Hindu guru article in NY Times to SoulQuest

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In a message dated 12/9/2002 2:43:30 PM Pacific Standard Time,

>

> Dear Soul Quest,

>

> <<<I don't think that Michael P would appreciate your

> attacks.>>>

 

Who is Michael P? The person who posted this NY Times article is a female,

so I don't know who you are talking about. There are innumerable articles

all over the web about Sai Baba that are exposing his abuses of power. It's

hardly a revelation to anyone.

 

>

> <<<you are either a conscious or ignorant

> pawn of the CIA disinformation campaign on Sai Baba..

> conducted by the Vancouver Sun (invested in cattle and treekilling)

> and London Times (owned by Fox' Rupert Murdoch, called the most

> vulgar man in broadcasting by a US senator)

>

> Baba is a mirror.. there must be a child abuser in you you have

> not forgiven if you project it onto the Avatar, the only

> being in history to have over 100 million followers acknowledge

> His avatarhood.>>>>

 

It's inconsistent that you encourage to people to think critically about

power brokers like the CIA, Vancouver Sun, and London Times, but when

individuals think critically about a powerful religious leader like Sathya

Sai Baba, you immediately accuse them of projecting their own qualities onto

him. According to this logic, it would be impossible to criticize Sai Baba,

which I suppose is advantageous if you want people to follow you blindly. I

would encourage people to simply read and decide for themselves. With all

we've been through in America with fundamentalist preachers, Catholic priest

abuses, and corrupt gurus, we are hardly in a position to blindly believe

what religious leaders tell us, or obey people who tell us never to criticize

a religious leader for fear of being accused of projecting or own qualities

onto them. If people are going to exploit this group to promote gurus other

than Amma, we have to respond lest the readers might be victimized by an

abusive leader. Since God is love, it's a moral obligation we have to one

another as fellow Eastern seekers, and many former Sai Baba followers have

been brave about doing this (I was never a follower, although I have friends

who are former followers). If people want to promote Sai Baba, there are many

discussion groups on dedicated to him, including one dedicated to

paranoid conspiracy theories such as those mentioned above called

"godsfoes". I suspect that the person who wrote me this letter

started that group because it's the exact same information. Here's a link to

the group if you want to read their introduction and see if I'm correct about

the person who posted this letter. <A

HREF="Godsfoes/"> : Godsfoes</A>

I recommend at least reading the first letter below, written by Shirley

Pike, a longtime follower of Sai Baba and former president of the North

Central region. ==-- Jai Ma, the source of love==- Nick

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/p_holbach/eng/shirl_e.htm">A letter from an

ex-Sai officer</A>

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/p_holbach/eng/hs_e.htm">Sai Baba: how it

works</A>

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/p_holbach/eng/dark_e.htm">Sai Baba: the

"Bad

Side"</A>

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/p_holbach/eng/ugly_e.htm">The account of an

ex-student</A>

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/p_holbach/eng/jed_e.htm">The story of

Jed</A>

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/p_holbach/eng/couple_e.htm">The story of an

ex-devotee</A>

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/p_holbach/eng/hans_e.htm">The story of

Hans</A>

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/p_holbach/eng/tal_e.htm">The story of Tal

Brooke</A>

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/p_holbach/eng/conny_e.htm">Conny Larsson's

story</A>

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/p_holbach/eng/said_e.htm">The story of

Said</A>

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/p_holbach/eng/finds_e.htm">Sai Baba: THE

FINDINGS</A>

 

 

 

 

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Dear Soul Quest,

 

I don't think that Michael P would appreciate your

attacks.

 

you are either a conscious or ignorant

pawn of the CIA disinformation campaign on Sai Baba..

conducted by the Vancouver Sun (invested in cattle and treekilling)

and London Times (owned by Fox' Rupert Murdoch, called the most

vulgar man in broadcasting by a US senator)

 

Baba is a mirror.. there must be a child abuser in you you have

not forgiven if you project it onto the Avatar, the only

being in history to have over 100 million followers acknowledge

His avatarhood.