Every so often it happens. Someone posing as a “Self Realized individual” (which is the ultimate oxymoron!) writes or calls and takes issue with something he or she perceives as “wrong” and gets their panties in a knot!
You would be appalled if I were to publish the most recent version of this, from a so called “realized” teacher who had some false ideas of what he had been promised by way of help with a project (the most startling aspect of which was that the help was offered in a spirit of support and friendship at NO cost!) wrote messages containing an extremely vitriolic and disrespectful whining, plus patently false and egregious allegations of what was supposedly "promised" to him regarding the project!
So there came up, from nowhere, a spontaneous expression calling this guy out on the bullshit he had perpetrated. It simply arose, was typed, and sent.
Recently this conversation reentered the Consciousness and there came about a wondering if we have there yet another false prophet who has had the "Big Spiritual Experience" and that experience has simply not yet faded (as it assuredly WILL!).Consider Suzanne Segal. The poor dear who went 20 years in "Oneness-Experience" then finally crashed. Mine in 2002 (blessedly) only lasted a few weeks! Then it began to get REALLY real! Here is what I mean by that:
I was just browsing a favorite Nisargadatta book … Ramesh Balsekar's "Explorations Into The Eternal" … while watching TV this evening (my preference is for “multitasking!”) which triggered this message to those who follow this site and Facebook: I hope that such false teachers and poseurs will reflect, as much of what I said in my response to that teacher is precisely in accord with Ramesh (sharing the Teachings of Maharaj):
You would be appalled if I were to publish the most recent version of this, from a so called “realized” teacher who had some false ideas of what he had been promised by way of help with a project (the most startling aspect of which was that the help was offered in a spirit of support and friendship at NO cost!) wrote messages containing an extremely vitriolic and disrespectful whining, plus patently false and egregious allegations of what was supposedly "promised" to him regarding the project!
So there came up, from nowhere, a spontaneous expression calling this guy out on the bullshit he had perpetrated. It simply arose, was typed, and sent.
Recently this conversation reentered the Consciousness and there came about a wondering if we have there yet another false prophet who has had the "Big Spiritual Experience" and that experience has simply not yet faded (as it assuredly WILL!).Consider Suzanne Segal. The poor dear who went 20 years in "Oneness-Experience" then finally crashed. Mine in 2002 (blessedly) only lasted a few weeks! Then it began to get REALLY real! Here is what I mean by that:
I was just browsing a favorite Nisargadatta book … Ramesh Balsekar's "Explorations Into The Eternal" … while watching TV this evening (my preference is for “multitasking!”) which triggered this message to those who follow this site and Facebook: I hope that such false teachers and poseurs will reflect, as much of what I said in my response to that teacher is precisely in accord with Ramesh (sharing the Teachings of Maharaj):
"It is an interesting fact that among the many images that are created of the Jnani, a fairly common one is that of a sort of vegetable, totally impervious to whatever might happen in the world, and is expected to be a "sucker" taking advantage of whom would be as easy as taking a lollipop out of an infant's hand. Anybody may kick him around without any fear of reprisal or retribution -that is the image. And when there is a sharp, sudden and businesslike reaction from the ]nani, the perpetrator of the original deed feels that has been living under false pretenses, that the Jnani is not a Jnani at all but an idol with clay feet, a God that has come crashing down from his pedestal. Actually, what might seem as a retaliation from the Jnani could well have been an object lesson to the conceiver of the concept to mend his ways and not the act of the Jnani's wounded ego. Indeed, the very basis of conceiving is the ego, and when the expected benefit from the Jnani is not forthcoming there is resentment and frustration. There is a very beautiful verse in the Ashtavakra Gita, the purport of which is "The spontaneous unrestrained outburst from a |nani is a glorious thing free as it is from motivation and preference, but not the unnatural and assumed quietude of the hypocrite who is still attached to his individual id-entity.”
At this stage I am highly suspicious of most "teachers". My Links list is shrinking, not growing!
On a final note, what happened to me in 2004 in the company of Wayne Liquorman was exactly like this guy’s actions, which got me kicked out of Wayne’s meetings! THAT was exactly, but EXACTLY! what this one called charlie needed. THAT was THE wakeup call, NOT that several weeks of “being one with everything”.
Make no mistake about this: NO “experience" will last, no matter how "holy or peaceful or loving." And when it goes there can be a helluva crash! (BEEN THERE... SOURCE DONE THAT through Charlie!)
So: Caution to the seeker! Watch out for those who pretend to be holy and write or speak perfect expressions that mirror THEIR Guru. They are fakes.
As I say at my meetings: If you encounter someone who claims he or she is “Enlightened”, grab you wallet or purse and run outta there as fast as your legs will take you!
Love ya!
