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These humaniversity groups are basically a minority interets. My observation is that they seem to appeal to people who have self-importance and bullying tendencies, and those are the ones who end up living in that community. BUT my experience is simply that NOT AT ALL all sannyasins universally like such groups, or bother to partake in them. …[Read more]

Answer to JCP’s question Dec 18, 2011 (I have a difficult time typing in a narrow column):
I was disappointed when this friend of mine left the sannyasin community after a brief confrontation with the Aum Meditation leader over the Porno Dancing stage (although he made a few rare appearances at .sannyasin events and he kept in contact with his…[Read more]

My Question of the Day:

Why do sannyasins often experience extreme hostility and anger from other non therapist sannyasins when they mention the least bit perceived shortcoming of a sannyasin therapist even if they have made also some positive comments about this sannyasin therapist? In other words, why are positive comments are extremely welcome…[Read more]

Here is another website that talks about the Humaniversity and Veeresh. Whether or not this site is truthful or slanderous or a bit of both will be left up to the reader to decide:

http://sarlo-guru-ratings-service.blogspot.com/2009/06/hidden-agenda-of-sarlos-guru-rating.html

For a person to make a decision to go to the Humaniversity or not, one should be armed with as much information as possible from both positive and negative sources on the internet. A lot of the people with whom I have spoken have had many positive experiences at the Humaniversity. However, it is clear that many people also had bad experiences…[Read more]

Alok, etc,
I have met at least five people who definitely should not have been exposed to Humaniversity therapy. one spends long periods in a mental hospital even now. I have also met a number of people who clearly seem to have benefited from it.
The Humaniversity may be a degree more professional now, but it clearly needs to be much more careful…[Read more]

I have found all your discussions about Aum Meditation very interesting. Here are my observations when I did this 2 1/2 hour event when it first came out in 1988:

I thought it that it was fun and exhilarating. It certainly moved a lot of energy and it was a good way to connect with people.

However there were also flaws:

1)during the ”I hate…[Read more]

Parmartha, you show good judgement in never visiting Leela. I always had a funny feeling about the place when I went.

Jay, I don’t think many sannyasins have advanced degrees, ie masters or doctorates. Quite a few have batchelor degrees, but as you say they do not seemed to have gained much from their education.

I have never been to the Humaniversity, and never been to Osho Leela (UK), and dont think this is an accident! I have had many opportunities, but something always did not feel right.
I met Veeresh a few times informally in Pune one, and once in a cellar off the Tufnell Park Road when he was trying to turn people on to a new south American…[Read more]

See the photo in Veeresh article on noticeboard. Very authoritarian

Is V sincere or a crook? Discuss.

For example in the interview ”All businesses are based on profit. We’re not. We’re based on love, friendship, communication, good things. The money comes as a result of that, it’s not our priority.”

But if you decide a group is not for you…[Read more]