Who cares if it's a 'rip-off'...
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15149553 Well, it becomes a problem if the initial message gets deformed...
Honestly, their are a lot of truth in the New-age teachings, and a lot of BS because of all the "ripping-off" and relabeling.
Now people are lost between all this truth and BS mixed. That's what bothers some people who criticize the new-age.
Take what works and use it.
If it doesn't work anymore, if it doesn't resonate, discard it.
Life's too short and spirituality too personal to be worrying about what some other !@#$%^&* considers to be 'correct' or 'proper' or 'useful' or 'true'.
You don't get my points. I said countless times I don't care about who's right or wrong. It doesn't mean anything. Everyone's got a piece of the puzzle.
What concerns me is when people are:
- deliberately mislead
- consciously manipulated and abused
- willingly extorted
- purposefully brainwashed or hurt
These things happen in the field of the new-age (like in other fields of course), but the silence of the "new-age community" (if there is even such a thing) is oppressive and almost allowing such things.
Each time someone tries to point out a scammer or a manipulator, instead of being told by new-agers "It's true, we will make sure it doesn't happen again", the answers are more like "stop bashing new-age" and they start protecting the one who is abusing them.
Like for example Zephyr who's very kind and smart, but cannot imagine posing a judgement about the church of scientology, despite that organization destroying lives (proven fact).
Some believe we have not to meddle in other's affair, even if a crime is being committed. Others don't think like that...
That's where I disagree with some silent new-agers.
