The manipulation tactic uses deceptions about the personality and virtues of the guru. The word "guru" comes from Sanskrit and means "venerable"; the term refers to a spiritual master in Brahmanism. This character is placed above the uaisya caste by his origin and essence (employees) i ksatriya (warriors). The guru teaches and guides you on the way to divine revelation. Throughout this book, I will only use this term in its modern sense as a charismatic cult leader, although I will not ignore the fact, that this charism is built on values or laws of kinship, referred to by the interested party.
The guru is sometimes described as a psychopath, which is characterized by mythomania, impulsiveness, amorality and inability to improve. I do not entirely share this interpretation. Actually, some of the cult leaders correspond exactly to this abbreviated classification and description of diseases, for example Jim Jones, priest-guru of the Guyana People's Temple, L. R. Hubbard, founder of Scientology, or also Dawid Berg aka Mojżesz Dawid, animator of God's Children ("Family of love"). Others, however, are mere simpleton, fraudsters or those who have a financial or political interest. It is difficult to consider them as possible patients of the psychiatric ward. However, the mentally ill can be included in the group of gurus with mental disorders, who have successfully managed to lead their adepts, though they worried them. Or maybe because of this.
For example, Jim Jones, who runs the Guyana People's Temple, will lead! their students to mass suicide, as a result of which it died 914 people. L. R. Hubbard was accused by his own family of sadism, including sexual behavior typical of serious perversions. Dawid Berg was aware of his sadism towards children, as well as committed incestuous acts.
Contrary to these drastic examples, it is difficult to consider the creator of another sect as a mentally ill, Sun Yat Moona. It has been known for many years, that he availed himself of the CIA's support in promoting his sect, instilling it in Korea and building a stronghold of resistance to communism there, organizing the sale and production of weapons. In a group of gurus, to which you can include Moon, the insane nature of professed doctrines is intended to hinder social analysis of the sect, because the more meaningless the topic seems, the more indulgently people judge "sweet fools", and even feel sorry for them. If that's the way to judge the "professional" courses of Claude Vorilhon or Rael, it turns out, that we are not dealing with mythomania, or rather, consciously building a pseudo-mad story (contacts with extraterrestrials, traveling on board a flying saucer). The methods of using the mass media by the sects leave no room for doubt: these are actions of people who are fully aware. If one analyzes the message "transmitted" by extraterrestrials from the point of view of Rael's financial relationship, this revelation has little to do with madness or any spiritual factor…
The activities of the leadership of the Sun Temple Order are much more complex. The sect is led by a triumvirate that has changed over the years of the organization's existence, however, Jo Di Mambro and Luc Jouret are in the lead.
First of them, passionate about esoteric sciences, he engaged in various initiation movements, from a petty trickster to becoming a divine master adored by his disciples, until he finally fell into a persecutory paranoia, saturated with mystical themes, which led to a paraphrenic and megalomaniacal outburst, which ended in a slaughter.
The role of Luc Jouret and his personal development are more difficult to grasp. Jouret was much more intelligent than Di Mambro, he constantly oscillated between altruism and his own paranoia. He spent his whole life, stepping into the shadows of others. He was a conservative homeopath, in love with foggy theories, such as biodynamics, geobiology, the influence of space on Earth. Within a few years, its development went from originality to paranoia, finally recognizing himself as a prophet. It was partially used by Di Mambro, but on some fundamental points he was able to give a new impetus to the Order of the Temple of the Sun., making certain decisions and reviving the faith of adepts.
Jouret has been a constant supporter of Di Mambro for some twenty years, despite the conflicts between them. It was probably only thanks to this cooperation that the Order could pursue the final sacrifice. Their paranoia mutually reinforcing and feeding each other theories devised and taught by the third member of the triumvirate.
The past fifty years have clearly shown this, that such spiritual teachers have little in common, like Sri Aurobindo, Lanza del Vasto or Taisen Teshimaru56 with such sect leaders, like Ron Hubbard, Ilael or Moses David. It is more difficult to characterize such characters, jak Sri Chimnoy ’” albo Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who cite, sometimes rightly so, on traditional kinship. Nevertheless, also in their case, sectarian activity cannot be ruled out. There are new pseudogurus coming from the Auroville Ashram, created by Aurobindo, they can prove it. Gurus can be divided into four groups:
– duchowi nauczyciele w szlachetnym tego słowa znaczeniu, although being included in this group does not exclude their inappropriate behavior or ideological statements;
– oszuści, who can take advantage of human credulity, offering them products for sale;
– osoby chore umysłowo, the most common personalities are manic and hallucinatory paranoid personalities (Among them, there are cases of pseudo-mystery or serious hysterical neurosis);
– grupa pośrednia, that is, people, who were sincerely committed to the beginning, to perceive reality more and more pathologically over time or to deliberately use the acquired knowledge to get rich.
