Nothing to Hide: Mihai Rapcea by TheOtherSarshi, literature
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Nothing to Hide: Mihai Rapcea
Once upon a time, there was a man whose name was Mihai Rapcea. He was a lawyer, which is not what heroes of tales that being with 'once upon a time' usually are. But he was one, and for many years that was what defined him for a lot of people.
When the yoga school he was part of went through a series of abuses from authorities in 2004, he stood up for it. As a lawyer.
When things continued to go bad, he kept being there, occasionally shown on TV, defending the man he believed in, Gregorian Bivolaru.
When his opinions about how further actions in the defence of his yoga school should be conducted differed with those of the people who actual
Nimic de ascuns: Cuplu by TheOtherSarshi, literature
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Nimic de ascuns: Cuplu
Eram azi cu cineva şi a zis ceva de iubita iubitului meu. Nu eram foarte pe fază azi şi târziu m-am prins că există în general o problemă în sintagma asta şi că ideea de cuplu deschis e una controversată (ca să nu zic de-a dreptul blamată).
Am discutat mai demult problema relaţiilor de 'cuplu' de la MISA unde apare un fel de 'poliamorie' (hai că fur termenul englez şi-l românizez puţin) care numai în regulă nu e, din perspectiva cuiva care chiar nu are o problemă cu cuplurile deschise.
Cred că o să fac acelaşi lucru &
Nothing to Hide: In Romanian by TheOtherSarshi, literature
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Nothing to Hide: In Romanian
Un text în română, ca să mă înţeleagă toată lumea yoghină din România care se întreabă ce-i cu mine, de ce scriu, ce mi-a venit. Şi ca să nu mai spună cei care nu vorbesc engleza cine ştie ce lucruri din auzite.
Deci, "De ce scrie fata despre MISA?" Fata fiind eu, bineînţeles. "De ce nu stă la locul ei, cuminte, să-şi vadă de treaba ei?"
Ei bine, sunt mai multe răspunsuri la întrebarea asta:
1. Pentru că fata scrie despre cam tot ce-i trece prin minte, şi MISA e unul
Nothing to Hide: India by TheOtherSarshi, literature
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Nothing to Hide: India
Aaaah, MISA PR has got to be one of the best PRs out there. If you want to look like a complete and utter idiot, I mean.
A short while back, there was a yoga camp in India. It was held by Mihai and Adina Stoian, the head teachers of the Denmark branch of MISA, Natha.
Naturally, some of the people who are keeping an eye on MISA and MISA-related activities have reported it to various Indian authorities/press/whatever. One of the people from MISA whom I'm still in touch with was surprised that this should be done, but what can I say? It's what you get when you piss people off. They point you out and say 'look, that person's done bad stuff befo
Nothing to Hide: Website by TheOtherSarshi, literature
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Nothing to Hide: Website
I feel the need to comment on almost every article posted on the official MISA website, Yogaesoteric.net. But seeing how I actually have a life, I'm not going to do that. I'll take the site as a whole and comment on it.
Welcome to Nothing to Hide IX: What's Wrong With the Official Website.
Some people comment on the color scheme, the accessibility or other such. Incidentally, I don't mind the colors and have nothing against the technical side of the website. I'm here for the content.
Warning: this place is heavily linked.
1. Outright false information.
In their 'about us' pages, which I'm afraid aren't translated to English, they state t
Nothing to Hide: Commentary by TheOtherSarshi, literature
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Nothing to Hide: Commentary
Warning: rant ahead.
There was a MISA yoga camp at Herculane at the beginning of May this year. Among the conferences recorded and sent there by Grieg was one about stupidity. Among other things Grieg said in it was that ex MISA yogis refused to speak with MISA yogis, MISA instructors and even him, which was intensely tragic and demonic.
I'm going to include a translated quote here, as it appeared transcribed on the Exmisa forum. I'll do my best to make it as literal as possible, though I will have to ignore the grammar mistakes in the original.
In case the absurd length of the first paragraph-sentence and the grammar put you off, I'll do
Nothing to Hide: Art? by TheOtherSarshi, literature
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Nothing to Hide: Art?
You may have noticed this, but I'll state it anyway: I write. It's my art of choice. I can't draw, can't dance, can sing a (very) little and can push the camera button with no clue whatsoever about what I'm doing. I can also apparently act, too, but that depends on how the wind is blowing (literally; I can act when the wind blows, but if doesn't, my skills are reduced by more than a half. Anybody's guess as to why that happens).
So, in MISA, I used to hang around with the artistic bunch. Being a writer means you're solitary by default when you create, with few exceptions, but it doesn't mean you can't watch others do their stuff, that you ca