> home.” This was on a teachers page named Jeff
> Brown. Jeff Brown mentioned he has mentioned Mooji
> in his new book, just out, as an example of
> “ungrounded spirituality”.
>
> Jeff Foster wrote in his comments that he has had
> many people come to him about what is in the Be
> article and he knows it’s not gossip.
>
Jeff Foster has coined a new word: New Cage Movement
This is an excerpt from his new book that he mentioned. This guy seems to have had his share of experiences in the New Cage Movement:
A form of spiritual fascism has developed, one that benefits only a small few. If you call out the lying guru, you are met with the ‘no gossip’ mantra and, for those who are intoxicated by them and subjugated to their teachings, the irrational fear that they will sic their Shakti-powers on you. If you feel triggered by their teachings or violated in any way, you are reminded that spirituality should not include anger or negativity. You are handed back the burden of blame—that it is just your own ‘issues and resistances’.
I had always imagined spirituality a quest for truth, but that is not the all-pervasive consensus. There is widespread investment within the spiritual community in having particular opinions protected. Even common sense judgements, acts of conscious discernment, evidence of wrong doing firmly grounded in reality, have been conveniently mischaracterized as anti-spiritual, a philosophy that plays right into the hands of ill-intentioned gurus.
If we can be persuaded that it is unspiritual to judge the teacher, if we can be conditioned to believe that our judgements about their integrity are merely a reflection of our own issues, then anything goes. We can easily understand why gurus and spiritual leaders would want to put a protective veil around themselves. It preserves their market share egoically and financially. It grants them permission to sell their teachings as impenetrable gospel. Yet they aren’t. Not even close. They are as worthy of debate as any other concept or notion. Better we speak our truths and let the karmic chips fall where they may. Every voice and perspective matters.’
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> Brown. Jeff Brown mentioned he has mentioned Mooji
> in his new book, just out, as an example of
> “ungrounded spirituality”.
>
> Jeff Foster wrote in his comments that he has had
> many people come to him about what is in the Be
> article and he knows it’s not gossip.
>
Jeff Foster has coined a new word: New Cage Movement
This is an excerpt from his new book that he mentioned. This guy seems to have had his share of experiences in the New Cage Movement:
A form of spiritual fascism has developed, one that benefits only a small few. If you call out the lying guru, you are met with the ‘no gossip’ mantra and, for those who are intoxicated by them and subjugated to their teachings, the irrational fear that they will sic their Shakti-powers on you. If you feel triggered by their teachings or violated in any way, you are reminded that spirituality should not include anger or negativity. You are handed back the burden of blame—that it is just your own ‘issues and resistances’.
I had always imagined spirituality a quest for truth, but that is not the all-pervasive consensus. There is widespread investment within the spiritual community in having particular opinions protected. Even common sense judgements, acts of conscious discernment, evidence of wrong doing firmly grounded in reality, have been conveniently mischaracterized as anti-spiritual, a philosophy that plays right into the hands of ill-intentioned gurus.
If we can be persuaded that it is unspiritual to judge the teacher, if we can be conditioned to believe that our judgements about their integrity are merely a reflection of our own issues, then anything goes. We can easily understand why gurus and spiritual leaders would want to put a protective veil around themselves. It preserves their market share egoically and financially. It grants them permission to sell their teachings as impenetrable gospel. Yet they aren’t. Not even close. They are as worthy of debate as any other concept or notion. Better we speak our truths and let the karmic chips fall where they may. Every voice and perspective matters.’
[www.amazon.com]