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• If you're going to do ratings like these, it would help if you actually spent time in the teacher's presence.

  As someone who has been to satsang for the past 3 years with Mooji, I can say from experience that he is an incredible guru.

  It seems you don't get his pointings.

  To put people off of his satsangs with a 2 out of 5 ratings is a real detriment to this world. It made me lose respect for the clarity of whoever is arbitrating these ratings.

  • I don't know how I really landed here :-) Guru rating, ok. So who is rating here? Obviously it is pretty useless even so the world is corrupted, therefore also corrupted gurus are existing. How to discern?
    The only thing what brings you the right guru is your own utterly honesty with yoursef. A sincere approach in oneself for truth.
    And this brought this body to Mooji.
    And through the body of Mooji I saw.
    But...I also drunk ayahuasca, sat in Zen meditation with a sincere master, all of it contributed to "awakening"
    Mooji and most of the gurus here are not questionable,
    questionable is only the "mind"
    The mind trying to put up a guru rating here which is useless.

    Yet there is really questionable beings amongst us who really are trying to deceive, I came across as well and true discernment is here because I see.

    Mooji is not in this realm!

    Blessings to all the beings in this dark age making their best to point us to the truth and yet being persecuted like a Jesus and many others !

    • Wow, that doesn't come off as defensive at all. How's that Kool Aid tasting?

    • So well said. I had an instant awakening as moojji pointed it out, it felt like my undercrackers got swiped out from me trousers and along with it went what I thought I was. He instantly became my guru. I still cant even sit cross legged I was never looking for this I never even thought it possible for us. I had had enough pain,nobody saw me the way I did. & I could never of dreamed it could be this fantastic.Sri Mooji Baba jai

    • Yes you are right all are pointers only take what resonates with you. STOP going to Satsangs. Silent retreats, Mountains etc. All is already inside you STOP looking Out! People seem to be addicted to searches, Gurus, retreats - all are sheer nonsense created by Ego. To pay for it also is Ego. Papaji NEVER charged a dime. Those teachers still charging for money are still with Ego. Life is free, living is a fake creation - so don’t buy into it. All lead you off the path and back into the dream. Move away from all this illusion and look within for the real I.

      • Agree, Papaji never did charge money. devotees only had to pay for food, lodging and facilities which they organised, never to collect money for any foundation. he also did not want an ashram

        • ARE'NT WE ALL BACKSTABBERS HAVING COMMENT'S ABOUT EVERYONE???
          CAUSE THAT'S HOW AN EGO ALWAYS WORKS!!!

        • Mooji only charges to cover expenses also. He live simply in a little hut with an outhouse, (compost toilet)

        • Not sure how i got here either but Mooji has changed me and awakened in me the beauty of all things without judgement. I could go on but since you mentioned Papaji, I saw written without a name of course, that Mooji's teacher said he is not enlightened! That is not possible. How do these folks get the chance to speak in this such without vetting?

      • Don’t follow what these negative guys in the comments are saying. THEY will lead you astray and rob you from the best opportunities of your life. Follow that calling because that calling is god calling you home. That’s god calling you. Follow him. If he is saying to join a retreat, follow him. We have a lot of spiritually immature people here trying to stop you from what they gave up on. What that pull is taking you to is to your spiritual transformation. If it’s pulling you to buy a book, to sign up for a retreat or to a workshop, follow it. You will grow spiritually in levels you probably would have never imagined. You’ll surpass all these people who gave up on their search and want you to do the same. Like a great master once said, Search until the search GIVES YOU UP. That’s how you know you’ve completed your journey.

    • Very nicely said. Sometimes the mind also wants to play .... and then leads you to a strange page like this. You write very beautifully and true. And maybe this site exists only so that your voice can be heard by some people. Thank you.

      • Hi Ronda, if it is to cover expenses only why would it cost £190 for an online zoom based retreat?

