If Jacs' behavior wasn't enough to show the org is compromised, which it obviously is, I looked into the 3 other co-founders and seeing major red flags about another co-founder Craig Holliday... In the description of every one of his youtube videos, he likens himself/his teachings as similar to a list of people that include many teachers that are well-known as dangerously unethical
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Concerned Wife, there is some more info on Beckwith here I also recommend Rick Ross' book Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out. Ross clearly lays out how to research problematic groups and leaders. Also how to educate loved ones who have maybe fallen under sway of charismatic leaders.
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Hello, I am wanting to know the truth here also. My husband & I found out about Beckwith from watching Oprah & in the beginning he sounded great (to my husband) but to me I didn't understand why the words'Jesus Christ or Lord' was never really used. God yes but I hear Deity alot. I myself grew up Catholic & husband Baptist. God,JC & Lord our Savior was always
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Part Three Quote ``You apparently have very little knowledge of the world’s wisdom traditions. Okay, that is not necessary to have a good personal relation from Andrew and to benefit from him and his teachings, but again, this is a public forum, where, if arguments are going to be made, there ought to be some meaningful reference to acknowledged authorities. You don’t have that knowledge and
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My Impressions of Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath QuoteFinding My Guru · August 13, 2011 I live near Culver City, CA. I also have been to Agape International Spiritual Center. It’s a great place and I really enjoy the teachings of Michael Bernard Beckwith. While unable to attend physically, I did attend virtually through the live stream. I paid the $10 and watched the movie, then later
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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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(for starters, here is something that I wanted to believe was satire. But it is not. ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- QuoteThe Texts Matt 21:12 (NIV) Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13 "It is written,
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Where to search on Saltydroid QuoteJames Arthur Ray's Pre-crime CrimesOct 15, 2009 ... This whole thing is quite shocking and James Ray should be held ..... I know for a fact that Michael Beckwith, one of the people in the ... saltydroid.info/james-arthur-rays-pre-crime-crimes/ - 223k - Cached - Similar pages keepingthesecret.com / Dr. Reverend Michael BeckwithApr 17, 2
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Sorry, my error . I've been following the activities of Joseph Michael Levry and recently learned about the connection between him and Beckwith. Levry and Beckwith 'joined forces' ( a phrase used in the p/r material) to stage a 'Naam Yoga Summer Solstice" In Culver City i believe -- wherever Beckwith's Agape International is located. After that event , it was
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James Arthur Ray - i used to call him Arnold - anyway since he has lost favor, his form assocaite, Micahel Beckwith (Agape International our of L.A.) is now joining up with next Yogi Bhajan wann-be - Joseph Michael Levry.
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It just clicked , the guy who was found guilty of murder - Arnold Ray - out in Sedona was an associate of Michael Beckwith - the founder of Agaape International out in L.A. Guess who he is paling around with now? Uh Huh - Joseph Michael Levry. They both appeared at a Summer Solstice event. OMG!
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An ABC news trailer for the above show. At the beginning is a clip of the reporter, Dan Harris, calling into 'Living in the Flow' Ray's new internet radio show. Not surprisingly, DeathRay hangs up on him pronto. Beckwith, the witness of spontaneous cancer and kidney disease cures, also features along Greg Braden with his 3 minute cancer cure con, previously mentioned.
