I'm wondering who else here has been through an LGAT/ New Age training.
Hans Berger takes LGAT's a step further with his 3 "Mastery Level" Trainings all about NEW AGE mysticism. I can see, especially now that I am no longer involved, anything this guru taught is alot like anything you can find about Wiccan, Pagan, white magic, etc., in books. I spent 30 months, over 1,000 volunteer and training hours, and 7,000 dollars of my time there. These people are so clever at what they do...Their web address is [
www.impacttrainings.com]
We were "saving the world," preparing to ascend, and enrolling the whole world into being enlightened like us. I was giving all my energy in practicing "the tools" the trainings gave us, daily. I was at Master level III and so the training was a lifestyle. To continue being in level III, the ground rules were that we were to finish the training (funny, there wasn't a date on when it was to end) , we were encouraged to volunteer regularly, among other things. There are close to 200 involved at that level, the majority living in Utah, with 10% outside Utah. There are 75 more trainees on the way to III right now.
A person would leave every month or so lately, which seemed strange at the time, as this was my family. We called each other family, and it was our mission to bring people to our family.
My sister told me I was closed minded a month ago...that I wasn't thinking for myself and that Impact was all I ever talked about. My sister is very intelligent, and I am glad she said something lovingly that foreshadowed my disenchantment, wanting to leave...(for 5 months now) and finally being booted out a week ago today.
I have already had a few conversations, with my sister, who is celebrating, my father, who is supportive, and Liz from WellSpring Retreat, who spoke with me for an hour on the phone and told me it was OK to use the C word...Cult. Now I see that is a possibility. But, Everytime I went down to Impact, my serotonin and endorphin levels would kick in, my trance alpha state would feel like bliss, etc. That's why I have been off depression medication for the last couple of years, really. Not because they healed me.
So maybe some of you can see I have work to do to get into my head, (they would say "GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD!") but hey, I left.
Gettin Out in Utah
PS. Can't believe there are so little criticism out there about Harmony and Impact online, ( I found 7 criticisms from two different message boards total after hours of research) can't believe thereapists aren't as knowledgable on this, can't believe there aren't ethical regulations, a great amount scientific studies or lawsuits on these things. I am emotionally exhausted and still in shock from my experience, and right now, if I sound a bit jumbled, I'm tired.
I'm glad I left though, and have spent days studying 'cults', etc.
Impact Trainings is a LGAT spinoff of LifeSpring, I just learned.