INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 565 Amsterdam, May 18th, 2015 ANDREW COHEN'S DISAPPEARING ACT - Seeing Through Cultic Tendencies in Our Most Favorite Movements - FRANK VISSER Almost exactly two years ago, on June 23, 2013, spiritual teacher Andrew Cohen surprised the community of seekers after Truth with a brief "Apology" on his blog andrewcohen.org., announcing he would step down as a guru—at least for some time (unfortunately, this letter has been taken offline now). What prompted this move was, among other things, that some of his senior students had confronted him about his behavior (unspecified). In this candid letter, he confessed that "in spite of the depth of my awakening, my ego is still alive and well." Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser85.html THE LIBERATION OF ANDREW COHEN - How Devoted Disciples Can Enlighten Their Guru - DAVID LANE Andrew Cohen didn’t resign on his own terms, nor did he come to the realization that he was a lousy master who created more harm than good. More remarkably, it was Cohen’s devoted inner circle that forced him to quit. Andrew Cohen had caused so much damage in his spiritual community that his own following realized that it was time for him to give up the game. As Cohen explains, “My closest and most devoted senior students were beginning to see through my façade, could see that I was out of control, and see that I didn’t even know it. What made matters much worse is that I ignored the evidence; I ignored their respectful pleas for me to slow down and listen to them.” Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane93.html