The following was in conversation with a FB friend and currently acting teacher regarding Adyashanti’s knowledge… and cover…for Nome, Russell Smith and Candace O’Denver:
I begin with a ‘bit’ of clarification regarding Kiran’s ‘honesty’….
While, I appreciated the feminine aspect of authenticity that Kiran Trace deJaray brought to the teachings there was, also, an obvious dishonesty regarding the reason and purpose of the time she spent with me.
She was not the only one in such a position.
Kiran was one of several who had been sent to spend time with me. This may have even been a paid job as it was with the following:
-Michael Harrington
-Steven Walters
-Marilyn Madden
-Kiran Trace
All 4 have very close ties with Adyashanti.
Those four (and, later, Prajna Ginty and Kristy Thompson) spent inordinate amounts of time with me.
https://integrityintruth.com/the-primary-collusive-support-of-adyashanti/
Marilyn Madden invited me to gatherings at Prema Akasha’s (she was then the “Creative Director” for Open Gate and who, now, goes by Maja Apolonia Rode) where Bentinho, Michael Harrington, Benjamin Smythe (who had his knowledge of my situation written all over his face…as did Rupert Spira during the 2 Satsangs of his that I attended in 2013 with Nishkala Leslie Jennings (who, also, was sent!!), etc would gather.
Being from the highly air-tight and insular SAT (Society of Abidance in Truth in Santa Cruz, CA), at the time I knew none of these people.
Some have gone to great lengths to protect Adya’s brand…for obvious reasons.
Yet, from Adya’s talks, in Santa Cruz, the cover for Nome was apparent.
Even mentioning such a connection of Adya’s ties with Nome to Sonya Amrita Bibilos, Marilyn Madden, John Thomas and others draws extreme reactions and, in the case of Marilyn, gaslighting that is over-the-top.
The reactions of those three tell a lot…yet SAT and Open Gate were always revolving doors.
https://integrityintruth.com/on-the-importance-of-integrity/
Mary Winslow, who was very close to my kids and who eventually left for Open Gate, wore her distress about this situation all over her face. I ran into Mary and Peter outside the Nickelodeon theater in Santa Cruz where we had just (appropriately) seen ‘Diving Bell and The Butterfly”…a movie which amazingly described being physically silenced after a car accident resulting in complete paralysis with the exception of being able to blink one eye.
I was in shock from that movie as it was the very beginning of feeling my life had literally been taken.
While much of this is sensitivity and intuition there were also clairvoyant messages, particularly of other teachers tied to Nome. I didn’t know, at the time, what clairvoyance even was/is…but thoughts/feelings of others (some whom I had never met) would come streaming in.
Why am I reporting on this?
…for myself, for Stan (my father), for Em and Ty (my daughter and son), for my two grandkids (the youngest of whom would not recognize me), for those who have also been harmed by these teachers…and, ultimately, for the Truth.
Gratitude to one who had the courage to say it ‘out loud’:
“…everyone plays dumb to maintain a whitewashed narrative — at your expense …(and) is lying about the same thing…”
Honesty and integrity are values that I will not compromise on.
The extent of these deceptions is steep…and it is systemic.
❦ Feel free to contact me at with any questions: leslie@integrityintruth.com
Photo: A Deep Burn in what (only) appears to be Truth…taken with an iPhone 13 in NW Portland. 🪐⚖️🙏❤️