INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 652 Amsterdam, April 29th, 2017 THE NARCISSIST RISES FROM THE ASHES - Removing the Baby from the Bathwater - A Critique of Andrew Cohen's Latest Incarnation - DAVID LANE Andrew Cohen's latest newsletter, which arrived today on April 28th, 2017, reconfirms what many critics and ex-students have long suspected would happen after his unceremonious fall from grace. The narcissistic guru has risen from the ashes and repackaged himself and his enlightenment for yet another chance in the spiritual marketplace of ideas. After a four year “sabbatical” from teaching, given how he bankrupted his organization and systematically abused many of his closest followers, Andrew Cohen is back with a newly honed message. In the same missive, it even goes on to allege that one the catalysts for why Andrew Cohen eventually apologized was due to experiences he had when partaking of Ayahuasca, which gives one pause for why it would take a drug session for this so-called enlightened guru to wake up to how abusive he had been for decades. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane122.html “DEVOTIONAL THICKNESS” - The Sacredness of Human Longing - DAVID LANE AND ANDREA DIEM-LANE I didn’t expect to be overwhelmed with emotion and I certainly didn’t expect to be transformed by the experience. But there I was witnessing something quite astonishing, and right in the midst of it a long forgotten book title by C.S. Lewis came to the forefront of my mind . . . . “Surprised by Joy.” The atmosphere was electric, but what struck me most forcefully was the unconditional love that permeated the surroundings. It was on the night of March 21, 2017, and I wanted to see the holiest of Sikh gurdwaras, the Golden Temple. My family and I had just arrived in Amritsar in the Punjab just a few hours prior on Vistara Airlines from Delhi. I was in India conducting research for a new project for Oxford University Press and only had 12 or so hours before having to travel to the Radha Soami Satsang center at Beas. Although I had first visited the Golden Temple in the summer of 1978 (which, coincidentally was also connected with a research project on the same subject), I had never seen it at night. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane121.html