Beware of Charismatic Teachers

[@frankbridges51]

One reason I continue to follow you is that you do not exude false charisma - that glow that causes some to feel flutters. Your gift is that you are a teacher, and a good one. Thanks for that.

[@aucontraire593]

I'm afraid that lack of charisma and reluctance can become the new charisma in the spiritual marketplace.

[@rikcoach1]

Narcissists and psychopaths are known for their charisma.

[@_Matt_handle_taken_]

That makes sense. Charisma, not always but very often, seems to be inversely proportional to integrity and substance in my experience.

[@Teller3448]

What is charisma? Its simply the absence of entangled life energy. If all your mental attention is entangled by fear, confusion, frustration and doubt...you will have very little energy to project unto others. An enlightened person is charismatic by nature and has strong eye contact...the eyes dont wander around as if lost in a labyrinth.

[@fatsamurai007]

I had a martial arts teacher who, when he found out that I was studying Buddhism, said that I should just become his student, that he could teach me what I needed to know. Yeah, no. I wasn’t a member of that dojo much longer after that.

[@JimTempleman]

I have faith in your ability to give a very charismatic review of Godzilla -1!

[@kraz007]

"Brad, you are doing great on MY spiritual quest"...

[@CaridadeCaio]

Perfect! Charlotte Joko Beck said students are like little birds in the nest with their mouths open craving to be fed....

[@dianeyoung8068]

Interesting that you mentioned Ama. I went to one of her gatherings with a friend many years ago. The moment I walked into the room I got this feeling in my heart and started to tear up... totally unexpected as I was feeling neutral about everything prior to. I did not go through any of the pre or post Ama stuff you mentioned. I never followed her at all, but I won't forget the feeling of walking into the room where she was.

[@bernardmatsz2970]

You're charismatic, Brad, in your own way. 😊

[@TheButterflyparadox]

What is my charisma, what is my, what is my What is my charisma Is it my fortune or my fame What is my, is it my money or my name, charisma, yeah What is my, yeah, yeah, yeah, charisma

[@seanhollandcanada]

I had a grade 10 English/drama teacher way back in the olden days who told us that people don't 'have' charisma on their own. He said that other people give it to them. So, if that is the case, I guess that what some people have is the knack of getting other people to give them charisma. Or something like that. I believe 'projection' is what the kids call it these days. Maybe.

[@locandro1]

I totally believe this.

[@kraz007]

Most charismatic teachers have identified and appealed to DESPERATE people. It's a feedback loop between the guru and the disempowered masses.

[@fhoniemcphonsen8987]

Gene VS Amma. SIMMONS WINS BY A TONGUE.😝

[@Tsotha]

Interesting video with amusing anecdotes about various religious leaders whose charismatic public images rang false for you at some point Brad. I am reminded of how when I read books by Carlos Castañeda and Chögyam Trungpa, the first thing that struck me about either man was that in their books both expertly taught their readers how to recognise and avoid many different forms of religious dogmatism and personality cults. While running the religious movements they founded to preserve their teachings, Tensegrity and Vajradhatu respectively, as the exact types of dogmatic personality cults they constantly warned about! I also find it telling that Trungpa fell just as hard as Castañeda there, despite his credentials within the religion he taught being impeccable in sharp contrast to Castañeda being a fraud and an impostor. From now on I fully expect to be disappointed by anyone I admire at some point, even if they aren't religious leaders or other public figures, and instead of getting depressed or upset I use that as an opportunity to improve upon their examples.

[@huansitoaguilar9405]

I agree , I study more than one Zen teacher to keep myself in that student / ronin mentality . Dope advice , thx

[@JimyoVibration]

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin. We wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

[@DavidRandallCurtis]

I think this is my favorite video of yours.

[@garynaccarato4606]

I have seen some pretty charismatic figures on You Tube/online who marketed themselves as gurus or smart people and I personally found that alot of the time when I observed these people that I eventually reached the point where I said to myself that there are sort of things that I don't really like about those people and also with many of these people I got to the point where alot of the time I started to have a lot of trouble stomaching or listening to them anymore.

[@kampar82]

Do these people typically have a set number of rules that can be followed, packaged into a nice looking book?

[@barence321]

I grew up around Stephen Gaskin (1935-2014); he was a very charismatic hippy spiritual teacher. I learned how to do public speaking from watching him give talks. I have been told I have charisma (when I give talks), so I think it is something that can be learned. Unlike many "spiritual leaders," Stephen did not want people to think of him as some great, enlightened person. I'm not one of those either. I don't think charisma has anything to do with spirituality or enlightenment. It is just something one does or does not have, in certain situations. So there.

