Editing Waking Down in Mutuality (section)

===Saniel Bonder===
In early 1974 Saniel Bonder joined the community of the American spiritual teacher [[Bubba Free John]] (later known as [[Adi Da]]) where he quickly became a principal writer,
editor, and educator. In 1990, he published a full-length biography of Adi Da, and went on tour promoting the book and his teacher’s spiritual work.<ref name="Bonder, Saniel 1998 p. 7">Bonder, Saniel (1998),  Waking Down p. 7</ref>  In 1992, after 18 years of study and leadership in that community, Bonder found himself in personal crisis. He struggled with a loss of integrity that he experienced as the mouthpiece of a spiritual community that he increasingly perceived as dictatorial.  In December, shortly after leaving Adi Da's work, he described himself as experiencing a new state of spiritual awakening.<ref>Jones, Constance and Ryan, James D. (2007) Encyclopedia of Hinduism p.88</ref> He called this shift "the second birth," because his experience of the deep unity of spirit and matter was (as he saw it) a profound rebirth and renewal of his entire being. Bonder later stated that the overly controlling guru-centric path of his former teacher had become an expression of dysfunction.<ref name="Bonder Saniel 2002 pp. 140-141">Bonder Saniel (2002), Sure Fire pp. 140-141</ref> The use of formulas or strategies that are imposed despite how one feels about them is described as part of  the "Hypermasculine" tendency and is considered counterproductive in the spiritual life.<ref>Ridley, Charles (2006) Stillness: Biodynamic Cranial Practice and the Evolution of Consciousness p.21</ref>