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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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QuoteThe AnticultThe question is, is there anyone on the face of planet earth whom the fake NOT-Dr. Joe "Mr. Fire" Vitale DOESN'T endorse? Vitale has accomplished one thing at least, he's written perhaps the WORST "book" in world history. Ho'oponopono "Dr." Joe Vitale -one of the worst books in world history, Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian Sy
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QuoteThe AnticultWhat rating did on his bogus "consciousness scale" did David R. Hawkins give to James Ray? The technical term for this guy is whack-job Megalomaniac. ANticult, I was once a follower of Hawkins and still follow what he is up to. i got fooled by his ktesting, i now know it is fake, not scientifically proven. i have read most of his books and try to stay informed wh
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Rhonda Byrne was going broke in her business, and was desperate for money. She used her TV advertising and marketing skills to pull off a clever "impulse buy" with The Secret, taking advantage of human weaknesses of wanting something for nothing. Every marketer knows that. Her marketing for The Secret was basically identical to that used by Lottery companies, where one little ticket
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Its more than a bit surprising so many are believing the James Ray propaganda. Even very small time players know how to play this game. There are countless small time players who make a few hundred grand in a year, much of it in cash, and then are able to squirl it away. But these guys are professionals, they hire pros to take care of moving that stuff around. As far as some seminars not be
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Its very interesting, the analysis of Dave Lakhani. His name came up in the context of other sleazy covert persuaders like Alex Benzer (Ali Binazir) and James Arthur Ray, and Michael Beckwith from The Secret. Dave Lakhani was basically chosen at random to analyze. He tries to make you believe he is teaching people about cults, covert persuasion, and how to protect themselves from getting exp
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Stoic: Just so you know, you are not to blame for bringing up the name Dave Lakhani in these threads, as his name had already come up in other threads before his mention in the James Ray thread, as he is also a colleague and business associate with "Dave Benzer" aka (Ali Binazir) who is a close associate of Michael Bernard Beckwith from The Secret, who is buddies with James Arthu
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Nice work discovering that Alex Benzer/Ali Binazir and Dave Lakhani are "colleagues." Makes perfect sense.
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Just to clarify a point about the links in this thread between Michael Beckwith, and how some other names became involved. As a matter of fact, the main person involved has a link to a precise persuasion technique being used by Michael Beckwith, in a link below. Early in this thread, an "article" in the Huffington Post that was advertising and doing viral marketing for Michael Beckw
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To whom it may concern: The topic of this thread is "Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith." Please keep the focus on this subject/person.
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what beckwith is selling on his website reminds me of porn. they sell similar things, for this amount of money a month you get to see all of my latest videos and other stuff, for a low price of this a month. there is no difference between beckwith and a porn star. he is a shuckster, making money is one of his big aims. what about helping people, what about giving freely, giving with faith that
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Beckwith and Agape promote the New Thought idea of "prosperity", and as everyone knows, prosperity begins at home, his home! So the Agape and Beckwith focus on money, is something they would be very focussed on. One expect they also "teach" people, like SGI, that making huge financial "gifts" to the church is going to give you good Karma and make you rich too. T
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i have been doing some looking up of local new thought churches in my area and almost of all them offer FREE watching or listening to this weeks sermons. then i do some research on michael bernard beckwiths website, Agape, and see that there is no such thing as FREE. You have to pay for everything. you have to buy time to watch their online stuff. everything costs, can you believe that. this guy
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'Just beware of the embedded persuasion tactics and upselling and self-marketing.' I think the above always has to be a given when dealing with any marketplace. The other person always has their own agenda and it is worth remembering that it is an agenda designed to serve their own interests and is unlikely to serve yours. This style of marketing is creeping into the mainstream a
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Something that is really outrageous. Oprah Winfrey reran her TV show about the abducted child Jaycee Dugard. And Oprah, is literally sitting up on her stage telling the audience to BEWARE when they feel the creepy hairs standing up on their necks, when it comes to child abducters. That is of course good advice. but, what about the creeps, con-artists and crooks that Oprah made into household
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Joseph Murphy, The Power Of Your Unconscious mind, is New Thought. He wrote zillions of books, that basically all said, do his New Thought process, and you will be healed and rich, and then gives anonymous anecdotes. Probably the reason there is not too much criticism of him, is due to timing, as he died 30 years ago. If he were alive, he would have been in The Secret. Christian Science, Joe
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'Is he actually teaching the specific techniques people can use to protect themselves? Or is he just appearing to teach some techniques, while upselling to his own products, and teaching the Persuasion sharks how to be more effective?' I think it very likely that he is positioning himself as an ethical practitioner of persuasion. I first came across him when he was very outspoken a
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shimon: It seems you are only here to undermine threads by causing conflict etc. Such a person posting on a message board is often called an "Internet troll."
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