[@hoogreg]

The most charismatic guy I've ever met was a small-time con artist who used to hang around this community. Maybe he was a sociopath or something, but his gift was to utterly believe everything that came out of his mouth, so people just followed along with whatever he said. I guess people who think of themselves as being skeptical (me) are just as easily taken in as everyone else, but that was a learning experience.

[@carmelaloperena8972]

According to Cambridge Dictionary: Charisma meaning/definition; "A special power that some people have naturally that makes them able to influence other people and attract their attention and admiration".

[@kevindole1284]

I think charisma is very subjective. I've been watching a lot of documentaries about the cults that have popped up in the past decade or so (NXIUM, Mother God, Twin Flame, etc) and I am continually flabbergasted by how people find the leaders charismatic/compelling etc.

[@fffbti]

Yes, you are right Brad, no charisma. But watch out for Ziggy, he's got it 😊

[@karanagrawal8499]

Ziggy the wonderful doggie 🐶.

[@blsk8s]

One you are around people like that for a bit, and see that they are afraid of all the same shit, and worried about paying their tax bill or whatever, the charisma melts away.

[@magpiecity]

Feel my heat... taking you high... heaven's on fire! ❤

[@HardcoreZen]

WHoaaaa-whoooooaaaaa-oh! Oo!

[@matthewhampton2503]

The person who sprang to mind as you were talking was Tom Cruise's character In Magnolia, who may point to the fact that a lot of charismatic teachers are actually dangerous narcissists. That's definitely been my experience.

[@sawtoothiandi]

❤ the cover

[@LENIN990]

In Psychology, they call it confrontation. "I think these sessions are heading no-where..." "AHhdshghgdfshhd" ! They are called Swamis btw!

[@ChuckBe]

I sit on the edge of my seat awaiting your every video…will you be my teacher?

[@locandro1]

If I thought you were charismatic, I wouldn't have subscribed to your channel.

[@ivrz]

Nice thanks

[@Mac-ku3xu]

You're differently charismatic Brad.

[@HeikkiLiitoksia]

wait. i wanted to share. the naked gun movie by Leslie Nielsen.. it is the perfect bsd zen went absolutely insanely zen into a new zen

[@HeikkiLiitoksia]

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[@houseson]

Rizz.

[@joelang4078]

By all accounts sawaki kodo was charismatic

[@TheJedynak]

You do have medial charisma, I mean the one that sells on KZbin, all these guitars, sci-fi, etc.

[@minhacontaize]

Hi guys,! Can you please help me? I am looking for a vídeo where Brad says he investido his life in this "project" (meditation) that started in Índia, and he doesnt know why It started in Índia. Thank you

[@TheInveritas]

The Raelians will be on NETFLIX on February 7th. 2023. RAEL : The Alien Prophet

[@lorenacharlotte8383]

Found the title of this video a bit misleading. This is because there are brilliant, truthful Teachers with charisma but there are also brilliant truthfulTeachers with no much charisma. In the same ways there are false, falsehood Teachers but with such a charisma in them that certain kind of audience is enthusiastically enchanted and convincing of having found a kind of supreme absolute truth.

[@magpiecity]

Ah, Gene Simmons.

[@mattrkelly]

everyone in my family is charismatic... buncha salesmen and teachers 😂

[@AFellowNoSelf]

Welp, as one who was one of those emailers, I wasn’t interested in any of that. I was worried being painted that way tho. I just want to learn Dōgen from a master like it always was. Perhaps my email got lost in the noise of others or perhaps you weren’t referring to mine. Either way, it’s hard to know someone’s intentions via email.

[@roxanpierson9541]

The Catholics speak of charisma as whatever your spiritual gift is, your calling.

[@sawtoothiandi]

charisma is like a wallet full a dolllars, best to give them away, and not in the light of day 🤔

[@pearlyung]

Gift of the gab generates energy to counter the nature of entropy which affects all energy. All of us are winding down.

[@4kassis]

Well you wouldn’t hear about the ones who didn’t get caught, would you?

[@bernardjohnson8093]

This talk is a public service announcement. 👍

[@delgodzilla1977]

Those is one of those ideas that as soon as it's said it's obviously true and a bit duh why didn't I realise that before

[@DavidFerguson62]

It's infatuation.

[@seedub8560]

Hmmmm.... Hector Projector?

[@sawtoothiandi]

Malāmatiyya 🤔

[@fancee_shmancee]

But we ARE your students already. 😬

[@blackbird5634]

Good grief! Do zazen, the rest is word salad. Follow Brad's advice on zazen in his books, and ignore space cadet Buddhism. Dogen wrote self contradicting nonsense, Watts wrote cloudy, convoluted meanderings, Brad's work is excellent and really hits the core of ''practice''. But everything written about Zen are threads of an unravelling sweater and they leave you with nothing but a loose handful of string.🙃 Ask a fish to teach you about water.🤣