  • No they won't do that. Its too much hard work ! They will rather pass opinions in the air just because a particular teacher wont fit in their idea of an 'ideal guru'.
    There is no direct experience with the teacher, but due to their faulty and prejudiced judgement they will try to malign the name of a teacher in a public forum like this. Superficial Hypocrites !

    • I feel sorry for you, my friend!

      • People feel sorry for other random people just to feel their own superiority.

      • Are you sure Papaji had mentioned Mooji in that video about arrogant teachers? Mooji pays homage to Papaji and Ramana all the time. So what does that mean?

        • not only homage, he claims lineage. Shame, because it has been made very clear that Ramana has not disciples. Devotee is not disciple. And as Papaji said, messenger is only messenger, not master. he claims all that...

      • I also feel sorry for you. I wasted 4 years of my life following him. He will give you bliss, but does not show you how to get there yourself, so you will always be struggling with the ego and be dependent on him to keep the money flowing. Follow Sri Ramana teachings, you can get home without spending a dime.

        • A guru can only take you so far and then you must let go, they can't do that for you. I never met Mooji or paid a dime, just listening to his silent meditations got my mind quiet, you must do the work within, no guru can do it for you

  • Ask yourself a question. If these people are Enlightened why are they running a business? If you know the secret of Life why wouldn't you give it for FREE? Let your Mind make up all kinds of excuses for your Sheer laziness of not finding who you are within your own self. After all did anyone tell you how to breathe or be born? These are FAKE people all of then as NO ONE can show you your Truth but yourself. People Please WAKE UP and stop getting involved in this nonsense!! The very Search will mislead you all the way

    • With due respect, Tes, it takes time and energy for legit spiritual teachers to teach/travel/rent venues, etc., and imagining they shouldn't be compensated for all that ... ? No one owes the public a free service merely because the nature of that service is spiritual or advisary.

      • Listen to free YouTube videos of many Gurus without spending a dime.
        Make your own effort to purify your mind.
        Don’t go after the personality of any individual.

    • Tes, who is your Faith Facilitator? A minister, priest, rabbi, Imam, monk, shaman, mentor, or teacher? If you have an awakened HUMAN in your life, then you are naive to think that this person doesn't have the need for water, food, shelter, and health care while they are teaching. Your claim that Mooji is 'running a business' is a comment from the dark ages - especially without meeting him personally. Mooji needs no defending, yet people have been helped greatly and he never claimed to be perfect. If you yourself were so enlightened, then your focus would be sharing your light instead of tearing other faith groups down. All teachers rely on donations and human reciprocity for their time and teachings - Jesus, Buddha, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr., etc. To label someone's spiritual practice as 'nonsense' is deeply judgemental and intolerant. And for this article to use the word 'lazy' is racist.

      • Iman, Hello not only have I met Mooji b4 so called Fame I am related to Mooji! So take your Ego down as I do know exactly what I am talking about. The clowns around Mooji have set up a money making FAKE business like they did to Osho. U CANNOT buy Enlightment what don’t you understand? If you want to boost these fools up for your Ego that’s your problem. You also said to use the word Lazy is Racist? Have you lost the plot??? Your too stupid also to understand that ‘You Created ME to give you this answer’ DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

      • Iman, i was in his Sangha for at least 4 years. He uses a macbook pro maxed spec. he requests a sangha group in another part of the world to buy it for him. the sangha group leader, poor thing, had to beg around for donations to buy it and delivery it to him in person. normal lap top cannot, must macbook pro.....

      • Jesus? Interesting; would you elaborate?
        Do you have evidence that this man existed?
        What was his real name? Who were his parents? Did he marry and have a family?
        What nationality was he? What does his name mean? What is the etymological root 9f his name?
        Was he religious? If so, what religion was he?

        And what valuable things did hypocrite Gandhi the Fraud have to teach you?

