Getting Vulnerable w Mooji - Description in NYT article

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One of my favorite Rishikesh pastimes was attending satsang, a sort of spiritual Q.-and-A. session, part “Donahue,” part college seminar, part sermon. The famed Mooji, a Jamaican guru, was among those who held satsangs in Rishikesh during my stay, attracting hundreds of followers daily.

One by one and in front of the large crowd, they asked often-raw questions of Mooji, who answered or used them as springboards for riffs on faith. One question was from a married man with children who said simply, “I’m tired of being a person.” Another was a young woman who was struggling with her conservative Jewish family accepting her as lesbian. At one satsang, a young man made his way onstage and buried himself in Mooji’s lap, in tears. I sat watching cross-legged, feeling somewhere between moved and confused.

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Mooji A Big Disappointment (self.Mooji)

submitted 1 hour ago (December 15, 2017) by Justanormalguy44

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I write this not as an angry person lashing out which I did experience anger, but more as person who is deeply concerned and saddened by what I have seen from Mooji and Sahaja.

Before meeting Mooji I followed him like most online and became in love with him. I couldn't go a day without ingesting his words. He carried me through very difficult times. But upon meeting him my perception radically changed.

My 1st day at Sahaja I tried to arrange a private talk with him without his camera crew and was told I would have to pay 150 euros, that was the 1st red flag. As time progressed I began to notice that people would have these grand dios ideas about the powers that he had and one lady would cry almost everytime I mentioned his name which by the way her husband of over 40 years had just died, which for me explained why she was so vulnerablbe.

I also noticed that the sangha members there would watch me and everyone very closely and try to shut out any ideas that didnt correspond with what they were teaching.

i once told one of the members that I didnt agree with Mooji because he was yelling one day REALLY aggressively and she became very angry that I didnt agree with his actions. He came off as VERY judgemental and arrogant.

What I saw on youtube and what I saw from him in real life was totally different. I spent 2 months living with him and realized that it was a big effort to make him appear "GODLY". Even the videos have to go through a 3 phase approval process before going to youtube.

He would make very outlandish and arrogant remarks and completely embarrass and scrutinize people in front of others. I went to hug him one day and he pushed me off him with an angry look yelling at me becuase he felt that I didnt ask enough questions and also called me a devil. It hurt me deeply when he said those words, I couldnt believe the man who I had such deep respect for would act in such a way.

Alot of his followers either have mental illnesses and it was very clear to me after speaking with some of them. He teaches about illusion but alot of the people that I saw their were in complete fantasy world and one girl cried saying that she wanted to leave there but didnt know how, she felt scared when she doesnt have his safety. I really felt bad for her.

I never had the courage to tell Mooji these things to his face as he himself is afraid and hides behind his members when any real challenge arose. It doesnt seem he is open to criticism. He and his closest members have made it very clear.

I have sought out counseling after leaving him and had to accept the fact that I unknowingly joined a cult, something I said I would never be apart of. Mentally I was fucked for a while from the mind games he played with me but slowly i am gaining my confidence back in myslef which he desperately tried to take away with his incomplete teachings and hypnotic trance techniques. It was VERY hard for me to accept the fact that he is not true.

With the recent suicide there and the many people who have gone on to have tremedous mental health problems after leaving him I would say that something needs to be done.

I have tried to let this situation go but my heart can only think about the many victims that will come to him.