This is the model of Muktananda and currently,
Amma, the hugging guru.
I saw Amma several times before I met Robert and
felt nothing from her, but I saw the profound impact
she had on many. I dismissed her and her approach
then as not for me. Also, for me, Muktananda was the
same: a silly old man with no particular teachings, or
anything else going for him, but who also had an
enormous impact on thousands of students through his
shakti.
But I see the trap of knowledge and knowingness so
easily sprung on Advaita and Buddhist students, which I
have seen at work in our own Sangha. Thus from now
on, I will emphasize “Truth” less, and the need for
love, both personal and impersonal, and for physical
presence, more, much more.
(^)
Huntington Gardens.