![]() Obviously, the scandal involving Noah Levine, spiritual leader of Dharma Punx/ATS/Refuge Recovery is causing tremendous stress and disruption in all three of those organizations. ![]() Josh also expresses a lot of empathy for homosexual men whose queer masculinity is not tolerated by mainstream heterosexist culture. The big exception seems to be Dharma Punx NYC’s Josh Korda, who has stated in many of his talks that he feels really uncomfortable with the macho bullshit of the punk scene that he grew up in, and has a fear of macho men who push him around. These organizations were run by particular kinds of men-men who ascribed to a kind of punk machismo, heterosexist white men who liked punk rock, tattoos and skateboard fashion. What I have observed and the vibe I got was that the leadership at the top was dominated by men and most local groups were run by male teachers. I have always had a conflicted relationship with Dharma Punx/Against the Stream and what I call its “macho bullshit” mentality. Details are few, but he explained the difficult relationships in that he tended to be attracted to ’emotionally broken women’, like his mother. I noted in his autobiography that he had a terrible relationship with his mother, and a couple of troubled relationships with women. Dharma Punx is Noah’s Buddhist autobiography, how he got off drugs in 12-Step programs and early on began practicing Buddhist meditation. I’ve read Dharma Punx and Against the Stream, both by Noah Levine. She was told that Noah doesn’t like “strong women”. In this recording, a woman who worked at Refuge Recovery as the Marketing Director, tells her story about what it was like to work for Noah, the ‘dharmalebrity’ (their term, not hers) and the general disarray of the organization. ATS has a serious problem with the role of women in these organizations. ![]() ATS has allowed Ken McCleod to teach at ATS after alleged sexual misconduct involving two women in earlier teaching roles. A ‘Frank Uyttebroeck’ teacher was dismissed for sexual misconduct. I found out through this Reddit post that Noah was not the only ATS teacher accused of sexual misconduct. It also states that the Los Angeles Police Department has conducted an investigation into the allegations, but results have yet to be released.” You can read about the issues with Noah in this Lion’s Roar article, “ Refuge Recovery addresses sexual misconduct allegations against founder Noah Levine.” A letter from the Board of Directors says that “Levine has taken a leave of absence from his role as president of the Refuge Recovery board. Caption: Not that I’m into sitting on thrones or anything….buut, if it’s there, why not?Īgainst the Stream/Refuge Recovery has suspended the teaching activities of Noah Levine for allegations of sexual misconduct.
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