Dragon Lady - Part 1

by Roberta Lippi | In the second part of the story, Amara becomes aware of what happened to her: she was slowly pushed into the world of prostitution. She almost did not realize it, because when it happened she was only a teenager. A teenager, however, who becomes a woman and struggles for years to get out of that unhealthy mechanism. In this episode, Amara tells us about her difficult path to the ascent, a happy and fulfilling life away from the community, which, however, she continued to frequent for a long time after leaving the absurd world into which she sold herself. Today, back Sabine, she has received the answers she has been seeking for years in the words of other podcast witnesses and wants to tell how things really turned out for her and, she is now certain, many other sannyasin girls and children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By Roberta Lippi | Sabine is just a teenager when she comes into contact with the sannyasin world. t is the 1980s and in order to stay close to the group she decides to leave home, despite what her parents tell her. So she becomes Amara and she must learn to stay alone to continue living her quest for spirituality, to meet the expectations of the community and to be able to go to the Summer Festival in Oregon, the festival that brings together sannyasins from all over the world since Osho decided to create his ideal city in America, in that piece of land he called Rajneeshpuram. And so, between school and commune, Amara is slowly being introduced to a very simple way of making money, which is to do what so many other girls in the community already do and which until now has only been hinted at in the memories of adult and child sannyasins: selling herself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By Roberta Lippi | After years of impositions and dramatic acceptance of a world totally out of reality, Deeksha realizes how fundamental her role was in the birth, growth and fall of the sannyasin world. Too many voices of those who have suffered and those who have been lost who have remained silent, too much violence and abuse. This is the definitive delivery of the truth, so that history does not repeat itself.To learn more: Rajneeshpuram: Inside the Cult of Bhagwan and Its Failed American Utopiaby Russell KingSins of My Father: A Daughter, a Cult, a Wild Unravellingby Lily DunnCharisma and Control in Rajneeshpuram: A Community without Shared Values(American Sociological Association Rose Monographs)by Lewis F. CarterMy Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guruby Tim GuestBreaking the Spell: My life as a Rajneeshee, and the long journey back to freedomby Jane StorkThe Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Powerby Joel Kramer and Diana AlstadBounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cultsby Janja A. LalichThe Mother of Godby Luna TarloHoly Hell: A Memoir of Faith, Devotion, and Pure Madness by Gail TredwellCombating Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-Selling Guide to Protection,Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cultsby Steven Hassan, Daniel Greenberg, et al.Bhagwan: The God That Failedby Hugh MilneWhen she comes backBy Ronit PlankWild Wild Sheela - Le 100 cose che Wild Wild Country non vi ha detto e state cercando su GoogleBy Roberta Lippi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By Roberta Lippi | Deeksha follows up on the guru's last requests, but as soon as he can he escapes Rajneeshpuram. His name now represents a danger to the whole community: bring her back in by any means or make her pay? But the intimidation was not effective on the woman who decided to return to give voice to the Dragon Lady in her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In New Jersey, Deeksha and Sheela indulge the whims of the guru as they try to give life to the new commune of Rajneeshpuram, but suddenly the story takes a turn for one of the two: while Sheela indulges Osho in everything he does, asks and teaches, Deeksha has a brainwave: who is really the man she thought she had known ten years earlier and who has always considered a teacher? And what does he really want? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

by Roberta Lippi | The community has become so large that it is almost unmanageable, gossip about what happens in the ashram increases and strange events sharpen suspicions about what happens once you cross the gates of Poona’s Ashram. Sheela manages to get the power she so longs for and convinces the guru to move to America. Deeksha is in charge of organizing everything in advance and leaves for the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

by Roberta Lippi | Deeksha has become one of the most feared and respected people in the community. The ashram grows excessively and she works without respite. Maybe that's why she doesn't even have time to realize that many, too many strange things are happening within the commune, and that she herself is inevitably involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

by Roberta Lippi | A young educated and rich woman has just taken a long trip around the world, after he received an inheritance. She will stop in Bombay, where an acquaintance tells her that there is a master she really needs to know and where she will start proselytizing for him to bring new Western followers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Dragon Lady, the last witness, the sequel series of "Soli" by Roberta Lippi.Her name was Deeksha, and she was one of the women of power in Osho's entourage, the famous Indian guru, and one of the few disciples to have direct access to the teacher.Deeksha was somewhat of a living legend in the ashram because many considered her to be a true tyrant. Osho often spoke of her as an exemplary figure, calling her Zen Master or Dragon Master, and still today the Sannyasins remember her this way. even if she has long since disappeared from the scene.Deeksha arrived in the United States and was destined to take over Rajneeshpuram together with Ma Anand Sheela, but suddenly decided to leave the commune. The reasons that prompted her to leave have remained secret for over 40 years. Today she has decided to talk and reveal everything about the community and the guru. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soli, by Roberta LippiIn this second part of the episode dedicated to Siddhartha, we continue to listen to the story of the Golden Boy, his travels in search of himself and his place in the world without ever forgetting the Master, his visits to Rajneeshpuram, which Siddhartha has ever seen as the Promised Land, and the constant abuse and harassment he suffered from Sheela. Who is Siddhartha today? How does he remember that period of his life and all the people who, when he was just a child, did everything but protect him? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices