Recovery from "Paramahamsa" Nithyananda

This post is dedicated all the sincere seekers who went a little bit too far into Nithyananda's sect to achieve their spiritual goals. I know it is a really bad day for all of you. It is shocking to see someone who has been revered in your families go astray. If this is all true, Nithyananda has truly tasted the reactions of his bad karma. Having sex is not the problem. Every human being would want to have sex. The problem is you are not expected to have sex when you have taken up the ocher robes. Anyway there is no point in talking about Nithyananda or his future plans or course of action. Nithyananda tasted Buddha's teaching now "Anitya -Impermanence, Dukkha - Suffering/Loss. He has brought a disgrace to the so called Acharyas and Hinduism.

You as the disciples of Nithyananda should try to find a way out for yourselves and your families (if they are involved) without getting depressed or overly saddened. I will try to give my 2 cents of advise in this post. If you have young children 5-18, I see that as the toughest part! They might have seen you listening and watching audio/video materials of Nithyananda or sat down to listen or see along with you. They might have seen you reading books/materials authored by Nithyananda. What will you tell them? How can you explain to them that whatever you considered precious a few days back are now untouchable? How will you deal with it yourself as elders? What will you tell your family friends whom you tried to bring to Nithyananda or who know that you follow Nithyananda? What will you tell your parents/brothers/sisters? How will you de-toxify your home from Nithyananda materials? I feel they will no longer be valid references now though in an unbiased opinion those materials are still good for a spiritual seeker! I hope lifebiss keeps all the youTube videos and not remove them, atleast to provide entertainment for future viewers! What should you do with your Satsangs, the organizations and the temples you have built. I think they should not be destroyed atleast outside of India. The name of Nithyananda can be systematically removed. Churches do not collapse if the spiritual leader turns out to be a gay! Why should the organizations you built with lot of effort collapse because of one guy? That is one of the problem with these gurus and Hinduism. They create their own programmes and agendas (though they might be based on Gita, Upanishads or Yoga!)

1) Fortunately Nithyananda was not a lemon and kumkum pujari type of guru whose main audience would be the uneducated and miracle seeking crowd. But he was a well read and eloquent speaker and was able to attract a large crowd of educated people and families both in India and abroad.

It is much easier for this kind of crowd to systematically remove Nithy baba from their lives and minds although it depends on the kind of involvement one has with this organization. For casual listners and watchers of his teachings and videos it is the easiest to walk away. But even for the people whose involvement is a lot larger, my sincere advise is that as long as you had a genuine intention to make your lives happier and to reduce stress, you can walk away with ease as long as you did not cling to the personality but were only interested in the teachings.

Buddhism is one religion where Buddha teaches not to cling to the teacher or the teachings. Even the teachings are like a boat to cross a river. Once crossed, take up a new vehicle. There is no use of the boat!

For those who were clinging to the personality of Nithy, it is time to unclutch! Please let your mind know that impermanence is everywhere and cannot be fought. It is a part of existence. For the future make sure that you get the honey but don't be attached to the flower.

2) If you have kids who are older than 5, and you are a family who got deeply involved in Nithy Baba, I pity you. If they are younger, just switch off Nithy Baba for a while and let time heal. They will forget that once dad and mom were involved with Nithy. If you have a little bit older kids, please tell them that he did something wrong and we cannot have his material at home. You might have to do a little explanation and I think they will take it without much trouble.

3) The society! It includes your family like moms. dads, brothers, sisters etc. What I would like to say is you need not be guilty. If anyone tries to ridicule you just ask them to shut up and tell them that you went to Nithya with a good intention to make your lives happier. Now that he turned out to be a person who does not practice what he preaches, you have decided to come out of it. Period. No more explanations. Believe in what you think about yourself and not what others think about you.

4) If you went to Nithy for attaining fame in trying to build temples or organizing events, just realize that your false pride has taken a beating and try not to do it again.

5) I donated/lost money to Nithy. Don't even worry. You have not lost anything. Be happy. You can earn it back!

6) Please have faith in dharmic religion and the law of karma. Dharmic religions are much more logical and broader than organized monotheistic religions. If you feel frustrated, please choose atheism instead. ( I had to add this after seeing some of the responses)

My personal opinion about Nithyananda is that if he is so interested in having sex, he should have quit the ocher robes and taken up family life after handing over the organization to someone else. But, if you get married you only get to have sex with one person :-) I really don't understand this sanyasi and celibate priest business. Did it start with Buddhism in India? Even Siddhartha had all the sex he wanted before he gave up worldly pleasures. Rama(7), Krishna(8) and Buddha(9), none of them were celibates. What is up with this swamis? I think 99% of humans would want to have sex.

...........I might add a few more points if something comes up......