Is Michaela Ivanova, the founder of the White Universal Brotherhood59, repeatedly prosecuted for fraud, violation of labor law and bad behavior, can be included in this group? Let us try to judge it on the basis of his statements contained in Qu'estce qu'un maitre (Who is the champion?).
There are differences in the energy and performance of devices, when an ordinary man works, and when the master works. Master is it, which can feed itself nowhere else but in a solar spring, at its very top.
It means, that he has expanded awareness, aimed at sublime areas, to attract from there, absorb and accumulate particles and energies coming from very high.
It will serve as food for all bodies, that make it up. On the other hand, an ordinary person, not turning one's consciousness or thoughts to noble things, honest or disinterested, attracts very low materials, that accumulate in his subconscious. He fails to feed all the flesh of his being with food, which the Initiates like to call "heavenly" or "ambrosia".
Another fragment of the statement by the same author proves it, that the role and status of the guru cannot (or maybe they shouldn't?) be understood by his adepts:
They will understand very little of it, what we want to say. Master is a being, which applied the four esoteric rules of the revealed world: know, want, dare, be silent. He understood these rights, he wanted to use them, he dared to execute them silently, and has made its evolution in this revealed world. So it is at its peak, like Sun, and may, for its part, influence the consciousness of the common people.
The guru must be seen by his disciples as part of the divine being, which puts him above the "crowd":
The Master is an entity, which became shining, hot, reviving and powerful like the sun, focusing everything on the Cosmic Spirit. Got it, what does not change, unspoken, not revealed. In short, knows the basic principles of Life and Cosmos. Master is a being, who knows the four inner elements well, which the four external elements obey. It is he who can decipher four languages, nature expresses itself: knows the seven movements of the Spirit, seven colors that correlate with Intelligence, the seven sounds associated with the Heart, seven forms in correlation with the Body.
It is assumed, that the master has gone through the stages of initiation, to finally attain the highest knowledge. His superman status gives him special rights:
The Master was born a second time according to the tradition of initiation. Its philosophy teaches the development of inner powers, that man would no longer be an animal inwardly and that he would undertake the process of his resurrection, i.e.. the descent of his spiritual soul. Thus initiation is the reduction of the time of evolution.
Masters don't just develop their minds, as most other people do. Rather, they develop their intuition, occupying the pinnacle of their consciousness, in the causal sphere, in the center. Because of their determination, the life of the masters is governed by the law of Providence.
The Master exists and is on top of high mountains, in the causal sphere (= rules). It is above the dust (= some mental thoughts) and fog (= certain heart sensations). He has reached a state of higher subjectivity, which is true objectivity, the reality of real life.
After reaching a higher ontological status, guru influences nature and people:
Master has given primacy to the Cosmic Spirit, "Lord", to organize everything else in it. In this way, the future of the master is directed. The Master can become a shining being, to enlighten mere mortals, hot, to keep them warm, and reviving, to defrost them.
The Master is able to adjust the wavelength of his thoughts, to make human brains vibrate.
With the help of his light, the master is able to harmonize with the Cosmic Spirit.
This combination of knowledge and ability entitles him to claim the status of overlord and leader for himself:
The master is the master of his imagination. He uses it. He is the supervisor. How, that this is where his power lies, therefore he fertilizes his imagination only with divine embryos, to have divine realizations and divine children. He is a man of synthesis. Mortals do not accept the Truth, because they prefer such truths, which are in keeping with their whims, with their various inclinations. In this way they accumulate objects and weights. Philosophers and artists lead people through analysis to chaos.
The Master has only one idea, one and only philosophy, philosophy of synthesis, which brings everything, unites, connects and makes, that life flows there. Only he can know the truth, because only by simplification can you get to know it.
The masters only think about it, to connect with the Cosmic Spirit and to help others. They enlighten themselves. Their feelings of abnegation, victims, patience, tolerance, gentleness, love, purity places them at the very top of this ladder of affection.
Because the Master is a higher being, it is not always understandable, even for your students. It explains, why it may be subject to unfounded criticism, the authors of which are ignorant people with bad intentions.
However, the masters are clairvoyant. They can distinguish between the man of darkness and the man of Light.
Knowledge, that to sublime the quality of your emanation, man must apply the law of evaporation. Pairing is transforming it, what's heavy, w to, what penetrating. So it requires an increase in the free air surface, temperature and powerful internal pressure.
Because, to verify this law, they have been working on this emanation for centuries, freeing oneself (increase in free space) by thought (air), spiritual love (heat) and by increasing internal pressure (faith). They create initiation centers, which prepare better conditions for all mankind.
The Master is the confidant of esoteric knowledge. His morality is to know the laws of Nature.
The basis of its operation is to harmonize with these cosmic laws.
His knowledge allows him to be manipulated according to the rhythm of these laws. However, they do not work to the rhythm understood by human reason. That is why people so often do not understand and are mistaken by bad judgment and ignorance.
Indefinite statements, precious, schlebiające… However, this cannot be forgotten, that Michael Ivanov was repeatedly convicted of acts inconsistent with these esoteric principles.