Anticult, rrmoderator, the way you respond and communicate seems like you both have an agenda. To people reading here and unfamiliar with desteni and stuff, it may be confusing, but to me its very obviously how your twisting words, and promoting lies and assumptions. Why is it that you do not want for people to be self honest and for the world to develop to equality for all? What are you so afr
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QuoterrmoderatorAnn1986: How long have you been involved in destini? You don't seem to know much about destini. Bernard Poolman admitted in a post that destini is not nonprofit. Didn't you know that? Apparently it is a for-profit business. You admit that there is no study or any proof other than anecdotal evidence provided through subjective personal testimonials, that
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QuoterrmoderatorAnn1986: Welcome to the message board. A few questions. Is destini a registered nonprofit charity? And if so is it a religious nonprofit? How much money is paid out in salaries each year and expenses to staff? Is there a published budget that discloses in detail how the money contributed to destini or paid for its products is used? Are you aware of any study done to
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QuoteSparkyQuoteAnn1986 Oh and another thing about the "love bombing" , this is exactly what parents do, family, friends, religions etc... So those are the real cults. Out of the woodwork they all come... It is sad to see this abusive crap is still going on. Separation of family, friends, and other philosophies (religion) at odds with the cult. Divide and conquer. Than
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Im Ann, Met desteni videos and forum abit longer then 2 years ago, and also been to the farm in SA for 3 weeks. What your saying is basicly not true, and this "love bombing" lol, is certainly something they DONT do. I been with them and met them, and they dont do that at all. People live together to support each other as equals in self honesty, to get through our programmed patterns a
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Hi everyone! I am a member of the desteni forum, and what desteni talks about is not "cult talk". It is seen by everyone who is willing to consider things different then what you have been thought in society, those that can look with an open mind. Thats what I did for some years now and came to the same understandings as desteni. I saw the video of the girl on youtube and I was like:
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