Adano's Disciples And Christ's Disciples

From 1995 to 1999, I was with a woman named Layo, who prior to being with me had been married to the right-hand man of a Hindu swami named Adano Christopher Ley. She described to me the nastiness that she endured from his disciples.

Basically, these people were confused. They mistook reflected greatness for actual greatness. They had had the good fortune of knowing a great man. However they themselves were nowhere close to being great. Most of them were jerks. Layo has much more the right to claim greatness than do these people, as she used what she learned from Adano to come up with brilliant insight on many subjects, some of which have been formative to my own thought.

Christ's disciples did not behave that way. Christ's disciples knew that their wisdom and character came from Christ, and they did not act like bullies. Christ's disciples accomplished quite a lot. Whereas with the possible exception of Layo's ex-husband Ed “Atom” Bergstrom, who compiled some of Adano's teachings into a website (https://www.adanoley.com/), Adano's disciples have not accomplished much of anything.

The mistake that Adano's disciples made, that Christ's disciples did not, was that of mistaking reflected greatness for actual greatness. I do not know why Adano did not correct them in that. When Christ's disciples started making that error and were arguing which one of them was the greatest, Jesus came and washed their feet. He taught them humility by doing that. If your teacher is willing to do such a thing for you, then you are obligated to be humble yourself.

More important than humility though is treating other people rightfully. Christ commanded people to do that. Adano's disciples were not willing to do that, at least toward Layo. In cases of both Adano and Christ we see very wise and powerful people; but Christ's disciples became better people than Adano's disciples, and they accomplished a lot more.

Was Adano a false prophet or an anti-christ? His powers and his knowledge were real enough. However, judging by the fruit, the work that he did was inferior to that of Jesus. He did not teach his disciples the right attitude. They became arrogant and mean. And that was an oversight that has had very negative effects on the legacy of this great man.