I just remembered two other manipulative statements by JS. Like I said, I wonder if others recognize these statements. From attending his satsangs and watching his videos, I get the impression that JS has a repertoire of manipulative statements that he keeps repeating.
Paraphrasing JS (Amsterdam seminar 2019):
"To learn Vedanta, you have to be qualified. That's what the other teachers don't tell you. But don't worry, the fact that you're sitting here means that you're qualified."
"All of you sitting here, you have good karma. That's why you have ended up here, learning true vedanta. If you didn't have good karma, you'd be sitting with someone like Mooji."
And like others have reported from other satsangs, JS did a bit of ranting about Donald Trump and transsexuals, that seems to be part of his repertoire as well.
A few more things I'd like to say to the people who know JS:
If despite all the warning signs, you still think JS is a true and moral teacher, and you feel sorry for him for being criticized: You don't have to feel bad for him, because he doesn't feel bad about it himself, at least not according to his own statements.
Not only doesn't he care what people say about him:
[www.yesvedanta.com]
JS is in a constant state of bliss (or so he claims in the same interview linked above):
I'm not entirely sure what savikalpa samadhi is, because there seem to be different definitions, but their common factor is that it is a state of bliss. Is that really what we see and hear when we look at and listen to JS and his rants? Is this a man who's constantly in bliss?
Paraphrasing JS (Amsterdam seminar 2019):
"To learn Vedanta, you have to be qualified. That's what the other teachers don't tell you. But don't worry, the fact that you're sitting here means that you're qualified."
"All of you sitting here, you have good karma. That's why you have ended up here, learning true vedanta. If you didn't have good karma, you'd be sitting with someone like Mooji."
And like others have reported from other satsangs, JS did a bit of ranting about Donald Trump and transsexuals, that seems to be part of his repertoire as well.
A few more things I'd like to say to the people who know JS:
If despite all the warning signs, you still think JS is a true and moral teacher, and you feel sorry for him for being criticized: You don't have to feel bad for him, because he doesn't feel bad about it himself, at least not according to his own statements.
Not only doesn't he care what people say about him:
[www.yesvedanta.com]
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Let people say what they think, good or bad. It does not enhance or diminish me in the slightest. I listen to what is said and see if there is truth in it. If there is, I accept it and if there isn’t, I don’t.
JS is in a constant state of bliss (or so he claims in the same interview linked above):
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Since my guru erased the veil I am in savikalpa samadhi all the time.
I'm not entirely sure what savikalpa samadhi is, because there seem to be different definitions, but their common factor is that it is a state of bliss. Is that really what we see and hear when we look at and listen to JS and his rants? Is this a man who's constantly in bliss?