Welcome to the Leela School

The Leela School for Advanced Clinical Hypnosis

At the Leela Foundation we are committed to the whole world waking up from the personal trance of suffering, which is why we developed the Leela School.  We believe that we can make a difference one heart and one mind at a time.  We offer classes and training that is heart based, so whether you are interested in certification training or not, you may find immense personal value in the insights into your true nature and the nature of suffering that these courses reveal.   We are not the fastest nor the cheapest training available.  We do not believe that our courses are for everyone.  Our approach is unique and as such we are looking for uniquely qualified individuals.

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Our Commitment

Eli Jaxon-Bear and the other Leela School teachers commitment to you is that you will be trained in a compassionate and heart-based manner with the most advanced skill set for serving your clients.  You will learn how to address and work with the three levels of therapeutic intervention.  You will be able to help your clients on the symptom level such as dealing with phobias and negative behaviors; with ego strengthening in gaining self-confidence or dealing with fear; and, uniquely to our training, ego transcendence.

Our Teachers

Our teachers exhibit the depth and the skills that they will offer you.  Our unique combination of skills and insights into the structure of ego and suffering will support you in fulfilling your highest potential  as a helping professional.

True Friend

It is the mission of the Leela School to enhance the quality of life in the world by evoking self-realization in leaders, therapists, coaches, healers and teachers. True Friends awaken, along with their clients, to a living transmission of silence that ends all misidentification. You are the living possibility that gets passed on from heart to heart.

When mistaken identity stops, the direct realization of one’s true nature is possible beyond thought, concept, or doubt. With the support of a True Friend, society may attain true self-knowledge, freedom, and peace, which inform unconditional respect for human dignity and diversity.

Eli Jaxon-Bear

Through the 1980’s Eli led the Clinical Hypnosis Certification Program at Esalen Institute and at the Institute Dr. Schmida in Vienna, Austria.  This month long training was a synthesis of the Enneagram of Character of Fixation with Neurolinguistics and Ericksonian Hypnosis.  At the time, Eli was certified as a Master Trainer in Neurolingustics and was on the Board of Examiners of the American Council of Hypnostist Examiners.  Many people who went through this program are now successful therapists and teachers.

After an eighteen year spiritual search, when Eli met his final teacher, in January 1990, everything changed.  Papaji asked Eli to return to the world of therapy so that “both client and therapist could wake up”.

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The Essence of My Teaching

What is Satsang?

“When you can recognize who you are not, then there is a possibility to wake up and discover who you really are.”

January 7, 1990 — Sufi Letter

Sufi Letter page 1

*use the arrows to view all the letters.

July 17, 1990 – Surrendra to Eli Letter

November 20–22, 1990 — Indira Nagar, Lucknow

Sri H.W.L. Poonja to Eli Jaxon-Bear, November 1990 – April 1993

Dear Jaxon,

I have rec’d your two letters dt 10-19-90 & 11-7-90. I had to reply your letters on 11-20-90, but I had to wait because some people came away early before the Satsangh time as they were new comers from Zimbabaway & Berkeley. Then today I rec’d your letter card from Yosemite. The topic was very fresh & untouched from the National Park. Did you meet one Karl who came to see me at Hardwar & New York?

I have rec’d two letters from Ma Ganga jee which give me Joy & Happiness, asking me a question, which I will reply in an enclosed letter.

When you walk on the Razors edge don’t carry load.

[cross-writing] No one will walk along side abreast. Go your way … not to abide any whose … Love, your Papa.

One of the earliest letters, and already intimate. Papaji tracks Eli’s travels (Yosemite, the letter-card from the National Park) and notes new arrivals to satsang from as far as Zimbabwe and Berkeley — the West beginning to find him. “When you walk on the Razor’s edge, don’t carry load” is pure Papaji: the Katha Upanishad / Maugham image of the path of awakening.

December 17, 1990 — Lucknow

My Beloved Son,

I am very glad to read your letter dt Dec 5th. Many people who have met with you & Ganga ji in Europe & in America are writing to me as to how they have been benefitted by both of you, & some have rec’d direct transmission from Ma Ganga ji & have asked me to permit them to go to Lucknow. One of the letter is enclosed here for your reference.

I want to ask you if the above person is very ill to take up a long distance travell as stated in the letter, in which case you will please help him.

May I advise them to see you in Maui if you are staying [… continues on page 2]

Papaji reports the early fruit of Eli and Gangaji’s work in Europe and America — people writing to Lucknow describing how they were helped, some asking permission to come. He defers to Eli on whether to send a frail correspondent the long distance, and floats directing people to meet Eli in Maui.

January 17, 1991

My dear Son,

I have rec’d your letter of Dec 20th.

I am very happy to read your letter & receive the credit cards thru Hanuman. You do things that none had done before. Why do you send me money. You know no one ever paid me money. Except my Indian boys in Colorado Springs & one in India. As a matter of fact I dont need money from those who come to receive light. You are the one who likes to give me maximum comfort & you will be rewarded for taking good care of me.

I am very happy with my Son & daughter, whose reputation is spreading in U.S.A & Europe. There are many who are enlightened — Ganga jee [… continues on page 2]

[cross-writing] Kiss you & Ganga jee. More & more people are coming. Remember to […]

A tender, half-scolding letter about Eli sending him credit cards and money. “No one ever paid me money — except my Indian boys”: Papaji took support only from his own family of Indian devotees, never from the Western seekers who came for light. “You will be rewarded for taking good care of me.”

February 7, 1991 — Indira Nagar, Lucknow

My Dear Son,

Since I am not able to come to Hawaii nor Surendra & family.
I asked Hanuman if he could take back the credit cards you have sent me to deliver to you. He said it was not necessary. I can keep them & not use it.

I send you my Love my naughty Son. You do things that never one has had ever done to me. How to repay back this gesture of deep Love you have for your Papa.

My daughter speaks a natural language that none of the Zen [… continues on page 2]

The sequel to the January letter: Papaji has sent the credit cards back via Hanuman, who told him it wasn’t necessary, so he’ll keep them unused. “My naughty Son” — affectionate exasperation at Eli’s generosity. The closing turns to Gangaji (“my daughter”) and her natural way of speaking the teaching, the thought carrying onto the missing page.

October 18, 1991 — Indira Nagar, Lucknow

Dear Son,

Rec’d your letter dt 10-8-91.

There are one hundred people who came for Satsang today, we can not accomodate more than 70 in the room actualy ment to seat only 30 people. Due to Dev Prem & Hari Devi who were interviewed by Osho leaders & put it on the Computor, has been circulated all over the world. People are comming here & have been renting the houses in Indira Nagar. I have no rest at all.

There are 8 people who have met with Ganga ji. They sing Her praise & are gratful to her.

3 people from Hawaii have come today including a wife of Lee Joseph & two others. Poona is shifting to Lucknow, [… continues on page 2 →]

A vivid snapshot of the moment the Lucknow satsangs exploded: a hundred people in a room built for thirty. Papaji credits an Osho-leaders interview — “put on the Computer” — circulating worldwide, and notes “Poona is shifting to Lucknow” as the Pune sannyasins arrived in waves. A primary-source record of the satsang movement reaching critical mass.