tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.comments2023-08-26T02:01:51.122-07:00Mugsy Peabody OnlineMugsy Peabodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464363512203879649noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-45057108434926050002011-07-04T11:53:49.523-07:002011-07-04T11:53:49.523-07:00I'm very late in reading this, but I loved it....I'm very late in reading this, but I loved it. I wonder whether you've ever published a book. I should know that answer, but I don't.<br /><br />MaggieMaggie Scarboroughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17983889418271366566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-66443180859771381022010-10-30T09:34:50.573-07:002010-10-30T09:34:50.573-07:00Aw shucks, I didn't want to think this year. ...Aw shucks, I didn't want to think this year. Guess I gotta spend the day reading the ballot and the propositions. The TV commercials are getting more and more like bumperstickers too. Lots of fear, little information. <br /><br />KathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-34779122435212551452010-10-23T11:21:25.794-07:002010-10-23T11:21:25.794-07:00great great post, mugsy . I wish I had one of thos...great great post, mugsy . I wish I had one of those now . soul is crying out . rockyrockyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-21389228044378339072010-10-19T22:50:26.400-07:002010-10-19T22:50:26.400-07:00I really don't usually reply to content but I&...I really don't usually reply to content but I'll in this case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-33090177377655537912010-10-19T16:27:13.318-07:002010-10-19T16:27:13.318-07:00Great post.. i was raised with siddha yoga and Amm...Great post.. i was raised with siddha yoga and Ammachi due to my mothers interest. Never was i shelter from the realities of idolization. They are all reflections of our societal truths. <br />Amidst it all, when I am in the presence of devotees- those who seek "to eat mindfully, share what you have, meditate every day, be aware, kind and caring of the folks in your life, and show respect for that which deserves respect" I am at peace with the world.Black Goldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064681974064527711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-88069404441863555722010-10-17T19:09:07.319-07:002010-10-17T19:09:07.319-07:00@Daniel, October 15. Write me at mugsy.peabody@gm...@Daniel, October 15. Write me at mugsy.peabody@gmail.com and tell me what you have in mind. Quite possible. MPMugsy Peabodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05464363512203879649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-41194766943249623722010-10-15T05:54:55.934-07:002010-10-15T05:54:55.934-07:00Hey,
I have a message for the webmaster/admin h...Hey,<br /> <br /> I have a message for the webmaster/admin here at mugsypeabody.blogspot.com.<br /><br />May I use some of the information from your post right above if I give a link back to your site?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />DanielAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-37397683653839559112010-10-05T15:24:38.040-07:002010-10-05T15:24:38.040-07:00hey
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goodby...hey<br /><br />my name is gennick.<br /><br />its super forum.<br /><br />goodbyeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-1141460527772260942010-09-24T22:54:50.559-07:002010-09-24T22:54:50.559-07:00Genial dispatch and this fill someone in on helped...Genial dispatch and this fill someone in on helped me alot in my college assignement. Thanks you for your information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-52789906116303364922010-09-15T15:06:03.434-07:002010-09-15T15:06:03.434-07:00and finally, from a post last month at salon:
t...and finally, from a post last month at salon: <br /><br /><br />the perfect relationship? (an epilogue)<br /><br />I had a fantasy once about Gurumayi coming forward after Baba’s death and sharing the truth. Sharing the spiritual crisis and devastation she faced when her own guru – the man she’d been led to believe was God since childhood, the man into whose arms she’d been thrust by her parents – had abused her and enlisted her help to abuse others. I imagined her coming to us with the parts of herself that were broken, admitting the rage she felt towards her parents, all of it. And I imagined how my heart would have gone out to her, how I would have done anything to help her, to help all of us pick up the pieces as a spiritual community and move forward. I imagined the kind of unbreakable bond between the guru and her devotees that experience would have formed.<br /><br />In a fantasy anything is possible.<br /><br />- LucidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-17154469686124668592010-09-15T12:39:36.675-07:002010-09-15T12:39:36.675-07:00Hi Mugsy,
Thank you for posting this story. There...Hi Mugsy,<br /><br />Thank you for posting this story. There's something I find very refreshing about your perspective. I'm particularly struck by this passage:<br /><br />“ . . . I found folks so desperate to be near her that they were leaning against a wooden wall separating the Ashram's little courtyard garden from a parking lot. It seemed Gurumayi was inside, hanging out with the wealthy and influential members of the community. Someone waved me over, and I crowded in with the others, my ear against the fence, just for a moment, to hear her voice. When I realized what I was doing, I stepped back . . ."<br /><br />You capture so well the particular variety of devotee hoopla that occurred in “Gurumayi's presence” – something that surprisingly hasn’t been written about all that much, at least not in the distilled specifics you offer here. Reading your story and this passage took me back to the days when Gurumayi was still around, the times when I saw her on tour, got swept up in all the fervor and felt that same pull-push – those moments when I (literally or figuratively) jerked back and thought "Hey, wait a minute. What am I doing?"<br /> <br />For all the emphasis Siddha Yoga supposedly placed on "Looking within", when Gurumayi was around the only thing anyone was looking at was her. <br /><br />- LucidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-19313734192369000012010-09-15T12:34:51.224-07:002010-09-15T12:34:51.224-07:00(continued) . . .
