Thank you kindly for comments to my first post. Somewhere in the Upanishads it speaks about qualification of what an excellent Vedanta teacher should be: well-versed in the Upanishads and without any worldly desire. It also says that a self-realized teacher is very rare and a student able to understand these teachings also rarest. I mention it as Mooji is said to be a (neo)-Advaita teacher. Perhaps contemporary teachers and their students should make an honest reality check about themselves. When a half-baked teacher and an emotionally wounded or immature student meet, a disaster is near! In hindsight I know I would have acted differently in past situations where I found myself involved with a spiritual leader; but the young ignorant woman was not able to see what i see now. What is tricky is that not all of what they offer is bad, but it is mixed with a lot of falsehood, which gets you pretty confused and hooked. Only a clear-minded individual is able to discriminate truth from the untruth; that is a daunting task for a Western spiritual novice. Therefore greater responsibility lies in the hands of the one who has taken the position of teacher even more so when backed up by a powerful organization and crowd of devotees who adore him and think he is a god. I feel what is mostly lacking in our leaders (religious, spiritual, political) is ethics. They may have nice talks and gestures, shakti and charisma, but teaching by example of an impeccable ethical life would probably foster a greater safer aspiration to an authentic spirituality than talking about the ultimate Self to a crowd who may not be ready yet to receive higher teachings especially if not taught properly. Thank you for the opportunity of this forum to share on these topics.
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