    • BEST RESPONSE EVER. BY THE WAY, THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN AWAKEN YOU IS YOU. GURU CANNOT DO IT FOR YOU. HE CAN GIVE ADVICE BUT THAT IS ALL---AWAKENING IS INNER! NO ONE CAN MAKE U MORE SPIRITUAL THAT IS A CONTRADICTION OF TERMS!

      • Wrong. Few can kill off the ego by themselves. Ramana Marharshi did. Even Papaji need Ramana to tell him three times "You have arrived" before he got it. you must be ready, like gun powder, then the guru will appear and light the fuse to finish you off. Self inquiry by Ramana Marharshi, documented by david godman on youtube is what you need. When you get to that effortless, thoughfree state, a guru, with either physical or ethereal, will be there for you.

    • Back in the day we took care of our teachers- food, shelter, etc...that is why they were able to share freely.

  • These so called Gurus are just talking nonsense and confusing people and this MOOJI IS CLEARLY THE ABSOLUTE WORST!

  • This rating is effing absurd!!!!

    • The ratings of Mooji who I have never paid a dime to and have gotten so much peace from, say more about the individual than about Mooji, frankly. This is not to be disparaging of anyone but just an observation. Everyone is where they're at in their perceptions. I personally believe he is a beautiful being trying to help others.

    • Guru is not a person it's a being/presence.
      How can you rate a presence?

  • It might be your experience that he is an "incredible guru", but your credentials are no better than mine. I also went to his satsangs over a period of about three years, and I do not think he is an incredible guru. He is just a nice talker with a Jamaican patois, but his message is simplistic and I believe he deludes his followers.

  • Perhaps you're confusing the drug like effect of Mooji's astral realm entity possession on you with the impersonal clarity of your true nature.

  • Agreed. I bet those who say negaive press about Mooji chose Ego as they are so rigidly stuck in that mose and, despite trying do not like even the idea that they may not be the imagination, the ever-changing forever suffering persona they think they are. Funny.

• Oh, another one of Papaji's fraudulently enlightened gurus run amok? Nice. I'll pass!

• His own teacher is against his enlightenment? Maybe it is a "test"... you know how so will challenge the enlightenment to see the reaction

• Ten years ago, I probably would have agreed with the author's review. Today is a different story. Mooji is amazing if you are looking to go deeper. Some people may not be at that point on their path and they find his questions and teachings do not resonate with them, yet. But keep going. Go deeper. Don't be afraid.

  • Let's see, how can I say this politely to my fellow man?
    I don't know, all that comes to mind is F--K YOU for attempting to perpetuate the
    nonsense this man spouts.
    There are people writing in this column who are in despair & frustration because they are witnessing their children & friends getting suckered by yet another flake, however, he's a darn good business man like most of them.

  • So why does Mooji need a 2.5 million empire if he is Enlightened? Wake up all these people are Fake and running businesses to keep us miserable. I personally KNOW Mooji and whilst you can say he is Spiritual he simply lives on another Dimension of Life and has managed to change his energy by accident. All can do this you need NO Guru's or Enlightened MEN Master. In fact a TRUE master would NEVER reveal themselves. This path is a lone path just as you came in the World alone. People can point you in a direction but that may also be the wrong direction. Every thing you need is within you already the problem is you still need clarification from the outside. That means your still not there. Again Mooji money making scammer not necessary him as he has been put into a Prison by the rich fools around him. Let him enjoy for a while as he may of materialised this nonsense but i will soon remove him from this as the Karma effects are Vast. He is not guiding anyone he is just losing you in his ecstasy and rythmic rythims in his voice!

    • Thank you, dear friend!

    • 100% true. He’s a hypnotist and the teachings are not true. Be very careful. This is not the real deal. A narcissist would never admit his flaws. He sleeps with his students, having many affairs, works his students into the ground building his empire, smuggled money without paying taxes, the list goes on and on.

