Personal Stories About Muktananda & Chidvilasanada

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2021 to the present

We weren’t going to grow as people. 

The teachings were a thought-stopping cliché.

Imagine being told this is for your own good.

Glimpses of the dark underbelly did not shake my faith.

Love was weaponized. 

In 1978, I became acquainted with Siddha Yoga in France.

2011 to 2020

I was sexually abused by Muktananda from the age of 16.

Worshiping Gurumayi turned my mother into a fanatic.

My mom committed suicide.

Was I hurt by Siddha Yoga? Terribly.

Muktananda’s sexual abuse impacted our marriage.

Why so much corruption, greed, power-tripping, and secret lustful relations?

2001 to 2010

I am one of the girls that Baba had sex with.

My introduction to Siddha Yoga and GSP.

I started seeing incongruence from the beginning.

Too many things didn’t add up.

SY reminds me of a dysfunctional family.

1999

I was told all the sordid details of Muktananda’s long-time sexcapades.

I have allowed myself to start listening to myself.

I renounce Siddha Yoga.

I do feel spiritually betrayed.

1997

I couldn’t compromise my own truth.

Listen to your inner wisdom and not to Siddha Yoga propaganda.

You MUST question, you MUST test.

The farce formerly known as Siddha Yoga.

How did I extricate myself from this sick scene?

I am an ex-devotee.

I am so sorry I did not do anything.

1996

Part of me was keenly aware of the “dark” side of the ashram.

Good God, what was I involved in?

The so-called exalted state of gurus is all illusion.

Bye, bye, Gurumayi.

It was difficult for any of us to leave the ashram.

A new Truth that let me out of a very narrow box.

I loved the person I thought Gurumayi was.

What about all the swamis that have left Siddha Yoga?

An open letter, August 1995.