It is really sad to see what damage has happened to those not so young women in the "childrens group". They are in so deep and were taken so fresh that they...
Dear Ex-DISCIPLES, I joined the center in the age of 20. After an "interesting childhood" happy about the circumstance that all boys are brothers. (don't...
Thanks for telling your story, Electricblue. I'm glad to hear that your life has found a positive direction. Interestingly, people who have studied cults say...
I've just visited a site which was set up by an ex Scientologist who was part of the organisation for five years. She made the interesting point that people...
Terra, I really like the post about the surviving of a cult. I helped me a lot. While, I do believe we learn from all our experiences it was good to see it...
You wrote: "In the back of my mind, sometimes I can't help thinking that God allows us to be exposed to negative or painful experiences from which we can ...
Sara wrote: "Most people just find that their lives get diffused from what the originally thought was a spiritual direction, somewhere it takes a turn and it's...
The traditional Yoga, or we can say real Yoga is not only difficult, honestly I believe, impossible for people coming from Western culture. Thus even the basic...
Thoughts from others? T. Toward the beginning of this forum I was beaten to a pulp for presenting just this idea. ( A third way) I was accused of being an...
Damien, that's a bit esoteric for me!! I guess you wrote it after the beer we had together last night! Always nice to catch up with another ex and process a...
I was pulled into the centre by friends who were convinced by disciples. I yearned for an extended family and something other than drugs, sex and booze. I...
Okie Since we had a real Guru and a complete Avatar not just one of the millions of fakers in darkest Injia we didn't need... "The traditional way, the old...
Sara wrote <<At first this seemed what I got, it was over a period of time as the rules got stricter, and because of my up-bringing I was used to control, I...
To me, the reasons that people on this board get upset about certain points of view is a matter of how we "hear" it, how we process the words through the...
You're right I never said anything like "the rape victim was wearing suggestive clothing". But some people read that into it. It may have been that we wanted...
Thanks everybody for the feedback you've given. I knew that bringing up this very sensitive topic would run the risk of causing misunderstanding and division....
Thank you, Terra. I would like to add that sometimes the most healthy thing to do is to stop blaming ourselves for joining the cult. We can never truly...
I still remember my Sanskrit professor joking "Harekrishnas are Indian
revange for the Christian missionaries"probably could include all the
rest of the...
truthfreedom2000 wrote: <<We can never truly understand what another person is going through or why. We can only offer to be a witness to their story.>> Amen ...
Some anti-cult activists place too much emphasis on susceptibility to mind control as the factor which makes people join cults. The situation is more complex...
Okay Steve, I have my cane, assume the position. I too "hear" you when you say "culpability" in our actions. I hear it as "assume responsibility for my life,...
Terra, this particular post gave me a real boost, and it came at a time when I really needed it. I also have great belief that nothing is wasted. But we do...
This is absolutley true. No-one sat me down under a bright light, starved me and deprived me of sleep so that I would join. I came of my own volition and...
Thanks for bringing up the subject though. It it through discussions such as these that we come to grips with it all. Even if there are misunderstandings,...
Now Chinmoy promised each one of us when we joined he was to guide our souls for eternity until we were realised or in his words to take us in the golden boat...
Simon, Your story reminds me of a time when Shipwreck and Fonebone were putting on a meditation class. Now meditation classes had long been a bone of...
I don't believe it is fair to say or imply that Christians or Christian missionaries are frauds. Doesn't that take us back to where we started? Think of the...
Some crucial questions are: how to we manage to face our pain without drowning in it? How do we forgive others when they seem to be the least deserving people...
It was just a joke and the professor is English not Indian. It is Off Topic but since you touched it let me clear it up. I am not anti christian, and I am...