    • wait 2.5 million the house next door to me sold for 1.5 and I am not in a rich nabour hood thats litturally just cause were close to the station

  • he will provide the bliss, but not permanent, so you keep chasing him, like he is the drug lord. Download Sri Ramana's "Who Am I" self inquiry and you can by yourself do a lot of damage to the ego. YouTube Self Inquiry by David Godman is free, he distributed it free for mankind's benefit, and that is all you need. be a light unto yourself, you don't need to keep loading king tony with tons of money

  • My feeling exactly.

• I agree with every word you say... As a mother of 22 years old boy that somehow find him, I can see that he is lost in his life, he is not connected to the world, sitting in his room all day without doing nothing except listen to mooji.. Spending his money to travel and meet him in Portugal, no feeling are aloud to go out just inside within himself.. Like the crown that ere laughing at that suffering women, not listen to her pain not trying to help ...

  • The same thing has happened to my daughter since she has been listening to Mooji. She was perfectly normal before 2 mths ago. Catatonic state, lethargic, trance-like state, talking to herself in her room. I’m really concerned. She Is only17 but published a book last year- a bright child. I will tell the world what he is doing to young minds!

    • When tantric spells are there it affects the mind. Ask your child to stop seeing and listening to them.
      Devotion leads to such and they con one for sex and control the mind and take lot of money.
      Difficult to find real guru who protects a devotee. They call these spiritual tests and one either revolts or commits suicide. Pls stop her from this.

  • Shlomit, I feel your pain so deeply!

• Once again really gotta say perhaps you should spent more time practicing the teachings of these so called Guru's rather than criticizing them. Probably would be more useful for your growth. Good luck with everything

• We can not just turn everything over to the whims of the environment. Because we are in a conversation with the environment. This conversation is ONE. And, have two parts in causality movements, which is the spiritual language from the eternal timeless foundation. Therefore we need to act with compassion and heart. Keep your body healthy. The body is the link between the two parties' holistic conversation. A conversation that painters our secondary reality. Therefore, everything can be seen as a 'Monad'. A circle with a center, where the space between is filled with this holy magical conversation. Here Mooji breaks when he can't bring everything to holy One. / Per Alltrelén

• I tried to set up a website called Free At Last to expose the abuses experienced at Mooji's camp. They contacted the web host and had it removed. Beware those who would defend their brand with one hand but make people dependent on them with psychological games with the other!

  • Thanks for sharing, Sammy. I'm happy you were able to see through the lies and deceptions.

  • Can share with us some here possibly?

    Many thanks,
    Mark

  • Beautiful name!
    But your a victim oh so sad.....

  • My daughter has not been eating, sleeping, trance-like state since listening to Mooji 2 mths ago. I want more info on this ‘guru’ please! I am desperate for help with my teenage daughter. She was completely normal before listening to him for hours a day, doesn’t want to do anything but listen to him, so I have banned her to listening to Mooji. I encourage meditation but not this hypnotic guy!

    • That´s the right word. Hypnotic. He uses hypnosis, talks to our subconscious minds, uses methods from common therapy and that produces then these spiritual «openings» or all the crying or laughing. I actually got something out of his teachings, but he is just a teacher and kind of dodgy therapist who leaves you alone with all he stirs up in you. He is clearly not enlightened, I believe, that he is a narcissist, he really is empty inside, but not because he woke up, but because narcissists are like empty shells, they have nothing of their own. he must have absorbed all teachings from different masters like a sponge, now he is regurgitating everything he has learned by heart, he is a fake, copying everything, he is also supposed to be a great artist, but I have seen his artwork and he sucks big time!!! Everything in his Ashram is probably made and created by his followers, this is why he likes people with skills so much. To be able to do Seva, it is necessary to have a skill he needs or to be a young, pretty and foolish girl or boy. I followed him for some years, I loved him, I thought he told nothing but the truth, little things I noticed I rationlized away, but then I went to his place in Portugal and there I saw the whole sad truth about this man, I am studiying to become a therapist, I have learned about narcissistic personality disorder, and I have seen many traits and dodgy behaviours in him which are attributed to narcissists. I thought he is only dangerous to the people who are close to him, those are the narcissists main supply, the ones he really damages psychologically and you can see already the decay in these poor women, but your letter made me think otherwise. If you want to know about Mooji, educate yourself about NPD (Narcissitic Personality Disorder) and show it to your daughter. Also my response, I have been under his spell for some time, from far away he may not be so dangerous, but don´t let your daughter go to Portugal, he is worshipped like a god,there are brainwashing elements in the daily routine, he is a dictator in his Ashram, during the silent retreat we were watched the whole time, I saw really evil people there in his Sangha group, he also knew that I was on to something, good luck

