A note about feeling as though pulled magnetically toward someone.
i yam what i yam wrote:
I had exactly the same experience with someone and imagined it in exactly that same way, I felt as though I was being magnetically pulled into that person's orbit.
That feeling is vivid and as much physical as emotional; I felt my body being pulled not just my thoughts and emotions.
But...I did not experience this in relation to a guru.
I experienced this in relation to a friend who was in crisis and with whom I was
in a severely co dependent relationship.
When this incident occurred, I had been without sleep for several nights in a row, scared for my friend and my personal boundaries were weak and impaired.
My friend was not a guru. She was in crisis and did not have her shit together because her own boundaries were impaired.
So this magnetic presence is not proof that a person has special spiritual power.
It happens when people's boundaries have become porous, and the reason we discuss Moo and people like Moo here on CEI is we are concerned that they'are deliberately creating scenes that enhance boundary fragility.
Requiring someone to attend satsangs would, IMO PREVENT a person from maintaining his or her boundary integrity; making decisions whether or not to attend satsang is a way for a person to take care of him or herself and exercise autonomy and self reflection.
All of which are needed if a person is to function in the world outside of the Moo ashram.
i yam what i yam wrote:
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I must say that being in a crowd around Mooji is astonishing, as you feel like an iron filing being pulled towards an enormous magnet!
I had exactly the same experience with someone and imagined it in exactly that same way, I felt as though I was being magnetically pulled into that person's orbit.
That feeling is vivid and as much physical as emotional; I felt my body being pulled not just my thoughts and emotions.
But...I did not experience this in relation to a guru.
I experienced this in relation to a friend who was in crisis and with whom I was
in a severely co dependent relationship.
When this incident occurred, I had been without sleep for several nights in a row, scared for my friend and my personal boundaries were weak and impaired.
My friend was not a guru. She was in crisis and did not have her shit together because her own boundaries were impaired.
So this magnetic presence is not proof that a person has special spiritual power.
It happens when people's boundaries have become porous, and the reason we discuss Moo and people like Moo here on CEI is we are concerned that they'are deliberately creating scenes that enhance boundary fragility.
Requiring someone to attend satsangs would, IMO PREVENT a person from maintaining his or her boundary integrity; making decisions whether or not to attend satsang is a way for a person to take care of him or herself and exercise autonomy and self reflection.
All of which are needed if a person is to function in the world outside of the Moo ashram.