Reepicheep mentioned boundaries, and I think healthy boundaries is something that has to be re-learned post TLWF. Allowing a human to take the place of God is so destructive to the most sacred part of our lives. The deception of false “words from God” is that they bypass the normal filter of human communication and destroy us from the inside out. When you really open up, you are defenseless.
Forum: Former Cult Members and Affected Families

I ran a search of this message board. Always remember to hit the 'all dates' option because this forum has been going for nine years. (Thanks to Mr Ross and the excellent attorneys who have represented him and the website pro bono)
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

I noticed there's a CS book about the LOA, so they're making no attempt to hide where they're coming from; they're cashing in on fans of The Secret. The book is called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons for Mastering the Law of Attraction. Jack Canfield was one of the "experts" featured on The Secret. If it really was "the secret" to health, wealth and
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I'm not sure if the RR board is appropriate for me to be posting this because the Chicken Soup books aren't exactly cultish. However, the more I read about Jack Canfield (one of the founders of the series) and his "specialities" (Law of Attraction/The Secret, self-help, prosperity consciousness, etc.) and who he keeps company with (Bob Proctor, Michael Beckwith, etc.), the mor
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i was doing some research and found his website that promotes his book "harmonic wealth" and it is interesting reading who endorsed it, and i wonder if they are glad they did it now. who would want to be associated with him now? interesting reading who endorsed him, most are from the Secret movie. And most are familiar names on here, as people we have been investigating. i hope nobody
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Challenge Day: Bringing Transformational Workshops to a School Near You. By Frank Schwerin, MD Challenge Day is a California-based corporation that according to its handbook, "provides youth and their communities with experiential workshops and programs that demonstrate the possibility of love and connection through the celebration of diversity, truth and full expression" Th
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

James Ray has put shilling from Jack Canfield on this webpage. www.harmonicwealthweekend.com/index.php?goal=1 "Jack Canfield of Chicken Soup for the Soul sharing about the Harmonic Wealth Weekend. MORE VIDEOS · Bob Scheinfeld · Janet Attwood · Bill Harris · Pete Bissonette · Marci Shimoff · Hale Dwoskin He also talks openly about doing the basic NLP process, without using the
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just FYI, as mentioned, Jack Canfield, is the salesman of the Chicken Soup megafranchise, and he has dozens of businesses and "coaching" companies, which are basically MLM factories. This guy could sell ivory to elephants, old school superduper-salesman, with knowledge of every LGAT sales technique on the face of the earth. Jack Kornfield, is the founder of the Spirit Rock Center a
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A very quick note-- a point of information, really-- on this most epic thread. ******* "The book has been endorsed by Jack Canfield*, Lama Surya Das, Byron Katie, Rodney Yee, Raphael Cushnir, Krishna Das, Susan Piver, Sharon Salzberg, Helen Palmer, Mark Matousek, and featured in such publications as Time Magazine, O the Oprah Magazine, Tricycle: the Buddhist Review, and Shambhala Sun.
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Shaking Riches Out of the Cosmos E-Mail Print Single Page Reprints Save Share Linkedin Digg Facebook Mixx Yahoo! Buzz Permalink Published: February 25, 2007 (Page 2 of 2) Abraham, whose speaking voice is rounder, quicker and more computerlike than Ms. Hicks’s natural voice, replied by repeating the woman’s phrase roughly 20 times and then explained it
Forum: Multi Level Marketing and Commercial Schemes

An interesting article has appeared about Hicks. See Interview: The couple who claim they can make you rich beyond your wildest dreams' Esther and Jerry Hicks claim they can make you rich and successful beyond your wildest dreams. And they've certainly been raking it in since helping to inspire the international bestseller 'The Secret'. Ahead of their UK tour, the
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

An interesting article has appeared about Hicks. See Interview: The couple who claim they can make you rich beyond your wildest dreams' Esther and Jerry Hicks claim they can make you rich and successful beyond your wildest dreams. And they've certainly been raking it in since helping to inspire the international bestseller 'The Secret'. Ahead of their UK tour, the
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Oprah's ugly secret By continuing to hawk "The Secret," a mishmash of offensive self-help cliches, Oprah Winfrey is squandering her goodwill and influence, and preaching to the world that mammon is queen. By Peter Birkenhead Mar. 05, 2007 | Steve Martin used to do a routine that went like this: "You too can be a millionaire! It's easy: First, get a million doll
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:40:29 -0500 Local: Thurs, Jan 18 2007 11:40 pm Subject: Re: Like Co$ Landmark Seeks To Infiltrate Schools in USA They must have gone back to the Co$ handbook. Challenge Day: Bringing Transformational Workshops to a School Near You. By Frank Schwerin, MD Challenge Day is a California-based corporation that according to its handbook, "provides
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

(excerpt) QuoteFebruary 25, 2007 Shaking Riches Out of the Cosmos By ALLEN SALKIN THERE are some surprising secrets behind “The Secret.” For one, most of the millions of people who have seen “The Secret,” a documentary that is the biggest thing to hit the New Age movement since the Harmonic Convergence, may not know that there are two versions of the film. In both, “The Secret”
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

Now Rhonda Byrne is getting some people to write propaganda puff-pieces for her, to try and deflect the harsh criticism she is getting, and the backlash against The Secret from religious groups, from people saying its a scam, and from those who are calling it a type of cultish belief system. Notice how this bogus article says its not a "Feel Good brainwashing system", which is exactl
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(excerpts from) QuoteFRI., FEB 16, 2007 - The "Secret" is out ANDY ERDMAN I know "The Secret" to the universe. It's a secret so powerful that the very knowledge of its existence could start you down the path to infinite happiness, riches, love and good health. What would you offer to discover this secret? Would you surrender your Badger tickets? Your kidn
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

Here is a fairly tepid "review" of The Secret. Unfortunately, most reviews are going to be like this one. Superficial with almost no insight or investigation, that actually feeds into the mental duality of the salespitch. But that is also the nature of the media, at this time. Since Rhonda Byrne did those movies about commercials, it appears she knows that as well. She knows that th
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Hi Claudia, too bad you didn't come here, and see the link to watch it free first! ;-) I personally don't see any links to Scientology, either in people, or in content. I think if it were Scientology, then at least a couple of their "experts" would have been Scientologists. Maybe they are...but I would think there would be some type of link one could see, or some anti-psych
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

I am pretty sure that The Secret is some type of "cultish" front-movie, a bait-and-switch thing, and not just a pure moneymaker. In "What The Bleep" it was easy to tell that Ramtha was behind it, or at least her followers were promoting her. But in The Secret, I still haven''t figured out who is behind it. Abraham-Hicks was involved, but then they got pushed out
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

Oh Lordy, He even has the nerve to use Weenie's (they're not even Weenie's - he copied them from ElRon and others) ~words.~ The thing that characterizes these "seminars" ("trainings," "programs") more than anything else is their shameless copying of each other and what must be unparalleled lack of imagination. Of course he has to use *BREAKTH
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

Even Jack Canfield, The Chicken Soup guy, is hooking up with all of the LGATS. On this page, press, Page 441: Daily Reading List & Other Success Resources Here he recommends Landmark, PSI, Sedona, and just about every other dubious scaminar on the face of the earth. He basically tells his followers to do ALL of these programs and get ALL of those tapes and books. He is delibe
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"