Quasi-Mystics Megathread

[Michal__]

Just now, Lyubov said:

Russell Brand? For a period of time he was angling himself as a mystic around COVID.

Did he do anything besides 2 x 20 min of transcendental meditation a day?

If that's all he did then that's too little.

[Lyubov]

3 minutes ago, Michal__ said:

Did he do anything besides 2 x 20 min of transcendental meditation a day?

If that's all he did then that's too little.

Oh I really don't know. I only ever saw thumbnails of his stuff and maybe watched 5-10 minutes total of it. He really leaned into the enlightenment stuff and seemed very stage green at the time. He has fully regressed into blue. I have seen it before. There is a type of new age person who turns blue after an existential crisis. But yeah he was really leaning into the mystical stuff.

[Leo Gura]

Russell is just a bullshitter. Not even worthy of quasi-mystic status.

[Sincerity]

A fair share of cult leaders, I reckon.

[Husseinisdoingfine]

Osho was brilliant, but he put wrong people to be in charge of his commune because he didn't know anything about proper leadership, governance, politics, etc... And actively demonized leaders and politicians. 

[Hojo]

I think Rasputin is the most impressive mystic there was. He literally take over the royal family.

Imagine being a smelly weird guy and just walking in taking over the royal family with your mind.

Its the most impressive thing Ive seen in terms of mysticism. 

Like a homeless man walking into the castle and saying to the king im going to fuck your wife and your entire family and live here and the king saying okay.

Edited 37 minutes ago by Hojo

[Leo Gura]

3 minutes ago, Hojo said:

He literally take over the royal family.

That is some manipulative, psychopath stuff. Not something a true mystic would be interested in.

Can you imagine Sadhguru befriending Donald Trump and inserting himself into the Trump family. That's sick in itself.

[Hojo]

@Leo Gura Osho teaches to be as selfish as possible. If the true mystic is saying to do it then whats the problem?

Osho would applaud Rasputin.

The only one deciding which is psychopathic is the one looking. 

I am not one to judge Gods decisions.

Edited 24 minutes ago by Hojo

[Leo Gura]

1 minute ago, Hojo said:

@Leo Gura Osho teaches to be as selfish as possible. If the true mystic is saying to do it then whats the problem?

Osho would applaud rasputin.

Osho was a true mystic but he was also weirdly corrupt and irresponsible.

Just because someone is a legit mystic does not mean he is pure.