Hi Not-afaidofMooji,
thank you for sharing your experiences. It's great to get some insight into trauma bonding, too. I think the second video you shared about trauma bonding is a lot easier to understand than the first.
The fact that Tony acts differently at retreats than what he does at Monte Sahaja makes a lot of sense and explains why so many people go to retreats and report not being harmed or not seeing a negative side of Tony.
It seems to be only the people who get to know him really well who experience the intense manipulation and psychological abuse. Although, many people attending retreats felt that they were witnessing a 'staged performance' and that the levels of devotion showed to Moo were over-the-top, strangely competitive and looked 'forced'.
As for Tony reading this forum and enjoying it, well, who knows? It wouldn't bother me! This would simply demonstrate that he is not enlightened. An enlightened being would have no interest in what people were saying about him anonymously... he would only be interested in the here and now, not obsessing about things he had no control over.
But Tony is not enlightened, not even one iota - and he is preoccupied by control and authority.
My concern has always been the well-being of the victims of this cult and enabling them to have access to information. That is all. What they do with this information is up to them.
thank you for sharing your experiences. It's great to get some insight into trauma bonding, too. I think the second video you shared about trauma bonding is a lot easier to understand than the first.
The fact that Tony acts differently at retreats than what he does at Monte Sahaja makes a lot of sense and explains why so many people go to retreats and report not being harmed or not seeing a negative side of Tony.
It seems to be only the people who get to know him really well who experience the intense manipulation and psychological abuse. Although, many people attending retreats felt that they were witnessing a 'staged performance' and that the levels of devotion showed to Moo were over-the-top, strangely competitive and looked 'forced'.
As for Tony reading this forum and enjoying it, well, who knows? It wouldn't bother me! This would simply demonstrate that he is not enlightened. An enlightened being would have no interest in what people were saying about him anonymously... he would only be interested in the here and now, not obsessing about things he had no control over.
But Tony is not enlightened, not even one iota - and he is preoccupied by control and authority.
My concern has always been the well-being of the victims of this cult and enabling them to have access to information. That is all. What they do with this information is up to them.