Saw an interview on an early news show this a.m. with the friend of one of the deceased. The friend is an orthodontist, trained in emergency care. They ignored her offer to help when she saw resuscitators showing signs of fatigue after performing compressions for 15 minutes. The interview was heart-breaking. She was very tearful in describing how abandoned she and others felt by Ray, who never
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Some others who were banned were either in training to be counselors or counselors of some type, just not in the US. She does seem to be threatened by this. Back when I used to post, I hated seeing people shaping their opinions and thoughts to go along with hers or forum rules, or majority religious following. This is what they did in abusive situations and then had to conform to the forum. No
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She has no boundaries. Is this yet a second "melt-down" on the board or a continuation from the one in April?
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Psych-damage, What blew me away, and still does, is the amount of doctors and psychologists who are into LE. Talk about breaking the oath! It's not only the alternative docs like naturopaths (LE is very big on Bastyr University's campus) but also mainstream ones. Age has nothing to do with it.
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The show is sold out, but you can VOLUNTEER if you really want to see BK.
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Bren, I got my entire Forum refunded, after completing the entire thing. Keep pestering them and you'll get your refund. Good work! Hope
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Yet Time Magazine had an article and Q&A last week regarding making money and being an entrepreneur in a tough economy.
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It can also be very difficult to know, unless you know enough to ask, if your therapist is using LGAT/pseudoguru techniques and ideas. My doctor, working out of the office of a department head of a major hospital, was up to his eyeballs in Landmark Education, but never disclosed that to patients. However, on one of my earliest visits, he asked if I had ever heard of LE as another client of his
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Carols, You might like the above post - it was one of the earliest posts in the LGAT forum here by $375lighter .
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Carlos, I think you're perceptions are accurate. However,when I saw Wayne Dyer and Christiane Northrup on PBS, I was shocked that no one at these stations banned this kind of programming. Apparently, the public has been convinced that this is spiritually educational programming but the station is claiming the public is asking for this kind of programming. I picked up a free publica
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Bump
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Would anyone be willing to post on other forums or groups that they belong to that this event is not sponsored by NWH Hospital, the Harvard-affiliated hospital? Thanks in advance.
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The National Institute of Whole Health, the school sponsoring this event at Newton Wellesley Hospital, is supposedly an evidence-based medicine/science based school that prides itself on teaching biochemistry and not agenda-based medicine. Yet, they are hosting Byron Katie. The students at NIWH range from massage therapists to physicians. The idea that BK is somehow credible because of the loc
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Why would an overwhelming response require a $25.00 ticket? Why change it from a $10.00 (tax deductible) donation to a hospital to a $25 ticket?
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Admission went from a $10 suggested donation to NWH Hospital Fund to $25.00 to??? Byron Katie Tuesday, September 29, 2009 6:00 PM—10:00 PM | You CANNOT attend this event without a reservation TIME Magazine calls Byron Katie "A spiritual innovator for the new millennium." Byron KatieByron Katie, founder of The Work, has one job: to teach people how to end their own suffering
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Bump This is excellent, and articulates some of the things I felt but haven't been able to easily describe regarding a landmarkian doctor I went to.
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Yasmin, No - you're "two cents" isn't that unpopular. There is a lot of gray area between Oprah-style thinking and science. I've worked in the medical field since 1986 and know many doctors who will not get their kids vaccinated. There is also a lot more scientific research that just isn't published by the big journals for political reasons. That is changing a
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WM, I checked out Ratemd also and see that their warning about defamation would probably be quite prohibitive for people with legitimate complaints. Separating her practice persona from that of website owner was a good idea. She's already left a record of her bizarre behavior online. Since several people who frequent her website also have been clients, I'm wondering if that is
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WM, What you and the other administrators went through was just completely insane. I know the sweet person you speak of and was shocked to hear the allegations. How dare she. The problem with narcissists (just my armchair psych opinion), is that they can play well within the rules, for instance, she might be a perfectly fine shrink, but her personal relationships suffer, and therefore,
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Hi D, I have no idea how I missed your post since way back in November. The only thing I can think of is that it was delayed because you're new and I just kept reading the last posts when I dropped in here. I'm sorry I missed you back then. You've been through hell and to have Dr. I. treat you like that says an awful lot about her. You're description of her sounding l
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Rob is correct. The concept of nonattachment has been twisted for the benefit of those doing the twisting. It takes away any sense of personal responsibility. I saw this in Landmark as well as in my own personal experience with an alternative physician who was very Landmarkian but also into an eclectic mix of philosophies and therapies, all of which were used out of context and without compass
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This is a forum started by people who have been verbally and emotionally abused. It is a spinoff of another defunct forum whose owner became abusive and manipulative. These long-time members of her forum called her on it, quit and started this new one. They are a great bunch of people. The OTHER forum was heavy into the codependency model and blame the victim. The owner also recommende
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Lonnie McLaughlin is one of the devil's right-hand assistants.
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Bumping this thread up.
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It is important to note in the above advertisement that Newton Wellesley Hospital is not hosting the Byron Katie event. She is speaking in a conference room that is being rented by a distance education school, the National Institute of Whole Health. That school is not affiliated with Harvard. Neither Harvard nor Newton Wellesley Hospital have anything to do with the Byron Katie show that is go
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Here is the event listing on TheWork website. Of all the listings, this one is the only one affiliated with a "legit" venue - a Harvard affiliate hospital. All the rest are being held at hotels and/or centers that would normally hold new-age events. Newton, Massachusetts September 29, 2009 Loving What Is 6 pm - 10 pm Location: The Newton Wellesley Hospital (A Harvard Affil
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It is also very difficult because many professional individuals, such as therapists, can be heavily involved in LGAT groups and not bother to be up front with their clients. My naturopathic physician was heavily involved in Landmark Education and it wasn't until I actually went to the Forum did I realize that he had been running a "mini-Landmark" on me. I found later on that
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"Are the teachers of The Work liars or just ignorant?" Probably a combination of both, and I don't mean ignorant in a negative way. If BK is listed as a religious organization, which she is not, then she is doing so to avoid paying taxes.
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There was an article on the same page as Rick Ross's regarding the Holiday Extravaganza. The critique is that it was so obviously selling FG that people got up and left. It's being sold as a Chinese cultural program.
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A very wealthy supporter of the extravaganza put on by the Falun Gong organization...
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