here's a little nugget posted back in 2008 on another chat board - please forgive me if this is already posted on this thread ...
"I now see MasterPath as nothing more than the very thing it says it is
not: a light path of misinformation and half-truths. Just another
new-age teaching created by man. A product of the wild imaginings of
some man or woman, or both. A purposely laid snare for the
unsuspecting soul. Another relative path of light claiming to be the
representative of the Sound Current, or the Word of God. A path with
leaders who have not yet attained the rarified states of consciousness
which they proclaim as their living reality. A path of incomplete
realization. A path of subtle control and manipulation of the
thoughts and feelings of the followers. A path born from the
messianic complex of human beings. These are not the things I signed
up for when first meeting Gary, whom I immediately placed great trust
and spiritual aspirations in.
I now consider and contemplate intelligent and thoughtful inquiries
posed by such people as Dr. Lane. Things like why should the
plagarism matter to us? As a beginning student on MP, I remember
being told that the reason for not reading outside material was
because we lacked the necessary discrimination to properly discern or
filter the truth from other sources. Or, that we could not court two
masters. I unquestioningly heeded the guidance of my 'chosen guru.'
Since leaving the MP, I have spent considerable time reading so many
books. And it's been a trip. A wonderful journey of exploration and
renewed inspiration. Staggering recognition of how entrenched my life
had become in what I am now able to see as a cultic experience.
I woke up one morning a couple years before leaving the MP, and knew
that my entire life was based on a lie. The internal conflict could
not be reconciled on the outer. I think it's a travesty that people
get caught, lost, and entrapped by the concept of the teaching or the
leaders. The whole point is to outgrow the need for the outer
teaching. Yet, on paths like MP, the revenue needed to sustain the
lives of the leaders is paramount. Take away the money, and they have
to actually work for a living. Hmm, isn't that one of the
requirements: an honest living.
And what about the spiritual principles they claim to represent and
know: "the Sound Current cannot be bought, marketed, or sold." Yet,
on the MP.... for $30 month you get access to the seminars, a monthly
discourse of the 'secret teachings,' and 'the ever-present protection
and guidance of the Inner Master.' Hmm.... in a moment, in a day,
after a great number of years, I woke up and all I heard inside is
'truth is free.' Everything about MP began imploding on me. There
were countless experiences leading up to and contributing to that
auspicious moment. But that one resounding line of truth became a
defining awareness inside that ultimately changed the course of my life.
Anyway, the last two years have been an intensive process of
introspection and re-integration into society. I have grieved, not so
much the loss of association with MP, but the years lost in serving
them. I find it incredibly painful to actually know that in those
final hours, Gary was as far from wishing one well as he could
possibly be. Those final moments of interaction were both shockingly
revealing, and simultaneously, confirming. Confirming that he is not
who and what he presents himself to be. Upon leaving, I was flooded
with awareness of so many before me who had left the MP. People that
I once called friends. And it was only then that I really understood
their experience. And I also knew that those on MP could not really
understand ours. We would have to be categorized in these ways: 'they
just don't get it; they are not ready for the spiritual journey; they
will just have to die, reincarnate, and pick up where they left off in
their next lifetime; they are on a messianic trip; they are out to
destroy the MP, on and on.... It was funny because a part of us still
expected, or silently hoped, to hear or see a new spiritual insight
coming who we called "guru." Instead, it was like hearing the
uncontrolled reactions of an adolescent who isn't getting his way.
Gary's parting words to me were cold, harsh, and calculated. They were
meant to hurt, to put me in my place, to instill fear, and to maintain
their sense of sovereign control. His words were neither supportive
nor kind. And they did not come from a place of loving benevolence or
enlightened inspiration. Those final words are forever etched in my
consciousness as a daily reminder of a life spent devoted to a pseudo
guru.
Who would have thunk that the final moment is where you see the
illusion of what we project onto others as who they are is only that.
Certainly not me."
. I'm hoping the latter. Gary Olsen and his wife are both human garbage and POS so I would love to see them go down in flames.
