Some more comments from youtube videos:
Dave writes:
"I was a so called devotee of the mooji cult for about two years. Although I didn't experience any negative effects a time came when I noticed that I was stuck and I wouldn't make any improvements, always getting stuck on the same things and started to get frustrated by his advice being always the same, not real teaching, no real knowledge.
I even heard him say in one of his satsangs that he didin't want to hear KNOWLEDGE questions just FREEDOM questions
...........there's no real teaching in these so called gurus, new age gurus or whatever you want to call them. I now study Vedanta from Adi shankaraacharya tradition which is my advice to anyone that has been and feels stuck with one of this NeoAdvaita gurus. Mooji is a big business that's why he and his team will unleash their lawyers onto anyone that tries to bring down his empire........Well done Henri Jolicoeur"
No bot writes:
"Why does he charge £20 for something called "Sahaja Express" after a month free trial (like Netflix! I recommend every devotee of Mooji to watch "Wild Wild Country" by the way. ) if he doesn't want anything from people??? Can someone explain this to me? Since when is the truth a possession of anybody ? Can truth be bought? Did the Buddha ever charge any single penny ?
The opposite! He said that the truth cannot be bought with money. He only begged for food in order to maintain the body, so he was capable to share his wisdom to others. For free! Did Jesus charge ? Ramana Mahasi? Nissagartata Maharash?"
Eternal writes:
"What do the people who work for M producing these videos and all other content EARN per month? Where does the money go? What is the money spent for and by whom? Are these people regularly employed with all insurance? Is the M business paying for the insurance of all his workers? Or are they doing free labour for food and housing?"
Nikola answers:
"Actually, most of the people doing the work are not getting paid. They are doing "seva".
This is a fact, and the following is rough estimation:
Intense Satsang –Lisbon-February: €220 x1500 people = €300 000
Zmar Retreat-Portugal-April: €375 x 850 people = €318 000
Zmar Retreat-Portugal-October: €375 x 850 people = €318 000
Monte Sahaja Retreat-June: €550 x 120 people = €66 000
Netherlands Retreat-August: €330 x 1500 people = €495 000.
Plus donations, plus the website shop, minus all the expenses.
The videos he gives for free, are not actually free. It is called marketing. If someone thinks that this number is ok for enlightened master, then that one is actually getting exactly what he is looking for. Papaji(his guru) is on the record stressing many times that every Satsang that charges money and that even asks for donation is undoubtedly corrupted.
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(David was chosen by Papaji himself to write his biography, so to deny validity of this fact is possible, but requires a serious faith)"
Stormcauac writes:
"Mooji is a great actor. He acts like a guru but doesn't want you to treat him like a guru. Doesn't make sense when you see what's happening around him. Explain the pictures of his feet , the little bottles of Sahaja dust (earth from the ashram on which Mooji's holy feet supposedly walked on) sold in the sangha shop, the bhajans praising him...etc etc... This all has the elements of worshipping him as if he's a divine being and thus putting him on pedestal. Yes, he says one thing but at the same time the out of control worshipping is not discouraged by him. It should be about the teaching but it has become a cult, the cult of Mooji.
I have followed Mooji for many years and loved to listen to him but I don't like to see what all of this has become and also his army of defenders on the internet are off putting. Any criticism or questions asked are dismissed as mind or lies. I now understand why Mooji is always dismissing the mind. It's a perfect way to turn people into mindless sheep who swallow his every word. I'm very happy I stepped out!"
Darren writes:
"The reason people want to kiss his feet is exactly because he does not stop the act of it happening. It's called induction by imitation. If he really spiritually cared about the other people in his retreats, he would not allow it to happen, so others don't mistake it for meaning something and putting him on a pedestal.
Mooji is on the receiving end of something people who are doubting God are doing, and he can stop it but he does not, because he is not enlightened. Why is he afraid to speak up about something that is not right? If he can allow this, what else does he allow in secret?"
Nikola writes:
Yes, you are right I am making millions(yes millions) and running Mooji's business out of my basement, he doesn't have a single clue. And those videos where we can see with our own eyes he is performing exorcisms, yes awakened people get cornered all the time, only unrealised people are capable of making sane decisions. Also let's don't be naive, you can run simple calculations of how much is needed, and how much more does he take from donations and selling staff.
It is also not true that awakened people get attacked after realization, Buddha didn't get attacked, Ramana Maharshi didn't get attacked, Anandamayi Ma, Neem Karoli Baba etc.. that is actually very rare. True sages are almost always respected by society.
Even if we leave all this things aside, the things he speaks only on a very superficial level sound like they are inline with the Advaita teachings and what Ramana Maharshi has thought. On little deeper investigation they are quite the oposite. For example Ramana Maharshi thought that without the ego there is no world at all.. and not that the space/emptiness that we feel inside us is making us God or realised in any way. Many other things as well, but there is no point of going here into detail. Everyone who wants truth and not some emotional fix, can seriously read Ramana's own written work and it will be clear how silly his teachings are.
