Why I Left Adi Da's Community
Posted by Connie Shaw on Feb-7-00
The process of leaving the cult began when I formed a friendship with a woman
devotee who talked about god in her own words. I started realizing that I only
talked about god in the same words that Adi Da did. I slowly saw that I no
longer knew what I really felt about anything. I was programmed, brainwashed.
At first I thought that there was something wrong with myself, then with the
community of devotees. Then eventually I saw that the community was exactly how
the guy at the top needed it to be. So I left.
I'm not sure that this process paralleled any other that I've had. It was a pretty strong and unusual experience and I learned a great lesson from it. I learned that all I have to go on is my own intuition, and I should never look to anyone or anything else in its place.
Connie