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Mother Meera

March 18, 2017gururating 36 Comments
Mother Meera

GURU RATING: 2 / 5 (QUESTIONABLE) Mother Meera is a spiritual guru who claims to be the living embodiment of the Divine Mother. She’s known for her silent darshans where she “unknots” one’s subtle energetic body and floods devotees with divine light. This… Continue Reading →

Alive, Avatar, Bakthi, Controversial, German, Indian, Questionable

Gurumayi

March 3, 2017gururatings 59 Comments
Gurumayi

GURU RATING: 1 / 5 (AVOID) Gurumayi is a Western woman of Indian descent, “whose identification with the supreme Self is uninterrupted.” She has been hounded by controversy ever since she won a power struggle with her brother, Swami Nityananda,… Continue Reading →

Alive, Avoid, Celebrities, Controversial, Indian, Sex, Siddha yoga, Wealthy

Amma

February 7, 2017gururating 30 Comments
Amma

GURU RATING: 3 / 5 (ADEQUATE) — NET WORTH: 273 MILLION. Mātā Amṛtānandamayī Devī (better known as Amma, or “mother”) is a guru known for her powerful hugs. They are reputed to have a deeply spiritual quality. Like many saints… Continue Reading →

Adequate, Alive, Bakthi, Controversial, Indian, Traditional, Wealthy

U.G. Krishnamurti

February 7, 2017gururating 27 Comments
U G KRISHNAMURTI

GURU RATING: 1 / 5 (AVOID) U.G. Krishnamurti (not to be confused with J. Krishnamurti) might be considered an anti-guru guru, or the type of guru that expresses his guruness by denouncing the very idea of gurus. Confused yet? He’d probably… Continue Reading →

Avoid, Controversial, Deceased, Indian, Modern, Theosophy

Swami Nithyananda

February 7, 2017gururatings 4 Comments

GURU RATING: 1 / 5 (AVOID) Swami Nithyananda is a controversial guru from India who claims to be an avatar with siddhis (special powers) — the most realized spiritual state attainable by human beings. Nithyananda spent time training as a… Continue Reading →

Alive, Avoid, Bakthi, Controversial, Indian, Traditional, Wealthy

Adi Da Samraj

December 21, 2016gururatings Leave a Comment
Adi Da guru

GURU RATING: 2/ 5 (QUESTIONABLE) Adi Da Samraj, born Franklin Albert Jones on November 3, 1939 on Long Island, New York was an American spiritual teacher, writer and museum curated artist. During his lifetime, he established a new religion called… Continue Reading →

American, Artist, Controversial, dead, drugs, Muktananda, private island, Questionable, Sex, Shakti, Siddha yoga, Wealthy
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SPOTTING A FAKE GURU

According to Paul Lenda from Wake Up World, there are 9 ways of spotting a fake guru.

The spiritual world is filled with charismatic frauds, so it’s important to be discerning.

These 9 rules are not definite by nature but should be used as a rough way to quickly assess the quality of a guru.

1. Charging a large amount of money.

2. Giving themselves fancy titles. Sri sri sri sri…

3. Inability to take criticism.

4. Overly focused on the end goal of spiritual enlightenment rather than the process of getting there.

5. Behaving hypocritically.

6. Focusing on fulfilling an egocentric desire.

7. Displaying spiritual materialism.

8. Behaving selfishly.

9. Promising a fast path to self-realization.

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