Message #22149

[mccoy]

The Gurus i have followed have helped me immensely and people like Kriyananda and Osho i have found have some helpful thoughts.

Of course, false prophets must say something interesting to rise interest in people. What they do though is very often the opposite of the interesting, wise things they preach.
In Italy there used to be an adage about catholic priests: "Do as the priest says, not as the priest does".

Guys, I find such a dualism downright preposterous. Simply put, if you are not able or willing to do what you preach you should not preach at all.

The other possibility is that the priest who does not follow his preachings is a  conman. He preaches because he acquires power by preaching, then he uses such power to satisfy his greed for money, power, sex. Such was the case, as the facts suggest it, with Osho/rajhnees and Kryiananda/Walters.