Ah scapegoating! the very crux of the matter, if you'll pardon my pun. Scapegoating as i experienced it in a ritual context involved intentionally victimising me and then commanding me to forgive the scapegoater in a ritual context. I alloweed this bedause I had been brainwashed into a state to total surrender and because I was scared because of the fear they had induced in me. In other word
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I had a awful experience with the Rocky Mountain Mystery School. The head of the school, Gudni Gudnason, performed a scapegoating ritual on me. It's true they hook you on fears that they create for you and they are secretive and controlling and full of lies. Gudni called me to one of their seminars saying that he wanted me to do a certain class and when I got there, I was singled out and vic
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I have found both of these authors to be extremely helpful but I wouldn't dream of attending their seminars because I've learned after being involved with a group of people once you do that then you then get caught up in a scene, and spiritual growth is ultimately personal. I found that Tolle's work is so close to the quick, in terms of showing us our ego, that he draws a backlash
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