Good series on the Rajneeshee commune QuoteEditor's note: In a nearly unbelievable chapter of Oregon history, a guru from India gathered 2,000 followers to live on a remote eastern Oregon ranch. The dream collapsed 25 years ago amid attempted murders, criminal charges and deportations. But the whole story was never made public. With first-ever access to government files, and some part
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In recent videos Trinity tells us that he has ended a relationship and that this is a good thing. He says he is in northern Thailand. I suppose if we asked him how he affords all this travel, he would claim that he "manifested". I'll paste in below a copy of some of his text rhetoric that is posted with a video. I'm not able to sit through a half hour Trinity video but I do
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QuoteThe Great Silence (TGS) is a 5 year global meditation series to take place 4x per year on equinoxes/solstices with a single focused collective intention curated for each event. TGS is also a scientific platform to measure the impact of meditation, single focused group intention and group flow states on our health, the environment and world events. The first TGS will take place on Saturda
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Rave' Mehta runs many websites including His websites are concerning because he does not clearly state who exactly runs each and where money collected actually goes. His has confused people who want to support the Standing Rock movement. They donate to this and help spread this through social media, yet there is no clarity about where the funds actually go. Family business
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Concerned Wife, there is some more info on Beckwith here I also recommend Rick Ross' book Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out. Ross clearly lays out how to research problematic groups and leaders. Also how to educate loved ones who have maybe fallen under sway of charismatic leaders.
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"The Great Silence" looks to have Theosophical and Rosicrucian origins. Those movements probably took the phrase from earlier teachings. QuoteHe who steadfastly progresses towards the Great Solitude, the Great Silence, does not see in anything that helps him thither either dreariness or monotony. 1890 Quotethere is the "Great Silence", where all the world seems to di
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and related glossy websites look to be run by a different person, Rave' Mehta. is registered by Desmond Patrick O'Boyle, Reiki Empowerment Seminars
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I was recruited into going to a Forum weekend by a friend. This friend was part of group of people that I considered cooler than me, I aspired to be as creative and interesting as them. They were Rajneesh disciples and all had major issues, but I viewed them as superior. I dutifully did the weekend. I realized that this wasn't going to help include me into that circle of friends, they w
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Good discussion here:
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Thank you Bob-Tim. Your information helps me make more sense of my observations of Bill. Hopefully people challenged by serious illness are not listening to Bill. Hopefully they are not giving him time and money.
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QuoteSome reported good experiences down there. But two people — Sulastri de Andrade, who hosted some of Trinity's retreats, and Clifton Thomas, who attended one — says they were a mess. For one thing, the leaders were inexperienced. One was living in a tent before Trinity took her in, another was a street performer, playing music in the town plaza with a group of "hippies," Sul
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At the bottom of this page is their claimed timeline of how their company evolved.
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I'm not familiar with them. They do look to use a lot of buzz words and loaded language. The trainings are expensive. 1,395.00 for a two day workshop.
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I encourage any former workers or customers with information about safety and diversion issues to contact the DEA. In USA you can contact the nearest field office and eventually talk with a Diversion Investigator.
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. New article on Ayahuasca Healings
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Here is a thread on Choices, including the experiences of participants. Also read this including the warning signs of a person potentially involved in an unsafe group
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I strongly encourage you to buy and read this book Cults Inside Out: How People Get in and Can Get Out The whole book will be useful, there is specific information on lgats too. I've attended lgats, also had friends that were temporarily adversely affected by lgats. If I were in your shoes now, I would remind myself to not panic, and to focus first on my own well being. I would talk
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I do now have screenshots of Facebook posts concerning the first Elbe, Washington retreat and also of continuing discussion of the recent second Peruvian retreat. I'll work on capturing anything else that might be helpful from now on. I have a screenshot of Dylan's recent post saying that he deleted his prior one. Dylan now ascribes Trinity's retreat problems to "However,
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Gayle, unfortunately I can't, I did not get a snapshot of the Facebook post by Dylan before he removed it. If I come across more on this theme of "persecution" that can be properly sourced, I will post it here.
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Some reports on Trinity retreats in Peru are appearing on social media, including the Facebook page "Ayahuasca Healings are NOT legal". Customers are unhappy. The retreat was badly run, Trinity argued with his partner, some customers feel financially ripped off. Supporters of Trinity continue to insist that we critics are the problem, that we are persecuting Trinity, that our negativ
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In this interview, Marc Shackman says that attributes like connecting with nature make a person Native American. So, neither Trinity or Marc, know what the hell they are talking about. Or they don't care. Trinity describes criticism as "blah blah blah" and says we should all "Stop trying to control, stop trying to make your little mind try to control what is happeni
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Podcast link and thankfully a transcript. Trinity gets huffy and self righteous at times in the interview, he is difficult to listen to. So much of what Trinity says is simply not true. QuoteLL: So when you say you have the blessing of the Native Americans, have you been working with the Native Americans in the community where your retreat center is located in Elbe, Washington? TDG: Y
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gayle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Someone got this through the Freedom of > Information Act -- was that you, liminal? Yes, I put in the FOIA request. The process went smoothly, I was kept notified each step of the way as to where it was assigned and their estimate as to how long it would take. I've also now heard from the IRS, they won
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Scans of the petition by Ayahuasca Healings to the DEA: Please free to download copies. Ayahuasca Healings state that they plan to change their name to Heart Energy Medicine Native American Church. The petition is dated April 4, 2016 - I don't see any sign of name change yet. On page one of the petition: Quote"At the outset, Petitioners wish to admit that they were previously
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The case number for the DEA application is 16-00544-F. The application itself is 19 pages. Pro bono counsel Blaine Bailey McGivern, Esq. Some blocks of information were withheld from public release, some of that can be guessed at. First page states that the petitioners wish to admit that were mistaken about legality. Page four they state that county authorities gave them approval to proceed
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Article states Love Israel died Feb 1, 2016.
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Trinity states that a woman on their Washington state team is a nurse and psychiatrist. He is referring to Franziska Hoffmann, who is not licensed in Washington state as either a nurse or psychiatrist. Check licensing here: So even if she had the training and degrees, she is not supposed to practice in Washington state unless licensed. Trinity de Guzman and Marc Shackman define words
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jenann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Chronicle posted an article, Mineral 'Church' > Seeks Exception from DEA, County Approval. Seems > like now Marc Shackman and the bunch want fix > their mess ups and make people believe they are on > the up and up. I'm glad this journalist continues to cover the story. Lewis
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Written transcript of long interview of Trinity. Trinity states that the Lewis county, WA "local prosecuter and local county" gave them "permission". This is not true.
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Link for the Feb. 2016 reference above:
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