Is there a place for me to discuss this? I was in two cultish groups that met most of the criteria for a cult, and most of the criteria for being run by a cult leader. The only things I didn't experience was sexual and physical abuse in one cult. And the other cult that did me the most harm, I also didn't experience financial abuse. But these two cultish groups did me a lot of h
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Be Scofield Is Attacked Again. Aaravindha Himadra Tries Another Tactic To Get Revenge on the Writer Who Dared Question his Telepathic Himalayan Magnificence The article posted below is taken from the "Aaravindha Himadra" thread on this forum. It is more fully linked to many of the mentioned articles than the one below, but otherwise is virtually identical. Please do note my &
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Another Attacker Hired by Aaravindha Himadra? His lust to find scandals in the life of Be Scofield Apparently knows No Bounds Should we feel sorry for Aaravindha? How sad that no matter how hard he tries, all he can come up with that is "really bad" about Be Scofield is lies. Certainly Be is not perfect. However, her exposes about some "spiritual teachers" in par
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The below is a post that has been on the Be Scofield thread for some time. It links to a story by Be Scofield about Abraham Hicks and about the Law of Attraction (The Secret) folks. Just to make sure it was not missed, it is inserted here, much to the joy of Aaravindha Himadra, to be sure. More from Be Scofield-- Is She "Doing Good Work" Or Is She 'Bad News' As
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More from Be Scofield-- Is She "Doing Good Work" Or Is She 'Bad News' As Aaravindha Himadra and Who Seem To Be His Attack Dogs Claim? This is an easy one for me. The first time I heard about "Channelers," I shuddered inside. Give someone who's a good performer a vehicle to spout anything they like, with the excuse that he or she is only the "veh
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Be Scofield has announced that in November 2019 she will release a book titled Toxic Spirituality: Abuse, Denial and Delusion in New Age Culture. The chapter list is at QuoteByron Katie & The Work Mooji Abraham Hicks & The Law of Attraction Teal Swan Marianne Williamson & A Course In Miracles Eckhart Tolle John of God Agama Yoga & Tantric Abuse Scandals Mindfulness
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Data lost through a backup failure some months ago has now been restored to this message board. This board is also now open for indexing by search engines such as Google. Information posted on the board should soon be appearing in searches as this is a public resource. The data recovered and restored included many individual posts and some threads. Lost membership registratio was not
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See The Rick A. Ross Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults, Controversial Groups, and Movements has officially changed its name to The Cult Education Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults, Controversial Groups and Movements. The new domain name entry point and gateway to the Internet archives of the institute will soon be culteducation.com. The Cult Education Institute arc
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Core Energetics needs to be mentioned with reference to cult guru Robert Kirby of Robert Kirby International. He is also Robert Kirby psychotherapist Sydney but he used to be the head honcho for Core Energetics in Australia but destroyed the entire setup with his psychopathic paranoia and undermining he learnt at the Glebe chapter of Scientology in Sydney. The consensus of departing students an
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Could anybody tell me if they have heard of a Law of Attraction Group starting up in Brisbane, Australia? They use all the Abraham Hicks jargon and promotion cons. It appears to be a husband and wife team. She is proclaiming to be a 'Healer' with no other history of 'Healing', before making her husband better after major surgery and medical intervention. I think this i
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I also have a history of being conned into cults, and a friend introduced me to the LOA and all this stuff. I was at first appualled that he would blame the crazy crap in my life on my negitive thinking...then I decided to have an open mind and look into this. I watched the Secret on Netflix and experienced an emotional high and had this amazing emotional experience where I believed that there ar
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Another phrase in Abraham Hicks jargon "blended persective"
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QuoteI have experienced some pretty high ‘highs’ in my life, and to my understanding of the Vortex – you have to be somewhat euphoric to enter. QuoteI felt that immersing myself in the teachings would help me dispel any remaining resistance, and help me with my ‘processes’ which served to get me into that euphoric state Abraham calls ‘Joy’ that is a sure sign you are IN THE VORTEX! QuoteThe
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Hi All, I've been reading the posts on here regarding Abraham Hicks and it's very interesting. I have heard quite a bit of their material and read a few books and now I am questioning the whole thing. It seems like powerful psychology, possibly NLP? I do wonder if there is any truth in the Law of Attraction. I'd like to think there is! I am really unsure about the whole channe
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QuoteBrad69"The Secret" - which I haven't seen yet - talks about the Law of Attraction. Esther and Jerry Hicks were involved in the movie which, much like "What the Bleep?" has attracted a bit of a cult following. I've got an early copy of The Secret on an old hard drive. It's basically Chaos Magick 101, although I wouldn't expect most people here to kno
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Hi I'm Mel and I've been fallowing Abraham for a while now and I know it's not a cult, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. That'slike saying Christianity, Islam, ext is a cult as well. ppl often have the right ideal just the wrong acceptation's, we all have the ability to be or do or have anything that our minds can create, the key is to be a match to what you want, in other words feel
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yep, its crumbling all right--just not fast enough.
