Artem Boytsov charges a bunch of money for his spiritual retreats, organized by his wife.
They claim they heal people from deep traumas. In fact, it seems Artem and his wife are themselves the ones in need of healing.
They have this view that by attempting to embarrass or berate spiritual seekers, they are destroying their ego and helping them to become enlightened. If Artem can make you angry then he is happy, like an emotional vampire. If he can't make you angry he will himself become angry and then accuse you of being dangerous and possibly violent.
I've been speaking with Artem for months now as he continues to insult me and claim that he is a fully enlightened Buddha, tho he never read the Buddha's suttas and i had to explain to him what the word Buddha even means.
He wants me now to come and visit him and his wife at their house even while he claims i might rape or kill them, since they receive horrible death threats on a regular basis. If i do go there and you never hear from me again then you will know why.
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Couldn't agree more about Artem Boytsov being emotionally abusive. It would have been traumatizing if it wasn't so absolutely ridiculous. There were many of us in the group he visited who were quite amused by the [censored] show he put on for us.
Artem displayed many of the markers that narcissistic spiritual leaders/cult leaders use to manipulate and shame others into participation.
His wife looked miserable and told me "I have no voice," and that her only activities are taking care of Artem's business.
He seemed particularly aggressive towards women in our group who are strong and rewarded those who broke down and follow along with his directions and comply with his need for folks to cry.
His "Vulnerability Circle Workshop" which was supposed to have "practices" was just "Share your most vulnerable experience." No structure, no actual practices to help us drop into a safe space.
I can't list all of the many ways in which he was manipulative, contradictory/hypocritical, shaming, bullying . .
As I said, the abusive nature of his behavior was ameliorated by how ridiculous it all played out. Some of our group left, but I chose to stick around out of curiosity and entertainment purposes.
At some point, someone in our group asked us all to "take a breath" when one of our group stood up to Artem to support their partner, who was being bullied by him. We all took a breath, but Artem stared at the person who had spoken up saying "Take a breath!" But Artem, himself, did not participate in the group breath, and didn't seem to understand that he was being asked to chill out.
He seems to be able to hold in some of his emotional responses, but it's obvious he still has terror in his system (I saw a couple of times when he was startled and there was a look of terror on his face) as well as anger and other unresolved trauma that he's taking out in the form of dominating others. He laughs sometimes at really inappropriate times, and cries when others are speaking, but then says he has nothing internally that evokes hard feelings. He's the only one buying that line of BS.
If this is enlightenment, I think I will steer clear. And if you don't, just know, you've been warned.