102 Fake Gurus Exposed – Swami Rudi: The Man Behind Swami Chetanananda & Adi Da

A reaction video to largely forgotten spiritual guru & meditation teacher Swami Rudrananada, aka Rudi, who I discovered as a devotee of Adi Da Samraj. Today he might be more known as the guru of disgraced fallen guru Swami Chetanananda of Oregon. Live 5.11.2024

0:00 – Reacting to the late Swami Rudrananda "Rudi" the somewhat forgotten New York meditation teacher & guru of Franklin Jones (aka Adi Da) & the disgraced Oregon guru Swami Chetanananda (aka J. Michael Shoemaker), biographical info about him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_(spiritual_teacher) & website of Rudi's legacy https://www.rudi.org/teachings (Note: apology for change in sound, as a second microphone got turned on)
8:36 – Reacting to talk: jealous of others spiritual life, god gives what is needed not wanted, spiritual life as resistance, word choice vs abstract talk
20:32 – Reacting to talk: knowing past lives & self-awareness
24:37 – Reacting to talk: periodic self-reflection
29:32 – Reacting to talk: faking it to eventually liking yourself
36:50 – Reacting to talk: god's gifts & testing
43:52 – Reacting to talk: Swami Muktananda, accepting change
47:36 – Down to earth & common sense non-scriptural teaching approach

Find Rudi's 3 books here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Swami-Rudrananda/author/B001KMNGC6

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