Dave writes:
"I was a so called devotee of the mooji cult for about two years. Although I didn't experience any negative effects a time came when I noticed that I was stuck and I wouldn't make any improvements, always getting stuck on the same things and started to get frustrated by his advice being always the same, not real teaching, no real knowledge.
I even heard him say in one of his satsangs that he didin't want to hear KNOWLEDGE questions just FREEDOM questions
...........there's no real teaching in these so called gurus, new age gurus or whatever you want to call them. I now study Vedanta from Adi shankaraacharya tradition which is my advice to anyone that has been and feels stuck with one of this NeoAdvaita gurus. Mooji is a big business that's why he and his team will unleash their lawyers onto anyone that tries to bring down his empire........Well done Henri Jolicoeur"
No bot writes:
"Why does he charge £20 for something called "Sahaja Express" after a month free trial (like Netflix! I recommend every devotee of Mooji to watch "Wild Wild Country" by the way. ) if he doesn't want anything from people??? Can someone explain this to me? Since when is the truth a possession of anybody ? Can truth be bought? Did the Buddha ever charge any single penny ?
The opposite! He said that the truth cannot be bought with money. He only begged for food in order to maintain the body, so he was capable to share his wisdom to others. For free! Did Jesus charge ? Ramana Mahasi? Nissagartata Maharash?"
Eternal writes:
"What do the people who work for M producing these videos and all other content EARN per month? Where does the money go? What is the money spent for and by whom? Are these people regularly employed with all insurance? Is the M business paying for the insurance of all his workers? Or are they doing free labour for food and housing?"
Nikola answers:
"Actually, most of the people doing the work are not getting paid. They are doing "seva".
This is a fact, and the following is rough estimation:
Intense Satsang –Lisbon-February: €220 x1500 people = €300 000
Zmar Retreat-Portugal-April: €375 x 850 people = €318 000
Zmar Retreat-Portugal-October: €375 x 850 people = €318 000
Monte Sahaja Retreat-June: €550 x 120 people = €66 000
Netherlands Retreat-August: €330 x 1500 people = €495 000.
Plus donations, plus the website shop, minus all the expenses.
The videos he gives for free, are not actually free. It is called marketing. If someone thinks that this number is ok for enlightened master, then that one is actually getting exactly what he is looking for. Papaji(his guru) is on the record stressing many times that every Satsang that charges money and that even asks for donation is undoubtedly corrupted.
[www.youtube.com]
(David was chosen by Papaji himself to write his biography, so to deny validity of this fact is possible, but requires a serious faith)"
Stormcauac writes:
"Mooji is a great actor. He acts like a guru but doesn't want you to treat him like a guru. Doesn't make sense when you see what's happening around him. Explain the pictures of his feet , the little bottles of Sahaja dust (earth from the ashram on which Mooji's holy feet supposedly walked on) sold in the sangha shop, the bhajans praising him...etc etc... This all has the elements of worshipping him as if he's a divine being and thus putting him on pedestal. Yes, he says one thing but at the same time the out of control worshipping is not discouraged by him. It should be about the teaching but it has become a cult, the cult of Mooji.
I have followed Mooji for many years and loved to listen to him but I don't like to see what all of this has become and also his army of defenders on the internet are off putting. Any criticism or questions asked are dismissed as mind or lies. I now understand why Mooji is always dismissing the mind. It's a perfect way to turn people into mindless sheep who swallow his every word. I'm very happy I stepped out!"
Darren writes:
"The reason people want to kiss his feet is exactly because he does not stop the act of it happening. It's called induction by imitation. If he really spiritually cared about the other people in his retreats, he would not allow it to happen, so others don't mistake it for meaning something and putting him on a pedestal.
Mooji is on the receiving end of something people who are doubting God are doing, and he can stop it but he does not, because he is not enlightened. Why is he afraid to speak up about something that is not right? If he can allow this, what else does he allow in secret?"
Nikola writes:
Yes, you are right I am making millions(yes millions) and running Mooji's business out of my basement, he doesn't have a single clue. And those videos where we can see with our own eyes he is performing exorcisms, yes awakened people get cornered all the time, only unrealised people are capable of making sane decisions. Also let's don't be naive, you can run simple calculations of how much is needed, and how much more does he take from donations and selling staff.
It is also not true that awakened people get attacked after realization, Buddha didn't get attacked, Ramana Maharshi didn't get attacked, Anandamayi Ma, Neem Karoli Baba etc.. that is actually very rare. True sages are almost always respected by society.
Even if we leave all this things aside, the things he speaks only on a very superficial level sound like they are inline with the Advaita teachings and what Ramana Maharshi has thought. On little deeper investigation they are quite the oposite. For example Ramana Maharshi thought that without the ego there is no world at all.. and not that the space/emptiness that we feel inside us is making us God or realised in any way. Many other things as well, but there is no point of going here into detail. Everyone who wants truth and not some emotional fix, can seriously read Ramana's own written work and it will be clear how silly his teachings are.