Here is the link to a new article on the cheesy spiritual organization called “Sufism Reoriented”. The marble clad petrol domes are back in the news. The fossil fuel halo of this occult and papal organization wants to impress us all with its fast food bravura.
Wow! This is so CHEESY!
How many cheesecakes did they promise you in exchange for your published comments?
You won’t believe it sufi 17! They offered to serve me unlimited cheesecake in a one hour period, like a July 4th “who can eat the most hotdogs in 5 minutes” contest, except I had one hour. They wanted to gag me to death with cheesecake. Disgusting beyond belief.
Amos did a pretty good job considering how bizarre this story is. He managed to make the controversy with the Saranap community sound like, all in all, something almost reasonable in its frightful complexity. What Amos might have included in his generally excellent article is the important background scandal regarding Sufism Reoriented’s legitimacy. All of Meher Baba’s mandali (apostles) living at the time of Jim MacKie’s ascendency repudiated him as an occultist. Jim MacKie was bizarre! His story remains to be told. For now, suffice to say that he was the most astonishing and charismatic homosexual game show host ever!… Read more »
I read the article Bill and enjoyed particularly the frankness of your comments. Don’t mind if I extend the story from an Australian perspective. As you know Francis Brabazon and Ivy Duce had both been propositioned by Baba as to whether they would take up leadership of Sufism. Baba also made these comments in conjunction with his proposition, as per Lord Meher: “There are three things that always hinder Truth. First is temptation. Very, very few persons can overcome temptation; temptation of money, fame, power, lust and leadership are disastrous, very binding, and very few escape it. Second, vagueness about… Read more »
Great comment Jacob. Francis had the fantastic good sense to jump the sinking ship of sufism to please the Prophet come again. He gave up what he realized was huge pretension, and for this act of total honesty became a mandali. There is no better karma than this. He will forever stand as the contrasting possibility to the path Ivy Duce took. Adi K Irani relates that Baba offered Ivy the same way out of her dilemma (of not being a real murshida), but she didn’t have the alacrity to accept. And because of which we now have marble clad… Read more »
Hi Jacob. Thank you for your reply. It is good to read your objective perspective. Being in the mire and muck of the Sufism vortex that we experience here, it is good to be reminded of the real ‘Sufi’ path. Jai Meher Baba
Sue
Beautiful comments, Jacob…of all the critiques and opinions of the new Sufi center, this one strikes me as absolutely spot on. I appreciate your insights and the tone of your response…well done!
Jai Baba!
Jeff