Hi Horowitz,
I agree with you in that some of the things Moo teaches are not bad in themselves. I think self-inquiry can be a useful tool. I also think the teachings of Advaita and Buddhism are very interesting and helpful.
But it's the way Moo puts it all together that is wrong and misleading! He encourages people to flee from the real world into a type of 'self worship' that inevitably becomes Moo worship.
As Happytown explained really well, he uses double binds to confuse people and they experience some kind of identity collapse as a result. This is not healthy at all. People become helpless, complient followers of Moo with no genuine insight. It isn't spiritual at all, although you do get some kind of confused 'buzz' out of it- it's sort of like being on drugs, is the best way I can describe it. (As it happened to me).
You do get some mild euphoria from it... but there is no clarity of thought. Yes, it must all be due to brain chemistry- which means a lot of people would be susceptable to it. Hence, so many cults become successful and are able to recruit a lot of people.
I agree with you in that some of the things Moo teaches are not bad in themselves. I think self-inquiry can be a useful tool. I also think the teachings of Advaita and Buddhism are very interesting and helpful.
But it's the way Moo puts it all together that is wrong and misleading! He encourages people to flee from the real world into a type of 'self worship' that inevitably becomes Moo worship.
As Happytown explained really well, he uses double binds to confuse people and they experience some kind of identity collapse as a result. This is not healthy at all. People become helpless, complient followers of Moo with no genuine insight. It isn't spiritual at all, although you do get some kind of confused 'buzz' out of it- it's sort of like being on drugs, is the best way I can describe it. (As it happened to me).
You do get some mild euphoria from it... but there is no clarity of thought. Yes, it must all be due to brain chemistry- which means a lot of people would be susceptable to it. Hence, so many cults become successful and are able to recruit a lot of people.