--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rick, > > Did you ever meet with her? What is your opinion of her? She is on > our local cable channels in DC. I guess her Mississippi background > gives her a pass on the sloooooow talking, but I find it impossible to > listen to her for very long to find out what she is up to. The people > she is on the show with seem very impressed with her simple > statements. Guess you have to be there. >
She's one hot honey! R.G. > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > > Dear Gangaji Foundation Community, > > It is possible that you have already heard about a heartbreaking > > disclosure within our community. As the Executive Director and a Board > > Member of the Gangaji and Leela Foundations it is essential that I > share > > with you, in brief, what has happened and the response that is > emerging. > > On Sunday, October 1, 2006, Eli Jaxon-Bear, founder of the Leela > > Foundation and Leela School as well as Gangaji¹s husband and partner, > > revealed to the entire Board of Directors that he breached the > sanctity of > > the teacher/student relationship by initiating an intimate relationship > > with one of his students, who is also a teacher in the Leela > School. This > > relationship lasted for three years. > > Eli told Gangaji about the relationship in October 2005. At the > > student¹s request, neither Gangaji nor Eli disclosed the relationship. > > Recently, Eli encouraged the student to disclose the true nature of the > > relationship to people in our community. > > What was initially seen as a matter between adults is now > recognized to > > be a betrayal of the teacher/student relationship and an abuse of > power. A > > trust with the larger community also has been broken. This is an > important > > revelation as real harm is being experienced by the student and is > being > > fully acknowledged. The repercussions of this betrayal are > reverberating in > > ways that were never imagined, but are very painful. > > Eli takes full responsibility for his actions and the harm he has > > caused. In response, he is willingly stepping down from teaching > > immediately. > > The student is receiving qualified professional support. We are > > heartbroken by the transgression she has suffered and her healing is of > > utmost importance to all. > > Since hearing this news, the Board of Directors has met intensively > > coming together in earnest, offering full support. The desire and > intention > > of the Board is to serve the healing of this community to the best > of their > > ability, and to see what must be seen. > > In this spirit, the Board accepted Eli¹s resignation from all > formal > > roles in the organization. > > The Board also determined that the Foundation will offer > professionally > > facilitated meetings, with Gangaji and Eli present, to support > healing in > > the larger community. These meetings will create a space in which > questions > > can be asked and answered. There will be an opportunity for anyone > to speak > > and express their feelings and experience. We will announce by > email and on > > the website when and where these meetings will take place. > > Gangaji and Eli will write a letter directly to the community > > addressing their roles in this situation. These letters will be > sent out to > > our email list as well as posted on the website. > > The Board intends to create a Foundation code of ethics, or similar > > document, to address the teacher and student relationship, as well > as other > > pertinent issues. > > The deepest truths do not excuse or justify our failures and > betrayals > > as human beings. Gratefully though, without minimizing or > spiritualizing > > the damage done, love remains and sustains all. It is only in love > that we > > can truly meet the pain that comes with being human. Ever more so, > we can > > commit ourselves to the compassion that love provides and to tell > the truth > > more clearly and honestly to others and ourselves. > > My prayer is that all the hearts affected by this including the > > student, the staff, the community, and Eli and Gangaji can heal the > pain > > that is present and over time rebuild the broken trust. As > students, we can > > all come together as beginners, to expose the betrayals and to see the > > heartbreaking consequences of our actions. We have the opportunity > to share > > our true feelings, experiences and realizations, to meet our own and > > others¹ pain and humanity, and to offer and receive our apologies, > > condolences, and gratitude. In the realization of our true silent > nature, > > we can gather with compassion for all the harm we received and all > the harm > > we have caused, and then see what comes from that meeting. > > May we all be blessed with courage and honesty. As always, I look > > forward to meeting with you in satsang. > > In deepest gratitude and love, > > Barbara Denempont Executive Director > > The Board of Directors approved this letter. To write to the Board > > please email boardofdirectors@ Your correspondence is welcomed. > > > > > > > > The Gangaji Foundation > > 2245 Ashland St. > > Ashland, OR 97520 > > > > News from The Gangaji Foundation > > The shadow strikes the Gangaji world. > > > > To no longer receive our emails, click to unsubscribe. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Gangaji Foundation Community, > > > > > > > > It is possible that you have already heard about a > heartbreaking disclosure within our community. As the Executive > Director and a Board Member of the Gangaji and Leela Foundations it is > essential that I share with you, in brief, what has happened and the > response that is emerging. > > > > > > > > On Sunday, October 1, 2006, Eli Jaxon-Bear, founder of > the Leela Foundation and Leela School as well as Gangaji's husband and > partner, revealed to the entire Board of Directors that he breached > the sanctity of the teacher/student relationship by initiating an > intimate relationship with one of his students, who is also a teacher > in the Leela School. This relationship lasted for three years. > > > > > > > > Eli told Gangaji about the relationship in October 2005. > At the student's request, neither Gangaji nor Eli disclosed the > relationship. Recently, Eli encouraged the student to disclose the > true nature of the relationship to people in our community. > > > > > > > > What was initially seen as a matter between adults is > now recognized to be a betrayal of the teacher/student relationship > and an abuse of power. A trust with the larger community also has been > broken. This is an important revelation as real harm is being > experienced by the student and is being fully acknowledged. The > repercussions of this betrayal are reverberating in ways that were > never imagined, but are very painful. > > > > > > > > Eli takes full responsibility for his actions and the > harm he has caused. In response, he is willingly stepping down from > teaching immediately. > > > > > > > > The student is receiving qualified professional support. > We are heartbroken by the transgression she has suffered and her > healing is of utmost importance to all. > > > > > > > > Since hearing this news, the Board of Directors has met > intensively coming together in earnest, offering full support. The > desire and intention of the Board is to serve the healing of this > community to the best of their ability, and to see what must be seen. > > > > > > > > In this spirit, the Board accepted Eli's resignation > from all formal roles in the organization. > > > > > > > > The Board also determined that the Foundation will offer > professionally facilitated meetings, with Gangaji and Eli present, to > support healing in the larger community. These meetings will create a > space in which questions can be asked and answered. There will be an > opportunity for anyone to speak and express their feelings and > experience. We will announce by email and on the website when and > where these meetings will take place. > > > > > > > > Gangaji and Eli will write a letter directly to the > community addressing their roles in this situation. These letters will > be sent out to our email list as well as posted on the website. > > > > > > > > The Board intends to create a Foundation code of ethics, > or similar document, to address the teacher and student relationship, > as well as other pertinent issues. > > > > > > > > The deepest truths do not excuse or justify our failures > and betrayals as human beings. Gratefully though, without minimizing > or spiritualizing the damage done, love remains and sustains all. It > is only in love that we can truly meet the pain that comes with being > human. Ever more so, we can commit ourselves to the compassion that > love provides and to tell the truth more clearly and honestly to > others and ourselves. > > > > > > > > My prayer is that all the hearts affected by this > including the student, the staff, the community, and Eli and Gangaji > can heal the pain that is present and over time rebuild the broken > trust. As students, we can all come together as beginners, to expose > the betrayals and to see the heartbreaking consequences of our > actions. We have the opportunity to share our true feelings, > experiences and realizations, to meet our own and others' pain and > humanity, and to offer and receive our apologies, condolences, and > gratitude. In the realization of our true silent nature, we can gather > with compassion for all the harm we received and all the harm we have > caused, and then see what comes from that meeting. > > > > > > > > May we all be blessed with courage and honesty. 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