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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-435020087790887201.post-69671909280705154942008-02-06T10:10:00.000-08:002008-02-06T10:10:00.000-08:00>>As a past staff member who has learned and grown...>>As a past staff member who has learned and grown through his own search for meaning through this all, there is one thread that seems missing from many posts here... When I take responsibility for myself, my actions and the choices I made, I am left with this: many years of incredible growth."<< Dear Friend, I think there has been much discussion on this topic...especially during Marta's "The Guru Looked Good". If you read the comments section, you will see many people having "taken responsibility" for their attraction to and time in siddha yoga, their responsibility to address the suffering of others and their own post-syda self-inquiry. "That the Guru is revealed as a human being with failings does not negate my own personal journey. My many years on tour and in the ashram form part of a tapestry that is rich and growing." >>I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that involvement with siddha yoga "negated" their personal journey. They may have said it "sidetracked" that journey or complicated that journey or temporarily stalled that journey but not "negated" the journey. "I am a better, more whole person because of Siddha Yoga. And, I am a better, more whole person because of my struggle with the issue of the Guru's human-ness." >>>this is great..I mean it. If siddha yoga worked in this way for you, then it was obviously a very good path for you. Many people, though, did not have that experience and many ex-devotees, rather than feel "better" and "more whole" have felt shattered and deeply shocked by what is perceived as a betrayal of the worst kind. The moral and ethical issues that have come to light have been really impossible for many people to ignore and this has affected them deeply, creating the need for a great deal of personal work. The guru was never presented as a "human being" in siddha yoga which is part of the problem for many people. "Am I still in Siddha Yoga is not the question. Siddha Yoga is in me--what I make of it is my responsibility. Even the dross can be turned into gold of a maturing spirit" >>you know, I don't this it's a question of a "maturing spirit"...spirit is neither "mature" or "immature". Spirit/Self simply "is"..never changing and out of time. Many of us would shudder to think that "siddha yoga" was still "in us"...as those who have educated themselves in tantric theory and practice know exactly what that means. But that's simply a different point of view..and I have to respect that, for you, siddha yoga has worked and continues to work very well. This is not the case with many of us so perhaps you could accept that the responsibility we have taken for our own lives includes questioning and then leaving siddha yoga. thank you for considering my point of view. "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com