      • Thank you for this comment, Maria. It is good to hear from someone who got close to Mooji... Up until a few days ago, I couldn't make up my mind about him...
        His videos are very hypnotic- I found myself watching upwards of 2 hours per day of his stuff... until something 'broke the spell' for me. There was one woman in a Mooji video who was clearly very disturbed with metal illness, a kind of hysterical mania... she was laughing and really behaving bizarrely... and yet Mooji accepted it as normal. He didn't really react at all. Honestly, I'm surprised that they didn't edit this out of the video, it was that disturbing?
        After seeing this, I began to read up on mind-control and brainwashing techniques used by cult leaders. Then I could see everything much more clearly. There is a reason why I found Mooji videos so hypnotic!! Because he puts you into some kind of trance... seriously. This stuff could really suck in vulnerable people. I warn anyone against watching Mooji online. If you do, then please watch with someone else so as you can at least discuss it. It's really very odd the way it effects you. When you go back over some of the stuff he says, it's absolute nonsense, but you get the feeling he is saying something profound. Please be careful, everyone!

        • Mooji regurgitates ancient pointings of the vedas, mainly from sources like the Yoga Vasistha, Asthavakra and Avadhuta gita. While the words become his own expression, they are still fundamentally based on a philosophy that has influenced many of our greatest nobodies. Ergo, the words he speaks are not absolute nonsense, your mind just doesn't grasp sanatanadharma (however neo-advaitin his silly approach might be). Which is totally okay, and you don't need someone like Mooji to "teach" you

          Just saying ;)

    • Guys calm down. Any Nondualistic teaching will trigger an intense reaction inside of you. It attacks the very thing that you are so no wonder. If you have a basic trust problem its going to come up here and express itself as various forms of doubts. Cult leader LOL you can make this fit anyone if your mind gets an intellectual anxiety attack.

      • What a bunch of double speak.

  • Yeah right. What stops you from posting it here then ? Nonsense !

  • Hello Sammy ... this is absolutely outrageous, silencing people's voices especially behind the fake mask of a spiritual Master ... and you are not the only one who was silenced or threatened by his laywers that i know personally, because of that i Opened a Facebook group called Behind the Satsangs where all people can come and express or share there experiences with mooji . You are most welcome to join us there. https://www.facebook.com/groups/289912245347751

• Papaji does not mention Mooji in this video! Whats more Papaji passed away in 1997...Mooji began to teach in 1999 (and he did so because people came to him asking questions, not because he wanted to be a teacher).
  My experience of Mooji is nothing but integrity and it is clear that he has helped many people all around the world to find peace.
  You claim he does not encourage any kind of practice but a brief search on Youtube will prove this is not true. His teachings are tailored to each individual person who speaks with him.

  I think this website probably has good intentions and can be of some use in spotting fake gurus but you seem to be criticising a lot of teachers who really do live a life of humility and have helped many people.

  Peace mate

  • Thank you for clarifying this misinformation! This video of Papaji is from 1994.. Mooji was not teaching those days and he had the big realisation of the Self some years later if I remember correctly..

    • here is the video of the letter that pappji holds in his hands:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szQbLci6foM

  • No Joe, the people posting here have good intention in exposing the fake. I wasted many years with him. He appear to help by providing you with bliss, but will not teach you how to get there. he will provide the fish at high cost to fill his treasury, but he will not teach you how to ride the ego. Download Self Inquiry from youtube by david godman, and that shows the way. By the way, king tony's favourite food is chicken. He likes it a lot.

