Humiliation Sri Chinmoy's method of enlightenment!!???

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flamingriver53

Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:10 am

humiliation

 

 

Humiliation was a theme that ran through almost all Sri Chinmoy's

teachings. As I mentioned recently, he announced out loud that

humiliation is the opposite side of the coin of illumination. You

could call it the S & M path. The people who agreed to be humiliated

year after year believe that this was a method used by their teacher

to dismantle their egos, thereby making them ready for prime time

receptivity.

 

People who believe in loving kindness as the best teacher are

appalled at the humiliation method, but I see that it is rampant in

many spiritual paths.

 

Once he held an " ugly contest " whereby all the boys and girls had to

write down the name of the physically ugliest woman in the room while

he read out all their responses and declared a winner. The winner of

this contest accepted her crown with the attitude that she had been

given a great blessing toward getting rid of her ego. I think Sri

Chinmoy uses cruelty and humiliation as a way to get people to

the " Thy Way, Not Mine " state.

 

Does it work? Not my call, but I'm not interested in finding out for

myself.