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.
i believe most all business people use power to acquire what u r speaking of. This is a function of rajas. Osho/Rajhnees openly admitted that he was a man who had sex and to own and drive so many Rolls Royces it appears that he had some greed as well. He also had some great wisdom. So if a woman had sex with him she was a willing participant and since he openly drove in his cars with devotees all around they would have to be blind to not know that his cars were very expensive. i have never read where Kryinanada abhorred sex and preached against it and i was not there to see him use power and abusively and that he was a greedy man. Again we must recognize that he too may have had 'lovers' that enjoyed every facet of a human relationship with him. i do enjoy his different perspective of Paramahansa Yogananda as i personally have a story about the life of Paramahansa Yogananda that was accepted as true but yet SRF monks told me it probably would not be recorded in history. i do not expect people to be perfect to have an interest in them. My God; the Beatles had all kinds of affairs, drug and alcohol addictions. It did not stop me from listening to their music.
i do know that my religion instructor at Western Michigan University claimed that it is a well known fact that Paramahansa Yogananda was a womanizer and had mistresses. i was not there with him so how do i know? However he definitely has changed my life for the better. Many people claim that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were lovers. Again how do i know? ; i was not there and even if he did it would not take away from my awe of who he was and what he did. i have a personal friend who acknowledged that Yogi Bajan had women as lovers but that did not seem to dent her believing he was a spiritual teacher.
All i really know is what i do and have done in my life. As far as i know i do not preach or claim to be something i am not. Lord knows i have my imperfections as well. Yet i am working on them and i do believe i am a much better person then say 20 years ago. Part of this is because of the spirituality of people that are also imperfect. i am not in the business of debunking others and being real critical of their lifestyles. i am in the business of being critical of my own lifestyle and improving myself. Many imperfect people have helped in this process.
