SadGame,
You make some very important points. I am actually with you, because I don't think there is anything wrong with self-enquiry as a mode of spiritual development. I don't think there is anything wrong with meditation, or with praying to God, either. I think life can have a spiritual dimension to it, and that spirituality can be immensely rewarding.
However, the way Moo teaches self-enquiry is very misleading and exploitative. I think he does it to fulfill his own ego ambitions to be worshipped as though he is an all-knowing God. I think he is probably a narcissist or even worse, some kind of sociopath. And I don't say that lightly, as though I just want to put him down, because I don't like him. I think he is dangerous.
Putting material out there on the Internet for anyone to watch without making people aware that it is hypnosis or trance-induction (for example- The Invitation) should be illegal. Moo calls some of his videos "guided meditations" when they are actually trace-induction. That is very, very deceptive, in my opinion. A truly spiritual person would never deceive people in that way.
As I have said, there are multiple reports of people losing everything in their lives due to getting addicted to Moo's trance material. They are giving all their money to Moo, leaving their jobs and families and becoming like zombies. All they can say in response to anything you ask them is "That is just your mind".
When I stared watching Moo online myself, I mostly noticed a very pleasant, relaxed feeling. It didn't last the whole day, so I felt like I wanted to get the relaxed feeling back, by watching more and more videos.
I began to feel a bit detached from the outside world. Things that I would normally look forward to, like shopping, for example, lost their appeal to me. I began to think "nothing really matters much". I felt different.
I started to have some kind of "devotional" feelings towards Moo. (Yuck. How embarrassing!!) I felt like he said such profound things and that he had all the answers. Any problem I might encounter, I could just apply self reflection and my problem would go away. (Important note: problems don't go away, just because you are capable of denying them!!)
I began to want to travel to Monte Saharja.... I couldn't see how I could do it with my work commitments, though. I began to think that I could abandon my current job.... it's only a job, right? Never mind that having a job pays for groceries, electricity, water, clothes.... Ummm, you kind of need these things, really.
But this where I was headed.
You make some very important points. I am actually with you, because I don't think there is anything wrong with self-enquiry as a mode of spiritual development. I don't think there is anything wrong with meditation, or with praying to God, either. I think life can have a spiritual dimension to it, and that spirituality can be immensely rewarding.
However, the way Moo teaches self-enquiry is very misleading and exploitative. I think he does it to fulfill his own ego ambitions to be worshipped as though he is an all-knowing God. I think he is probably a narcissist or even worse, some kind of sociopath. And I don't say that lightly, as though I just want to put him down, because I don't like him. I think he is dangerous.
Putting material out there on the Internet for anyone to watch without making people aware that it is hypnosis or trance-induction (for example- The Invitation) should be illegal. Moo calls some of his videos "guided meditations" when they are actually trace-induction. That is very, very deceptive, in my opinion. A truly spiritual person would never deceive people in that way.
As I have said, there are multiple reports of people losing everything in their lives due to getting addicted to Moo's trance material. They are giving all their money to Moo, leaving their jobs and families and becoming like zombies. All they can say in response to anything you ask them is "That is just your mind".
When I stared watching Moo online myself, I mostly noticed a very pleasant, relaxed feeling. It didn't last the whole day, so I felt like I wanted to get the relaxed feeling back, by watching more and more videos.
I began to feel a bit detached from the outside world. Things that I would normally look forward to, like shopping, for example, lost their appeal to me. I began to think "nothing really matters much". I felt different.
I started to have some kind of "devotional" feelings towards Moo. (Yuck. How embarrassing!!) I felt like he said such profound things and that he had all the answers. Any problem I might encounter, I could just apply self reflection and my problem would go away. (Important note: problems don't go away, just because you are capable of denying them!!)
I began to want to travel to Monte Saharja.... I couldn't see how I could do it with my work commitments, though. I began to think that I could abandon my current job.... it's only a job, right? Never mind that having a job pays for groceries, electricity, water, clothes.... Ummm, you kind of need these things, really.
But this where I was headed.