Neelam
Sep 12, 2002, Santa Cruz
I went to satsang with Neelam at a house across the street last Thursday evening. She impressed me as humble, compassionate, and
sincere, but without apparent smugness, sentimentality, or avarice. I
detected no obvious agenda. I took my wife and noisy 14 month old daughter. We had to get up and cross the entire room a couple of times
to do a diaper change. We left early because we were afraid of annoying
the rest of the group, but I never got a sense of anything but mild amusement from Neelam. In terms of GuruRating I'd have to know more
about the organization and hear more people's experiences to really rate her, but I would certainly rate this particular satsang 3 buds.
bobby
Nirmala,
May 10, 2003, Montreal
I've been attending satsang with a newbie [Nirmala] from Sarlo's Guru
Rating List ... Three stars at least. For the sheer simplicity of his demeanor, his tremendous candor
and generosity of heart I can only say that being with him is, to
say the least, a catalyst for understanding or live pointing.
Anand Gyan
Wayne,
Nirmala, Eli
About two years ago I visited Wayne Liquorman at a satsang in
Sedona. A friendly, jovial kind of guy, he told great stories and
made good dharmic points. Nothing new but good points none the
less. His message is the same as other advaita teachers "no-
doer", consciousness is all kind of stuff, not really my cup
of tea.
But I went to see him because the best thing I had heard of him
was that he had recieved the transmission from Ramesh some 8-10
years before he actually began teaching. I find that commendable
especially compared to what seems to be the norm where someone
gets a little flash of another dimension and calls it
enlightenment. I actually think Wayne may be one of the better
advaita teachers out there though he has claimed one of his
students as having received the final transmission and that counts
for a minus 2 points in my book. He also needs to cut down on the
deep penetrating gazing, I hate that shit.
And a year or so ago a went to visit Nirmala, one the newbies on
sarlos list, just cause the satsang happened to be in my town. I
actually think he lives here. The setting was soft lights, soft
floating type music, the kind that makes you want to strangle
somebody, in a living room up of southwest decor. Mostly older
ladies in attendance. Nirmalas presence was like being stoned, all
soft and dreamy, and he spoke in soft tones and kept lingering
gazes on people. I don't remember what he talked about at all but
I just wanted to slap him up side the head. I enjoyed myself
however, though I would steer any seeker away from him, unless I
was feeling impish and wanting to pull a joke on someone.
Sat with eli jaxon-Bear maybe 6-7 years ago too, but he was such a
lost cause I won't mention anything else. What a joke.
matthew
Arjuna, Isaac, Adyashanti, Mokshananda
Here's my two cents, (differing
opinions) after having sat with numerous advaitites:
Arjuna: ego has merged with organizational agenda. Danger, danger
+
Isaac Shapiro: Vast and DEEP due to experience with actual human
suffering, unlike many who have popped out of their humanity into
non compassionate or pretend compassionate state. Authentic. ++++
Adya Shanti: Hilarious and brilliantly articulate. Not attached
to organization (told me not to market him for his visit here (santa
fe) Spacious and authentic. Understands basic problem with contact
highs and disembodied "awakening" and confusing having a
good day with enlightenment. Tho perhaps having too happy a life
to be fully useful to those in severe human anguish. ++++
Mokshananda: Very sweet, compassionate and authentic and human.
Combines psychology and devotion into the mix. Is not into
Advaita. Feels folks get stuck in disembodiment, where
they lose track of their effects on others. Into Ken Wilber, Almaas
and Hakomi. Has dealt with extremely difficult past and thus is v.
useful to humans that have been severely traumatized by life.
Developing. Useful to those who are not into judging everything
according to advaita standards. People who reject human emotional
experience will or are split off from their emotions will judge
and run. Can rely a little too much on psychology but is
developing. +++
anon from Santa Fe
Sri
Siva, May 1, 2003, Chicago
I also saw Sri Siva a few days ago. He is an interesting Hindu
fellow who has written a book and has many audio tapes and videos
out. He is supposed to remember his past lives and he has a
mission to do in this life, regarding giving spiritual people the
necessary tools to attract all they want in this life, so they can
be spiritual as well as materially prosperous. He is the guru of
Wayne Dyer and taught Wayne these principles in which he wrote his
book "Manifest Your Destiny." He teaches a one-minute
meditation and the most important mantra he teaches is "Om
Namah Shivaya." He says to chant it at least 108 times a day.
He shared interesting stories and took us through the one minute
meditation. He has a very powerful presence and he supposedly was
sending light to us throughout the presentation. I asked a lady
afterwards who I knew who can see auras what she saw of him. She
described a being with no ego, he is selfless, this isn't about
money or selling books she said, he is very genuine and sincere
and egoless. I still have my doubts, I am not so convinced, but I
did find him interesting and he did share some valuable info about
manifesting things. Check out his website if you are interested,
he has a free newsletter and some of the things in it are
interesting.
Steve (see index for his longer reports on Francis Lucille and
Catherine Ingram)
Adyashanti
I have just returned from a weekend
intensive with Adyashanti - my second time with him. I
personally experienced my first true experience of awakening after
meeting with him for the first time. It deepened
considerably after the second meeting. What really surprised
me, though, was the high proportion of people in the group who had
clearly experienced awakenings and were working through how to
live from this new perspective. I know a lot of long-time
spiritual seekers who never actually awaken. Adyashanti's
sangha seems to have a lot of people "getting there."
Your rating may have just been focusing on the "still
developing" category, and that's fine. I just thought
I'd pass along my experience. I have recommended him to
several friends. Like any teacher, I'm sure he's not for
anybody, but his transmission of the teaching is sure working for
me!
Ann H
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