Is Sadhguru a Charlatan?

[Ajay0]

The skeptical sri lankan scholar E.W.Adikaram , while visiting the famous sage Shivapuri Baba in his hut in a forest, reported seeing a wild leopard entering the hut and lying down beside Shivapuri Baba casually. 

For Adikaram and the british writer John Bennett, this incident was cited as proof of Shivapuri Baba's saintliness.

If this  is used as a criteria for saintliness, I would say Sadhguru's interaction with venomous snakes fulfils the same.

Sadhguru as a youngster used to catch and handle venomous snakes in urban areas  which used to terrify the adults around him, and let them loose in forests and jungles. There is a youtube of him similarly handling snakes.

This is not easy as it sounds, as it requires a calm mind and sound nerves to handle venomous snakes. Snakes are sensitive to vibes and any agitation in the human mind is enough reason for a life ending bite.

This is true in general for all animals and especially for snakes.

[Inliytened1]

1 hour ago, OBEler said:

Yes he did. You will not find these teachings on youtube but in his advanced courses. especially solipsism. people were freaking out.

A good teacher must be able to.explain away that this is a dream. Not to just introduce idealism over materialism but to understand that it is not made of atoms.  Leo's quantum mechanics videos debunking materialism are absolutely priceless.  So advanced course or no I dont think he would he able to match that 

Edited 31 minutes ago by Inliytened1

[Breakingthewall]

Really sadhguru is a genius. He has built a true spiritual empire and goes head-to-head in debate with anyone. His Isha Foundation generates no scandals; it is scrutinized under a microscope by its millions of detractors, and the absolute worst they can come up with is an incident involving some elephants on a reserve.

When Sadhguru talks about enlightenment, he does so without error, but the problem arises when he says things like only he can protect us from demons, or that he knows the 65 universes, and that he is a Marvel superhero. Why does he say that? I suppose it's strategy, but it really works against him, it makes him look like a charlatan. What is the point of saying such things? Maybe in India due their culture that's an attractor, a tool to attract people to real spirituality.

[Inliytened1]

4 minutes ago, Breakingthewall said:

Really sadhguru is a genius. He has built a true spiritual empire and goes head-to-head in debate with anyone. His Isha Foundation generates no scandals; it is scrutinized under a microscope by its millions of detractors, and the absolute worst they can come up with is an incident involving some elephants on a reserve.

When Sadhguru talks about enlightenment, he does so without error, but the problem arises when he says things like only he can protect us from demons, or that he knows the 65 universes, and that he is a Marvel superhero. Why does he say that? I suppose it's strategy, but it really works against him, it makes him look like a charlatan. What is the point of saying such things? Maybe in India due their culture that's an attractor, a tool to attract people to real spirituality.

When we zoom in we can see that this is ego. It is no different than Leo's alien claims. Don't get mad at me bud I think you are a brilliant teacher.  But this is why Gandalf did not want to possess the ring. It was too much power for even him.  And it would corrupt him.

Edited 23 minutes ago by Inliytened1

[Breakingthewall]

3 minutes ago, Inliytened1 said:

When we zoom in we can see that this is ego. It is no different than Leo's alien claims. Don't get mad at me bud I think you are a brilliant teacher.  But this is why Gandalf did not want to possess the ring. It was too much power for even him.  And it would corrupt him.

The huge problem Sadhguru creates is that he makes analytical and non-conformist people view spirituality as a circus of clowns. Sadhguru only wants sheep people who believe he can go a year without breathing and who idolize him like a god.

That does a huge disservice to spirituality and is an insult to intelligence. He may be a genius, but that aspect of what he does is quite negative.

[Inliytened1]

8 minutes ago, Breakingthewall said:

The huge problem Sadhguru creates is that he makes analytical and non-conformist people view spirituality as a circus of clowns. Sadhguru only wants sheep people who believe he can go a year without breathing and who idolize him like a god.

That does a huge disservice to spirituality and is an insult to intelligence. He may be a genius, but that aspect of what he does is quite negative.

That's really bad. Really bad.  To not be conscious of corrupting yourself is irresponsible.  This is why Leo got out. He saw the corruption coming. And granted I only got to see this part of Sadguru because I'm too cheap to pay for any advanced courses. Plus I honestly didn't even know what spirituality was. I just knew that I was a jew.

Edited 10 minutes ago by Inliytened1

[Breakingthewall]

1 minute ago, Inliytened1 said:

That's really bad. Really bad.  To not be conscious of corrupting yourself is irresponsible.  This is why Leo got out. He saw the corruption coming.

11 minutes ago, Inliytened1 said:

 

Do you think that sadhguru is a weak mind who has fallen in narcissism? I don't think so, everything is strategic for sells, sadhguru is a genius of business. You could say that he does for the sake of spirituality and business is a need, but the problem is the people who get interested in spirituality, then listen sadhguru and he's saying that he can making the trees bleeding 

[Inliytened1]

2 minutes ago, Breakingthewall said:

Do you think that sadhguru is a weak mind who has fallen in narcissism? I don't think so, everything is strategic for sells, sadhguru is a genius of business. You could say that he does for the sake of spirituality and business is a need, but the problem is the people who get interested in spirituality, then listen sadhguru and he's saying that he can making the trees bleeding 

Corruption is the death of us all. I don't even know if i would have the strength to turn over the ring. Bilbo struggled to do it.

[Breakingthewall]

1 minute ago, Inliytened1 said:

Corruption is the death of us all. I don't even know if i would have the strength to turn over the ring. Bilbo struggled to do it.

8 minutes ago, Inliytened1 said:

 

18 minutes ago, Inliytened1 said:

 

Bilbo never said that he can making the trees bleeding 😅. It's too stupid to be corruption, it must be a kinda of strategy