corboy Wrote:
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Mooji is collecting funds to build an
> ashram.
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> Will big donors be given equal treatment with
> those who donated less?
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> Will long time supporters have access to Mooji as
> they had in
> the good old days before the ashram was built?
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> Or will the completed ashram result in the guru
> becoming remote,
> will your support be forgotten, and will you be
> forced to wait, while
> new supporters or the rich supporters be given
> preferential treatment?
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That is a great point, Cowboy.
I would like to share part of a comment (it's a very long comment) from "Atma Yoga" who posted back in January this year on gururating.org
"Over time I found myself losing all interest in most worldly activities and would spend most of the day watching Satsang and immerse myself fully into Moojis pointings, teachings, opinions and worldviews without questioning his own ego and guru-identity anymore. I would interpret any criticism and irritation arising inside me as signs of my ego-mind and thus dismiss it immediately! In the beginning I was happy with the goal-oriented instant-awakening approach but over time this built up the pressure to “get it” fast or otherwise being stamped as a hopeless case. It clearly felt that this impatient goal-orientation could on the deepest level not be authentic and true! With hundreds of hours of Satsang in retreats, intensives, silent sittings, available on Youtube I noticed also a kind of addictiveness to listen to him.
Having no interest in pursuing a career anymore I found myself more and more in a financial and familial crisis and eventually slipped into a truly horrible dark night. I spoke to some people from the Sangha who expressed having similar problems and did not find Moojis statements on this topic very helpful, given the fact that he himself did not have to care of such matters for decades, living in a protected ashram-cocoon."
To me, this comment sums up the dangers, for the average person, like myself, in getting involved in this Mooji cult. No spiritual teaching should lead you to retreat from real life. That is not the purpose of spirituality! Having a belief system should make your life more meaningful and more rewarding... it should not lead you become depressed and have financial and family problems.