I’ve spoken with other ex-SY f...(continued) . . . <br /><br />I’ve spoken with other ex-SY folks who refuse to see her as a victim in all this. But when I think of her now I feel heartbreak, not anger. I think of her recently turning 50. I think of her losing both parents a few years back, and losing the chance to resolve things with them while they were still alive. I think of her not wanting to attend, or not being able to attend their funerals; I think of her not being there with her brother, other siblings and family at such a time.<br /><br />I will always feel grateful for the doors Gurumayi opened, doors I would have never gone through otherwise. The practices, her presence, and my belief in both carried me safely through some very treacherous waters. <br /><br />I also marvel (though in very different way now) at all Gurumayi did accomplish – especially given everything else that was going on behind the scenes, and all the personal demons she may have been battling, consciously or not. <br /><br />For all the darkness there was a lot of light; in spite of all the damage healing occurred. I realize many other former SY folks may not see it this way, but this is the view from where I’m standing right now. <br /><br />Someone I know who read Marta’s book asked me afterward if I thought Gurumayi was a charlatan. I wasn’t sure how I wanted to answer.<br /><br />Someone else I shared that same question with replied: “She’s not a charlatan, she’s a human.” <br /> <br />I met Gurumayi for the first time in 1989 and something big changed in my life. It was quite a ride. One I don’t regret. Twenty years later here I am. My understanding feels more complete now. More real.<br /><br />Baba once said “The practices of Siddha Yoga belong to you” and I always felt that was right – in spite of all the hoopla, insanity, dysfunction and corruption, it has been important for me to remember that things like Om Namah Shivaya predate degrees in marketing, trademarks, PR campaigns, satellite programming, and perhaps, even the existence of sexual abuse.<br /><br />Thankfully, as it turns out, the practices of Siddha Yoga don’t belong to SYDA. Now that truly would have been tragic.<br /><br />- LucidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-65961242755285729242010-09-15T12:31:01.666-07:002010-09-15T12:31:01.666-07:00One of the most significant things that became cle...One of the most significant things that became clear to me after I finished The Guru Looked Good is this:<br /><br />There was a time when Gurumayi was Malti – and Malti was a young, beautiful girl living in 1960s India with every aspect of her life dictated to her by her parents, the (no doubt suffocating for someone with her personality) culture in which she lived, and the beliefs, traditions, protocol and religion in which she was raised.<br /><br />In hindsight, Malti was thrust by her parents at age 13 into the arms of a man she believed or was led to believe was God incarnate. Now, as a parent, the ultimate results of that scenario are heartbreaking to me. <br /><br />Baba showed her the world, adulation, wealth, fame, and perhaps most significantly A WAY OUT of her oppressive life and the times in which she lived (if only she could hold on . . .).<br /><br />He also abused her wholly (mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually), abused others, and succeeded in silencing her about that abuse forever, long after his death, long after all his wealth, fame and adulation became hers. And even, as it turns out, long after she decided she wanted a way out of all those things too.<br /><br />The above conclusions may read as complete speculation but they are truths for me that Marta’s book helped me realize I’d had buried deep in my gut for years, ones I chose to overlook during SY’s heyday in the early 1990s, things I rationalized were “not my experience,” feelings The Guru Looked Good inspired me to revisit and accept.<br /><br />The above conclusions also put together for me the puzzle pieces of GM’s intense rage towards her parents her rage against her brother, desire to erase her family from her personal history, have control of the organization, all of it.<br /><br />These are tragic conclusions about a tragic story. Worst of all perhaps is the epic dysfunction/karma of Gurumayi’s relationship with Baba.<br /><br />But, sadly, GM’s early years in many ways parallel those of so many of us who were damaged, abused or oppressed as children – and then later sought ways, successful or not, to escape or heal ourselves through our relationships, drug use, spiritual seeking, or our work in the world.<br /><br />In retrospect, how ironic so many people who carried their own history of abuse were drawn energetically to Gurumayi – never knowing the common past they shared. It seems such a missed opportunity now. Just imagine if she’d come forward after Baba died and made healing in this area a specific focus in her work. That’s a lot to ask of any 27-year old, much less one who just inherited a multi-million dollar worldwide spiritual dynasty, but what a very different teacher she might have been, what a very different path Siddha Yoga might have become . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-33072678655883251272010-09-15T12:27:11.727-07:002010-09-15T12:27:11.727-07:00Hello Mugsy,
