes within the self, and the means of attaining that state. And if that requires a bond with one specific person, as it did with Uma, adn the expenses of maintaining that relationship keep growing and growing over time, it becomes a huge expenditure of resources for less and less incremental beneift to the self or humanity - and often, more and more cost.
That's where cults are most unethical...when the 'liberation' and gifts to humanity are outweighed by the costs of group membership. When the narrative of helping the world outweighs the actual help given. It becomes another extreme thrill - a drug state, which addicts defend to maintain the fix - the fixation - the connection to the projection of the highest self in an external authority figure.
Anyway, whatever is happening next, the results are weak because an entire part of the narrative is simply being ignored, given the cold shoulder, not responded to. As FACT posted, the 'silent treatment' is one of the chief responses of those suffering from narcissistic personality disorder in response to a situation that doesn't match their view of themselves. And Uma is a self professed master of 'freezing out' 'programs' - IE, sub-human behavioral patterns which do not align with her version of reality - one with her unquestioningly in the center, love her or hate her, so long as the field is getting fed with the life-energies of attention.
Will be good to put this one to bed, knowing that a more balanced truth and a real warning are both available for public consumption.