The point he makes is that they do actually get benefits. The benefits are real. But the bigger-picture is that they are being manipulated.
Personally, as well as pulling me out of a severe and hate-fuelled anxiety disorder I felt the Mooji experience helped me remember and work through some issues I had around my father. At the same time I'm glad that it didn't take me long to realize that healing my relationship with my actual father was more useful than imagining Mooji to be my surrogate father. (One of Mooji's videos is actually titled This Father Will Never Reject You - which sounds to me like an explicit bid for the "Daddy issues" crowd!).
I eventually realised that going to daily bikram yoga classes was more beneficial to me than sitting watching Youtube videos, because watching Mooji videos or attending retreats didn't stop my eating disorder or heal my disconnection from my body. And that although my heart could be stirred by the world music played at the end of satsang, this didn't mean that all these feelings were felt in reverence of Mooji.
As I said, I am glad I spent a while listening to Mooji. I needed the powerful energetic jolt such as only he could deliver, before I could find the strength to take the practical steps to bring me back to mental health. Then having been given that spark, I was better able to find solutions elsewhere.
I'm glad that the Mooji period of my life happened, but also that it ended. I very much like the posts earlier in this thread by NSH999. Today I've found myself thinking about this paragraph:
"Instead of preaching the good news, he preaches an entrapping method of becoming confused with ones identity. He tells people they are something that they are not, and then asks them to demonstrate to him that they are what they are not. Nothingness and Consciousness and The Way may be real experiences, but they are not required by any means to live a happy life in harmony with ones surroundings. Instead of just pointing to basic fundamentals, he now leads people on a goose chase that only ends when they choose to give it up."
Personally, as well as pulling me out of a severe and hate-fuelled anxiety disorder I felt the Mooji experience helped me remember and work through some issues I had around my father. At the same time I'm glad that it didn't take me long to realize that healing my relationship with my actual father was more useful than imagining Mooji to be my surrogate father. (One of Mooji's videos is actually titled This Father Will Never Reject You - which sounds to me like an explicit bid for the "Daddy issues" crowd!).
I eventually realised that going to daily bikram yoga classes was more beneficial to me than sitting watching Youtube videos, because watching Mooji videos or attending retreats didn't stop my eating disorder or heal my disconnection from my body. And that although my heart could be stirred by the world music played at the end of satsang, this didn't mean that all these feelings were felt in reverence of Mooji.
As I said, I am glad I spent a while listening to Mooji. I needed the powerful energetic jolt such as only he could deliver, before I could find the strength to take the practical steps to bring me back to mental health. Then having been given that spark, I was better able to find solutions elsewhere.
I'm glad that the Mooji period of my life happened, but also that it ended. I very much like the posts earlier in this thread by NSH999. Today I've found myself thinking about this paragraph:
"Instead of preaching the good news, he preaches an entrapping method of becoming confused with ones identity. He tells people they are something that they are not, and then asks them to demonstrate to him that they are what they are not. Nothingness and Consciousness and The Way may be real experiences, but they are not required by any means to live a happy life in harmony with ones surroundings. Instead of just pointing to basic fundamentals, he now leads people on a goose chase that only ends when they choose to give it up."