I am new here, so I do not know if threads have to be about individual "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements", or if you welcome discussion about widespread general problems.
Assuming you do welcome general discussion, the recent post about Mooji by Sahara71 -- "people aren't becoming enlightened through this teaching" -- [forum.culteducation.com] reminded me of some similar observations I once saw in a blog post about this "universal problem":
[openheartopenheart.blogspot.com]
Assuming you do welcome general discussion, the recent post about Mooji by Sahara71 -- "people aren't becoming enlightened through this teaching" -- [forum.culteducation.com] reminded me of some similar observations I once saw in a blog post about this "universal problem":
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The criticism of teachers or gurus not being able to "deliver" is a universal problem. The factors of this are quite simple:
1. Teacher does not understand what awakening is or how it happens, even if he (or her) himself is awakened. Therefore,
2. He has no clarity and enough skillfulness in his ways to convey it through exact verbal descriptions and
3. The particular techniques aimed to generate awakening might be altogether irrelevant or only vaguely relevant.
So if the problem is in the teacher and his methods... and he blames the students for not getting awakened... What does it tell about the teacher? This is professional incompetence. In every other profession, they'd be kicked out for not being able to perform their job. Right?
[openheartopenheart.blogspot.com]