@JMC wow "lost her rag"is strong and is a bit of a derogatory term towards women or it seems so to me. it also seems you are pretty angry with them and i am wondering if it was you that the “lost rag” was directed - also as the veg thing strikes such a chord in you one might guess you are not a vegetarian. As far as a rule goes it is defiantly not - there WAS a whole argument/ discussion :-) on Face book between some people who said it was “unspiritual” to promote vegetarianism. I thought the JJ stance was very interesting refreshing and different from the normal veggie/vegan fundamentalists - without guilt or even health as the basic argument - but i wont go into that here. I only mention it because you seem to feel that its a strong case for labelling them a cult [ which is what this blog is about. any way in the arguments on fb a person named TIM who was not a vegetarian said that their take on it was the only thing he had against the template and that he was so glad that he could take part in spite of his total rejection of it.
Some of my friends who know the Aussie amb. well agree with you on that that he was a bit off for a long time but also say that he got a lot worse recently. there may be other things no one knows because there have been no public announcements.
as far as replacement gurus - i have to laugh because they are as far from gurus as any one i have met - i guess its easy to put someone in that category if they hold workshops or write books etc. but they don't do any of the normal guru stuff - i have never even seen a picture of Juliet and only a few on FB of Jiva put up by others. Nothing sanctimonious - SO having said all that i still have not gone back myself although i did really enjoy their second DVD - which must have cost a lot.. i saw that Nassim Harriman raised $300,000 on a fund raiser to “Finish” an almost completed DVD,, and it was no where near the complexity /technically of the JJ’s - perhaps thats where all that money they make goes - Does anyone know what kind of a life style they have? how much land owned car driven etc. Bhagwan was a good example of Swami snatcha your money. so it would be interesting to find out about the JJ’s on that level. you said they advertise them as a rare event and yet they do it every year - i looked at their website and noticed they didn't do many others so its questionable i mean how we define rare. I will eventually do at least one more step but i will be very aware now to any cult trips laid.
Some of my friends who know the Aussie amb. well agree with you on that that he was a bit off for a long time but also say that he got a lot worse recently. there may be other things no one knows because there have been no public announcements.
as far as replacement gurus - i have to laugh because they are as far from gurus as any one i have met - i guess its easy to put someone in that category if they hold workshops or write books etc. but they don't do any of the normal guru stuff - i have never even seen a picture of Juliet and only a few on FB of Jiva put up by others. Nothing sanctimonious - SO having said all that i still have not gone back myself although i did really enjoy their second DVD - which must have cost a lot.. i saw that Nassim Harriman raised $300,000 on a fund raiser to “Finish” an almost completed DVD,, and it was no where near the complexity /technically of the JJ’s - perhaps thats where all that money they make goes - Does anyone know what kind of a life style they have? how much land owned car driven etc. Bhagwan was a good example of Swami snatcha your money. so it would be interesting to find out about the JJ’s on that level. you said they advertise them as a rare event and yet they do it every year - i looked at their website and noticed they didn't do many others so its questionable i mean how we define rare. I will eventually do at least one more step but i will be very aware now to any cult trips laid.