Hi Happytown,
A study of the power relations within this cult would fascinating in itself! Maybe one day the Moo cult will even be the subject of a documentary film?
What is on the public record is that Moo was originally a trustee of his own charity, but then he resigned from the board of trustees. Did he resign or was he gently pushed out?
Then Moo shows up in official documents as an "employee" earning only around $31,000 U.S. per year. It isn't all that much money, and kind of seems like a demotion, to me.
One thing I am getting out of reading posts here on this forum is that Moo is erratic and moody and quite possibly a narcissist. He might have been a big liability on the board of trustees. There are also reports that Moo never follows through with what he says he will do. So he wouldn't be easy to work with!
I think Moo is cunning, but not all that bright. The board of trustees may well have pushed him out.
Never-the-less, Moo has great power at Monte Sahaja, based mainly on people being deceived into thinking he is a deity or an enlightened being. At the ashram, he can get on with doing what he does best - bullsh*ting people. The running of the whole organisation is done by others.
Let's face it, Moo was not successful at anything else in life before he became a cult leader. He sold chai on the streets- he was never stable and productive. He was a drifter. Not the kind of guy who could run a significant 'charity' and a trading subsidiary.
Of course, the whole Moo show is dependent on keeping him happy and keeping him spouting the spiritual mumbo-jumbo. So the trustees would absolutely turn a blind eye to his relations with different female devotees, his moodiness and his temper.
A study of the power relations within this cult would fascinating in itself! Maybe one day the Moo cult will even be the subject of a documentary film?
What is on the public record is that Moo was originally a trustee of his own charity, but then he resigned from the board of trustees. Did he resign or was he gently pushed out?
Then Moo shows up in official documents as an "employee" earning only around $31,000 U.S. per year. It isn't all that much money, and kind of seems like a demotion, to me.
One thing I am getting out of reading posts here on this forum is that Moo is erratic and moody and quite possibly a narcissist. He might have been a big liability on the board of trustees. There are also reports that Moo never follows through with what he says he will do. So he wouldn't be easy to work with!
I think Moo is cunning, but not all that bright. The board of trustees may well have pushed him out.
Never-the-less, Moo has great power at Monte Sahaja, based mainly on people being deceived into thinking he is a deity or an enlightened being. At the ashram, he can get on with doing what he does best - bullsh*ting people. The running of the whole organisation is done by others.
Let's face it, Moo was not successful at anything else in life before he became a cult leader. He sold chai on the streets- he was never stable and productive. He was a drifter. Not the kind of guy who could run a significant 'charity' and a trading subsidiary.
Of course, the whole Moo show is dependent on keeping him happy and keeping him spouting the spiritual mumbo-jumbo. So the trustees would absolutely turn a blind eye to his relations with different female devotees, his moodiness and his temper.