The Transformative Fire of a Guru Sex Scandal

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02/28/22 • 88 min

In this episode of the podcast I talk about a sex scandal that’s burning through a spiritual community I’m a part of (Sattva Yoga Academy in India) revolving around the founder Anand Mehrotra and some of his teachers such as Matheus Bertoni, including what I know so far, and how it has polarized the community. Then I explore the guru principle and the immense power of disillusionment. Finally, I suggest that it may be time for a new guru archetype.
Then I explore the guru principle and the immense power of disillusionment.
Finally, I suggest that it may be time for a new guru archetype. This episode was extremely challenging to produce and deeply personal for me. I did the best I could to maintain a neutral yet impassioned perspective.

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Cosmic Intelligence - The Transformative Fire of a Guru Sex Scandal

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So in this episode, I want to talk about a brewing sex scandal in a spiritual community that I'm a part of. And I'd like to use that, you know, as a, as a lens to look through to understand topics like trust and surrender and discernment and victimhood and disappointment. And, yeah, I want to use it as a jumping off point to just explore a lot of the, the ways the ego can come into the picture, a lot of the ways that black and white thinking can kind of color things a