Like I said people love his photos. Ask them to remove it and you will have your answer.
Mooji could tell people not to kiss his feet, but he won't, and the people actually WANT to kiss his feet. I find it a bit weird, but there is a whole culture around kissing the feet of the master. They speak of feeling great joy when they do it. I touched his feet with my hand once just to see what all the fuss was about. It turns out they were just ordinary feet lol.
When I said he doesn't shame people I meant people who leave his ashram. Ex members are never spoken about in a negative light, and there is not a code of silence to never speak their name again or to never contact them. I already gave you an example of how we tried to contact the woman who left. And someone I know is still in touch with her.
I will concede that he doesn't handle criticism in the best way, and sometimes pokes fun at them in a subtle way. I guess he's not a perfect human being. Just like the rest of us.
You are correct about the uniform thing, my memory needed to be jogged. They wear white to distinguish themselves. The audience wears white more often because people want to follow his disciples. It's their choice. Sometimes a celebrity wears something, then everyone goes to the shop to purchase the same thing. It's how humans are. Never heard of someone being chastised for not wearing white?
He spoke of his celibacy in satsang, but it wasn't really an announcement. He just said it. Not sure why they would make a big deal of it or put it on youtube? He's not promoting this as a lifestyle, or telling his followers they should become celibate too. He was speaking only for himself. I don't share a bed with the guy so he could be with that woman. But it would have be tightly under wraps because I'm told by many people that is not the case. And you are right that if they were together it would not be sexual at least. I don't think you appreciate how difficult it would be to keep a secret like that at Monte Sahaja, privacy is limited. Even for Mooji. They are around people all the time.
Is it healthy to have no other peers? No, I agree. I'm told that she literally devotes her life to Mooji. Even other close disciples still have personal lives. They have partners, they have hobbies, things they do away from Monte Sahaja. But this womans entire life is Mooji. There isn't a balance. I know Mooji periodically sends his close followers back home for a while so they don't get too attached to him, not sure if he ever sent her back. But I must say she always seems happy. I remember seeing her once by a river. Mooji was there. She jumped in a boat she found and was rowing in a big circle. I thought it was hilarious. She had the time of her life! So she's not a secretly unhappy person.
I'm not going to throw the baby out with the bath water. Just because Mooji is not perfect, doesn't mean I will disregard all of his teachings. He say's a lot of profound stuff.
Mooji could tell people not to kiss his feet, but he won't, and the people actually WANT to kiss his feet. I find it a bit weird, but there is a whole culture around kissing the feet of the master. They speak of feeling great joy when they do it. I touched his feet with my hand once just to see what all the fuss was about. It turns out they were just ordinary feet lol.
When I said he doesn't shame people I meant people who leave his ashram. Ex members are never spoken about in a negative light, and there is not a code of silence to never speak their name again or to never contact them. I already gave you an example of how we tried to contact the woman who left. And someone I know is still in touch with her.
I will concede that he doesn't handle criticism in the best way, and sometimes pokes fun at them in a subtle way. I guess he's not a perfect human being. Just like the rest of us.
You are correct about the uniform thing, my memory needed to be jogged. They wear white to distinguish themselves. The audience wears white more often because people want to follow his disciples. It's their choice. Sometimes a celebrity wears something, then everyone goes to the shop to purchase the same thing. It's how humans are. Never heard of someone being chastised for not wearing white?
He spoke of his celibacy in satsang, but it wasn't really an announcement. He just said it. Not sure why they would make a big deal of it or put it on youtube? He's not promoting this as a lifestyle, or telling his followers they should become celibate too. He was speaking only for himself. I don't share a bed with the guy so he could be with that woman. But it would have be tightly under wraps because I'm told by many people that is not the case. And you are right that if they were together it would not be sexual at least. I don't think you appreciate how difficult it would be to keep a secret like that at Monte Sahaja, privacy is limited. Even for Mooji. They are around people all the time.
Is it healthy to have no other peers? No, I agree. I'm told that she literally devotes her life to Mooji. Even other close disciples still have personal lives. They have partners, they have hobbies, things they do away from Monte Sahaja. But this womans entire life is Mooji. There isn't a balance. I know Mooji periodically sends his close followers back home for a while so they don't get too attached to him, not sure if he ever sent her back. But I must say she always seems happy. I remember seeing her once by a river. Mooji was there. She jumped in a boat she found and was rowing in a big circle. I thought it was hilarious. She had the time of her life! So she's not a secretly unhappy person.
I'm not going to throw the baby out with the bath water. Just because Mooji is not perfect, doesn't mean I will disregard all of his teachings. He say's a lot of profound stuff.