How Some Recruiters are Trained to Ignore When You say "No"
There are set ups that TRAIN their disciples to anticipate every possibleobjection you have and desensitize themselves to you.Here is one example that someone did learn about.Disciples of gurus may...
View ArticleHare Krishna Cult Recruiting in Haight Ashbury San Francisco
2017 The Hare Krishna Sect Is In San Francisco -- Targeting Tourists Not Flower Children.Friends, if you have met a Hare Krishna outreacher, you need to know that they are taught to lie to outsiders...
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One person, an Indian Hindu raised in a non bhakti tradition, visited an ISKON temple in Boston.She reports that it gave her valuable new insight to re-read the Bhagavad Gita from a bhakti...
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It's spelled ISKCON, not ISKON, silly.
View ArticleRe: Hare Krishna Cult Recruiting in Haight Ashbury San Francisco
Ah yes. Silly me.ISKCON, not ISKON. This will help with the Google search results.Extra C as in 'con'.[forum.culteducation.com][forum.culteducation.com]Repeat: fact checking makes you sexy -- even if...
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corboy: To your knowledge, does ISKCON practice (as a policy applying to all members) anything like "shunning," "disconnection," "disfellowshipping," or what have you?
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ISKCON has historically shunned people and treated ex-members very badly. In one situation a former member that spoke out was murdered. Very nasty history.Not an organization that I recommend to...
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That's not accurate, Rick. Steve Bryant (Sulocana) was not a "former member." He was full-fledged (albeit renegade) Hare Krsna when he was killed.The Amish call their practice "shunning." In the...
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Actually there were two "renegade" members shunned by the ISKCON leadership that were murdered. Charles St. Denis, killed in 1983, and Steve Bryant, killed in 1986.What is your point?Seems like you...
View ArticleRe: Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi and Humanity in Unity
Rally it's very intresting, I too used to be one of them but fortunately y fate has turned around, Reall it;s very beautiful.
View ArticleRe: The ISA Experience
I was thinking about going back for a weekend of ISA and my search engine brought up this cult education site and forum.My story:I went about 10 years ago for the initial weekend 'the isaexperience'...
View ArticleRe: Mooji a cult?
So Mooji is apparently branding his process as something called "The Invitation" now. At first, I couldn't really see what the difference was between his talks/guided meditations and this new...
View ArticleRe: "Love Israel near death"
For anyone reading up on the Love Family, this source can be valuable:Robert W. Balch. 1995. "Charisma and Corruption in the Love Family: Toward a Theory of Corruption Charismatic Cults." Pp. 155-179...
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Andrew Cohen got much of his training on what I call the "satsang circuit"before he opened his own franchise.Here is an observation by an Indian psychiatrist, also Hindu, who visitedgurus and temples...
View ArticleHaight Street visitors - hear this from a *former* Hare Krishna
Forum:International Society for Krishna Consciousness - page suggestions (from an ex-HK)Contents [hide]1 Some thoughts from an ex devotee to add to this page2 Prabhupada's Gita, skewed verses, and why...
View Article"Despite their wholesome hippie image"- negative views on sex
THe earlier, Rational Wiki page the author referred to in the essay above.[rationalwiki.org]QuoteThe International Society for Krishna Consciousness, also known as the Hare Krishnas (or in pop...
View ArticleRe: Mooji a cult?
Thanks that's very helpful! It's so frustrating, just how people could fall for this. I feel so stupid for the all tricks three gurus/groups pulled on me, and now to see this in action is anguishing,...
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Our expectations change in all kinds of ways when we go to India or attenda social gathering.We are social mammals. Open systems.We are wired to need and seek relationship. Why?Social mammals are...
View ArticleRe: Mike Vinson and IWWB - cult alert
A "cult" is a mental dysfunction which is not limited to religious and spiritual institutions. It's a product of the mind which is not exclusive to "religious nuts". I believe it's reasonable to...
View ArticleBhag Gita As It Is from non ISKCON
Quote --Three Star review[www.amazon.com]0 out of 5 starsScholarly, well-presented, but very biased(name removed for privacy - Corboy) June 21, 2009.As has been said before, most of the 5-star reviews...
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