A great point about Darryl Thomas being a fiction writer. (better triple-check those alleged writing credentials though!) He's in cahoots with the Desteni group, of course. Notice the website that is posted on. www.fastcashfreelance.com/2010/05/darryl-visit-desteni-cult-farm/ FAST-CASH-FREELANCE, yep that is the dream of Desteni. FAST-CASH. And they are the one's trying to Pre
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In NLP, that is also called a Pre-Frame. NLP PreFraming. What they are doing with the Gurumayi photo supernatural-tingles, is a PreFrame. (WARNING, any text written below by people in this field always has operators built into the text, that work on other levels, read with extreme skepticism. They are doing TO you, what they are talking about, as well as many other things as well. Please d
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Another good dig by Christa! Robert Cialidini is in Arizona Bob Cialdini Department of Psychology Arizona State University One has to wonder if his name or person will show up in court, as James Ray mis-uses and abuses many of the social influence techniques Robert Cialdini has written about, and has warned about. James Ray even has a Cialdini book on his website as recommended reading.
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There is no "pet idelogy" in forums like this, its just people posting their experiences and factual analyses. There are all kinds of diverse opinions all over the place. The "Anti Cult cult" is another fraud idea put forward by cult apologists, who are trying to distract people from looking at the actual facts and evidence. But the subject is about cults, sects, LGAT Gur
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This is how Kevin Hogan advertises himself on his website. www.kevinhogan.com/biography.htm Kevin Hogan, Psy.D. Kevin Hogan does not have a real Psy.D (Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology). Here's another guy making it up, to try to gain more Authority. He has to prove all the claims he makes, with specific places, dates, and names. And then those have to be checked and verified.
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In response to a post by Dave Lakhani Time is short, so will just start with the first sentence for now. Its an absolutely disgusting manipulation technique, to try a preframe and label the careful analysis as "paranoia" and saying "Not everyone is out to get you or manipulate you. Some people actually do have others best interests in mind.". Truly, that is a disgustin
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Well, not to go off-topic or anything, just 2 cents from this side of the fence. Contrary to what most cults teach, disagreement, and vigorous disagreement is very healthy. There was some criticism of this thread that only ONE point-of-view is tolerated, and that is just not true. Its a deliberate falsehood. There are many points of view in it, for those who actually read it. And the mode
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Again, notice the tricky language being used by Stever Robbins, on that blog comment, which will go unchallenged. and its the standard "get them on the phone" technique, which if you don't have the training, its easy to be persuaded of almost anything by a professional like Stever. He's a pro, with decades of experience in persuasion. He knows if he puts his detailed comme
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Here is a little more information about Stever Robbins methods, as the advanced persuasion techniques he teaches and uses explain some of the same techniques being used by Byron Katie. Its important, as even though Byron Katie does all sorts of different techniques, many of the techniques she does, overlap with the NLP persuasion methods. Please take a moment to carefully read the technical e
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Beware the internet sock puppets...when the fire gets too close to home, and their constructed Stories... ;-) over on the Guruphiliac forum, jgf75 is making some interesting comments. jgf75 again wants to continue to create smoke and distraction, by saying that the posters moderate this forum? Are you kidding? People post anything they want, moderation is up to the moderator, not the pos
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Yes, the handshake induction is one that is famous in Ericksonian hypnosis and NLP circles. Byron Katie does many of these techniques, its very obvious to those who have some training in this area. This is why Katie targets those she does, who have never heard of it. For example, Byron Katie does another technique from Milton Erickson, where she "tilts her head" when she says certa
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I forgot to mention a couple of things from the book,"Loving What Is" by Byron Katie. She also does some diabolical "preframes" about her alleged "transcripts". Byron Katie says some parts of her in the transcripts might appear... COLD, UNCARING, UNLOVING and UNKIND, and she tells you to ignore that, its for their own good. See what she is doing there? Sh
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Going through the book, Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life, by Byron Katie (Author), Stephen Mitchell (Author) Its very unfortunate people seem to be quite easily taken in by systems like this. The book begins with Stephen Mitchell repeating the "Story" from 1986. Why is Mitchell telling this Story? Was he there? Can he verify what happened? Why are no fact
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· Here are some rough notes about the Byron Katie 5 CD set “A Thousand Names For Joy”. Its important to begin the process of analysis, which is ongoing. · This is not just a typical CD of strange stories and comments by some lady who sounds kinda “weird”. Not even close. This is some very dangerous material, for certain people with certain vulnerabilities. Some people would just switch it o
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a friend just lent me a CD set... A THOUSAND NAMES FOR JOY, 6 hours of audio from someone named Byron Katie, and her renowned unknown hubbie Stephen Mitchell. Lets put it on right now.. ...New Age music...so spiritual...I am in a Trance already.... - Stephen Mitchell starts with a preframe, and the false origin Story. - pitch the 4 Questions...this is very Trancy already...confusing
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