rrmoderator/Rick Ross: Please delete my account. You are over the top, and many people agree.
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shimon, I feel you should be looking at whether the teachings speak to you AND work for you. That should be your sole focus. Everyone has faults, everyone has dirt, everyone has made mistakes they wish they hadn't made. My feeling is that dirt on Michael Beckwith or anyone else distracts the seeker from reaching his or her intended goal. That goal is spiritual fulfillment. Wh
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Clarification: the above amazon link is specific. It takes you to the dedicated page on the Amazon website. There are several good reviews there, including the review by Andrew Olivo Parodi I mentioned above. Jack Canfield is, of course, one of the people involved with "The Secret", along with Michael Beckwith and others. I find it curious that so many people who become mega-
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Long Past Stopping: A Memoir (Hardcover) due out 9-15-2009 Should be interesting. The comments, in particular those by Andrew Olivo Parodi, are enlightening. Jack Canfield is one of Michael Beckwith's longtime biz buddies (Agape Spiritual Center).
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Rick Ross Forums – draft post 7-2-09 9:00am Rick Ross Forums – draft post 7-2-09 9:00am) QuoteThe AnticultCharloPearl: thx for the insider info on the Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith from Agape. This is the ideal thread for that info, and please post whatever else you can, as there are other questions about Beckwith already posted in this thread. His so-called "Dr" is also que
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QuoteCarlos BIt makes poverty and suffering a personal and not a social issue. It's the spirituality of the neo-cons - if you're poor it's your own damn fault. <<snipped for relevancy to response>> Interesting points, and good ones. I got that a lot from Agape people who had either inherited, done well in business either ethically or unethically, married well,
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This post is prompted by Michael Beckwith’s most recent appearance on Larry King Live several days ago. I went searching for a place to post this item, and found this website, which I have read before. I was a member of The Agape International Center of Truth - as it was then called - from late 1997 to early 1999, during the transition from Santa Monica to Culver City. I am surprised there are
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It would be interesting if Dr. Oz would conduct or become involved in a study correlating woo with serious data but we all know that is not where the bucks are. Overall, I like Dr. Oz but one has to be careful. Obviously.
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