The following is, in part, from a ‘private’ FaceBook messenger thread where I’ve been relaying what occurred in this life at the hands of my former teachers: Nome, Russell Smith and Candace O’Denver (who goes by numerous aliases).
Patriarchal spiritual traditions have a history of teachers manipulating families (outright and/or via siddis or occult powers) of seekers in order to achieve certain spiritual goals.
In addition to manipulating families for certain spiritual outcomes, there have been teachers who have attempted to ‘influence’ seekers by indicating certain romantic outcomes.
I’ve long described Nome as the ‘Cosmic Cupid’ as he would, quite literally, pluck people out-of-nowhere and pair them up with people in the sangha at SAT.
It was his version of the ‘arranged marriage’…so to speak.
This might even entail the breaking up of marriages that had been together 20–30 years…as long as he achieved the goals he needed and wanted.
“Yes, many teachers have done exactly that: they have split families up and/or longtime connections and marriages. This is one of their techniques of subjugation. To control the emotional and sentimental lives of their followers is one of the tools to keep people in trance. I have seen happening in my own cult: the leaders separate friends and family members to deeper control their subjects. It is revolting and cruel…
– Maria Grazia Mori-Oakley…aka ‘The Dragon Lady’ running the kitchen at Osho-Pune and at the center in Oregon
Unfortunately, in the so-called spiritual world amends have not been made and this has damaged many souls.”
Everyone who has said: ‘change will never happen’…the ‘occult will never be able to be proven’….“How’s that working out for ya?!” (Rick Archer of BatGap)… all those who have denied knowing my former teachers as well as the many, within the non-dual community who have been actively covering for my former teachers…acting in complicity and collusion…each-and-every single-one-one-of-them knows I’m telling the truth!
Yet, ultimately, Truth rises. We are seeing the last stranglehold of those aspects of patriarchy that are out-of-sinc with the new energies of our Humanity: justice, integrity and fairness. A shadow in the Light community is getting exposed.
What we are moving into is simply no longer a match with the out-of-balance energy frequency of patriarchal structures that give no credence to the Just…call it God, Source, Spirit, or what you will.
Solely realizing non-duality (or wholeness) is no longer the singular mark of an evolved Soul. That has been made abundantly evident.
The statement “How’s that working for ya?” (Rick Archer) was made after listening to an outline of the occult controls over 4-generations of this life. His statement was indicative of the pervasive sentiment….not only of himself but of many currently acting teachers and those in leadership positions of organizations (such as SAND, ASI and his own BatGap)…all of whom have known of the harm in this life…and have remained silent. That silence of so many in ‘leadership’ within the non-dual community indicated that I would have no choice but to simply accept the harm and control of these teachers. These were all people who knew of the harm…and said nothing.
In some cases the very teachings were used to gaslight the one reporting on the harm.
Rick Archer happens to be one of the more ardent…and public…supporters of Adya and the Adya ‘brand.’ ⚛️https://integrityintruth.com/bentinho-and-the-adya-connection/
Yes…occult controls are nearly impossible to prove.
Anyone with any understanding that siddis (occult powers) can do anything would know that.
Yet…with the addition of naming-names and providing photos of people directly involved in collusion to cover-up harm — ALL on a public website…this story could not have been ‘made-up,’ as some have alluded to.
Furthermore, it was more-than-evident who was protecting the brand of Adyashanti, Gangaji and others…especially those earning their living from teaching.
From 2012 I knew of Adya’s involvement in covering for his friends: Nome, Russell Smith and Candace O’Denver.
Over this past decade it became clearer-yet that Adya was the major player in ensuring the harm at the hands of those teachers would never become public knowledge.
There were many who met with me and emphatically expressed that Adya did not even know of Nome! 🤥
Ellen Davis was one who came within a hairsbreadth of gaslighting me by indicating I was reporting on this for money. Even she must’ve realized that would be going too far.
Adya was, clearly, not the only teacher covering for his friends…yet he was/is the main one. Of all the currently acting teachers protecting my former teachers…Adyashanti is the one who has the most ‘skin’ in the non-dual game.
If I could describe the look Adya gave me as he was indicating that I should return to SAT a decade ago….one word comes to mind: arrogance.
That look indicated what I was ‘up against.’ His look indicated that there would be no way for me to overcome such ‘power’ and control.
I am not interested in power…or in the overcoming of such.
What I am interested in…and what I am reporting on…is pulling-back-the-veil involving unintegrated teachers and their deliberate control-over-others.
That deliberate control-over-others is variously known as patriarchy which, of course, is not gender-specific. It’s a paradigm that will have no energetic support in the upcoming Aquarian energies.
There are quite a number of current female teachers actively carrying that patriarchal shadow. Those female teachers still operating within the patriarchal paradigm are fully willing to cover for harm at the hands of their male counterparts…especially as seen with the submission and existential quashing of the Human ego. (The header image for this post…of Siva’s foot on the head of the ego…was first seen on Jeannie Zandie’s website.) ⚛️https://integrityintruth.com/bentinho-and-the-adya-connection/
(Humans need a ‘healthy ego.’ It could be argued that, for some, the expedient path of Freedom is not the denial of an ego but, rather, the building up of the ego. This is subject for another post.)
“I have witnessed the worst side of patriarchy in the Osho cult where some of the women were involved in prostitution for the “master” and in turn were telling the, younger ones how to do it so that they could contribute monetarily to the commune and his extravagant, luxurious life-style.“
– Maria Grazia Mori-Oakley
Historically, women veered away from any sense of ‘right sisterhood’ to where women felt they were more valued (and safe) if they acted in certain ways according to the patriarchal paradigm.
This affected everything from competition with each other for men, status and ultimately their own survival…and often, and sadly, against each other.
That type of control…which was out-of-control in the Osho community…will be (and more-and-more is) undermined as we each discover our own authentic connection to Truth, Spirit and the Divine.
The necessity to prove, compete, manipulate, toe-the-line or do any kind of harm to others will dissipate. At SAT this was displayed by the subtle moves by Nome/Russ playing women against each other. In fact, I remember Nome saying out-loud “Jealousy is good!”
That same dynamic is carried on with Bentinho…
The patriarchal imbalance…resulting in a type of False sisterhood…remains as long as there is any kind of channel seen to be more worthy than our own innately sourced connection to The Divine.
With our own, independent, connection to The Divine the patriarchy in spirituality will be wholly undermined.
Feel free to contact me with any questions at: ⚛️leslie@integrityintruth.com
