It seems in our exploration of all things rotten that Shoemaker has created, we have overlooked the Boston Meditation Center. This eastern end of the strangler Shoemaker universe is staffed by long time “loved ones” Dan and Terri Spencer.
Here is a little of what they are up to, sharing time with the lovely cadaver dog trainer, Liz Bazzani key informant and meditation champ, Sharon Ward, aka Sadhvi Parananda:
Sadhvi Parananda will be teaching class in Medford, Mass on Saturday, September 9 at 7:00 pm. All are welcome. Please contact DAN and Terri Spencer for more information at
[email protected].
https://www.themovementcenter.com/boston-meditation-center?fbclid=IwAR1BdxG7yWPaae7BSXMA1p7qVjW68KIlXEF7gnXuNrOroB3d_Kri98cuS6sDan describes his journey into strangler-land in the post below that includes his photo and a photo of the Oxford Ashram in 1972.
http://www.rudi.org/remembering-rudi/2016/4/15/visiting-rudi-by-dan-spencerRUDI
SWAMI RUDRANANDA
(Visiting Rudi
by Dan Spencer
I first met Rudi when I was 23 and had just gotten out of the Army. I had served in Vietnam and in Germany. I was going to go to school in Bloomington, Indiana, mainly because my sister was there.
I first met Michael Shoemaker (now Swami Chetanananda) in 1971. He had just come back from a visit with Rudi in New York City and was giving a talk on September 10 in a little church in Bloomington. I went to that talk, and I was so impressed that I just kept coming to programs. At that point I couldn’t move into the house on 14th Street—my sister had gotten the last space. But I got a cabin about 10 miles outside of Bloomington, and came to class and dinner every evening.
Rudi came to Bloomington in December 1971. I remember the fireworks well. Then he sent Buford Pippin to the ashram to do tantric class, and I felt a real connection to that also. I knew that this was the work that I wanted to.
In the summer of 1972, I visited the ashram in Big Indian for a week, and then went to Rudi’s in New York City. Rudi would teach eyes-open class in the evening and then those of us who were staying at his house would go upstairs with him. He would continue to work with us, and I think I bounced off every wall in his apartment. (editor’s note, does Dan Spencer know that strangling Shoemaker also bounces his “loved ones” off the wall after he hangs them up on a hook and strangles them?) So there I was, blissed out. After a week, Rudi told me that spending more time with him would burn me out, and that I should go back to Indiana and work to expand my chakras.
I returned to New York several times after that. There were a few students who lived in the house with Rudi, and those of us who were from out of town slept on the floor in the meditation hall. Rudi’s mother was often there in the evenings after meditation. I was a little afraid of her. She would sit there with her dark glasses just looking at us and rarely said anything.
On one visit, Rudi gave Michael sets of tantric implements—a bell, a dorje, a phurba, tingshas, bone mala, and a skullcup—for those of us who were with him, and, during the trip home in a small plane, we had to decide which ones belonged to each of us. We put the plane on auto-pilot while we passed the implements around the cabin. By the time we had decided which ones belonged to each of us, the autopilot had become totally scrambled and we were headed to Canada. The energy was that strong.
Another time, Rudi took a group of students to an art show in Connecticut that featured work by one of his students. Rudi was dazzling—working with us the whole time and giving us shaktipat, while everyone else was looking at the art.
I worked hard when I was in New York with him. I painted houses, sanded floors, put up dry wall, and did other kinds of construction. Rudi said it was important to work physically to process the energy he was transmitting through shaktipat. So all of the students from Bloomington worked very hard. That was one of the reasons Rudi had a special affection for us. (“editor’s note: seva”? unpaid labor? labor trafficking?)
Eventually I ended up living at the ashram in Oxford, Ohio, and Rudi started calling me “the Cincinnati Kid.” My sister Patricia, her husband Larry, and I were the teachers in Oxford. Rudi visited Bloomington and Oxford several times before he died.
I went to Rudi’s birthday party in New York in January 1973. The last time I saw Rudi was on February 3, 1973, during a trip he made to the Midwest. During those last months he told me to make sure I had a connection with Michael.
Rudi was enormously loving and, at the same time, he could be like a tiger. Being with Rudi always changed me. Each time I went to visit him, I came back a different person. I felt new, completely different.
(Photo of the Oxford Ashram in 1072)
Oxford Ashram in 1972: From left: Doug, Bill Lennertz, Patricia Yinger, Larry Yinger, Dan Spencer, Al Dewitt, Laura Long, James Robinson, Bill
Dan remains a “loved one” of Shoemaker and traveler to Portland to perform “seva” and contribute to the financial well-being of his “guru”, the strangling salami.
Dan is married to Terri Spencer. She is a doctor and got lots of love from the “loved ones” for her support of actions to stop the spread of COVID. She wrote on her Facebook page: A Huge shout out for all the Heroic people who have self-quarantined, and are standing strong in spite of the tremendous family and financial pressures! They are shifting Covid's exponential growth curve. She got likes and comments from these “loved ones”: Linda Pope, Benda Siraguse, Margie Pos, Patricia Yinger, Karen Kruger, Patty Slote, Joann Neel. Vanessa van Nieuwenhuysen, Saroj Bardewa, Karen Sutherland, Faith Sheppard, Drew Carlson, Claudia Henry, Monica O’Neal and Aiden Seraphim. Does the Salami Strangler Shoemaker know that his “loved ones” slipped out of his control and got vaccines or put on a mask? Shoemaker’s thing is homeopathy, natural systems of healing and no fluoride in the water! When I was there, no coffee either. Someone who reads these Frank Reports should let Dan and Terri know what strangling Swami, Shoemaker, is up to out on the west coast. Are they part of the “older sweet ones” who have closed their eyes, ears and mouths to 50 years of abuse? Maybe they don’t know that these “loved ones” have left. Faith has left, that Karen no longer follows Shoemaker. Or, maybe Aiden Seraphim, a former attender of the Boston Meditation Center can tell them.
The Movement Center Boston Meditation Center.
(photo of the Boston Meditation Center attenders)
The Boston Meditation Center will now be offering a guided closed-eye meditation hosted by Aiden Seraphim on Tuesday nights at 7 pm at 218 Boston St. #109 Topsfield, MA 01983. The first meeting will be on Tuesday, March 22.
For more information, contact Aiden at 978-701-5125 or
[email protected].
Aiden Seraphim has moved and now can be reached in Gold Beach.
2900 Bristol St. Building G
Suite 203 Costa Mesa, CA
92626
29740 Ellensburg Ave.
P.O. Box 1013
Gold Beach, OR 97444
[email protected](978) 701-5125
https://www.heartcenteracu.com/From his website, looks like he is at Gold Beach. No doubt he was there when Lillianna, Jesse and Megan left (with no drama, right?) Adian could answer many questions for Dan and Terri and for us.
https://www.themovementcenter.com/boston-meditation-center?fbclid=IwAR1BdxG7yWPaae7BSXMA1p7qVjW68KIlXEF7gnXuNrOroB3d_Kri98cuS6s
Karen Kreiger - the first of the sisters to accept the advantages of the BDSM'ng Swami.
Kristin Kreiger, mother of Gretchen and Karen Kreiger - accepted invitations to private sessions with the Casanova Swami.
Generous Allan "Buzz" Kreiger, Professor of Ophthalmology. Took fishing trips with Swami, as Swami took his wife. Or rather borrowed for high and low teachings.
The Movement Center
Sharon Ward
swami_chetanananda
With Theresa and Salman... at sunset...
The toxic environment perfected over decades will be taken down.