O Guru in French (Jul 02)

O Guru in Italian. (Jan 02)

New Story: I was in SY 17 years. (Nov 01)

A group of ex members of the Nityananda Institute have published a web site called Leaving-Nityananda-Institute.org. It does an excellent job of identifying problems with this group. (Dec 00)  

Definition of a Cult (Sep 00) 

NON-MAINSTREAM RELIGION -- Commentator David Foster spent years as a member of a non-mainstream religious group. He reflects on the group's unusual beliefs and how they sacrificed their identities to the leader, whom they called "Mother." (You will need Real Player installed to listen to this NPR report from All Things Considered, 12 Jan 99. www.real.com) (Sep 00) 

A photo of George Afif and actress Angelina Jolie at the 2000 Academy Awards. (May 00)

Search the Site: HERE (Apr 00)

The Family was a group started in Australia and had a property in South Fallsburg. Sarah Moore  (Hamilton-Byrne), a survivor of that group, tells in this excerpt of Unseen, Unheard, Unknown (now out of print but Amazon.com will search for a used copy) of her contact with Muktananda. Anne Hamilton-Byrne (known as Ma Yoga Shakti in Siddha Yoga), the founder of The Family, was instrumental in helping Swami Tejomayananda and Swami Abhayananda (Stan Trout) leave Siddha Yoga. LSD was frequently used by the group. Abhayananda reports he knew nothing of the abuse or other problems there. Read excerpt here. (Apr 00)

"Five Step Guideline For Speakers. When you are sharing your experiences in a talk, it is important to establish a clear intention for telling your experience." So states a handout for speakers as designed by SY. It is unclear when this was written but may be several years old. It gives a good example of how the "experience talk" was really a way to control the speaker and the desired outcome. (Jan 00)

Who Speaks for Siddha Yoga? A Book Review of The Meditation Revolution - A panel discussion hosted by the American Academy of Religion, Boston, Massachusetts, (22 Nov 99). Links to the tapes of the conference are here. Listen to Douglas R. Brooks, one of the authors, explain to Gerald J. Larson, who wrote the forward, how the text was changed after the forward was written. (Dec 99)

New dutch, french and german translations (Nov 99)

Update from Swami Abhayananda - Stan Trout (Oct 99)

When I was a child, I unquestioningly took on the values, likes, and aversions of my parents and my family.  (Oct 99)

My name is Paul, and I formally left Siddha Yoga in February 1998.  (May 99)

Crimes of the Soul - by Jill Newmark, Marian Jones and Dennis Gersten, Psychology Today - (March, April 1998) The link between gurus and their followers and the sometimes dangerous consequences of their relationships. Includes related articles why people follow gurus and how Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung made themselves idols for their patients. This article uses SIDDHA YOGA as one example. (Feb 99)

New LSY Story: Gurumayi is no longer my Guru. I renounce Siddha Yoga (Jan 99)

New Leaving Siddha Yoga Story: My Siddha Yoga experience spans the years from 1976 until Baba’s death in 1982. (July 98)

New Leaving Siddha Yoga Story: "It was with a great sense of relief and excitement that I happened upon your website today." (May 98)

An Indian, who is an Ex-Siddha Yoga devotee, comments on Conversations with "Swami" Shankarananda. Go HERE (13 Jan 98)

Conversations with Ex-Siddha Yoga Swami Shankarananda. He doesn't know why Muktananda was having sex, and doesn't seem to care. (11 Jan 98)

Summer 1998 Update for South Fallsburgh: Less contact with the guru than ever before. Go HERE (11 Jan 98)

New articles:

New Leaving Siddha Yoga Story: "I have no horror stories to tell about my time in SY, no specific incidents of personal physical abuse, but do feel spiritually betrayed." (Jan 98)

Newsgroups can be a frustrating process. Most ISP's only hold the messages for about 5 days or so. Not all messages get sent to all the ISP's and may display late or not at all on each person's newsserver. For now, the best way to see all the messages and to post easily, is directly via dejanews. If you use this link: HERE you will go directly to dejanews with a listing of all messages sorted by date. You can register there and then post messages directly to the newsgroup. (2 Dec 97)

The Rest of the Story is a new section to the website. It includes some of the other people who started under the direction of Muktananda. Some of them have simply ignored him, others worship him. They either admit to his sexual activities and then minimize them or simply ignore it all. In any event, as they continue to support the lie, they support   the abuse. (29 Nov 97)

Homophobia in Siddha Yoga: Paradise Lost by Sally Chew, Out Magazine - December/January 1998. (26 Nov 97)

What happened to the counter? (2 Nov 97)

Ex-Siddha Yoga Swami comes forward; admits Muktananda was having sex and that the swamis covered up for him. (3 Sep 97)

Comments & Responses (through 31 Aug 97)

The History of Siddha Yoga; by Pendragon Sep 1997

Ex Siddha Yoga Swami Vivekananda claims he saw Muktananda having sex This is an excerpt from Master Charles (formally Swami Vivekananda) new autobiography, "The Bliss of Freedom", Comment by Pendragon (20 Mar 97)

Comments & Responses (through 18 Mar 97)

"After 14 years of revering someone as "perfected" and "god-realised", I finally owned up to myself that it all seems a sham to me." (Mar 97)

Response to Where do I go from here? by Dan Shaw and Chelsea. (Mar 97)