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I didn't realize when I started adding posts to this thread that another one had been started some time ago re. Abraham and the Hicks. Here's the link for anyone who is interested:
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I've been posting on another thread about Abraham/Hicks not realizing this one already exists, so if anyone is interested, here's more info about Jerry's illness and death:
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The following blog has all kinds of proof about the scummy, mean-spirited behaviour by these people and their efforts to keep things going despite Jerry's health problems and his resulting death. And if you're still looking for Christmas and Hanukkah gifts, the blog is selling "I Survived Esther Hicks and Abraham" T-shirts.
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It never ceases to amaze me how people who consider themselves to be enlightened spiritual beings will put down anyone who disagrees as not being ready for the message. These self-annointed gurus yack on and on about the "ego" (other people's egos or people who aren't willing to follow along like good sheep), while their own ego is out there front and centre. Trolle does it, s
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So in spite of the LOA "you can think yourself well" mantra, Jerry Hicks turned to medicine for help. Why LOA, Hicks/Abraham followers didn't raise eyebrows is astounding. Oprah (a big promoter of all things New Wage, including The Secret/LOA) also sought medical treatment for her thyroid issues. Seems she couldn't think herself well or thin. These people are such hypoc
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It seems Jerry Hicks has died, presumably from leukaemia on November 18th. Last summer after coming across many references to Esther and Jerry Hicks I forced myself to sit through one of their tapes from the public library. It was amateur all the way and very disturbing. Why has anyone been taking these people seriously? Even if their intentions were coming from a good place all along (whi
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Abraham-Hicks is not a cult- nor is it an MLM in any way. Jerry Hicks has always been upfront about his Think and Grow Rich and MLM sales, and even his circus past. Sheila Gilette, whom Esther learned to channel from,is not a millionaire by any means, and has been doing her work for decades. She does a FREE radio show you can call into any Tuesday and talk directly to them....there's neve
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In recent news, a former Abraham Hicks employee talked about her experience with Esther and Jerry Hicks. .
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Apparently, Jerry Hicks now has Leukemia and is undergoing a 28-day chemotherapy regime.
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When Positive Thinking Becomes a Poison: How 'The Secret and the Law of Attraction Poison Spirituality by Be Scofield "By Be Scofield - Crossposted from Tikkun Magazine We must understand that the founder of a cult or new religion has no room for compromise: absolutes are necessary. True believers in mystical psychotherapy will not embrace a gospel with modest claims: it must be all
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Quoteseattlesage I am surprised at how many people judge the Hicks and yet admit they haven't read or listened for themselves. We have all had great things happen on our best days and bad things happen on bad days. What could it hurt to try to have more good feeling days than bad ones? You are more likely to meet people and find answers when you are magnetically charged than when you are a b
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I was a theology major and studied many religions. There are common threads concerning Faith. In my lifes travels I have run across many cults. Typically they rely on controls and payments for steps to enlightenment. You must join and submit to an elder of sorts who contols your actions. The teachings of Abraham by Esther Hicks do not fit that mold. In my view it is not a cult. Whether or not you
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QuoteAbraham has suggested that even going to the doctor's office is "looking for trouble." Jerry Hicks seems to be looking for big trouble then. He is ill with something that he is being incredibly vague about but has decided to use heavy chemotherapy for it. According to Abraham Quote"We could take an example of the person who is noted by medical doctors to be the si
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