This is a recent article from The Guardian on a yoga school that was a front for the predator who set himself up as a teacher to abuse his students:
[www.theguardian.com]
What's interesting is that the following quotes are exactly what Peter Young does in his cult:
“When they said “no”, the women claim Tarcau would say “I know what’s best for you”, before forcing himself on them.”
“... many complainants say they stayed for years due to what they described as “brainwashing” at the school. ... and those who complained spoke of being silenced by a threat of “negative karma” for the rest of their lives. ... people had completely blind trust in him and his spiritual powers,”.
“... he was this big, fat repulsive man ... but senior female teachers at the school kept pushing me, telling me it would be really healing for me ... would keep them under his command through a combination of degradation, hypnosis and mental manipulation.
“I was so brainwashed at that point that I thought ‘he’s my teacher, he knows better than me what I need’. ... criticism of Tarcau was systematically undermined. If I ever tried to speak up about Swami’s behaviour with women,you would be shut down immediately, dismissed as being dramatic, that you were spreading gossip and lies and threats of you being ostracised – and that’s a key dynamic that makes it a cult,”
“You would be told: ‘you can’t speak badly about your guru or you will have negative karma for the rest of your life.’ It was such a culture of victim blaming and karmic retribution. That’s how they kept people quiet.”
I hope all those who are in fear of Peter Young, or who believe he does has some kind of magical powers realise from this: predatory cult leaders all use the same nonsense to control others.
Peter Young is a cliche. He has no powers.
Every con artist in the spiritual world uses the same lies to manipulate others.
[www.theguardian.com]
What's interesting is that the following quotes are exactly what Peter Young does in his cult:
“When they said “no”, the women claim Tarcau would say “I know what’s best for you”, before forcing himself on them.”
“... many complainants say they stayed for years due to what they described as “brainwashing” at the school. ... and those who complained spoke of being silenced by a threat of “negative karma” for the rest of their lives. ... people had completely blind trust in him and his spiritual powers,”.
“... he was this big, fat repulsive man ... but senior female teachers at the school kept pushing me, telling me it would be really healing for me ... would keep them under his command through a combination of degradation, hypnosis and mental manipulation.
“I was so brainwashed at that point that I thought ‘he’s my teacher, he knows better than me what I need’. ... criticism of Tarcau was systematically undermined. If I ever tried to speak up about Swami’s behaviour with women,you would be shut down immediately, dismissed as being dramatic, that you were spreading gossip and lies and threats of you being ostracised – and that’s a key dynamic that makes it a cult,”
“You would be told: ‘you can’t speak badly about your guru or you will have negative karma for the rest of your life.’ It was such a culture of victim blaming and karmic retribution. That’s how they kept people quiet.”
I hope all those who are in fear of Peter Young, or who believe he does has some kind of magical powers realise from this: predatory cult leaders all use the same nonsense to control others.
Peter Young is a cliche. He has no powers.
Every con artist in the spiritual world uses the same lies to manipulate others.