Note: Italics, bold & underline are my emphasis Before I continue let me quote the president that that Obama clown is constantly being referred to but is nowhere close in possessing any real authentic charisma (not fabricated by the media or his backpushers), substance, integrity or uprightness (he's a Kenyan born 'bought' lackey who is doing his masters' bidding, just
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QuotecorboyAnd, just because one can only afford access to scientific medicine if one happens to be in the right social class in a technically advanced country does not mean science itself is at fault. I never said science itself is at fault. QuoteIt means society has a problem that needs to be fixed. That we have to think consciously about power, social structures and that doing that is
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Quotenewagesurvivor Were you aware when you wrote that piece that it might upset me? Were you aware of what you were doing? Of course you weren’t, since you didn’t mean “to add insult to injury”. But do you see the new age pattern here, in your articulations? No, I wasn't. And that's why I inadvertently 'came' to a wrong 'conclusion'. I am truly sorry. This is
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QuotecorboyI fail to see why analytic capacity and discursive reasoning should cut one off from the deeper side of life. Well, that's you corboy. And it's a plus if you are able to combine all these abilities. I used to work for bankers (& yes, way back before the whole profession's reputation went down the toilet), as well as lawyers & doctors. You can try & figur
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QuotenewagesurvivorNow, are you saying, Xythos, that I somehow manifested all that outside reality? Did I manifest my own symptoms, my husband’s symptoms, all those authorities who didn’t give a shit, and the toxic molds that were found in the building? Or maybe I’m having trouble with the English concepts, since I really don’t understand what it means ‘to manifest’ ‘reality’. Can you explain thi
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Judy & newagesurvivor, I only quickly wanted to touch back on the reasons why health is/has become such an overriding issue (as it also has been in mine for the last few years) as I feel & understand, Judy, it was one of the original purposes for you to start this thread at the outset. Although I am cautious to apply a "one-size-fits-all methodology 'reasoning' approa
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I wanted to respond to ENR separately Ex-NewRager wrote: QuoteOne thing I have noticed very prevalent in new age circles and practitioners is the heightened level of anxiety new age produces. The constant drumming into your head that everything is significant and has meaning or lessons encourages the development of obsessive thought. Hm... I'd be very cautious to apply this to solely n
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Excellent corboy...! So true & of course, the contradiction, certainly as it seems to me, lies within the awareness that we need other people around us while at the same time respecting our boundaries that protect us from being too 'exposed' & 'accessible' to these very same folks getting up our nose one time too many...! From my own experience I can but say that since
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as above
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NB: The "Nazi pope" (Benedict) is a commonly known factor on this side of the pond. There have been documentaries about Rat-singer's "Nazi youth" past & also, that he was in the closer, immediate circle of Adolf himself. The same goes for the Mafia's links & ties with the Vatican, including their enormous political influence over most of the European cont
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I think it's a combination of the two... I'll try to explain what I am trying to convey without this in any way meant as those reading here, assuming them to be unaware or ignorant. If they were, they wouldn't be on this forum in the first place. Certainly, from my own observation over the years with various so-called "new age writers/teachers", starting with Louise Ha
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Hi AntiCult, What you describe about RW &/or BK sounds like the same technique they apply at OSHO Humaniversity. Different place/cult, same technique. Or MLM "bonanzas" (notably HL). BTW, I came across T(r)olle a bit over a year ago - I still have his book TPON, but I don't think I even finished reading it. It just bored me stiff after a while & I just couldn't feel h
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Quoteam glad to report my friend did not go tripping. I figured as much, reading between the lines. You are indeed a real friend, and that in itself is always laudable! I would have done the same if I would have been in your position... It's one thing to do it 'locally' & maybe just once, or have to go through the strain & expense of travelling all the way down on your ow
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Thank you corboy & I agree with what you say (surprise!). However, as I have mentioned in my previous post Quoteother where it would be the worst possible time to 'tap' into this because it further destabilises an already fragile state of beingness (be that spiritual, emotional, psychological, mental or physical). Yes, it is very powerful stuff, which is why I mentioned the ab
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QuoteTry 'shamanic' and shaman and native american in the search slot and see what you get. Others have posted here on this subject Thank you corboy. Actually (and, apologies if I slightly digress off the topic for a minute), the very reason I brought this up is that I have always felt quite strongly that it is about right mind, right (genuine) intention, attitude as well as prepa
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I full-heartedly agree with NewRager... I had an acquaintance who led a 'Health & Healing' group & who, after I found out that I'd been sold as a toddler for "adoption purposes" had the gall to tell me: "The better to make you stronger!" The cruelty to hear her 'jamming it down my throat' just left me speechless with horror. If anything, this y
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To admin: Sorry, I think I made a mistake when trying to add my post to the original that was created by Rick Ross. Could somebody please move it there? I don't want to strike others here as pretentious by creating my own 'thread'. Apologies. Thank you, Xythos
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Oh dear... I think I've pretty much done the 'circuit' of all the 'cult-like' movements/organisations out there, starting with Herbalife at age 21 (when I first set foot in the US). It left me broke & I lamost ended up in the gutter if it wouldn't have been for a very good friend who took me in at the last minute because I was no longer able to pay my rent to the
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I would like to add that my coming to this forum has nothing to do with "getting even" with the American people. One migth easily be misled to believe that I am, in a contorted manner, out to take 'revenge'. This is not my intention. If anything, this is instrumental & a very important & significant part in healing a wound that has kept me bleeding from age 2 when I
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Hello Rama Das, First off, thank so very much for your support... I was scared to wits at first, really. Afraid of 'coming out'. But, like you have said very pointedly, I think I needed to do this - not just for myself but especially, especially so much for those that turn to all the wrong places seeking for answers that make them so vulnerable to be abused in the first place. I f
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I don't what to do. I feel extremely hampered in getting anywhere because I do not live in the US (even though the Swerdlows are based in St. Joseph, MI). I have no means to provide any substantial paper related press articles. SS is very 'skilled' in silencing those who would dare speak out against him & those that have suffered his character are unable to connect with eac
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It has been very hard for me to do anything about it - and I am as yet not ready to go into more detail here. Suffice to say it was the worst experience I have ever had with anyone in the 'alternative healing' circuit - very destructive because his 'reading' deepened an already existing trauma by "suggesting" a trauma that hadn't been 'there' prior to
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Hi all, I was wondering whether anyone has had any dealings with them? They (esp. Stewart) claims that he can 'scan' a person's body for supposed microchips implanted in the body, "specialises" in "de-programming" people who have been subject to severe mind-control (or, "programming" as he calls it) of all forms (from sexual to whatever else 'd
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