  • Mooji has his own video of his "relationship" with Papaji. It's on youtube. There Papaji, who has no idea who Tony is, reads a letter from him while Mooji (then Tony) kneels before him in his Rasta outfit. After reading the letter, which was super dramatic and written for the video I would say, Papaji just says "I this, I that, way too many I's here . . ." and waves him away. Mooji shuffles off bent over. End of story. So sure Mooji would wait until after Papaji died to start using his name to build his brand. That is why Papaji doesn't mention him -- he had no idea who the guy was and he wasn't "teaching" then. I like listening to his meditations; his talks I can't take due to the imbeciles he attracts. Hard to believe this is the quality of serious students of spirituality today but there they are! I've seen other teachers get asked pathetic personal questions but they know how to deal with them. Mooji either doesn't have the skill or saw early on he could attract people by indulging them in their personal issues. Then it just snowballed. I heard one person who lived there say Mooji told him he wasn't satisfied with his performance in satsang because he "didn't want it enough." The older videos esp. are unwatchable with all that begging and wailing and sobbing. Now that he's in trouble he's cleaned up his act and stays much more on point. Nevertheless, I saw a "chat" between he and some of the residents and -- let's just say it was completely weird and the one guy who spoke up was obviously bitter towards Mooji for not giving him enough attention. Ashrams! Funny farms, more like it! Krishnamurti didn't need one. Papaji didn't need one. Traditional ashrams are places people go to BE FED not to pay gurus. So hmmmmmm. . .yet it is said in our culture that whatever one doesn't pay for has no value to the person. So crazy students or crazy gurus?

  • Stay quiet and observe. Inquire into what fear is bubbling up. Beware of the ego in those that use intense hate speech and conjure images of cult and brainwashing. Mooji's most vulnerable trait is that he gives so much. He is more available then most. His desire to relieve the suffering and pain caused by our mind trap comes from his own life journey. He relates this very well. People are truly suffering and many come to him in a state of despair. He stays calm and slowly points to where their pain is coming from resulting in most feeling a tremendous sense of freedom and release. A joy.
    His repeated perspective is to claim he is not a teacher or any savant of superior learning.
    Comments here are short sighted and without personal experience. If your looking for the Cliff Notes to gurus your probably not ready to open your heart. Perhaps your ego was necessary to survive a hardship in your life. There comes a time when its no longer necessary to survive you are safe now. Fear permeates our daily life and redirects our attention. This site is doing the same. Use it as an opportunity to explore with your own perpective. Taking angry words from those that share here will distract you from what you really want. Keep compassion near you it can help not only the ones near you but clarify the pain inside of you. One aspect of maturity is recognizing one' s personal conditioning journey. The habits, influences and fears that have put thoughts in our minds and caused our likes and dislikes. The observance of these in ourselves and in others begins the observers journey and the shedding of misconceptions and falsehoods.
    No one can "do" this for you. It is your work.
    Mooji is just one of many who remind us of this. And if your certain brand of life experience rejects his delivery then go on to another. But do this on your own. With your participation not the opinion of someone else coming from a completely different conditioned environment. Be well. We are all on a journey. Navigating the joys and sorrows happiness and misery. Keep compassion nearby. Beware of the distraction of speech that has no wisdom to offer and comes from no compassion or insight.

• The true teaching happens beyond what the mind can grasp.
  Any comments here can so only reflect a thought or opinion of
  mind activity.
  Mooji always points to the space in which everything is received including
  all mind activities.
  From my own experience he is one of the best Advaita teachers in world.
  His presence and compassion can be felt and seen by everybody
  with an open heart and a clear mind.
  What would be the purpose for mind control or abuse of somebody who is not anymore identified with that field.
  What more to say. ;-)