I'm still somewhat surprised after seeing the film documentary "Guru – Shree Rajneesh, bodyguard and the Registrar" a few days ago. The Indian Shree Rajneesh was a celebrity in the 70 's and 80 2', 4' s, gather a huge following for (almost) spiritual movement based on therapy and meditation. Became notorious for arranging voluntary wild orgies, daily for the sake of tantric exercises, enticing during normal human emotions such as envy, shame and longing for mature, lasting relationships.
The documentary tells the story of Shree Rajneesh rise and fall through the stories of bodyguard and Registrar. Rajneesh was carismathic, smart and cunning, with a hypnotic attraction for people. Demonstrated was also deep narcissistic, dangerous and willing to exploit vulnerable persons satisfying the wishes.Thousands of people flocked to the utopian commune (have we heard this before? messianic sects, political movements, etc.), hoping to be unloaded from the Weltschmerz. and gurus promised them on the moon.
Of course, his supporters were linked to are frustrated, and after the initial first years on free from friction, started to go downhill.Rajneesh fled in Oregon, USA with the Indian tax authorities against the heels. After some years in the USA really bad is enabled.The city was filled with conflicts, cruelty and paranoia, and Rajneesh was finally expulsion and sent back to India.
The bodyguard and Registrar, who met as smart, but naive person, say their versions of what happened. They paid a heavy price for their involvement with the gurus: bodyguard was banished, tried to commit suicide and spent almost a year in a psychiatric hospital himself trying to claw back to a normal life. the Registrar for 3 1/2 years in an American jail. as regards the question of when it started to go wrong, and they both say that there was from the beginning, embedded the gurus imperfect personality.
Tags: India, narcissism, sex
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