"Satsang hijinks" terminology from Greg:
LUCKNOW DISEASE - linguistic malady befalling seekers at Papaji's.
Characterized by never using the word "I" - to encourage
one's self and also show others that there is no one at home here.
Instead, they would say stuff like "This form is going to the
rest room."
ADVAITA SHUFFLE - Conversational gambit. What Andrew Cohen
accused Gangaji of doing when she didn't want to talk about ethics and
enlightenment. Jumping to the absolute level at odd times.
Like when the receptionist asks why you were late for your doctor's
appointment. "There's no one here to go anywhere or be late
for anything."
LANDING - Losing one's enlightenment. What Gangaji accused
Andrew Cohen of having done. Term used by those who think
of enlightenment as a kind of thing that can be lost. Something
like claiming enlightenment and then getting peevish and petty over
who pays the tip at the diner.
NONDUAL POLICE - Those who badger others to use nondual terminology.
Whenever they hear someone saying something like "I'm going out
for coffee," they barge in: "WHO is going out for
coffee??" Nondual police want everyone to always be in
constant Ramana-self-inquiry-mode.
THE EYE THING - Keeping eye contact with the other person as long as
possible. Whoever drops their gaze first is not as established
in the Beloved. Some blinking is OK, but not too much. The
deeper into the Self you are, the longer you can hold it. Used
by many satsang teachers. One of my friends can out-stare
anyone. He kinds of drops into a Candida-mind-fog, and hours can
go by.
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The "beyond" shtick is a standard dodge in the biz,
another way of saying "I am the greatest, Buddha and his ilk are
barely worthy to kiss my feet," whereby mere oneness with the
cosmos is a second-rate phenomenon and the true prophet of God is the
real deal.
Variations on this theme include Maitreya Ishwara's "Beyond
Advaita," Vijay Shankar's "Turiyatita," the Hare
Krishna's idea that Krishna is above all this and so on. It is as
divisive and self-aggrandizing as any sectarian endeavour. (See
"only begotten son," and "last prophet of
God").
– Sarlo
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Here's one of the more obvious "beyond-shtick" shticks
I've heard of -- a guru telling their followers to read THE GURU
PAPERS. This story was told to me by a person who has known this
particular guru for about 20 years. My contact knew this person
a long time before the latter launched into guru-dom. Right now
the guru has sort of a beyond-it-all, angelic, evanescent appearance,
with lightly draping silk and cotton "consciousness
clothing" in cloudy pastel colors. Before gurudom, there
were other forays into the spiritual world, including psychology and
psychotherapy, attempts to find investors to set up a new-age
educational system (which never got off the ground), then therapy
leadership and Buddhist meditation. When first launching out
into the world of giving satsang, this teacher would talk about shtick
and the bad things that could become of it. As if initiating the
students into the secrets of "beyond," and as if showing
there was no such nonsense going on *here*, they would recommend the
students to read THE GURU PAPERS...
– Greg
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Another thing to look for is the self-serving relationship between
the criteria-giver and the criteria. The person in the chair at
the front of the room -- check to see if their recommendations serve
to direct you right back to them! One teacher I won't name does
this in satsang:
Question from seeker: "What should I look for in a
teacher?"
Answer: "The most important thing to look for is
... "
... ... ... (a minute or 2 go by)...
"a silent mind ... "
Yeah, right!!!!!
submitted by Greg
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Then there's the following two statements, said in relatively
close proximity to one another:
1- Never trust a teacher who wants something from you
2- I don't want anything from you
Hey, little boy, "trust me!" Poor little guru... your
kneeds are showing.
submitted by Su
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A posturing usually gets apparent, when the action is
claimed to be of the divine, but not the impacting consequences of
that "divine" action.
Also when that action is claimed to be divine,
but not the situation that prompted that action.
Sandeep and Melody
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I MEANT TO DO THAT!
That typo with the Freudian undertone? . . . I did that to show y'all how
insightful i am into our collective darkness.
Or the less "personal" "mistake"? . . . That was my verbal cleverness.
Didja catch the subtlety?
Anyway it's all Mirrors up! here. Didja ask yourself why you reacted or
thought what i wrote said something significant about me?
Sarlo
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An extended conversation on "Nondual Marketing," taken from
posts on the Guru Ratings
Forum, is here.
And for related material in other sites:
The Trickster
Guru, by Alan Watts, a how-to guide to setting up a profitable
business, found by Andries.
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