Cohen still censoring, image means more than truth

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"Below is the aforementioned letter from Cohen’s long-time former student L., who posted it on Cohen’s website only to discover that it had been quickly removed. Please feel free to pass it along to others who might wonder what Andrew Cohen is actually up to."

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Thank you, Andrew for sharing your version of the story, and how you emphasize that you need utter humility. I am impressed! I love what you are saying about those books, all negative that were written about you, and how you should have listened to what was exposed in them.

As you know, there are at least over 200 [former] close students who have signed a ‘petition’ that they don’t see you fit to teach. I know many students who haven’t even bothered to sign, since you will do your own thing anyways, or just don’t want to get involved in any way. Also you must have had hundreds of letters from ex-students pointing out the same thing.

Any interest in finding out what that means about your conclusions now?

The blue meme treatment was sometimes helpful, I agree. But that was not really what the problem was.

Did you ever tell your new students the really traumatizing and mean things you put us through? Like cursing people, who wanted their independence back, and that they would go to hell, and that they had betrayed the deepest of their commitments (to you, as you would understand that)?

That’s what was the problem.

Also you contradict yourself in describing your students: very intelligent, beautiful people–and weak people who wanted a father figure. I agree with the first, not with the latter. These beautiful intelligent people had the courage to give up everything to try to realize a vision of oneness and communication in a higher consciousness. Instead you would sabotage that and set people up against each other.

So you might as well add that to your story of how bad a teacher you were. And for not listening to the current criticism I would say that you failed utterly in your fresh intentions to have an open, vulnerable and humble heart.

– Letter shared by L., a former long time student

American Guru summation:

"In yet another example Andrew Cohen’s shameless willingness to censor his critics, Cohen deleted the following letter from a former student which she had posted as a comment on his website. In spite of the many recent declarations Cohen has made with respect to seeing his own ego, facing into the harm he has done, having learned his lesson “the hard way,” etc, he continues to practice the gagging of his (former) students when they dare to step out of line and criticize him.

"The ostensible premise underlying Cohen’s intention to teach again is that, because he has learned from his mistakes and somehow managed to cultivate greater humility and depth, his services as a spiritual thought leader should once again be made available to those evolving humans who can benefit from exposure to his timeless wisdom.

"What seems more than obvious, however, is that he’s actually learned nothing of any real value, that his integrity is permanently AWOL, and that he continues to represent a clear and present danger to any spiritual seeker unfortunate enough to enter his orbit."


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