Thanks to Govinda for mentioning that Tulsi Gabbard was a Manchurian Candidate. I might have been the first to use that comparison back in 2012: More about Tulsi at the end of this post. Before I turn my focus to the financial disclosures of SIF, I’d like to draw everyone’s attention to a consistent theme in the first three batches of leaked cult documents. Chris Butler seems to be constantly t
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Corboy makes an excellent point about the time being right to exit the Cult of Butler. Let us know if we can help. Yesterday I accidently left off image files and it was too late to edit. Here is a repeat to keep this board up to date: Wai Lana claimed 248 volunteers worked a total of 145,000 hours in 2004. Ex-devotees have called this "volunteer" work nothing short of slave
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I have a few curiosities from the 2004 tax form 990 of Wai Lana Yoga Trust before I turn my focus to the Science of Identity Foundation tax returns. Wai Lana claimed 248 volunteers worked a total of 145,000 hours in 2004. Ex-devotees have called this “volunteer” work nothing short of slave labor. I’d venture a guess that most of these 248 volunteers were also involved in Mike Gabbard’s 200
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Spotlight on Wai Lana… or, should I say “Flashlight” since she prefers to keep everyone in the dark. You might recall that I have posted before regarding the Wai Lana Yoga Trust. Since that posting, I’ve discovered more curious facts about that cult-run organization. Here is the 2013 Tax Form for Wai Lana Trust (which is public information for non-profits). Does anyone find it hard to belie
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This thread (Chris Butler, Jagad Guru, Science of Identity) has had over 1,300 views within the last three days. Someone is reading, so please keep writing. Flash
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Let me be clear regarding the source of the leaked documents. Batch 1 is from this message board in 2008 posts authored by Vera. This is what Vera wrote at the time: "What is clear is that someone is trying very hard to prevent these most secret documents from being posted on Rick Ross's website. These documents are the most damaging evidence against Chris Butler, aka, Jagad Guru Siddha
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...and, the last of the three batches. In my rush to publish, I have not had the time to place the documents in order or to transcribe them for the readers and search engines. These documents were not found publicly on-line when I located them so this may be the only source on the Web. Flash the remainder of: Leaked Cult Documents - Batch 3 of 3
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Here is the promised second batch of leaked documents. To my knowledge, these have not been available on-line until now. Hopefully some members of this message board will provide background and commentary. Anyone investigating Chris Butler should gain new insight into his personality and motives. I made some notes while briefly skimming the documents. The descriptors that came to my mind were: Ch
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Vera City Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The one document I would love to see, is the one > blaming ALL of Butler's disciples for an injury > that occurred to his wife (Wai Lana aka Vaishava > dasi). Due to some shoddy construction done by a > disciple (free labor) instead of a paid > professional, a bar fell on his wife's head
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The promised hard evidence to expose Chris Butler and his puppets. This first batch of leaked documents have previously been posted on the Cult Education message board and are attributed to Vera. Thanks again, Vera. I've provided convenient links and now the images are all in own place. The next two batches have not been seen publicly before and will follow shortly. Flash Leaked-cult-d
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Verity-101 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have been sitting on the sidelines for too long. > I would like to help with letting the truth be > known. > > I remember seeing this pic from the first > Ponomoloa school. Notice (Krsna Katha das and... Welcome to the forum, Verity. Your attachment of the group photo did not work so here i
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I’m currently posting any hard evidence that I can find which can rise above the shouts of religious bigotry. I thank Vera for providing three years ago evidence that Mike Gabbard was once the assistant to cult leader Chris Butler. The document image is below along with a transcription for easy quoting and search engines. If you carefully read the text, it is clear that Mike is speaking as a fe
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QuoteCorboy Other former and good posts Posted by: corboy () Date: March 20, 2015 07:04PM Also, could someone give links to discussion about the boarding school? Corboy, Here are a few links: The regulars here might recall when I discovered the Blog of an ex-devotee who called himself Ian. He wrote very poignantly of his experience at the "boarding school&q
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The banner at culteducation.com home page today: kudos to all the regulars here for this significant event. Flash
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A well written opinion piece in today's UH Ka Leo edition: Cronyism in Hawai‘i’s politics An excerpt ...Bart Dame, liberal commentator and acquaintance of SIF founder Chris Butler before he refashioned himself as Jagad Guru, is especially worried about the intensity of allegiance to the sect. “Tulsi had a very unusual upbringing in a very tight-knit network of people who shared an un
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Among the lost posts recovered by Rick Ross were many old news stories about Chris Butler and his devotees. That recovery aided some reporters including Rui Kaneya at Civil Beat. In the interest of making the material more accessible, I've created a quick graphical index. Pinterest Story Board on The Cult Pinterest is free to join and you can remain anonymous. The link below each
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Thanks, Mr. Ross, for restoring the lost posts which were very helpful to the Civil Beat reporter. His story has been repeated by Huffington Post and other news sites. Flash
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