at Guru Rating site, that I don't see anything bad in it. The woman is crying because she said she "Doesn't need you, (Mooji) anymore" The person writing said it was bad form because the people started laughing and he did not seem to take her too seriously. Actually he said "Need is not freedom". Which is exactly the same as giving up desire which is necessary or a result of enlightenment. So coming to the point that you can say, "I don't need you anymore" is real growth.
I have seen how people become soo attached to their guru that they cannot seem to exist successfully when not near them. Sometimes they are so busy doing their "Guru devotion" that they forget the actual teachings of Advaita - which is to let go of individual identity and come to the realization that all is one.
I also don't know how this person thinks he has the qualities to judge gurus.
It is very difficult to even see Mooji now. The last time I went there were 160 people at the Ashram and one person who has lived there for years told me that there were times that 1,000 people were there. And that is by design. Mooji doesn't want to travel anymore and he specifically asks people to not "harass" (my word) him. I completely understand this. Even though he said this I saw one woman stand right in front of his golf cart so he would stop and then she went right to him bowing to his feet etc. He just accepted it and spoke to a bunch of people who then gathered around but I knew at that time that this is what he asked people not to do.
Further Raman Maharshi rarely spoke to his disciples. And I have found that the healing that comes comes kind of psychically rather than him giving any specific instructions, (although he does give instructions).
And he does not live extravagantly at all. Actually someone took some photos of me and him and when I zoomed in I realized that he had little holes in his shirt - probably because it was old. All the toilets there are compost toilets that people share and you are allowed 1/2 bucket of water to take a shower with. I didn't mind this at all except for being afraid of spiders in the compost toilets.
I also realized that he has dedicated his life to helping people. It got so damn hot when I was there a few months ago but I saw him spend hours speaking with everyone with that hot hat that he wears over his dreadlocks.
I am trying to be able to live either there or in the little town around the ashram where a bunch of his followers have made their home, (Maybe they don't like compost toilets either?)
I went to a retreat with Eckart Tolle once before I met Mooji and it was $1,000 for a Fri. night and 2 sessions on Sat. and one on Sunday morning. AND the hotel where most the people were staying was very expensive - I rented an air B and B with a friend. Contrast that with a full week of 2 Satsangs/day plus a couple night programs with food and lodging for $600 at an eco-resort in Portugal. Eckhart comes on the stage and takes questions but after he just leaves by way of the stage. Mooji goes out and hugs a ton of people in the audience. I was called on to speak the first day and I brought up this chronic pain I deal with and the next day there was a cushioned seat with that said "Reserved for "Maraya" When I saw the woman who found me and led me to the seat (there were about 900 people there) again in Monte Sahaja I showed her a picture I took of the seat and I actually started crying because I couldn't get over how he and the rest of them tried so hard to make everyone comfortable and she just said to me, "It was Mooji. Thank Mooji"
So I may sound defensive about him and I am. I really got to know him this year from staying at the ashram.
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