I came to your blog via your posting...Hello Mugsy,<br /><br />I came to your blog via your posting of this letter at salon. The questions you raise touch on what has been for me one of the most painful, heartbreaking things to accept about Gurumayi – that she may have been directly abused by Baba. In response, I want to share an excerpt from something I wrote a few years ago after reading Marta Szabo’s book. (Please see posts to follow . . .)<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Lucid<br /><br />p.s. If you’re interested, I too posted letters at salon, under the rebuttal from the SYDA Trustees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-15832569756902489792010-09-11T11:14:30.634-07:002010-09-11T11:14:30.634-07:00spot on, mugsy.spot on, mugsy.mary louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708577082968308132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-81280793605838114622010-09-09T08:53:26.045-07:002010-09-09T08:53:26.045-07:00Mugsy...as usual...I agree...I think religion is m...Mugsy...as usual...I agree...I think religion is mostly destructive....Lounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-51238971502230104182010-08-28T21:51:44.034-07:002010-08-28T21:51:44.034-07:00I've been wondering this for many years as wel...I've been wondering this for many years as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-43261256824498322432010-08-28T13:28:59.799-07:002010-08-28T13:28:59.799-07:00>>" Guru chastised this man for putting...>>" Guru chastised this man for putting temptation in the path of weak people, thereby screwing up their karma. She then advised those listening that they should never leave common sense at the door of the ashram. "<<<<br /><br />very disingenuous, considering that is exactly what gurumayi does...put "temptation in the path of people who are 'weak' enough" to listen to the constant imprecations to "obey the guru, every word from her mouth is a mantra". Devotional paths are rarely about "common sense", unfortunately.They are about "trust and surrender", two things that are a big mistake when those "experiences" have compromised one's discrimination completely. Siddha yoga is all about "leaving your common sense at the door of the ashram". I heard that talk and I heard that story when gurumayi told it. If you don't understand why people <br />"blame" gurumayi for her lack of transparency just go back to the Salon letters and read some of the more intelligent exposures of very specific things and situations that occured during gurumayi's tenure as "guru"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-31846860348028686832010-08-28T13:21:59.943-07:002010-08-28T13:21:59.943-07:00the question of gurumayi being abused by muktanand...the question of gurumayi being abused by muktananda has been extensively discussed on ex-syda and other "post-syda" groups with, I might add, a great deal of compassion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-6965841751535797612010-08-23T00:10:55.590-07:002010-08-23T00:10:55.590-07:00Women don't have the oppertunity really think ...Women don't have the oppertunity really think about sexuality. Religion which is male oriented even if it's a woman channeling, being the practioner, it is still loaded with that which benefits men. Sexual behavior/expression is dictated by religion/men. So, being given at a young age begins in mysogyny. Your not, and never were for yourself. That is the norm. How else would it be? Most women unconsciously adhere to this.A Veil Of Goldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324977666509539743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-20927357581616784962010-08-22T20:00:02.149-07:002010-08-22T20:00:02.149-07:00hi every person,
I identified mugsypeabody.blogs...hi every person, <br /><br />I identified mugsypeabody.blogspot.com after previous months and I'm very excited much to commence participating. I are basically lurking for the last month but figured I would be joining and sign up.<br /><br />I am from Spain so please forgave my speaking english[url=http://dilearnnewthings.info/forum].[/url][url=http://celeberitygossipul.info/bookmarks].[/url][url=http://exsmartthoughts.info/].[/url]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-88010083291710261812010-08-16T07:14:04.079-07:002010-08-16T07:14:04.079-07:00Since reading the X blogs I vibe that GM was moles...Since reading the X blogs I vibe that GM was molested and often wonder if she has Stockholm Syndrome. My heart goes out to her for that childhood. The misogyny in this goddess worshipping group and our world in general is astounding. <br /><br />AnonasitaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-53679350989786487032010-08-14T17:51:50.434-07:002010-08-14T17:51:50.434-07:00"but for my money, your cat is a perfectly se..."but for my money, your cat is a perfectly serviceable Guru, and your apartment a good ashram, if you are on the right path. "......I giggled and high fived you through the computer...did you feel it?Josiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04820136944723084777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-20590561598056438912010-08-13T10:54:42.772-07:002010-08-13T10:54:42.772-07:00Great article, and a wonderful look into how our e...Great article, and a wonderful look into how our egos and humanhood can throw us off track.franniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09740064341463538203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379499061588694982.post-24780193661241728062010-08-13T09:57:45.285-07:002010-08-13T09:57:45.285-07:00Profound to say the least. You capture the essenc...Profound to say the least. You capture the essence of people thinking spirituality can be attained so easily. The spiritual path, or the mystic path, is one that winds people through the ordinary, the grit, the helping others, service always to the unknown, the smelly, the this and the that. Some people have to go down the road of vain imaginings. Pinochio's Island is a good example of being lost in the fun fair.<br /><br />Wonderfully written, insightful, courageous and yet loving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com