Eventually, the American President will be chosen, by those who decide such matters, on the basis of their victimhood. The individual ”they” decide is the most victimised individual in the States at that time will be made President.

Whether Lily Dunn the author blames her dad or not, on a narrative level, he certainly left her with a wealth of material. Abuse victim/perpetrator, sex addict, drug addict, alcoholic, family breakdown, charmer, Dionysian hustler with a sense of humour, fraudster, liar, cult-member. Phew! It`s a publisher`s dream, no mistake!

Is that bad `karma` or good `karma` for Lily?
Back to the old story of the Chinese man and his horses, I guess.

I recall almost the first words ‘Bhagwan’ said to me were, “You have much anger against your father”, followed by advice to “beat and bite a pillow like a child in a tantrum” whenever I felt angry. Which I made efforts to do, although it was impossible in public situations and also tricky where I was staying, my hotel room being far from soundproof.

Moreover, complaints from the ashram’s neighbours had silenced the catharthic stage of dynamic meditation just before I’d arrived in Pune and there were no facilities there yet for personal or group use, all of which was disappointing as dynamic had been hugely important for me in London, its benefits drawing me to imagined ‘more and better’ close to the master in India.

Btw, what is meant by “The cult of the father”?
Is that an implication that fathers are de facto cult leaders?

In many cases the parents in question should arguably never have had children, having too many problems themselves, which certtainly seems to apply in this case.

Although on the other hand, the children of such parents presumably ‘deserved’ their situation, in karmic terms, as their particular ‘load’ to endure, suffer from and, if possile, understand, and rise above.

No matter if the parents have been in a cult or not.

Does anyone recognise the father, who was in Medina, according to his daughter (the author of the article) as well as in the 70s London sannyas scene?