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Originally Posted by MidasGirl
I think people should take responsibility when they attend these types of events and be sure they can take it physically, emotionally and mentally. I think the "guru" has responsibility to disclose all possible risks (emotionally, physically and mentally and even financially) prior to the event, but participants should probably get a release from their own doctors. Blaming the "guru" is paralyzing the process of experiencing life for the rest of people who are up to it.
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There is no equivalence of responsibility here-- the people assembled in the sweat lodge were following the "guru's" instructions-- you can wish that the people had been more conscious of their own actions; but the *reality* is that in such group situations, there is enormous psychological peer pressure which can override warning signals. With great power comes great responsibility--the guru is in a position of greater psychological power; hence he/she has to accept *more* responsibility. Making the dead responsible is making the guru unaccountable to his/her actions.