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Okay, so I don't want to be an inmate in his prison. But how did he transmit those amazing, ecstatic, mind-blowing, heart-blowing, soul-blowing, experiences of samadhi to me--and to Andre and hundreds of others? That is the $64,000 question.
This is a strange thing. In the West we're not familiar with this phenomenon. In India it's known as shaktipat. I've experienced it myself on several occasions. With one person, the "bliss field" around him was so strong I couldn't do anything other than cry my eyes out for at least half an hour. It was really embarrassing. This was another student of Papaji. I won't mention him by name because he's a benevolent guy who doesn't deserve being dragged into a thread about a cult leader. While I was having this experience, some other people around him seemed totally unaffected, so it seems not everyone is sensitive to it.
So from experience I know shaktipat is a real thing. I've heard people describe experiencing this bliss strongly in the presence of Osho, Mooji and Amma.
I don't quite know what to make of this phenomenon, but at least judging by Osho's and Mooji's actions, these shaktipat-people aren't necessarily free from needy, narcissistic and manipulative tendencies.