The Voyage Out

“The relief in understanding this is a broken world, that we have a sin nature, and God is in charge was absolutely liberating!”

The guru-laden church I once belonged is in operation today with thousands of active members worldwide. Their members will not leave this organization, or their guru. What I share here are my own experiences. There may be other members who disagree with my own experience. The church may disagree with my experiences.

My website can't possibly change their minds. They are 100% convinced about their guru's teachings. However, it might give those who've not given the oath yet to follow the guru into eternity, to "at the least" do some research into what they claim, especially the part about their teachings being in harmony with Christ.

If you want another detailed description of how these teachings can't be reconciled with Christianity, visit: Christian Research Institute. You can also read my article: Eastern religion and Christianity can't be reconciled.

What this article doesn't explain is how these meditative techniques can brainwash you in ways you can't imagine. Repetitive praying, over and over in our thoughts, in a certain way, ultimately can make groves in our thought processes that are hard to undue. Let's not forget the complete devotion to a guru whom each member has a "Divine Romance."

What these teachings instilled in me was I had to be a people-pleaser and be nice. It was a cover-up for a very toxic environment. This being "nice" is used to manipulate people, and avoid any real emotional contact and intimacy.

Those of weaker mind might not be able to completely get out, at least not mentally and emotionally. What I've seen over the years is if members left the guru they immediately got into some other form of dharmic religion, like Buddhism.

You might notice that my earlier posts don't call into question the church I was involved in, and that's because I've found over the years posting anything about SRF on the Internet is sure to cause the poster a variety of problems. You can read my article Mask Behind Perfection where I candidly explain some of my previous experiences.

I certainly don't want issues with Blogger, either, and no doubt they're pounding on the "report this blog" tab, as I have seen a spike from Mountain View. Which is just ridicoulous, because if we're firm in our faith, what can anyone say?

Also, I can't and won't defame anyone in the church. I'm sorry they are still there, since I inducted many of them, but I don't hold any ill feelings. I quite loved many of them, though since I left, I've not heard from anyone of them. That's what cults do. They disown you. You are in or you are out. Period.

My decision to share information about my experience with methaphysical teachings wasn't taken lightly. I've thought about it for a long, long time. Basically, it's my personal experiences, and being a writer, it's difficult to hop-skip-and jump around exactally how I've come to be so opinionated about guru-led churches that claim we can be both a Christian and a Hindu at the same time, which ultimately only leads to confusion and little peace.